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Maryland Manual, 1971-72
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606 MARYLAND MANUAL
of the Bay of Delaware on the North, which lieth under the
Fortieth Degree of North Latitude from the Aquinoctial,
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 Bast, 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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