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MARYLAND MANUAL №1 and singular such, and as ample Rights, Jurisdictions, Priv- ileges, 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 aforesaid, to be had, exercised, used, and enjoyed, as any Bishop of Durham, within the Bishoprick or County Palatine of Durham, in our Kingdom of England, ever heretofore hath had, held, used, or enjoyed, or of Right could, or ought to have, hold, use or enjoy. V. AND WE do by these presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, MAKE, CREATE and CONSTITUTE HIM, the now Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, the TRUE and ABSOLUTE LORDS and PROPRIETARIES of the Region afore- said, and of all other the Premisses (except the before ex- cepted) saving always the Faith and Allegiance and Sov- ereign Dominion due to US, our Heirs, and Successors; to HAVE, HOLD, POSSESS, and ENJOY the aforesaid Region, Is- lands, Islets, and other the Premisses, unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs and Assigns, to the sole and proper Behoof and Use of him, the now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, forever. To HOLD of US, our Heirs and Successors, Kings of England, as of our Castle of Windsor, in our County of Berks, in free and common SOCCAGE, by Fealty only for all Services, and not in Capite, nor by Knight's Service, YIELDING therefore unto US, our Heirs and Successors, TWO INDIAN ARROWS of those Parts, to be delivered at the said Castle of Windsor, every Year, on Tuesday in Easter-week: and also the fifth Part of all Gold and Silver Ore, which shall hap- pen from Time to Time, to be found within the aforesaid Limits. VI. Now, That the aforesaid Region, thus by us grant- ed and described, may be eminently distinguished above all other Regions of that Territory, and decorated with more ample Titles, KNOW YE, that WE, of our mose especial Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, have thought fit that the said Region and Islands be erected into a PROV- INCE, as out of the Plenitude of our royal Power and Pre- rogative, WE do, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, ERECT and INCORPORATE the same into a PROVINCE, and nomi- nate the same MARYLAND, by which name WE will that it shall from henceforth be called. VII. AND forasmuch as WE have above made and or- dained the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, the true LORD and PROPRIETARY of the whole PROVINCE aforesaid, KNOW YE therefore further, that WE, for Us, our Heirs |
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