18 MARYLAND MANUAL.

aeqninoctial, where New England is terminated; and all the
tract of that land within the metes underwritten, (that is to
say, ) passing from the said bay, called Delaware bay, in a
right line, by the degree aforesaid, unto the true meridian
of the first" fountain of the river of Pattoiemaek, thence
verging towards the south, unto the farther bank of the
said river, and following the same on the west and south,
unto a certain place called Ginquact, situate near the mouth
of the said river, where it disembogues into the aforesaid
bay of Chesapeake, and thence by the shortest line unto the
aforesaid promontory, or place, called Watkin's Point, so that
the whole tract of land, divided by the line aforesaid,
between the main ocean and Watkin's Point, unto the pro-
montory called Cape Charles, and every the appendages
thereof, may entirely remain excepted for ever to us, our
heirs, and successors.

IV. Also We do GRANT, and likewise CONFIRM unto the
said baron of BALTIMORE, his heirs, and assigns, all islands
and islets within the limits aforesaid, all and singular the
islands, and islets, from the eastern shore of the aforesaid
region, towards the east, which have been, or shall be
formed in the sea, situate within ten marine leagues from
the said shore; with all and singularly the ports, harbors,
bays, rivers, and straits belonging to the region or islands
aforesaid, and all the soil, plains, woods, mountains,
marshes, lakes, rivers, bays, and straits, situate, or being
within the metes, bounds, and limits aforesaid, with the
fishings of every kind of fish, as well of whales, sturgeons,
or other royal fish, as of other fish in the sea, bays, straits,
or rivers, within the premises, and the fish their taken: and
moreover all veins, mines, and quarries, us well opened as
hidden, already found, or that shall be found within the
region, islands, or limits aforesaid, of gold, silver, gems,
and precious stones, and any other whatsoever, whether
they be of atones, or metals, or of any other thing, or
matter whatsoever; and furthermore the PATRONAGES and
ADVOWSONS of all churches which, (with the increasing wor-
ship and religion of CHRIST, ) within the said region, islands,
islets, and limits aforesaid, hereafter shall happen to be
built; together with license, and faculty of erecting and
founding churches, chapels, and places of worship, in con-
venient and suitable places, within the premises, and of
causing the same to be dedicated and consecrated according
to the ecclesiastical laws of our kingdom of ENGLAND,