Man preserv'd from drowning in any kind of water, by a new light, hollow girdle, fill'd with his breath; ... Cruys, Francis. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B20907 of text R232709 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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. 2 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 2018 B20907 Wing C7447bA Interim Tract Supplement Guide 551.a.32[175] ESTC R232707 ESTC R232709 99889040 ocm99889040 196166 2248545267

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B20907) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 196166) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; E8:2[174]) Man preserv'd from drowning in any kind of water, by a new light, hollow girdle, fill'd with his breath; ... Cruys, Francis. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [London : between 1695 and 1700] Title from first lines of text. Imprint from Wing. Wing says the British Library has two settings. The last line of text ends: "Chairing-cross." Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Life-preservers -- England -- Early works to 1800. Advertising -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Man preserv'd from drowning in any kind of water, by a new light, hollow girdle, fill'd with his breath; ... . n/a 1695 1 244 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. 2013-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-11 Sampled and proofread 2013-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

MAN preserv'd from Drowning in any kind of Water , by a new , light , Hollow Girdle , fill'd with his Breath ; with Conveniencies to eat and drink , if cast away at Sea . By Francis Cruys , Gent. sworn Servant in Ordinary to his Majesty , who will endeavour to answer all reasonable Objections . Experimented in several Waters at Bristol , Feb. 28. last past , by a Man weighing One Hundred and a half , bound Hand and Foot , before Thousands ; at Portsmouth the 25th of March ; and at Windsor before his Majesty , Court , &c. by a tall heavy Man , to the great satisfaction of the Spectators . They will be sold , if subscribed for , at a Guinea and a half a Man's Girdle , and a Guinea for a Boy . The Projector may be spoken with , or write to , at Mr. Tho. Weekly's , at the George in Fleetstret ; Mr. Loyd's Coffee-House in Lombard-street ; and Mr. John Knapp's , at the Gun-Tavern at Billingsgate ; where printed Papers of Proposals , gratis , and further satisfaction , may be had . Those that are desirous may see it try'd in the Thames , 10 or 12 Persons for a Guinea , giving Notice before-hand to either of the Persons above-named . The Projector lodges , at present , at the Red-Lyon at Chairing-Cross .