Assembly Proceedings, June 29—July 22, 1699. 291

you shall surely find his Matys Subjects here of an Ingenious,
humble obedient and Loyall disposition and as sincerely En-
deavouring that nothing shall disconsonant the good Harmony
you wish to find as Love and Duty can oblige a well satisfyed
people too.

Original
Journal.

The many benefitts this province has rec^d by being taken into
his Matys Imediate protection we gratefully Acknowledge and
Admire the greatness of his mind that his more Vast and Im-
portant Affairs in Europe are so Easy within that he can Conde-
scend to so pticular a Consideration of this his province we are
glad to find our selves so much in his Care and Confess it a
Great blessing to be under his Government which we pray God
long to preserve.
That notion of his Matys and the Countrys Interrest differing
and Interfering so p^rjudiciall and fatall to Concord and Unity
is never imbibed by us they Do not understand us that In-
formed you so and although yo^r Ex^cy serving his Maty in a
higher Station then any of us may render your Loyalty more
perspicuous yet we will Contend that ours shall be uniforme
and proportionable and as we never had any app^rhension that
his Maty would retrench us of any those Rights and priviledges
here which we have in England so will we allways Esteem his
Royall prerogative sacred and hope we shall never see it mis-
applyed to personall strife or Contests nor to Iustifye any
Violent Action.
As to the Church Affairs we are Glad to find yo^r Ex^cy so
willing to Joyne in the promotion of it we shall be allways
ready to Concurr with your Ex^cy so farr as the Capacity of
the province will reasonably Admitt.
We are sufficiently Assured of your Ex^cys good Intencons
and Inclinations to ascert the Interrest of this province and to
do us Iustice and are in an Especiall maner pleased to find us
your Ex^cy that apertness of mind that Clearness and freedom
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and desire that you will believe us all honest men, let us par-
take indifferrently the Advantage of yo^r good Governm^t and
Apply his Matys Grace and favour in Comon matters indiff-
ently to us all till any mans Actions bespeak him unworthy
we cannot Omitt to tell your Ex^cy that we take it as an infalli-
ble Argum^t of your own Sincerity and Candour that no Sinis-
ter perswasions have discouraged your Ex^cy from makeing use
of and treating with the p^rsent Assembly which att your Come-
ing you found ready Elected, we hope you will not find yo^r
Selfe Mistaken in your measures Desireing thus much that as
we are men and lyable to Mistakes and Erro^rs that if any thing
proceed from us which at first is not pleasing to yo^r Ex^cy that

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