In the name and on the behalfe of the Common-Wealth of England. By the Lords Proprietors of the island and region of Newfoundland. To all planters and inhabitants of the said island, and all others whom it may concern.

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Caption title. Arms of the Commonwealth at head of text; initial letter. Dated at end: Given under the seal of Newfoundland this foure and twentieth day of Iune, in the yeare of our Lord God, one thousand sixe hundred fifty and three. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.