94 CHARTER OF MARYLAND.

the East; and between that Boundary on the South unto thai
Part 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 certain place called
Cinquack, situate near the Mouth of the said River, where it
disembogues into the aforesaid Bay of Chesapeake, and thence
by the shortest line unto the aforesaid 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 Promontory 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, situate, or being within the Metes, Bounds,
and Limits aforesaid, with the Fishings of every kind of Fish,
as well as of Whales, Sturgeons, and other royal Fish, as of
other Fish, in the Sea, Bays, Straits, or Rivers, within the
Premises,- 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 furthermore the
PATRONAGES and ADVOWSONS of all churches which, (with the
increasing Worship and Religion of CHRIST,) within the said
Region, Islands, Islets, and Limits aforesaid, hereafter shall
happen to be built; together with License and Faculty of
erecting and founding Churches, Chapels, and Places of Wor-
ship, in convenient and suitable Places, within the Premisses,