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provision, you may if occasion be, Leavy or presse accordingly,
And after View of the Said men Armes, Amunition and pro-
vision there taken as I Shall appoint, they are to be trans-
ported thence to the Isle of Kent where they are to meet at
the Generall Randevouze upon the Said Island the 30^th day of
december next, there to attend the Commands of Cap^t W^m
Fuller theire Cap^t Generall or Commander in Chiefe for this
Expedition to all intents and purposes in the aforesaid order &
his the Said Cap^t Generalls Commission contained So farr as it
doth or may concerne them or any of them and this upon
the Strictest penalty in cases of this Nature provided hereof
fail you not. Given at S^t Maries this 29^th day of November
1652.
Willm Stone
To the Sheriffe &c

By the Lieuten^t &c of Maryland

Whereas the Sheriffe of S^t Maries County is by Warrant
from me (according to an order of the Provinciall Court of the
25^th of this present Month, to presse one out of Every Seven
men inhabiting throughout S^t Maries County Charles County
and upon Putuxent on the North Side thereof for the Service

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in the Said order and Warrant mentioned for the more conve-
nient and Speedy Carrying on of the Busieness. These are
in the Names of the keepers of the Liberties of England p
Authority of parliament strictly to Charge and require you and
every of you to be aiding and assisting unto the Said Sheriffe
in the Execucon of the premisses, and if he think requisite,
you are to goe to all the plantations, in your Severall hun-
dreds, and to take an Exact and true List of the names of all
the taxable persons and other men inhabiting in your Said
hundreds respectively, and to Charge and require all or Soe
Many of them as the Said Sheriffe Shall thinke requisite, that
they meet together at Such place and time in every Such hun-
dred as the Said Sheriffe Shall direct for the purpose aforesaid,
And if occasion be that you presse Such of them with Such
provisions Armes and amunition for Such Service as in the
Said order is Expressed, and all and Every the Said Inhabit-
ance are hereby Strictly Enjoined to yield all due obedience to
the Authority hereby Granted you as they will answer the
Contrary at their perill hereof faile you not. Given at S^t
Maries this last of November 1652
William Stone
To Every Constable in Every hundred or
Divident in S^t Maries County, Charles County
& the North Side of Patuxent River