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 . njoicd the fam
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 . njoicd the fame 5 years as his Succeflbr. Andthen hee alfo (after hee was brought to fo low a pafs bythe Emperor C(»i^4«fmx Cfc/or«f,whohadcros*£cheScainperion on purpole to reduce him, that hee knew notwhat to do, and fecmd to bee imprifoned rather thenfortified by the Sea, as faith the ^ Autor of the Vanegy*rick to Maximianus) was at length, by the valor and con-duct of the Prctorian prefect AJclepiodotus^ overcom and(lain: And thus both the Ifle and the Sea together wasrecovered after ten years time, fo far as it flowd beforethat pare which was under the ^B^an Jurifdi-(5tion. Nor was it upon any otherground, then this ten years ufurpa-cion in Britain, that thole Coinswere made with the Infcriptionsboth of C Caraujius and C. AlleSiusIMP. C. CARAUSIUS P,F. IMP. C ALLECTUS. But wee have placed here acounterfeit of that brafs Coin whichwas made by ^lleBus, that youmay obferv the thrce-oard Gaily onthe rcvcrf of it, with the InfcripcionVIRTUS AUGUSTA , whereby 1 21J. p Pane^y-rickr Si mihi Ee concciv 214- Book II. Of the Dominion, ovy conceiv hee gave to undcrftand, chac this Empire ofBritain chiefly depended upon che Dominion of theSea flowing about it. Touching the recovery of !BrLtain thus together with the Sea^ there is alfo a notableTeftimonie in that Panegyrick, whereot fom conceivMamertinusj others Eamenius to bee the Autor. 0 howgreat is this VtBorie (faith hce) an
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