And the Patroons shall be exempt fr m all recognition to the company for the term of eight years, and pay only for freight, to bring them over, two i)er cent., and after the aforesaid eight years, for recognition and freight, the one-eighth part of what the same may be worth.

"XXV. The company will take all the colonists, as well free as those in service under their protection, and the same against all outlandish and inlandish wars and powers, with the forces they have there, as much as lies in their power, defend.

" XXVI. Whoever shall settle any colonie out of the limit of Manhattes Island, shall be obliged to satisfy the Indians for the land they shall settle upon, and may extend or enlarge the limits of their colonie.s, if they settle a proportionate number of Colonists thereon.

" XXVII. The Patroons and colonists shall in particular and in the speediest manner, endeavor to find out ways and means whereby they may support a minister and school-master, that thus the service of God, and zeal for religion may not grow cool, and be neglected among them ; and that they do, for the first, procure a comforter of the sick there.

" XXVIII. The colonies that shall happen to lie on the respective rivers, or islands (that is to say, each river or island lor itself), shall be at liberty to appoint a deputy, who shall give information to the Commander and Council of that Western quarter, of all things relating to his colonie, and who are to further matters relating thereto, of which deputies there shall be one altered or changed every two years; and all colonies shall be obliged, at least once in every twelve months, to make exact report of their colonie, and lands thereabout, to the commander and council there, in order to be transmitted hither.