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ty whereof being fomething corrected by Induftry, (as there have been feveral trials 

 thereof already made there) may no doubt produce good Wine, to the great en- 

 couragement and advantage of the Undertakers. 



Brave Ships may be built there with little charge, Clab-board, Wainfcot, Pipe- 

 ftaves, and Mafts for Ships, the Woods will afford plentifully; fome fm all Vef- 

 ftls have been already built there : In fine, Beef, Furrs, Hides, Butter, Cheefe, 

 Pork, and Bacon, to Tranfport to other Countrcys, are no fmall Commodities, 

 which by Induftry, are, and may be had there in great plenty, the English being al- 

 ready plentifully ftock'd with all forts of Cattel and Horfes- and were there no 

 other Staple-Commodities to be hop'd for, but Silk and Linnen (the materials of 

 which apparently will grow there) it were fufficient to enrich the Inhabitants. 



But the general Trade of Mary-land at prcfent depends chiefly upon Tobacco, ic 

 being the Planters greateft concern and ftudy to ftore himfelf betimes with that 

 Commodity, wherewith he buys and fells, and after which Standard all other 

 Commodities receive their Price there • they have of late vented fuch quantities of 

 that and other Commodities, that a hundred Sail of Ships from England, fiarbadoes, 

 and other English Plantations, have been ufually known to Trade thither in one 

 Year- infomuch, that by Cuftom and Excize paid in England for Tobacco and 

 other Commodities Imported from thence, Mary-land alone at this prefent, hath by 

 his Lordfliips vaft Expence, Induftry, and Hazard for many years, without any 

 charge to the Crown, improv'd His Majefties,the King of England* Revenues,to the 

 value of Forty thoufand Pounds Sterl.per annum at leaft. 



The general way of Traffick and Commerce there is chiefly by Barter, or Ex- 

 change of one Commodity for another; yet there wants not , befides English and 

 other foraign Coyns, fome of his Lordfliips own Coyn, as Groats, Sixpences, and 

 Shillings, which his Lordfhip at his own Charge caus'd to be Coyn'd and difpers'd 

 throughout that Province ; 'tis equal in finenefs of Silver to English Sterling, being 

 of the fame Standard, but of fomewhat lefs weight, and hath on the one fide his 

 Lordfliips Coat of Arms ftampd , with this Motto circumfcrib'd, Crefcite Cr Mul- 

 tiplicamini, and on the other fide his Lordfliips Effigies , circumfcrib'd thus, Uciluu 

 Vommus Terra-Maria, &c. 



The Order of Government and fettled Laws of this Province,is by the Prudence 

 and endeavor of the prefent Lord Proprietary, brought to great Perfection ; and as 

 his Dominion there is abfolute (as may appear by the Charter aforemention'd) fo 

 all Patents, Warrants, Writs, Liccnfes, Actions Criminal, <?c. Iflue forth there in 

 his Name : Wars, Peace, Courts, Offices, pc all in his Name made, held, and ap- 

 pointed. 



Laws are there Enacted by him, with the advice and confent of the General Af- 

 fembly, which confifts of two Eftates, namely, the firft is made up by the Chan- 

 ccllor, Secretary, and others of his Lordfliips Privy.Council, and fuch Lords of 

 Mannors, and others as fhall be call'd by particular Writs for that purpofe, to be 

 Iflu'd by his Lordfliip : The fecond Eftate confifts of the Deputies and Delegates 

 of the refpettive Counties of the laid Province, elected and chofen by the free voice 

 and approbation of the Free-men of the faid refpe&ive Counties. 



The Names of the Governor and Council in this prefent Year i 671 . are as fol- 

 loweth, Mr. Charles Calvert, his Lordfliips Son and Heir, Governor , Mr. Tbilip CaU 

 vert, his Lordfliips Brother, Chancellor 5 Sir William Talbot Baronet, his Lordfliips 

 Nephew, Secretary; Mr. William Cahert, his Lordfliips Nephew, Mufter-Mafter- 

 General • Mr. Jerome White, Surveyor-General; Mr* Baker (Brooke,hxs Lordfliips Ne- 

 phew ; Mr. Edward Lloyd } Mr. Henry Courfey, Mr. 7 7; wo* Truman, Major Edward 

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