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 . entie feven, a


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 . entie feven, are ran-ked thus in their order. J^Ol? SJflaUb, tt)e S)01bter, «^Ditbp, 5Flambo?ougl) Ijeab, tlje ^po?n Cromer,i©mterton»neIIe, igatter-neffe, Jlapeftof i^ftnelTe,£)?fo?tue(Ie. ttie jitio?tl)fo?eiartb, tl)e feoufibfo?e^lanb, Dungeneae, -(Beacl); ^aunenose, |^o?tlanb,tlje ^tart, tl)p Bamme, tUt tubman, tlje Ei^jarb, Jtanbs enb, fipilbfo?b > ^.^abibs $eab,?(Bearbae,j;folyl)eab,andtl)e Jfleof ^m ^^ee have very great Creeks of Sea cue otf by thcle lines fromthe Sea round about, which they call ^iegiis CamerasXfte BingS CDamberS,and the Ports KorJ. Evenas in an houl the inner private Rooms^or Chambers,otClofets, which in barbarous Latin are wont to bee ter-med Camera^zxc relerved for the Mafler; and as the Ci-tie of London hach of old been called in our Law theChamber of ihe K/V ^whereby the reft of his Do, minioa 5(56 Book II. Of the T>ommon, or, minion round about is fee forth, as ic were by the u(c of amore narrow Title: So chcfe Creeks^though very large,. ^cotioc pars


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