Part 21

know, McDonald.

Governour, McDonald, Bancroft.

Kiccowtan, McDonald, Bancroft.

Governor, McDonald, Bancroft.

McDonald reads, observe his service.

s^d, McDonald.

No man shall trade into the baye, either in shallop, pinnace, or ship, w^{th}out the Govern^{r's} license, and w^{th}out putting in security that neither himself nor his Company shall force or wrong the Indians, upon paine that, doing otherwise, they shalbe censured at their returne by the Govern^{or} and Counsell of Estate.

shall have trade, Bancroft.

Governour's, McDonald, Bancroft.

Governour, McDonald; Gov^r, Bancroft.

Councell, McDonald.

All persons whatsoever upon the Sabaoth daye shall frequente divine service and sermons both forenoon and afternoon, and all suche as beare armes shall bring their pieces, swordes, poulder and shotte. And every one that shall transgresse this lawe shall forfaicte three shillinges a time to the use of the churche, all lawful and necessary impediments excepted. But if a servant in this case shall wilfully neglecte his M^{r's} comande he shall suffer bodily punishmente.

days, McDonald, Bancroft.

bringe, McDonald.

forfaict, Bancroft.

shillings, Bancroft.

No maide or woman servant, either now resident in the Colonie or hereafter to come, shall contract herselfe in marriage w^{th}out either the consente of her parents, or of her M^r or M^{ris}, or of the magistrat and minister of the place both together. And whatsoever minister shall marry or contracte any suche persons w^{th}out some of the foresaid consentes shalbe subjecte to the severe censure of the Govern^r and Counsell of Estate.

magistrate, McDonald.

shall be, McDonald, Bancroft.

Gover^{nr}, McDonald; Gov^r, Bancroft.

Council, McDonald.

Be it enacted by this present assembly that whatsoever servant hath heretofore or shall hereafter contracte himselfe in England, either by way of Indenture or otherwise, to serve any Master here in Virginia and shall afterward, against his said former contracte, depart from his M^r w^{th}out leave, or, being once imbarked, shall abandon the ship he is appointed to come in, and so, being lefte behinde, shall putt himselfe into the service of any other man that will bring him hither, that then at the same servant's arrival here, he shall first serve out his time with that M^r that brought him hither and afterward also shall serve out his time w^{th} his former M^r according to his covenant.

the, McDonald.

ag^{st}, McDonald.

put, McDonald, Bancroft.

McDonald omits the words, with that M^r that brought him hither and afterwards also shall serve out his time.

Here ende the lawes.

All these lawes being thus concluded and consented to as aforesaide Captaine Henry Spellman was called to the barre to answere to certaine misdemeano^{rs} layde to his chardge by Robert Poole, interpretour, upon his oath (whose examination the Governo^r sente into England in the Prosperus), of w^{ch} accusations of Poole some he acknowledged for true, but the greattest part he denyed. Whereupon the General Assembly, having throughly heard and considered his speaches, did constitute this order following against him: