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that purpose, Together with Armes, Amunition and provision
Suitable, According to the directions of the Said Order, and
to presse or procure Such Boates or other Vessells in the Same
County as You Shall think convenient for their use during the
Continuance of this Service, further Giving you hereby full &
absolute Power and Authority to appoint and make yo^r Lieuten^t

Liber B.

Generall and Such other officers and Commanders under you

as you Shall think fitting for this Service, And by Your Self or

yo^r Lieutenant Generall or other Commander under you, with
all or any the forces to be raised as aforesaid, And to meet
according to appointm^t upon the Isle of Kent the 30^th day of
december next or at any other convenient time or place for
this purpose to March against all or any Indians Inhabiting
upon the Easterne Side of the Bay of Chesepeck to the North-
ward of the Southerly Bound of this Province on that Side the
Bay being over against Wickocomoco Point and from thence
in a direct line Eastward to the maine Ocean, and to make
Warr upon and through Gods Assistance by all possible meanes
to Vanquish, destroy, plunder, kill or take prisoners at yo^r dis-
cretion all or any the S^d Indians either by Sea or land, and
being Soe taken to put them to Death by the Law of warr or
to Save them at your pleasure, And for that purpose to pursue
them if occasion be, beyond the Bounds of the Said Province,
ffurther Giving you hereby full power and authority in the
Execution of the premisses, to doe all and Every other thing
which unto the Charge and office of a Cap^t Generall or Com-
mander in Chiefe of an Army belongeth and in all and Every
the premisses, your are to follow as near as conveniently you
can the direction of the order before mentioned, And I doe
further hereby Strictly Charge and require all and every the
Soldiers and others to be raised, or who Shall goe under your
Command that they and Every of them, Shall be aiding and
assisting unto you upon all occasions whatsoever, And to be
obedient to your Comands in all things as their Cap^t Generall
or Comander in Chiefe for this Service upon the penalty of
Such punishment to be inflicted upon them or any of them as
theire Neglect contempt or disobedience herein Shall deserve
in the Judgment of the Provinciall Court or Court Martiall.
Given at S^t Maries under the Great Seale of this Province this
29^th day of November 1652
William Stone

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By the Lieuten^t &c of Maryland.

These are in the Names of the keepers of the Libertys of of
England by Authority of Parliam^t Strictly to Charge and
Comand you forthwith after Receipt hereof to presse one able

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