Corpus Bilingüe Tomo I Vol. 1 - Archivo Abierto Institucional de la ...

LUIS GRAU
GRANT OF THE PROVINCE OF MAINE - 1639 3
CHARLES by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith, &c
To all to whom theise Presents shall come Greeting Whereas Sir Ferdinando
Gorges Knight hath been an humble suitor unto us to graunte and confirme unto
him and his heires a parte and porcon of the Countrie of America now commonly
called or knowne by the name of New England in America in theise Presents
hereafter described by the meets 4 and boundes thereof with divers and sundrie
priviledges and jurisdiccons for the welfare and good of the state of those Colonies
that shalbee drawne thither and for the better governement of the people
that shall live and inhabite within the lymits and precints thereof whiche parte
or porcon of the said Countrie wee have heretofore (amongst other things) for us
our heires and successors taken into actuall 5 and reall possession or in defaulte of
such actuall and reall possession formerly taken Wee Doe by theise Presents for
us our heires and successors take the same into our actuall and reall possession
Knowe yee therefore that of our especiall grace certaine knowledge and meere
mocon Wee Have given graunted and confirmed And by these Presents for us our
heires and successors Doe give graunte and confirme unto the said Sir Fardinando 6
Gorges his heires and assignes All that Parte Purparte and Porcon of the Mayne
Lande of New England aforesaid beginning att the entrance of Pascataway 7 Harbor
and soe to passe upp the same into the River of Newichewanocke and through
the same unto the furthest heade thereof and from thence Northwestwards till
one hundred and twenty miles bee finished and from Pascataway Harbor mouth
aforesaid Northeastwards along the Sea Coasts to Sagadahocke and upp the River
thereof to Kynybequy River and through the same unto the heade thereof and
into 8 the Lande Northwestwards untill one hundred and twenty myles bee ended
being accompted from the mouth of Sagadahocke and from the period of one
hundred and twenty myles aforesaid to crosse over Lande to the one hundred and
twenty myles end formerly reckoned upp into the Lande from Pascataway Harbor
through Newichewanocke River and alsoe the Northe halfe of the Isles of Shoales
togeather with the Isles of Capawock and Nawtican neere Cape Cod as alsoe
3. En Farnham “THE CHARTER OF THE PROVINCE OF MAINE, BY CHARLES I. OF
ENGLAND. April 3/13, 1639”.
4. En Farnham “Metes” (y así se traduce).
5. En Farnham “Our actual”.
6. El nombre de “Ferdinando” se cambia a partir de este pasaje a “Fardinando”, pero en la traducción
se mantiene el inicial.
7. En Farnham “Piscataqua”, y así en los demás casos.
8. En Farnham “unto”.
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