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 . do that are mo
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 . do that are more addidtedthan they ought to the words of lilpian^ and num-bring up thole Autors that are of the contrarie opi-nion , concludes thus, ^ut more true it is that aprofrietie of the Sea and Shore, is not by the CommonLauf to bee reckoned among the Regalia, But upon dueconfideration of all thofe particulars, which hither-to Oti^nerjhip lyp to have been produced out of the Cuftoros of fomany Ages and Nations, and as well out of theCivil, as the (ommon or InterVenient Law of moftNations, no man (I fuppofe) will queftion butthat there remains not either in the nature of theSea it felf, or in the Law either Divine^ Natural^or of Nations, any thing which may fo oppofe theprivate Dominion thereof, that it cannot bee ad-mitted by every kiode of Law, even the moft ap-proved • and fo that any kinde of Sea whatfoevecmay by any fort of Law whatfocver bee capable ofprivate Dominion j which was the thing I inten-ded to prove. The End of the prU^Book. A a Touching iSi. Touching the DOMINION, O R Ownerfhipofthe Sea, BOOK 11. , U ^ I «. >l—l- !? The order or Method of thofe things that areto bee handled in thisT^oo!^ T/^^BrkillxOcean dmded into four parts. C H A I». I. lAving made it evident, in the formerBook, that the Sea is capable of pri-vate Dominion as well as the Land^and thac by all kindesof Law, whe-ther wee fcrioufly confidcr the Di-yincy OS. Naturd^ or any La
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