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   exceptions to the same as he shall think fit & convenient, and Lib. H. D.

   the severall Allegations, testimonies & proofs on both sides

   being strictly heard and Examined, and the matter duly

   maturely & deliberately weighed and considered, you are to

   pass & give your Judgmt doom & determination therein

   according to Law & Justice & the best of your skill & vnder

   standing, as also to taxe all Cost &Charges thereon accruing

   hereby Empowering you to Adjourn the said Court from day

   to day or from time to time vntill the sd matter by you the said

   Commissionrs shall be fully determined, And to the end a true

   & fair Record may be kept of your proceedings herein, We

   have thought fit to nominate & appoint, and We do hereby

   Nominate & appoint Henry Denton Gentl to be your Clerk or

   Register to Receive, take & Enter on his Journall the Sume

   & Substance of what shall be done & acted by you in the

   execution of the power & Authority hereby given & granted

   you, a fair Copy whereof attested vnder the hand & Seal of

   your said Cierk you are to transmitt Unto Vs in our high

   Court of Chancery with all convenient speed; Given vnder the

   Great Seal of our said Province the Ninth day of October in

   the Seaventh year of our Reign &ca Annoq Domini 1695

   Witness our trusty & Well beioved ffrancis Nicholson Esqr

   Capt Genll & Governr in Chief in & over our said province &

   (Territory of Maryland.)         ffr. Nicholson

   On the back of the above Comission

   was thus written, Vizt

     William the third by the Grace of God, of England, Scot

   land, ifrance & Ireland King Defender of the ffaith &Ca to

   Capt Richard Hill & Capt Thomas Tasker Gentl Greeting

   These are to Authorize you or either of you to Administer

   vnto Coll David Brown & Coll John Addison or either of

   them the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliamt to be taken

   instead of the Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy as also an

   Oath of Commissionrs, for this purpose to be framed And the

   sd Oaths being as aforesd Administred & taken, you the said

   Coll David Brown & Coll John Addison or either of you are

   to Administer the sd aforementioned Oaths to the rest of the

   Commissionrs: within named and to the Clerk for which this p. 227

   shall be your sufficient Warrant: Given vnder the Great Seal

   of our said Province this Ninth day of October in the Seaventh

   year of our Reign &Ca Annoq Domini 1695 Witness our

   trusty & well beloved ffrancis Nicholson Esq Capt Ge&'

   & Governr in Chief in & over our said Province & Territory

   of Maryland

                                 ffr: Nicholson