asts of America.

"II. That the Lords and others particularly named in the Ordinance shall
be Commissioners to joyne in aid and assistance of the said Earl, Chief
Governour and Admirall of the said Plantations, and shall have power
from Time to Time to provide for, order, and dispose of all things which
they shall think most fit and advantageous for the well governing,
securing, strengthening and preserving of the sayd Plantations, and
chiefly for the advancement of the true Protestant Religion amongst the
said Planters and Inhabitants, and the further enlarging and spreading
of the Gospel of Christ amongst those that yet remain there in great
Blindness and Ignorance.

"III. That the said Governour and Commissioners, upon all weighty and
important occasions which may concern the good and safety of the
Planters, Owners of Lands, or Inhabitants of the said Islands, shall
have power to send for, view, and make use of all Records, Books, and
Papers which may concern the said Plantations.

"IV. That the said Earl, Governour in Chief, and the said Commissioners,
shall have power to nominate, appoint, and constitute, as such
subordinate Commissioners, Councillors, Commanders, Officers, and
Agents, as they shall think most fit and serviceable for the said
Islands and Plantations: and upon death or other avoidance of the
aforesaid Chief Governour and Admirall, or other the Commissioners
before named, to appoint such other Chief Governour or Commissioners in
the roome and place of such as shall be void, as also to remove all such
subordinate Governours and Officers as they shall judge fit.

"V. That no subordinate Governours, Councillors, Commanders, Officers,
Agents, Planters, or Inhabitants, which now are resident in or upon the
said Islands or Plantations, shall admit or receive any new Governours,
Councillors, Commanders, Officers, or Agents whatsoever, but such as
shall be allowed and approved of under the hands and seals of the
aforesaid Chief Governour and High Admirall, together with the hands and
seals of the said Commissioners, or six of them, or under the hands of
such as they shall authorize thereunto.

"VI. That the Chief Governour and Commissioners before mentioned, or the
greater number of them, are authorized to assign, ratifie, and confirm
so much of their aforementioned authority and power, and in such manner,
to such persons as they shall judge fit, for the better governing and
preserving the said Plantati