A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns

X. What is fit for the Journey, and first to be done there.

1st. The Passage for Men and Women is Five Pounds a head, for Children under Ten Years, Fifty Shillings, Sucking Children Nothing, for Freight of Goods. Forty Shilling per Tun; but one Chest to every Passenger Free.

2ly. The Goods fit to take with them for use or sale; are all Utensils for Husbandary and Building, and House-hold-stuff; Also all sorts of things for Ap∣parrel, as Cloath, Stuffes, Linnen, &c. Wherein all that desire, may be more particularly Informed, by Philip Ford, at the Hood and Scarf in Bow-lane in London.

Lastly, Being by the Mercy of God safely Arrived; be it in October, Two Men may clear as much Ground for Corn, as usually brings by the following Harvest about Twenty-Quarters; In the mean time they must buy Corn, which they may have as aforesaid; and if they buy them two Cows, and two Breed∣ing Sows; with what the Indians for a small matter will bring in, of Fowl, Fish, and Venison (which is incredibly Cheap, as a Eat Buck for Two Shillings) that, and their industry will supply them. It is Apprehended, that Fifteen Pounds stock for each Man (who is first well in Cloaths, and provided with fit wor∣king Tools for himself) will (by the Blessing of God) carry him thither, and keep him, till his own Plantation will Accommodate him. But all are most seriously cautioned, how they proceed in the disposal of themselves; 'Tis true, The Earth is the Lords, and the Fullness thereof; and it seems to many, to be the time wherein those desolate Western parts of the World are to be Planted,

and have their Day, as Asia, Africa, and Europe have had (of which the•• are divers Prophesies extant) yet let all have a Reverend regard ••o God's Pro∣vidence in their Removal, and be serious in it, rather seeking the Comforts of retirement, and a sufficiency for Life (like the Blessed Patriarke of Old) th•• Ease, Fulness, and Wealth.

And it is further Advised, that all such as go, would at least get the Per∣mission, if not the good Likeing of their near Relations; for that is both Na∣tural, and a Duty incumbent upon all: And by this means will natural Af∣fection be Preserved, and a Friendly and Profitable Correspondence main∣tained between them. In all which, God Almighty (who is the Salvation of the Ends of the Earth) Direct us, that His Blessings may attend our Honest Indeavours; and then the Consequence of all our Undertakings, will be to the Glory of His Great Name, and the true Happiness of Us, and our Po∣sterity. Amen.

William Penn.