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Who returne and say his Ex^cy will Grant him Commission
Coll. Charles Hutchins and M^r Thomas Brooke enter the
house and say it is his Ex^cys command that the speaker and
the members of this house should attend his Ex^cy and his Maj^ts
Hono^ble Councill at the Councill Chamber
The house adjournes to the Councill Chamber. At the
Councill Chamber his Ex^cy was pleased to make to the house
the following Speech.

Gent. You have now had a yeare and an halfes Experi-
ence of me which I hope will confirme you in the truth of
what I have publickly assured you of my best Endeavors for
yo^r Service which I promise I will allways Justly pforme.
I cannott but acknowledge that all yo^r Accons in our last
meeting gave me great Sattisfaction, for it was mannaged
with that accord and good agreement that there was not the
least shaddow or coulour for any ill disposed people to make
any malitious remarques of, and that good understanding
which we were so happy at first to create will I hope be mutu-
ally p^rserved on both sides: it is my fixed Resolution it shall
be inviolably on myne; after which I will give you all the con-
vincing proofs of what I have solemnly averred in my reguards
for the Province in Gen^ll and every one of you in Perticular
Wherefore if you Labour under any difficultys I am ready
to redress them and assure you I will suppress all unecessary
charges and Expences to make you easy and have the vanity

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to believe yo^r Examination of the Publick Accounts will con-
vince you of what I have allready done in that, not having
since the last Assembly, which is Tenn Months agoe, entailed
Tenn pounds charge upon you or any other Individuall Person
in the Province but on the Contrary averted what lay in my
power.
Gent. Since it is and ought to be the great end of all
Genii Assemblys to consult the honour of God and the Ser-
vice of their King and Countrey the Ignominious reporte
which is handed about by some leads me to acquainte you of
an Order of his most Sacred Maj^ty in Councill for disanulling
the Law which is entituled the Act for Establishing the
Protestant Religion the repealing the said Law gives noe
roome to any Person to suggest its being dissassented to upon
any other grownds then it mentions you having clogged and
loaded it with things of different natures which I hope you
will wisely correct without the least hesitation, for we are
happy under the Wings and Protexion of a Prince whose
delight is to runn the greatest hazards for the conservation
of our Propertys, and never yett obstructed his people in
Pursuing that blessed name of Liberty: you are sencible how
usefull Religion is in the good Government of a Nation or

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