328 Assembly Proceedings, 1651.

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them which we hope vvc shall never have then by putting them

only in mind that a Government divided in it self must needs
bring Confusion and Consequently much misery upon all the
People under it wherein the Authors of such Division if it
should Continue which God forbid are like to have as Great if
not Greater share in the end then any others whatsoever they
may fancy to the Contrary the fomentors of discord may justly
expect sad Calamatys from the same if they do not in time see
and rectify the same which we Conceive our selves bound in
Honour and Conscience and in Justice to Our self as well as
for the publick peace and welfare of the People under our
Government there to provide for as well as we can that is in
the first place to admonish them thereof but if that will not
Prevail then to make use of our Authority with the Assistance
of well Affected Persons to Compel such factious and Turbulent
Spirits to a better Compliance with the lawful Government
there and accordingly we do hereby will and require you our
said Lieutenant to proceed with all such as shall be for the
future refractory in that kind and do also require as well
Our Councill and General Assembly as all other our Officers
and well Affected Inhabitants of our said Province to be aiding
to you therein for the preservation of the publick peace and
quiet of the People there and for prevention in time of such
miserys and Calamitys which may Ensue upon such divisions

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and in case any of the English Inhabitants of that Province
shall at any time hereafter refuse or neglect to send Burgesses
to our General Assembly there being lawfully summoned for
that purpose we will and require all the other members of our
said Assembly which shall lawfully meet upon such summons
to proceed as they ought and may lawfully do in all Business
belonging to a General Assembly there notwithstanding any
such Refusall or Neglect as aforesaid and to fine all such
Refusers or Neglectors according to their demerits & moreover
in case they shall wilfully persist in any such refusall or neglect
as aforesaid after they have been admonished thereof by our
Lieu^t of the said Province for the time being or such as he
shall from time to time appoint for that Purpose then that they
be declared Enemies to the publick peace of that Province and
rebell to the lawful Government thereof and that in such Cases
our Lieutenant and Council of the said Province for the time
being according to our trust reposed in them do efficaciously
proceed against them as such and use all lawful ways and
means to reduce them to their due Obedience we also under-
stand that Sir William Barkely hath lately taken upon him to
Grant a Commission to one Edm^d Scarborough of Accamack
in Virginia to seat Palmers Island within our said Province and
to trade with the Indians in & through our said Province