384 Assembly Proceedings, May 14-June 6, 1719.

L. H. J.

with your Excellency in defying them to shew one Single
Instance of Severity from either Government or Country and
Rejoyce to find their Lordships are so well apprised of the
truth of the case as to Judge their proceedings Malicious and
Imprudent
We are glad to find that Some (who we doubt not are the
most Judicious & Considerable) of that party have not Joyn'd
with the rest in their Indiscreet and Barbarous treatment of
your Excellency for Supporting the Established Government
and could wish the rest would follow their Examples, that all
who profess the Christian faith might with Safety to the
Government, be protected by it in their Conscientious Liberties
but we are indispensibly obliged to act defensively and Watch-
fully against the Incroachments of those that endeavour to
Subvert it and pervert the more unthinking of our people and
allure them to the Superstitions of their Church.
The Noble and pious resolutions of our Lord Proprietary
give us a lively Prospect that we shall never want the Con-

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currence of so great an Asserter and Maintainer of our Liber-
ties And as it is obvious to all unprejudic'd Persons how just
and loyall your Excy hath ever been to his Sacred Majesty and
his Succession how Studious to promote the Protestant Estab-
lishment and the Honour and interest of the Lord Prop^ry, so
with greatest truth, we may boldly assert the interest and well-
fare of this Province your Excellency hath had much at Heart,
for which our most gratefull thanks are return'd with a Sin-
cere desire long to Subside under the Conduct of so unbiass'd a
Ruler
Wee intirely Submitt to your Excellency's opinion on the
repealing Act and Shall endeavour to explain it.
The Laws relating to Jurors, to the repairing and makeing
of roads and Bridges and takeing of Taxables shall be care-
fully inspected and Maturely considered and Such Amend-
ments proposed as may Answer the Ends of your Excys kind
recommendation. And as to the Law relateing to Squirrills
it shall be fully debated and considered
Wee are fully Sensible of the Extensive bounty of the Crown
in appropriating the Duty of 1^d p pound for the propagateing
learning in these parts where it is but too much wanted. That
we think our Selves indispensibly obliged by the Strictest tyes
of duty to our Soveraigne and affection to our Country to use
our Endeavours that those good intentions may be render'd

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effectuall and usefull to us and that his Majesty's Charity and
goodness that was intentionally extended to this Province as
well as Virginia may not be wholly limitted to that Colony