Africa being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia and the Abyssines : with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto : with the several denominations fo their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages, their customs, modes and manners, languages, religions and inexhaustible treasure : with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter : and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds and serpents : collected and translated from most authentick authors and augmented with later observations : illustrated with notes and adorn'd with peculiar maps and proper sculptures / by John Ogilby, Esq. ...

CHARLES R.

CHARLES, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.

To all Our loving Subjects, of what De∣gree, Condition, or Quality soever, within Our Kingdoms and Dominions, Greeting.

Whereas, upon the Humble Request of Our Trusty and Well-beloved Servant John Ogilby Esq We were graciously pleased, by Our Warrant of the 25th of May, in the Seventeenth Year of Our Reign, to grant him the Sole Privi∣ledge and Immunity of Printing in Fair Volumns, adorn'd with Sculptures, Virgil Translated, Homers Iliads, Aesop Paraphras'd, and Our Entertainment in Passing through Our City of London, and Co∣ronation, together with Homers Odysses, and his fore-mention'd Aesop, with his Additions and Annotations, in Folio; with a Prohibition, That none should Print or Re-print the same in any Volumns, without the Consent and Approbation of him the said John Ogilby, his Heirs, Ex∣ecutors, Administrators, or Assigns, within the Term of Fifteen Years next ensuing the Date of Our said Warrant: And whereas by one other Warrant, of the 20 ^th of March, in the Nineteenth Year of Our Reign, We were in like manner graciously pleas'd to grant him the said John Ogilby the sole Priviledge of Printing Homers Works in the Original, adorn'd with Sculptures; a Second Collection of Aesops Fables, Para∣phras'd, and adorn'd with Sculptures; The Embassy of the Netherland East-India-Company to the Emperor of China, with Sculptures; and an Octavo Virgil in English, without Sculptures, heretofore by him Printed; with like Prohibition, That none should Print or Re-print the same in any Volumns, without the Consent and Approbation of him the said John Ogilby, his Heirs, Executors, and Assigns, within the Term of Fifteen Years next ensuing the Date of Our said Warrant: And whereas the said John Ogilby hath humbly besought Ʋs to grant him further License and Authority, to have the sole Priviledge of Printing a Descri∣ption of the whole VVorld, viz. Africa, America, Asia, and Europe, in several Volumns, adorn'd with Sculptures: VVe taking it into Our Princely Consideration, and for his farther Encouragement, have thought fit to grant, and we do hereby give and grant him the sole Priviledge of Printing the said Books last-mentioned: And VVe do by these Presents

straitly charge, prohibit, and forbid all our Loving Subjects to Print or Re-print the said Books, in any Volumns, or any of them; or to Copy or Counterfeit any the Sculptures or Ingravements therein, within the Term of Fifteen Years next ensuing the Date of these Presents, without the Consent and Approbation of the said John Ogilby, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns; as they and every of them so offending, will answer the contrary at their utmost Peril: VVhereof the VVardens and Company of Stationers of Our City of London, are to take particular notice, that due Obedience be given to this Our Royal Command.

Given under Our Signet and Sign-Manual at Our Court at VVhitehall, the first day of November, 1669. in the One and twentieth Year of Our Reign.

By His Majesties Command. J. TREVOR.