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as well as to our honour and his own Reputation but Contraryly
it seems he hath not only fomented Divisions but also lived a
most Scandalous life whilst he was there with certain women
which he carried from hence with him there leaving his wife
here in a miserable Condition (all which was unknown to us
till of late since his return from those Parts) and did likewise
whilst he was there most prophanely in publick discourse pro-
fess himself of no Religion of all which we have by several
Evidences here as well as from thence so good Proofs as we
find upon our Charging him therewith since his return from
thence hither he cannot make any good Justification of himself
therein Wherefore we do much lament our Misfortune in
Giving him any Countenance or Authority who hath so much
abused the same by dishonouring us and Our Government
there as much as in him lay and have thought fit to discharge
him thereupon from being any more of our Council of State
there as we do by these Presents declare him to be discharged
from it and also from all other publick Authority of Iustice a
Peace or otherwise whatsoever in our said Province requiring
you our said Lieu^t not to permit him hereafter if he shall return
again into our said Province to act there in any thing for the
future as one of our Council of State or lustice of Peace of
Our said Province and for the more timely Prevention of any-
such high Offences to Almighty God and such dishonour
to us and our said Government hereafter as aforesaid by
any in eminent Authority there We do hereby declare that
in case any Person who is or shall from time to time be of
our Council of State or Commander of a County or lustice of
Peace in our said Prov^c shall (which God forbid) and we hope

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will never more happen) after the publication hereof there live
scandalously and Viciously with any Lewd Woman or profess
himself of no Religion and shall be legally Convicted of either
of the said Crimes by his own Confession or the Testimony of
two Sufficient witnesses or shall be twice legally Convicted by
his own Confession or the testimony of two Sufficient wit-
nesses of being an usual drunkard Swearer or Curser we do
authorise and Require our Lieutenant of the said Province for
the time being to suspend any such Person from being of
our Council of State Commander of a County or lustice of
the Peace in our said Province and in the Room of any such
Commander of the County so Convicted and Suspended to
appoint some other able and fit Person to be Commander ot
that County whereof any such Person so Convicted and Sus-
pended as aforesaid had Command till the Cause or Causes of
such Suspension in every of the Respective Cases aforesaid and
Proofs of the Suspended Persons misdemeanors be Certified to
us (which we require our Lieu^t in such Cases from time to time

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