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416 MARYLAND MANUAL Successors, of any officers of US, our Heirs or Successors (Saving unto Us, our Heirs and Successors, the Imposi- tions, Subsidies, Customs, and other Dues payable for the same Goods and Merchandizes), any Statute, Act, Ordi- nance or other Thing Whatsoever to the contrary notwith- standing. 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 Cap- tain-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 sum- mon to their Standards, or to array all Men, of whatsoever Condition, 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 appertain unto the Authority and Office of a Captain- General of an 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, 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 MARY- LA ND, or in returning thence, they may, by themselves, or by their Captains, or other Officers, thereunto deputed un der their Seals (to whom WE, for US, our Heirs and su cessors by these Presents, do Give and Grant the ful .est Power and Authority) exercise Martial Law as fre ely and in as ample Manner and Form, as any Captain- Ge ieral of any Army, by virtue of his Office may, or hath acc ustomed to use the same, against the seditious Authors of innovations in those Parts, withdrawing themselves from th Government of him or them, refusing to serve in War, fly. ng over to the Enemy, exceeding their Leave of Absence, de serters, or otherwise howsoever offending against the Rule, Law, or Discipline of War. |
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