A NEW ENGINE FOR THE RAISING OF WATER, AND FOR CRAINING AND LIFTING OF GOODS AND OTHER THINGS OF WEIGHT, BY AN ARTIFICIALL FLUX AND REFLUX OF WATER
Year: 1693

page_text: Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS CORNELIUS LOSVELT, of London, Gentleman, hath by his
humble petition represented to vs that with great charge and study he hath
invented "A NEW ENGINE FOR THE RAISING OF WATER, AND FOR CRAINING AND
LIFTING OF GOODS AND OTHER THINGS OF WEIGHT, BY AN ARTIFICIALL FLUX AND
REFLUX OF WATER;" which Invention being new, he hath prayed our Letters
Patents for the sole vse and benefitt thereof.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee being willing to cherish and encou-
rage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subiects as have by their
industry found out vsefull and profitable arts, misteries, and inventions, and
that the said Cornelius Losvelt may accordingly reape some fruite and benefitt
of his labour and charge in and concerning the premisses, of our especiall
grace, certaine knowledge, and meer močon, wee have given and granted, and
by these Psents doe give and grant, vnto the said Cornelius Losvelt, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge,
and authority, that he and they by him and themselves, and by his and their
deputies, servants, agents, and workmen, and such others onely as he the said
Cornelius Losvelt, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall agree with,
shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter, dureing the space
of fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these Presents, at his and their
own proper costs and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and put in practise

page_text: the said new Invention soe by him contrived and found out as aforesaid, in any
place or places within our Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales, and
Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and also shall and may receive, take, and enioy
all the benefitts, profitts, comodities, and advantages of and by the said new
Invention to be had, made, acquired, or gotten to his and their own proper
benefitt, vse, and vses; to have, hold, vse, exercise, and enjoy the said lycence,
powers, priviledges, and authorities, and all other the premisses by these Presents
granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the said Cornelius Losvelt, his execu-
tors, administrators, and assignes, for and dureing and vnto the full end and
terme of fourteen yeares from the day of the date of these Présents next ensue-
ing, and fully to be compleate and ended, according to the Statute in that case
made and provided. And to the end the said Cornelius Losvelt, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, may the better enioy the full and whole benefitt
and the sole vse and exercise of the said new Invention, wee doe by these
Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, streightly charge, require, and
command all and every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, of
what quality, degree, name, or condicon soever they be, within our Kingdom
of England,, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, that
neither they nor any of them, dureing the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly doe vse, exercise, or put in practice the said
new Invention, soe by the said Cornelius Losvelt invented and found out as
aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the said new
Invention, or any materials thereunto belonging, nor doe nor shall make any
addition thereunto, or substracčon therefrom, whereby to pretend themselves
the inventors or devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement
of the said Cornelius Losvelt, bis executors, administrators, or assignes, in
writeing, vnder his or their hands and seales, first bad 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 Cornelius Losvelt, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, according to the vtmost rigor of the law, for his
and their damages thereby susteyned. And further, wee doe by these our
Letters Patent, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorise, require, and
command all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, sherriff's, bayliffs,
constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever, of
vs, our heires and successors, now and for the time being, whome it may con-
cerne, that they and every of them respectively be, from time to time dureing
the terme hereby granted, in their respective offices, and according to their and
every of their best skills and endeavours, aiding, helping, and assisting vnto the

page_text: said Cornelius Losvelt, his exccutors, 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 tho execution of the
severall powers and priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee
doo 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 time hereafter, dureing the terme hereby granted, in any wise
molest, trouble, or hinder the said Cornelius Losvelt, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assignes, deputies, agents, or servants, in or about the vse or exercise
of the aforesaid Invention or any part thereof, or any thing relateing thereunto:
Provided alwaies, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this
condition, that if at any time dureing the said terme of fourteen yeares
hereby granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or any
six or more of our their Privy Councill, that this our grant is contrary to
law, or preiudiciall or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the
Invenčon before menčoned is not a new Invention, and to the publick vse
and exercise of the same, and not invented and found out by the said
Cornelius Losvelt as aforesaid, then, vpon signification and declaration of
such preiudice or inconveniency to be made by vs, our heires or successors,
vnder our or their signet or privy scale, or by the Lords or 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 herein-before contained to the contrary not-
withstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters Patents, or any thing
herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledgo
vnto the said Cornelius Losvelt, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
to imitate any Invention or worke whatsoever, which hath been heretofore
invented and found out by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publiquely
exercised within our dominions aforesaid, to whome wee have already granted
our like Letters Patents of priviledge, for the sole exercise and benefitt thereof,
it being our will and pleasure that the said Cornelius Losvelt, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and all and singular other person and persons
to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents, shall distinctly
vse and practice their severall Inventions by them respectively found out ac-
cording to the true meaning of such our Letters Patents, and of these Presents.
And lastly, wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the
said Cornelius Losvelt, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these
our Letters Patents, or the enrollment thereof, shall be and continue, in
and by all things, good, valid, firme, and effectuall in the law, according to

page_text: the true meaning of the same, notwithstanding the not full and certain
describing or menconing of the said Invention, or of the materialls, ways, or
meanes of makeing, vseing, or exerciseing 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.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse ourselves at Westminster, the Nineteenth
day of September.
By Writt of Privy Seale.