AN ENGINE WHICH WILL PREVENT THE OVER- TURNING OF ANY SORT OF CARRIAGES, WHETHER COACH, CARTE, OR WAGGON, MAKEING THEM GOE MUCH LIGHTER AND EASIER, AND KEEPING THEM IN THE SAME SCITUACON BOTH VP HILL AND DOWNE, EVEN IN THE WORST ROADS
Year: 1697

page_text: these Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved Colonell BARTHOLOMEW OGILBY
hath by his petion humbly represented vnto vs that he hath with greate
paines and charges found out "AN ENGINE WHICH WILL PREVENT THE OVER-
TURNING OF ANY SORT OF CARRIAGES, WHETHER COACH, CARTE, OR WAGGON, MAKEING
THEM GOE MUCH LIGHTER AND EASIER, AND KEEPING THEM IN THE SAME SCITUACON
BOTH VP HILL AND DOWNE, EVEN IN THE WORST ROADS," which Invention will be
of greate vse and conveniency to this our kingdome in generall, and hath
humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole vse and
benefitt of his said Invention during the terme of fourteen yeares.
⚫ KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to condescend
to that his request, and willing to encourage the inventers of all such arts as
may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge,
and meere močon, have given and granted, and by these Presents, for vs, our
heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Colonell Bartholomew
Ogilby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, special lycence, full power,
sole priviledge and authority; that he; the said Bartholomew Ogilby, bis
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves, or
his or their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said
Bartholomew Ogilby, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any
time agree with, and noe others, from time to time and at all times during the
terme of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise,

page_text: and enioy the said new invented engine for preventing the overturning of any
sort of carriages as aforesaid, within our Kingdom of England, Dominion
of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, or any other our dominions, in
such manner and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and limitacons
as to him, the said Bartholomew Ogilby, his executors, admiñrs, & assignes,
or any of them, shall in their discrecons seem meet; and that ho the said
Bartholomew Ogilby, his oxors, admiñrs, and assignes, shall and may have
and enjoy the sole profitt, benefitt, commodity, and advantage from time to time
coming, growing, accrewing, and arising by reason of the said Invention for
and durcing the full terme of yeares herein mentioned, to have, hold, exercise,
and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-beforo
granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the said Bartholomew Ogilby, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, for and dureing and vnto the full end
and terme of fourteen yeares from the date of these Presents next and
immediately ensueing, and fully to be compleate and ended, according to the
Statute in this case made and provided: And to the end that the said
Bartholomew Ogilby, his exccutors, administrators, and assignes, and every of
them, may have and enioy the full benefitt and the sole makeing, vse, and
exercise of the said Invention according to our gracious intentions herein-
before declared, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
require and strictly command all and every person and persons, bodies politiquo
and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or
degree, name or condicon soever they be, within all and every our kingdomes
and dominions, that neither they or any of them, at any time dureing the
continuance of the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly
or indirectly, doe make, vsc, or put in practice the said Invention or any part
of the same soe attained vnto by the said Bartholomew Ogilby as aforesaid,
nor shall in anywise counterfeite, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall
make or cause to be made any addition thereunto or substraction from the
same whereby to pretend themselves the inventer or inventers, deviser or
devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said
Bartholomew Ogilby, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing
vnder his, their, or some of their hande 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 command; and further,
to be answerable to the said Bartholomew Ogilby, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, according to law for his and their damages thereby
occasioned. And moreover, wee doc by these Presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, will and command all and singular our justices of the peace,.

page_text: mayors, sherriffes, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and
ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, now and for the time
being, that they or any of them doe not nor shall at any time hereafter dureing
the said terme hereby granted in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said
Bartholomew Ogilby, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his
or their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull makeing,
vse, or exercise of the aforesaid Invention or anything relateing thereto :
Provided alwaies, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this
condičon, that if at any time dureing the terme 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 preiudiciall
or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said Invention is not
new invention as to the publique vse and exercise thereof within this our
Kingdome of England, and not invented and found out by the said Bartholomew
Ogilby as aforesaid; then, vpon signification and declaration thereof to be
made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signett or privy seale,
or by the Lorde and others of our or their Privy Councill, or any six or more
of them, vnder their hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease,
determine, and be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, anything before
herein contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding: Provided alsoe,
that these our Letters Patents or anything herein 'contained shall not extend
or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Bartholomew
Ogilby, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or
imitate any invention or worke whatsoever which hath been heretofore found
out or invented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed
or exercised within our said realmes and dominions, or any of them, vnto
whome like Letters Patents or priviledge have been already granted for the
sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure that
the said Bartholomew Ogilby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and
all and singular other person and persons to whome like Letters Patents or
priviledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and
practice their severall inventions by them invented and found out, according to
the true intent and meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and
of these Presents. And lastly, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, grant vnto the said Bartholomew Ogilby, his exccutors,
administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents or the inrollment
thereof shall be in and by all things good, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall
in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be
taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficiall sence for

page_text: the best advantage of the said Bartholomew Ogilby, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, aswell in all Courts of Record as elsewhere, and by all
and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and
successors, in all and singular our realmes and dominions whatsoever, and
amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever
and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing the
nature or quality of the said Invention, or of the materials thereto conduceing
and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse ourselfe at Westminster the One-and-
twentieth day of Aprill.
By Writt of Privy Seale.