assessed by them, and the People there as aforesaid, on emer-
gent Occasion; to whom WE grant Power and by these
Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors to assess and im-
pose the said Taxes and Subsidies there, upon just Cause,
and in due Proportion.

XVIII. AND FURTHERMORE, of our special Grace, and
certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, WE have given,
granted and confirmed, and by these Presents, for US, our
Heirs, and Successors, do give, grant, and confirm, unto the
aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and As-
signs, full and absolute License, Power and Authority, that
he, the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and
Assigns, from Time to Time, hereafter, for ever, may and
can, at his or their Will and Pleasure, assign, alien, grant,
demise, or enfeoff so many, such and proportionate Parts
and Parcels of the Premisses, to any Person or Persons will-
ing to purchase the same, as they shall think convenient, to
have and to hold to the same Person or Persons willing to
take or purchase the same, and his and their Heirs and As-
signs, in Fee-Simple, or Fee-tail, or for Term of Life, Lives
or Years; to hold of the aforesaid now Baron of BALTI-
MORE, his Heirs and Assigns, by so many, such and so
great Services, Customs and Bents OF THIS KIND, as to
the same now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and As-
signs, shall seem fit and agreeable, and not immediately of
US, our Heirs or Successors. And WE do give, and by these
Presents, for US, our Heirs or Successors, do grant to the
same Person and Persons, and to each and every of them,
License, Authority and Power, that such Person or Persons,
may take the premises, or any Parcel thereof, of the afore-
said now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns,
and hold the same to them and their Assigns, or their Heirs
of the aforesaid Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and As-
signs, of what Estate of Inheritance soever, in Fee-Simple
or FEE-tail, or otherwise, as to them and the now Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, shall seem expedient;
the Statute made in the Parliament of Lord EDWARD, son
of King HENRY, late King of England, oar Progenitor, com-
monly called the "STATUTE QUIA EMPTORES TERRA.
BUM," heretofore published in our Kingdom of England, or
any other Statute, Act, Ordinance, Usage, Law, or Custom,
or any other Thing, Cause, or Matter, to the contrary there-
of, heretofore had, done, published, ordained or provided to
the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

XIX. WE, also, by these Presents, do give and grant
License to the same Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his
Heirs, to erect any Parcels of Land within the PROVINCE