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that which you shall judge fit and necessary to be done to maintain, keep 

 and conserve, the said places under our power and authority, by the forms, 

 ways and means prescribed by our laws. And for to have there a care 

 of the same with you, to appoint, establish and constitute all officers, as 

 well in the affairs of war as for justice and policy, for the first time ; and 

 from thenceforward to name and present them unto us ; for to be disposed 

 by us, and to give letters, titles and such provisos as shall be necessary ; 

 and according fb the occurrences of affairs, yourself, with the advice of 

 wise and capable men, to prescribe under our good pleasure laws, statutes 

 and ordinances, conformable, as much as may be possible, until ours, especi- 

 ally in things and matters that are not provided by them ; to treat and 

 contract to the same effect, peace, alliance and confederacy, good amity, 

 correspondence and communication with the said people and their princes, 

 or others, having power or command over them, to entertain, keep and care- 

 fully to observe the treaties and alliances wherein you shall covenant with 

 them ; upon condition that they themselves perform the same of their 

 part. And for want thereof to make open wars against them, to constrain 

 and bring them to such reason as you shall think needful for the honor, 

 obedience and service of God, and the establishment, maintenance and con- 

 servation of our said lautbority amongst them ; at least to haunt 

 and frequent by you and all our subjects with them, in all assurance, liberty, 

 fréquentation and communication, there to negotiate and trafflck lovingly 

 and reaceataly ; to give and grant unto them favors and privileges, charges 

 and honors. Which entire power aforesaid, we will likewise and ordain, 

 that you have over all our said subjects that will go that voyage with you 

 and inhabit there, traffick, negotiate and remain in the said places, to retain, 

 take, reserve and appropriate unto you what you will and shall see to be 

 most commodious for you and proper for your charge, quality and use of 

 rthe said lands, to distribute such parts and portions thereof, to give and 

 attribute unto them such titles, honors, rights, powers and faculties as you 

 shall see necessary, according to the qualities, conditions and merits of the 

 persons of the same country, or others ; chiefly to populate, to manure and 

 to make the said lands to be inhabited, as speedily, carefully and skilfully 

 as time, places and commodities may permit. To make thereof, or cause to 

 be made to that end, discovery and view along the maritime coasts and 

 other countries of the mainland, which you shall order and prescribe in 

 the aforesaid space of the 40th degree to the 46th degree, or otherwise as 

 much and as far as may be, along the said coast, and in the firm, land.- 

 To make carefully to be sought and marked all sorts of mines of gold and 

 of silver, copper and other metals and minerals, to make them to be digged, 

 drawn from the earth, purified and refined, for to be converted into use, to 

 dispose according as we have prescribed by edicts and orders, which we have 

 made in this realm of the profit and benefit of them, by you or them whom 

 you shall establish to that effect, reserving unto lis only the tenth penny of 

 that which shall issue from them of gold, silver and copper, leaving unto 

 you that which we might take of the other said metals and minerals, for 

 to aid and ease you in the great expenses that the aforesaid charge may 

 bring unto you. "Willing in the meanwhile that as well for your security 

 and commodity as for the security and comimodity of all our subjects who 

 will go, inhabit and traffick in said lands ; as generally of all others that 

 will accommodate themselves there under our power and authority, may 

 cause to be built and framed one or many forts, places, towns and all other 

 houses, dwelling and habitations, ports, havens or retiring places and lodgings 

 as you shall know to be fit, profitable and necessary for the performing of 

 the said enterprize. To establish garrisons and soldiers for the keeping of 

 them. To aid and serve you for the effects aforesaid with the vagrant, idle 



