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in Case of Rebellion, sudden Tumult or Sedition, if any
(which GOD forbid) should happen to arise, whether upon
Land within the PROVINCE aforesaid, or upon the High Sea
in making a Voyage to the said PROVINCE of MARYLAND,
or in returning thence, they may, by themselves, or by their
Captains, or other Officers, thereunto deputed under their
Seals (to whom WE, for US, our Heirs and Successors, by
these Presents, do Give and Grant the fullest Power and
Authority) exercise Martial Law as freely, and in as ample
Manner and Form, as any Captain-General of an Army, by
virtue of his Office may, or hath accustomed to use the same,
against the seditious Authors of Innovations in those Parts,
withdrawing themselves from the Government of him or
them, refusing to serve in War, flying over to the Enemy,
exceeding their Leave of Absence, Deserters, or otherwise
howsoever offending against the Rule, Law, or Discipline of
War.

XIV. MOREVER, lest in so remote and far distant a
Region, every Access to Honours and Dignities may seem to
be precluded, and utterly barred, to Men well born, who are
preparing to engage in the present Expedition, and desirous
of deserving well, both in Peace and War, of US, and our
Kingdoms: for this Cause, We, for US, our Heirs and Succes-
sors, do give free and plenary Power to the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs and Assigns, to
confer Favours, Rewards, Honours, upon such Subjects, in-
habiting within the PROVINCE aforesaid, as shall be well de-
serving, and to adorn them with whatsoever Titles and Dig-
nities they shall appoint; (so that they be not such as are now
used in England,) also to erect and incorporate Towns into
Buroughs, and buroughs into CITIES, with suitable Privileges
and Immunities, according to the Merits of the Inhabitants,
and Convenience of the places; and to do all and singular
other Things in the Premisses, which to him or them shall
seem fitting and convenient; even although they shall be such
as in their own Nature, require a more special Command-
ment and Warrant than in these Presents may be expressed.

XV. WE WILL also, and by these Presents do, for US, our
Heirs and Successors, give and grant License by this our
CHARTER, unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE,
his Heirs and Assigns, and to all Persons whatsoever, who
are, or shall be, Residents and Inhabitants of the PROVINCE
aforesaid, freely to import and unlade, by themselves, their
Servants, Factors or Assigns, all Wares and Merchandizes
whatsoever, which shall be collected out of the Fruits and
Commodities of the said PROVINCE, whether the Product of
the Land or the Sea, into any of the Ports whatsoever of US,
our Heirs and Successors, of England or Ireland, or otherwise
to dispose of the same there; and, if Need be, within One