English miles to the northward of the said River called Monomack alias Merimack or to the northward of any and every part thereof & all Lands & Hereditaments whatsoever lying within the Limits aforesaid, North and South in Latitude, and in Breadth and in Length and Longitude of and within all the Breadth aforesaid, Throughout the main Lands there From the Atlantic and Western Sea and Ocean on the East Part to the South Sea on the West Part, and all Lands & Grounds place and places, Soil, Woods, and Wood Grounds Havens, ports, Rivers, Waters, Fishings and Hereditaments whatsoever lying within the said Bounds & Limits & every part and parcel thereof, and also all Islands lying in America aforesaid, in the said Seas or either of them on the Western or Eastern Coasts or parts of the said Tracts of Land by the said Indenture mentioned to be given and granted Bargained Sold Enfeoffed, alien'd and confirmed, or any of them & also all mines & minerals, as well Royal mines of Gold & Silver as other mines & minerals whatsoever in the said Lands & Premises or any part thereof and all Jurisdictions, Rights, Royalties, Libertys, Freedoms, Immunities, Priviledges, Franchises, Preheminences & commodities whatsoever which they the said council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon for the planting, Ruling, ordering, & Governing of New England in America then had or might use exercise or Enjoy in or within the said Lands or Premises by_the same Indenture mentioned to be given granted Bargained Sold Enfeoffed and confirmed in or within any part or parcel thereof: To have and to hold the said part of New England in America, which lies and extends, and is abutted as aforesaid, and every part and parcel thereof; and all the said Islands, Rivers, Ports, Havens, Waters, Fishings, Mines, Minerals, Jurisdictions, Franchises, Royalties, Libertys, Priviledges Commodities, Hereditaments & Premises whatsoever with the appurtenances unto the s Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Tho Southcott, John Humphreys,

John Endicott and Simon Whetcombe, their Heirs and assigns & their associates for Ever, to the only proper and absolute use and behoofe of the s Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Thomas Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott & Simon Whetcombe, Their Heirs and assigns and their associates for evermore, To be holden of our said Royal Grandfather King Charles the first, His Heirs & successors as of his Mannor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in Free and common Sockage and not in Capite nor by Knights service, yielding and paying therefore unto our said Royal Grandfather, his Heirs and successors the fifth part of the ore of Gold and Silver which sh from time to time and at all times hereafter happen to be found gotten, had and obtained in any of the said Lands within the said Limits or in or within any part thereof, for and in satisfaction of all manner of Duties, Demands, and Services whatsoever to be done made or paid to our s Royal Grandfather, His Heirs or successors (as in & by said recited Indenture may more at large appear.) And Whereas our s Royal Grandfather in and by his Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England bearing date at Westminster the fourth day of March in the Fourth year of his Reign for the consideration therein mentioned did grant and Confirm unto the said Sir Henry Roswell Sir John Young, Tho Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott & Simon Whetcombe and their associates after named Viz Sir Richard Saltonstall Knight, Isaac Johnston, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Matthew Craddock, George Harwood Increase Nowell, Richard Perry, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuel Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Brown, Samuel Brown, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pincheon & George Foxcroft their Heirs & Assigns all the said part of New England in America lying and Extending between the Bounds & Limits in the said Indenture expressed, & all Lands and Grounds, place & places, Soils Woods and Wood

Grounds, Havens, Ports, Rivers, Waters, Mines, Minerals, Jurisdictions, Rights, Royalties, Liberties, Freedoms, Immunities, Priviledges, Franchises, Preheminences & Hereditaments whatsoever bargained Sold Enfeoffed and confirmed or mentioned or intended to be given granted Bargained Sold Enfeoffed, aliened & Confirmed to them the said Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Thomas Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott and Simon Whetcombe, their Heirs and assigns & to their Associates forever by the said recited Indenture, To Have and To Hold the said part of New England in America and other the premises thereby mentioned to be granted and confirmed & every part and parcel thereof with the Appurtenances to the said S: Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, S: Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaac Johnston, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Matthew Craddock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Perry, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuel Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Brown, Samuel Brown, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pincheon and George Foxcroft, their Heirs and Assigns for ever to their only proper and Absolute use and Behoof forever more: To Be Holden of our Said Royal Grandfather his Heirs and successors as of his Manor of East Greenwich aforesaid in free and Common Sockage, and not in capite nor by Knights Service, and also yielding and paying therefore to our said Royal Grandfather his Heirs and successors the fifth part only of all the ore of Gold and Silver which from time to time and at all times after should be there gotten had or obtained, for all services Exactions, and Demands whatsoever, according to the Tenor and reservation in the said recited Indenture Expressed, and Furtther, our said Royal Grandfather by the said Letters Patents Did Give and Grant unto the said Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John

Humphreys, John Endicott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaac Johnston, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Matthew Craddock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Perry, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuel Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Brown, Samuel Brown, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pincheon & George Foxcroft, their Heirs and assigns all that said part of New England in America which lyes & extends between a Great River there commonly called Monomack alias Merimack River, and a certain other River there called Charles River, being in the bottom of a certain Bay there commonly called Massachusetts alias Mattachusetts alias Massatusetts Bay and also all & singular those Lands & Hereditaments whatsoever lying within the space of three English Miles on the South part of the said River, called Charles River or of any or every Part thereof & also all and singular the Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever lying & being within the space of three English Miles to the Southward of the Southermost part of the said Bay and also all those Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever which lye and be within the space of three English Miles to the Northward of the said River called Monomack alias Merimack or the Northward of any and every part thereof & all Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever lying within the Limits aforesaid, North and South in Latitude & in Breadth & in Length and Longitude of & within all the Breadth aforesaid Throughout the Main Lands there From the Atlantic or Western Sea & Ocean, on the East part To the South Sea on the West part, & all Lands, Grounds, Place and Places, Soils, Woods, and Wood-Lands, Havens, Ports, and Rivers, Waters & Hereditaments whatsoever lying within the said Bounds & Limits and Every part and parcel thereof, and also all Islands in America aforesaid in The said Seas or either of them on the Western or Eastern Coasts, or parts of the said tracts of Lands thereby mentioned to be given & Granted or any of them, and all mines &

Minerals, as well Royal Mines of Gold and Silver as other Mines and Minerals whatsoever in the said Lands & premises or any part thereof & Free Liberty of Fishing in or within any of the Rivers or Waters within the Bounds and Limits aforesaid, & the Seas thereunto adjoining and all Fishes, Royal Fishes, Whales, Balene, Sturgeon, and other Fishes of what Kind or nature soever that should at any time thereafter be taken in or within the said Seas or Waters or any of them, By the said Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott, Simon Whetcomb, Isaac Johnson, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Matthew Craddock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Perry, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuel Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Brown, Samuel Brown, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pincheon & George Foxcroft their Heirs and Assigns or by any other person or persons whatsoever there Inhabiting by them or any of them to be appointed To Fish therein. Provided always that if the said Lands and Islands or any the premises beforementioned intended and meant to be granted by the said Letters patents last mentioned were at the time of Granting the said former letters Patents last mentioned dated the third day of November in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of His Late Majesty King James The first, actually possessed or Inhabited by any other Christian Prince or State, or were within the Bounds or Limits or Territorys of the said Southern Colony then before granted by the said King to be planted by Divers of his loving Subjects in the South part of America, That then the said Grant of our said Royal Grandfather should not extend to any such parts or parcels thereof so formerly inhabited or lyeing within the Bounds of the Southern plantation as aforesaid, But as to those parts or parcels so possessed or Inhabited by any such christian prince or State or being within the Boundaries aforesaid, should be utterly void: To Have and To Hold possess and enjoy the said