278 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769.

Lib. C. B.
No. 20

to his Lordship, and I will in all Things from Time to Time,
as Occasion shall require, faithfully Counsel and Advise His
said Lordship according to my Heart and Conscience.
So help me God.

His Excellency was pleased to produce to this Board the
following Certificate, which is Ordered to be Entered.

At the Council Chamber Whitehall the 22^d day of December
1768
Present

The Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Coun-
cil.

His Majesty having been pleased to declare his Royal Al-
lowance and Approbation of Robert Eden Esq^r to be Lieuten-
ant Governor of the Province of Maryland in America, ac-
cording to the Nomination of the Lord Baltimore, Lord
Proprietor of the said Province, He this day took the Oaths
appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance, and
Supremacy, and also the Oath required to be taken by the Gov-
erners of His Majesty's Plantations for putting in Execution
the Acts of Trade and Navigation.
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The Honourable Horatio Sharpe Esq^r delivers to His Ex-
cellency the Great Seal of this Province and thereupon his
Excellency the Governor takes the Oath of Chancellor in the
following Words viz.
I Robert Eden do swear, that, as Chancellor and Keeper of
the Great Seal of this Province, I will well and truly serve his
Lordship the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary of this
Province, and do equal Right to all his Majesty's Subjects to
the best of my Understanding Skill and Knowledge; I shall
not debar or hinder the Prosecution of Justice, nor take any
Gift, Bribe, Reward, or Fee for the delaying thereof, but will
behave myself justly and truly and hear and Judge Decree and
Determine all Matters that shall regularly come before me
for determination, according to Equity and good Conscience
according to the Duties of my said Office, and according to the
best of my Knowledge, during my Continuance in the said
Office or until I shall be by Lawful Authority discharged
therefrom.
So help me God.

All which said Oaths were Administered to His Excellency
by the Members of his Lordship's Honourable Council now
present.