The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
successours by that name doe incorporate, and doe erect and create as one
body corporate to haue continuance for euer. Moreouer vnto the sayd Adrian
Gylbert, and his said associats, and vnto their heires and their sayd
assignes for euer, by name of the Colleagues of the fellowship for the
discouerie of the Northwest passage, we haue giuen, granted, and confirmed,
and doe by these presents giue, grant, and confirme full power and
authoritie from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to make order,
decree and enact, constitute and ordeine, and appoynt all such ordinances,
orders, decrees, lawes, and actes, as the sayd new corporation or body
politique, Colleagues of the fellowship for the discouerie of the Northwest
passage, shall thinke meete, necessary, and conuenient, so that they or any
of them be not contrary to the lawes of this realme, and of this our
present graunt.
And we by our Royall prerogatiue, and fulnesse of our authority, of our
grace especiall, certaine knowledge and meere motion, do establish,
confirme and ratifie all such ordinances, orders, decrees, lawes and acts
to be in so full and great power and authority, as we, our heires or
successours may or can in any such case graunt, confirme, or ratifie. And
further for the better incouragement of our louing subiects in this
discouerie, we by our Royall prerogatiue, and fulnesse of authority for vs,
our heires and successours, doe giue, graunt, establish, confirme, ordeine,
ratifie and allow by these presents, to the sayd Adrian Gylbert and to his
associates, and to the heires and assignes of them and euery of them for
euer, and to all other person or persons of our louing subiects whatsoeuer
that shall hereafter trauaile, sayle, discouer, or make voyage as aforesayd
to any of the Iles, Mainelands, Countreys or Teritories whatsoeuer, by
vertue of this our graunt to be discouered; [Sidenote: Free Denization
granted.] that the heires and assignes of them and euery of them being
borne within any of the Iles, Mainelands and Countreys, or Territories
whatsoeuer before mentioned, shall haue and enioy all the privileges of
free Denizens, as persons natiue borne within this our Realme of England,
or within our allegiance for euer, in such like ample maner and forme, as
if they were or had bene borne and personally resiant within our sayd
Realme, any law, statute, proclamation, custome or vsage to the contrary
hereof in any wise notwithstanding.
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