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with so necessary a commodity, of our certain 

 knowledge free will mere motion special grace and 

 of our regal authority for Us our heirs and successors 

 by these presents do grant to the Governor or 

 Governors Consuls Assistants and Fellowship afore- 

 said and their successors for ever That they the 

 said Governors and their successors, by their factors 

 servants ministers deputies and assigns and none 

 other shall and may from henceforth for the space 

 of twenty years next ensuing the date hereof use 

 and exercise the killing of whales within any seas 

 whatsoever, and thereof to make train oil to their 

 most commodity and profit ; And further for Us our 

 heirs and successors, We do expressly enjoin 

 prohibit forbid and command all and singular person 

 and persons whatsoever as well denizens as strangers 

 and all other persons being in any wise subjects to 

 the Crown of England, being not of the said Society 

 or Fellowship, that they nor any of them shall kill 

 any whale to make train oil thereof, or shall hire or 

 set on work or cause or procure to be hired or set on 

 work directly or indirectly any person or persons to 

 kill any whale or make any oil thereof Upon pain 

 that all and every person or persons whatsoever 

 doing the contrary shall suffer imprisonment during 

 the will and pleasure of Us our heirs or successors 

 and not to be discharged thereof without special 

 warrant from Us our heirs or successors And also 

 to forfeit and pay to Us our heirs or successors the 

 sum of Five pounds of lawful money of England for 

 every ton of oil so made, one half to be to the use 



