378 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1660.

Liber
P. C. R.

or affection, I will to my best skill, and according to my heart and
Conscience giue good and faithfull Councell to the said Lord and
Proprietary and his heires, and to his and their Lieutenant or Chiefe
Governor of this Province for the tyme being when therevnto I
shalbe called, I will keepe secrett all matters committed, or revealed
vnto me, or which shalbe moued or debated Secretly in Councell, and
faithfully declare my minde and opinion therein, according to my
heart and Conscience, And if any of the said Treaties or Councells
shall touch any of the privy Councellors of this Province I will not
reveale the same vnto him soe touched or Concearned, but will keepe
the same Secrett vntill such tyme as by the Consent of the Lord
Proprietry or his Lieutenant or Chiefe Gouernor here for the tyme
being publication shalbe made thereof, I will also as a Councellor and
as a Justice and Commissioner for the Conservation of the Peace
of this Province Doe equall Right vnto the poore and to the Rich to
the best of my vnderstanding & Judgment according to the Lawes
from tyme to tyme in force within this Province, And in default
thereof according to my best discression, And gennerally in all things
will doe as a faithfull Councellor to the said Lord Proprietary. And
I doe further sweare I will not by my selfe nor any other person
directly, or indirectly trouble molest or discountenance any person
whatsoeuer in the said Province professing to belieue in Jesus Christ
for or in respect of his or her Religion nor in his or her ffree Exercise
thereof within the said Province so as they be not vnfaithfull to his
said Lo^p nor molest or Conspire against the Ciuill Government Es-
tablished here vnder him Soe helpe me God and by the Contents of
this Booke

Secretary's
Oath
[vide 3 Md.
Arch. Coun.
218]

The Oath of the Lord Proprietaryes Secretary in Maryland.

I A. B. Do sweare that I wilbe true and faithfull to the Right
honnorable Caacilius Lord Baron of Baltemore the true and absolute
Lord and Proprietary of this Province of Maryland, and him and
them, and his and their Rights Royall Jurisdictions Signiories, and
all and euery of them in, to and over the said Province and Islands
therevnto belonging will at all tymes defend and maintaine to the
uttmost of my power, and will neuer accept of, nor execute any place
office or imployment within the said Province any way concearning
or relateing to the Gouernment of the said Province from any per-
son or authority, but by from, or vnder a lawfull authority deriued
or to be deriued from tyme to tyme from his said Lo^p or his heires
Lords and Proprietaryes of the said Prouince vnder his and their
hand and Scale at Armes. I will serue him faithfully as his Secretary
in the said Province. To none will I wittingly or willingly delay or

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deny Right in what belongeth to my Office or Offices .... matters
to be by me recorded without falsification or Corruption for feare
fauor or mallice of any person whatsoeuer to the best of my abillity