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 eng England and Wales. -- Parliament. Mining law -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Early works to 1800. Gold mines and mining -- America -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo To the Lords, Spiritual and Temporal, together with the Commons, assembled in this present Parliament, 1693/4. Gentlemen, the design of the book, enti Houghton, Thomas, Gent. 1694 1 384 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. 2014-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-06 Sampled and proofread 2014-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the Lords , Spiritual and Temporal , together with the Commons , Assembled in this Present PARLIAMENT 1693 / 4. Gentlemen ,

THe Design of the Book , Entituled , Royal Institutions , Is most humbly to beg , That You , in your great Wisdom , would be pleas'd to consider , How to Establish and Confirm , to all the King's Subjects , some Laws and Methods for working of Silver and Gold Mines , or any other , that shall be found in America ; and to take away , and make void all those Clauses in any former Grants , relating to Mines , which have hitherto hindred , and obstructed the same ; whereby this Honourable Enterprize would become a National Benefit , and be of great Advantage to all the English Posterity ; and that the Royalties of those Countries may rest in the CROWN , and the KING remain sole Lord of the Soil . For , till some Methods and Laws be settled , to distinguish MEUM and TUUM , no Subject can proceed regularly and safely in this Affair , nor any Man know his own Interest from the Property of another Man's . And in regard there hath not been , nor at present is , but a few Men , that thorowly understand Mines , and Mineral Proceedings ; Therefore I have , in all Humility , and in all Dutiful Submission , most humbly laid before You the substance of some Methods , absolutely necessary to be Enacted , and Past into , Laws , for the Good of the English Nation in general ; which , upon your Inspection , and deliberate Consideration , I humbly hope , either those Articles contained in the Book , or some other , such as in your great Wisdom , You shall think fit to Make and Establish , will be , by this present PARLIAMENT , Enacted and Confirmed as LAWS and CUSTOMS for all such Mines ; ( and that I may have Liberty to bring in a Bill for the same ) which will , undoubtedly , encrease the Riches of the Nation , and Revenues of the CROWN , in a little Time .

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