A CERTAINE ENGINE WHICH WILBE OF VERY GREATE VSE AND BENEFITT TO THE PUBLIQUE IN TEACHING TO PERFORME BY ARTIFICIALL HORSES THE VSUALL EXERCIZES OF A COMPLEATE HORSEMAN, GENERALLY TAUGHT IN ACADEMYS (VIZT.), THE RUNING AT THE RING, THROWING OF THE LAUNCE, SHOOTING OF THE PISTOLL, AND TAKEING- VPP OF THE HEAD, AND THAT ATT SUCH EASY AND CHEAPE RATES AS MAY ENCOURAGE MANY TO LEARNE THE SAME WHOE ARE OTHERWISE, BY THE GREATNESSE OF THE EXPENCE, PREVENTED FROM ACQUIREING THE SAID EXERCIZES
Year: 1672

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WHEREAS JOHN WELLC, by his humble peticon informeing vs that by
his great labour and industry he hath brought into this nation the discovery of
"A CERTAINE ENGINE WHICH WILBE OF VERY GREATE VSE AND BENEFITT TO THE
PUBLIQUE IN TEACHING TO PERFORME BY ARTIFICIALL HORSES THE VSUALL EXERCIZES
OF A COMPLEATE HORSEMAN, GENERALLY TAUGHT IN ACADEMYS (VIZT.), THE RUNING
AT THE RING, THROWING OF THE LAUNCE, SHOOTING OF THE PISTOLL, AND TAKEING-
VPP OF THE HEAD, AND THAT ATT SUCH EASY AND CHEAPE RATES AS MAY ENCOURAGE
MANY TO LEARNE THE SAME WHOE ARE OTHERWISE, BY THE GREATNESSE OF THE
EXPENCE, PREVENTED FROM ACQUIREING THE SAID EXERCIZES," hath humbly
besought vs to grant him our licence and priviledge for the sole vse, benefitt,
and exercize of the said Invenĉon for the tearme of fouretcene yeares,
according to the Statute in such case made and provided.
KNOW YEE, that we, being willing to cherish and encourage all laudable
endeavours and designes of such our subiects as shall finde out vsefull and
profitable arte, misteries, and invenčons, by granting and appropriating to
them for some tearme of yeares the fruite and benefitt of theire labour and
industry, whereby theire studies and expences in the attainement thereof may
be recompenced and rewarded vnto them, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meere močon, have given and granted, and by these presente,
for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant, vnto the said John Welle,

page_text: his executors, adiñstrators, and assignes, especiall licence, power, priviledge, &
authority, that he and they, by him and themselves, and by his and theire
deputies, agents, and servants, and such others onely as he, the said John
Welle, his executors, adññistrators, or assignes, shall agree with, shall and may,
from tyme to tyme and att all and every tyme and tymes hereafter durcing the
tearme and space of foureteene yeares next ensueing the date of these
presente, att his and theire owne proper cost and charges, vse, practice, teach,
or putt in vre the said Invencon by him found out and discovered as aforesaid,
for the teaching to performe by artificiall horses the vsuall exercizes of a
compleat horseman, generally taught in accademyes within our kingdome of
England and dominion of Wales, and als00 shall and may have, receive, take,
and enioy all the benefitt, proflitt, coñiodity, and advantage of and by such
new Invenĉon or the vse of the said engine, to be had, made, acquired, or
gotten, to his and theire one proper vse and behoofes; to have, hould,
exercize, and enioy the said licence, priviledge, power, and authority, and other
the premisses by these presente granted or menconed to be granted, and
every of them, vnto the said John Welle, his executors, admistrators, and
assignes, for and dureing and vnto the full end and tearme of fourteen yeares
from henceforth next ensueing and fully to be compleate and ended, according.
to the forme of the Statute in that case made and provided; yeilding and
paying therefore yearely and every yeare dureing the said tearme, into the
receipt of our Exchequer att Westminster, to and for the vse of vs, our heires
and successors, the rent or sume of twenty shilling of lawfull money of
England, att the feast of Saint Michaell the Archangell onely in every yeare.
And to the end the said John Welle, his executors, admistrators, and assignes,
may the better enioy the full and whole benefitt and sole vse and exercize of
his said Invenĉon, we doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
streightly charge, require, and comand all and every person and persons, bodyes
politique and corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or condicon soever they
be, that neither they nor any of them, durcing the said tearme of foureteen
yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse, exercize, or putt
in practize the said Invenčon soe by the said John Welle found out and dis-
covered as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the
said engine soe by him found out and discovered as aforesaid, nor doe nor
shall make any addičon therevnto or substraccon from the same, whereby to
pretend themselves the inventors or devisors thereof, without the licence,
consent, or agreement of the said John Welle, his executors, adñistrators, or
assignes, in writeing vnder his or theire hande and seales, first had and
obtained in that behalfe, vppon paine of forfeiture and losse of all such engines,

page_text: and alsoe vppon all such paines and penalties as can or may be inflicted on
such offenders for theire contempte of this our comand in that behalfe; and,
further, to be answearable to the said John Welle, his executors, admistrators,
and assignes, according to law and justice, for his and theire damages thereby
sustained. And, further, we doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, give and grant vnto the said John Welle, his executors, admistrators,
and assignes, full power and authority, that he and they, and every of them,
his, theire, and every of theire deputies, agente, and servants, haveing first
obtained a warrant in that behalfe from the Lord Cheife Justice of the Court
of King Benchfor the tyme being, with the assistance of a constable or any
other lawful officer, as well within liberties as without, att convenient tymes
in the day dureing the tearme aforesaid, and in lawful manner, shall and
may enter into and make search in any howses or other places where there shall.
be iust cause of suspition for discovering and findcing out of all such persons
as shall imitate, make, or vse, or cause to be imitated, made, or vsed, the said
engine soe by him, the said John Welle, found out and discovered as aforesaid,
or any of them, that soe such offenders may be proceeded against and punished
according to theire demeritte. And, further, we doe by theise presente, for vs,.
our heires and successors, will, authorize, require, and comand, all and singuler
justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffe, bayliffe, constables, headboroughes, and.
all other officers and ministers of vs, our heires and successors, for the tyme
being, that they and every of them respectively, from tyme to tyme dureing.
the said tearme hereby granted, in theire respective places, be favouring,
helping, aiding, and assisting vuto the said John Welle, his executors,
admistrators, and assignes, and to theire deputies, agents, and servants, in and
by all thing in and about the accomplishing of our will and pleasure herein
declared, and in the exercize and execucon of the powers, priviledges, and
authorities herein and hereby given and granted, or menconed to be given and
granted, as aforesaid. And, moreover, that they nor any of them doe not att
any tyme molest, hinder, or intervpt the said John Welle, his executors,
adnistrators, and assignes, or his or theire deputies, agent, or servante, or
any of them, in or about the vse or exercize of the said Invenĉon, or in any
matter or thing concerneing the same. Provided, alwayes, that if att any tyme
durcing the said tearme of foureteene yeares it shall be made appeare vnto vs,
our heires or successors, or any six or more of our or theire Privy Councell,
that this our grant is contrary to law, or preiudiciall or inconvenient, or not of
publique vse or benefitt, or that the said Invenĉon is not a new Inventon of
the said John Welle, then, vppon significacon and declaračon to bee made by
vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or theire signett or privy seale, or by

page_text: the lord and others of our Privy Councell, or any six of them for the tyme
being, in writeing vnder theire hande, of such preiudice or inconveniency,
these our Letters Patents, and every thing thing therein contained, shall from
thenceforth cease, determine, and be vtterly voide, anything herein-before
contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And our will and pleasure is, that
the said John Welle, his executors, adnistrators, and assignes, doe inroll these
present, or cause the same to be inrolled, before the Clarke of the Pipe, within
six monethes next after the date hereof. And, lastly, wee doe by these
present, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said John Welle,
his executors, adiîistrators. and assignes, that these our Letters Patente, or the
inrollment thereof, shalbe in and by all thing good, valid, sufficient, and
effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaneing of these
presente, and shalbe taken, construed, and adiudged most favourably and
bencficially for the benefitt and advantage of the said John Welle, his
executors, admistrators, and assignes, aswell in all our court of record as
elsewhere, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing or menconing
the manner and quality of the said Invenčon or of the said engine, or of the
materialle, way, or manner of makeing, vseing, or exercizeing thereof, or of
the certaine vse and benefitt thereof, and notwithstanding any other defect,
incertainety, or imperfecon in these presents contained, or any law, act,
statute, ordinance, proclamacon, provision, or restriccon, or other matter or
thing whatsoever, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selfe att Westminster, the Fifteenth day
of February.