374 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85.

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Entry Book.

the Lord Mayor of London or one of the Judges or an Alder-
man of London being a Justice of the Peace or the Recorder

or two Justices of the Peace of any other County or Place who
shall carefully examine whether the person so to be bound
have any parents or masters And if be not free they are not
take such Indenture unless the Parents or Masters give their
consents and some person that knows the said servant to be
of the name and addition mentioned in the Indenture is to attest
his said knowledge upon the said Indenture.
5. If the person be under the age of 14 years unless his
Parents shall be present & consent he is not to be carried on
shipboard until a fortnight at least after he becomes bound to
the intent that if there be any abuse it may be discovered before
he is transported And where his Parents do not appear
before the Magistrate notice is to be sent to them or where
they cannot be found to the Church Wardens or Overseers of
the Parish where he was last settled in such manner as the said
Magistrates shall think fit and direct.

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Papers.

A narrative of the whole Proceedings betwixt the Lord Balte-
more and Captain William Markham Deputy Governor under
William Pen Esq^re as alsoe betwixt the Lord Baltemore, and
the said Pen.

His Majestie having bin graciously pleased to give to M^r
William Pen a Tract of Land in America to the northward of
Maryland, the said Pen in Aprill (1681) sends one Captain
William Markham his kinsman to be his deputy and towards
the latter end of August following, Captain W^m Markham
came to Maryland with a letter from M^r Pen to the Lord Balte-
more and at the same time brought another from His most
sacred Majesty bearing date the second day of Aprill in the
three & thirtieth year of His Majestie's reign, the Lord Balte-
more having perused the king's letter, as also that from M^r Pen,
the said Markham was assured by the Lord Baltemore, that
the king's commands should be readily and very speedily
obeyed, and by that means M^r Pen's desires and request would
be likewise complyed with, the said Pen having by his letter
requested that the Lord Baltemore would give all the dispatch
possible in the business of the bounds. But by reason of the
great heats then in August Captain Markham happened to fall
dangerously ill, and because the Lord Baltemore was willing
to embrace all opportunities of expressing his great friend-
shipp, respect and kindness to M^r Pen, he invited M^r Markham
to his house where he continued very dangerously ill for the
space of three weeks and better; some time in September the
said Markham grew soe well that he resolved to return to
Delaware, & before he parted with the Lord Baltemore they