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 . 146 Book II. O
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 . 146 Book II. Of the T>omimony or, «i Ve Uudihiu ^ Indi Qaltdom \eUta Brkanma MonHro, Cdrtilus^ Oceaniqne aftnm inentttt4r amlEius,Me qiioque fvkmis feremtem gmuhus^inquttyMuniVtt Stilico -, totam cum Scotus HtbernamA&vif, ^ i?ifepo l^umavit remige Tethys. 3ltt monatotts^ ^bit Caledonian tbife5Cften Britain caiw; Dct cfjci^bs ftao a Oif^ flttif£)f btbrtg colo|g>t(bt)tct)> to pleaf tlje l)ielb> Sn battous &;^m8 an 3iton ^mtn mvj; Slttft at bet t)0^l8 tDe ;g>ea it feif bib gltbe, l^et £0antiemotftt t^etbo^ftms oft^eXibe. 5^eeanbmpiiielgDbo?< sciHcomb febe, januotD nj0^. anb b^abelp refcne from tf)e aanben as tbe scoc mobb irdandto tebel,* tetkp fig 3Jnb i&irates mabe gteat ^ Tecbys foam anb nifie s the tSOtlU Sea. A little before, there hce fets forth the hair ofSpain with leavs of the Palm-tree, and her mantleimbroidcrd with the River Tagu6\ And /Africa withears of Cofn and Ivorie, after the (ame manner as it wasftampt in the Coins of Antomnm 9m. Both th
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