Peace and fhall dwell, or may be found, unto the clerks of Section XV. "Provided always, and our will and pleasure is, War to be that neither the faid William Penn, nor his heirs, obferved as nor any other, the inhabitants of the faid province, Britain. fhall, at any time hereafter, have or maintain, any in Great correfpondence with any other king, prince or fhall fhall the faid William Penn, or his heirs or any other inhabitants of the faid province, make war, or do any act of hoftility against any other king, prince, or ftate, or any of their fubjects, who fhall then be in league or amity with us, our heirs and fucceffors. Section XVI. "And becaufe, in fo remote a country, and fituate near many barbarous nations, the incurfions as well of the favages themselves, as of other enemies, pirates and robbers, may probably be feared; Therefore, we have given, and, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, do give power, by these prefents, to the faid William Penn, his heirs and affigns, by power of themselves, or their captains, or other their officers, a captainto levy, muster and train all forts of men, of what general granted, condition foever, or wherefoever born, in the faid &c. province of Pennsylvania, for the time being, and to make war, and to purfue the enemies and robbers aforefaid, as well by fea as by land, even, without the limits of the faid province, and, by God's affiftance, to vanquish and take them; and being taken, to put them to death, by the law of war, or to fave them; at their pleafure, and to do all and every other thing, which unto the charge and office of a captain general of an army belongeth, or hath accustomed to belong, as fully and freely as any captain general of an army hath ever had the fame. Section XVII. "And furthermore, of our fpecial grace, and of our certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given and granted, and, by thefe prefents, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, do give and grant unto the faid William Penn, his heirs and affigns, Power to full and abfolute power, licence and authority, that alien he, the faid William Penn, his heirs and affigns, from premises. time to time hereafter for ever, at his or their own the Power to by the Proprietor's grant. will and pleasure, may affign, alien, grant, demife, or enfeoff of the premises fo many, and fuch parts and parcels to him, or them, that shall be willing to purchase the fame as they fhall think fit; to have and to hold to them, the faid perfon, or perfons willing to take and purchase, their heirs and affigns, in fee fimple, or fee tail, or for the term of life, lives, or years, to be held of the faid William Penn, his heirs, or affigns, as of the faid feigniory of Windfor, by fuch fervices, customs, or rents, as fhall feem meet to the faid William Penn, his heirs, or affigns, and not immediately of us, our heirs or fucceffors. Section XVIII. "And to the fame perfon, or perfons, and to the purcha- all and every of them, we do give and grant, by fers to hold these presents, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, licence, authority and power, that such person or perfons, may take the premifes, or any parcel thereof, of the aforefaid William Penn, his heirs, or affigns, and the fame to hold to themfelves, their heirs and affigns, in what estate of inheritance foever, in fee fimple, or in fee tail, or otherwife, as to him the faid William Penn, his heirs or affigns, fhall feem expedient: The ftatute made, in the parliament of Edward, the fon of King Henry late King of England, our predeceffor (commonly called the ftatute, "Quia Emptores Terrarum," lately published in our kingdom of England) in in any wife notwithstanding. Section XIX. "And by these prefents, we give and grant liLeave to cence unto the faid William Penn and his heirs, and erect man likewife to all, and every fuch perfon, or perfons, ors, &c. to whom the faid William Penn, or his heirs, fhall, at any time hereafter, grant any eftate, or inheritance, as aforefaid, to erect any parcels of land, within the province aforefaid, into manors, by and with the licence, to be first had and obtained, for that that purpose, under the hand and feal of the faid 1681. William Penn, or his heirs; and, in every of the faid manors, to have and hold a Court-Baron, with all things whatsoever, which to a Court-Baron do belong, and to have and to hold View of Frank Pledge, for the confervation of the peace, and the better government of those parts, by themfelves, or their stewards, or by the lords for the time being, of the manors to be deputed, when they shall be erected, and, in the fame, to use all things belonging to the View of Frank Pledge. And we do further grant licence and authority, That every fuch perfon, or perfons, who fhall erect any fuch manor, or manors, as aforefaid, fhall, or may, grant all, or any part of his faid land to any perfon, or perfons, in fee fimple, or any other eftate of inheritance to be held of the faid manors refpectively, fo as no further tenure fhall be created, but that upon all further, or other alienations thereafter to be made, the faid lands fo aliened fhall be held of the fame lord and his heirs, of whom the aliener did then before hold, and by the like rents and fervices, which were before due and accustomed. Section XX. confent of "And furthermore, our pleasure is, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, we do covenant and grant to and with the faid William Penn, his heirs and affigns, that we, our heirs and fucceffors, fhall, at no time hereafter, No tax, &c. fet, or make, or cause to be fet, or made, any im- without the pofition, custom, or other taxation, rate, or con- the proprie tribution whatsoever, in and upon the dwellers tor or peoand inhabitants of the aforefaid province, for their ple, or by lands, tenements, goods, or chattels, within the liament. faid province, or in and upon any goods and merchandizes within the province, or to be laden, or unladen within the ports, or harbours of the faid province, unless the fame be with the confent of the act of par 1681. the Proprietary, or Chief Governor, or Affembly,' or by act of parliament in England. This de be deemed tance. Section XXI. "And our pleasure is, and, for us, our heirs claration to and fucceffors, we charge and command, that this an acquit our declaration fhall be from henceforth, from time to time, be received and allowed, in all our courts, and before all the judges of us, our heirs and fucceffors, for a fufficient lawful discharge, payment and acquittance; commanding all the officers and minifter's of us, our heirs and fuccefNo off- fors, and enjoining them upon pain of our highest counteract difpleafure, that they do not prefume, at any time, this char- to attempt any thing to the contrary of the premises, or that do, in any fort, withstand the fame; but, that they be, at all times, aiding and affifting, as is fitting, to the faid William Penn, and his heirs, and unto the inhabitants and merchants of the province aforefaid, their fervants, minifters, factors and affigns, in the full ufe and fruition of the benefit of this our charter. cer, &c. to ter, &c. Provifion for a preacher, Section XXII. "And our farther pleasure is, and we do hereby, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, charge and &c. on ap- require, That, if any of the inhabitants of the plication to faid province, to the number of twenty, fhall, the bishop at any time hereafter, be defirous, and fhall, &c. by any writing, or by any perfon deputed by of London, them, fignify fuch their defire to the bishop of London, for the time being, that any preacher, or preachers, to be approved of by the faid bifhop, may be fent unto them, for their inftruction; that then fuch preacher, or preachers, fhall and may refide within the faid province, without any denial, or moleftation whatsoever. Section XXIII. "And, if perchance hereafter any doubt or queftion fhould arise concerning the true fenfe and meaning |