But whether way soever it was, he
procured his pardon for it, and had it, as I am certified from the
mouths of those who had seen it." Webster further adds: "While old Basby
(a chemist) was with me, I procured some of the ore, which yielded after
the rate of twenty-six pounds of silver per ton. Since then, good store
of lead has been gotten; but I never could procure any more of the sort
formerly gotten; the miners being so cunning, that if they meet with any
vein that contains so much ore as will make it a myne royall, they will
not discover it."
Dr Whitaker, in his _History of Craven,_ says: "The following papers,
lately communicated to me from the evidences of the Pudsays, put the
matter out of doubt:--'Case of a myne royall. Although the gold or
silver contained in the base metalls of a mine in the land of a subject
be of less value than the baser metall, yet if gold and silver doe
countervaile the charge of refining, or bee of more value than the baser
metall spent in refining itt, this is a myne royall, and _as wel the
base metall_ as the gold and silver in it, belongs to the crown.
"'Edw. Herbert, Attorney-General.
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