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Government which he sufficiently declares to be still his reso-
lution in countenancing favouring and associating himself
with none but Papists and others of the dissafected Party their
Majestys known Enemies who take the freedom in his Com-
pany and presume (if not by his advice and Encouragement)
to drink healths to King Iames and frequently among one
another to the Man that must have his Mare again (a by word
they have to express their Desires of a Change and the resti-
tution of King James to the Crown which they feed themselves
with the hopes of seing effected before May day we have
toe many of that hue among us, Pray God preserve their
Majestys and confound the wicked expectations of such their
Enemies and deliver us from their hands: By our next we
shall endeavour to furnish you with what Evidences or other
Circumstantiall proofs we can for your better management of
this and all other matters Committed to your charge and in
the mean time we rest
S^r Your humble Serv^ts
To M^r Peter Paggen N Blakiston
Merch^t In London N Greenberry
These Tho Tench
In^o Courts
Tho Brooke

Liber K.

Produced and read to the Board a Letter from the Commis-
sioners of Somerset County refusing to admit of or Suffer
M^r Edward Greene and M^r Ioshua Barkstead to act or put in
Execution their respective Commissions lately granted them
by his Excellency for Surveyor of the County & for Ranger as
also a Petition preferred by the Grand Iury of that County to
the County Court to that Purpose and consented to by the
Commissioners
Ordered that Summons issue as well for the s^d Commsrs as
for the Grand Iury aforesaid to appear at the next Provinciall
Court to answer their Contempt in the Premises
Was also produced and ordered to be read this following
Letter from the Com^rs of Talbot County Court (viz^t)

York Town the 19^th November 1692
Honoured Sir
Yours of the 15^th instant have received have viewed the
Contents wherein we perceive your good liking and approba-
tion you have Conceived of M^r Iohn Pope of Oxford but by
whose means we know not we should be glad in Complyance
with your Gentle request that we Could conceive the like
thoughts of him and so Repose in him that publick employ-

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