A NEW AND MOST VSEFULL RESTORATIVE CORDIAL AND MEDICINE, WHICH FOR ITS EFFECTS HAS BEEN EXPE RIMENTALLY FOUND TO TEND TO THE PUBLICK GOOD AND BENEFITT OF ALL OUR SUBIECTS VSING THE SAME, AND HATE FOR ABOVE TWENTY YEARES, AT THE EXTRA- ORDINARY COSTS OF THE PETITIONER, BEEN DISPERSED, AND THEREBY GAINED AN VNIVERSAL ESTEEM THROUGHT OUR KINGDOMS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND LIKEWISE IN MANY FORREIGN PARTS, BY THE NAME OF STOUGHTON'S ELIXIR MAGNUM STOMACHIC, OR THE GREAT CORDIAL ELIXIE, OTHERWISE CALLED THE STOMATICK TINCTURE OR BITTER DROPS
Year: 1712

page_text: ANNE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these presents shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved RICHARD STOUGHTON, of the burrough
of Southwark, in our county of Surrey, Apothecary, hath, by his petition,
humbly represented vnto vs, that he hath, after many yeares great labour and
charge, found out and brought to perfection "A NEW AND MOST VSEFULL
RESTORATIVE CORDIAL AND MEDICINE, WHICH FOR ITS EFFECTS HAS BEEN EXPE
RIMENTALLY FOUND TO TEND TO THE PUBLICK GOOD AND BENEFITT OF ALL OUR
SUBIECTS VSING THE SAME, AND HATE FOR ABOVE TWENTY YEARES, AT THE EXTRA-
ORDINARY COSTS OF THE PETITIONER, BEEN DISPERSED, AND THEREBY GAINED AN
VNIVERSAL ESTEEM THROUGHT OUR KINGDOMS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND
LIKEWISE IN MANY FORREIGN PARTS, BY THE NAME OF STOUGHTON'S ELIXIR MAGNUM
STOMACHIC, OR THE GREAT CORDIAL ELIXIE, OTHERWISE CALLED THE STOMATICK
TINCTURE OR BITTER DROPS; and haveing therefore humbly prayed vs to grant
vnto him, his executors, administrators, and assignes, the sole preparation,
vse, and exercise of his said Invenčon throughout that part of our kingdom
of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and within our kingdom of Ireland, for the term of
fourteen years,-
KNOW YEE, that wee being willing to give encouragement to all arts and
invenčons which may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especial grace,
certain knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these
presents, for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said
Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall

page_text: lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Richard
Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and assigues, and every of them, by
himselfe and themselves, or by his or their deputy and deputies, servants or
agents, or such others as he, the said Richard Stoughton, his executors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times during the term of yeares herein expressed, shall and
lawfully may prepare, exercise, worke, vse, and enioy within that part of our
kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town
of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and within our kingdom of Ireland, his said new
invented restorative cordial and medicine by the name of Stoughton's Elixir
Magnum Stomachium, or the Great Cordial Elixir, otherwise called the
Stomatick Tincture or Bitter Drops as aforesaid, in such manner as to him,
the said Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or
any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet; and that he, the said
Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may
have and enioy the whole profitt, benefitt, comodity, and advantage from time
to time coming, growing, accrueing, and ariseing by reason of the said Inven-
tion for and during the full terme of yeares herein menčoned; to have, hold,
exercise, and enioy the said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages
herein-before granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Richard
Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during and
vnto the full end and term of fourteen yeares from the date of these presents
next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according
to the statute in this case made and provided; and to the end that the said
Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of
them, may have and enioy the full benefitt, and the sole vse and exercise of
the said Invention, according to our gratious intenčon herein-before declared,
wee do, by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and
strictly comand all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corpo-
rate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree,
name or condicon soever they be, within that part of our said kingdom of
Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-
vpon-Tweed, and within our said kingdom of Ireland, that neither they or any
of them, at any time during the continuance of the said terme of fourteen
years hereby granted, either directly or indirectly do make, vse, or put in
practice the said Invencon, or any part of the same so attained voto by the
said Richard Stoughton, as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise counterfeit, imitate,
or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition there-
unto or subtracčons from the same, whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves

page_text: the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the lycence,
consent, or agreement of the said Richard Stoughton, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assignes, in writing vnder his or their hand and seales first had
and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may be
iustly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our royall comand,
and further to be answerable to the said Richard Stoughton, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, according to law, for his and their damages
thereby occasioned; and moreover we do by these présents, for vs, our heires
and successors, will and comand all and singular our 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 at any time hereafter during. the said
terme hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Richard
Stoughton, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, or his or
their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull making
vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invenčon, or anything relating thereto; pro-
vided always, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condi-
tion, 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 incon-
venient to our subiects in generall, or that the said Invention is not a new
invention as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within that part of our
said kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and
town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and within our said kingdom of Ireland, or not
invented and found out by the said Richard Stoughton as aforesaid, then,
vpon-signification and declaration thereof, to be--made by vs, our heires or
successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by the lorde and others
of our or their Privy Council, or any six or more of them, vnder their hande,
theso our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void,
to all intents and purposes, anything herein-before contained to the contrary in
anywise notwithstanding; provided also, that these our Letters Patents or
anything herein contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to give
priviledge vnto the said Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or work whatsoever
which hath heretofore been found or invented by any other of our subiects
whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within that part of our said
kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town
of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, or within our said kingdom of Ireland, vnto whom
like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already granted for the sole

page_text: vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the
said Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all
and every other person and persons to whome like Letters Patents or privi-
ledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice
their severall inventions by them invented and found out, according to the
truo intent and meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and of these
presents; and lastly, wee do by these presents, for vs, our heires and succes-
sors, grant vnto the said Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, that these our Letters Patents or the inrolment thereof shall be in
and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law, accord-
ing to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed,
and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense for the best advan-
tage of the said Richard Stoughton, his executors, administrators, 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 successors, within
that part of our said kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion
of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and within our said kingdom
of Ireland, and amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our heires and
successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and
certain describing the nature or quality of the said Invenĉon, or of the
materials thereto conducing and belonging.
In witnesse &c. Witnesse ourselfe, at Westminster, the Third day of
April.
By Writt of Privy Seale.