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             Lib. x. Your Excellency may be pleased to perceive how kind this

                  her Majestys Government has been in assisting & Supplying

                  him for her Majestys Service also how civilly we have treated

                  him in giving him due notice of some Actions at Law against

                  him after which in Defiance of the Government when upon his

                  refusal to comply with his Creditors the Sheriff was obliged

             p. 317     no Longer to forbear He drew his Sword in presence of the

                  President swearing the Death of such as should lay hands

                  upon him and betaking himself to her Majestys Advice Boat

                  Boasted he would take the Queens Garrison nay further we

                  are informed that he threatened he would Sacrifice the last

                  Drop of Blood in his Ship before he would be taken thus he

                  behaved himself upon his Going from Severn & notwithstand

                  ing the Restriction in his Orders given him upon impressing

                  & the Caution in Council that he should not disable the Ships

                  your Excellency may by the inclosed Depositions upon his

                  coming to Anchor in South River see how despitefully &

                  arbritarily he hath Behaved himself to this her Majestys Gov

                  ernment Alledging that his Commission would bear him out

                  in those violent & unwarrantable Actions

                  Sr

                    We hope your Excellency will receive this as intended a

                  true Character of the said Captain Bostock & his Behaviour

                  here which we hope may be of Service to you as for our parts

                  we must Acknowledge to have been deceived in him therefore

                  at present we will leave him & his proceedings here where we

                  have no proper Force to supress him to your Excellencys most

                  candid Opinion withal intreating your Excellency that so soon

                  as your Government shall be supplied with another Guard

                  Ship in the Room of the Southhampton & her Majestys Ser

                  vice may allow thereof you will be pleased to order him up to

                  this her Majestys Government where he may be answerable

                  for what he has committed here

                                 We are Sir

                                 Your Excellencys most obliged faithful

                                    humble Servants

              p. 318                   Tho Tench President

                                       John Hammond

                                       James Sanders

                    The honble President likewise acquainted the Board that

                  with the advice of the said Colonel Hammond & Mr Sanders

                  he went down to puttuxent where meeting with the said Cap

                  tain Bostock upon his Obstinate Behaviour he had Committed

                  him by the following Mittimus vizt