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 . Tfominium ^5\I


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 . Tfominium ^5\Iaris :OR, THE DOMINION OF THE Fter a long peace, betwixt theProgenitors of the Empe-ror Maximilian the firft, Republick oi Venice^m theyear 1508, there began certainflight differences, which concluded in anotable,.and moft memorable war ; info^much as the Republick, for zz years fol-lowing, were with the faid Prince, and withhis PolWitie, for divers refpedls, fomtimesin war^ fomtimes in peace, and fomtimes m Bbbb z dominium Maris; or, truce, until in the year 1519 all differencesbetwixt them were compofed, and a peace^concluded in Bolonia, which continued allthat Age,with the Emperor Charls the Fifthtogether with his brother Ferdinando KingoiHungarie^ and Archduke o^Aujlria. Butbecauf by the divifion^ made betwixt thefaid brethren , feven years before, all theJujlrian lands which confined with the Fe-netiam, were laid by agreement unto thepart which belonged unto King Ferdinand,the confines of which as they had conjun-cture with the lands of the Republick, werevery intricate^and of great difficultie to con-clude, unto whether partie they did belong,as well for the publick reafons of the faidPrinces, as for thofe of their private fubjcifls;To end all which in quiet, it was agreed thatthere (hould bee an arbitrarie Tribunalcredled in Trent, for the decidirtg of thefedoubts, which in the year 15^5, pronouncedfentence, whereby all the differences (bee-ing more then


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