Journall
of The Lower house of Assembly
Att a Sessions Begunn
And Houlden at the Ridge in An Arrundell County, vpon
the second day of October In the Eighth Yeare of the
Dominion of the [Right] Hono^ble Charles absolute Lord &
proprietary of the province of Maryland & Avalon Lord
Barren of Baltemore &c Annoq Do
And there Continued vntill the Six^th day of Novem ffollow-
ing And then Adjourned Till the first Tuesday [in Aprill
next] And by his Lops proclamaccon Beareing Date the 15^th
ffebruary In the yeare aforesd. Conveened to the Cytty of S^t
Maryes vpon the ffirst day of Aprill In the yeare of our Lord
1684. At w^ch day: (viz)

Tuesday Aprill the first 1 684
M^r Speaker and the members, then p^rsent, mett at the Court
house in the Cytty of S^t Maryes, And Adjournd Till To mor-
row Twelve of the Clock.

Wedensday Aprill the 2^d 1684
The house Called, and all present as yesterday:
Then was read what was done Yesterday:
Then M^r Speaker and the rest of the members Adjourn'd
the house till to morrow Twelve of the Clocke.

Thursday Aprill the 3^d 1684:
The house Called and all p^rsent as yesterday:
[Then w]as read what was done yesterday:
Then [M^r] Speaker and the rest of the members Adjourne
till To morrow Twelve of the Clocke :

Fryday Aprill the 4^th 1684
Then M^r Speaker and the members of the Lower house
were by a messenger Conveened before his Lop in the vpp^r
house, and there his Lop: made a speech, to M^r Speaker and
the members of the Lower house, The purport of w^ch is as
ffolloweth:

Original
Journal,
p. I

The purport
of his Lops
speech

ffirst His Lordsp: sayes that the reasone why he
did Adjourne the last meeting of this Assembly, and
not prorogue it (as he Intended) was to save the