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saide English p r te, All former wronges whatsoeuer are remittedon both sides and the saide Soheage is againe receiued inAmytie to the saide English , & Mr. Stone, Mr. Goodwin &Tho: Staunton are desired to goe to the saide Soheage & totreate W th him accordinge to the best of their discretion & tocompose matters betweene the saide English and the saide So-heage, and vppon their reporte there shalbe som setled coursein the thinge.

It is ordered there shalbe Is. p r skin of beaver to be paide tothe publicqu e out of the Trade of beaver, to be paide into theTreasury every half yeere : this order to stand for an yeere &vntill the Cort take other order to the Contrary.

It is ordered that none shall trade in this River w th the In-dians for beau r but those that are hereafter named (vizt) ForAgawam Mr. Pyncheon, for Windsor Mr. Ludlowe, Mr. Hull;for Harteford Mr. Whytinge, Tho : Staunton; WythersfeildGeo : Hubberd & Rich : Lawes ; and if any trade for beauerother then are fornamed they shall forfeit 5s. p r pounde to bepaide p r eu r y pounde they soe trade.

[Pages 12-22, blank: these pages were probably designed for the insertion ofthe Constitution , Oaths, &c., which were subsequently recorded on pp. 215-227of the original as now paged.]

[220] Forasmuch as it hath pleased the Allmighty God by thewise disposition of his diuyne p r uidence so to Order and disposeof things that we the Inhabitants and Residents of Windsor,Harteford and Wethersfield are now cohabiting and dwellingin and vppon the River of Conectecotte and the Lands there*unto adioyneing; And well knowing where a people are gath*