A CERTAINE ENGINE, WHICH BY REASON OF THE EASINESSE, QUICKNESSE, AND STRENGTH OF ITS MOCON, WILL BE OF FARE GREATER BENEFITT AND ADVANTAGE THEN ANY THING EVER YET PRACTISED FOR THE RAISING OF WATER OUT OF MINES AND COALE PITTS, AND FOR THE BLOWING OF THE BELLOWS AND WORKING THE HAMMERS IN THE MELTING AND FORGING OF IRON, COPPER, AND OTHER METTALLS, AND IS CONVERTIBLE TO THE SUPPLYING THE DEFECTS OR WAXTS OF WIND AND WATER IN CALME AND DRY SEASONS TO ALL SORTS OF MILLS, AND TO OTHER VSES OF THE LIKE NATURE WHEREBY MANY GREAT INCONVENCIES MAY BE PREVENTED
Year: 1696

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WHEREAS EVAN JONES hath by his peticon humbly represented vnto vs,
that, with much labour and great expence, he hath invented, contrived, and
brought to perfeccon "A CERTAINE ENGINE, WHICH BY REASON OF THE EASINESSE,
QUICKNESSE, AND STRENGTH OF ITS MOCON, WILL BE OF FARE GREATER BENEFITT AND
ADVANTAGE THEN ANY THING EVER YET PRACTISED FOR THE RAISING OF WATER
OUT OF MINES AND COALE PITTS, AND FOR THE BLOWING OF THE BELLOWS AND
WORKING THE HAMMERS IN THE MELTING AND FORGING OF IRON, COPPER, AND OTHER
METTALLS, AND IS CONVERTIBLE TO THE SUPPLYING THE DEFECTS OR WAXTS OF
WIND AND WATER IN CALME AND DRY SEASONS TO ALL SORTS OF MILLS, AND TO
OTHER VSES OF THE LIKE NATURE WHEREBY MANY GREAT INCONVENCIES MAY BE
PREVENTED," which said Invenčon was never before knowne or vsed in
England, and haveing prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole
vse and benefitt of the said new invented engine.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to cherish and en-
courage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subiects as have by
their industry found out vsefull and profitable arts, misteries, and Invenčons,
and that the said Evan Jones may accordingly reap some fruit and
benefitt of his labour and charge in and concerning the premisses, of our
especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere močon, wee have given
and granted, and by these Presents doe give and grant, vnto the said
Evan Jones, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence,
power, privilege, & authority, that he and they, by him and themselves,

page_text: and by his and their deputys, servants, agents, and workmen, and such others
only as hee, the said Evan Jones, his executors, administrators, and assignes
shall agree with, shall and may, from time to time, and at all times hereafter
dureing the space of fourteene yeares next ensueing the date of these Presents,
at his and their owne proper costs and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and
put in practice, the said new invented engine soc 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 alsoe shall and
may receive, take, and enioy, all the benefitts, profitts, commodities and
advantages of and by the said new invented engine to be had, made, acquired,
or gotten to his and their owne proper benefitt, vse, and vses; to have, hold,
vsc, exercise, and enioy the said lyconce, powers, priviledges, and authoritics,
and all other the pisses by these Presents granted or menconed to be granted
vnto the said. Evan Jones, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
dureing and to the full end and terme of fourteene yeares from the day of the
date of these Presents next ensueing and fully to be compleate and ended
according to the Statute in that case made and provided. And to the end the
said Evan Jones, his executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better
enioy the full and whole benefitt, and the sole vse and exercise of his said new
invented engine, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires, and successors,
streightly charge, require, and command, all and every person and persons,
bodies politick and corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or condicon
soever they be, within our said Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales, and
Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, that neither they, nor any of them, dureing the
said terme of fourteene yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe
vse, exercise, or putt in practice, the said new invented engine soc by the
said Evan Jones invented and found out, as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall
counterfcite, imitate, or resemble the said new invented engine, or any
materialls therevnto belonging, nor doe nor shall make any addičon therevnto,
or substracčon therefrom, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or
dovisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement, of the said Evan
Jones, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing vnder his or their
hands and seales first had 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
Evan Jones, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to the
vtmost rigor of the law for his and their damages thereby sustained. And
further wee doc, by these our Letters Patents, for vs, our heires and successors,
will, authoriz?, require, and command, all and singular justices of the peneu,

page_text: mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and
ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors, now and for the time
being whom it may concerne, 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,
ayding, helping, and assisting vnto the said Evan Jones, his executors,
administrators, and assigues, deputys, agents, and servants, in and by all things
in & about the accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure herein before
declared, and in the execucon of the severall powers and priviledges hereby
granted, as aforesaid. And moreover wee doe, by these presents, for vs, our
beires 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 Evan Jones, bis executors, administrators, or assignes, deputys,
agents, or servants, in or about the vse or exercise of the aforesaid new
invented engine, or any part thereof, or any thing relating therevnto, provided
always, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condičon,
that if at any time dureing the said terme of fourteene yeares 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 Invencon
before menconed is not a new Invenčon as to the publick vse and exercise of
the same, and not invented and found out by the said Evan Jones, as afore-
said, then, vpon significačon or declaračon of such preiudice or inconveniency
to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their siguett or privy
seale, 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 notwithstanding. Provided alsoe that
these our Letters Patents or any thing herein contained shall not extend or bo
construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Evan Jones, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, to imitate any invenčon or worke whatsoever
which hath beene heretofore invented or found out by any other of our subiects
whatsoever, and publickly exercised within our kingdome or dominion afore-
said, to whom 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 Evan Jones, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all
and singular other person and persons to whom wee have already granted
our like Letters Patents, shall distinctly vse and practice their severall

page_text: Invenčons by them respectively found out, according to the true intent and
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 Evan Jones,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or
the inrollment thereof, shall be and continue in and by all things good, valid,
firme, and effectuall, in the law, according to the true intent and meaning of
the same, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describing or menconing of
the said Invenčon, or of the materialls, wayes, 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 notwith-
standing.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse ourselfe, at Westminster, the Fowre-and-