To the right honourable the Lords, assembled in the higher House of Parliament, the humble petition of John Bulmer sea-captaine, Bulmer, John, Captain. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A77787 of text R210350 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.4[88]). 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 A77787 Wing B5442 Thomason 669.f.4[88] ESTC R210350 99869159 99869159 160710 2240955835

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A77787) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160710) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f4[88]) To the right honourable the Lords, assembled in the higher House of Parliament, the humble petition of John Bulmer sea-captaine, Bulmer, John, Captain. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed for John Harrison, London : 1641 [i.e. 1642] Date of publication from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Salvage -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Contracts, Maritime -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A77787 R210350 (Thomason 669.f.4[88]). civilwar no To the right honourable the Lords, assembled in the higher House of Parliament, the humble petition of John Bulmer sea-captaine, Bulmer, John, Captain. 1642 1 401 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
To the Right Honourable the Lords , assembled in the Higher House of Parliament . The humble Petition of John Bulmer Sea-Captaine , Sheweth ,

THat the Kings Most Excellent Majestie was graciously pleased by Letters Pattents , under the Great Seale of England , to grant unto your Petitioner license , power , and authority , by his owne art , industry , and meanes , to take up any Ordnance , Ships , or other goods , wrackt , or sunke in the Sea , within any of His Majesties Dominions ; without reserving any thing thereout unto His Majestie , his Heires , and Successours .

May it please your Lordships , That the Petitioner is informed by under-Officers , belonging unto the Lord Admirall of England , and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( for the time being ) that all Goods , Treasure , or other Merchandize , taken up out of the Sea , doe belong unto one of their Lordships , or some of their under-Officers , whereby such , who would otherwise be willing to assist and supply your Petitioner with moneys and meanes , to take up such things out of the Sea , are utterly discouraged to supply or assist him .

That for his owne experience in this Art , he hath expended of his Fathers , his owne , and Friends assistance , many thousand pounds ; and is very loath that so much experience of his gained , with much study , labour , and expence , in these dangerous times , should be buried in oblivion , or fall to the ground , ( he yet being both active and willing to doe His Majestie and the Common-wealth service . )

His humble suit therefore to your Lordships is , That you would be pleased by Order of this House to enable your Petitioner to make experience of his endeavours in the afore-said Art ; ( he undertaking the same at his owne proper cost and charges ) alwayes provided , that he may be free from any claime or claimes , that the now Lord Admirall , and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports , or their Successours , their Deputies or under-Officers , may pretend or make .

And your Petitioner shall ever pray , &c.

London , printed for John Harrison . 1641.