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   complyed with, tho they are sorry he has brought such an Lib. H. D.

   inconvenience vpon himself, and therefore Ordered that the

   said LLewellin (with what possible expedition he can) come

   vp & finish at the Port of Annapolis the Proceedings aforesd

   pursuant to former Ordr

     The honoble Coll John Counts Letter of Excuse for not corn- Whitehall

   ing to Councill, read & admitted oft.

     Produced & by Ordr read certain proceedings (in relation

   to the Broad Seal of the province) had & taken before his

   EXaCY the Governr the sixth day of December last, which fol

   low in these words, Vizt

                 December the 6th 1695.

   Proceedings Came before his Excellency Mr John ffreernan

   touching Coll Jowles Register in Chancery and his Excell, producing vnto

   &ca     him a couple of instrumts a subpena & an injunction

   in Chancery, the which he had produced & delivered vnto his

   Exceli some ifour or ffive Nights ago vnder the Broad Seall of

   the Province, and being then by his Exncy examin'd whether

   the sd two Instruments were perfect & intire without any

   blancks left in the same before they passed the Broad Seal,

   did then Answer & confess they were not perfect, and being

   asked the same question now, his Exncy shewing him the two

   Seals which he tore from the sd instruments, the said ffreeman

   made the same Answer, and his Exncy therevpon burnt the sd

   Seals.

     The honoble Coll Henry Jowles (Keeper of the Broad Seal)

   delivering vnto Majr Edward Dorsey, one of the Commis

   sionrs in Chancery, the Broad Seal of the province, by him to

   be kept pursuant to the Ordr of Councill; Ordered that the sd

   Majr Dorsey keepe the sd Seal secure, and that he apply it no

   instrument but what is Authentick & according to the Rules

   & practice of his Mats high Court of Chancery & that the Reg

   ister of the sd Court take notice accordingly.

     Ordered that the honoble Coll Henry Jowles make answer

   in writing what he has to say in defence of himself for taking p. 263

   away the Broad Seal of the Province out of Town with him con

   trary to an Ordr of Councill and for carrying away the Origi

   nall Laws made last Sessions of Assembly, contrary to his

   Excell Orders; and that he produce such his defence to the

   Councill next Meeting, and how he came to leave a spare

   Broad Seal with Stephen Blatchford to put to a Copy of the

   aforementioned Laws, the which sd Seal his Exncy now burnt.

   Coll Hen: Produced & Read a Letter from the honoble Coll

    Henry Jowles vnto his Excell sent & directed, set

   thereon. ting forth the cause of his absence, Vizt his present Whitehall