138 Assembly Proceedings, August—September 1681.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

he cared not a Turd for the Chancellor nor the Governor
neither, No (he Swore by God) nor for God Almighty Neither,
He the said William Calvert Esq^r asked him what are you a
Mad Man, to which he Swore and Said what a Plague do you
give me a Commission for;—
Jurat 27^o Die Augusti 1681 —
Coram me Philip Calvert—

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A Message from the Lower house p^r Cap^t Ladd and M^r Hall
who having Delivered it they return and an Answere to be
Sent them if it requires—

Lower house of Assembly 27th Aug^t 1681
This house having taken into their very Serious Consideration
all the Messages from the Upper house relating to Captain
Iohn Coode and not finding him Disabled thereby have Voted
him a Place in this house and Humbly desire that his Lordship
and the Upper house will be Satisfied with the reasons form-
erly Sent and rest assured that he shall not do his Lordship
any Disservice in this house So that we hope his Admission
may not impede the Publick Business—
Signed p^r Order of the house C Boteler Cl Assistant of the
Lower house of Assem^bly

This house Adjourns till Monday Morning 9 a Clock—

Upper house mett Aug^t 29th 1681.

The Chancellor—
Secretary— Col Taillor
Surveyor General Col Darnall

Col Burges and M^r Chiseldyne came from the Lower house
to acquaint this house that they were ready, Some of their
Members to Ioin with Some Members of this house in a Com-
mittee for Accounts and they return with Answer that this
house would Reply by a Member of their own—

Upper house August the 29th 1681 —
Refusing to give Security for breach of the Peace is a Suffi-
cient Cause to Divest any Member of the Lower house of his
Priviledge of Sitting there as So as hath been Acknowledged
by themselves in a Message of theirs to this house of the 20th
Instant: Cap^t Coode hath in the face of a whole Court refused
to give Security for Breach of the Peace as by a Transcript of
the Record will Evidently Appear and Consequently hath inca-
pacitated himself of Sitting in the Lower House as a Member