Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 10-Nov. 12, 1698. 181

p^rsent sessions according to the true Intent and meaning of
the afore recited Acts and further we humbly address yo^r Ex^cy
that all the Sev'all sums accrewing and growing due upon the
sev'all afore recited Acts may be disposed of Towards the
defraying the publick Charge of this province and Enlightning
the burthen from of the poor of the same in the publick leavy
Excepting all such sev^rall sums which by law are appropriated
to and for the use of free schooles
Signed p Order
Chr: Gregory Clk house of
Delegates

Original
Journal.

Whereupon his Ex^cy is pleased to Comand the hon^ble Colonel
Jowles and Colonell Addison to go down to the house and
Comand them imediately to Attend him Who Came accord-
ingly and being admitted and first the first part of their
message as to transcribing the Journall of their house being
read to them his Ex^cy is pleased to say that he find they are
Abetters of that Rogue Sly and his Accomplishes Who
were Convicted upon the Oaths both of a grand and pettit
Jury

And M^r Gregory the Clarke of the house being sworne to
give an Acc^t of what Interlineations and Obliterations were In
there Journall, In the proceedings of munday the 29^th of octob
were many lines obliterated being the Debates of the house
concerning Major Hamond and Cap^t Hill being Called to the
Councill Which he says he was Ordered by the house to
obliterate. Other obliterations viz^t M^r Speakers motion to the
house to resent his Ex^cys words to them Also other obliterations
concerning Clarkes Enlargement His Ex^cy says that he calls
God to wittness his Intentions and wishes [they] Could do the
same as in not haveing respect to their own particuler and
private Ends
He tells them that he Expects they should produce those
Authoritys for Clarkes Inlargement which they have bragged
of
And it being observed that in the proceedings of the 29^th of
Octob the house have resolved th^t 16 members shall make a
house to usher in private Designes As to their Refusall of his
Ma^tys Act of Grace his Ex^cys says that phapps they are the first
Body or Society of people that ever Refused their Kings
mercy and th^t such their refusall has putt him upon a thing he
never designed that is to put all the Judgem^ts on navigation
Bonds in Execution

The house in the name of all the people of the province
haveing refused his Ma^tys mercy and Favour

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