Commission of Sir Edmund Andros (April 7, 1688) for the Dominion of New England:
<We do hereby give and grant unto you the said Sir Edmund Andros...full power...to levy arm muster command...all persons...within our said Territory...of New England, and, as occasion shall serve, them to transfers from one place to another for the resisting and withstanding all enemies pirates and rebels, both at land and sea, and to transfers such forces to any of our Plantations in America...for the defense of the same against the invasion or attempt of any of our enemies, and then, if occasion shall require to pursue and prosecute in or out of the limits of our said...Plantations...
And if it shall so please God, them to vanquish; and, being taken, according to the law of arms to put to death or keep and preserve alive, at your discretion.> 1688EA001
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Endnotes:
1688EA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Commission of Sir Edmund Andros, April 7, 1688, for the Dominion of New England.