Before Whom Openly Was Read, And
Interpreted Unto The Strangers, His Commission:
By virtue whereof he
took possession in the same harbour of St. John, and 200 leagues every
way, invested
The Queen's Majesty with the title and dignity thereof,
had delivered unto him, after the custom of England, a rod, and a turf
of the same soil, entering possession also for him, his heirs and
assigns for ever; and signified unto all men, that from that time
forward, they should take the same land as a territory appertaining to
the Queen of England, and himself authorised under her Majesty to
possess and enjoy it, and to ordain laws for the government thereof,
agreeable, so near as conveniently might be, unto the laws of England,
under which all people coming thither hereafter, either to inhabit, or
by way of traffic, should be subjected and governed. And especially at
the same time for a beginning, he proposed and delivered three laws to
be in force immediately. That is to say the first for religion, which
in public exercise should be according to the Church of England. The
second, for maintenance of her Majesty's right and possession of those
territories, against which if any thing were attempted prejudicial,
the party or parties offending should be adjudged and executed as in
case of high treason, according to the laws of England. The third, if
any person should utter words sounding to the dishonour of her
Majesty, he should lose his ears, and have his ship and goods
confiscate.
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