Use a rubber band. Place it flat against the screw head and then use your screwdriver. You can also fill the screw head with baking soda, imprint your screwdriver in the baking soda, then cover with superglue. That should create a new surface for the screwdriver to catch on. If neither doesn’t work, then use the more expensive solutions.

Couldn’t be any worse than 6-Headed Shark Attack

Damn and I thought you were joking.

Pretty sure the 16th century happened before the Industrial Revolution, when there were British factories.