The Lower House. 379

Houses as will Induce Your Honour to Require that Oath
to be taken by the Judges, is what yet Rests doubtfull with us,
which we therefore in most humble Manner pray your
Honour to Explain by a further Intimation of Your Pleasure
to us on that head as well as what Relates to the Instruction.
We assure your Honour whatever you are pleas'd to take in
our address as design'd to Reflect upon you, has not been done
with any such Intent. We have only Endeavour'd to Relate
the Truth in such Manner as to the best of our understand-
ing might be most Servisable to his Lordship's Government,
and for the Preservation of that old form of Judicature which
your Honour seems to approve, for the welfare of the Prov-
ince, and we hope your Honour will be pleas'd to understand
us so.
And we do Sincerely and Heartily Join with your Honour
in praying that God will be pleased to abate the pride,
Asswage their Malice, and Confound the Devices of all his
Majesties, His Lordships, your Honours, and our Enemies
and in a particular Manner that you your Self may be pre-
served Intirely free from the Influence of any Evill Spiritts
without doores, and we Can in the most Solemn Manner
affirm that we have not the least Cause to Suspect any among
us.
We Return Your Honour our Unfeigned thanks for the
Assurance you are pleased to give us that no Endeavours of
others shall sett you at Variance with us, and we Assure Your
Honour no Action of our own Can answer our Intent if it
deserve Your Displeasure.

Which was signed by the Speaker and sent to the Upper
House by Cap^t King and five others. They Return and Say
they delivered it.
The Bill to Restrain the ill practice of Attorneys &c: was
read the first time and ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns till to Morrow Morning Nine of the
Clock.

Saturday Octo^r the 30^th 1725

The House meets according to adjournment. Yesterdays
Proceedings are Read.

L. H. J.

An Explanatory Bill to the Act for Relief of such persons
as had been Convict on the Tobacco Laws, &c. was Read
the first time and the Question being put whether the Bill
shall be Read a Second time or not, it was Carried in the
Negative. Thereupon the same is Rejected

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