22    Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1698.

          Lib. X.  It is thought very reasonable & adviseable they should

                   least those offices should nourish persons disaflected to his

                   most Sacred Majesty & his happy Government

                    And whereas several Persons within this Provs have lately

                   shewed themselves disaffected to his Majestys Govt Ordered

                   that one of his Majestys honble Council or one of the Iustices

                   of the Provincial Court tender the said Oaths to such his

                   Lordships Officers or other persons whom they Shall find to

                   be disaffected within their respective Counties Saving to the

                   said Collo Henry Darnal his Lordships Receiver who stands

                   exempted by his Majestys order in Council

                            October the 28th 1698

                    The honble his Majestys Council Sate

                                   Present

                    His Excellency the Captain General & the members of the

                   Council were present as yesterday

                    Mr George Tubman Minister of Port Tobacco Parish in

                   Charles County being sent for appeared at the Board

           p. 178  His Excellency tells him he was never Sorryer in all his

                   life to have any man brought before him not only in respect

                   to his Coat but that this is such a Country wherein Example

                   is more prevalent then Argument & especially because he

                   was sent in by the right reverend the Ld Bishop of London

                    Asks him if he does not remember his application to him

                   for Leave to go for england to fetch his wife & that he much

                   admires he should have married another in the Countrey &

                   that he has given himself to horse racing Sotting & drinking

                   that he did not grant him any Such Power to grant Licenses

                   to himself

                    Mr Tubman says he did not give himself a License but had one

                   from W Peregrine Cony which he produces & is as followeth

                   vizt

                    Peregrinus Cony dilect nobis in Xto Georgio Tubman &

                   Elianore Hawkins de Caroli Corn in Maryland Salutem Cum

                   Vos Ut Asseritur ad Solemnizat Mronij Veri et Ami de

                   Expresso decreveritis illudq cum eaq fleri proterit matura

                   Celeritate Solemnizari facere et obtinere magnopere desid

                   eritis Nos volentes Ut honesta haec Vra desideria debitu Cele

                   rius consequantur Effectum Ut igitur Mronij (uti mos est)

                   publice edits libere et Solemnizari facere et Obtinere Pos

                   sistis et Valeatis post Cautionem fide Jussorum Sufficientem

                   ex Parte Vra inter positum Iuxta Canones aut horates Reg