Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6. 69

any time upon any urgent occasion to give his L^dsp intelligence
viz.
You are hereby Authorised and Empowered upon any
occasion of Indians comeing into your parts or other
emergent business to press a mann and horse to give what
speedy Intelligence thereof possibly you cann to his L^dsp for
which this shall be your Sufficient warrant. Dated at S^t
Maries the 13^th Day of January Anno Dmi 1681:
Signed p ord^r and appointnV of the

To Cap^t Ninion Beale R^t hon^ble the Lord Prop^ry
These. p John Llewellin Cl Consil.

Liber R.

R^t hon^ble
S^r This Day at my house I haveing heard spoken by John
Bracher of our County of Thomas Marshall at the Mill, that
he the said Thomas Marshall should some time about the
Rebellion of Godfrey speake many dangerous & seditious
words tending to the takeing away the life of your L^dspp and
his hono^r the Chancelo^r now the said Bracher pretends to me
that he had acquainted your L^dsp with the same long since
onely he was ffearefull, not haveing untill now other proofe
against him, but now p^rtends that he hath severall to proove
the said words as namely John Brookes, John Pembroke
Philip Coomes and himself, who carried a message from
parson Paris (since absconded and in Virginia as I heare) to
the s^d Thomas Marshall, which Marshalls words to the said
Bracher were very mutinous & seditious in my apprehension ;
saying that he had fourty men at his Command and fourty
more he was to have out of the Troope, and he would be the
man that would call out your L^dsp to speake with him and kill
him, and afterwards goe to the Chancelo^r and doe his business
for him; and as for Esq^r Calvert he should doe with him well
enough, and asked said Bracher whither he would be con-
cerned with him in his party: My Lord heareing these words
spoke, I thought it my Duty to acquaint your Excellency with
it for feare at one time or other th^t such Rebellious villains
should doe some injury to your L^dspps person, I question not
but if your L^dspp ord^rs the abovementioned persons to be
examined, but that they will declare the thing at large and
much more fully then I have inserted it as above, This I
thought the Duty of a ffaithfull Serv^t & Subject to performe
heareing such thinges against soe worthy a Prop^r and deserve-
ing a person as your L^dsp and hope soe long as I live if I heare
any such thinges against person or Governm^t of your L^dsp that

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