_24th_ _February_, _1646_.
WHEREAS Captain Henry Bell hath strangely discovered and found a Book of
Martin Luther’s, called his Divine Discourses, which was for a long time
very marvellously preserved in Germany: the which book the said Henry
Bell, at his great costs and pains, hath translated into the English out
of the German Tongue, which Translation and substance thereof is approved
by Reverend Divines of the Assembly, as appears by a Certificate under
their hands:
It is Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons assembled in
Parliament, that the said Henry Bell shall have the sole disposal and
benefit of Printing the said Book translated into English by him as
aforesaid, for the space of fourteen years, to commence from the date
hereof. And that none do Print or Re-print the same but such as shall be
licensed by the said Captain by Authority under his hand.