A NEW INVENTED COMPOSICON WHICH WILL PSERVE SHIPS FROM THE WORKS, INBOEMUCH THAT ANY SHIP MAY BY VIRTUE OF THE SAME CONTINUE AT SEA FOR THE SPACE OF FOUR OR FIVE YEARES WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY DAMAGE FROM THE WORKS
Year: 1695

page_text: WILLIAM THE THIRD, by the grace of God, &c., to all whome these
Psente shall come greeting.
WHEREAS CHARLES ARDESOIF, a denizen of this kingdome, hath repsented
vnto vs that at his great expence and with much study and industry hee hath
brought to pfeccon "A NEW INVENTED COMPOSICON WHICH WILL PSERVE SHIPS
FROM THE WORKS, INBOEMUCH THAT ANY SHIP MAY BY VIRTUE OF THE SAME
CONTINUE AT SEA FOR THE SPACE OF FOUR OR FIVE YEARES WITHOUT RECEIVING
ANY DAMAGE FROM THE WORKS," which Invencčon will be of extraordinary
service as well to our navy royall as all other ships and vesselle whatsoever.
and hath therefore prayed vs to grant him a Patent vnder the Great Seale of
England, for the sole vse and benefitt of the said Invenčon according to the
Statute in that case pvided.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee being willing to cherish and encou-
rage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subiects as have by
theire industry found out vsefull and pfitable arte, misteries, and invenčons,
and that the said Charles Ardesoif may accordingly reap some fruit and benefitt
of his labour and charge in and concerning the pmisses, of our especiall grace,
certaine knowledge, and meere močon, wee have given and granted and by
these psente doe give and grant vnto the said Charles Ardesoif, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge, and autho-
rity, that hee and they by him and themselves, and by bis and their deputies,
servante, agents, and workmen, and such others only as hee the said Charles
Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall agree with, shall

page_text: and may from time to time, and at all times hereafter, during the space of
fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these psente, at his and their
owne pper costs and charges, erect, vse, teach, excise, and put in practice the
said new invented composičon so by him contrived and found out as aforesaid,
in any place or places within our seas and dominions; and also shall and may
receive, take, and enioy all the benefitte, pfitte, comodities, and advantages of
and by the said new invented composičon to be had, made, acquired, or gotten,
to his and their owne pper benefitt, vse and vses; to have, hold, vse, excise,
and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and authorities, and all other
the Pmisses by these psente granted or menčoned to be granted vnto the
said Charles Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the day of the
date of these psente next ensueing, and fully to be compleat and ended
according to the Statute in that case made and prided; and to the end the said
Charles Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better
enioy the full and whole benefitt and the sole vse and excise of his said new
invented composičon, we doe by these sente for vs, our heires and successors,
streightly charge, require, and command all and every person and persons,
bodies politick and corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or condičon soever
they be, within all our seas and dominions, that neither they nor any of them
dureing the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or
indirectly, doe vse, excise, or put in practice the said new invented composicon
so by the said Charles Ardesoif invented and found out as aforesaid; nor doe
nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the said new invented composičon, or
any materiall or ingrediente therevnto belonging; nor doe nor shall make any
addičon therevnto or substracčon therefrom whereby to Ptend themselves the
inventors or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of
the said Charles Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in write-
ing vnder his or their hand and seales first had and obtained in that behalfe,
vnder such paines and penalties as can or may be inflicted on the offender or
offenders therein for the contempt of this our royall command: And further
to be answerable to the said Charles Ardesoif, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, according to the vtmost rigor of the law, for his and their
damages thereby sustained: And further, wee doc by these our Letters Patente
for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize, require, and command all and
singular justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffe, bayliffe, constables, head-
boroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires
and successors, now and for the time being whom it may concerne, that they
and every of them respectively be from time to time, dureing the terme

page_text: hereby granted in their respective offices, and according to their and every of
their best skill and endeavours, ayding, helping, and assisting vnto the said
Charles Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, and assignes, deputies, agente,
and servante, in and by all thing in and about the accomplishment of our royall
will and pleasure herein-before declared, and in the execučon of the several!
powers and priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid; and moreover wee doe
by these Psent for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand that our
said respective officers and ministers before menčoned, or any of them, doe
not nor shall at any time hereafter' dareing the terme hereby granted, in any
wise molest, trouble, or hinder. the said Charles Ardesoif, his executors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes, deputies, agente, or servante, in or about the vse or
excise of the aforesaid invented composičon, or any part thereof, or any thing
relateing therevnto; pvided alwayes, and these our Letters Patente are and
shall be vpon this condičon, that if at any time dureing the said terme of
fourteen yeares hereby granted, it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or
successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Councill that this our
grant is contrary to law, or Piudiciall or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall,
or that the Invenčon before menčoned is not a new invenčon as to the publick
vse and excise of the same, and not invented and found out by the said Charles
Ardesoif as aforesaid, then upon significacon and declaračon of such piudice
or inconveniency to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or
theire signet or privy seale, or by the Lords or others of our or their Privy
Councill, or any six or more of them vnder their hande, these our Letters
Patente shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly voyd to all intente and
purposes; any thing herein-before contained to the contrary notwithstanding:
pvided also that these our Letters Patente or any thing herein contayned, shall
not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Charles
Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, or assignes, to imitate any invencon
or worke whatsoever which hath been heretofore invented or found out by any
other of our subiects whatsoever and publickly excised within our sens or
dominions aforesaid, to whome wee have already granted our like Letters
Patente of priviledge for the sole excise and benefitt thereof, it being our will
and pleasure that the said Charles Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and all and singular other person and persons, to whom wee have
already granted our like Letters Patente, shall distinctly vse and practice their
severall invenčons by them respectively found out, according to the true
meaneing of such our Letters Patente and of these psente: And lastly, wee
doe hereby for vs, our heires, and successors, grant vnto the said Charles
Ardesoif, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters

page_text: Patent, or the inrollment thereof, shall be and continue in and by all things
good, valid, firme, and effectuall in the lawe according the true meaneing of
the same, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing or men-
čoning of the said Invenčon, or of the materialle, wayes, or meanes of
makeing, vseing, or exciseing of the same, or of the certaine vse or benefitt
thereof, or any other defect, incertainety, or impfeccon in these psente, or any
other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in any wise not-
withstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, and the
rest of the keepers and justices of the kingdome, at Westñ the
Second day of August.