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A28653 The longitude found, or, A treatise shewing an easie and speedy way, as well by night as by day, to find the longitude, having but the latitude of the place and the inclination of the magnetical inclinatorie needle by Henry Bond ... Bond, Henry. 1676 (1676) Wing B3564; ESTC R4991 20,632 79

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The Longitude Found OR A TREATISE SHEWING An Easie and Speedy way as well by Night as by Day to find the Longitude having but the Latitude of the Place and the Inclination of the Magnetical Inclinatorie Needle By HENRY BOND Senior Teacher of Navigation and other Parts of the Mathematicks in Store-house Yard in Ratcliff Printed by the Kings Majesties special Com●●●● LONDON Printed by W. Godbid and are to be sold by the Author HENRY BOND at his House aforesaid Robert Greene at the Rose and Crown in Budge-Row Godfrey Richards at the Golden-Ball in Cornhill over against the Royal Exchange John Thornton at the Dial in the Great Minories TO HIS Most Excellent MAJESTY Charles II. King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. Dread Soveraign I Humbly beseech Your Gracious Majesty that you would be pleased to pardon my boldness in presuming to present any thing to Your Majesty But understanding that Your Clemency is very great and besides knowing that the thing that I here humbly present unto You is that which hath not been known to former Ages here in our Nation nor to Foreign Nations is not yet known to this day That hath Imboldened me to presume humbly to present it to Your Majesty And that as Almighty God was pleased that the beginning of it should be in this Kingdom so now he is pleased that the Conclusion and chiefest use of it which is to find the Longitude is made known in the time of Your Reign for the Honour of Your Majesty and Your Kingdoms And You have given Command for the Publishing of it that it may be not only for the benefit of Your own Subjects but also for the benefit of all the Christian Nations in the World for which Your Majesty will be acknowledged by the present Generation and recorded to after Generations to be the Rectifier and Setler of the Geography and Hydrography of the whole World The Lord God Almighty bless and prosper Your Majesty with a long and prosperous Reign here and an everlasting Reign in Glory hereafter So prays Your Majesties most Humble and Loyal Subject Henry Bond Sen. HENRY BOND TO THE COURTEOUS READER Courteous Reader HEre is presented unto thee a Mysterie of a Motion that out of all Question hath been ever since the Creation of the World which Almighty God hath been pleased to conceal until this time And now be is pleased that it shall be made known for his own Glory and the benefit of men in the World and hath been pleased to make me an Instrument in his hand to declare it to the World And Our Gracious Kings Most Excellent Majesty hath commanded the Publishing of it that it may be not only for the benefit of his own Subjects but for an Vniversal benefit to all the Christian Nations in the World I shall not enlarge my self in many words to commend its rare and excellent Vse for the easie and speedy finding of the Longitude as well by night as by day having the Latitude of the place which is sufficiently manifested and demonstrated in the Treatise it self By which means the Geography and Hydrography of the whole World will be rectified and setled for which they are all beholding to Our Gracious King's Majesty So Courteous Reader farewell Charles THere are several malitious unworthy Ignorant persons to the number of Fourteen who scandalize the Almighty Jehovah and give him the lie to his face and do much dishonour our Gracious Kings Most Excellent MAJESTY their Ignorance so much superseding their understanding as to speak against the truth of this Treatise thereby bringing a disrepute upon our English Nation and unworthily abusing those Six Honourable and Learned Men who were appointed by the Kings MAJESTY to Examin the truth of the same some of whom gave the Report thereof to His MAJESTY a year and a quarter e're this Treatise was made publick ERRATA PAg 28 last line save one 67. deg 30 min. r. 8 deg 30 min. p. 59. Cape Blanco r. Lat. 51. 32. p. 60. Bermudas r. Lat. 32. 25. Longit. 60. 00. p. 57. Trinity Bay r. Lat 48. 55. THis Treatise Entituled The Longitude Found hath been Examined by Six Commissioners appointed by Order of the Kings Most Excellent MAJESTY and by some of them Reported to His MAJESTY The Commissioners were viz. The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Brouncker Chancellor to the Queens Most Excellent MAJESTY President of the Royal Society and one of His MAJESTIES Commissioners for the Navy c. The Right Reverend and Learned Father in God Seth Lord Bishop of Sarum the Right Worshipful and Learned Sir Samuel Morland the Honourable and Learned Collonel Titus one of His MAJESTIES Bed-Chamber the Worshipful and Learned Doctor Pell one of His MAJESTIES Chaplains and the Learned Mr. Hook Professor of Geometry at Gresham-College in LONDON And hath been further Confirmed to the Kings MAJESTY by Captain John Wood's Observation in the Streights of Magellan C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT Charles R. CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all Our loving Subjects of what Degree Condition and Quality soever within Our Kingdoms and Dominions Greeting Whereas we have been given to understand That Our Trusty and Well-beloved Subject Henry Bond hath for several years past applyed himself to the finding out the Longitude of any place by the use of the Magnetick Inclinatory Needle and hath at his great Charge and Expence of time Composed a Book Entituled A Treatise wherein is shewed and Demonstrated an easie and speedy way as well by Night as by Day to find the Longitude having the Latitude of the place by the use of the Magnetick Inclinatory Needle whose pains therein as it is greatly to Our Satisfaction so can we no less for his past Industry and future Encouragement in his further Progress of these Studies but express Our good liking and Approbation thereof Know ye therefore That it is Our Royal Pleasure and We do by these presents upon the humble Request of the said Henry Bond not only give him full leave License and Authority to Print the said Book but strictly charge prohibit and forbid all Our Subjects to Reprint within any Our Kingdoms the said Book in any Volume or any part thereof or to import buy vend utter or distribute any Copies or Exemplaries of the same Reprinted beyond the Seas within the term of fifteen years next ensuing the Publishing thereof without the consent and Approbation of the said Henry Bond his Heirs Executors or Assigns as they and every of them so offending will answer the contrary not only by the forfeiture of the said Books Copies or Exemplaries but at their utmost peril Whereof as well the Wardens and Company of Stationers of Our City of LONDON as all and singular Our Officers of the Customs in this Port of LONDON or