6 MARYLAND MANUAL.

Molestation, Vexation, Impeachment, or Grievance of US, or
any of our Heirs or Successors; any Statute, Act, Ordinance,
or Provision to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding.

XI. FURTHERMORE, That our Subjects may be incited to
undertake this Expedition with a ready and chearful Mind;
KNOW YE, that WE of our especial Grace, certain Knowl-
edge, and mere Motion, do, by the Tenor of these Presents,
give and grant, as well as to the aforesaid Baron of BALTI-
MORE, and to his Heirs, as to all other. Persons who shall
from Time to Time repair to the said Province, either for the
sake of Inhabiting, or of Trading with the Inhabitants of
the Province aforesaid, full License to Ship and Lade ia any
the Ports of US, our Heirs and Successors, all and sing-
ular their Goods, as well moveable as immoveable, Wares
and Merchandize, likewise Grain of what Sort soever, and
other Things whatsoever necessary for Food and Cloathing,
by the Laws and Statutes of our Kingdoms and Dominions,
not prohibited to be transported out of the said Kingdoms;
and the same to transport, by themselves, or their Servants
or Assigns, into the said PROVINCE without the Impediment
or Molestation of US, our Heirs or Successors, of any officers
of US, our Heirs or Successors (Saving unto US, our Heirs
and Successors, the Impositions, Subsidies, Customs, and
other Dues payable for the same Goods and Merchandizes),
any Statute, Act, Ordinance or other Thing whatsoever to
the contrary notwithstanding.

XII. BUT BECAUSE, that in so remote a Region, placed
among so many barbarous Nations, the Incursions, as well of
the Barbarians themselves, as of other Enemies, Pirates and
Ravagers, probably will be feared, THEREFORE WE have
Given, and for US, our Heirs and Successors, do Give by
these Presents, as full and unrestrained Power as any Captain-
General of an Army ever hath had, unto the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and to -his Heirs and Assigns, by
themselves or by their Captains or other Officers, to summon
to their Standards, or to array all Men, of whatsoever Condi-
tion, or wheresoever born for the Time being, in the said
Province of MARYLAND, to wage War, and to pursue,
even beyond the Limits of their Province, the Enemies and
Ravagers aforesaid, infesting those Parts by Land and by
Sea, and (if GOD shall grant it) to vanquish and captivate
them, and the Captives to put to Death, or, according to their
Discretion, to save, and to do all other and singular the,
Things which appertain, or have been accustomed to apper-
tain unto the Authority and Office of a Captain-General of
au Army.

XIII. We also WILL, and by this our CHARTER, do
Give unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to
his Heirs and Assigns, Power, Liberty and Authority that,