Seizin endorsed upon the back was all one hand writing, and the Agent for the Province allowed it to be so.

The Court ordered that a Copy thereof be taken, examined and attested by two of the Clerks, which was accordingly done and is as Follows:

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To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting: Whereas our Late Sovereign Lord King James for the advancement of a Colony and Plantation in y Country called or known by the name of New England in America By His Highnesses Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England bearing Date at Westminster the third of November in the Eighteenth year of his Highnesses Reign of England &c. Did Give Grant and confirm unto the Right honorable Lodowick late L Duke of Lenox, George late L Marquis of Bucking ham, James Marquis Hamilton, Thomas Earl of Arundel, Robert Earl of Warwick, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Kn and divers others whose names expressed in the s letters Patents and their Successor That they should be one Body Politique and Corporate Perpetually consisting of Forty Persons, and that they should have perpetual succession and one common Seal to serve for the said Body, And that they and their Successors should be incorporated called and known by the name of the Council established at Plimouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting ruling Ordering and Government of New England in America and further also of his especial grace, Certain Knowledge & Meer Motion, Did give Grant and confirm unto the sa President and Council and their successors for ever under the Reservations limitations and Declarations in the s Letters Patents expressed, All that part and Portion of the s Country now called New England in America situate lying and being in breadth from the fortyeth degree of northerly Latitude from the Equinoctial Line to Forty Eight degrees of the s northerly latitude inclusive and in Length of and in all the Breadth aforesaid throughout the Main Land from Sea to Sea, together also with all the firm Lands, Soils Grounds,

Creeks Inlets Havens Ports, Seas, Ports, Rivers, Islands, Waters, Fishings Mines, Minerals, as well royal Mines of Gold and Silver as other Mines and Minerals Precious Stones & Quarries & all & singular the Commodities, Jurisdictions, Royalties, Priviledges, Franchises, & Preheminences both within the Tract of Land and upon the Main and also within the S Islands and Seas adjoining. To Have and to hold possess and enjoy all and singular the afors Continent Lands Territorys, Islands, Hereditaments and Premises Seas, Waters & Fishings, with all and all manner their Commodities, Royalties, Priviledges Preheminences and Profits that shall arise from thence with all and Singu lar their appurtenances and every part and Parcels thereof, unto the s Council and their Successors and Assigns forever to be holden of his Majesty his Heirs and 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 to the s late Kings Majesty his Heirs and Successors, the fifth Part of the Oar of Gold and Silver which from Time to Time and at all Times from the Date of the s Letters Patents shall be gotten had & Obtained for and in respect of all & all manner of Duties and Demands Services &c whatsoever to be Done made & Paid unto his s Late Majesty his Heirs & Successors as in and by the s letters Patents amongst sundry other Privileges & Matters therein contained more fully and at Large it doth and may appear. Now Know Ye that the s Council by Virtue and Authority of his s late Majestys letters Patents and for and in consideration That William Bradford and his Associates have for these nine years lived in New England aforesaid and have there Inhabited & Planted a Town called by the name of New Plimouth, at their own Proper cost and charges and now seeing that by the special providence of God, and their extraordinary care and Industry they have Increased their Plantation to near three hundred People, and are upon all occasions

able to relieve any New Planters or other of His Majestys subjects who may fall upon that Coast, Have given, Granted, Bargained, Sold, Enfeoffed, allotted, assigned and set over and by these Presents do clearly and Absolutely Give, Grant, Bargain, Sell, Aliene, Enfeoff, Allot Assign and confirm unto the s William Bradford his Heirs and Associates and Assigns, all that Part of New England in America aforesaid and Tract and Tracts of Land that lye within or between a certain Rivulet or Runlet there commonly called Cohasset alias Conehassett towards the North of the River commonly called Naragansett towards the South, and the Great Western Ocean towards the East, and between and within a straight line and directly extending up into the Main Land towards the West, from the mouth of the said River called Naragansett River to the utmost Limits and Bounds of a Country or Place in New England commonly called Pokenacutt alias Sowamsett, Westward another like straight Line extending itself directly from the mouth of the s River called Cohassett alias Conehassett towards the West so far up unto the Main Land Westward, as the utmost Limits of the s Place or Country commonly Pokenacutt alias Sowansett, do extend, together with one half of the s River of Naragansett, and the s Rivulet or Runlet called Cohasset, alias Conehassett and all Lands Rivers Waters Havens Creeks, Ports, Fishings, Fowlings, and all Heredtaments, Profits, Commodities and Emoluments, whatsoever situate lying being or arising within the s Limits and Bounds or any of them, and for as much as they have no convenient Place either of Tradeing and Fishing within their own Precincts whereby after so long Travel, and great Pains so hopefull a Plantation may subsist, and also that they may be encouraged the better to proceed in so pious a work, which may especially tend to the Propagation of Religion and the great Increase of Trade to His Majestys Realms, and advancement of the Public Plantation, The said council have further Given Granted Bargained, Enfeoffed

Aliened Sold Allotted Assigned and set over & by these Presents do clearly and absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfeoff allot assign and Confirm unto the s William Bradford his Heirs associates and Assigns, all that Tract of Land or Part of New England in America which lyeth in or Between and extendeth itself from the utmost limits of Cobicecontee alias Comusecontee which adjoineth to the River of Kenebunk alias Kenebeck towards the Western Ocean, and a Place called the Falls at Nequamkike in America aforesaid and the space of Fifteen English Miles on each side of said River commonly called Kennebeck and all the s River Called Kennebeck that lies within the sd Limits and Bounds, Eastward, Westward, Northward, Southward, last above mentioned, And all Lands, Grounds, Soils, Rivers Waters, Fishings, Hereditaments & Profits whatsoever, situate lying and being, arising, happening, or accruing, or which shall arise happen or accrue in or within the s Limits & Bounds or either of them together with free ingress, egress, regress with ships Boats shallops and other vessels from the Sea commonly called the Western Ocean to the s River called Kennebeck and from the st River of Kennebeck to the s Western ocean together with all Prerogatives Rights, Royalties and Jurisdictions, Priviledges Immunities & Priviledges and also Marine Liberty with the escheats and casualties thereof the Admiralty Jurisdiction excepted, with all the Interest Right Title and Demand whatsoever which the said Council or their Successors have or ought to have & Claim or may have and acquire hereafter in or any of the s Portions or Tracts of Land hereby mentioned to be granted or any of the Premises in as free ample and Beneficial manner to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as the s council by virtue of his Majestys s Letters Patents may or can grant to have and to hold the s Tract or Tracts of Land of all and singular the Premises above mentioned to be granted with their and every of their Appurtenances to the s William Bradford his Heirs Associates and Assigns forever to the

only proper & absolute use and Behoofe of the s William Bradford his Heirs Associates and Assigns for ever yielding and Paying unto our s Sovereign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors forever one fifth Part of the ore of Gold and Silver & one fifth part also to the President & Council, which shall be had Possessed and obtained within the Precincts aforesaid, for all services & Demands whatsoever, and the s Council do further agree & Grant to & with the sd William Bradford his Heirs Associates and Assigns, and every of them his and their Factors Agents Tenants and Servants and all such as he or they shall send and employ about his Particular Plantation, shall and may from time to time. freely and lawfully go and return Trade and Traffick as well with the English, as any of the Nations within Precincts aforesaid with liberty of Fishing upon any part of the sea Coast and Sea shores, of any of the Seas or Islands adjacent and not being Inhabited or otherwise disposed of by order of the s President and Council also to import Export and Transport their Goods and merchandize at their wills and Pleasures, paying only such duties to the kings Majesty his Heirs and successors as the s President & council do or ought to Pay without any other Taxes, Impositions, Burthens and Restraints upon them to be impsed, and further the sd Council do grant and agree to and with the s William Bradford, his Heirs Associates and assigns that the persons transported by him or any of them shall not be. taken away imployed or commanded either by the Governor for the time being of New England or by any other authority there from the business or Employment of the s William Bradford and his Associates his Heirs and assigns (necessary defence of the Country, preservation of the Peace suppressing of Tumults within the Lands, Tryalls in matter of Justice by appeal upon special occasion only eccepted) also it shall be lawfull and free for the sd William Bradford his Associates his Heirs and assigns at all times hereafter to incorporate by some usual or fit manner to entitle him or themselves or the