Image courtesy of the Internet Archive. Taken from a book titled Nicolas Martiau, the adventurous Huguenot, the military engineer, and the earliest American ancestor of George Washington. Published by John Baer Stoudt circa 1932.

Please note this image is purely for personal research, and prints have been disabled as a result.

Transcript copied from the book:

To all Christian people to whom this pr’sent writinge Indented shall come, Henry Earle of Huntingdon Lord Hastings Hungerford Botreauly Molines and Moules and Lord Lieutenant of his Ma ties Counties of Leister and Rutland sendenth greetings in our Lord God everlastinge Whereas the said Earle at three sevrall payments hat paid in ready money to Sir Thomas Smyth Knight Treasurer for Virginia the sume of six score pounds for his adventure towards the said voyage and for the same is by agreement to have for him his heires executors administrators or assigns ratably accordinge to his Adventure his full p’te of all such Tenem’ts and heredita’mts as shall from tyme to tyme to be there recovered planted and inhabited and of such mines and minerals of Gould Silver and other mettales of Treasure Pearles precious stones or any kind of wares of marchandize comodities or proffits whatsoever w’ch shall be obtayned or gotten in the said voyage accordinge to the procou of money by him ymployed to that use in as ample manor as any other Adventurer therein shall receve for the like some.

Now know ye that the said Earle hath constituted ordayned, and made and by theise p’sents doth constitute ordayne apoynt and make his trustye and well-beloved servants Nicholas Martiau and Benjamin Blewett and the surviver of them his trew and lawfull Attornies and Attorneye jointly and severally for him and in his name and for his use to manage and dispose his said Adventure and all the proffits or encrease that have or shall grow increase or come thereof according to their and either of their discretions to and for his the said Earles benefitt p’fitt and advantage.

And the said Earle doth hereby give and grant unto his said Attornies and either of them all lawfull powers and lawfull and abosolute authoritye to doe execute and p’forme all and everything and things that shall or may concerne the premises Ratifyinge and confirminge whatsoever his said Attornies or either of them shall doe in that behalf as acceplye and effecutally as yf the said Earl had done the same in hos owne p’son

IN WITNESS Whereof the said Earl hath hearunto put his hand seale the fifth day of April in the year of the Rayne of our Sovereign Lord James, by the Grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland, Kinge Defender of the ffaith etc (that is to say) of England ffrance and Ireland the sixteenth and of Scotland the three and ffiftieth.