Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1692-1694. 433

dolph in Virginia I saw & understood some Reflections made
upon the Gov^r and Governm^t of Maryland (viz^t)
That writing many Letters to divers Persons in England he
insinuated that Coll Copley begun already to be dissafected
by the People of that Province, that he had artificially caused
to be made and Enacted severall Laws solely to his own ad-
vantage & conveniency or to that Effect, that if the King did
not send over some Requisite Officers he could expect but
little Iustice to be done him by reason of ignorant Iurys and
the Governors conniving at some Collectors that favoured
Interlopers and false Traders or to that Purpose intimating
how ungentelely himself had been treated by the Governor at
his Quarters obliging him to turn out to make Room for
Captain Blakiston (who was his Great Creature) and wholly
at his Devotion) and shift elsewere in the Town as he could
& also that the rest of the Councill were very much at his
Service rendring them or most of them very ridiculous and
Inferior Persons calling Coll^o Browne a scotch Pedlar M^r Ad-
dison a new Castle Factor &c^a that the Clause in his Excel-
lencys speech (viz^t) the many difficultys and hazards I run did
not at all daunt me from Coming to you, was construed in the
Margin of one of them in gett^g away from the Serjeants &
bailiffs that waited for him
W^m Clark.
September 27^th 1692

Liber K.

Then came the above written William Clark before me John
LLewellin one of their Majestys Iustices of S^t Marys County
& made oath upon the holy Evangelists that the above Rela-
tion as to to the Sum & Substance thereof is true and just in
every particular differing only perhaps in the wording thereof
but as near as he can possibly remember agreeing therewith
Jurat die et ann Supra dict
coram me
J LLewellin

Maryland ss
I Philip Lynes of S^t Marys County in the Prov^e of Maryland
aged about forty three Years having formerly had some com-
munication with one M^r Philip Shapleigh of Northumberland
County in the Collony of Virginia and one Goss Mas^r of a
Ship or Vessel the said Philip Shapleigh and the said Goss
did tell your Depon^t Philip Lynes that the said Shapleigh was
bound for the said Goss in a bond for one thousand pounds
to the King that the said Goss should go for England with a
Ship or Vessell he was then Master of according to the tenor

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