Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696 / 7-98. 441

     By Capt Humphrey Pellew Comandr of the      Lib. X.

      Ship Braggott for                26     .17 .00

     Mr Robert Mason on Mr Issack Miliner   33    .13  .02

                         All amounting to 249 .15 .02

       Arising out of the qt part of the 12d p hhd given by his

     Maty for purchasing Arms and Amunition for this Province

     the said Bills being to be lodged in my Office till further direc

     tions from his Excy and his Matys honble Councill I say received

     pme

                                 W Bladen Cl Concil

                    July the first 1698

       The Council again Sate and were present as Yesterday.

       And the several Depositions given his Majestys Council at

     Law to peruse being read in Council are as followeth vizt

       Mr Gilbert Clark of Charles County deposeth that being in

     Company with Mr Gerrard Sly at the said Slys house Sly

     drank a health to Longston where upon the Deponent asking

     whose health that was Sly told him it was a Gentlemens that

     was coming in Governor of Maryland the Deponent did hear

     the said Sly about the beginning of May last publickly dis

     course that having Entertained a Sollicitor who was a Grand

     Jacobite to manage his Articles put in before the Lords of the

     Committee of trade and Plantations against his Excellency

     Francis Nicholson the day following being with the Solicitor

     so reteyned there came another Gentlemn a Jacobite who

     applyed himself to the said Slys Solicitor And told him that

     he came to Reteine him for a very honest Gentleman Where

     upon the said Solicitor told him if not Reteined by the other

     Party he would embrace the Cause & upon the Gentleman

     making him acquainted for whom he would retein him the p.

     said Sollicitor told him he could not take it for he was reteyned

     of the other Side whereupon the said Gentleman Sollr made

     Answer Damn it You have taken a Cause against the honestest

     Gentleman of our Party in all his Majestys foreign Plantations

     upon which the Deponent Asked him the said Sly how could

     that be and his Excellency the Governor have the favour of

     the Lord Bishop of London Tush replied the said Slye the

     Lord Bishop of London knows nothing of him Sly carried the

     Deponent into his Lodging room & there produced the

     lournals of the last Assembly and said he had as good infor

     mation as Mr Nicholson

       That Mr Slye received several Letters from Capt Francis

     Harbin and reading one said it was his Sollicitors Letter who

     had seen Major Langston three days before and that he was