38 HISTORIA NATURALIS 
E v , artificium, utiliffime applicanda , qua, caute tenuiffrma 
sione metatica, ^X. COf2pofitiome metallica duCtiliffima. veftiendo illas , 
Teredini reü-. dexterrime contra TZeredizem ufi funt inventores duo 
E Angli,in Aetzs IPbilofopbiezs Londinemfibus laudati (a), 
privilegio a Rege & Parlamento, quo ipfis folis inventi 
fui ufu frui liceat, donati. Neque minus inter defide- 
ratas, pro prefervatione navium &que ac palorum me- 
Unguentum in-delas numerandum erit 'Üzgzezzuz illud ,quo, centum 
guansvUU* & wiointi abhinc annis, contra injurias, ut aqua & 
ignis,fic Teredzsum maxime, valido naves , longum per 
mare iter ingreffuras, munire novit ex noftratibus qui- 
dam Chzrurgus, ob eximiam unguenti fui virtutem, 
ab 
- (4) Philofoph. 'T'ransact. num. roo. pag. 6192. 44 letter . . . « cemteraimz 4 mew 
Way, by am Ensglifó Manufatlure, to prefere tbe Hulls of. Schi. from the Worm &c. 
ex qua excerpta leguntur in the Philof. "T'ranfact, abrigd, by Lowthorp. pag. 684: 
Serzz few Years fince, Sir Phil, Howard and Major Wat[on with great Charge end. Im- 
dafiry. found out a neu Way, by a Manufatture of. our own , to pre[erve ibe Hulls of 
Ships from be Wurm , €2c. tbichb is much. fmoother and. confequently better for Sailing. 
and more Cheap and durable tban the Way of Boards, Pitch, Tar, Brimffone, or amy. 
Sbsatbing er Graving bitherza uftd. Tbe King and Parliament Leimg [atisfiéd, upom 
Examination of tbe great. Benefit y 1bat snipbt. redound. bereby t0 bis Majefty and. fubjects 
£* General, for tbe lmventsrs Incouragement to yiahe tbe [ame Publik, were pleafed: 
almoft 4 Years fince, to ert them an Act of. Parliament for tbe Sole ufe of. tbis their 
Invention, with Pemaliy and Prohibition 10 allothers. Im Profetutiom wbertof, Ex- 
périments bave beén made upon. feutral of bis Maje[ly s Ships , viz. quae jam ipfa recenfen- 
fut... Io tbe Lead ir felf (wich. is tbe. Principal tbing ufed bereim) tbey make 
fo Clofe breffed, Smsoth, and Equal, and of what TPickme[s or Thinne[s defired y tbas 
great ue may be made there of aboute feveral other tbings relating to Sbipbiag.i e: ,, Pate 
», 6is abhinc annis D. Howard e» Watfon Te[ferarius: multa opera. ez: diligentia , novam: 
», €x Mamnafattura ipforummet propria, adimvenerunt Methbodum , tabulas savium pra- 
», Jtr 94Adi a Verimibus evc. qua tnulto politior eft. comveniextiorque eo ad navigationem ,. 
y, multoque ininori pretio comparauda e» durabilior illa, que affzribus pice ,eadem.liquata ,re- 
» fina, fülbbure, illas zmaniunt , duplicationibusque aut. induttionibus quibuscunque , buc- 
» usque ufitatis. Rex c? Parlamentum, probato, examinatoque maximo, quad inde 
» in Majeflatis Sue Ib[ius, [ubditorumque generatim omnium redundaturum eff , conse 
» ?n0do, wu? animum addant inventoribus, publicare conjuntim. decreverunt , quadriea- 
y nio circiter abhinc , quo ex Ais Parlamenti Privilegium ipfis concedatur , vi eujus. [o- 
»» lis ipfis inventione [na utilicen? , adjeflis contra; quesliber alios , Poenalitaibus Probi- 
» Bitionibusque. Cui fimi in divir[is navibus. Regiis Experimenta capra funt . . . qum 
» ]amipía recenfentur. Plumbum iofaper ipfum (quod pracipuumy eft ingrediens) adee 
»» reddunt compaéfums, politum. trmitumaque, ac. cuiuscumque vel erafftiei vel tenuitatis 
» Jutrit defideratum., ut rmaximo poffis u[u venire circa plura alia, ad. Rem. Nauticam. 
s». fPectantia. 
