Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 9, 1692. 277

Articles might be sent up with the Law passed this Sessions
to the severall Counties to be published together with the said
Laws; and further as to the Verball Message delivered by M^r
Watson desiring their honours not to proceed upon it, that
also was Mistaken by the said Watson and no wise designed
by the house to be delivered here, but upon receipt of the last
Message from hence it was resolved in the house that whereas
they were preparing a Law Concerning the said Articles, they
should proceed no further upon it and so mistaken by the said
Watson for a Message by him to be delivered to this Board,
which they desire may not be taken to be the sense of the
house but may be razed out of the Journall
His Excellency gives them to understand that he had stayed
a Ship now ready to Sail, on purpose to write by her to Eng-
land, to give his Majesty an Account of affairs here, and
amongst other things is willing to give an Account of what
progress, this Assembly has made towards the present Settle-
ment and therefore moves the house, to the Dispatching those
Preliminaries most necessary to be Considered Viz^t the Act of
Recognition, and a Bill of generall Indemnity and such like.
They say they will proceed to the dispatch of those two Bills
and will have them ready to present to this Board to Morrow
Morning.
Adjourn for an hour.
Mett again present as before.
M^r William Dent, M^r Henry Tripp, and Captain William
Whittington from the house with an Address drawn up to
their Majestys to be signed by the members of the house, they
present the same to this Board, together with the following
Message Viz^t

By the house of Assembly 18th May 1692.
This house do humbly desire the Concurrence of your
honours to this Address in Order to be sent to their Majestys.
Signed p^r Order Henry Denton Cl Assembly.

The Address is as followes Viz^t

To their Sacred Majesties William and Mary by the Grace
of God King and Queen of England Scotland France and
Ireland Defenders of the faith &c.

U. H. J.

The humble Address of your Majesties Council and the rest
of your most Loyall Subjects the Inhabitants and freemen
of your Majesties Province of Maryland their Representatives
in a General Assembly met together.
Gracious and Dread Sovereigns
The due sense and acknowledgments of those great Bless-
ings it hath pleased God to bestow on us in Redeeming us

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