Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 20-Nov. 12, 1698. 237

Subjects in these remote parts of his dominions are Governed
has comanded that a Journall as well as of the house of Dele-
gates as of his Councill be sent to the Lords &c that his Ex^cy
would grant that the house may cause a Copy may be tran-
scribed during the sessions and sealed and sent by the house
to accord all Jealousies and Suspecions of having our Letters
and addresses and other publick accounts changed or altered
through the mistake or deficiency of Clarkes in transcribing or
otherwise.
That your Ex^cy would abstaine hereafter Implicitely or
Expressly to menace, deter, or over awe the house or any
member of the same from freely debateing matters in the
house.
That noe member of the house be declared Malignant nor
Comanded before the Councill nor any other wayes disturbed
or sumoned by his Matys^ty Writt of venire, for their free

L. H. J.

Speaking in the house as long as they keep themselves within
their duty to his Maj^ty nor that his Ex^cy would trouble any
member for any slye Secret and comonly false reports of any
thing done in the house but only take notice of what is
reported to him from the house and no further.
That he would receive into his protection all such Gen^t as
for no reward serve his Maty: in the office of Justice of the
peace and other officers and not suffer them to be harrast and
troubled upon obsolete Laws or otherwise and unjustly there
being nothing materiall proved ag^t them And that your Ex^cy
would make his Maty^tes Service less Servile and more easy
which is become naucious to such as are left capable of serving
his Maty^tey And that your Ex^cy would abstaine from Calling
the clk of Comittees upon Oath to discover all done in their
Comittees &c
And that your Ex^cy would not hinder the members of this
house when sessions are done from freely going home or any
wayes Stop them nor use any wayes by proclamacon or other
wayes to render the members of this house unworthy to the
meaner Sorte
Whereas it hath been represented to this house as a
greivance that Severall of his Maj^ties good Subjects being
Sumoned to the provinciall Court and there to attend as Jury-
men notwithstanding their obedience to such sumons and
attendance doing their duty according to the best of their
Capacities Severall of them have been called and examined
relating to a virdict and are straitly bound in Recognizance in
the Sume of Ten pounds Sterl: for their appearance the next
Court and of good behaviour, and ordered that the rem^a part

of the Jury be prosecuted to appear and answer the same at

the next Court, it being a proceeding so unusuall in this pro-

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