JO HISTORY OF THE [book. iii. 
The prosecution of this great statesman, howe¬ 
ver, on this account, was of no advantage to the 
suffering planters; for in this, as in many other 
cases, the redress of a grievance, and the punish¬ 
ment of its author, were objects of very distinct 
consideration. Those who sought the ruin of Cla- 
parts beyond the seas, the 3 aid imposition due for the same not paid, 
compounded for, or lawfully tendered to the collectors or their depu¬ 
ties, or not having agreed with the commissioners for that purpose to 
be appointed, or their deputies for the same, according to the true in¬ 
tent and meaning of the said act, that then, and from thenceforth* 
shall the said goods be forfeit, the moiety thereof to be to our Sove¬ 
reign Lord the King, and the other to him that shall inform, seize, 
and sue for the same in any court of record within this island 5 which 
grants are left to your excellency’s own way of levying, in full confi¬ 
dence and assurance that your excellency will take such course for the 
collecting and gathering Gf the said impost, without any charge, duty 
@r fees, as may be most for the ease of the people of this island. 
Provided nevertheless, That neither this act, nor any thing therein 
contained, shall extend or be construed to bar his majesty, or his said 
excellency, from his or their right to any land granted, or any in- 
croachments made upon the sea, since the year one thousand six hun¬ 
dred and fifty, or to any lands commonly called or known by the naive of 
‘The Ten Thousand Acres ; the merchants land, granted by the late earl 
of Carlisle, or his father, unto Marmaduke Rawden, esquire, Willi¬ 
am Perkins, Alexander Bannister, Edmund Forster, Captain Wheat- 
ley, and others their associates, on certain covenants and conditions : 
Provided also, that the growth and produce of the said lands, mention- 
ed in the preceding proviso, be not liable to any tax, impost , or custom, 
imposed by this act-, any thing in the same seeming to the contrary not¬ 
withstanding. 
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That one act 
made the seventeenth day of January one thousand six hundred and 
fifty, intituled, An act importing the customs imposed and granted 
