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MARYLAND MANUAL 557 Clothing, by the Laws and Statutes of our Kingdoms and Dominions, not prohibited to be transported out of the said Kingdoms; and the same to transport, by themselves, or their Servants or Assigns, into the said PROVINCE, without the Impediment or Molestation of US, our Heirs or Suc- cessors, or 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 Captain-General of an Army ever hath had, unto the afore- said now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs and As- signs, by themselves or by their Captains, or other Officers, to summon 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 van- quish 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 ac- customed 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 MARYLAND, or in returning thence, they may, by them- selves, 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 free- ly, 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 |
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