672/Maryland Manual

or the private Utility of Individuals, of and with the Advice,
Assent, and Approbation of the Free-Men of the same PROVINCE,
or of the great Part of them, or of their Delegates or Deputies,
whom WE will shall be called together for the framing of LAWS,
when, and as often as Need shall require, by the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, and in the Form which
shall seem best to him or them, and the same to publish under the
Seal of the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs,
and duly to execute the same upon all Persons, for the Time
being, within the aforesaid PROVINCE, and the Limits thereof, or
under his or their Government and Power, in Sailing toward
MARYLAND, or thence Returning, Outwardbound, either to
England, or elsewhere, whether to any other Part of Our, or of
any foreign Dominions, wheresoever established, by the Imposi-
tion of Fines, Imprisonment, and other Punishment whatsoever;
even if it be necessary, and the Quality of the Offence require it,
by Privation of Member, or Life, by him the aforesaid now Baron
of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, or by his or their Deputy.
Lieutenant, Judges, Justices, Magistrates, Officers, and Ministers,
to be constituted and appointed according to the Tenor and true
Intent of these Presents, and to constitute and ordain Judges,
Justices, Magistrates and Officers, of what Kind, for what Cause,
and with what Power soever, within that Land, and the Sea of
those Parts, and in such Form as to the said now Baron of
BALTIMORE, or his Heirs, shall seem most fitting: And also to
Remit, Release, Pardon, and Abolish, all Crimes and Offences
whatsoever against such Laws, whether before, or after Judgment
passed; to do all and singular other Things belonging to the
Completion of Justice, and to Courts, Praetorian Judicatories,
and Tribunals, judicial Forms and Modes of Proceedings,
although express Mention thereof in these Presents be not made;
and, by Judges by them delegated, to award Process, hold Pleas,
and determine in those Courts, Praetorian Judicatories, and
Tribunals, in all Actions, Suits, Causes, and Matters whatsoever,
as well Criminal as Personal, Real and Mixed, and Praetorian:
Which said Laws, so to be published as above said, WE will,
enjoin, charge, and command, to be the most absolute and firm in
Law, and to be kept in those Parts by all the Subjects and Liege-
Men of US, our Heirs and Successors, so far as they concern
them, and to be inviolably observed under the Penalties therein
expressed, or to be expressed. So NEVERTHELESS, that the Laws
aforesaid be Consonant to Reason, and be not repugnant or
contrary, but (so far as conveniently may be) agreeable to the
Laws, Statutes, Customs and rights of this Our Kingdom of
England,

VIII. AND FORASMUCH as, in the Government of so great a
PROVINCE, sudden Accidents may frequently happen, to which it
will be necessary to apply a Remedy, before the Freeholders of
the said PROVINCE, their Delegates, or Deputies, can be called
together for the framing of Laws; neither will it be fit that so great
a number of People should immediately, on such emergent
Occasion, be called together. WE THEREFORE, for the better
Government of so great a PROVINCE, do Will and Ordain, and by
these Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do grant unto
the said now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs, that the
aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, by
themselves, or by their Magistrates and Officers, thereunto duly
to be constituted as aforesaid, may, and can make and constitute
fit and wholesom Ordinances from Time to Time, to be kept and
observed within the PROVINCE aforesaid, as well for the Conser-
vation of the Peace, as for the Better Government of the People
inhabiting therein, and publickly to notify the same to all Persons
whom the same in anywise do or may affect. Which Ordinances
WE will to be inviolably observed within the said PROVINCE,
under the Pains to be expressed in the same. So that the said
Ordinances be Consonant to Reason, and be not repugnant nor
contrary, but (so far as conveniently may be done) agreeable to
She Laws, Statutes, or Rights of our Kingdom of England: and so
that the same Ordinances do not, in any Sort, extend to oblige,
bind, charge, or take away the Right or Interest of any Person or
Persons, of, or in Member, Life, Freehold, Goods or Chattels.

IX. FURTHERMORE, that the New Colony may more happily
increase by a Multitude of People resorting thither, and at the
same Time may be more firmly secured from the Incursions of
Savages, or of other Enemies, Pirates, and Ravagers: WE
therefore, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do by these Presents
give and grant Power, Licence and Liberty, to all the Liege-Men
and Subjects, present and future, of US, our Heirs and Succes-
sors, except such to whom it shall be expressly forbidden, to
transport themselves and their Families to the said PROVINCE
with fitting Vessels, and suitable provisions, and therein to settle,
dwell, and inhabit; and to build and fortify Castles, Forts, and
other Places of Strength, at the Appointment of the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, for the Public and their
own Defense; the Statute of Fugitives, or any other whatsoever to
the contrary of the Premisses in any wise notwithstanding.

X. WE will also, out of our more abundant Grace, for US, our
Heirs and Successors, do firmly charge, constitute, ordain, and
commend, that the said PROVINCE be of our Allegiance; and that
all and singular the Subjects and Liege-men of US, our Heirs and
Successors, transplanted, or hereafter to be transplanted into the
PROVINCE aforesaid, and the children of them, and of others their
Descendants, whether already born there, or hereafter to be born,
be and shall be natives and Liege-Men of US, our Heirs and
Successors, of our Kingdom of England and Ireland; and in all
Things shall be held, treated, reputed, and esteemed as the
faithful Liege-Men of US, and our Heirs and Successors, born
within our Kingdom of England; also Lands, Tenements, Reve-
nues, Services, and other Hereditaments whatsoever, within our
Kingdom of England, and other our Dominions, to inherit, or
otherwise purchase, receive, take, have, hold, buy, and possess,
and the same to use and enjoy, and the same to give, sell, alien
and bequeath; and likewise all Privileges, Franchises and Liber-
ties of this our Kingdom of England, freely, quietly, and
peaceably to have and possess, and the same may use and enjoy in
the same Manner as our Liege-Men born, or to be born within our
same Kingdom of England, without Impediment, Molestation,
Vexation, Impeachment, or Grievance of US, or any of our Heirs
or Successors; any Statute, Act, Ordinance, or Provisions to the
contrary thereof, notwithstanding.

XI. FURTHERMORE, That our Subjects may be incited to
undertake this Expedition with a ready and chearful Mind:
KNOW YE, that WE, of our especial Grace, certain Knowledge,
and mere Motion, do, by the Tenor of these Presents, give and
grant, as well to the aforesaid Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his
Heirs, as to all other Persons who shall from Time to Time repair
to the said Province, either for the sake of Inhabiting, or of
Trading with the Inhabitants of the Province aforesaid, full
License to Ship and Lade in any the Ports of US, our Heirs and
Successors, all and singular their Goods, as well moveable as
immoveable, Wares and Merchandise, likewise Grain of what
Sort soever, and other Things whatsoever necessary for Food and
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 Successors, or of
any officers of US, our Heirs or Successors, (SAVING unto Us, our
Heirs and Successors, the Impositions, Subsidies, Customs, and
other Dues payable for the same Goods and Merchandizes) any
Statute, Act, Ordinance, or other Thing whatsoever to the
contrary notwithstanding.

XII. Bur 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 Ravag-
ers, 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 aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to
his Heirs and Assigns, 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