80    Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1699.

         Lib. X.  His Excellency informs the Board that he had upon the

                  Representation of the Iustices of the Provl Court suspended

                  the execution of the Corporal Punishments & Fine upon Mr

                  John Cood inflicted by that Court upon consideration of his

                  service done on the Revolution & that for six months only in

                  hopes of finding a Reformation in him

                    Whereupon this Board do unanimously agree that the said

                  Cood was very serviceable to his most Sacred Majesty & this

                  Province upon the said Revolution & do approve of what his

                  Excellency has done therein

                    And further advise that in case his Excellency has a good

                  account of his Wellbehaviour he may be then pardoned

                    Collo Henry Ridgely being very Antient & desirous to lay

                  down his Commission of Colonel of this County of Ann

                  Arundel County Ordered Commission be prepared to appoint

                  the honble Major Iohn Hammond Colonel of the said County

                    Read the right honble Mr Secry Vernons Letter to his Ex-

                  cellency relating to the Pirate Turner now in Custody within

                  this Province requiring his Excellency to send the said Turner

                  for England

                    Then was also read a certain instrument under the said

                  Turners hand obliging himself to become an Approver

                  against the rest of his fellow Pirates

          p. 226  Then was read the Right honble Mr Secry Vernons Letter

                  about illegal Trade to which this Board do say that all dili

                  gent Care is taken within this Government to detect them

                    Read also his most Sacred Majestys Letter in relation to

                  the Scotch at Darien

                    Whereupon a Proclamation was ordered to be prepared &

                  issued prohibiting all & every his Majstys good Subjects within

                  this Province from supplying them with any Ammunition

                  provisions of victuals or Otherwise whatsoever trading with

                  or holding any Comerce or Correspondency with the said

                  Scotch at Darien

                    Then did the honble Thomas Tench Esqr Collo Iohn Addi

                  son Tho Brooke Esqr & Collo Iohn Hammond pursuant to

                  the order or Warrant from the Lords of the Admiralty dated

                  the 7th of Iune 1699 Administer unto his Excellency the Gov-

                  ernor the oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken

                  instead of the oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy who in their

                  Presence subscribed the Test & Association after wch they did

                  deliver his Excellency his Commission of Vice Admiralty of

                  this his Majestys Province &Ca

                    It being moved at the Board concerning some Discourse

                  used by Capt Richard Hill wherein he had expressed himself

                  Disaffected to his Majestys Government here the debate &

                  Examination thereof is further referred to a full Council