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present, who, iii the presence of" tlie said mayor 

 and burgesses, shall swear, That the office of bai- 

 liff they will faithfully do, and execute. Also, we 

 will and grant that the said Burgesses have their 

 persons free in the borough aforesaid of all tres- 

 passes there, except in cases of life and limb, in 

 all which cases all men, as well burgesses as others, 

 shall be imprisoned in our castle there. Never- 

 theless if any of our said burgesses shall be sued, 

 accused, or indicted upon any trespass in any of 

 those cases, We will that on that account they be 

 imprisoned, until they shall find good and suffici- 

 ent bail to abide the right thereof before our chief 

 justice, or other our justices assigned in this behalf. 

 Moreover we grant to the same burgesses, that 

 all land, to the same borough now assigned, be al- 

 together diswarrened and deafforested. And that 

 Jews dwell not in the same borough at any time. 

 We grant also for us and our heirs to the said bur- 

 gesses the underwritten liberties, to wit, — That 

 no one of our sheriffs on any occasion intrudes 

 himself upon them in any plea or quarrel or cause 

 or any other matter to the said town belonging, 

 (saving always to us and our heirs pleas of our 

 crown as is before mentioned) and that they have 



