234 MARYLAND MANUAL.
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 Pattowmack, thence verging toward the South, unto
the further Bank of the said River, and following the same
on the West and South, unto a certain place called Cinquack,
situate near the Mouth of the said River, where it disem-
bogues into the aforesaid Bay of Chesapeake, and thence by
the shortest line unto the aforesaid Promontory, or Place
called Watkins' Point; so that the whole Tract of Land,
divided by the Line aforesaid, between the Main Ocean and
Watkins' Point, unto the Promontory called Cape Charles,
and every the Appendages thereof, may entirely remain ex-
cepted for ever to US, our Heirs and Successors.
IV. Also WE DO GRANT, and likewise CONFORM unto the
said Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs, and Assigns, all
Islands and Islets within the Limits aforesaid, all and singu-
lar the Islands, and Islets, from the Eastern Shore of the
aforesaid Region, toward the East, which have been, or shall
be formed in the Sea, situate within ten marine Leagues
from the said Shore; with all and singular the Ports, Har-
bors, 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 as of Whales, Stur-
geons, and other royal Fish, as of other Fish, in the Sea,
Bays, Straits, or Rivers, within the Premises, and the Fish
there taken, And moreover all Veins, Mines and Quarries, as
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 Stones 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, Isl-
ands, 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 causing
the same to be dedicated and consecrated according to the
Ecclesiastical Laws of our Kingdom of England, with all and
singular, such, and as ample Rights, Jurisdictions, Privileges,
Prerogatives, Royalties, Liberties, Immunities, and royal
"Rights and temporal Franchises whatsoever, as well by Sea as
by Land within the Region, Islands, Islets, and Limits afore-
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