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U. H. Journal
1659-93
p. 525
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the Upper house to give their Consent to the pacing the said
two Bills therein Mentioned, and the Upper house being more
near to your Lordships Councils, this house did desire the
Upper house to give us Some Assurance that your Lordship
will give Your Assent to the same that the said three Bills
might be presented to your Lordship together, This house
conceiving that the passing those two Bills would equally give
a great Content and Satisfaction and Settle the peace of
the Province and the minds of the People as the Bill for
Advancement of trade, and without the Assent of the Upper
house to the Same those two Bills were not nor Could not be
(as this house presumed) so fitt to be presented to your Lord-
ship for your Lordships Assent, and although this house could
not in the Least Imagine your Lordship would deny your
Lower house of Assembly so reasonable a request for the Set-
tlement of the certainty in Electing of Delegates &t and to
prevent Misconstructions upon these two Acts touching the
Levying of Warr and raising the publick Levys so much tend-
ing to the publick Quiet and Satisfaction to the people of this
Province, and although this house hath had Severall Debates
before them touching the means and ways wherein they might
Demonstrate their Gratitude to your Lordship for all your
Lordships high favours and Condescentions in some other
matter than by words (though reall and unfeigned from Our
hearts) and this house were near upon come to some result
thereabouts much to Your Lordships Satisfaction as this
house is assured and had only referred the final Debate thereof
till such time as those three Bills had passed both houses that
so we might not come Empty handed; yet upon the 27th
Instant the upper house sent a Message to this house that the
first of those two Bills (to witt) for the manner of Electing
Burgesses &t prepared by the upper house was more Conve-
nient for the Inhabitants (as the Upper house could Demon-
strate) than that which was by this house Drawn and presented
which this house cannot Imagine it to be and since the Differ-
ence is so small (as is there said) this house desired the same
might pass in manner as this house requested and as to the
other Bill touching the Levying of Warr &t the Upper house
declared the same matter was already Provided for by Laws
heretofore made and that to Enact a New Seemed to Interfeer
with that Act which Empowers the Governor and Council to
make Warr and peace with any Indian Enimy beyond the
Bounds of this Province, and although this house is very Con-
fident there is no such Law now in force yet to take off all
Debates and Disputes formerly raised thereabouts for the
future, This house hath the more reason to be Suitors to your
Lordship to Consent to the passing the said two Laws, and to
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