THE CHARTER OF CHARLES THE SECOND. 6 



planters, owners, or inhabitants of the said province may not, at any 

 time hereafter (by misconstruction of the power aforesaid) through inad- 

 vertency, or design, depart from that faith and due allegiance, which by 

 the laws of this our realm of England, they and all our subjects, in our 

 dominions and territories, always owe to us, our heirs and successors, by 

 colour of any extent, or largeness of powers hereby given, or pretended 

 to be given, or by force or colour of any laws hereafter to be made, in 

 the said province, by virtue of any such powers; Our farther will and 

 pleasure is, that a transcript or duplicate, of all laws, which shall be so, 

 as aforesaid, made and published within the said province, shall within 

 five years after the making thereof, be transmitted and delivered to the 

 Privy Council, for the time being, of us, our heirs and successors: And 

 if any of the said laws, within the space of six months after that they 

 shall be so transmitted and delivered, be declared by us, our heirs and- 

 successors, in our, or their Privy Council, inconsistent with the sover- 

 eignty, or laAvful prerogative of us, our heirs and successors, or con- 

 trary to the faith and allegiance, due to the legal government of this 

 realm, from the said William Penn, or his heirs, or of the planters and 

 inhabitants of the said province, and that thereupon any of the said laws 

 shall be adjudged and declared to be void by us, our heirs and success- 

 ors, under our or their privy seal, that then, and from thenceforth such 

 laws, concerning which such judgment and declaration shall be made, 

 shall become void : otherwise the said laws, so transmitted, shall remain 

 and stand in full force, according to the true intent and meaning thereof. 



SECTION VIII. 



"Furthermore, that this new colony may the more happily increase by 

 the multitude of people resorting thither; Therefore, we, for us, our 

 heirs and successors, do give and grant, by these presents, power, license, 

 and liberty unto all the liege people and subjects, both present and fu- 

 ture, of us, our heirs and successors, (excepting those, who shall be 

 especially forbidden) to transport themselves and families unto the said 

 country, with such convenient shipping, as, by the laws of this our king- 

 dom of England, they ought to use, and with fitting provision ; paying 

 only the customs therefore due, and there to settle themselves, dwell and 

 inhabit and plant, for the public, and their own private advantage. 



SECTION IX. 



"And furthermore, that our subjects may be the rather encouraged to 

 undertake this expedition, with ready and cheerful minds, Knoiv ye, That 

 we, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, do give 

 and grant, by virtue of these presents, as well unto the said William 

 Penn, and his heirs, as to all others, who shall, from time to time, repair 

 unto the said country, full license to lade and freight, in any ports what- 



