Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1657-1660. 377

the States Generall of the Vnited Provinces voide and of noe
effect. And to those Instructions by vs deliuered to the said
Coll^ll Nathaniell Vtie, soe much insisted on by yow Wee say
they are such as Every person inhabitant of this province
ought to take notice of, as being subscribed by the Secretary
of this Province, and to noe other Did wee glue them, or hee
make vse of them. Neither Can wee belieue the High and
Mighty States Gennerall &c. Doe thinke or will now owne
those People at Delaware Bay to be there seated by their
Authority since they haue heretofore protested to the Su-
preame authority then in England not to owne their Intrusion
vpon their Territoryes & Dominions. As to indebted persons
if any be here that are to yow engaged our Courts are open
and our Justice speedy, and denyed to none that shall demand
it of vs, w^ch wee think is asmuch as Can in reason be expected.
And the selfe same Course wee take, and the onely remedy
wee affoord to our Neighbour Colony of Virginia and our
fellow Subiects and brethren of England. Thus hopeing
that yow will Seriously weigh the Consequences of your
actions, Wee rest in expectation of such a Complyance as the
Style yow giue yourselues imports haueing taught vs to sub-
scribe our Selues
Your affectionat freinds
and Neighbours.

And ordered that notice be given to the Embassadors to
attend their answere the next day according to former order
of the Board.

M^dm after the answere agreed vpon the said Augustine
Herman and Resolved Waldron presented this following
paper vizt.

Liber H. H.

Vpon the Sight and viewe of my Lord Baltemores Pattent
this 7^th day of October 1659 presented vnto vs by the Honno^ble
Governor and Councell of Maryland.
To Say Reserued onely what the Honno^ble Governor Gene-
rall and Councell of the New Netherlands in the behalfe of our
Lords proprietors and Soveraignes the High and Mighty
States Generall of the Vnited Provinces might haue to alledge
against it
Wee repeate and reply our former Declaration and mani-
festation the 6^th of this Instant deliuered vnto the Honno^ble
Governor and Councell of the province of Maryland, and say
further
That the Originall fundation of the aforesaid Pattent,
Sheweth and maketh appeare that my Lord Baltemore
has hath to his Royall Ma^ty of England petitioned for a
Countrey in the parts of America which was not seated

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