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of the said Office hereby granted unto him, full power and
Authority from time to time by his Dep^ties to make, constitute,
ordeine, and publish in our name such wholesome, reasonable,
and profitable, Ordinances, Edicts, and Proclamations within
our s^d Province, for the better governing of the people in our
s^d Province, and with such reasonable paines and penalties to
be therein expressed, as wee our self may Lawfully doe being
psonally p^rsent in our s^d Province. Willing and hereby
requireing that all the above mentioned powers and Authoritys
by these p^rsents Given and granted to our s^d Deare sonn be
from time to time (as occasion shall require) Exercised pformed
and Executed for our s^d Deare Sonn (by reason of his tender
yeares) by our trusty and well beloved Councello^r Thomas
Tailler Esq^r Vincent Lowe Esq^r Henry Darnall Esq^r William
Digges Esq^r William Stevens Esq^r William Burges Esq^r
Nicholas Sewall Esq^r and Clement Hill Esq^r whom by these
p^rsents we Constitute authorise and appoint our Deputies and
Comission^rs under our s^d Deare Sonn, during our absence out
of our s^d Province, or untill we or our heires shall signifie our
or their pleasure to the Contrary. Hereby giveing and
granting unto the said Thomas Taillor, Vincent Lowe, Henry
Darnall, William Digges, William Stevens, William Burges,
Nicholas Sewall, and Clement Hill the custody Governm^t and
Command of our said Province, as our Dep^ties and Commis-
sion^rs under our said Deare Sonn dureing our absence, And
also by these p^rsents Impowering the said Thomas Tailler,
Vincent Lowe, Henry Darnall, William Digges, William
Stevens, William Burges, Nicholas Sewall, & Clement Hill, or
any three or more of them (of which we will that the s^d Henry
Darnall, William Digges and Nicholas Sewall, or any two or
one of them be alwaies p^rsent) as our Deputies and Commis-
sion^rs under our s^d Deare Sonn to exercise & execute all the
severall powers and authoritys given to our s^d Deare Sonn by
vertue of these p^rsents here before mentioned.
Given und^r our hand and lesser Seale at Armes this seaven-
teenth day of August in the Tenth yeare of our Dominion
over our s^d Province of Maryland, and in the yeare of our
Lord God, One thousand Six hundred Eighty and ffive.
Endorsed
Wee Doe hereby Authorise Henry Darnall & W^m Digges
gentl or either of them to admin^r the vsuall oath of our Dep^ty
or Dep^ties of our s^d Province to the gentl named in the Com^or

on the other side; and we doe also hereby authorise Nich^s
Sewall & Clem^t Hill gentl to Adm^r the same Oath unto the s^d
Henry Darnall & W^m Digges Given und^r our hand this 21^th
day of September 1685: C: Baltemore

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