A NEW ART OR INVENTION FOR PRINTING ALL SORTS OF PAPER OP ALL SORTS OF FIGURES AND COLOURS WHATSOEVER, WITH SEVERALL ENGINES MADE OP BRASSE AND SUCH OTHER LIKE METTALLS, WITH FIRE, WITHOUT ANY PAINT OR STAINE, WHICH WILL BE VSEFULL FOR HANGING OF ROOMS, AND SUCH LIKE VSES,
Year: 1692

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greeing.
WHEREAS WILLIAM BAYLY, hath, by his humble peticon, represented
vnto vs, that he hath by his industry, and at his great expence, found out
and invented "A NEW ART OR INVENTION FOR PRINTING ALL SORTS OF PAPER
OP ALL SORTS OF FIGURES AND COLOURS WHATSOEVER, WITH SEVERALL ENGINES MADE
OP BRASSE AND SUCH OTHER LIKE METTALLS, WITH FIRE, WITHOUT ANY PAINT OR
STAINE, WHICH WILL BE VSEFULL FOR HANGING OF ROOMS, AND SUCH LIKE VSES,"
and that the said Invention bath not been heretofore knowne or practised
by any of our subiects, and hath humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters
Patents for the sole vse thereof.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
descend to that his request, and willing to encourage the inventers of such
arts as may be of public vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meer mocon, have given and granted, and by these psents,
for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant, vnto the said William
Bayly, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, full power,
sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said William Bayly, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves or his or their
deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said William
Bayly, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with,
and noe others, from time to time and at all times dureing the terme of
yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and enioy
the said Invention within any part or parts, place or places whatsoever, of,

page_text: in, or belonging to our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne
of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and all and every or any of our kingdoms and
dominions whatsoever, in such manner and according to such reasonable and
lawfull rates and lymitacons as to him, the said William Bayly, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem
meet, and that he, the said William Bayly, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole benefitt, profitt, comodity,
and advantage from time to time comeing, growing, and ariseing by reason
of the said Invention, 'for and dureing the full terme of yeares herein men-
tioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges,
and advantages, herein-before granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the
said William Bayly, his executors,_ administrators, and assignes, for and
dureing and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the
date of these presents next and immediately ensueing, and fully to be com-
pleate and ended, according to the statute in this case made and provided.
And to the end that the said William Bayly, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, may enjoy the full benefitt, and the sole makeing,
vse, and exercise of the said Invention, according to our gratious intentions.
herein-before declared, wee doc by these presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, require and strictly comand all and every person and persons,
bodies politique and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of
what estate, quality, or degree, name or condičon soever they be, within
all and every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither they nor any of
them, at any time dureing the continuance of the said terme of fourteen
yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe make, vse, or put in
practise the said Invention, or any part of the same, soe attained vuto by the
said William Bayly as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise counterfeit or resemble
the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto or sub-
straction from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or
devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Wil-
Jiam Bayly, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder his or
their or some of their hands and scales first had and obtained in that bebalfe,
vpon such paines 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 Bayly, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
according to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned.
And more-
over, wee doe, 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

page_text: vs, our heires and successors, for the time being, that they or any of them
doc not nor shall at any time hereafter, durcing the said terme hereby
granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said William Bayly, his exe-
cutors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his or their deputies, servants, or
agents, in or about the due and lawful makeing vse or exercise of the
aforesaid Invention, or any thing relateing thereto: Provided allwaies, and
these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condičon, that if at
any time durcing the terme 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 said Invention is not a new invention as to
the publick vse and exercise thereof within this our kingdome, and not in-
vented and found out by the said William Bayly as aforesaid, then, vpon
signification and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or suc-
cessors, vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by the lords and 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, anything before herein contained to the contrary
in anywise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters Patents,
or anything herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend
to give privilege vnto the said William Bayly, his executors, administrators,
or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or worke what-
soever which hath been heretofore found out or invented by any other of our
subiccts whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said realmes
and dominions, or any of them, vnto whome like Letters Patents or privi-
ledges have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt
thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said William Bayly, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular other person and
persons to whome like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already
granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise 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 psents. And, lastly, wee doe
by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said
William Bayly, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our
Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things good,
firme, valid, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and
meaneing thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the
most favourable and beneficiall sence, for the best advantage of the said
William Bayley, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and by all and

page_text: singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors,
in all and singular our realmes and dominions whatsoever, and amongst all
and every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and where-
soever, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing the nature or
quality of the said Invention, or of the materialls thereto conduccing and
belonging.
In witnesse, &c.
Witnesse our selves, at Westminster, the Nineteenth
day of October.
By Writt of Privy Seale.