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due regard to magistrates and to our sliips of war and 

 shall be in subordination to our corporations mercantile 

 of this our Kingdom of Great Britain, by any charters 

 or letters patent of ours, any others of our predecessors 

 heretofore granted, and at any time hereafter, or any 

 person or persons that are or will be master of ship oi 

 matters of ships or may follow merchandize, that then 

 this shall be void and of none effect : Provided, never- 

 theless, That we reserve for the time being to ourselves, 

 our heirs and successors, our full power and authority 

 from time to time of revoking and determining, by letters 

 patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, these 

 Letters Dennizens to such person or persons, concerning 

 whom we, our heirs, or our successors, in order, in pri- 

 vate counsel to our heirs or successors will declare as 

 may appear right to us, to our heirs or successors, in 

 making Demiizens to those person or persons as may 

 appear hurtful! or inconvenient to us our heirs or succes- 

 sors, yet giving and grunting to persons, and any others, 

 reasonable and sufficient time of selling, alienating, as- 

 signing or disposing of their manors, messuages, lands, 

 so held hereditaments, and their merchandize, respec- 

 tively, and likewise of removhig their respective goods 

 and effects of whatsoever kind or qualify they may be 

 before determination of these letters patent as appears. Li 

 witness whereof we caused these letters patent to be 

 made and done : witness myself at Westminster, this 

 21st day of August, 1708 in the seventh year of our 

 reign. Registered under our Private Seal. COCKS. 



New York, Aug. 10th, 1709, Recorded in the Secre- 

 tary's office of the province of New York, iu the Book 

 of General Records, Lib: No. L. Folio 141 & 142. 



Co])ied from the original, word for word, and concord- 

 ing thereto as a sworn evidence. 



JOHN CONRAD CODWEIS, Interpreter. 



