A MORE EASY & READY WAY OF CLEANSING THE STREET & CARRYING AWAY THE DIRT THEN FORMERLY HATH BEEN KNOWNE
Year: 1674

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS THOMAS TOOGOOD hath, by his humble peticon, informed vs
that he hath found out & invented "A MORE EASY & READY WAY OF CLEANSING
THE STREET & CARRYING AWAY THE DIRT THEN FORMERLY HATH BEEN KNOWNE,"
and hath therefore humbly besought vs to grant him our licence for the sole
vse, benefit, & exercise of his said Inventon for the terme of fourteene yeers,
according to the Statute in such case made & pvided.
KNOW YEE, that wee, being willing to cherish & encourage all laudable
endeavors and designes of such our subiecte as have found out vsefull and
pfitable arte, misteries, & invenčons, by granting & appropriating vnto
them, for some terme of yeeres, the fruit & benefit of their labor & industry,
whereby their studies & expences in the attainem' thereof may bee rewarded
vnto them, of our especiall grace, certain knowledge, & meere močon, hath
given & granted, & by these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, doe give
& grant vnto the said Thomas Toogood, his executors, adñiors, & assignes,
especiall licence, power, priviledge, & authority that hee & they, by him &
themselves, & by his & their deputys, servante; agente, & workmen, and such
others onely as hee, the said Thomas Toogood, his executors, adññiors, or
assignes, shall agree with, shall & may from tyme to times & at all & every
tyme & tymes hereafter, during the terme & space of fourteen yeers next ensu-
ing the date of these psente, at his & their owne pper cost and charges, vse,
practice, teach, exercise, & putt in vre the said new Inventon soe by him found

page_text: out & invented as aforesaid, within our kingdome of England & dominion of
Wales, and also shall & may have, receive, take, & enioy all the benefitt, profitt,
comodity, & advantage of & by the said new Invenĉon to be had, made, ac-
quired, or gotten, to his & their owne pper benefitt, vse or vses, to have, hold,
vse, exercise, & enioy the said licence, priviledge, power, & authority, and all
other the pmisses by these psente granted or mencõed to bee granted, & every
of them, vnto the said Thomas Toogood; his executors, adññors, & assignes,
within our said kingdome of England & dominion of Wales, for & during &
vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeers, from henceforth next ensueing,
& fully to be compleat and ended, according to the forme of the Statute in that
case made & pvided. And to the end the said Thomas Togood, his executors,
adiñors, & assignes, may the better enioy the full & whole benefitt, & the
sole vse & exercise, of the said Invenčon, wee doe by these psente, for vs, our
heires & successors, streightly charge, require, & comand all & every pson &
psons, bodies politicke & corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or con-
dičon soever they be, within our said kingdome of England & dominion of
Wales, that neither they nor any of them, during the said terme of fourteen
yeers hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse, exercise, or putt in
practice the said Invenčon soe by the said Thomas Togood found out and
invented as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the
same, nor doe nor shall make any addičon therevnto or substraccon there-
from, whereby to Ptend themselves the inventors or devisors thereof, without
the licence, consent, or agreem of the said Thomas Togood, his exec",
adors, or assignes, in writeing vnder his or their hande & seales first had
& obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paines & penalties as can or may
be inflicted on such offenders for the contempt of this our comand in that
behalfe, and further to bee answereable to the said Thomas Togood, his
executors, adiñors, & assignes, according to law & justice, for his & their
damages, thereby susteyned. And further wee doe, by these psente, for vs,
our heires and successors, give & grant unto the said Thomas Togood,
his executors, admors, & assignes, full power, & authority 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's Bench for the time being, with the assistance of a con-
stable or other lawfull officer, aswell within libtics as without, at convenient
times in the day during the terine aforesaid, & in lawful manner, shall &
may enter into & make search in any house, houses, or other place ог places
within our said kingdome of England & dominion of Wales, where there shalbe
iust cause of suspicon, for discovery, findeing out, & apprehending of all such

page_text: persons' as shall imitate, vse, or exercise, or cause. to be imitated, vsed, or
exercised, within our said kingdome: of England & dominion of Wales, the
said Invenčon soe by him, the said Thomas Togood; found out & invented as
aforesaid; that soe such offenders may be pceeded. against, & punished
according to their demerite. And further wee: doe, by these psente, for vs,
our heires &. successors, will, authorize, require, & comand all & singuler
justices of the peace, maiors, sheriffe, bayliffe, constables, headboroughs,, & all
other officers & ministers of vs, our heires & successors, for the tyme being, that
they & every of them respectively, from tyme to tyme during the said terme
hereby granted, in their respective places, be favoring, helping, aiding, &
assisting vnto the said. Thomas Togood, his executors; adññiors, & assignes, &
to his & their deputy & deputyes, agente & servante, in & by all things in
& about the accomplishing of our will & pleasure herein declared, and in the
exercise & execucon of the powers, priviledges, & authorities herein & hereby
given and granted, or mencoed to be given & granted, as aforesaid; and more-
over that they nor any of them doc, at any tyme hereafter, molest, hinder,
or interrupt the said Thomas Togood, his exccutors, adñiors, or assignes, or
his or their deputy or deputies, agent or servante, or any of them, in or
about the vse or exercise of the said Invenĉon, or in any manner or thing con-
cerning the same: Provided alwaies, that if at any time during the said terme
of fourteen yeers it shalbe made appeare vnto vs, our heires & successors,
or any six or more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our grant is con-
trary to law or Piudiciall or inconvenient, or not of publique vse or benefitt,
or that the said Invenčon is not a new invenčon of the said Thomas Togood
as to the publique vse & exercice thereof, within our said kingdome of England
& dominion of Wales, then, vpon significacon & declaracon to be made by
vs, our heires & successors, vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or
by the lord & others of our Privy Councell, or any six of them, for the
tyme being, in writing vnder their hande, of such piudice or inconve
nience, these our Lřes Patente, & every thing therein conteyned, shall from
thenceforth cease, determine, & be vtterly void, any thing herein-before con-
teyned to the contrary notwithstanding. And lastly, wee doe, by these psente,
for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Thomas Togood, his
executors, adñiors, & assignes, that these our Lřes Patente, or the inrollm
thereof, shalbe in & by all thing good, valid, sufficient, & effectuall in the
law, according to the true intent and meaning of these Psente, & shalbe
taken, construed, & adudged most favorably & beneficially for the best benefitt
& advantage of the said Thomas Togood, his executors, admors, & assignes,
aswell in all our Courte of Record as elsewhere, notwithstanding the not full

page_text: & certaine describeing or menconing the manner and quality of the said
Invencon, or of the materialls, way, or manner of making, vseing, & exercising
the said Invenčon, or of the certaine vse & benefitt thereof, and notwith-
standing any other defect, incertainty, or impfeccon in these psente conteyned,
or any law, act, statute, ordinance, proclamačon, pvision, or restriccon, or.
other matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding.
In witnes; &c. Witnes the King, att West,
Witnes the King, att West, the Twenty-fourth day