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threescore miles be finished from ye first entrance of the aforesaid rivers and half
way over that is to say to the midst of the said two rivers w ch bounds and limitts
the lands aforesaid together w th all Islands & Isletts w th in 17 five leagues distance
of ye premisses and abutting vpon y e same or any part or parcell thereoff. As also
all the lands, soyle, grounds, havens, 18 ports, rivers, mines, mineralls, pearls, pretious
stones woods quarryes marshes waters fishings hunting hawking fowling
and other comodityes and hereditam ts whatsoever w th all and singular their apurtenances
together w th all prerogatives rights royaltyes jurisdictions privileges franchises
libertyes preheminences marine power in and vpon y e said seas and rivers
as alsoe all escheats and casualtyes thereof as flotson petson 19 lagon 20 w th anchorage
and other such dutyes sects 21 isletts and apurtenances whatsoever w th all ye
estate right title interest claime and demands 22 whatsoever w ch y e said President
and Councell and their successo rs of right ought to have or claime in or to y e said
porcons of lands rivers and other y e premisses 23 as is aforesaid by reason or force
of his highnes said Letters Patents in as free large ample and beneficiall maner
to all intents constructions and purposes whatsoever as in and by the said Letters
Patents y e same are among other things granted to y e said President and Councell
afores d Except two fifths of y e Oare of Gold and Silver in these pnts 24 hereafter
expressed w ch25 said porcons of lands w th y e appurtenances the said Sr Ferdinando
Gorges and Capt. John Mason w th the consent of y e President & Councell intend
to name ye Pr o V i n c e o f Ma i n e To haveand 26 to hould all the said porcons of land,
17. En Thorpe “all the islands and isletts within”.
18. En Thrope “harbors”.
19. En Thorpe “jetson”, (que es lo que debiera ser).
20. En derecho escocés, Casualty es la cantidad que el censatario debe entregar al censualista
por encima del censo anual, en función de ciertas situaciones casuales. Sin embargo, dado que las
siguientes dos palabras –flotsam y jetsam– significan el naufragio de un barco o su cargo que se
encuentra flotando en el mar o arrastrado a la orilla, casualty se puede interpretar aquí como “desastre”.
En propiedad, jetsam es la carga que, en circunstancias de peligro, se arroja por la borda para
aligerar la embarcación y salvarla, mientras que flotsam son los restos flotantes de un naufragio.
Lagon (o lagan) es la carga que (también por circunstancias adversas) se deja flotando en el mar,
sujeta a una boya, para recogerla más tarde. Las cuatro palabras significan, en definitiva, “restos
de naufragio”.
21. No está claro el significado de esta palabra en este contexto.
22. En Thorpe “interest, and claim and demands”.
23. En Thorpe “y e said presises”.
24. En Thorpe “parts”.
25. En Thorpe “w th ”.
26. Error de imprenta; debiera ser “have and”.
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