Of the dominion, or, ownership of the sea two booksIn the first is shew'd, that the sea, by the lavv of nature, or nations, is not common to all men, but capable of private dominion or proprietie, as well as the landIn the second is proved, that the dominion of the British sea, or that which incompasseth the isle of Great Britain, is, and ever hath been, a part or appendant of the empire of that islandWritten at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden ..Translated into English; and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses . ^cotioc pars.
Of the dominion, or, ownership of the sea two booksIn the first is shew'd, that the sea, by the lavv of nature, or nations, is not common to all men, but capable of private dominion or proprietie, as well as the landIn the second is proved, that the dominion of the British sea, or that which incompasseth the isle of Great Britain, is, and ever hath been, a part or appendant of the empire of that islandWritten at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden ..Translated into English; and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses . ^cotioc pars. ?^???Jb !????????????!? wwn ^cuj-cl ^cucarum— bceini Ov^nerjhip of the Sea. beeing called by the like name and limited at the plea-lure of the Kings of England , do in like naannerfliewhis Dominion over the reft of the Sea. But wee havetaken a Oefctipcion of the Points and lilands, wherebythofe Creeks fet forth in the Table here annexed, arewont to bee limited, out ofthat ^ inftrument whichwas written in Englijh by twelve men very well skilledin Maritim affairs, and fworn for this purpofe at thetime when the Proclamation was publiflicd, and it^vas by them prefentcd to Sir Julius Q^far Knight,at thattime Judg of the High Court of Admiraltie, but nowMaftcr of the Rolls, and one of his Majefties Privic-Council, to whom the care of icarching after this kindcof antient limits was committed. But in that Inftru-ment, as well the diftance of all the Points in refpc6tof each other, as the manner of failing in a direct courfis explained, from whenc
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