A CERTAIN MIXTURE OR PREPARACON, WHICH BEING APPLIED AND WELL PAIED TO THE BOTTOM OF ANY VESSELL OR ELSWHERE, WILL SO FAR PENETRATE INTO THE PLANK AS TO BECOME ONE SUBSTANCE WITH THE WOOD TO WHICH IT IS LAID ON AND PAIED, A AFORESAID, KEEPING THE WORMS FROM EATING THROUGH THE BLAKE, PRESERVING THE SAME FROM DECAY, AND ENTIRELY FREEING THE BOTTOM FROM OTHER ACCIDENT AND VERMINE DETRIMENTAL TO SHIPPING
Year: 1725

page_text: come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved DANIEL PAION, of Blackwall, in our
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, hath by his petičon humbly represented
vnto vs that he hath, with great expence, care, and pains, found out "A CERTAIN
MIXTURE OR PREPARACON, WHICH BEING APPLIED AND WELL PAIED TO THE BOTTOM
OF ANY VESSELL OR ELSWHERE, WILL SO FAR PENETRATE INTO THE PLANK AS TO
BECOME ONE SUBSTANCE WITH THE WOOD TO WHICH IT IS LAID ON AND PAIED, A
AFORESAID, KEEPING THE WORMS FROM EATING THROUGH THE BLAKE, PRESERVING THE
SAME FROM DECAY, AND ENTIRELY FREEING THE BOTTOM FROM OTHER ACCIDENT AND
VERMINE DETRIMENTAL TO SHIPPING," that the said preparation hath been proved
on the ship Magdalene, of St. Malo, bound to Martineco and St. Domingo in
the West Indies, which ship came home to St. Malo aforesaid entirely free
from worm holes and vntouched and not the worse for the voyage, although
the said coast are the worst in all those parts, and so much troubled with
wormes that in twenty-four hours those vermine will so farr penetrate into the
bottom of a vessell as to make it entirely vseless and vnserviceable if not
sheathed with lead (the vsual custome to preserve the same), the charge of
which is fourty times more than the petičoner's preparačon, and not so
dureable; that the said preparacon will, when laid on as it ought to be, not
only hinder the shipping from taking fire, but is also so farr a destroyer thereof,

page_text: as to extinguish the heat of an iron bar before it can penetrate or make
any impression on the wood whereon mixture is laid vntil the same is entirely
worne off, and so hard and dureable that it stande proofe vnder line, and is
as a case of steel to a ship against sande, preserving the same from rubbing
or other accidents happening to ships; by falling vpon sande, and haveing
humbly prayed vs to grant him, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
our Royal Letters Patents for the sole making and vending of his said
preparacon within our dominions for the terme of fourteen yeares, in pursuance
of the Statute in such case made and provided, wee, being willing to give
encouragement to all arts and inventions that may be for the publick vse
and benefit, are gratiously pleased to condescend to his request.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, of our especial grace, certain
knowledge, and meer nočon, have given, granted, and by these Presente,
for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said Daniel
Paion, our especial lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that he,
the said Daniel Paion, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every
of them, by himselfe or themselves, or by his or their deputy and deputies,
servants or agente, or such others as he, the said Daniel Paion, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times hereafter during the term of yeares herein
expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and vend his said new
invented mixture or preparacon for preserving ships from the worms and other
accidents, as above described, within that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, in
such manner as to him, the said Daniel Paion, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet; and that he,
the said Daniel Paion, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and law-
fully may have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage
from time to time coming, growing, accrewing, and ariseing by reason of the
said Invention for and during the term of yeares herein mentioned, to have, hold,
exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-
before granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Daniel Paion, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during and vnto the full end
and term of fourteen yeares from the day of the date of these Presents next
and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the
Statute in such case made and provided. And to the end that the said Daniel
Paion, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may
have and enioy the full benefit, and the sole vse and exercise of the said
Invention, according to our gratious intencon herein-before declared, wee do

page_text: by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly
command all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate,
and all other our subiecte whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name,
or condition soever they be, in that said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our said Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-
Tweed, that neither they or any of them at any time during the continuance
of the said term of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly,
do make, vse, or put in practice the said Invenčon so attained vnto by the said
Daniel Paion as aforesaid, nor in any wise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the
same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereunto or substraction
from the same, whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves the inventor or
inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agree-
ment of the said Daniel Paion, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in
writing vnder his or their hand and seales first had and obtained in that
behalfe, vpon such pains and penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on
such offenders for their contempt of this our royal command, and further to be
answerable to the said Daniel Paion, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
according to law, for his or their damages thereby occasioned. And more-
over, wee doe by these Presente, for vs, our heires and successors, will and
command all and singular the justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs,
constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of
vs, our heires and successors for the time being, that they or any of them do
not, nor shall not at any time hereafter during the said term hereby granted,
in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Daniel Paion, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, or any of them, their or any of their deputies;
servant, or agente, in or about the due and lawfull vse or exercise of the
aforesaid Invention, or any thing relateing thereto: Provided always, and these
our Letters Patente are and shall be vpon this condition, that if at any time
during the said term hereby granted it shall be made appear to vs, our heires or
successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Council, that this our grant
is contrary to law or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiecte in general,
or that the said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick vse and
exercise thereof in that said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, our said Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, or
not invented and found out by the said Daniel Paion as aforesaid, then, vpon
signification and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or succes-
sors, vnder our or their signet or privy seal, or by the Lorde and others of
our or their Privy Council, or any-six or more of them, vnder their hande.
these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void

page_text: to all intents and purposes, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary
in any wise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters Patents, or
any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend to
give priviledge vnto the said Daniel Paion, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or work whatsoever
which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any other of our subiecte
whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised in that said part of our Kingdom
of Great Britain called England, our said Dominion of Wales, or Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, vnto whome like Letters Patents or priviledges have
been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our
will and pleasure that the said Daniel Paion, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, and all and every other person and persons to whom like Letters
Patents or priviledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly
vse and practice their several inventions by them invented and found out,
according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective Letters
Patents and of these Presents: Provided likewise, and these our Letters
Patents are vpon this express condition, that if the said Daniel Paion, his
executors or administrators, or any person or persons which shall or may at any
time or times hereafter during the continuance of this grant, have or claim any
right, title, or interest in law or equity of, in, or to the power, priviledge, and
authority of the sole vse and benefit of the said Invention hereby granted,
shall make any transferr or assignement, or any pretended transferr or assigne-
ment of the said liberty and priviledge, or any share or shares of the benefit
or profit thereof, or shall declare any trust thereof to or for any number
of persons exceeding the number of five, or shall open or cause to be opened
any book or books for publick subscriptions to be made by any number of
persons exceeding the number of five, in order to the raising any sumie or
sumes of money vnder pretence of carrying on the said liberty or priviledge
hereby granted, or shall by him or themselves, or his or their agents or
servante, receive any sumie or summes of money whatsoever of any number of
persons exceeding in the whole the number of five for such or the like
intents or purposes, or shall presume to act as a corporate body, or shall divide
the benefit of these our Letters Patente, or the liberty and priviledges hereby
by vs granted into any number of shares exceeding the number of five, or shall
commit or do, or procure to be committed or done, any act, matter, or thing
whatsoever during such time as such person or persons shall have any right or
title either in law or equity in or to the said premisses, which would be contrary
to the true intent and meaning of a certain Act of Parliament made in the
sixth year of our reign, intituled (An Act for the better securing certain

page_text: Powers and Priviledges intended to be granted by His Maiestie by Two Char-
ters for Assurance of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea, and for lending Money
vpon Bottomry, and for restraining several extravagant and vnwarrantable
Practices therein menconed,) if these our Letters Patente had not been granted,
or in case the said power, priviledge, or authority shall at any time hereafter
become vested or in trust for more than the number of five persons or their
representatives at any one time (reckoning executors or administrators as
and for the single person whom they represent, as to such interest as they are
or shall be intituled to in right of such their testator or intestate), that then
and in any of the said cases, these our Letters Patents, and all liberties, privi-
ledges, and advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall vtterly cease, determine,
and become void, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof
in any wise notwithstanding. And lastly, wee do by these Presents, for vs, our
heires and successors, grant vnto the said Daniel Paion, his executors, ad-
ministrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment or
exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient,
and effectual in the law according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and
shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficial
sense for the best advantage of the said Daniel Paion, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, as well in all Courts of Record as elsewhere, and by all
and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and succes-
sors, in that said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our said
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and amongst all and
every the subiect of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever,
notwithstanding the not full and certaine describing the nature or quality of
the said Invention, or of the materials thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witness, &c. Witness our selfe at Westminster, the Third day of