ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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authoritie from time to time hereafter, to make, ordein, 

 establish and erect all such statutes, actes and ordinaunces, 

 for the governement, good condition, and laudable rule 

 of the saide fellowship and communaltie of Marchants 

 adventurers aforesaid, as to them shall bee thought good, 

 meete, convenient and necessarie, and also to admit unto 

 the saide Corporation and fellowship to be free of the 

 same, such and as many persons, as to them shal bee 

 thought good, meete, convenient and necessarie. And 

 that every such person or persons, as shall fortune 

 heereafter to bee admitted into the saide fellowshippe, 

 communaltie and corporation, shal from the time of his 

 or their admittance, be free of the same. And also wee 

 will, and by these presents graunt for us, our heires and 

 successours, unto the saide Governours, Consuls, assis- 

 tants, fellowship, communaltie of Marchants adventurers 

 aforesaid, and to their successours, that the Governour, or 

 governors, Consuls and assistants of the same, in maner, 

 forme, and number afore rehearsed, and their successours 

 for the time being, shall, and may have full power and 

 authoritie by these presents from time to time, as to 

 them shal seeme good, to limite, set, ordeine and make, 

 mulcts, and penalties by fines, forfeitures, & imprison- 

 ments, or any of them upon any offender of the saide 

 fellowship and communaltie, for any offence touching the 

 same fellowship and communaltie, and also that all acts 

 and ordinances by them or their successours to bee made, 

 which time shall thinke not necessarie or prejudiciall to 

 the saide fellowship or communaltie, at al times to revoke, 

 breake, frustrate, annihilate, repeale and dissolve at their 

 pleasure and liberty. And further, wee will, that if any of 

 the saide fellowship and communaltie shalbe found con- 

 trarious, rebellious, or disobedient to the saide Governour 

 or governours, Consuls, and the said assistants for the 

 time being, or to any statutes, acts or ordinances by them 

 made or to be made, that then the saide Governour or 

 governours, Consuls, and the saide assistants, in maner, 

 forme, and number above specified, for the time being, 



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