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of the use of them are Fruitless and having an especial care of
the safety and preservation of that our Province of Maryl^d have
thought fit and necessary that the Inhabitants thereof should
be from time to time exercised and trained in the use. of Arms

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that so if Occasion should Require they may be the more ready
and able to defend as well themselves as us & our rights
there and offend their and our Enemies and we having had
Good experience of your Knowledge and Great Abilities in
Marshall Affairs and of your Great Fidelity unto us in that
Occasion of the late insurrection and Rebellion in our said
Province which was begun there by that Notorious Villain
Richard Ingle and his Complices against our dear Brother
Leonard Calvert Esq^r deed our late Lieuten^t of the same and
therein against us and our undoubted Rights and title there
wherein and in divers other worthy Actions you have mani-
fested unto us and our Colony there such singular Fidelity
Courage Wisdom industry and integrety as render you
Worthy and Capable of the trust hereby intended by us to be
Reposed in you wherefore we do by these presents Constitute
Ordain and Appoint you to be our Muster Master General of
that our Province of Maryland to have and to hold the said
Office of Muster Master General of our said Province of Mary-
land with as ample Fees Vails Regards Profits Commodities
immunities and Priviledges as any Muster Master General of
our said Province hath or Ought to have had in regard of his
said Office or as any Muster Master in Virginia of right now
hath or enjoyeth or ought of right to have or enjoy by virtue
of his said Office till we or our heirs shall signify the Contrary
under our or their hand and seal at Arms Given under our
hand and Greater Seal at Arms at Bath the 12^th day of August
in the 17^th Year of our Dominion over the said Province of
Maryland Annoq. Dni 1648

Commission for Commander of the
Isle of Kent

Cecilius Lord Proprietor &c^a to our trusty and well Beloved

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Robert Vaughan Gent whereas we have found you very faith-
ful and well deserving of us upon the Occasion and insurrec-
tion and Rebellion in our said Province of Maryland Begun
and Fomented by that Notorious and ungrateful Villain Rich-
ard Ingle and his Complices against our dear Brother Leonard
Calvert Esq^r deceased our late Governor of the said Province
and our undoubted right and title to the Governm^r of the same
wherein you have manifested to the satisfaction of us and our
Colony there such Fidelity Courage Wisdom Industry and In-
tegrety as Render you Capable and worthy of the Trust here-