a_o colony_n or_o plantation_n and_o that_o import_v rather_o the_o contrary_a and_o by_o such_o name_n these_o plantation_n have_v always_o go_v in_o letter_n patent_n proclamation_n and_o act_n of_o parliament_n but_o whatsoever_o may_v by_o some_o be_v say_v as_o to_o statute_n in_o particular_a bind_v there_o the_o common_a law_n must_v and_o do_v oblige_v there_o for_o it_o be_v a_o plantation_n or_o new_a settlement_n of_o englishman_n by_o the_o king_n consent_n in_o a_o uninhabited_a country_n and_o so_o be_v the_o history_n of_o barbados_n write_v by_o richard_n ligon_n print_v at_o london_n 1673._o pag._n 23._o say_v he_o it_o be_v a_o country_n not_o inhabit_v by_o any_o but_o overgrow_v with_o wood_n and_o pag._n 100_o they_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n and_o heylin_n in_o his_o geography_n lib._n 4.148_o say_v the_o english_a be_v the_o sole_a colony_n there_o they_o be_v call_v the_o king_n plantation_n and_o not_o his_o conquest_n and_o he_o neither_o 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