A NEW WAY OF PREPARING CRAPES, AND ALL. OTHER SORTS OF WOOLLEN STUPPS AND SILKS IN FLOWERS, RAMAGES, AND IN. ALL. OTHER FIGURES WHATSOEVER BEFORE THEY BE DYED, BUT WHICH APPEARS, AFTER THE DYING OF THEM BY THE DYERS, IN DIFFERENT COLOURS VPON THE SAME PIECE
Year: 1694

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greeting.
WHEREAS FRANCIS POUSSETT hath by his humble peticon represented
vnto vs, that he hath found out "A NEW WAY OF PREPARING CRAPES, AND ALL.
OTHER SORTS OF WOOLLEN STUPPS AND SILKS IN FLOWERS, RAMAGES, AND IN. ALL.
OTHER FIGURES WHATSOEVER BEFORE THEY BE DYED, BUT WHICH APPEARS, AFTER
THE DYING OF THEM BY THE DYERS, IN DIFFERENT COLOURS VPON THE SAME PIECE,"
which has never yet been knowne or practised in this our kingdome; and
haveing humbly besought vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole vse
of the said new Invenĉon dureing the space of fourteene yeares.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee being willing to cherish and encourage
all laudable endeavours and designs, of such our subiect as have by theire
industry found out vsefull and proffitable arts, misteryes, & inventions, and
that the said Francis Pousset may accordingly reape some fruit and benefit
of his labour and charge in and concerneing the misses, of our especiall grace,
certaine knowledge, and meer močon, wee have given and granted, and by these
Presents doe give and grant vnto the said Francis Pousset, his executors
administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge, and authority,
that he and they, by him and themselves, and by his and theire deputies,
servants, agents, and workemen, and such others onely as he, the said Francis
Pousset, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall agreo with, shall and
may, from time to time and at all times hereafter, dureing the space of fourteene
yeares next ensucing the date of these Presents, at his and theire own proper costs

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and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and put in practice the said new Inventon
soe by him contrived and found out as aforesaid, in any place or places within
our Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, and alsoe shall and may receive, take, and enioy, all the benefitts,
profitts, commodities, and advantages of and by the said new Invenĉon to be
had, made, acquired, or gotten, to his and theire owne proper benefit, vse, and
to have, hold, vsc, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges,
and authorityes, and all other the premisses by these Presents granted or
menconed to be granted vnto the said Francis Poussett, his exccutors, ad-
ministrators, and assignes, for and durcing and vnto the full end and terme of
fourteene yeares from the day of the date of these Presents next ensueing, and
fully to be compleat & ended according to the Statute in that case made
and pvided.
And to the end the said Francis Pousset, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, may the better enioy the full and whole benefit,
and the sole vse and exercise of the said new Invenčon, wee doe by these
Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, streightly charge, require, and
comand all and every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, of
what quality, degree, name, or condiĉon soever they bee, within our Kingdome
of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-upon-Tweed, that
neither they nor any of them, dureing the said terme of fourteeene yeares
hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe vse, exercise, or put in
practice the said new Invenčon soe by the said Francis Pousset invented
and found out as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or re-
semble the said new Invenĉon, or any materialls there vnto belonging, nor
doe nor shall make any addičon therevnto, or sustraccon therefrom whereby
to tend themselves the inventors or devisors thereof, without the lycence,
consent, or agreemt of the said Francis Pousset, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assignes, in writeing vnder his and theire hands and scales,
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 Francis Pousset, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to
the vtmost rigor of the law, for his and theire damages thereby sustained.
And further, wee doe by these our Letters Patents, for vs, our heires, and
successors, will, authorize, require, and command all and singuler justices of the
peace, mayors, sherriffes, bayliffes, constables, headboroughs, 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 respec-
tively bee from time to time durcing the terme thereby granted, in theire

page_text: respective offices and according to theire and every of theire best skills and
endeavours, ayding, helping, and assisting, vnto the said Francis Pousset, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, deputies, agents, and servants, in and
by all things in and about the accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure
herein-before declared, and in the execution of the severall powers and privi-
ledges hereby granted, as aforesaid. And moreover wee doc by these Presents,
for vs, our heires and successors, will and command that our said respective
officers and ministers before menconed, or any of them, doe not, nor shall at
any tyme hereafter durcing the terme hereby granted in any wise molest
trouble, or hinder the said Francis Pousset, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, deputies, agents, or servants in or about the vse or exercise of
the aforesaid Invencon, or any part thereof, or any thing relating there-
vnto Provided alwaies, and these our Letters Patents are and shall bee
vpon this condičon, that, if at any tyme dureing the said terme of
fourteene yeares hereby granted it shall be made appeare to 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 prejudicial or inconvenient to our subiects
in generall, or that the Invenčon before menconed is not a new Inventon,
as to the publique vse and exercise of the same, and not invented and
found out by the said Francis Pousset as aforesaid, then vpon significacon
and declaracon of such preiudice or inconveniencye 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 theire Privy Councell, or any six or more of them, vnder
theire hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and
be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, any thing herein-before contained to
the contrary notwithstanding: Provided alsoe, that these our Letters Patents,
or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend to
give priviledge vnto the said Francis Pousset, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, to imitate any Invencon or worke whatsoever which hath been
heretofore invented and found out by any other of our subiects whatsoever,
and publiquely exercised within our Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales,
and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, to whom wee have already granted our like
Letters Patent of priviledge for the sole exercise and benefit thereof. It
being our will and pleasure that the said Francis Pousset, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and all and singuler other person and persons to
whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents shall distinctly vse
and practice theire severall Inventions by them respectively found out, accord-
ing to the true meaneing of such our Letters Patents and of these Presents.
And, lastly, wee doe hereby for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the

page_text: said Francis Pousset, his executors, administrators and assignes, that these our
Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall bee and continue in and by
all things good, valid, firme, and effectuall in the law, according to the true
meaneing of the same, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing or
mentioning of the said Invenčon, or of the materialls, wayes, or meanes of
makeing, vseing, or exercising of the same, or of the certaine vse or benefitt
thereof, or any other defect, incertainty, or imperfeccon in these Presents,.
or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in any wise
notwithstanding.