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 . TO The Supreme
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 . TO The Supreme Autoritie OF THE NATION,The Parlament of the Cotn^ moivwealth of £ JA(J/Z. / ^©. {%ight Honorahlel) Should not have prefumedthus, in the midft of great affairs, to prefsinto your prefence, did. Inot bring a Prefentinmyhand moft worthie of youracceptance^ It is that Learned andelaborate Work , entituled MARECLAUSUM . A Piece fo fully your Right of Soveraigntie over theSeas^ by the cleareft evidences of Reafon^and Record from all Antiquitie , that it A i {lands. 3G3912 } l\» 7/?^ 6*pi/?/(? Dedicatorie. ftands more impregnable againrt the Pens,than the llland it felf againll the Attemptsof Forein Nations. It was written Ori-ginally in Latin, for the alTerting of thisRight before all the world; and how theyhave been convinced by it, appeals hi-therto by the univerfal Admiration that at-tends it: But confidering what pitie it was^that fo rare a Jewel as this, which hathdrawn the envie of fom few, but the Ap-probation of All, fliould lie fo long locJaup in a Language unknown to thegreateftpart of that Nation whom it moft con-cerns I and how neceflTarie it is, in this^prefent Jundure, to let the People havea clear underftanding of their neareft inte^reftj and how that Right hath been recei>ved in all Ages, which a ftrange People inthis latter Age have been bold to under-mine ^ it was judged very requifite to un-lock the Cabinet, and expofe the Jewelto the v
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