38 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1666.

U. H.
Journal
1659-98

Rights here & therefore sent to the Lower House a Bill in
order to it for their Consideration & approbation or else to
desire the Reasons of their Dissent amongst which they hope
they shall not find this here alledged as casting only a delay
to the ruin of the Province in the way of a wholesome Act
made for the Benefit of the Province upon an Emergent
Opportunity not wilfully to be lost because never to be recov-
ered if now neglected. There cannot be a thing in which his
Lordships Interests are more Concerned than in that of War
& peace & yet We must repell force & make peace upon
emergent Occasions without delay or sending to his Lordship
or else see the Province ruined
To the second Clause which inculcates the Consequence of
a Cessation may be the Depopulation of the Province We
answer that You urge it but as a may be but certainly when
by planting Tob^o. You have rendered it worth nothing the
People will totally desert the Province as not being able to
subsist here & therefore the Argument cannot induce this
House to move the Governour for a prorogation nor so much
as an Adjournment till November & therefore desire the
Lower House to proceed to debate these two last Acts sent to
them for Encouragem^t of Trade & Advancement of more
Staple Comrnoditys
John Gittings Clk.

The House Adjourned till to Morrow Morning nine of the
Clock.

Wednesday the 25^th April 1666
Present as before

Then came a Member from the Lower House with two Acts
One of them Entituled an Act against Hogstealers & the other

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an Act Entituled an Act for building a Prison at S^t Marys
Then was sent to the Lower House this following Message
Viz.

The Governour & Upper House of Assembly received last
night two papers from you relating to the Act for Encour-
agem^t of Trade & are very sorry they are obliged to tell You
they have some Reason to suspect that Businesses either are
not carryed on in a due Way in your House but managed by
the Artifice of a few, or else that whatsoever You pretended of
Care of his Lordship's Interests in your Proposals for a pro-
rogation till his Lordships Pleasure be known touching a
Cessation You have neither Care of his Interests here nor
respect for him nor his Governour nor Government even now
when It is managed by his Son & Heir apparent
If You have the due respect to the Governour You pretend