<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2013-11-01</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B130910.pdcc.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B20857">
<STC T="W">C7154</STC>
<BIBNO T="oclc">[ocm]18451768</BIBNO>
<VID>206443</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="proclamation">
<PB REF="1">
<HEAD>&leaf; By the Protector. A PROCLAMATION Giving Encouragement to &s;uch as &s;hall tran&s;plant them&s;elves to <HI>Jamaica.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the I&s;land of <HI>Jamaica</HI> in <HI>America,</HI> is by the Providence of God, in the hands and po&s;&s;e&s;sion of this State, the Enemy which was found upon it, being fled into the Mountains with an intention to e&s;|cape into other places, &s;ave &s;uch of them as do daily render them&s;elves to our Commander in chief there, to be di&s;po&s;ed of by him; and We being &s;atisfied of the Goodne&s;s, Fertility, and Commodiou&s;ne&s;s for Trade and Commerce of that I&s;land, Have re&s;olved, by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, to u&s;e Our be&s;t endeavours to &s;ecure, and plant the &s;ame. For which end and purpo&s;e, We have thought it nece&s;&s;ary to publi&s;h, and make known unto the People of this Commonwealth, and e&s;pecially to tho&s;e of the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> I&s;lands, Plantations and Colonies in <HI>America,</HI> our Re&s;olutions and Intentions on that behalf, as al&s;o to declare unto them the Encouragements which We have thought fit to give unto &s;uch as &s;hall remove them&s;elves, and their habitations into the afore&s;aid I&s;land of <HI>Jamaica,</HI> within the time mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed in the&s;e Pre&s;ents. And fir&s;t, concerning the &s;ecuring thereof a|gain&s;t the Enemy, We have already upon the I&s;land, which landed there in <HI>May</HI> la&s;t, above &s;ix thou&s;and Soul|diers, and the beginning of <HI>July</HI> after, we &s;ent from hence a Regiment of eight hundred more, drawn out of Our old Regiments in <HI>England,</HI> with eight Ships of War, be&s;ides Victualers, to be added to twelve others, that were left there by General <HI>Pen,</HI> under the command of Captain <HI>Will. Good&s;on,</HI> all which are appointed to remain in tho&s;e Seas for the Defence of the &s;aid I&s;land; and We &s;hall from time to time take care to &s;end thither other, both Land and Sea Forces, that We may have alwaies in tho&s;e parts, &s;uch a &s;trength as may be able, through the ble&s;&s;ing of God, to defend and &s;ecure it again&s;t any Attempt of the Enemy; that whereas the Planters in other Places have been at Great and va&s;t expences at their fir&s;t &s;itting down, and in the very beginning of their Plantati|ons for their nece&s;&s;ary defence, a&s;well again&s;t the Natives of the Countrey as other Enemies, tho&s;e who &s;hall re|move thither, will be under the immediate Protection of this State, and &s;o ea&s;ed both of the danger and charge which other Plantations are &s;ubject to, and &s;hall have, for their further encouragement, the terms and conditions following.</P>
<P N="1">1. Tho&s;e who &s;hall tran&s;port them&s;elves as afore&s;aid &s;hall have land &s;et forth unto them, according to the propor|tion of twenty Acres, be&s;ides Lakes and Rivers, for every Male of twelve years old and upwards, and ten Acres for every other Male or Female, in &s;ome convenient place of the &s;aid I&s;land; and in ca&s;e any whole Plantation, That is to &s;ay, the Governours and greate&s;t part of the people &s;hall remove them&s;elves, they &s;hall be preferred in re&s;pect of the place of their &s;itting down, that it may be near &s;ome good Harbour commodious for Commerce and Navigation.</P>
<P N="2">2. That the &s;aid Proportion of Land &s;hall be &s;et forth unto them, within &s;ix Weeks after notice given by them under their hands, or the hands of &s;ome of them on the behalf of the re&s;t, unto his Highne&s;s Commander in chief, or Commi&s;&s;ioners there, appointed for that purpo&s;e of their re&s;olutions to remove, and of the time they in|tend to be upon the place.</P>
<P N="3"><PB REF="2" MS="y">3. That they &s;hall have Liberty for the &s;pace of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">ven years to hunt, take and di&s;po&s;e of to their own u&s;e &s;uch Hor&s;es, and other cattle as are, or &s;hall be upon the &s;aid I&s;land, the &s;ame not being marked by, or belonging to other Planters, &s;ubject neverthele&s;s to &s;uch Rules and Directions as to their hunting, and taking of Hor&s;es, Cattle, and other Bea&s;ts out of their own bounds and limits, as &s;hall from time to time be made by the Per&s;ons authorized by his Highne&s;&s;e, for mannaging the affairs of the &s;aid I&s;land.</P>
<P N="4">4. That they &s;hall hold the &s;aid Land with all Hou&s;es, Edifices, Woods, Trees, Profits and Advantages thereupon, to them and their Heirs for ever, to be held in free, and common Soccage, without any Rent for the fir&s;t &s;even years, and then one penny an Acre, and by no other rent, tenure, or &s;ervice what&s;oever.</P>
<P N="5">5. That after the &s;aid Proportions of Land are &s;et forth as afore&s;aid, His Highne&s;s, or his Succe&s;&s;ors, upon the de&s;ire of the Owners thereof, &s;hall by Letters Pattents, under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> or by &s;uch other &s;ure ways as &s;hall be devi&s;ed by their Coun&s;el learned in the Law, give, grant, and confirm unto him or them, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns the &s;aid Proportions of Land, together with all and &s;ingular the Privileges, Iuri&s;dictions, Profits and advantages which are intended hereby to be enjoied by them, with power to erect and create any Man|nour or Mannors, with tenures in free and common Soccage within &s;uch Plantation, or Plantations, as &s;hall be capable thereof.</P>
<P N="6">6. That they &s;hall hold and enjoy all, and &s;ingular Mines of Copper, Iron, Tin, or other Minerals what|&s;oever (excepting Gold, and Silver Mines) and all Mines of Quarries, Coal, Stone, Allum, or other Mines, what&s;oever (except as afore&s;aid) within the circuit, Meets or bounds of the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective proportions of Land; and al&s;o all Fi&s;hings, and Pi&s;caries what&s;oever upon or within any of the Lakes, Streams or Rivers within their Meets, and bounds; and al&s;o full power, and authority to man, and &s;end forth to Sea, and unto any the Coa&s;ts, and Shores, Roads, Harbours or Creeks within or near the &s;aid I&s;land, any Ships, Boats or other Ve&s;&s;els to fi&s;h for, find out, or take any Pearls, precious Stones, or Iewels therein being, and to enjoy the &s;ame to his and their own u&s;e or u&s;es, rendering and paying to the Governour of the &s;aid I&s;land for the time being, or to &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons, for the time being, as His Highne&s;&s;e &s;hall authorize to receive the &s;ame, to his High|ne&s;s u&s;e, the full fifth part only, and no more of all &s;uch Pearls, precious Stones and Iewels as &s;hall be got, found, and taken, as afore&s;aid; and al&s;o one tenth part of all &s;uch Mettal as &s;hall be had, found, and gained in the Mines, granted hereby to the afore&s;aid Planters.</P>
<P N="7">7. That no Cu&s;tom, Exci&s;e, Impo&s;t, or other duty &s;hall be &s;et or impo&s;ed for the &s;pace of three years to be accounted from the 29. day of <HI>September,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord 1656. upon any of their Goods and Merchandizes of the growth, production or Manufacture of the &s;aid I&s;land, which they &s;hall tran&s;port into this Commonwealth: Nor &s;hall they or their Servants, without their own con&s;ent, be drawn out into the Wars, unle&s;&s;e it be in ca&s;e of Inva&s;ion, or Rebellion, and for the defence of the I&s;land.</P>
<P N="8">8. That they &s;hall have power to build Walls, and rai&s;e Bulwarks and Ca&s;tles upon their own Land for the defence, and &s;ecurity of their own plantations, and al&s;o to arme them&s;elves, and &s;ervants, and to lead, and con|duct them again&s;t any Enemies, or Rebels within the &s;aid I&s;land; Subject neverthele&s;s to &s;uch Orders, and directions as they &s;hall on this behalf receive from the Governour or Commander in chief of the &s;aid I&s;land for the time being.</P>
<P N="9">9. That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, that &s;hall hereafter happen to be born within the &s;aid I&s;land, &s;hall be, and &s;hall be deemed, and accounted to be free Denizons of <HI>England,</HI> and &s;hall have and enjoy all and every &s;uch benefits, privileges, advantages and immunities what&s;oever, as any the Natives or People of <HI>England</HI> born in <HI>England</HI> now have and enjoy in <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>That all &s;uch profe&s;&s;ing the Prote&s;tant Religion, who &s;hall tran&s;port them&s;elves into the afore&s;aid I&s;land with|in two years to be accounted from the &s;aid 29. day of <HI>September</HI> 1656. and &s;hall make a beginning therein by tran&s;|porting to the &s;aid I&s;land one third part of their number before the 29. day of <HI>September</HI> next, &s;hall have, and enjoy the afore&s;aid Privileges, and Advantages. And for the more certain carrying on of this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and an&s;wering Our intentions herein. We do hereby authorize and require Our Commander in chief of the &s;aid I&s;land, for the time being, and al&s;o the afore&s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners that they take notice of the Premi&s;&s;es, and cau&s;e and due and effec|tual execution of the &s;ame from time to time as there &s;hall be occa&s;ion, according to the purport, &amp; true meaning here|of, for which the&s;e pre&s;ents &s;hall be their &s;ufficient warrant.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at White-Hall</HI> <DATE><HI>the</HI> 10. <HI>of October</HI> 1655.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P><HI>London</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills</HI> and <HI>Iohn Field,</HI> Printers to His Highne&s;s, MDC<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">V</P>
</DIV1>
</BACK>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
