# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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without the especial Licence of the Duke
or his Steward who are left at
Liberty to grant, or withhold the same,
or exact what consideration they
thought fit. Compelling the people to
deposit all their original Title Deeds
with his Graces Steward on pain
of being Void. Appropriating the
before mentioned Services (applicable
to the support of Public Works) to the
Private use and Emolument of his
Grace. Imposing unconstitutional
Burthens on the Inhabitants and
without a compensation for the same,
Investing his Grace with an unusual
and exclusive Property in the Sea
Weed cast upon the Shore, so necessary
to the Purposes of Agriculture &
Manufacture. Restraining the
Inhabitants from erecting, even
upon their own Lands, any Species
of Machine, to be wrought by Wind
or Water without a Licence from the
Duke. Giving his Grace the
prerogative of licencing on his own
Terms