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the preservation of the lives and Estates of all such persons
and therefore should not submitt myselfe to any such unlawful
authority as I take yours to be Thereupon they demanded of
me who was theire Majestys lawful authority heere I an-
swered I was as being an Officer under the Lord Baltemore
until theire Majestys pleasure should be otherwise lawfully
made knowne, then they ordered the souldiers to take me
away a while and soone after ordered my bringing againe
before them with M^r Smith and M^r Bother telling us it was the
Order of the House that we must find good and sufficient
security to be bound for us to answer before their Majestys'
Comissioners lawfull authority what should be objected against
us and in the meane time be of good behaviour To which we
answered theire authoritys we look.t upon not lawfull to force
us to give any bonds & that we had Estates in this Countrey
sufficient to oblige our staying to answere what any lawful
authority could object against us Then we were againe ordered
away to M^r Lyneses with a guard to keepe us prisoners still
& afterwards haveing considered with ourselves wee informed
them by M^r Johns and severall of them themselves speakeing
with us that we would give them what bonds they pleased for
our answering what should be objected against us by any
lawfull authority leaveing out the Clause of good behaviour
for that we knew they would make anything they pleased
breach of good behaviour and under pretence of that trouble
us againe at theire pleasure but that would not do so at the
adjourning of the Assembly we were all ordered by them to
be kept in safe custody of M^r Gilbert Clarke whom they made
Sheriff of Charles County, untill we should give bond as above
required which is the whole substance hitherto proceeded on
that is knowne to your humble servant to command
Nicholas Taney.
14^th Sepf 1689.
Charles Towne in Charles
County where we are & are
like to remaine till---------

(Endorsed)
Maryland. 1689.
Letter to M^rs Smith about Capt: Smith
Rec^d 16^th Dec 1689.

Mem: The 14^th Sept^r 1689. Capt: Coade mustered all the
men of S^t Maryes County at Chopticoe & did then & there
order that all protestant servants & freemen should appeare
there at Chopticoe that day fortnight with provision for a
march into Anarundell County & those that were provided
armes to bring them with them & those that were not should
there be furnished with the County Armes.

P. R. O.
Colonial
Papers.