THE Queenes Maiesties graunt made to syr Thomas Smith Knight , and Thomas Smyth his sonne in Ireland , is all that is hir maiesties by enheritance , or other right in the country called the ARDS , & part of other countreys adiacent in the Erledom of VLSTER , so that they can possesse & replenish them with English men . The which thing that it might the more surely be done , the sayd sir Thomas & Thomas his sonne , haue bounden themselues to her highnesse to distribute al the sayd land within the said countreys , which they shall be able to obteyne and possesse , to suche as shall take paynes to helpe them to possesse the same , to haue and hold to them and to their heires for euer .

That is to say , to eche man who wil serue as a souldier on foot , one Plowland conteining a hundreth & twenty acres Irish of arable land , for which the said sir Thomas and Thomas , must pay to the Queenes maiestie two pence ▪ Irish for an Irish acre , after foure and twentie foote to the pole . In consideration of whiche rente by them to be payde vnto her Maiestie , the Souldier shall paye for the sayde plowlande vnto syr Thomas Smyth and Thomas , and their heires , one peny sierlyng for euery Englishe acre of the sayde Plowelande , after the measure of sixteene foote and an halfe to the pole , and no more . The first payment to begn foure yeares hence , videlicet . 1576.

To eche man who wyll serue on horsebacke two plowelandes , videlicet two hundreth and fortie Acres Irishe , whiche is at the least fiue hundreth acres and more Englishe , paying for euery acre English as the footman doth .

And the earable lande beyng deuided , eche foote man and horseman shall haue also allotted vnto hym pasture , medowe , wood , and suche lyke necessary , as the countrey will serue , as reasonably as they haue arable ground , so that they may therewith bee contented .

The charges that is required of a footeman at his first setting foorthe , if he be furnished of sufficient armour , for a Pike , Halberd , or Caliuer , with a conuenient liuerey cloake of red colour , or carnation wyth black facing , is tenne poundes for his vitayling for one whole yeare after his arriuall and his transportation : after which yeare , there is hope to fynde prouision inough in the countrey , which they shall obteyne with good guydance .

The charges of a horseman well horsed and armed for a lighte horseman with a staffe and a case of Dags , is twentie pounds for vittaile of hym and his horse for one whole yeare , and for his transportacion . His liuery had neede be of the colour aforesayd and of the fashion of the riding Dutch cloakes nowe vsed .

And to auoyde the Flixe and suche daungerous diseases as doth many tymes chaunce to souldiers by reason of lying vpon the grounde and vncouered , and lykewyse to horsses for lacke of hales . If any souldier footeman wyll giue before hande ten shillings , and the horsman twentie shillings , they shall be lodged vnder canuas , and vpon beddes , vntill houses may be prouided .

And if any will bear● the charges of a Souldyer , that cannot goe hymselfe , nor send an other in his roome , he shall haue his part of land allotted to him as wel as though he went himself : but then for a footman he must pay in readie money .xvj. pound .xiij. s .iiij. d. This is one parte . And if any wyll haue two partes or more , then according to this rate to pay the money . The Coronel to find the sayd footman or men in al points , for the first yeare according as the money is receiued .

And to the intent that no man willing to aduenture in this most honorable & profitable voyage , may doubt hereof , if it please him to resorte to London into Paules Churchyarde to the sygne of the Sunne , there hee shall see both the Letters Patentes and the Indentures of couenauntes betwixte the Queenes Maiestie and the sayd sir Thomas Smith and Thomas Smith , and pay such money as he is disposed to aduenture , and receiue hys assuraunce from Thomas Smith the sonne , who taketh the aduenture and voyage vpon hym to goe in person , or if the said Thomas be not there , one of the receiuers of this voiage remaining there , shal do herein as apperteineth , whom he hath made his deputie in this behalfe .

Note that all suche kyndes of prouision as be necessary in this iourney , the treasourer may receyue in lieu of money , according as he shall haue neede of suche prouision , be already furnished therwith , and according to the place where the sayde prouision shall lye for the commodious transportation thereof .

Bicause the tyme of our Embarking is shorte : And that it is necessarie that some tyme for the prouision and gathering togither of all things necessary be had after the receipt . Therfore haue we appointed the said receipt in all places , to ende the last day of Februarie . Requesting all suche as be resolued to aduenture in thys enterprise , to hasten in their paiments before that last day of Februarie . Especially immediatly vpon their resolution to sende vp their names in wryting , the quantitie of their aduenture , and the day or dayes , which they shall take within the terme afore limitted , for the paiment of suche summes . The same vnder their hands to be deliuered with all speede vnto the Treasorer or Receiuer , where they shal thinke good to pay their said aduentures , to the ende their names may be entred certenly . And the number once knowne , all necessaries by proportion prouided accordingly . As for the day and place certaine of meeting and Embarking , bicause it is not necessary to publishe the same , the Treasorer or Receiuer , shall giue it foorth by Ticquet at the time of his receipt of the aduenture .