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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67034	An exact and true definition of the most stupendious water-commanding engine, invented by the Right Honourable (and deservedly to be praised and admired) Edward Somerset, Lord Marquess of Worcester, and by his Lordship himself presented to his most Excellent Majesty Charles the Second, our most gracious Sovereign ...	Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of, 1601-1667.; England and Wales. Private Acts. 1663. 15 Cha.II.c.12.	1663 (1663)	Wing W3532A; ESTC R201911	4,936	24

C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT AN exact and true Definition of the most Stupendious Water-commanding Engine invented by the Right Honourable and deservedly to be praised and admired Edward Somerset Lord Marquess of Worcester and by his Lordship himself presented to his most Excellent Majesty Charles the Second our most gracious Sovereign An Act of Parliament thereupon granted with great applause of both Houses being through his Majesties particular favour passed by special Commission to the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarenden Lord High Chancellour of England the Earl of Southampton Lord High Treasurer the Lord Roberts Lord Privy Seal third Officer of the Crown preceding all Dukes not of the Blood Royal the Duke of Albemarle his Grace most deservedly by his transcendent merits never to be forgotten Lord General of his Majesties Land-forces the Lord Marquess of Dorchester and the Earl Lynsey Lord High Chamberlain by his place preceding all Earls both likewise of the Privy Council They passed the said Act upon the third of June 1663. For the more expedition and in Testimony of the great consequence thereof to the King and Kingdom His most Excellent Majesty having the tenth part without deducting of Charges freely given him by the said Lord Marquess and there evidently accruing a considerable Profit and Benefit to every individual Subject of the whole Nation if he either have surrounded Marish-ground to drein or dry Land to improve Commodities to sell portable from Town to Town and through the Countrys to the Towns by Cuts thus fed by water or if he have I further say Mines wherewith to enrich himself withall Houses to be served or Gardens to be beautified by plentiful Fountains with little charge yet certain in ever so dry a Summer and there being indeed no place but either wanteth water or is overburdened therewith and by this Engine either defect is remediable that is to say water necessary to man-kind furnished with the pleasantness thereof procured and the water unnecessary as easily rejected Thus whole Cities may be kept Clean Delightful and Wholesome needing no other Scavengery then by means thereof to void their dirt and avoid noisomness the Cause of Infection Sicknesses and Contagion it self by Stenches commonly ingendring and fomenting the same After the Act of Parliament there is here set down a Latin Elogium an English Panegirick both of them composed through duty and gratitude by an Antient Servant of his Lordships presuming to begin the way to the greatest Wits and Poets to dilate upon so plentiful and admirable a Theam and so deserving a person of King and Kingdom and indeed of all that ever knew him This Antient Servant of his Lordships hath for forty years been an eye witness of his great ingenuity indefatigable pains and vaste expences in perfecting for publique service not onely this most Stupendious Water-commanding Engine but likewise several other rare useful and never formerly heard of Mathematical Conclusions of which he hath owned a Century and thereunto I refer you though this alone were enough to eternalize his Name to all Ages and future times I think it not amiss to give further notice in his Lordships behalf that he intends within a moneth or two to erect an Office and to intrust some very responsible and honourable persons with power to Treat and Conclude with such as desire at a reasonable rate to reap the benefit of the same Water-commanding Engine in any of the aforesaid useful and beneficial operations whereof his Majesty is to reap the first fruit and then the whole Kingdom in general before his Lordship is re-imbursed and his reward beginneth whose laudable inventions Almighty God prosper with blessings on earth and reward in heaven Most Gracious Sovereign THe same individual Definition of my Water-work which I formerly presumed to put into Your Royal Hands I again adventure to present to Your Majesty praying Your Belief of it as Your Majesty shall find it true by comparing it with the real Effect which if found punctually agreeing Vouchsafe then not to be apt hereafter to lend a believing Ear to such persons as Malice causeth to detract from or Ignorance to slight what shall though never so seemingly strange be averr'd by me who will never be convinced of a Falshood in Word or Deed towards Your Sacred Majesty before whom I shall ever speak as in the presence of Almighty God whose Vicegerent on Earth I deem You And to Your Majesties transcendent Judgment I submit all and will presume to subscribe my self SIR Your Sacred Majesties Faithfully-Devoted and passionately-Affected Vseful if cherished Subject and Servant WORCESTER A Stupendious or a Water-Commanding Engine boundless for Height or Quantity requiring no External nor even Additional help or force to be set or continued in motion but what intrinsecally is afforded from its own Operation nor yet the twentieth part thereof And the Engine consisteth of the following Particulars 1. A perfect Counterpoize for what Quantity soever of Water 2. A perfect Countervail for what Height soever it is to be brought unto 3. A Primum Mobile commanding both Height and Quantity Regulator-wise 4. A Vicegerent or Countervail supplying the place and performing the full force of a Man Wind Beast or Mill. 5. A Helm or Stern with Bitt and Reins wherewith any Child may guide order and controul the whole Operation 6. A particular Magazine for Water according to the intended Quantity or Height of Water 7. An Aquaduct capable of any intended Quantity or Height of Water 8. A place for the Original Fountain or even River to run into and naturally of its own accord incorporate it self with the rising Water and at the very bottom of the same Aquaduct though never so big or high By Divine Providence and Heavenly Inspiration this is my Stupendious Water-Commanding Engine boundless for Height and Quantity Whosoever is Master of Weight Is Master of Force Whosoever is Master of Water Is Master of both And consequently to him all Forceable Actions and Atchievments are easie which are in any wise beneficial to or for Mankind Exegi Monumentum aere perennius Regalíque situ Pyramidum altius Quod non imber edax non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumer abilis Annorum series fuga temporum Non omnis moriar multáque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam dum stabit Anglia Capitolium Horace Reader observe This tells us how to keep Our morning-Thoughts awake while others sleep 'T is Art and Nature's product scan'd by some Judge of it by th' Effects then give your doom To God alone be all Praise Honour and Glory for ever and ever Amen WORCESTER An Act to Enable Edward Marquess of Worcester to Receive the Benefit and Profit of a Water-Commanding Engine by him Invented One Tenth part whereof is appropriated for the Benefit of the Kings Majesty His Heirs and Successors WHEREAS The Right Honourable Edward Marquess of Worcester hath affirmed to the