442 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, sitnatenear the Mouth of the said River, where
it disembogues 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 excepted 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 sin-
gular 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, Moun-
tains, 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,
Sturgeons, 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 Quar-
ries, 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 Worship and Religion of CHRIST,) within
the said Region, Islands, Islets, and Limits aforesaid, here-
after shall happen to be built; together with License and
Faculty of erecting and founding Churches, Chapels and
places of Worship, in convenient 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. Royal-
ties, Liberties, Immunities, and royal Rights and temporal
Franchises whatsoever, as well by Sea as by Land, within
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