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your seasonable advice to him will p^rvent any further or future

occasion of Complaints of this nature; Such Behaviour of his
(though it might well create in him a jealousy soe farr as to
moove him to supplicate your Exncys good advice to us in his
behalf yett) should not in the least have dulled the edge of
our affection to his Maj^tie or his Interest, in affording the best
of our aid and assistance to any of his Officers in the pro-
moteing thereof This we are confident we shall be able to
manifest to the world, and doubt not of your Exncys Candor
in believeing the same untill a better oportunity of Demon-
stration shall p^rsent to
Your Exncys most humble Servants
from S^t Maries City Tho: Taillor
Decemb 3^d 1684: Henry Darnall
Nicholas Sewall
Jn^o Darnall
Vincent Lowe

Severall Depositions were this day taken, and ordered to be
Entred as foll:
John Llewellin of S^t Maries County in the Province of
Maryland sworne and examined saith, that on Sunday the
second day of Novemb: last past he was desired by the hon^ble
Coll Henry Darnall and Maj^r Nicholas Sewall to goe with them
on board his Maj^ties Ketch in Pottuxen River (as she was
tearmed) whereof one Cap^t Allen was Command^r and where
(at that time) Coll George Talbott was deteined prisoner for
the murder of M^r Christopher Rousby; That this Deponent
did waite upon their Hono^rs aboard, where accordingly he saw
Coll Talbott in Jrons, and under a guard; That the Command"
haveing invited the said Coll Darnall and Majo^r Sewall into
the Cabin, This Deponent and M^r Robert Carvile (who went
also in the boate with this Deponent) were also invited into
the Cabin, and there heard the said Cap^t Allen give a relation
of the murder, which being done, and some other discourse
pass'd (and which the Deponent may not remember) The said
Coll Darnall demanded the prisoner in the name of the R^t
hon^ble the Lord Prop^ry to be delivered up to the Governm^t of
this Province, to be proceeded against according to Law; but
Cap^t Allen positively refused soe to doe, upon such demand,
but if they would please to demand him in the Kings name he
would deliver him The said Coll Darnall and Maj^r Sewall
(both to the best of this Dep^ts remembrance) made answer
that it was the same thing in effect, for makeing use of the

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Lord Prop^rys name was by vertue of his Maj^ties Authority, by
his grant to his L^sp of this Province, which they then produced
and tendred the s^d Cap^t Allen to peruse, but he slighted it, and

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