Do Constitute and appoint you the said Elizeus Burges 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 Guidence and Direction Wee do hereby Require and Comand you to do and Execute all things in due manner that shall belong vnto the Trust Wee have Reposed in you according to the severall powers and Authorities mencond 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 vnder our Sign Manual and Signet or by Order of 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 vpon in such manner and form as by the said Charter is directed And our Will and pleasure is That you the said Elizeus Burges after the Publicacon of these our Letters Patents do in the first place take the Oathes appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Oath menconed in an Act passed in the sixth year of her late Majesties Reign Entituled An Act for the Security of her Majesties person and Government and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the Protestant line As also that you make and Subscribe the Declaracon menconed in An Act of Parliament made in the Twenty fifth year of the Reign of King Charles the Second Entituled An Act for preventing dangers which may happen from popish Recusants And likewise that you take the vsuall Oath for the due Execucon of the Office and Trust of our Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over our said Province for the due and Impartial Administracon of Justice And further that you take the Oath required to be taken by Governors of Plantacons to do their utmost that the severall Laws Relating to Trade and Plantations to be observed which said Oaths and Declaracons 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 vnto you and in your absence to our Lievtenant Governor of our said Province if there be any vpon the place All which being duly performd you shall Administer to each of the members of our said Council and to our said Lieutenant Governor if there be any vpon the place the said Oaths appointed by law to be taken instead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Oath menconed in the said Act Entituled An Act for the Security of her Majesties Person and Government and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the Protestant line As also to cause them to make and Subscribe the foremenconed Declaracon and to Administer to them the Oath for the due Execucon of their places and Trusts As also that you Administer or cause to be Administred vnto all the Members that shall be Elected to serve in the Generall Assembly of our said Province the said oathes appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Oath menconed in the aforesaid Act Intituled An Act for the Security of her Majesties person and Government and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the Protestant line and likewise cause them to make and subscribe the aforemenconed Declaracon and vntill the same shall be so taken and Subscribed no person shall be capable of sitting though Elected And Wee Do hereby give and grant vnto you full power and Authority where you shall see Cause and shall judge any Offender or Offenders in Capital or Criminall matters or for any Fines or Forfeitures due vnto vs fitt Objects of our mercy to pardon all such Offenders and to Remit such Fines and Forfeitures (Treason and wilfull murder only Excepted) in which cases you shall likewise have power vpon extraordinary occasions to Grant Reprieves to the Offenders therein to the end and vntill our pleasure shall

be further known And Wee do hereby give and grant unto you the said Elizeus Burges by your selfe your Captains and Comanders by you to be Authorized full power and authority to levy Arm Muster Comand or Employ all persons whatsoever residing within our said Province and Territory of the Massachusets Bay in New England and as occasion shall Require them to Transport from one place to another for resisting and withstanding of all Enemies Pirates and Rebells both at Land and Sea and such Forces with their own consent 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 Rebells if occasion shall require to pursue and prosecute in or out of the limitts 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 to keep and preserve alive at your Discretion And Wee do further Give and grant vnto you full power and authority to Erect raise and build within our Province and Territory aforesaid such and so many Forts Platforms Castles and Fortificacons 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 psons as to you shall seem meet & the said Forts and Fortificacons again to Demolish or Dismantle as may be most convenient and to do and Execute all and every other thing which to a Captain Generall doth or ought of right to belong as fully and amply as any other Our Captain General doth or hath vsually done according to the Powers hereby granted or to be granted to you And wee do hereby Give and grant vnto you the said Elizeus Burges full power and authority to Constitute and

appoint Captains Masters & other Comanders of Ships and grant vnto such Captains Masters and other Comanders of Ships Comissions to Execute the law Martiall according to the direccons of an Act passed in the thirteenth year of King Charles the second for the Regulating and better government of his Majesties Navy Ships of Warr and forces by sea during the time of Actual War Invasion or Insurrection and to vse such proceedings Authorities Punishments Correction and Execucon vpon any Offender or Offenders which shall be Mutinous Seditious disorderly or any way vnruly 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 Martiall 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 Jurisdiccion of any Offence cause matter or thing comitted or done vpon the high Sea or within any the Havens Rivers or Creeks of our said Province or Territories under your Government by any Captain Comander Lieutenant Master or other Officer Seaman Soldier or Person whatsoever who shall be in Actuall Service and Pay in or on Board any of our Ships of War or other vessels Acting by imediate Comission or Warrant from our Comissioners for executing the Office of our High Admiral of Great Britain vnder the Seal of our Admiralty or from our High Admirall of Great Britain for the time being But that such Captain Comander Lievtenant Master Officer 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 Comission vnder our Great Seal of Great Britain as the Statute of the Twenty Eighth of Henry the Eighth directs or by Comission from our said Comissioners for Executing the Office of our high Admiral of Great Britain or from our high

Admiral of Great Britain for the time being according to the Act of Parliament passed in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of King Charles the second Entituled An Act for ye establishing Articles and Orders for the regulating & better Government of his Majesties Navy Ships of War and Forces by Sea and not otherwise Provided also that all Disorders and Misdemeanors comitted on Shoar by any Captain Comander Lievtenant Master or other Officer Seaman Soldier or other person whatsoever belonging to any of our Ships of War or other vessells acting by imediate Comission or Warrant from our Comissioners for Executing the Office of our high Admiral of Great Britain vnder the Seal of our Admiralty or from our High Admiral of Great Britain for the time being may be Tryed and Punished according to the Laws of the place where any such Disorders Offences and Misdemeanors shall be so comitted on Shoar notwithstanding such Offender be in our actuall service and born in our pay on Board any such our Ships of War or other Vessells acting by imediate Commission or Warrant from our Comissioners for Executing the Office of our high Admirall or from our high Admirall as aforesaid so as he shall not receive any protection for the avoiding of Justice for such offences comitted on shoar from any pretence of his being Employed in our service at Sea And further our Will and Pleasure is that you shall not at any time hereafter by colour of any power or Authority hereby granted or menconed to be granted take vpon you to give grant or dispose of any Office or place within our said Province and Territories which now is or shall be granted vnder the Great Seal of Great Britain any further than that you may vpon the vacancy of any such Office or suspenčon of any Officer by you put in any person to Officiate in the Interval vntill the said place be disposed of by vs Our heires and Successors vnder the Great Seal of Great Britain or that our directions be otherwise given therein And Wee