20 A. p. lyir. 



Spain, or which fliall hereafter be found out or difcovcred withiq the 

 faid limiis, not exceeding 300 leagues from the continent of Anierica, 

 between the fouthermoft part of Terra del Fuego and the northermoft 

 part of America ,on the weft fide thereof, except the kingdom of Bra- 

 fil, and fuch other places on the faid eaft fide of America as are now 

 in the adual pofllfllon of the crown of Portugal, and the country of 

 Surinam in the poffenion of the ftates-general of the United provinces ; 

 it not being intended, that the fole trade to any part of the eaft fide of 

 America, now in the adual poflefilon of the crown of Portugal or the 

 ftates-general, fiiall be granted by this ad : but it ftiall be and rcniaiu 

 lawful for all her majefty's fubjeds to trade and traffic thither, as fully 

 and freely, in all relpeds, as they might or could do, if this ad had not 

 been made. 



IV) None ftiall trade within thofe limits, but the company, their 

 ijgents, and fadors. 



V) The queen may, in her intended charter of incorporation, im- 

 power the faid company to make laws for the good government of their 

 trade, &c. and to inflid reafonable penalties, by imprilonments and 

 :^ul(?ts, for any breach thereof. 



VI) Forfeiture of fiiips and merchandize, and double their value, for 

 any but the company, or thofe licenced by the company, trading to, 

 pr frequenting, any part of their limits ; one fourth to the crown ; one 

 fourth to the informer ; and one half to the company. 



VII) The company to be the fole owners and proprietors of all 

 iflands, forts, towns, and places, which they fliall hereafter difcover 

 within their limits; to hold the fame of the crown, in free and com- 

 mon foccage by fealty, on the annual rent of an ounce of gold, if de- 

 manded. 



VIII) AJl prizes of fliips and merchandize, taken by the company, 

 fliall be their fole property : for which end, they may feize by force of 

 arms the perlons, with their fliips and goods, trading within theiir 

 limits. 



IX) The company's bonds fliall charge as well their annurd fund, as 

 their other ftock, efflds, and eftate ; and fliall be aflignable by indorfe- 

 ment. And it fliall be felony to counterfeit their common-feal or bonds, 

 or to alter or utter the fame knowingly. 



X) The company not to fail into any of the before-named limits 

 beyond Terra del FuCgo, except only through the ftraits of Magellan, 

 or elfe round the faid Terra del Fuego ; nor ftiall fail from, thence into 

 any part of the Eaft-Indies ; neither fliall they return to Great Britain 

 or to any other part of Europe, Afia, Africa, or America, by any other 

 way except through the faid ftraits of Magellan, or by Terra del Fuego 

 aforefaid : neither fliall they trade in the goods of India, Perfia, or 

 China, nor in any other commodities of the countries within the limits 



