West other Mountains prevented their sight and the exceeding Coldness prevented further Discovery and compelled them to a speedy return The same Gentleman at another time when he went to make what Discovery he could of the Countrey met with another sort of Indians who were Enemies to the Christians yet venturing amongst them and presenting them with some small Trifles of Glass and Metals found them very kind to him and would fain have obliged him to have setled amongst them by proposing a Match between him and their King's or some other Great Man's Daughter whom he should best fancy nor could he wave their Courtesie nor obtain leave to depart without a Promise of returning again within six Months And South-west from them he found a Nation differing in Government from all the other Indians that inhabit those Parts being rather Slaves than Subjects to their King who was a very grave Man and courteous to Strangers yet horrid barbarous in his Superstition that whilst this Gentleman was there he sent three Youths to kill as many young Women of their Enemies as they could meet withal to serve his Son who was then newly dead in the other World They were not long before they returned with Skins torn off the Head and Faces of several young Girls which they laid at the Feet of their King who received them as the most acceptable Presents CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. Whereas by Our Letters Patents bearing date the Twenty Fourth Day of March in the Five and Twentieth Year of Our Reign We were graciously pleased to give unto our right Trusty and right Well-beloved Couzen and Counsellor Edward Earl of Clarendon Our High Chancellour of England Our right Trusty right entirely Beloved Couzen Counsellour George Duke of Albemarl Master of Our Horse Our right Trusty and Well-beloved William now Earl of Craven Our right Trusty and Well-beloved Councellour Anthony Lord Chancellour of our Exchequer Our right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellour Sir George Carteret Knight and Baronet Vice-Chamberlain of Our Houshold Our right Trusty and Well-beloved Sir John Colleton Knight and Barronet and Sir William Berkley Knight all that Territory Province or Tract of Ground called Carolina situate lying and being within our Dominions of America extending from the North end of that Island called Luke-Island which lyeth in the Southern Virginia Seas within six and thirty deg of Northern Latitude and to the West as far as the River of St. Matthias which Bordereth upon the Coast of Florida and within one and thirty deg of Southern Latitude and so West in a direct Line as far as the South Seas aforesaid Now know ye that We at the humble Request of the said Grantees in the aforesaid Letters Patents named and as a farther mark of Our particular Favour towards them We are graciously pleased to enlarge Our said Grant unto them according to the Bounds and Limits hereafter specified and in Favour to the Pious and Noble purpose of the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. of Our especial Grace certain Knowledge and meer Motion have Given Granted and Confirmed and by this Our present Charter for Us Our Heirs and Successors do Give Grant and Confirm unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns at that Province Territories or Tract of Land situate lying and being within Our Dominions of America aforesaid extending North and Eastward as far as the North end of Carah-Tuck River or Inlett upon a straight Westerly Line to Wianoacke Creek which lyeth within or about thirty six deg thirty min. of Northern Latitude and so West in a direct Line as far as the South-Seas and South and Westward as far as thirty nine deg inclusive Northern Latitude and so West in a direct Line as far as the South Seas together with all and singular Ports Harbours Bays Rivers and Islets belonging unto the Province and Territory aforesaid and also all the Soil Lands Fields Woods Mountains Fenns Lakes Rivers Bays Islets situated or being within the Bounds or Limits last before mentioned with the Fishing of all sorts of Fish Whales Sturgeons and all the Royal Fishes in the Seas Bays Islets and Rivers within the Premises and the Fish therein taken together the Royalty of the Sea upon the Coast within the Limits aforesaid And moreover all Veins Mines and Quarries as well discovered as not discovered of Gold Silver Gems and Precious Stones and all other whatsoever be it of Stones Marble or any other thing whatsoever found or to be found within the Province Territory Isles and Limits aforesaid And furthermore the Patronage and Advowsons of all the Churches and Chappels which as Christian Religion shall encrease within the Province Territory Isles Islets and Limits aforesaid shall happen hereaf-to be Erected together with Licence and Power to Build and Found Churches and Chappels and Oratories in convenient and fit places within the said Bounds and Limits and to cause them to be dedicated and consecrated according to the Ecclesiastical Laws of our Kingdom of England together with all and singular the like and as ample right Jurisdictions Priviledges Prerogatives Royalties Liberties Immunities and Franchises of what kind soever within the Territories Isles Islets and Limits aforesaid to have Use Exercise and enjoy the same as amply and fully and in as ample manner as any Bishop of Durham in our Kingdom of England ever heretofore had held used or enjoyed or of right ought or could have use or enjoy and them the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns we do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors make create and constitute the true and absolute Lords and Proprietors of the said Province or Territory and of all other the Premisses saving always the Faith Allegiance and Sovereign Dominions due to Us Our Heirs and Successors for the same to have hold possess and enjoy the said Province Territories Isles Islets and all and singular of them the Premisses unto them the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns for ever to be holden of Us Our Heirs and Successors as of our Manor of Eastgreen within Our County of Kent in free and common Soccage and not in Capite nor by by Knight-Service yielding and paying a parly to Us Our Heirs and Successors for the same a fourth part of all Gold and Silver Oâ—r which within the Limits hereby granted shall from time to time happen to be found over and beside the yearly Rent of twenty Marks and the fourth part of the Gold and Silver Oar in and by the said recited Letter Patents reserved and payable And that the Province or Territory hereby granted and described may be dignified with as large Titles and Priviledges as any other Part of our Dominions and Territories in that Region Know ye that We of our further Grace certain Knowledge and meer
affront not so much as to one of our Dogs and if any of them break our Laws they submit to be punished by them And to this they have tyed themselves by an Obligation under their Hands We leave not the least indignity to them unrebuked nor wrong unsatisfied Justice gains and awes them They have some great Men amongst then I mean for Wisdom Truth and Justice I refer to my former Account about their Laws Manners and Religious Rites Of the Government The Government Their Government is according to the words of the Grant as near to the English as conveniently may be in the whole we aim at Duty to the King the preservation of Right to all the suppression of Vice and encouragement of Vertue and Arts with liberty to all People to Worship Almighty God according to their Faith and Perswasion Of the seasons of Going and usual time of Passage 1. Though Ships go hence all times of the Year The seasons of the Ships Passage it must be acknowledged that to go so as to arrive at Spring or Fall is best For the Summer may be of the hottest for fresh Comers and in the Winter the Wind that prevails is the North-West and that blows off the Coast so that sometimes it difficult to enter the Capes 2. I purpose therefore that Ships go hence about the middle of the Months call'd February and August which allowing two Months for Passage reaches time enough to plant in the Spring such things as are carried hence to plant and in the Fall to get a small Cottage and clear some Land against the next Spring I have made a discovery of about a hundred Miles West and find those back-Lands richer in Soil Woods and Fountains than that by Delaware especially upon the Sasquehanah River 3. I must confess I prefer the Fall to come thither as believing it most healthy to be followed with Winter than Summer though through the great goodness and mercy of God we have had an extraordinary portion of Health for so new and numerous a Colony notwithstanding we have not been so regular in time 4. The Passage is not to be set by any Man for Ships will be quicker and slower some having been four Months and some but one and as often generally between six and nine Weeks One Year or four and twenty Sail I think there was not three above nine and there was one or two under six Weeks in Passage 5. To render it more healthy it is good to keep as much upon Deck as may be for the Air helps against the offensive smells of a crowd and a close place Also to scrape often the Cabbins under the Beds and either carry store of Rue and Wormwood and some Rosemary or often sprinkle Vinegar about the Cabbin Pitch burnt is not amiss sometimes against faintness and infectious Scents I speak my experience for their benefit and direction that may need it And because some has urged my coming back as an argument against the place and the probability of its improvement adding that I would for that reason never return I think fit to say That next Summer God willing I intend to go back and carry my Family and the best part of my personal Estate with me And this I do not not only of Duty but Inclination and Choice God will bless and prosper poor America I shall conclude with this further notice That to the end such as are willing to embrace any of the foregoing Propositions for the improvement of Adventurers Estates may not be discouraged from an inability to find such Landlords Tenants Masters and Servants if they intimate that desire to my Friend Philip Ford living in Bow-lane in London they may in all probability be well accommodated few of any quality or capacity designed to the Province that do not inform him of their inclination and condition Now for you that think of going thither I have this to say by way of Caution If an hair of our heads fall not to the ground without the Providence of God remember your removal is of greater moment Wherefore have a due reverence and regard to his good Providence as becomes a People that profess a Belief in Providence Go clear in yourselves and of all others Be moderate in Expectation count on Labour before a Crop and Cost before Gain for such Persons will best endure difficulties if they come and bear the success as well as find the comfort that usually follows such considerate undertakings Worminghurst-place the 12th of the 10th Month 1685. William Penn. A DESCRIPTION OF THE Island of MONTSERRAT MOntserrat is a Island of a small extent It s Extent being not above Ten Miles long and Nine broad It was so called by the Spaniards at their discovery of it from a Mountain therein which resembles that of Montserrat near Barcelona in Spain It is Situated in the Latitude of seventeen degrees on this side the Line It s Situation 'T is very much inclined to Mountains which for the most part are very well cloathed with Cedar and other useful Trees the Valleys and Plains being likewise very pleasant and fruitful 'T is chiefly Inhabited by Irish Inhabitants intermixed with some English making together about seven Hundred Persons There is in it a very fair Church of a delightful Structure built by the liberal contributions of the Governour and Inhabitants the Pulpit Seats and all the rest of the Carpenters and Joyners Work being framed of the most precious sweet-sented Wood of its own Product There is sometimes taken upon the Coast of this Island a strange kind of Monster A strange Monster about four Foot long and proportionable in bulk having on its Head a great bunch like an Hedghog his Skin hard and rough like that of a Sea-Dog of a black colour his Head is flat having on the upper part of it many little risings and among them two very small black Eyes his Mouth is very wide his Teeth sharp and two of them crooked like a Boars he has two Finns and a broad forked Tail all which renders him of so terrible a look that they call him the Sea-Devil which Name was given it chiefly upon his having two liltle black Horns growing above the Eyes turning towards his Back like a Rams his Flesh is soft full of strings and of a poysonous quality causing strange Vomitings and Swoonings which prove mortal if not timely prevented by a specifick Antidote Another called the Sea-Vnicorn Sea-Vnicorn is no less wonderful some of them being eighteen Foot long of a curious Vermilion colour the Body covered with blew Scales intermix'd in some places with white about the bigness of a Crown piece it hath six large Finns like the end of Galley Oars a Head like a Horse and a fair streight Horn about nine Foot long issuing out of the fore-part of it waxing smaller and smaller to the very point which is so exceeding hard and sharp that it will
these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors do Grant and Confirm unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full and absolute Licence Power and Authority that they the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns from time to time hereafter for ever at his and their Will and Pleasure may Alien Grant Demise or Enfeoff the Premises or any part or parcel thereof to him or them that shall be willing to Purchase the same and to such Person or Persons as they shall think fit To have and to hold to them the said Person or Persons their Heirs of Assigns in the Fee-simple or Fee-tail or for term of Life or Lives or Years to be held of them the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns and not immediately of Us Our Heirs and Successors And to the same Person or Persons and to all and every of them We do Give and Grant by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Licence and Authority and Power that such Person or Persons may have and take the Premises or any parcel thereof of the said Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns and the same to hold to themselves their Heirs or Assigns in what estate of Inheritance soever in Fee-simple or in Fee-tail or otherwise as to them and the said Earl of Clarendon their Heirs and Assigns shall seem expedient The Statute of the Parliament of Edward Son of King Henry heretofore King of England Our Predecessor commonly called the Statute of Quia Emptores Terrarum or any other Statutes Act Ordinance Use Law Customs or any other Matter Cause or Thing heretofore Published or Provided to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding and because many Persons born or Inhabiting in the said Province for their Deserts and Services may expect to be capable of marks of Honour and Favour which in respect of the great distance cannot be conferred by Us Our Will and Pleasure therefore is and We do by these Presents Give and Grant unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full Power and Authority to give and confer unto and upon such of the Inhabitants of the said Province or Territory as they shall think do or shall merit the same such Marks of Favour and Titles of Honour as they shall think fit so as those Titles of Honour be not the same as are enjoyed by and conferred upon any of the Subjects of this Our Kingdom of England And further also We do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Give and Grant by these to them the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full Power Liberty and Licence to Erect Raise and Build within the said Province and Places aforesaid or any other part or parts thereof such and so many Forts Fortresses Castles Cities Boroughs Towns Villages and other Fortifications whatsoever and the same or any of them to fortifie and furnish with Ordnance Powder Shot and Arms and all other Weapons Ammunition and Habiliments of War offensive and defensive as shall be thought fit and convenient for the welfare and safety of the said Province or places of any parts thereof and the same or any of them from time to time as occasion shall require dismantle disfurnish demolish and put down and also to place constitute and appoint in or over all or any of the said Castles Forts Fortifications Cities Towns or Places aforesaid Governours Deputy-Governours Magistrates Sheriffs and other Officers Civil and Military as to them shall seem meet and to the said Cities Towns Boroughs Villages or any other place or places within the said Province or Territory to grant Letters or Charters of Incorporation with all Liberties Franchises and Priviledges requisite and usual or to be within any Corporation within this Our King of England granted or belonging And in the same Cities Boroughs Towns and other places to constitute erect and appoint such and so many Markets Marts and Fairs as shall in that behalf be thought fit and necessary And further also to make and erect in the Province or Territory aforesaid or any parts thereof so many Mannors with such Seignories as to them shall seem meet and convenient and every of the said Mannors to hold and to have a Court-Baron with all things whatsoever which to a Court-Baron doth belong and to have and to hold Views of Frank-pledge and Courts-Leet for the conservation of the peace and better government of those Parts with such Limits Jurisdictions Precincts as by the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c or their Heirs shall be appointed for that purpose with all things whatsoever which to a Court-Leet or a View of Frank-pledge belong the same Courts to be holden by Stewards to be deputed and authorized by the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. or their Heirs or by the Lords other Mannors and Leets for the time being when the same shall be erected and because that in so remote a Country and situate among so many Barbarous Nations the Invasion as well of Savages as other Enemies Pirates and Robbers may probably be seared Therefore we have as for Us our Heirs and Successours given power by these presents unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns by themselves or their Captains or other Officers to Levy Muster and Train all sorts of Men of what condition soever born whether in the said Province or elsewhere for the time being and to make War and to pursue the Enemies aforesaid as well by Sea as by Land yea even without the Limits of the said Province and by God's assistance to vanquish and take them and being taken to put them to death by the Laws of War and to save them at their pleasure and to do all and every thing which to the Charge and Office of a Captain-General of any Army belongs or hath accustomed to belong as fully and freely as any Captain-General of an Army hath ever had the same Also Our Will and Pleasure is and by this Our Charter We do give unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full Power and Authority in cause of Rebellion Tumults or Sedition if any should happen which God forbid either upon the Land within in the Province aforesaid or upon the main Sea in making a Voyage thither or returning from thence by him and themselves their Captains Deputies or Officers to be authorized under his or their Seals for that purpose to whom also for Us Our Heirs and Successours We do give and grant by these presents full power and authority to exercise Martial Laws against mutinous and seditious persons of these parts such as shall refuse to submit themselves to their Government or shall refuse to serve in the Wars or shall flie to the Enemy or shall forsake their Colours or Ensigns to be loyterers or straglers otherwise howsoever offending
them whereupon a stout Gentleman was sent to bring him before the Council of Plymonth who found him and eight more in a Hunting-House where they were just come in from Hunting leaving all their Guns without doors which being seized by the English they then entred the Wigwam and demanded Alexander to go along with them before the Governor At which Message he was much appalled but being told that if he stirred or refused to go he was a dead man he was persuaded by one of the chief Confidents to go but such was the Pride of his Spirit that his very Indignation for this surprizal cast him into a Feaver whereof he soon after died After his death Philip his Brother nick-named King Philip for his haughty Spirit came in his own Person in 166. with Sausaman his chief Secretary and Counsellor to renew the former League that had been made with his Predecessors and there was as much correspondence betwixt them for the next seven years as had ever been in former times and yet without any kind of provocation this treacherous Man in 1676. harboured mischievous thoughts against them Plotting a general Insurrection in all the English Colonies all the Indians being to rise as one man against the Plantations which were next them Which being discovered by John Sausaman Philip thereupon caused him to be murthered the Murtherers being apprehended were Executed and Philip fearing his own Head got openly into Arms killing burning and destroying the English and their Habitations with all manner of Barbarity and Cruelty Which Troubles continued almost two years 'till at length after several Defeats given to Philips and his Forces the loss of his Friends bereavement of his dear Wife and beloved Son whom in his haste he was forced to leave Prisoners to save his own life his Treasurers taken and his own Followers Plotting against his life Divine Vengeance overtook him for causelesly breaking his League For having been Hunting like a Savage Beast through the Woods about a hundred Miles backwards and forwards at last he was driven to his own Den upon Mount Hope retiring himself with a few of his best Friends in a Swamp which proved now a Prison to secure him 'till the Messenger of death came For such was his hatred against the English that he could not hear any thing should be suggested to him about Peace insomuch that he caused one of his Confederates to be kill'd for propounding it which so provoked some of his Company not altogether so desperate as himself that one of them that was near Kin to him that was killed fled to Road-Island and informed Captain Church where Philip was offering to lead him thither Upon this welcome news a small Party of English and Indians came very early in the Morning and surrounded his Swamp from whence as he was endeavouring to make his escape he was shot through the Heart by an Indian of his own Nation for Capt. Church having appointed an Englishman and an Indian to stand at such a place of the Swamp where it happen'd that Philip was breaking through the Morning being very wet and rainy the Englishman's Gun would not fire the Indian having an old Musket with a large Touch-hole it took fire the more readily which when Philip was dispatch'd the Bullet passing directly through his heart soon after several of his Confederates and Counsellors were taken and suffered deserved punishment and in a short time most of the Murtherers received their condign rewards It cannot be altogether impertinent but may discover much of the temper and management of the Indians in this War to insert an account of one Stockwell of Deerfield concerning his Captivity and Redemption with other notable occurrences during his continuance among them written with his own Hand and are as follow in his own Words viz. September 19. 1677. About Sun-set I and another Man being together the Indians with great shouting and shooting came upon us and some other of the English hard by at which we ran to a Swamp for refuge which they perceiving made after us and shot at us three Guns being discharged upon me the Swamp being mine I slipt in and fell down whereupon an Indian stept to me with his Hatchet lifted up to knock me on the head supposing I was wounded and unfit for Travel It happened I had a Pistol in my Pocket which though uncharged I presented to him who presently stept back and told me if I would yield I should have no hurt boasting falsely that they had destroyed all Hatfield and that the Woods were full of Indians whereupon I yielded myself and fell into the Enemies Hands and by three of them was led away to the place whence I first fled where two other Indians came running to us and one lifting up the But-end of his Gun to knock me on the head the other with his hand put by the blow and said I was his Friend I was now near my own House which the Indians burnt last year and I was about to build up again and there I had some hopes to escape from them there was a Horse just by which they bid me take I did so but attempted no escape because the Beast was dull and slow and I thought they would send me to take my own Horses which they did but they were so frighted that I could not come near them and so fell again into the Enemies Hands who now took me bound me and led me away Soon after I was brought to other Captives who were that day taken at Hatfield which moved two contrary Passions Joy to have Company and Sorrow that we were in that miserable Condition We were all pinion'd and led away in the Night over the Mountains in dark and hideous ways about four Miles further before we took up our place of rest which was a dismal place of a Wood on the East-side of that Mountain we were kept bound all that night the Indians watching us who as they Travell'd made strange noises as of Wolves Owls and other Birds and Beasts that they might not lose one another and if followed might not be discover'd by the English About break of day we marched again and got over the great River Pecompt uck there the Indians marched out upon Trays the number of their Captives and Slain as there manner is Here I was again in great dange0r a quarrel arising whose Captive I was and I was afraid I must be killed to end the controversie they then asked me whose I was I said three Indians took me so they agreed to have all a share in me I had now three Masters but the Chief was he that first laid hands on me which happened to be the worst of the company as Ashpelon the Indian Captain told me who was always very kind to me and a great comfort to the English In this place they gave us Victuals which they had brought away from the English and ten Men were again sent out for more Plunder some
thousand and five hundred Pounds sterling for Ten Months Moreover this Ship of Three hundred Tun seldom carries less than Forty Pieces of Ordnance which with their Provisions c. by modest computation takes up no less room than One hundred and fifty Tun so that the Ship in all probability cannot bring home more than One hundred and fifty Tun of Merchants Goods and the Freight of these Goods comes to Forty Pounds sterling a Tun to pay Ware and Tare of the Ship and Mens Wages so that for the Ship 's Ware and Tare it comes barely but to One hundred and fifty Pounds sterling clear Now admit an English Ship of Three hundred Tun be bound for Jamaica and suppose the Freight of this Ship be at Six Pounds sterling per Tun this Ship shall make her Voyage better in Eight Months time than the Spaniard shall in Ten Months now the Freight of the English Ship comes to One thousand eight hundred Pounds sterling and the Wages and Victuals of the said Ship at Sixty Pounds per Month comes to Four hundred and eighty Pounds sterling so that you see the Ship clears for her Ware and Tare the sum of One thousand three hundred and twenty Pounds sterling See here therefore the great difference The fourth and last reason is this The King of Spain contracts with a body of Merchants to furnish the West-Indies with Four thousand Negroes every Year and the Nigrilloes or Merchants there engage to pay the King one hundred Pieces of Eight Custom for each Negro-slave brought unto them which comes to Four hundred thousand Pieces of Eight by the Year which is paid to the said King the King therefore prohibits all Merchants and others for bringing Negroes to the West-Indies and each Piece of Eight is valued at Five Shillings sterling in Barbadoes but in the Leeward Islands it goes for six The Proposals lately made by Captain John Poyntz for Himself and Company to all such People as are minded to Transport or Concern themselves in the Island of Tobago WHereas his late Majesty Charles the Second King of Great Britain hath given and granted unto James Duke of Courland his Heirs and Successours the said Island of Tobago on condition that none shall inhabit the said Island save only the Subject of the King of England and the Duke of Courland their Heirs and Successours on the said condition I have contracted with the said Duke that my self and Company settle One hundred and twenty thousand Acres of Land in the said Island and to have several great and large Priviledges some of which are here inserted viz. Imprimis That one hundred and twenty thousand Acres of Land in the said Island of Tobago is given and granted to my self and Company and our Heirs for ever and seven Years to be free from the payment of any Rent and after the expiration of seven Years each for himself is to pay Two-pence per Acre every Year to the Duke his lawful Heirs and Successours Secondly That my self and Company and all the Inhabitantâ— shall enjoy Liberty of Conscience without interruption Roman-Catholicks only excepted Thirdly That my self and Company c. are to be governed by a Governour Deputy-Governour and Assembly to be yearly chosen by the majority of Freeholders Votes of the People in the Island to make good and wholsom Laws for the good Government and Defence of the said Island and all Controversies in the Promises to be decided by the majority of Voices Note These are but Breviates and part of the Heads of the Grant from the Duke of Courland and ratified to my self and Company whereby we hold and enjoy our Land for that end I do refer all People to the Grant as more at large as also them that have been on the skirt or body of the said Island to confirm the truth of what is before spoken of the Products of the said Island Proposals for further Encouragement First THose that are desirous to concern themselves in the said Island shall and may have as much Land as they themselves please either by Lease or Purchase only they are to put upon every Fifteen Acres of Land one White Man and so in proportion to the rest and this to be done in three Years time Secondly All Persons that are desirous to transport themselves to the said Island in the quality of Servants shall have better Encouragement from my self and Company than has been yet propounded by any of his Majesties Subjects in any Settlement in the American Plantations Thirdly And for a further encouragement all those Persons and Planters that are any way concerned in the Premises shall have Credit given unto them from Crop to Crop as the Factory is stored for what they shll stand in need of for which the said Company will erect a Bank or Factory of Credit in the said Island the Debtor allowing only two and a half per Cent. Fourthly All Merchants and others that shall import any Negroes or other Merchandize into the said Island shall have their Goods and Debts insured and disposed of for two and a half per Cent. with Factoâ—age Storage Wharfage c. and exported again for two and a half per Cent. more And all Tradesmen and others that contract any Debts against themselves shall have Credit given them out of the Bank or Factory from Crop to Crop for two and a half per Cent. And the Proprietors to engage their whole Interest for the true performance of the foresaid Premises Fifthly All Merchants and others that have Goods fit to accommodate the said Island and have not ready Money to purchase Land nor to pay for their own or servants Passage such may Barter with Goods in lieu of Money Always this implies only such Persons as Contract with the Proprietors or some of them before the first Shipping departs out of the River of Thames to Ship off as above their proportion of Goods or People as is already sufficiently above expressed FINIS ASTRONOMICAL TABLES SHEWING The Rising and Setting of the Sun with the Length of the Days and Nights in all the Principal English Plantations in the West-Indies ALSO Tables of the New and Full Moons in every Month from the Year 1686 to 1700 in the Meridian of London and from thence referred to the Meridians of the Principal Plantations abovesaid The which Tables will serve as a constant Diary or Calendar for the Use of the English Inhabitants in those Ilands ALSO A Table by which at any Time of the Day or Night here in England you may know what Hoar it is in any of those Islands AND How to make Sun-Dials fitting for all those Remote Parts A Table shewing the Prime or Golden Number the Dominical or Sunday Letter and the Moveable Feasts from the Year 1686 to the Year 1700. Years of our Lord. Pr. or Go. Nu. Dom. or Sun Let. Shrove Sunday Easter Day Ascension Day Whit-Sunday Advent Sunday 1686 15 C Feb. 14 Apr. 4 May 13 May