Province and Territory to be from time to time appointed and Commissionated by the said King William his Heirs and Successors with several Privileges Franchises and Immunities thereby granted to Our said loving Subjects And Whereas We did by Our Letters Patents under Our Great Seal of Great Britain bearing date at Westminster the Twenty Fifth day of May in the Fourteenth year of Our Reign Constitute and appoint William Shirley Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our said Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England for and during Our Will and Pleasure as by the said recited Letters Patent[s] relation being thereunto had may more fully and large appear Now Know you that We have Revoked and Determined and by these Presents Do Revoke and Determine the said recited Letters Patent and every Clause Article and Thing therein contained And further Know you that We reposing Especial Trust and Confidence in the Prudence Courage and Loyalty of You the said Thomas Pownall of Our Especial Grace certain Knowledge and meer Motion have thought fit to Constitute and Appoint and by these Presents Do Constitute and Appoint You the said Thomas Pownall to be Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our said Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England And for your better Guidance and Direction We do hereby require and Command You to Do and Execute all things in due manner that shall belong unto the Trust We have reposed in you according to the several Powers and Authorities mentioned in the said Charter and in these Presents and such further Powers Instructions and Authorities as you shall receive or which shall at any time hereafter be granted or appointed You under Our Sign Manual and Signet or by Our Order in Our Privy Council in pursuance of the said Charter and according to such reasonable Laws and Statutes as are now in force or which hereafter shall be made and Agreed upon in such manner

and form as by the said Charter is directed And Our Will and Pleasure is that you the said Thomas Pownall after the Publication of these Our Letters Patents do in the First Place take the Oaths appointed to be taken by an Act passed in the First Year of his late Majesty Our Royal Father's Reign Entitled (An Act for the further Security of His Majesty's Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing the hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) As also that You make and subscribe the Declaration mentioned in an Act of Parliament made in the twenty fifth year of the Reign of King Charles the Second Entitled (An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants) and likewise that you take the usual Oath for the due Execution of the Office and Trust of Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over our said Province as well with regard to the due and Impartial Administration of Justice as otherwise and further that you take the Oath required to be taken by Governors of Plantations to do their utmost that the several Laws relating to Trade and the Plantations be Observed which said Oaths and Declaration Our Council of Our said Province or any three of the Members thereof have hereby full Power and Authority and are required to tender and Administer unto you and in your Absence to Our Lieutenant Governor of Our said Province if there be any upon the Place All which being duly performed you shall Administer to Each of the Members of Our said Council and to Our said Lieutenant Governor if there be any upon the Place the Oaths mentioned in the said Act Entitled (An Act for the further Security of His Majesty's Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his Open and secret Abettors) as also to cause them to make and subscribe

the forementioned Declaration and to Administer to them the Oath for the due Execution of their Places and Trusts As also that you Administer or cause to be Administered unto all the Members that shall be elected to serve in the General Assembly of Our said Province the oaths mentioned in the said Act Entitled (An Act for the further Security of His Majesty's Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the Hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his Open and secret Abettors) and likewise [to] cause them to make and subscribe the forementioned Declaration and until the same shall be so taken and subscribed no person shall be capable of sitting though elected Our further Will and Pleasure is that you shall and may keep and Use the Publick Seal of our said Province for sealing all things whatsoever that pass the Great Seal of Our said Province under your Government And We do hereby Give and Grant unto you full Power and Authority where you shall see cause and shall Judge any offender or offenders in Capital or Criminal Matters or for any Fines or Forfeitures due unto Us fit Objects of Our Mercy to pardon all such Offenders and to remit such Fines and Forfeitures Treason and Wilful Murder only Excepted In which cases you shall likewise have Power upon Extraordinary Occasions to Grant Reprieves to the Offenders therein To the End and until Our Pleasure shall be further known And We do hereby Give and Grant unto You the said Thomas Pownall by yourself or by your Captains and Commanders by You to be Authorized full Power and Authority to Levy Arm Muster Command and Employ all Persons whatsoever residing within our said Province and Territory of the Massachusetts Bay in New England and as Occasion shall require to March them from one Place to another or to Embark them for resisting and withstanding of all Enemies Pirates and Rebells both at Land and Sea and such Forces with their own Con

sent or with the Consent of Our Council and Assembly to transport to any of Our Plantations in America as Occasion shall require for the Defence of the same against the Invasion or Attempts of any of Our Enemies and such Enemies Pirates and Rebels if Occasion shall require to pursue and prosecute in or out of the Limits of Our said Province or any part thereof And if it shall so please God them to Vanquish Apprehend and take and being taken either according to Law to put to Death or keep and preserve alive at your Discretion Wee do further Give and Grant unto You full Power and Authority to Erect Raise and Build within Our Province and Territory aforesaid such and so many Forts Platforms Castles and Fortifications as You shall judge necessary and the same or any of them to Fortify and Furnish with Ordnance Ammunition and all Sorts of Arms fit and necessary for the Security and Defence of Our said Province and from time to time to Commit the Government of the same to such Person or Persons as to You shall seem meet And the said Forts and Fortifications again to Demolish or Dismantle as may be most convenient And to Do and Execute all and every other thing or things which to a Captain General doth or ought of right to belong as fully and amply as any other Our Captain General doth or hath usually done according to the Powers hereby granted or to be granted to you And We do hereby Give and Grant unto You the said Thomas Pownall full Power and Authority to Constitute and Appoint Captains Lieutenants Masters and other Commanders and Officers of Ships and to Grant unto such Captains Lieutenants Masters and other Commanders and Officers of Ships Commissions to Execute the Law Martial according to the directions of an Act passed in the twenty second year of Our Reign Entitled (An Act for Amending Explaining and Reducing into One Act of Parliament the Laws relating to the Government of His Majesty's Ships Vessels and Forces by Sea) and to Use such Proceedings Authorities Punish

ments Corrections and Executions upon any Offender or Offenders who shall be Mutinous seditious Disorderly or any way unruly either at Sea or during the time of their Abode or Residence in any of the Ports Harbours or Bays of Our said Province and Territory as the cause shall be found to Require according to Martial Law and the said Directions during the time of war as aforesaid Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to the Enabling You or any by your Authority to hold Plea or have Jurisdiction of any Offence Cause Matter or thing Committed or Done upon the High Sea or within any the Havens Rivers or Creeks of Our said Province or Territorys under your Government by any Captain Commander Lieutenant Master or other Officer Seaman Soldier or other Person whatsoever who shall be in Actual Service and Pay in or on Board any of Our Ships of War or other Vessels Acting by immediate Commission or Warrant from Our Commissioners for Executing the Office of Our High Admiral or from Our High Admiral of Great Britain for the time being under the Seal of Our Admiralty But that such Captain Commander Lieutenant Master Offices Seaman Soldier or other Person so offending shall be left to be proceeded against and tryed as the Merit of their Offences shall require either by Commission under Our Great Seal of Great Britain as the Statute of the Twenty Eighth of Henry the Eighth the1 directs or by Commission from Our said Commissioners for Executing the Office of Our High Admiral or from Our High Admiral of Great Britain for the time being according to the forementioned Act for Amending Explaining and Reducing into one Act of Parliam the Laws relating to the Government of His Majesty's Ships Vessells and Forces by Sea Provided also that all Disorders and Misdemeanors committed on Shore by any Captain Commander Lieutenant Master or other Officer Seaman Soldier or other Person whatsoever belonging to any of Our ships of