Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1683. 581

this house could not in the Least Immagine, Yo^r Lop would
deny yo^r Lower house of Assembly, soe reasonable a request
for the settleing of the Certaynty of Electing of delegates,
And to p^rvent misconstructions vpon Those Two Acts Toutch-
ing Leavying of warr, and rayseing and Laying the publique
Leavyes soe much Tending to the publique quiett, and Satis-
faccon of the people of this province, And although This
[house ha]th had severall debates, before them, Toutching
the meanes and wayes wherein they might demonstrate their
gratitude to your Lordsp, for all your Lops High favours &
Condescentions, In some Other manner then by [w]ords
Though reall and vnfeigned from our harts, And this house
were nere vpon Come To some result therevpon much to yo^r
Lopps satisfaccon as this house is Assured And had Only
referred the finall debate thereof till such time as those Three
bills, had past both houses, That soe wee might not Come
Empty handed:
Yet vpon the 27^th Instant the Upp^r house, sent a message
to this house that the first of those bills (to witt) for the manner
of Electing Burgesses prepared by the vpp^r house was more
Convenient for the Inhabitants as the vpper house could dem-
onstrate, then that w^ch was by this house drawne and presented
w^ch this house Cannot Immagine it to bee, And since the dif-

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ference is so small As is there sayd. This house desired the
same might pass in manner as this house requested, And as
to the Other bill Toutching the Leavying of warr &c The
vpp^r house declared th^t the same matter was already provided
for by Lawes heretofore made, That to Enac[t a New s]eemed
to Interferr, w^th th^t Act which Impowers the Governour [and
Council to] make warr and peace w^th any Indian Enimy
beyond the bounds of [this Province] And although this house
is very [Confident] there is noe such la[w now in force,]' Yet
to take away all debates & disputes thereabouts (formerly
[raysed)] for the future, This house hath the [more reason to]
be Suitors to yo^r Lordsp: to Consent to the passing of those
[two Lawes and] to deferr this sessions a little Longer th^t so
the house may pceede to [the perfecting] the bill for Advance-
ment of Trade, being now vnder Consideraccon and Amend-
ments, in a materiall poynt & Accomplish what is already
begunn and about which soe much time and Charge has been
Spent:
Signd p Ord^r C Boteler Cler etc

The foregoeing message was sent to the vpp^r house by M^r
Burford M^r Carvile M^r usby and Major Weekes. they
returne
Then was Drawne the following message.

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