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556 MARYLAND MANUAL of the Bay of Delaware on the North, which lieth under the Fortieth Degree of North Latitude from the AEquinoctial, where New-England 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 cer- tain place called Cinquack, situate near the Mouth of the said River, where it disembogues into the aforesaid Bay of Chessopeake, and thence by the shortest line unto the afore- said Promontory or Place called Watkin's Point; so that the whole Tract of Land, divided by the Line aforesaid, between the Main Ocean, and Watkin's Point, unto the Pro- montory 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 CONFIRM unto the said Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs, and Assigns, all Islands and Islets within the Limits aforesaid, all and singular 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, Harbors, Bays, Rivers, and Straits belonging to the Region or Islands aforesaid, and all the Soil, Plains, Woods, Mountains, Marshes, Lakes, Rivers, Bays, and Straits, sit- uate, or being within the Metes, Bounds, and Limits afore- said, with the Fishings of every kind of Fish, as well of Whales, Sturgeons, and other royal Fish, as of other Fish, in the Sea, Bays, Straits, or Rivers, within the Premisses, 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 further- more the PATRONAGES, and ADVOWSONS of all churches which (with the increasing Worship and Religion of CHRIST) within the said Region, Islands, Islets, and Lim- its aforesaid, hereafter shall happen to be built, together with Licence and Faculty of erecting and founding Churches, Chapels, and Places of Worship, in convenient and suitable Places, within the Premisses, and of causing the same to be dedicated and consecrated according to the Ecclesiastical Laws of our Kingdom of England, with all, |
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