Assembly Proceedings, April 30-May 14, 1696. 307

By the House of Burgesses May the 5^th 1696

The House do wonder and are much Agrieved at the Un-
parlimentary proceedings and continuance of the Breach of
our priviledges by his Majestys honble Council that instead of
Affording us the reasonable Satisfaction by the House desired
your Board should further proceed to infringe our Priviledges
by requiring to know what members were present or Absent
when this House resolved upon sending the Message this day
by Major Hammond and other members of this House yet for
Satisfaction of the Honble Board we acquaint you the same
was Resolved Nemine Contradicente therefore once more
humbly desire some Satisfactory answer to our former mes-
sage upon which we shall proceed to such Business as his
Excellency shall Propose for his Majestys Service and the Wel-
fare of this Province
Signed p Order
W Bladen Clk assembly

His Excellency is pleased to ask the Opinion of the Board
what ans^r is to be Given which being debated for some time
it was Resolved that for an Expedient in this matter the
Assembly be Prorogued till to morrow morning and his Excel-
lency accordingly Ordered the honble Col^o George Robotham
and James Frisby Esq^r to go down to the House and Acquaint
the Speaker that his Excellency does require him together
with all the members of the House to attend at the Council
Chamber immediately
They return and say that they delivered the Message and
M^r Speaker with the rest of the House will Attend accordingly

U. H. J.

M^r Speaker with the rest of the House members came up
His Excellency is pleased to Acquaint them that he is Sorry
to find that he has that Occasion as to send for them at this
time about the contesting such a point with his Majestys
honble Council so Long whereby his Majestys & the Countrys
Business is in the Interim delayed and the Country put to a
vast charge and Expense without any thing done and finding
the contest is Gone so far and that the House is not inclinable
in the Least to Give way his Excellency therefore is pleased
to tell them that he has found an Expedient betwixt both which
will put an End to that difference provided they will for the
future come with a Sincere true and hearty Affection to pro-
mote and carry on the Service of God of his Majesty and of
the Country without which was signified a dissolution must
necessarily follow and the better to incite the House to the
Observance of those three heads his Excellency is pleased to
present to M^r Speaker for the Perusall of the House a Sermon

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