Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1667-75. 39

Or their Leiftenn^t Or Cheife Governour for the time being
And Wee Doe hereby Will & require him the said John Allen
in Custody safely to Keepe the persons boates vessells Or
Other truck of any person taken so tradeing w^thout Lycence
vntill they shall be brought to a Legall tryall before Our Leif-
tenn^t Or Cheife Governour of this province for the time being
provided that this Lycence vnto the said John Allen for trade-
ing w^th the Indians shall not be in force but vntill the full end
and terme of two yeares next ensueing the date hereof Given
vnder the Great Seale of Our said province of maryland this
3^d day of may in the xxxvij^th yeare of Our Dominion Over
Our said province Annoq^r dom MDClxix Wittnes Charles
Calvert Esq^r Our Leiften^t Generall & Cheife Governour of
Our said Province of Maryland—

Liber H. H.

The oathe of the Leiuetennant or Cheife Governor
of the Province of Maryland.

I A. B: Doe sweare that I will be true and faythfull to the
Right hono^ble Caecilius Lord Barron of Baltemore the true and
absolute Lord and Proprietary of this Province of Maryland
and his heires, and him and them, and his and their Rights
Royall Jurisdiccons and Signiories, all and every of them, in
to and over the said Province and Hands therevnto belonging
will at all tymes defend and mayntayne to the vtmost of my
power And will never accept nor Execute, any place office or
Imployment within the said Province any way concerning or
relateing to the Governm^t of the said Province from any person
or authority but by from or vnder a Lawfull authority derived
or to be derived from tyme to tyme vnder the hand and Seale
at Armes of his said Lo^p or his heires or Assigns, Lords and
Proprieto^rs of the said Province, I will faythfully serve his said
Lo^p as his Leivetennant of the said Province and in all other
Offices Comitted to my Charge by his said Lo^ps Com^on or
Comissions to me, And will willingly yeild vp the said Com^on
and Comissions againe, and all Offices powers and authorityes
Granted or to be granted by them or any of them into the
hands of his said Lo^p and his heires and assigns or to such
person or persons as he or they shall appoynte whensoever he
or they shall appoynte me soe to doe, and shall Signifie the
same vnto me in any wryting vnder his or their hand and Seale
at Armes And will not presume to putt in Execucon or attempt
to execute any office power or authority Granted vnto me by
any of the said Commission or Com^ons after that his said Lo^p
or his heires or assigns Lords and Proprietarys of the said
Province shall repeale them or any of them respectively by
any wryting vnder his or their respective hand and Seale at
Armes and that the said Repeale be published within this

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