SEVERALL ENGINES FOR RAISEING GREAT QUANTITIES OF WATER WITH FARRE LESSE PORCON OF STRENGTH THEN CAN BE FORMED EITHER BY ANY CHAYNE PUMPE OR OTHER ENGINE OR PUMPE NOW IN VSE
Year: 1674

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty & welbeloved Sir SAMUELL MORLAND, Kn' & Bart,
hath with long study & greate expence invented & brought to pfeccon "SEVERALL
ENGINES FOR RAISEING GREAT QUANTITIES OF WATER WITH FARRE LESSE PORCON
OF STRENGTH THEN CAN BE FORMED EITHER BY ANY CHAYNE PUMPE OR OTHER
ENGINE OR PUMPE NOW IN VSE," severall demonstracons whereof wee have
been to our greate satisfaccon, & beleeve the same will prove of greate &
vniversall vse to our subiecte. And the said Sir Samuell Morland hath assured
vs that hee will make very consictable & vsefull improvem" & addicons there-
vnto; and alsoe. humbly besought vs to grant him our licence for the sole
vse & benefitt of the said engines for the terme of fourteen yeares according
to the statute in such cases made & pvided.
NOW KNOW YEE, that wee, being willing to cherish & encourage the
laudable endeavors & ingenious designes of the said Sir Samuell Morland,
by granting & appropriating vnto him for some terme of yeares the sole
fruit & benefitt of his labour and industry, whereby his studies & expences
in the psecucon & attainement of the said Invenĉon may in some measure
be rewarded, & that he may receive encouragem' for the future to make
such further improvem" & addičons therevnto as aforesaid, of our especiall
grace, certaine knowledge, & meere mocon, have given & granted and
by these sente, for vs, our heires & successors, doe give & grant: vnto

page_text: the said Sir Samuell Morland, his executors, adiñiors, & assignes, especiall
licence, power, priviledge, & authority, that he & they, by him & themselves,
& by his & their deputies, servante, agente, & assignes, & such others only
as he, the said Sir Samuell Morland, his executors, adñiors, or assignes, shall
agree with, shall & may from tyme to tyme & at all & every tyme & times
hereafter during the terme & space of fourteen yeares next ensucing the date
of these sente, frame, vsc, practice, & putt in vre the said new engines soe by
him found out & invented as aforesaid within our kingdome of England and
dominion of Wales; and alsoe shall & may have, receive, take & enioy
all the benefitt, pfitt, comodity, & advantage of & by the said new engines to
bee had, made, acquired, or gotten to his & their owne pper benefitt, vse &
vses, to have, hold, vse, exercize, & enioy the said priviledge, power, & autho-
rity, & all other the misses by these psente Psent granted or menconed to
be granted, & every of them, to the said Sir Samuell Morland, his executors,
adiñiors, & assignes, within our said kingdome of England & dominion of
Wales, for & during & vnto the full end & terme of fourteen yeares from the
date hereof, fully to be compleate & ended according to the forme of the statute
in that case made & prided. And to the end the said Sir Samuell Morland, his
executors, adors, & assignes, may the better enioy the full & whole benefitt
& the sole vse & exercise of the said Invenĉon, wee doe by these psente, for
vs, our heires & successors, straightly charge, require, & comand all & every
person & psons, bodies politique & corporate, of what quality, degree, name,
or condičon soever they bee, within our said kingdome of England & dominion
of Wales, that neither they nor any of them during the said terme of four-
teen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse, exercize, or
putt in practice the said engenes soe by the said Sir Samuell Morland found
out and invented as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfeite, imitate, or
resemble the same, nor doe nor shall make any addičon therevnto or sub-
stracčon therefrom whereby to Ptend themselves the inventors or devisors
thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreement of the said Sir Samuel
Morland, his executors, adññiors, or assignes, in writeing vnder bis or their
hande & scales first had & obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paines
& penalties as can or may be inflicted on such offenders for the contempt of
this our comand in that behalfe; and further, to be answereable to the said
Sir Samuel Morland, his executors, admiors, & assignes, according to law
& justice, for his and their damages thereby susteyned. And we doe further
by these sente, for vs, our heires & successors, give & grant vnto the said
Sir Samuell Morland, his executors, adiñors, & assignes, full power & autho
rity that hee, they, and every of them, his, their, & every of their deputies

page_text: agent & servante, baveing first obteyned a warrant in that behalfe from the
Lord Chiefe Justice of our Court of King Bench for the tyme being, with
the assistance of a constable or other lawful officer, aswell within libties
as without, at convenient tymes in the day during the terme aforesaid, & in
lawful manner, shall & may enter into & make search in any house, houses,
or other place or places within our said kingdome of England & dominion of
Wales, where there shalbee iust cause of suspicon, for discovering, finding out.
& apprehending of all such psons as shall imitate, vse, or exercise, or cause to be
imitated, vsed, or exercised, within our said kingdome of England & dominion
of Wales, the said ingines or any of the principall parte aforesaid soc by him,
the said Sir Samuell Morland, found out & invented as aforesaid, that soc such
offenders may bee peceded against & punished according to their demeritte.
And further, we doe by these psente, for vs, our heires, and successors, will,
authorise, require, & comand all & singuler justices of the peace, maiors,
sherriffe, bayliffe, constables, headboroughs, & all other officers & ministers
of vs, our heires & successors for the tyme being, that they & every of them
respectively, from tyme to tyme during the said terme hereby granted, in their
respective places, bee favoring, helpeing, ayding, & assisting vnto the said Sir
Samuell Morland, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, & to his & their deputy
& deputies. agente, & servante, in and by all thing in & about the accom-
plishing of our will & pleasure herein declared, and in the exercise & execucon
of the powers, priviledges, & authorities herein and hereby given & granted,
or menconed to be given & granted as aforesaid; and, moreover, that they
nor any of them doe at any time hereafter molest, hinder, or interrupt the
said Sir Samuell Morland, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, or his or their
deputy or deputyes, agent, or servant, or any of them, in or about the vse
or exercise of his said Invenčon, or in any matter or thing concerning the
same: Provided alwaies, and if at any tyme during the said terme of fourteen
yeares it shall be made appeare vnto vs, our heires or successors, or any six
or more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our grant is contrary to law
or Piudiciall or inconvenient, or not of publique vse or benefitt, or that the said
Invenčon is not a newe Invenčon of the said Sir Samuell Morlande, as to the
publick vse & exercise thereof within our said kingdome of England & dominion
of Wales, then vpon significačon & declaračon to be made by vs, our heires
& successors vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by the Lorde & others
of our or their Privy Councell, or any six or more of them for the tyme being,
in writing vnder their hande, of such piudice or inconvenience, these our
Letters Patente, & every thing herein conteyned, shall from thenceforth cease,
determine, & bee vtterly voyd, any thing herein-before conteyned to the con

page_text: trary. And lastly, wee doc by these psente, for vs, our heires and successors,
grant vnto the said Sir Samuell Morland, his executors, adñiors, & assignes,
that these our Lies Patente, or the enrollm thereof, shalbe in & by all thing?
good, valid, sufficient, & effectuall in the lawe, according to the true intent &
meaning of these psente, and shalbe taken, construed,. & adiudged most
favorably & beneficially for the best benefitt & advantage of the said Sir
Samuel Morland, his executors, adñors, & assignes, notwithstanding the not
full & certaine describeing or menconing the manner & quality of the said
Invenĉon, or of the matiall, way, or manner of makeing, vscing, or exer-
ciseing the said Invenčon, or of the certaine vse & benefitt thereof, and not-
withstanding any other defect, incertainty, or impfeccon. in these sente
conteyned, or any law, act, statute, ordinance, pelamacon, pvision, or restriccon,
or other matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding.
In witnes, &c. Witnes the King at West, the Fourteenth day of March.
By Writ of Privy Seale.