Of the dominion or ownership of the sea two books : in 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 land : in 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 island writen at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum, seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden, Esquire ; translated into English and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses, by Marchamont Nedham.

II.

IN the second place the Lydians were Lords of the Sea. The Greek of Eusebius saith, a 1.1 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, The Lydians, called also Maeonians, were Lords of the Sea XCII years. The be∣ginnings of this Dominion are reckoned about the time of AEneas. But as to what concern's the num∣ber of years, although it hath been the same both throughout the whole Historie of Eusebius, as also in his Chronicle; yet since the Empire of the Pelasgi, which next follow's, is severed by the space of CXX years or thereabout, perhaps it ought to bee amended, and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or CXX to bee put in its place. Which that most excellent man Isaac Casaubon observed doub∣tingly, also in his Commentarie upon Polybius, where hee treat's very learnedly concerning those, who have had Dominion of the Sea in the East. Likewise,

Marianus Scotus and Florentius the Monk do mention the Sea-Dominion of the Lydians, as also of the Pe∣lasgi, without any number of years.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Pag. 31. & pag. 115. num. 940.