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863) 889 Sentence given Treason and Willfull murther ony excepted in which cases you shall have Power upon extraordinary questions to grant reprieves to the Offend.rs untill our Royall Peasette be knowne therin And wee doe by These p.rsents authorise and impower you to collate any pson or persons to any Churches Chapells or other Ecclesiasticall Benefices within of our Province and Territories aforesaid as often as any of them shall happen to be voyd And wee doe hereby give and Grant unto you the said Nathaniell Blackston by your selfe you Captaines and Comanders by you to be authorized full power and authority to Leavy arms master and comand ^& employ^ all psons whatsoever residing within our said Province and Teritory under your Governm.t and as occassion shall serve them to Transferr from one place to another for the Resisting and Withstanding all Enemies Piratts and Rebells both at sea and at Land and to Transport such forces to any of our Plantations in America as occassion shall require To pursue and prosecute in or out of the Limitts of y.e Land Province and Plantation or any of them And if it shall please God them to vanquish apprehend and take and being taken either according to the Law of Armes to putt to Death or keep and Preserve alive at your Discreassion and to execute martiall Law in Time of Invasion Insurection or Warre as also upon souldiers in pay and alsoe to doe and execute all and every Thing or Things w.ch to a Captaine Gen.ll doth or ought of Right to belong as fully and amply as any or Captain Gen.ll doth or hath usually done And wee doe hereby Give and Grant unto you full power and authority by and w.th y.e advice and consent of our councill in Maryland to erect Raise and build in our said Province and Territory such and soe many Forts Platforms Castles Citties Buroughes Towns and Fortifications as by y.e advice af.d shall be judged necessary and same or any of them to Fortifie and furnish w.th ordnance ammunition and all sorts of armes fitt and necessary for y.e securing and Defence of y.e said Province and by the advice aforesaid the same againe or any of them to Demolish Dismantle as may be most convenient And wee doe hereby Give and Grant unto you the said Nathaniell Blackston to erect one or more Court or Courts Admirall w.thin our said Province of Maryland for the hearing and Determining of all Mar & other Causes and matters therein properly therein to be heard with all reasonable and necessary power and authoritie fees and Priviledges as also toe excercise all power belonging to the Place and Office of Admirall of and in all the seas and costs about your Governm.t according to such comission authority and Instructions as you shall receive from us or from the high Admirall or Comiss.rs for executing y.e Office of high Admirall of our foraigne Plantacons for the time being And forasmuch as Divers mutinies and Disorders may happen by psons shipt or imployed at sea during the time of Warre And to y.e end that such as shall be shipped or employed at sea during the time of warre may be the better governed and ordered Wee doe hereby Give and Grant unto you the said Nathaniell Blackston full power and authoryty to appoint Captaines Leiutenants of of shipps and other comanders and officers and to Grant to such Captains Leiutenants Masters of Shipps and other Comanders and officers comissions to execute the Law martiall During the time of Warre and to use such proceedings authorities Punishments Corrections and Execution upon any offender or offenders which shall be mutinous seditious and Disorderly or any way unruly either at sea or during the time of theire residence or abode in any of the Ports Harbours or Citties of our said Province and Teritory as the cause shall require according to martiall Law during the time of Warre as af.d Provided that noething herein contained shall be construed to the enableing of you or any of your authorities to hold plea or have any jurisdiction of any Offence Cause matter or thing comitted or done upon the high sea or within any of the harbours Rivers or Creeks of the said Province or Teritory under your government by any Captain Comander Leiutenant Master or other Officer seaman souldier or pson whatsoever who shall be in martiall service and pay or any on board our Shipps of Warre or other vessells acting by imediate comission or warrant from the comissioners for executing the office of high admirall of England under the seale of the admiralty or from the high admirall of England for the Time being But that such |
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