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stand that 1500^wt of tob is an vsuall rate for the hire of one
yearcs labour of any ordinary servant. And I conceive it
better to hire at a certainty such servants from yeare to yeare
as my Commiss^rs shall find necessary to looke to my cattell,
provide sufficient fodder for them, & to manage my farme at
west S^t maries; & to pay their hire yearly out of such revenues
& profitts as shall become due to me there, or in default
therof by the yearly sale of some of my stock there, then to
have servants apprentices there for that purpose, & to send
supplies yearly out of England to them.
4. That they allow vnto m^r Giles Brent two steeres yearly
out of my stock of neat cattell for his owne expence in regard
of his care of them; and two steeres to m^r Gilmet yearly for
his expence; and two more, together w^th twenty barrells of
corne yearly (to be taken out of my quitt rents there) and the
vse of six milch kine to my Secretary there for his care &
paines in writing of the accompts yearly & in my other affaires
there : till I shall signify my pleasure to the contrary, my said
Secretary being at the charge of keeping of the said six kine,
& of rearing the calves that come of them till they be wean-
able, and then to deliver the said calves at my ferme at west
S^t maries to be putt into my other stock of neat cattell
Provided alwaies that the said Secretary make such provision
of fodder & housing for the said cowes & calves in his custody
for the winter as my said Commiss^rs shall find necessary for
them.
5. That they allow vnto my Leiuten^t Grall m^r Giles Brent for
his paines & care in the goverm^t there, the one halfe yearly of
all fines, confiscations, wrecks, Tribute from the Indians, Cus-
tomes or other gifts from the Generall Assemblies there, w^ch
shall grow due vnto me during the time of his goverm^t vnder
me there. But I would have all such things as are mentioned
in this article, to be intirely charged vpon their yearly accompts
to me, & the one halfe therof discharged againe vpon the said
acc^ts as being disposed of according to this my direction.
6. That they take care to cause such tobaccos to be satisfied
to my brother Leonard Calvert or his assignes as he or his
assignes shall have disbursed or ingaged themselves for my
vse there this last yeare, w^ch in case it cannot be otherwise, I
would have done by sale of some of my neat cattell. But I
would have them know that I doe extreamely desire to have
my stock of neat cattell & sheepe to be preserved as much as

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possibly may be, & that they should not be any way dimin-
ished, but when necessity doth absolutely require it. And I
would have the Commiss^rs to be very carefull that when there
is a necessity of selling of any of my neat cattell, that it may
be done with the least preiudice that possibly may be to the