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<HEAD>CALEDONIA.</HEAD>
<HEAD>THE DECLARATION of the COUNCIL <HI>Con&s;tituted by the</HI> Indian <HI>and</HI> African <HI>Company of</HI> Scotland; <HI>for the Govern|ment and Direction of their Colonies, and Settlements in the</HI> Indies.</HEAD>
<P>THE &s;aid Company pur&s;uant to the Powers and Immunities Granted unto them, by His Ma|je&s;ty of Great <HI>Britain,</HI> our Soveraign Lord, with Advice and Con&s;ent of His Parliament of <HI>Scotland:</HI> having Granted and Conceded unto us and our Succe&s;&s;ors in the Government for all times hereafter, full Power to equip, &s;et out, freight, and navigate, our own or hired Ships, in War-like, or other manner, from any ports or places in Amity, or not in Ho&s;tility with Maje&s;ty; to any Lands, I&s;lands, Countries, or places in <HI>A&s;ia, Africa</HI> or <HI>America:</HI> and there <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">ant Colonies, build Cities, Towns or Forts in or upon the Places not Inhabited, or in or upon other place by con&s;ent of the Natives or Inhabitants thereof, and not po&s;&s;e&s;t by any <HI>European</HI> So|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="7 letters">gn, Potentate, Prince, or State; and to provide and furni&s;h the afore&s;aid Places, Cities, Towns, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3+ letters">ts, with Magazines, Ordinance, Arms, Weapons, Ammunition and Stores of War; and by force <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">ms to defend the &s;ame Trade, Navigation, Colonies, Cities, Towns, Forts, Plantations, and Effects what&s;oever; and likewi&s;e to make Reprizals, and to &s;eek and take reparation of Damage by Sea or by Land: and to make and conclude Treaties of Peace, and Commerce with the Sove|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="5 letters"> Princes, E&s;tates, Rulers, Governours, or Proprietors of the afore&s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Countries, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3+ letters">ces in <HI>A&s;ia, Africa</HI> or <HI>America.</HI></P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 span"> re&s;erving to them&s;elves Five <HI>Per Cent.</HI> or one Twentieth part: of the Lands, Mines, Minerals, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 span"> Stones of Value, precious Woods, and Fi&s;hings: have further Conceded and Granted unto us, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">te and ab&s;olute right and property in and to all &s;uch Lands, I&s;lands, Colonies, Cities, Towns, and Plantations, as we &s;hall come to, e&s;tabli&s;h, or po&s;&s;e&s;s in manner afore&s;aid; as al&s;o to all man|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters"> Trea&s;ures, Wealth, Riches, Profits, Mines, Minerals and Fi&s;hings, with the whole product and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> thereof, as well Under as above the Ground, as well in Rivers and Seas, as in the Lands <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="6 letters">nto belonging; or for or by rea&s;on of the &s;ame in any &s;ort; together with the right of Go|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4 letters">ent and Admiralty thereof; as likewi&s;e that all manner of Per&s;ons who &s;hal &s;ettle to Inhabite, or <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters"> in any &s;uch Plantations, Colonies, Cities, Towns, Factories, or places &s;hall be, and be reput|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters"> Natives of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland;</HI> and generally the &s;aid Company have Communicated unto <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ight to all the Powers, Properties and Priviledges Granted unto them by Act of Parliament; <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">erwi&s;e how&s;oever, with Power to Grant and delegate the &s;ame; and to permit and allow &s;uch <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Trade, Commerce, and Navigation unto the Plantations, Colonies, Cities, Towns, and places <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 span"> po&s;&s;es&s;ion, as we &s;hall judge fit and convenient.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 span"> the Chief Captains and Supream Leaders of the People of <HI>Darien,</HI> in compliance with former <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">ments, having now in mo&s;t kind and obliging manner, received us into their Friend&s;hip and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">ty, with Promi&s;e and Contract to a&s;&s;i&s;t and join in defence thereof again&s;t &s;uch as &s;hall be their <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Enemies in any time to come. Which, be&s;ides its being one of the mo&s;t Healthful, Rich, and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Countries upon Earth, hath the advantage of being a Narrow ISTHMUS, Seated in the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">h of the World, between the two va&s;t Oceans, which renders it more convenient than any other <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">ing the common Store-hou&s;e of the In&s;earchable and Immen&s;e Trea&s;ures of the Spacious South <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">he door of Commerce to <HI>China</HI> and <HI>Japan,</HI> and the Emporium and Staple for the Trade of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">dies.</HI></P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> now by Vertue of the before-mentioned Powers to us given, We do here Settle, and in the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> of GOD E&s;tabli&s;h Our Selves, and in Honour, and for the Memory of that mo&s;t Ancient and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">ed Name of our Mother Kingdom, We do, and will from henceforward call this Country by,<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ame of <HI>Caledonia:</HI> and our &s;elves, Succe&s;&s;ors, and A&s;&s;ociats, by the Name of <HI>Caledonians.</HI></P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;uitable to the Weight and Greatne&s;s of the Tru&s;t repo&s;ed, and the valuable Opportunity now <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 words"> hands; being firmly re&s;olved to communicate and di&s;po&s;e thereof in the mo&s;t ju&s;t and equal <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> for Increa&s;ing the Dominions and Subjects of the King Our Soveraign Lord, the Honour and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> of our Country, as well as the benefit and advantage of tho&s;e who now are, or may hereafter <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">cerned with us: We do hereby Publi&s;h and Declare, That all manner of Per&s;ons of what Nation <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">ple &s;oever, &s;hall from hence-forward be equally free and alike capable of the &s;aid Properties, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">ges, Protections, Immunities, and Rights of Government Granted unto us; and the Merchants, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">chants &s;hips of all Nations; may freely come to, and Trade with us; without being liable in their <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">s, Goods or Effects, to any manner of Capture, Confi&s;cation, Seizure, Forfeiture, Attachment, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Re&s;traint or Prohibition, for or by rea&s;on of any Embargo, breach of the Peace, Letters of Mark, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">rizals, Declaration of War with any Forraign Prince, Potentate or State; or upon any other <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">tor pretence what&s;oever.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> we do hereby not only Grant, and Concede, and Declare a general and equal freedom of Govern|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">d Trade to tho&s;e of all Nations, who &s;hall hereafter be of, or concerned with us; but al&s;o a full <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters">e Liberty of Con&s;cience in matter of Religion, &s;o as the &s;ame be not under&s;tood, to allow, con|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4+ letters"> or indulge the Bla&s;pheming of Gods Holy Name, or any of his Divine Attributes; or of the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">owing or Prophaning the Sabbath-Day.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> finally, as the be&s;t and &s;ure&s;t means to render any Government &s;ucce&s;sfull, durable and happy; it <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 span"> by the help of Almighty God) be ever our con&s;tant and chiefe&s;t care; that all our further Con&s;ti|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="5+ letters"> Laws and Or<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">ances, be con&s;onant and agreeable to the Holy Scripture, Right Rea&s;on, and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="4 letters">mples of the wi&s;e&s;t and ju&s;te&s;t Nations; that from the Truth and Righteou&s;ne&s;s thereof we may <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 span"> for, and expect the Ble&s;&s;ings of Pro&s;perity and Increa&s;e.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>E<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters">burgh, <DATE>December 28, 1699.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>By Order of the Council,
HUGH ROSS Secretary</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> Re-printed at <HI>Gla&s;gow,</HI> by <HI>Robert Sanders,</HI> One of His Maje&s;ties Printers, 1699.</P>
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