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<HEAD>THE CERTIFICATES OF <HI>Several Captains and Ma&s;ters of Ships, and others, both at Sea and Land, who have u&s;ed the</HI> Patentees Engine <HI>for making</HI> Salt Water Fre&s;h.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THIS &s;erves only to acquaint you, that &s;ince I have been on board, in our Pa&s;|&s;age to the Downs, I have us'd the En|gine off the <HI>Long-Sand-Head,</HI> and we made as much fre&s;h Sea-water as boil'd Pea&s;e for the whole Ships company, they being boil'd as well as ever I &s;ee any; I find we can make above one hundred Gallons in 24 hours, if the Ship have no great motion, but if it hath much motion, then it will not make full &s;o much Wa|ter. I believe it will prove a very u&s;eful thing at Sea. This being all needful from</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Downs,</HI> <DATE><HI>Octob.</HI> 22. 1684.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your very humble Servant, John Kempthorne.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>From on board the <HI>Elizabeth</HI> at <HI>Barbadoes,</HI> <DATE> January <HI>27th 1684.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THESE are to acquaint you of our pro|ceeding with our Engine. I will give you a good Account of it, I find no otherwi&s;e by it; the Water we find very whol&s;om and benefi|cial, and the Engine works as well in foul Weather as in fair. We find that the more it is wrought the better it worketh, and the Wa|ter is the better. It is much e&s;teemed on here, and abundance of People of all &s;orts re&s;ort dai|ly to &s;ee it, and drink of the Water; and we have wrought it mo&s;t of the way hither.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jonathan Martin.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>From on board the <HI>May-flower</HI> at <HI>Mevis,</HI> <DATE><HI>21th</HI> of February, <HI>1684.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>AS for the Engine, it works very well, and I have made u&s;e of it in my Pa&s;&s;age near the <HI>Tropick</HI> in the <HI>Long Reach;</HI> and I find I can make above forty Gallons in twelve hours after it begins to work. I made in the <HI>Long Reach</HI> two Casks be&s;ide what I u&s;ed, thinking to have brought one of them home; but the Gentlemen of <HI>Antegoe,</HI> and the &s;trangers that came on board, de&s;ired &s;o much to drink, and to have &s;ome in Bottles, that I &s;pent them both. And &s;ince I came here, I have caus'd it to be wrought three &s;everal days on purpo&s;e for Merchants and Planters to &s;ee it, and a great many of them approved of it very well.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Simon Corbin.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>From the &s;aid Ships again after their return.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>WE <HI>Jonathan Martin,</HI> Ma&s;ter of the <HI>Pink Elizabeth,</HI> and <HI>Simon Corbin,</HI> Ma&s;ter of the <HI>Pink May-flower,</HI> having aboard each of our &s;aid Ships an Engine bought of the Paten|tees for making Salt-water fre&s;h, do certifie that we have made u&s;e of the &s;aid Engine going to and coming from the <HI>We&s;t-Indies,</HI> viz. <HI>Barba|does, Mevis,</HI> and <HI>Antego,</HI> and have found the Water prepared by them very whol&s;om, plea|&s;ant and u&s;eful, and re&s;olve for the future to continue the U&s;e of &s;uch Engines.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jonathan Martin. Simon Corbin.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="certificate">
<P>I <HI>Evan Seyes,</HI> Ma&s;ter of the <HI>Jane</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> having &s;ailed a long time in Company with a Ship furni&s;h'd with an Engine for making Salt|water fre&s;h, do hereby te&s;tifie, that having fre|quently drunk of the Waters &s;o prepared a|board that Ship, and in &s;everal Climates, found the Men of the Ship in perfect good Health, and much plea&s;ed with the Water, which they made U&s;e of, having no Meat or Drink, but what was prepared by the &s;aid Water.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dated</HI> <DATE><HI>February</HI> 2. 1684.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Evan Seyes.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="certificate">
<HEAD>Extract of a Letter to a Merchant in <HI>London.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I de&s;ire that you will acquaint the Patentees that we have made U&s;e of their Engine ever &s;ince we left the Coa&s;t of <HI>England,</HI> and that we find our Men very well plea&s;ed with the U&s;e of it, being all in very good Health. Sign'd by <HI>John Clive,</HI> Supercargo of the <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Mer|chant.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Clive.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>I Do hereby certifie, that in the time of my being in the <HI>Leeward</HI> I&s;lands, I did &s;everal times drink of Sea Water made fre&s;h by the Patentees Engine, on board &s;ome Ships that came into tho&s;e Parts; and found not only the Men who &s;ailed in the &s;aid Ships, but tho&s;e Per&s;ons on Shore, who drank frequently of the &s;aid Water, in good Health, notwith&s;tanding the heat of the Climate, and great change of the Air, in which the Water was prepar'd: and am of Opinion that the u&s;e of the &s;aid Water is of great Advantage, not only to Ships, but to &s;everal parts of the World lying near the Sea, where the Water is Bracki&s;h, or there is no fre&s;h Water.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 21. 1685.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE><HI>Signed by Sir</HI> William Stapleton <HI>Knt. Governour of the Leeward I&s;lands.</HI></SALUTE></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="certificate">
<P>I <HI>John Fro&s;t,</HI> Captain, Ma&s;ter, and part Sharer of the <HI>Aleppo Factor,</HI> having receiv'd an Engine from the Patentees, for making Salt water Fre&s;h, do hereby certifie, that many Months in the <HI>Streights</HI> and other places, I made u&s;e of Sea-water prepar'd on board my Ship by the Engine and Ingredients received from the Patentees, which Water I found by my &s;elf, Sea-men, and &s;everal other Per&s;ons, to be very good and whole&s;ome; and the Engine to an&s;wer all that was promi&s;ed in the Books printed by the Patentees.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Octob.</HI> 2. 85.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>John Fro&s;t.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="certificate">
<P>I Do hereby certifie, that having put on board a Ship, bound out on a long Voyage, an Engine bought from the Patentees for making Salt-water fre&s;h, I receiv'd Letters from on board the &s;aid Ship four Months after her departure,
<PB REF="2">dated in <HI>April</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, which gives an account that the &s;aid Engine makes the Sea-water fre&s;h in great quantities; and an&s;wers all the good Effects undertaken by the Patentees, and has been of great U&s;e and Advantage to the &s;aid Ship, without any Inconveniencies.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Witne&s;s my Hand, this</HI> <DATE>25th <HI>of November.</HI></DATE> <HI>Geffery Nightingale,</HI> Merchant.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>HAving the Honour to command his Ma|je&s;ties Ship <HI>Tiger,</HI> the la&s;t Year in the <HI>Streights,</HI> meeting with a Merchant-man tra|ding in tho&s;e parts, I had the Curio&s;ity to go and &s;ee his Engine, which he receiv'd from Mr. <HI>Fitz-Gerald,</HI> and the re&s;t of his Partners, for turning Salt-water into fre&s;h; which I found &s;o well di&s;po&s;ed of, before the Fore-ma&s;t in the Fore-Ca&s;tle, that its Room was incon&s;iderable and out of Danger: and from the Captain, and the Men in particular, (in which I took &s;ome pains to ask Que&s;tions) I was well a&s;&s;u|red that the prepared Water was very good, and that they liked it as well as <HI>Thames</HI> Wa|ter, and had as good Health as ever they u&s;ed to have. <HI>To which I &s;et my Hand this</HI> 10th <HI>of Decemb.</HI> 1685.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Signed by Sir</HI> Francis Wheler.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>I <HI>Peter Pickard,</HI> Commander of the <HI>Hunter,</HI> did furni&s;h my &s;elf with a Salt-water En|gine from the Patentees, in <HI>Decemb.</HI> 1684. and do hereby certifie, that having made u&s;e &s;eve|ral times of the &s;aid Engine in my la&s;t Voy|age, I found it to make the Sea-water very fre&s;h, and good for dre&s;&s;ing Victuals, and Drinking; which occa&s;ion'd me to recommend the &s;ame to be u&s;eful for the Royal <HI>African</HI> Company, in their Ca&s;tle on <HI>James</HI>'s I&s;land in <HI>Gambo</HI> River; they accordingly agreed with the Patentees for an Engine to &s;end along with me to the &s;aid Place. <HI>Witne&s;s my Hand this</HI> 20th <HI>of Decemb.</HI> 1685.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>P. Pickard.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>I <HI>Matt. Tennant,</HI> having lately commanded His Maje&s;ties Ship the <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> do hereby certifie, That in the time of my being at Sea, I met with &s;everal Ships, furni&s;h'd by the Pa|tentees with an Engine for making Salt water fre&s;h, and there received Account from the Per&s;ons who &s;ailed in the &s;aid Ships, that the &s;aid Engines did make fre&s;h very great quan|tities of Water, and were very u&s;eful and con|venient; and that the Per&s;ons in the &s;aid Ships, who had lived upon the Water &s;o prepar'd, had very good Health, and were freet from the Scurvy than they u&s;ed to be.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Decemb.</HI> 20. 85.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Matt. Tennant.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THe&s;e are to certifie, that in <HI>February</HI> la&s;t: by His Maje&s;ties Commands, the Paten|tees for making Salt-water fre&s;h &s;ent down, and for pre&s;ent U&s;e fix'd in this place two of their En|gines; which made &s;uch good and acceptable water, that it was cho&s;en rather than our Rain o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Thames</HI> Water, for any U&s;e; e&s;pecially to drink &s;imply, or make Punch withall. </P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my Hand in His Maje&s;ties Fort <HI>Sheerne&s;s, </HI> <DATE><HI>Fe|bruary</HI> 2. 1685.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Robert Crawford Lieutenant-Governour.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The Opinion of &s;everal Eminent Phy&s;icians of the Colledge, and others, concerning Sea-Water made Fre&s;h.</HEAD>
<P>BE&s;ides the Experience of the fore-going Sea-men in great and long Voyages, &s;everal Emi|nent Phy&s;icians of the Colledge, and others, have &s;o well approved of this prepared Water, that they have directed the U&s;e thereof in Diet-Drinks, Coffee, Chocolate, and Tea, in&s;tead of Fountain-Water. And the Phy&s;icians under written are of opinion, that it may be u&s;eful to the &s;aid purpo&s;es. And all agree, That Water prepar'd according to the Patentees way, is un|doubtedly good again&s;t Scurvys, and other Di&s;ea&s;es.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><LIST>
<HEAD>Sir <HI>Thomas Witherly,</HI> Prae&s;es Collegii.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Peter Barwick</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>John Betrs.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Humphry Brook</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Thomas Burwel</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Francis Bernard</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Edward Brown</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>R. Blackbourn</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Walter Charleton</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Andrew Clinch</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Daniel Cox</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Theodore Colladon</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Andrew Creagh</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Edmund Dickin&s;on</HI> Med. Reg.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>William Denton</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>John Downes</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>William Dawkins</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>David Abercromby</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Charles Goodal</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Nehemiah Grew</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Philip Guide</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Edward Hul&s;e</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Walter Harris</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>George How</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sir Edmund King,</HI> Eq. Aur.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>John Law&s;on</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Richard Lower</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Martin Li&s;ter</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Thomas Millington</HI> Eq. Aur.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Samuel Morris</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Richard Morton</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Walter Mills</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Walter Needham</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>William Petty,</HI> Eq. Aur.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Robert Pitt</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>George Rogers</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>James Rufine</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Richard Robin&s;on</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Charles Scarburgh</HI> Eq. Aur. Med. Reg. prim.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>William Stokeham</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>H. Samp&s;on</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Thomas Sydenham</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Hans Sloane</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Frederick Slare</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>David Thomas</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Edward Ty&s;on</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>William Waldgrave</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>John Windebank</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="advert">
<P>The&s;e Engines, Ingredients, and Directions for the Operation, are to be had at Mr. <HI>William Talbot</HI>'s Hou&s;e, at the Sign of the <HI>Falcon</HI> and <HI>Scales</HI> in <HI>Gracious-&s;treet.</HI> And it is to be ob&s;erved, that Engines may be made for Brew|ing, Dying, Hat-making, or other U&s;es, from ten Gallons to five hundred Gallons.</P>
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<P>Printed by <HI>John Harefinch</HI> in <HI>Mountague-Court</HI> in <HI>Little Britain.</HI> 1685.</P>
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