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 vanquish 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 accustomed 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 Rebel-
lion, 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 themselves, 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 freely, 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 from the Government of him or them,
refusing to serve in War, flying over to the Enemy, exceeding
their Leave of Absence, Deserters, or otherwise howsoever
offending against the Rule, Law, or Discipline of War.

XIV. MOREOVER, lest in so remote and far distant a Region,
every Access to Honours and Dignities may seem to be precluded,
and utterly barred to, Men well born, who are preparing to
engage in the present Expedition, and desirous of deserving well,
both in Peace and War, of US, and our Kingdoms; for this Cause,
WE, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do give free and plenary
Power to the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his
Heirs and Assigns, to confer Favours, Rewards and Honours,
upon such Subjects, inhabiting within the PROVINCE aforesaid, as
shall be well deserving, and to adorn them with whatsoever Titles
and Dignities they shall appoint; (so that they be not such as are
now used in England ) also to erect and incorporate Towns into
BUROUGHS, and Buroughs into CITIES, with suitable Privileges
and Immunities, according to the Merits of the Inhabitants, and
Convenience of the places; and to do all and singular other Things
in the Premisses, which to him or them shall seem fitting and
convenient; even although they shall be such as, in their own
Nature, require a more special Commandment and Warrant than
in these Presents may be expressed.

XV. WE WILL also, and by these Presents do, for US, our Heirs
and Successors, give and grant Licence by this our CHARTER,
unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and
Assigns, and to all Persons whatsoever, who are, or shall be
Residents and Inhabitants of the PROVINCE aforesaid, freely to
import and unlade, by themselves, their Servants, Factors or
Assigns, alt Wares and Merchandizes whatsoever, which shall be
collected out of the Fruits and Commodities of the said PROV.
INCE, whether the Product of the Land or the Sea, into any the
Ports whatsoever of US, our Heirs and Successors, of England or
Ireland, or otherwise to dispose of the same there; and, if Need
be, within One Year, to be computed immediately from ttu Time
of unlading thereof, to lade the same Merchandizes again, in the
same, or other Ships, and to export the same to any other
Countries they shall think proper, whether belonging to US, or
any foreign Power which shall be in Amity with US, our Heirs or
Successors: Provided always, that they be bound to pay for the
same to US, our Heirs and Successors, such Customs and
Impositions, Subsidies and Taxes, as our other Subjects of our
Kingdom of England, for the Time being shall be bound to pay,
beyond which WE WILL that the Inhabitants of the aforesaid
PROVINCE of the said Land, called MARYLAND, shall not be
burdened.

XVI. AND FURTHERMORE, of our more ample special Grace,
and of our certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, WE do, for US,

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our Heirs and Successors, grant unto the aforesaid now Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, full and absolute Power
and Authority to make, erect, and constitute, within the PROV-
INCE of MARYLAND, and the islands and Islets aforesaid, such,
and so many Sea-Ports, Harbours, Creeks, and other Places of
Unlading and Discharge of Goods and Merchandizes out of
Ships, Boats, and other Vessels, and of Lading in the same, and in
so many, and such places, and with such Rights, Jurisdictions,
Liberties, and Privileges, unto such Ports respecting, as to him or
them shall seem most expedient: And, that all and every the
Ships, Boats, and other Vessels whatsoever, coming to, or going
from the PROVINCE aforesaid, for the Sake of Merchandizing,
shall be laden and unladen at such Ports only as shall be so
erected and constituted by the said now Baron of BALTIMORE,
his Heirs and Assigns, any Usage, Custom, or any other Thing
whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding. SAVING always to
US, our Heirs and Successors, and to all the Subjects of our
Kingdoms of England and Ireland, of US, our Heirs and
Successors, the Liberty of Fishing for Sea-Fish as well in the Sea,
Bays, Straits and navigable Rivers, as in the Harbours, Bays, and
Creeks of the PROVINCE aforesaid; and the Privilege of Salting
and Drying Fish on the Shores of the same PROVINCE; and, for
that Cause, to cut down and take Hedging-Wood and Twigs there
growing, and to build Huts and Cabins, necessary in this Behalf,
in the same Manner as heretofore they reasonably might, or have
used to do. Which Liberties and Privileges, the said Subjects of
US, our Heirs and Successors, shall enjoy, without notable
Damage or Injury in any wise to be done to the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs or Assigns, or to the Residents
and Inhabitants of the same PROVINCE in the Ports, Creeks, and
Shores aforesaid, and especially in the Woods and Trees there
growing. And if any Person shall do damage or Injury of this
kind, he shall incur the Peril and Pain of the heavy Displeasure of
US, our Heirs and Successors, and of the due Chastisement of the
Laws, besides making Satisfaction.

XVII. MOREOVER, WE will, appoint, and ordain, and by these
Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do grant unto the
aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns,
that the same Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns,
from Time to Time, for ever, shall have, and enjoy the Taxes and
Subsidies payable, or arising within the Ports, Harbours, and
other Creeks and Places aforesaid, within the PROVINCE afore-
said, for Wares bought and sold, and Things there to be laden,
and unladen, to be reasonably assessed by them, and the People
there as aforesaid, on emergent Occasion; to Whom WE grant
Power by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, to
assess and impose the said taxes and Subsidies there, upon just
Cause, and in due Proportion,

XVIII. AND FURTHERMORE, of our special Grace, and certain
Knowledge, and mere Motion, WE have given, granted, and
confirmed, and by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and
Successors, do give, grant, and confirm, unto the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, full and absolute
Licence, Power, and Authority, that he, the aforesaid now Baron
of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, from Time to Time
hereafter, for ever, may and can, at his or their Will and Pleasure,
assign, alien, grant, demise, or enfeoff so many, such, and
proportionate Parts and Parcels of the Premisses, to any Person
or Persons willing to purchase the same, as they shall think
convenient, to have and to hold to the same Person or Persons
willing to take or purchase to same, and his and their Heirs and
Assigns, in Fee-Simple, or Fee-tail, or for Term of Life, Lives, or
Years; to hold of the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his
Heirs and Assigns, by so many, such, and so great Services,
Customs and Rents OF THIS KIND, as to the same now Baron
of Baltimore, his Heirs and Assigns, shall seem fit and agreeable,
and not immediately of US, our Heirs or Successors. And WE do
give, and by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do
grant to the same Person and Persons, and to each and every of
them, Licence, Authority and Power, that such Person and
Persons, may take the premisses, or any Parcel thereof, of the
aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns,