VI.
SIxthly, the Phrygians had dominion over the Sea XXV years; but (as it is in the i Greek of Eusebius)
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.
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- 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.
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- Selden, John, 1584-1654.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A59088.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 27, 2024.
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according to others XXVI. In the Latine wee finde onely XXV, as also in Marianus and Florentius. But yet seeing, in the Greek of Eusebius, the Phrygians are (for the aforesaid reason) counted the fifth Lords of the Sea, Isaac Casaubon (I think) well observe's that that number of six doth not denote the years, but the order of Dominion. This Lordship is reckoned in the time of Lycurgus.
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Chro. Ca∣non. p. 129. num. 1127.