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... cause , pre - eminent above others , of the same tendency which conducted that emigration to its prosperous issue . If , however , I infer that the source of the great- ness of our American Colonies was the municipal principle , no one ...
... cause , pre - eminent above others , of the same tendency which conducted that emigration to its prosperous issue . If , however , I infer that the source of the great- ness of our American Colonies was the municipal principle , no one ...
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... causes , a council of which shall arise , grow , or happen , to or within the same several appointed colonies , according to such laws , ordinances , and instructions , as by the king ; shall be , in that behalf , given and signed with ...
... causes , a council of which shall arise , grow , or happen , to or within the same several appointed colonies , according to such laws , ordinances , and instructions , as by the king ; shall be , in that behalf , given and signed with ...
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... cause to Power to be made a coin , to pass current there between the people of those coins for several colonies , for the more ease of traffic and bargaining be- those colo- tween and amongst them and the natives there , of such metal ...
... cause to Power to be made a coin , to pass current there between the people of those coins for several colonies , for the more ease of traffic and bargaining be- those colo- tween and amongst them and the natives there , of such metal ...
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... cause to be made , satisfaction accordingly , within such time so to be limited , that then it shall be lawful to us , our heirs , and successors , to put the said person or persons , having committed such robbery or spoil , and their ...
... cause to be made , satisfaction accordingly , within such time so to be limited , that then it shall be lawful to us , our heirs , and successors , to put the said person or persons , having committed such robbery or spoil , and their ...
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... cause , or matter whatsoever , in any wise notwithstanding . In witness whereof , we have caused these our letters to be made patents ; witness ourself at West- minster , the tenth day of April , in the fourth year of our reign of ...
... cause , or matter whatsoever , in any wise notwithstanding . In witness whereof , we have caused these our letters to be made patents ; witness ourself at West- minster , the tenth day of April , in the fourth year of our reign of ...
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Page 57 - ... freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments...
Page 78 - ... the oaths appointed by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of our late royal father, to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy...
Page 118 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant...
Page 19 - Contrary in any wise notwithstanding although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the premises or any of them or of any other gifts or grants by Us or by any of Our progenitors or predecessors heretofore made to the said James Duke of York in these presents is not made or any statute, act, ordinance...
Page 81 - ... to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances...
Page 52 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Page 12 - ... all those lands, countries, and territories, situate, lying, and being, in that part of America called Virginia, from the point of land called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the sea coast, to the northward two hundred miles, and from the said point of Cape Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 57 - ... the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America ; and that, by the same name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession...
Page 83 - Commonwealth, to assemble in martial array, and put in warlike posture, the inhabitants thereof, and to lead and conduct them, and with them to encounter, repel, resist, expel and pursue, by force of arms...
Page 68 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...