...being, as himself said, descended of the house of Gardiner, bishop of Winchessors, styling them ' The Council established at Plymouth, in the county of...for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing, New England in America,' which is the great and civil basis of all the future patents and plantations...

...which a£l afterwards in the fir ft feffion of parliament begun and holden at Weftminfter the twelfth day of January in the fifth year of the reign of our faid fovereign lady the ¡jhteerís majeßy that now is, and there by^prorogation con- j El. c. 14,...

...day of November, in the eighteenth year of his reign, did give and grant unto the council eftablifhed at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England, in America, and to their fucceflbrs and afligns, all that part of America lying and being...

...day of November, in the eighteenth year of his reign, did give and grant unto the council eftablilhed at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England, in America, and to their fucceflbrs and afiigns, all that part of America lying and being...

...latitudes 40 and 48, and had a patent made out to them, under the title of " the Council eftablifhed at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England in America, their heirs and affigns. " This afterwards received the name of the grand Plymouth...

...held xt J-Ftiiit in and for the countjr of Scmerjctt upon Tuef2 tiny REXV. day (to wit) the eleventh day of January^ in the fifth year of the reign of our fovereign lord Georgt the fecond, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king,...

...before their plantation amounted to three hundred people s when nearly fo, the Council eftablifhed at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering 1 630. and governing of New England in America, granted ,!?' them a Patent, by which their lands were...

...Francis Gorges, with thirty-four ethers, and their fucceflbrs, ftyling them, • The council ettabliihed at Plymouth in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England in America.' To this council he granted all that part of America which lies between the...

...Argall, Esqrs. and their successours, one body corporate and politick, in deed and in name, by the Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, and governing of New England in Ameriea. We do by these presents, for us, our heirs, successours, really,...

...Francis Georges, with thirty-four others, and their (ucceflors, ftiling them, 'The council eftablifhcd in Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing, of New-England in Атемсн.' To this council he granted all that part of America which lies between...