352 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6.

Lib. R. R. R.

mand all and singular the respective Sheriffes of the severall
& respective Counties of this Province, and all others his L^sps

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Officers Civill and Military within the same, and others the
good people of this Province that immediately upon sight
hereof you use all waies and meanes to Enquire and search
in and about all places both by land and water within your
severall and respective Bailywicks limitts and precincts for the
said Makeele and other his Associates and Confederates, and
him or them or either of them wheresoever he or they shall
be found forthwith to apprehend, and in safe custody keepe,
soe that you have him or them safely and securely before his
L^sps Justices of the Provinciall Court, at the next Provinciall
Court to be held at the City of S^t Maries. Whereof faile not
and for your soe doeing this shall be your warrt Given
under our hands and the lesser Seale of the Province the
second day of March in the Tenth yeare of the Dominion of
the R^t hon^ble Charles &c. Annoq Dmi. 1684:
To the Sheriff of S^t Maries County
and all others whom it may
Concerne
This

Idem mutatis mutandis to the rest of the Counties

At a Councill held at the City of S^t Maries the 4^th day of
March Anno Dmi 1684:

Coll Thomas Taillor

The hon^ble Coll Henry Darnall Present

Coll W^m Stevens Present

Maj^r Nicholas Sewall
preferred to this board and read the foll petition (viz)

To the hon^ble his L^sps Councill &c^a

The humble Petition of Abraham Gale of Som^rsett County
humbly sheweth unto your Hon^rs
That whereas your Pet^r did severall times send severall
Lett^rs to your Pet^rs wife Sarah Gale then Inhabiting in the

p. 195 Kingdom of Ireland, in which Lett^r your Pet^r desire was for
his wifes and Childrens comeing into this Province, and after-
wards it soe happened that your Pet^rs said wife mett w^th one
Henry Staples of Kent County then in Dublin in Ireland, &
bound for Maryland, your Pet^rs wife understanding thereof,
applyed her self to him (she being an Illiterate pson, & not