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skilful hands and curious workmanship. The Fifte a moveable Hy-draulicks or Chamber Wethercall like a cabinett, which being placedin any Roome or by a Bedside causeth sweete sleepe to those whicheither by hot feavers or otherwise cannot take reste, and withallaltereth the dry hott Ague into a more moistening and cooling Tem-per, either with Musicall sounds or without. The Sixte, a WaterWorke Instrument which may be called a corrected Crane, by whichWyne, Oyle, or any other liquor may be transfused from one vessellwhich cannot well be removed to another remote, as, alsoe water maybe drawne from one place to another without any sucking or forcingby the Mouth as Vintners and other to use to doe.”

Francis Lin, Gent., and two others, obtained a patent for the useand exercise upon the River of Thames, and any other River withinEngland and Wales,“ accordinge to their own way and invenconthe sole drawinge and workinge up of all Barges and other Vessellswithout the use of Horses.”

Edward Ford, Esgq., obtained a patent for“{he speedy passageand navigäcon of Boats, Barges, Lighters, and other vessells uponnavigable rivers or the sea.”

The Right Honourable Edward Marquisse of Worcester obtained apatent for his“ several new Inventons by him invented, that is to say,an Invenon to make a watch or clock without Springe or Chayne orany other kind of windage upp, but of necessity must follow if theOWNeEr or keeper of the said Watch or Clocke will know the-hour ofthe day or night, and yet if he lay it aside severall days and weeksWithout looking or meddling with it shall goe very well and as iustly38 Most watches that ever were made. And, also, an Invencon toMake certain Guns or Pistols within the tenthe parte of one

inute of an houre with a Flaske contrived for that purpose. Also,an Inventon to make certain Engine applyable to any coach byWhich a child of sixe yeares old may secure from danger all in theCoach, and the coachman himselfe, though the horses become neverSO unruly, the child being able in the twinckling of an Eye to loosen

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1637,

1640.March.

1661.Feb. 8.