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     of Court in Maryland after Entry made in the Office of the said Liber B B
     Sloope the red Sterne, according to Act of Parliamt and contrary to
     the Certifficate which they had undr my hand and scale, I finde my
     Selfe uery much Concern'd to appeare in the defence of that Com
     mission and Instruccons which his Matie intrusted mee wthall, that
     his Matles Councell and secretaryes may not be brought into ques
     tione in any of his Dominions for passing instruccons Contrary to
     Acts of Parliamts and in the last place that I haue not Exceeded his
     Maties Commission, & Consequently that the said sloope and Goods
     ought not to be detained, and therefore soe farre as concerns this
     matter, I shall truely make report to yow in the uery words of his
     Maties Instruccons Authorized by the broad Seale (vizt) To reduce
     the Dutch in or near Long Island or any where wthin the limits of
     Our owne Dominions to an intire obedience to Vs and Our Gou
     ernmt &c, reducing them to the same Rules and Obedience wth our
     owne subjects there, which yow are to let them know, is all wee aime
     att, wthout any purpose of using any other uiolences upon or towards [p. 4741
     them than such as are necessary to those ends, and that no man shall
     bee disturbed or remoued from what he possesseth who will yeilde
     Obedience to Vs, and liue in the same subjection and uppon enjoying
     the same priuiledges wth our other good subjects &c, They hauing no
     kinde of right to hold what they are in possession of, in Our Vnques
     tionable Territoryes, than that they are possessed of it by inuasion of
     Vs. Thus farr the 2d Article of his Maties Instruccons
       The first Article of a 2d Instruccon sayes amongst other things
       That the Dutch may no longer Exercise & Engrosse that Trade
     which they haue wrongfully possest themselues of, and being in Our
     possession before they as priuate prsons, and wthout any Authority
     from their superiours and against the law of Nations and the good
     intelligence &c and detained the same to the prejudice of Our Crowne
     and Dignity and therefore Ought in Justice to be resumed by Vs,
     except they will entirely submitt to Our Gouernmt, and liue there
     as our other good subjects under it, and in that Case yow shall let
     them know by priuate Significacons and Treatyes, or by any publicqe
     Declaracon set out by yow in Our name, that Wee take them into Our
     Protection, and that they shall Continue and enjoy all their posses
     sions, and the same freedome in Trade wth Our good subjects in
     those parts./
       By all which thus literally remitted to yow it does appeare that the
     dutch (who are Compriz'd in the Articles made at New Yorke) are
     to enjoy the priuiledges of Englishmen which must be as Dennizens,
     According to the Articles because Naturahizcon is onely by Act of
     Parliament
       As to the Acts of Parliamt quoted in yor Order (uizt) for En
     couragmt and Encrease of shipping, for encrease of trade (wherein
     his Matle and Councell are most tender) bee pleased to Compare