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any thing in our commission bearing date as aforesaid, to the contrary 

 hereof notwithstanding. And our will and pleasure is, that, in case of your 

 death or absence from our said island, our deputy-governor for the time 

 being exercise and enjoy all and singular the powers and authorities hereby 

 granted unto you, or intended to be granted you, the said Charles earl of 

 Carlisle; and in case he likewise happen to die, or be absent from our 

 said island, we do hereby authorize and empower our council of Jamaica 

 to execute the powers hereby given you, until we shall declare our further 

 pleasure therein. 



Given at our court of Whitehall, this ^d day of 'November , in the thirty - 

 second year of our reign. 



