The propositions of Captaine John Bulmer, in the office of assurance, London for the blowing up of a boat and a man over London-bridge. Bulmer, John, Captain. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A77786 of text R212153 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.8[35]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A77786 Wing B5441 Thomason 669.f.8[35] ESTC R212153 99870800 99870800 161086 2240944845

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A77786) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161086) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f8[35]) The propositions of Captaine John Bulmer, in the office of assurance, London for the blowing up of a boat and a man over London-bridge. Bulmer, John, Captain. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1643] Dated at end: 6 November 1643. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Inventions -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A77786 R212153 (Thomason 669.f.8[35]). civilwar no The propositions of Captaine John Bulmer, in the office of assurance, London; for the blowing up of a boat and a man over London-bridge. Bulmer, John, Captain. 1643 1 535 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE PROPOSITIONS Of Captaine JOHN BVLMER , in the Office of Assurance , London ; For the blowing up of a Boat and a Man over London-bridge .

IN the Name of God , Amen . John Bulmer of London , Esquire : Master and Surveiour Generall of the Kings Majesties Mines Royall , and Engines for Water-workes , propoundeth ( by Gods assistance ) That he the said John Bulmer , shall , and will , at and in a flowing water , set out a Boat or Vessell with an Engine , floating with a Man or Boy , in and aboard the said Boat , in the River of Thames , over against the Tower-wharfe , or lower . Which said Boat , with the said Man or Boy in or aboard her , shall the same Tyde before Low-water againe , by Art of the said John Bulmer , and helpe of the said Engine be advanced and elevated so high , as that the same shall passe and be delivered over London-Bridge , together with the said Man or Boy in and aboard her , and floate againe in the said River of Thames , on the other side of the said Bridge in safety . And the said John Bulmer for Him , his Heires , executors , and Administrators , doth hereby covenant and promise , that he the said John Bulmer shall and will performe and accomplish the premises , within the space of one moneth next after he shall cause intimation to be given into the Office of Assurance , London , that he is about or intends to put the same in practice : which Intimation shall so by him be given at such time , and so soone as the undertakers against him wagering six for one , shall have deposited and left in the said Office such a considerable summe of money , as the said John Bulmer may compute will countervaile the charges of contriving the said Boat and Engine , and such other disbursements as shall arise and grow in prosecution of the said businesse . And he the said Iohn Bulmer shall and will deposite his proportion of monies in the said Office accordingly . And the said monies so deposided by the said undertakers , and the said Bulmer , shall remaine in the said Office , untill the said Bulmer shall either have accomplished the same , or the time expired for accomplishment thereof . And the said undertakers and every of them , shall subscribe and underwrite , such summe of money as they or any of them shall deposite , adventure , and wager , against the said Bulmer : which said monies so deposited by the said undertakers , and the said Iohn Bulmer , shall be delivered to the said Bulmer ( in case of performance of the premises ) otherwise to the said undertakers . Dated the 6. of November , 1643.

And all those that will bring in their monies into the Office , shall be there assured of their losse or gaine , according to the conditions above mentioned .