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at Arms for that purpose therefore we have provided another
new Seal for our said Province in the Room and Place of the
other which was so taken away from thence as aforesaid which
new Seal we have Committed to the Custody of Captain William
Stone whom we have Constituted as well our Chancellor and
Keeper of the same as our Lieutenant of the said Province till
we or our heirs shall signify our Pleasure to the Contrary the
manner & form of the s^d new Seal being this (viz^t) on the one
side thereof is ingraven our Figure in Compleat Armour on
Horse Back with our Sword drawn and our Helmett on and a
Great Plume of Feathers affixed to it the Horsetrappings fur-
niture and Caparisons being adorn'd with the figure of our
Paternal Coat of Arms and underneath the Horse a Sea Shoar
engraven with Certain Flowers and Grass Growing upon it
and this Inscription about that Side of the Seal (viz^t) Cecilius
Absolutus Dmus Terrae Mariae et Avaloniae Baro de Baltimore
and on the other or Counterside of the said Seal is engraven
a Scutcheon wherein our Paternal Coat of Arms to wit six
pieces impaled with a Bend dexter Counterchanged quartered
with another Coat of Arms belonging to our Family viz^t a Cross
Buttoned at each end (and also counterchanged) are engraven

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the whole Scutcheon being Supported with a Fisherman on the
one Side and a Plowman on the other standing upon a Scrowl
wherein is engraven the motto of our Paternal Court of Arms
viz^t ffatti Maschij Parole Femine next above the Scutcheon is
engraven a Count Palatines Cap and over that a Helmet with
the Crest of our Paternal Court of Arms on the Top of it which
Crest is a Ducal Crown with two half Bannerets set upright in
it Behind the said Scutcheon and Supporters is engraven a large
mantle and this inscription is about that side of the Seal viz^t
Scuto bonse Voluntatis tuae Coronasti nos the figure of the
Seal is round and it is of the same Bigness that our said former
Great Seal was and cut in Silver as the other was the impression
of all which in wax is hereunto affixed it being somewhat differ-
ent (though but little) from our said former Great Seal of the
said Province and we do hereby declare the said new Seal to
be from henceforwards our Great Seal of the said Province of
Maryland and that we will have it so to be esteemed and reputed
there till we or our heirs shall signify our or their Pleasure to
the Contrary Given at Bath under our hand and our said new
Great Seal of the said Province the 12^th day of August in the
17^th Year of our Dominion over the said Prov^e of Maryland
Annoq Dni 1648

Commission for Muster Master
General

Cecilius Lord Proprietor &c^a to our trusty and well Beloved
Iohn Price we Considering that Arms without the knowledge

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