ABT OF MAKKING LAM BLACK, NOT YET PRACTISED IN ENGLAND, MUCH CHEAPER AND BETTER THEN ANY BROUGHT FROM FORREIGN PARTS, WITH WHICH OUR ROYALL NAVY MAY BE FURNISHED AT MUCH EASIER RATES THAN FORMERLY, AND WILL. LIKEWISE BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE AND BENEFIT TO ALL TRADES THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM VEEING THE SAME
Year: 1706

page_text: ☐ ANNE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these přents shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved subiect WILLIAM COVE has, by his
humble peticon, represented vnto vs, that by bis great study, pains, and
expence he has invented, attained to, and brought to perfeccon the "ABT
OF MAKKING LAM BLACK, NOT YET PRACTISED IN ENGLAND, MUCH CHEAPER AND
BETTER THEN ANY BROUGHT FROM FORREIGN PARTS, WITH WHICH OUR ROYALL
NAVY MAY BE FURNISHED AT MUCH EASIER RATES THAN FORMERLY, AND WILL.
LIKEWISE BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE AND BENEFIT TO ALL TRADES THROUGHOUT THE
KINGDOM VEEING THE SAME;" and haveing therefore humbly prayed vs to grant
him our Letters Patents for the sole vse and benefitt of his said new Inven-
tion for the term of fourteen years, according to the statute in such case
made and provided,―
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to give encouragem*
to all arts and invenčons which may be of publick vse and benefit, of our.
especiall grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted,..
and by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant
vnto the said William Cove, his executors, admiñrs, and assignes, speciall
licence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said William
Cove, his executors, admiñrs, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves
or their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as he, the said.
William Cove, his executors, or assignes, shall at any time agree with and no

page_text: others, from time to time and at all times dureing the term of years herein
expressed, shall and lawfully may vse, exercise, and enioy within our kingdom
of England, dominion of Wales, and towno of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, the said
art or Invention in such manner as to him, the said William Cove, his exe-
cutors, admiñrs, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem
meet, and that he, the said William Cove, his exers, admiñrs, and assignes,
shall and may have and enioy the sole profit, benefit, comodity, and advantage
from time to time comeing, groweing, accrewing, and ariseing by reason of the
said Invenčon for and dureing the full term of years herein menconed, to
have, hold, exercise, and eniny the said license, powers, priviledges, and
advantages herein-before granted or menčoned to be granted vnto the said
William Cove, his exers, admiñrs, and assignes for and dureing and vnto the
full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the date of these presents next and
imediately ensucing, and fully to be compleate and ended, according to the
statute in such case made and provided, and to the end that the said William
Cove, his exers, admiñrs, and assignes, and every of them, may have and enioy
the full benefit and the sole vending, vse, and exercise of the said Invention,
according to our gracious intention herein-before declared, wee do by these pre-
sents, 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 condičon, soever they be,
within our kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-
vpon-Tweed, that neither they, or any of them, at any time dureing the con-
tinuance of the said terme of fourteen years hereby granted, either directly or
indirectly, do make, vse, or put in practice the said Invention, or any part
of the same, so attain'd vnto by the said William Cove, as aforesd, nor shall in
anywise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make, or cause to
be made, any addition thereunto, or substraction from the same, whereby to
pretend themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof,
without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said William Cove, his
exers, admiñrs, or assignes, in writing, vnder his, their, or some of their
hands and seales first had and obtained in that behalf, vpon such pains and
penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt
of this our royall comand, and further to be answerable to the said William
Cove, his exers, admiñrs, and assignes, according to law, for his and their
damages thereby occasioned; and moreover, wee do by these presents, for vs,
our heires and successors, will and comand all and singular, our iustices of
the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other
officers and ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors, for the timo

page_text: being, that they or any of them, doe not, nor shall at any time hereafter
dureing the said term hereby granted, in anywise molest or hinder the said
William Cove, his exers, admiñrs, or assignes, or any of them, their or any of
their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull makeing vso
or exercise of the aforesaid art or Invenčon, or any thing relating thereto.
Provided always, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this
condičon, that if at any time dureing the term hereby granted it shalbe made
appear 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 our said kingdom of
England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-upon-Tweed, or any of
them, or not invented and found out by the said William Cove, as aforesd,
then, vpon significačon and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or
successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by the lords and others
of our or their Privy Councell, or any six or more of them, vnder their hands,
these our Letters Patents shall cease, determine, and be vtterly void to
all intents and purposes, any thing herein contained to the contrary in any-
wise notwithstanding. Provided also, that these our Letters Patents, or
any thing therein contained, shall not extend or be construed to give privi-
ledge to the said William Cove, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or
any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or worke whatsoever which hath
been heretofore found out or invented by any of our subiects whatsoever, and
publickly vsed or exercised within our said kingdom of England, dominion of
Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, or any of them, vnto whom like
Letters Patents or priviledge have been already granted, for the sole vse,
exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said
William Cove, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every
other person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or priviledge have
been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice 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 do by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto
the said William Cove, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these
our Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things
good, firm, valid, 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 beneficiall sense for the best advantage of the said William
Cove, his executors, executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in all courts

page_text: of record as clsewhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers, and
other the subiects whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors, within our
kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed
aforesaid, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing the nature or
quality of the said art or Invention, or of the materialls thereto conduceing and
belonging