Note M — STATE PAPERS.
Reading edition
The following passage is a side note on the margin of the McDonald and De Jarnette copies, but Bancroft includes it in the text:—The authority of Captaine[38] Martin's Patent graunted by the Counsell & Company under their Comon[39] Seale, being of an higher condition[40] and of greatter[41] force then any Acte of the General[42] Assembly.