A Declaracon
By the Lord Proprietary of Maryland
C Baltemore
Whereas That perfideous and perjured fellowe Fendall
whome wee lately intrusted to be our Leivetennant of Mary-
land to cloke his trecherous and ambitious designes and Con-
trary to his oathe and truste to incite the people there to Joyne
with him in raysing a Sedicon and faccon against our Juris-
diccon and right of Government there made a Sinister vse as
wee are Credibly informed of a passage of our letter to him of
the seaventeenth November One thousand Six hundred fifty
nine for procureing an Acte of Assembly in Maryland for a
Custome of two shillings for every hogshead of tobacco Ex-
ported from thence to any Porte of Create Brittain or Ireland
and of tenn shillings for every hogshead exported to any other
Porte. And possessed the people there with apprehensions, as
if he had orders from vs, which he never had that in case such
a lawe did not passe [to] putt in prsent Execucon the Acte for
Customes made January One thousand Six hundred forty
Six for the payment of tenn shillings p hhd for all tobacco
expo[rted] out of that Province Wee thought fitt hereby to
decla[re] to them what our Proceedings haue truely beene and
what our Intencons and desires are in that matter (vizt) Heare-
ing of some Complaynts against that Acte for Customes made
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