henceforth one of the same Company to be elected and appointed in such
Form as hereafter in these Presents is expressed, which shall be called
The Governor of the said Company. And that the said Governor and Company
shall or may elect Seven of their Number in such Form as hereafter in
these Presents is expressed, which shall be called The Committee of
the said Company, which Committee of Seven, or any Three of them,
together with the Governor or Deputy-Governor of the said Company for
the time being, shall have the Direction of the Voyages of and for
the said Company, and the Provision of the Shipping and Merchandizes
thereunto belonging, and also the Sale of all Merchandizes, Goods, and
other Things returned, in all or any the Voyages or Ships of or for
the said Company, and the managing and handling of all other Business,
Affairs and Things, belonging to the said Company. AND WE WILL, ordain,
and grant by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, unto the
said Governor and Company, and their Successors, that they the said
Governor and Company, and their Successors, shall from henceforth for
ever be ruled, ordered and governed, according to such Manner and Form
as is hereafter in these Presents expressed, and not otherwise: And
that they shall have, hold, retain, and enjoy the Grants, Liberties,
Privileges, Jurisdictions and Immunities, only hereafter in these
Presents granted and expressed, and no other. And for the better
Execution of Our Will and Grant in this Behalf, WE HAVE ASSIGNED,
nominated, constituted, and made, and by these Presents for Us, our
Heirs and Successors, WE DO ASSIGN, nominate, constitute and make,
our said Cousin, PRINCE RUPERT, to be the first and present Governor
of the said Company, and to continue in the said Office from the Date
of these Presents until the 10th November then next following, if he,
the said Prince Rupert, shall so long live, and so until a new Governor
be chosen by the said Company in Form hereafter expressed. AND ALSO
WE HAVE assigned, nominated and appointed, and by these Presents for