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absolutely declared themselves unwilling 

 to have any hand in this Plantation if 

 we intend to cherish or permit the plant- 

 ing thereof, or any other kind, than for 

 a man's private use, for mere necessity,) 

 we are of opinion the old planters will 

 have small encouragement to that em- 

 ployment : for we find here, by late 

 experience, that it doth hardly produce 

 the freight and custom : . . . Never- 

 theless, if the old planters, (for we ex- 

 clude all others,) conceive that they 

 cannot otherwise provide for their liveli- 

 hood, we leave it to the discretion of 

 yourself and the Council there, to give 

 way for the present to their planting of 

 it in such manner and with such restric- 

 tions as you and the said Council shall 

 think fitting : having an especial care, 

 with as much conveniency as may be, 

 utterly to suppress the planting of it, ex- 

 cept for mere necessity. But, however, 

 we absolutely forbid the sale of it, or the 

 use of it, by any of our own or particular 

 men's servants, unless upon urgent occa- 



