Assembly Proceedings, May 8-22, 1695. ^J45

to Us from Whitehall; for want whereof noe legall alteracon
can (at present) be made in the Judiciall Proceedings of this
Governm^t Nevertheless for the Ease and Satisfaction of
persons of Tender consciences in the Church of England, to
take of all Reflections which may be made by our Dissenters,
and lastly to obviate all pretences of the Romanists, as if wee
seem'd to pray for the dead, I have (by and with the advice
of his Ma^ts hon^ble Councill & house of Burgesses Assembled)
thought fitt to publish and proclame, and I do hereby
publish and proclame that the Name of her Sacred
Ma^ty be hereafter Omitted in all publick prayers & Ser-
vice of the Church; & to the End the great loss of our
pious and Glorious Queen may not be passed by, whose
Death wee can not Sufficiently condole, I do further Publish
and Proclame that Saturday next (being the Eleaventh of this
instant May) be set a part as a day of ffast & Solemn humiliation,
to be strictly observed and kept by the Assembly & all others
resideing in & about this City. And that the last day of this
Instant May be also Observed by all persons inhabiting this
Province, requireing the Ministers to read prayers & preach
on that day; And I do hereby Strictly charge and Comand
the severall Sherriffes of this Province forthwith to make
Proclamacon hereof in the most publick and Convenient
places in their Respective Counties; Whereof all persons are
to take due Notice and Abstain from Corporall labour on that
day: Given under the Great Seale of the Province at Ann
Arrundell this Tenth day of May in the seaventh yeare of his
Ma^ts Reign Annoq Dom. 1695.
God Save the King ffr Nicholson

Appeared here at the Board one Patrick Duncan & John
Selby Inhitents of South River, who informed his Ex^ncy &
Councill concerning sev^rall Indians they see painted about the
ffalls of Petuxant, at the outmost Plantacon there, where they
understood by the people of the house that they made great

Complaint for want of Corn, and that some of them Reported

there were Two hundred of them not farr off.
They are sent down to be Examined by the house of Bur-
gesses. To w^ch the house Returnes the following Answer by
M^r Boothby & M^r Lowe, Viz^t

By the House of Burgesses May 10^th 1695.

Whereas this day upon the Examination of Patrick Duncan
& John Selby Wee have informacon concerning some Indians,
not as yet known & discovered, this House does humbly
Request his Ex^ncy the Govern^t will be pleased to Order some
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