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

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taken in your measures; knowing the ffact with all the circum-
stances is represented to his Maj^tie and his Commands where
he shall be tryed are daily expected, which when I have reed:
shall be communicated unto you, but in the interim I am soe
farr from answering your desires, that I doe hereby demand
Coll George Talbott as my Prisoner in the King of Eng^lds
name and that you doe forthwith safely convey him into Vir-
ginia and give me notice thereof, that I may receive him at
your hands, he being legally committed to prison by me in
the Kings name, from w^ch he hath unlawfully made his Escape;

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And to this my demand I expect your ready pformance and
complyance upon your allegiance to his Maj^tie as likewise in
service to your noble Lord to whom I will alwaies study to
approove my self, as also to you Gent.
To the hon^rd W^m Digges a very humble Servant
Esq^r and the rest of the Effingham
hon^red Council of Maryland
Present
with care

Ordered that an answer be drawne up by the Clerk to be
sent his L^sp adviseing him that this Governm^t cannot conceive
themselves obleiged to comply with his L^sps demand in deliv-
ering up Coll Talbott, but are willing and desirous to waite
his Maj^ties Comands concerning him without further process,
and desire the favour of his L^sp to communicate to them the
certainty of the late news concerning his Maj^ties death in ord^r
to govern themselves accordingly.
Ordered that the Sheriff of S^t Maries County take to him a
guard of twelve able select men well armed and provided for
the better secureing and safe keepeing of his prisoner Coll
George Talbott dureing the Court, and that the said prisoner
be confined to his roome onely.

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At a Councill held at S^t Maries City the 30^th day of May
Anno Dmi. 1685
The hon^ble
Coll Thomas Taillor Coll W^m Stevens
Coll Vincent Lowe Maj^r Nicholas Sewall
Coll Henry Darnall M^r Edward Pye
Coll W^m Digges
Present

Ordered that new Commissions of the peace and for tryall
of causes issue to the severall Counties as foll viz.