A N D forasmuch as we have hereby made and ordained the aforesaid
_William Penn_, his Heirs and Assigns, the true and absolute
Proprietaries of all the Lands and Dominions aforesaid, K N O W Y E
T H E R E F O R E, That we (reposing special Trust and Confidence In the
Fidelity, Wisdom, Justice, and provident Circumspection of the said
_William Penn_) for us, our Heirs and Successors, do grant free, full,
and absolute Power (by Virtue of these Presents) to him and his Heirs,
to his and their Deputies, and Lieutenants for the good and happy
Government of the said Country, to ordain, make, and enact, and under
his and their Seals to publish any Laws whatsoever, for the raising of
Money for publick Uses of the said Province, or for any other End,
appertaining either unto the publick State, Peace, or Safety of the said
Country, or unto the private Utility of particular Persons, according
unto their best Discretion, by and with the Advice, Assent, and
Approbation of the Freemen of the said Country, or the greater Part of
them, or of their Delegates or Deputies, whom for the enacting of the
said Laws, when, and as often as Need shall require, we will that the
said _William Penn_ and his Heirs, shall assemble in such Sort and Form,
as to him and them shall seem best, and the same Laws duly to execute,
unto and upon all People within the said Country and Limits thereof.