320 APPENDIX TO REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE, & c. also for such things as are or shall be carried out of the said city, together with full liberty lycence, power and authority, to have, receive, collect and take the same, in as large and ample manner as the same have been granted to them or their predecessors, by any other charter or letters patents, from us, or any of our royal predecessors, and have been by them enjoyed accordingly by virtue of the same; To have and to hold the aforesaid customes, toge- ther with their rights, members, perquisites and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to the said lord mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens of the said city of Dublin, and their successors for ever, to the only use, benefit and advantage of them the said lord mayor, sheriffs, com- mons and citizens of the said city for ever; the said customs to be received and collected by them, their agents and servants, without rendering any manner of account to us, our heirs or successors, of or for the same : Provided always, and our will and pleasure is, that the pro- fits of the said customs for the term of seven years from the date of these our letters patents, shall be disposed of to such public uses for the benefit of the said corporation, as our lord lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors and councell of the said kingdom of Ireland have thought fit, or hereafter shall think fit to direct and appoint: And further, of our spe- cial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, by and with the advice and consent afore- said, We do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said lord mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens of the said city of Dublin, and their successors, that these our letters patents, and every clause, sentence and article therein contained, or the inrollment thereof, shall be firm, good, valid, sufficient and effectual in the law, unto them the said lord mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens, and their successors, against us, our heirs and successors, according to the tenour of these presents, as well in all our courts within our said realm of Ireland, as elsewhere wheresoever, without any other or further grant, release or confirmation from us, our heirs or successors, by the said lord mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens, or their successors, to be had, procured or obtained; any law, statute, act, charter, provision or restriction, or any other clause, matter or defect what- soever, to the enervation, evacuation or annihilation of these our letters patents notwith standing ; provided always, that these our letters patent be inrolled in the rolls of our high court of Chancery, in our said kingdom of Ireland, within the space of six months next ensuing the date of these presents, although, 8cc. In witness whereof, We have caused these our letters to be made patents. Witness our aforesaid lieutenant general and general gover- nor of our said kingdom of Ireland, at Dublin, the fourth day of September in the eight- and twentieth year of our reigne. Irrot vicesimo octavo die February anno RR. Caroli Scdi vicesimo nono. R. Wogan. Deputy Keeper of the Rolls.