A CERTAINE NEW ENGINE, WORKING WITH NETT, WHICH IS FOUND A MORE EASY & EXPEDITIOUS WAY THEN ANY HERETOFORE PRACTIZED FOR THE TAKEING VP FROM VNDER WATER, GRAVELL, SAND, SHINGLE, & OTHER SOYLE FITT FOR BALLASTING SHIPPS & OTHER VSES, & IS CAPABLE OF REMOVING SANDE, SHOALES, & OTHER OBSTRUCCONS IN RIVERS WITHOUT MAKEING HOLES AS GINNES FORMERLY HAVE DONE, OR DOEING ANYTHING PIUDICIALL TO THE NAVIGACON; AND FURTHER, THAT HE HATH ALSOE INVENTED, ERECTED, & EXPERIMENTED A CERTAINE OTHER ENGINE NOW IMPLOYED VPON THE PEERE HEAD OF GREAT YARMOUTH, FOR THE BETTER DRIVING IN PILES FOR SECURING PEERES & DEFENCES AGAINST THE VIOLENCE OF THE SEA
Year: 1677

page_text: p'sent snail.come, greeting.
WHEREAS our welbeloved subicct LEWIS BAYLY, Gen., hath by his humble
peticon represented vnto vs, that he hath at his owne charge & expence
invented, erected, & experimented in our River of Thames "A CERTAINE NEW
ENGINE, WORKING WITH NETT, WHICH IS FOUND A MORE EASY & EXPEDITIOUS WAY
THEN ANY HERETOFORE PRACTIZED FOR THE TAKEING VP FROM VNDER WATER,
GRAVELL, SAND, SHINGLE, & OTHER SOYLE FITT FOR BALLASTING SHIPPS & OTHER
VSES, & IS CAPABLE OF REMOVING SANDE, SHOALES, & OTHER OBSTRUCCONS IN RIVERS
WITHOUT MAKEING HOLES AS GINNES FORMERLY HAVE DONE, OR DOEING ANYTHING
PIUDICIALL TO THE NAVIGACON; AND FURTHER, THAT HE HATH ALSOE INVENTED,
ERECTED, & EXPERIMENTED A CERTAINE OTHER ENGINE NOW IMPLOYED VPON THE
PEERE HEAD OF GREAT YARMOUTH, FOR THE BETTER DRIVING IN PILES FOR SECURING
PEERES & DEFENCES AGAINST THE VIOLENCE OF THE SEA :" And whereas the said
Lewis Bayly hath humbly besought vs to grant vnto him our Lřes Patente,
vnder our Greate Seale of England, for the sole vse of the said new In-
venčons in our kingdomes of England & Ireland for the terme of fourteen
yeeres, according to the statute in that case pvided.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to cherish & incourago
all laudable endeavors & designes of such our subiect as have by theire industry
found out vsefull & pfitable arte, misteries, & invenčons, & that the said
Lewis Bayly may accordingly reape some fruit & benefitt of his labor &

page_text: charge in & concerning the misses, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge,
& meer močon, have given & granted, and by theise psente doe give & grant,
vnto the said Lewis Bayly, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, speciall licence,
power, priviledge & authority, that hee & they, by him & themselves,
and by his & their deputies, servante, agente, and workemen, & such others
only as he, the said Lewis Bayly, his executors, adññors, or assignes, shall agree
with, shall & may from tyme to tyme & and at all tymes hereafter during the
space of fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these psente, at his &
their owne pper coste & charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, & putt in practice
the said two severall new Invenčons soe by him contrived & found out as
aforesaid, or either of them, in any port haveing harbors, rivers, creekes, or
other places whatsoever, within our kingdomes of England & Ireland, & all
& singuler the dominions & territories therevnto belonging, and alsoe shall
& may receive, take, & enioy all the benefitte, profitte, comodities, & advan-
tages of & by the said two severall new Invenĉons, & either of them, to bec
had, made, acquired, or gotten to his & their owne pper benefit, vse, & vses;
to have, hold, vse, exercise, & enioy the said licence, powers, priviledges, &
authorities, & all other the misses by these sente granted or menconed to
be granted & every of them, vnto the said Lewis Baily, his executors,
adiñors, and assignes, in all our said dominions, for & during & to the full
end & terme of fourteen yeers from the day of the date of these sente next
ensueing, & fully to be compleate & ended, according to the statute in that
case made & prided; and to the end the said Lewis Baily, his exec, adiiors,
& assignes, may the better enioy the full & whole benefitt, & the sole vse &
exercise of his said two severall new Invenčons, wee doe by these psente, for
vs, our heires & successors, straightly charge, require, & comand all & every
person & psons, bodies politick & corporate, of what quality, degree, name,
or condicon soever they be, within our said kingdomes of England & Ireland,
and the dominions and territories of the same, that neither they nor any of
them dureing the saide terme of fourteene yeeres hereby granted, either
directly or indirectly doe vse, exercise, or putt in practice the said two severall
new Invenĉons or either of them, soe by the said Lewis Bayly invented and
found out as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfcite, imitate, or resemble
the said new Invenĉons or either of them, nor doe nor shall make any addicon
therevnto or substracčon therefrom, whereby to ptend themselves the inventers
or devisors thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreement of the said
Lewis Bayly, his executors, adiñors, or assignes, in writeing vnder his or
their hand & seales first had & obteyned in that behalfe. vpon such paines &

page_text: penalties as can or may bee inflicted on such offender or offenders for the contempt
of this our royall comand, & further to bee answerable to the said Lewis
Bayly, his executors, adñiors, & assignes, according to the vtmost rigor of the
law, for his & their damages thereby susteyned; and further, wee doc by
these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, give & grant vnto the said Lewis
Bayly, his executors, adñiors, & assignes, full power & authoritie, that hee,
they, & every of them, his, their, and every of their deputies, agente, &
servante, haveing first obteyned a warrant in that behalfe from the Lord
Cheife Justice of our Court of King'e Bench for the tyme being, with the
assistance of a constable or other lawful officer, as well within libties as
without, at convenient times in the day dureing the terme aforesaid, and in
lawful manner, shall & may make search in any place or places within our
said kingdomes of England & Ireland, and the dominions & territories thereof,
where there shalbe iust cause of suspicon, for discovering and findeing out
of all such person or persons as shall imitate, make, or vse, or cause to be
imitated, made, or vsed, within our kingdomes or the territories thereof, the said
new Inventons or either of them soe by him, the said Lewis Bayly, found out
& invented as aforesaid, that soe such offenders may bee peceded against &
punished according to his and theire demeritte, & his & their Ptended in-
venčons & workes then & there found may be seized vpon, broken in pecces, &
defaced, & the materials thereof left in the hande or custody of some constablo
or other officer, to bee disposed in such manner as wee, our heires or successors,
shall from tyme to tyme direct & appoint; and further, wee doe by these our
Lies Patent, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize, require, &
comand all & singuler our coñis & officers of our navy, master, wardens, &
assistant of the Trinity House, governors & deputy governors of our townes,
forte, and castles, in or vpon all rivers, harbours, havens, porte, or crecks
within our said kingdomes or dominions, & all other subordinate officers,
and alsoe all & singuler justices of the peace, maiors, sheriffe, bayliffe,
constables, headboroughs, & all other officers & ministers whatsoever
of vs, our heires & successors, now & for the tyme being, whome it may
concerne, that they & every of them respectively bee from time to time
during the terme hereby granted, in their respective offices, & according to
their & every of their best skills & endeavours, favoring, ayding, helping, &
assisting vnto the said Lewis Bayliy, his executors, adñiors, & assignes, deputies,
agente, & servante, in & by all thing in & about the accomplishm' of our
royall will & pleasure herein-before declared, & in the execučon of the severall
powers & priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid; and moreover, wee doe by

page_text: these sente, for vs, our heires & successors, will & comand that our said
respective officers and ministers before mencoed, or any of them, doe not, nor
shall at any tyme hereafter during the terme hereby granted, in anywise
molest, trouble, or hinder the said Lewis Bayly, his executors, adñors, or
assignes, deputies, agente, or servante, in or about the vse or exercise of the
aforesaid respective Invenčons, or any parte therof, or anything relateing
thereto Provided alwaies, and these our Lřes Patente are & shalbe vpon the
condičon, that if at any tyme during the said terme of fourteen yeeres hereby
granted, itt shalbe 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
Piudicial or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or that the severall
Inventons before menconed are not new Invenĉons, as to the publique vse &
exercise of the same, and not invented & found out by the said Lewis Bayly
as aforesaid, then vpon significacon & declaracon of such piudice or incon-
veniency to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their
signett or privy scale, or by the lorde & others of our or their Privy
Councell, or any six or more of them vnder their bande, these our Lies
Patent shall forthwith cease, determine, & bec vtterly void to all intents &,
purposes, anything herein-before conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding:
Provided alsoe, that these our Lřes Patent(, or anything therein conteyned,
shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to give priviledge vnto the said
Lewis Bayly, his executors, admors, or assignes, to imitate any inventon or
worke whatsoever wch hath been heretofore invented or found out by any
other of our subiect whatsoever, & publickly exercised within our kingdomes
aforesaid, or either of them, or the territories of them or either of them, to
whome wee have already granted our like Lřes Patente of Priviledge, for the
sole exercise & benefitt thereof, it being our will & pleasure that the said
Lewis Bayly, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, & all & singuler other person
persons to whome wee have already granted our like Lies Patente, shall
distinctly vse and practice their severall Invenčons by them respectively found
out according to the true intent and meancing of such our Lřes Patente & of
these sente. And lastly, wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires & successors,
grant vnto the said Lewis Bayly, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, that these
our Lřes Patente, or the enrolment thereof, shalbe & continue in & by all
thing good, valid, firme, & effectuall in the law according to the true meaneing
of the same, notwithstanding the not full & certaine describeing or menconing
of the said respective Invenčons, or either of them, or of the materialls,
wayes, or manners of makeing. vseing, or exerciseing of the sanie, or of the
&

page_text: certaine vse & benefitt thereof respectively, or any other defect, incertainty,
or impfeccon in these sente, or any act, statute, provision, proclamacon, or
restriccon heretofore had, made, or pvided, or to be hereafter had, made, or
pvided, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary, in
anywise notwithstanding.
In witnes, &c.
March.
Witnes the King at West, the Fifteenth day of
By Writt of Privy Scale.