A NEW ENGINE WHEREBY A MAN MAY BE LETT DOWNE VNDER WATER, EITHER IN THE SEA OR ELSEWHERE, BY THE ASSISTANCE OF A CERTAIN DIVEING HABIT, WHICH DOES WELL SECURE THEM FROM THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER, AND LEAVES THEIR ARMES AND LEGGS NAKED AND AT LIBERTY, AND THEREBY AND WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER ENGINE FOR PUMPING OF AIR, THE SAID PERSON SOE LETT DOWNE MAY SAFELY CONTINUE FOR AN HOURE AT LEAST VNDER WATER, WITH GREAT FREEDOME AND CLEARNESSE OF SIGHT, AND BE CAPABLE OF DOEING ANY MANNER OF WORKE DUREING ALL THAT TIME, WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIALL AND ADVANTAGIOUS TO ALL THOSE PERSONS WHOSE BUSINESSE IS TO: SEARCH FOR AND FINDE OUT WRECKS AND OTHER THINGS LOST OR CAST AWAY AT: SEA
Year: 1692

page_text: WILLIAM AND MARY, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whome
these presents shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and wellbeloved ISAAC THOMPSON, Capt.. BENJA-
MIN GRAVES, THOMAS JOELL, and JOHN CUTHBERT, have by their humble-
petition represented vnto vs,. that they have, with great charge and trouble,
found out and contrived "A NEW ENGINE WHEREBY A MAN MAY BE LETT
DOWNE VNDER WATER, EITHER IN THE SEA OR ELSEWHERE, BY THE ASSISTANCE OF
A CERTAIN DIVEING HABIT, WHICH DOES WELL SECURE THEM FROM THE PRESSURE
OF THE WATER, AND LEAVES THEIR ARMES AND LEGGS NAKED AND AT LIBERTY,
AND THEREBY AND WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER ENGINE FOR PUMPING OF AIR,
THE SAID PERSON SOE LETT DOWNE MAY SAFELY CONTINUE FOR AN HOURE AT
LEAST VNDER WATER, WITH GREAT FREEDOME AND CLEARNESSE OF SIGHT, AND BE
CAPABLE OF DOEING ANY MANNER OF WORKE DUREING ALL THAT TIME, WHICH WILL
BE BENEFICIALL AND ADVANTAGIOUS TO ALL THOSE PERSONS WHOSE BUSINESSE IS TO:
SEARCH FOR AND FINDE OUT WRECKS AND OTHER THINGS LOST OR CAST AWAY AT:
SEA;" and have prayed vs to grant them our Letters Patents for the sole vse
thereof.
KNOW YEE that wee, being graciously pleased to condescend to that
their request, and willing to encourage the inventers of such arts as may
be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine know-

page_text: ledge and meere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for
vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamine Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power, sole priviledge and
authority, that they, the said Isaac Thompson, Captaine Beniamine Graves,
Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, by themselves, or their or any of their deputy and
deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamine Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their or
any of their executors, administrators; or assignes, shall agree with, and noe
others, from time to time and at all times dureing the terme of yeares herein
expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and enioy the said
Invention within any part or parts, place or places whatsoever, of, in, or
belonging to our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and all and every or any of our kingdoms and
dominions whatsoever, in such manner and according to such reasonable
and lawful rates and lymittačons as to them, the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamine Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their or any
of their executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their
discretions seeme meet, and that they, the said Isaac Thompson, Captain
Beniamin, Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole benefitt,
profitt, comodity, and advantage from time to time comeing, growing and
ariseing by reason of the said Invention for and dureing the full terme of
yeares herein menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence,
powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or menconed to
be granted vnto the said Isaac Thompson, Captaine Beniamine Graves, Thomas
Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
durcing 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 the said
Isaac Thompson, Captaine Beniamine Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert,
their executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may enioy
the full benefitt and the sole makeing, vse, and exercise of the said Invention,
according to our gratious intentions herein-before declared, wee doe by these
presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly comand
all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all other
our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality or degree, name or condicon
socver they be, within all and every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither

page_text: they nor any of them at any time durcing the continuance of the said terme of
fourteene yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doc make, vse,
or put in practise the said Invention, or any part of the same soe attained
vnto by said Isaac Thompson, Captain Beniamin Graves, Thomas Joell, and
John Cuthbert, as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise counterfeit or resemble the
same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto or substraccon
from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or devisers
thereof without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamin Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors.
administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder their or some of their hands and
scales first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as
can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for the contempt of this our
royall command, and further to be answerable to the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamin Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, according to law, for their damages thereby occa-
sioned. And moreover, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and suc-
cessors, will and comand all and singuler our justices of the peace, mayors,"
sherriffs, 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, doe not nor shall at any time hereafter dureing the said terme hereby
granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamine Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, or any of
them, their or any of their executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of
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
condicon 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 a
new invention as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within this our
kingdome, and not invented and found out by the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamine Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, as aforesaid,
then vpon signification and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires
or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by the lors and others
of our or their Privy Councill, or any six or more of them, vnder their hands,
these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly
void to all intents and purposes, any thing before herein contained to the
contrary in anywise notwithstanding: provided alsoe, that these our Letters

page_text: Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to
extend to give priviledge vnto the said Isaac Thompson, Captaine Beniamin
Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors, administrators,
or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or worke what-
socver 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 Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamin Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their 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 practise 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 Isaac
Thompson, Captaine Beniamin Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert,
their executors, 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 beneficial sence, for the best advantage of the said Isaac Thompson,
Captaine Beniamin Graves, Thomas Joell, and John Cuthbert, their executors,
administrators, 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 describing the nature or quality of the said Invention, or of the
materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse &c. Witnesse ourselves at Westminster the One and
thirtieth day of May.
By Writt of Privy Seale.