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eyther by sea or lande the fayd Walter Ralegh, his heires or
affignes, or any of them, or his or their or any of his or their
companies giving and graunting by these presents further
power and authoritie to the fayd Walter Ralegh, his heires
and affignes, and every of them from time to time and at all
times for ever hereafter, to take and surprise by all maner of
means whatsoever, all and every those persons or persons,
with their fhippes, vessels, and other goods and furniture
which without the licence of the fayde Walter Ralegh, or his
heires or affignes, as aforefayd, fhal be fonnd traffiquing into
any harbour or harbours, creeke or creekes, within the limits
aforefayd (the fubjeds of our realmes and dominions, and
all other persons in amitie with us, trading to the Newfound
lands for fifhing as heretofore they have commonly used, or
being driven by force of a tempest or fhipwracke, onely ex
cepted :) And those persons and every of them, with their
fhippes, vessels, goods, and furniture to deteine and poffeffe
as of good and lawfull prize, according to the discretion of
him the fayd Walter Ralegh, his heires, and affignes, and
every or any of them. And for uniting in more perfect
league and amitie of such countryes, landes, and territories
so to be possessed and inhabited as aforefayd with our realmes
of England and Ireland, and the better incourageraent of men
to these enterprises. We doe by these presents graunt and de
clare that all such countries, so hereafter to be possessed and
inhabited as is aforefayd, from thencefoorth shall be of the
allegiance of us our heires and fucceffours. And wee doe
graunt to the fayd Walter Ralegh, his heires and affignes and
to all and every of them, and to all and evary other person
and persons being of our allegiance, whose names shall be
noted or entred in some of our courts of recorde within our
realme of England, that with the assent of the fayd Walter
Ralegh his heires and affignes, shall in his journeis for difco
verie, or in the journeis for conquest, hereafter travaile to
such lands, countreis and territories, as aforefayd, and to
their, and to every of their heires, that they, and every or
any of them, being eyther borne within our fayde realmes of
England or Irelande or in any other place within our allegi
ance, and which hereafter shall be inhabiting within any the
lands, countryes and territories, with such licence (as afore
fayd) shall and may have all the priviledges of free denizers
and persons native of England, and within our allegiance in
such like ample raaner and forme, as if they were borne and
personally resident within our said realme of England, any
law, cuftome, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
And forafmuch as upon the finding out, discovering or
inhabiting of such remote lands, countries and territories as
aforefaid, it fhal be necessary for the fafety of all men that
shall adventure themselves in those journeyes or voyages to
determine to live together in Christian peace, and civill
quietneffe eche with other, whereby every one may with more
pleasure and profit enjoy that ^hereunto they shall attaine
with great paine and perill, wee for us, our heires and suc
cessors, are likewise pleased and contented, and by these pre
sents doe give and grant to the said Walter Ralegh, his heires
and affignes for ever, that he and they, and every or any of
them, shall and may from time to time for ever hereafter
within the said mentioned remote lands and countries, in the
way by the seas thither and from thence, have full and meere
power and authoritie to corred, punish, pardon, gaverne
and rule by their and every or any es their good diferetions,
and policies, as well in causes capital! or criminal], as civil,
both marine and other, all such our fubjeds, as fhal from,
time to time adventure themselves in the said journeis or
voiages, or that shall at any time hereafter inhabite any such
land's, countreisor territories as aforefayd, or that ^l abide
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within zoo leagues of any of the fayde place or places^ where
the fayde Walter Ralegh, his heires or affignes, or any of
them, or any of his or their affociats or companies shall in
htbite within fixe yeeres next ensuing the date hereof, accord
ing to such statutes, lawes and ordinances as shall be by him
the fayd Walter Ralegh, his heires and affignes, and every
or any of them devised, or established, for the better govern
ment of the said people as aforefaid. So alwayes as the said
statutes, lawes and ordinances may be, as nere as conveniently
may bee, agreeable to the forme of the lawes, statutes, go
vernment or pollecie of England, and also so as they be not
against the true Christian faith nowe profeffed in the church
of England, nor in any wife to withdrawe any of the fub
je&es or people of those lands or places from the alleageance
of us, our heires ^d fucceffours, as their immediate fove
reigne under God.
And further, we doe by these presents for us, our heires
and successors give and grant ful power and authoritie to our
truftie and welbeloved Counfeilour Sir William Cecill, Knight,
Lorde Burghley our High Treafourer of England, and to the
Lorde Treafourer of England for us, our heires and successors
for the time being, and to the Privie Counfale of us our heires
and successors, or any foure or more of them for the time be
ing, that he, they, or any foure, or more of them, shall and
may from time to time, and at all times hereafter under his
or their handes and feales by virtue of these presents, autho
rife and licence the faide Walter Ralegh his heires and af
fignes and every or any of them by him and by themselves or
by their or any of their fufficient atturneis, deputies, officers,
ministers, factors and Servants, to imbarke and transport out
of our realme of England and Ireland and the dominions
thereof, all or any of his or their goods, and all or any the
goods of his and their affociats and companies, and every or
any of them with such other necefTaries and commodities of
any our realmes, as to the fayde Lorde Treasurer, or foure or
more of the Privie Counfaile of us our heires and successors
for the time being (as aforefaid) Aral be from time to time by
his or their wifedomes or diferetions thought meete and con
venient, for the better reliefe and fupportation of him the
fayde Walter Ralegh his heires and affignes, and every or
any of them, and of his or their or any of their affociats and
companies, any a&, statute, law or any thing to the contrary
in any wife notwithstanding.
Provided alwayes, and our wil and pleasure is, and we do
hereby declare to all Christian kings, princes and states, that
if the fayde Walter Ralegh, his heires or affignes, or any of
them, or any other by their licence or appointment, shall at
any time or times hereafter robbe or fpoile by sea or by land,
or doe any acte of unjust or of unlawful! hoftilitie, to any of
the fubje&s of us, our heires or successors, or to any of the
fubje&s of any the kings, princes, rulers, governours, or
estates being then in perfect league and amitie with as, our
heires and fucceffours, and that upon such injurie or upon just
complaint of any such prince, ruler, governour, or estate, or
their fubjeds, wee, our heires and successors, shall make open
proclamation within any the portes of our realme of England,
that the faide Walter Ralegh, his heires and affignes, and ad
herents, or any to whom these our letters patents may ex
tende, shall within the termes to bee limited by such procla
mation, make full reflitution, and fatisfadion of all such in
juries done, so as both we and the said princes, or other so
complaining, may hold us and themselves fully contented;
And that if the said Walter Ralegh, his heires and affignes,
fliall not make or cause to be made fatisfadion accordingly
within such time so to be limitted, that then it fhal be lawful
to us, our heires and successors, to put the fayde Waiter