Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1667-75. 139

of Virginia and Maryland, prikkinge him selfe distinctly in, and
the Kings Majesty out of Maryland ? To what purpos els are
his Courts off Armes put up in every Court, and under that
authority onely Justice administered, all Writts and warrants
issued forth, and under or by their Dominion all process and
other writings concluded; Appeals to his Royall Majesty into
England termed criminall and denyed ? Nay what els imports,
an Act of Assembly caused to be made A^o 50. that all men
shall swear Alleagiance and supremacy under the Tittle of
Fidelity to the Lord proprietary and his Hyres and Successors
for ever, or shall bee banished the province, as by the said
oath at large is to bee seen uppon which then the Seavorn
fight orriginated, and the Lord proprietary l[ost] the Country
by it, to which said oath openly maintained, as if the King's
Majesty in England hath nothing to doe there, which is
wunderfull strange, consideringe New Yorke and all other
Provinces in America, honour the King's most excellent
Majesty, with the Emperial Armes and suppremacy off
England. But wee leave that great consequence to his Royall
Majesty and parliament, to deliberat further uppon and say
onely—
Grante, that owr Emperiall King Charles the 1. of blessed
Memory was surprised by the Penn man, to intitall my Lord
Baltemore by his letter pattent dated aboves^d, absolute Lord
and Proprietary of this then unknowne great tract of land, it
was by misinformation and undoubtedly intented conditionally,
as playnly appears by the petition in the preamble and the said
charter, as the groundwork to all, viz. to civilize and propogate
the Gosple, amongst the barbarous Indians, and not to make
himselfe or his posterity in time to com, an absolute prince
over the King's freeborn Subjects off England and propogate
papacy, whereby our posterity will bee brought either to becom
pageans or papists, for protestant Ministry is rather depressed
then advanced, sometimes not beeinge above 2. or 3. orthodox
Ministers in the whole province and sometimes none at all.
O yee reverent Bishops in England Here lays the Keye of
the work, and the popes service, why doe y^e not take care for
the sheep in Maryland, and send protestant pastores, as the
pope doth to his papists, in America ?
Next, Wee acknowledge Lord Baltemore our land lord pro-
prietary and the inhabitants his Tennants in Maryland by fealty
onely, payeinge for all manner of services the yearly quitt Rent
as by owr pattents Wee are no otherwise injoyned: But our
souveraigne Lord the Kinge, proprietor over Maryland, and
wee His onely Subjects and liege freeborne people of Engl^d to
whom wee owe alleageance and fidelity and to no other, and
to him wee will swear and engage, to bee true and faithfull,

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