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bourly together in this Wilderness to the advancement of Gods
Glory and Kingdome of Heaven amongst the Heathens, and
not to the Destruction of each others Christian bloud, whereby
to strenigthen the Barbarous Jndians nay rather ioyne in loue
and league together against them Which God our Saviour will
grant
Written and Signed by our owne hands in the Province of
Maryland in Chesepeake Bay at S^t Maryes County and
Delivered this 6^th Day of October Anno Domini 1659 in
patuxent
Augustine Herman
Resolued Waldron.

Which Declaration being read by the said Augustinus Her-
man and delivered to the Governor hee withdrew, and the

Counccll resolued that the buisness be forthwith taken into

debate, & that they would haue ready an answere by Saturday
the 8^th instant by fiue of the Clock in the afternoone and
aiourned till next morneing.

At a Councell held at Patuxent October the 7^th 1659.

Liber H. H.
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The Governor
Present Secretary
Cap^t W^m Stone
M^r Thomas Gerrard

Luke Barber
Coll Na: Vtie
Baker Brookes
Ed LLoyde Esq^rs

The Councell tooke the Declaration &c of the Dutch Embas-
sadors into consideration, and after long debate considering his
Lo^ps Instructions and order were onely to giue the Dutch
warneing to be gon, that when wee are able to beate them out,
they may not plead Ignorance resolued that an answere be
given in writteing by way of letter directed to the Generall of
the Manhattans in these words (viz

Honno^ble Lords
Wee haue receiued your letters of Credence by the hands of
S^rs Augustinus Herman and Resolued Waldron your Embas-
sadors. wherein as Wee find many expressions of loue and
amity, soe wee accompt our Selues oblieged to retourne yow
reall thankes in vnfoulding the Causes of that w^ch it seemes
hath bene the reason of your astonishment and wonder, and as
the matter shall permitt giue yow that satisfaction which with
reason you can expect and which wee likewise shall exact from
yow in the rendring to vs as Substitutes of the Right Honno^ble

Caecilius Lord Baron of Baltemore, Lord and Proprietary of
this Province &c. That part of his Lo^ps Province lying in

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