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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26139	The original and growth of printing collected out of history, and the records of this kingdome : wherein is also demonstrated, that printing appertaineth to the prerogative royal, and is a flower of the crown of England / by Richard Atkyns.	Atkyns, Richard, 1615-1677.	1664 (1664)	Wing A4135; ESTC R22866	21,864	35

want Incouragers to begin or Chapmen to vend such Ware when finished among the Stationers They desire that such as are free of the Trade may be free indeed and not manumitted as of late from the Service of one Master to the Slavery of many Tyrants That the Stationers have Usurped their Callings and incouraged yea hired others so to do and stand related to each other as the Buyer to the Seller Upon all which they refer their Cause to the same Power that gave them theirs who may resume or abridge the same upon Mis-use at their pleasure This is a sad Complaint of Elder Brethren against their Younger if one Dog will not prey upon another what Reason can be given why Men should devour Men And if this be the Usage those must trust to to whom they profess Friendship what is like to become of the Patentees against whom they profess Enmity If such a Power be continued to them which I hope will be seriously considered of before it shall be re-granted Success which usually gives Confidence hath so hardned them that having not felt the Justice of the King's Hand for above twenty years last past they now begin to swear Him out of and Themselvs into this Part of His Regal Power For they being lately Examined upon Interrogatories between Atkins et Uxor Plaintiffs and Flesher and the Stationers Defendants some of them I am sure are so streight-mouth'd that they do not declare the whole Truth of what they know on our Part and seem to make a Conscience of Swearing at all As if St. Paul had been in an Errour when he said An Oath for Confirmation is an end of Strife Indeed they strein'd at a Gnat but when they were to swear on the other Part namely their own they open their Mouthes wide enough to swallow a Camel Say they from the Year 1641. or 1642. until the time of His Majesties Blessed Restauration to His Crown any Booksellers that listed did print or cause to he printed such Law-Books as seemed good unto them without Restraint or Prohibition occasioned by the Licence of the late Times And that such as had Licence under the King 's Grant to print Law-Books were hindered to make the Benefit of the said Grant And that it was usual for such persons as printed Law-Books to enter the same in the Book of Stationers-Hall And that it was conceived and taken that such person and persons as Entred a Copy in the said Hall-Book to be Printed had the sole Right to print the same and those that claim'd the Right of Printing Law-Books under the King's Licence were thereby taken to be Excluded and debarred to claim any Benefit therein Observe what a sad time the Kings Patentees endur'd for almost Twenty years together confest by the Oaths of these honest Men that joyn'd in dividing the Spoyl And shall it be so still now the King is return'd again I dare positively say it shall Witness a Book called Poulton's Abridgment particularly Exprest in the Law-Patent which they Printed since the Kings Restauration by vertue of an Entry only in their Hall-Book against the said Patent the Patentee's Lessee Flesher a principal Member of the Company finding the Stationers like to be worsted at the Council-Board in the Contest of their said Entry against the Kings Grant joyns Interest with them and also Engageth the Kings Patentees Trustee and the Kings Printers who pretended Some Interest in the said Book on their side As if severall bad Titles could create one good one By which means after Four Hearings the Cause seeming to be between Party and Party was dismist but with the Recommendation of the King and Councill to the Lord High Chancellor on the behalf of the said Patentee who had the Equitable Right The Company to requite the Lessees kindness in defending them from a Contempt against the KING he being the person in Law that ought to have defended the Patent for the King against the said Company like Brethren joyn with the Lessee to defend him against the Justice of the Court of Chancery and Combine together to defeat the Patentee of his Rent by Covenant and so bandy the Legall Interest from one hand to another that it cannot be yet found where it Vests and to enable him the better make him Master of the said Company for two years together never known before and choose Wardens fit for the purpose who Engage the Stock of the whole Company on his behalf against the King 's Patentee And being thus fortified they published the said Book with this Title Page Printed for the Company of Stationers John Bill and Christopher Barker his Majesties Printers and so make a mixt Interest to render the Title the more questionable in the future but do not so much as mention the Kings Patent at all by which the said Book is granted by Name This serves the Turn for the present occasion and being so possest as aforesaid Flesher and the Stationers give 200 l. to the Patentee's Trustee to release the Rent and Covenants of the said Lease and the Kings Printers 100 l. or 200 l. for their assistance in so difficult a Work as this and then sell the Impression for 1600 l. as appears by their own Oaths which Impression alone over-payes them all the Moneys they are out of Purse And had they not been stopt in their full Carrear at the Council-Board or rather by Injunction in Chancery which they Complain of as a hinderance to their Trade also by Oath they had by this time altered the Ancient Law-Books and cast them into a new Modell of their own Invention that by degrees the state and truth of the good Old Lawes by which Men hold their Lives and Estates should utterly be lost and forgotten and new Laws fram'd to fit the Humours of a new Invented Government which they little value so they may have full rates for their Books and their Goddess Diana be safe I have gone thus far upon mine own Strength onely without any publique or private assistance and because I am not willing to endure theField much longer of my self I think it my Duty to state the Case truly as it is and implore the Ayd of such Neighbours who cannot probably prevent the burning down of their own Houses when mine is first set on fire Common Experience tells us a just Cause signifiÄ—s little of it self if it be not backt with Diligence and Friends Bonum apparens et bonum verum et absolute are so like though of a Contrary Nature that the Credit of the best Testimony gives either precedency 't is therefore not only hard but impossible for one Man to Contend with a Thousand and not be Conquered Hercules was most Strong and Valiant and yet ne Hercules contra duos I have no proper Refuge but to his Majestie in this Case which I do chiefly Espouse for his sake who like King David is worth Ten Thousand of us I