168 Records Illustrating the History of Maryland

P. R. O.

Col. Entry
Book,
Vol. 52.

further strictly charge and require you to take especiall care
that the severall Acts of Trade and Navigation be duely
observed and put in execution within our said Province And
so we bid you Farewell. Given at our Court at Whitehall the
first day of February 1689. In the first year of Our Reign.
By his Majesty's Command
Shrewsbury

To such as for the time being take care for preserving the
Peace and administring the Laws in our Province of Maryland
in America.

P. R. O.

Colonial
Papers.

From M^r Coode to M^r Bacon.
Maryland. 8^th Feb^ry 1689/90.
S^r
In Answer to yours of the 29^th Jan^ry make bold to represent
to your Hon^rs that I wonder more as I have just reason that
you have not been pleased to returne any satisfactory Answer
(except what concerns the shipping) to either of the former
letters, which y^r Hon^rs received from hence, in the last of which
others besides those mentioned in your Letter are accused of
the murder. Maj^r Sewall by whose instigation that Fact was
done, and afterwards justified, is not soe much as mentioned,
M^r Joseph and others of which your Honor had notice in both
are unconfined and at large, particularly priest Hubbard is at
his Popish patrons M^r Brents in Stafford County. Your
Honor may be confident wee can make good our charge
against them, and consequently I still hope that the Kings
Enemies or the Toleration of Popery or popish priests will
have noe countenance for your Honours in Virginia that your
Gentlemen can look through that pretence which makes your
kindness a retribution for the protection yourself and others
received in Maryland, when you fled hither from the rebellious
outrages in Virginia you were then sheltered by a Protestant
Governor and most in Protestant houses to the great regret
of the Papists, myself lay then upon the water three long
winter months in y^r defence, and as your Honours may remem-
ber that as your loyalty drove you thence, so I humbly begg
you would be pleased to believe that the great guilt of which
they are accused particularly of treason oppression, tyranny
and murder hath forced these fugitives to you, which hath
made the case different, and our circumstances so grievous
that wee must still stand upon our guard against any more
attempts from them; therefore I continue still to desire what
has been so often requested in my two former Letters in which
have noe other end than the security of their Majesty's Subjects
and Province, and securing Tray^trs and murderers fled to you