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they under any Obligation so to do, And We think it unreasonable
that the Masters should be exposed to such Hazards, who will be
Obliged to Transport such Soldiers as shall be put on Board their

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M^r Tasker one of the Agents nominated in your Bill desires to
be excused from Acting in that Trust, therefore We desire Col^o Gale
may be put in his Stead, it would likewise be agreable to this House,
if you would Name any other member of your House instead of
Doctor Carroll: It is well known what Danger his Majesty looks
upon his Kingdoms to be in, from the Irish Roman Catholicks, and
what Precautions have been taken against them at home, and what
Numbers of them are now actually in the Spanish Service making
War against the Subjects of Great Britain; And tho' We firmly hope
that the abovementioned Gentleman in leaving the Roman Catholick
Religion has abandoned all the other Principles of his Countrymen
of the said Religion and that he is as good and faithful a Subject as
any his Majesty has yet as he has but lately declared himself a
Protestant, it might seem very strange to his Majesty and the prin-
cipal Gentlemen who are intrusted with the Embarkation of the
Levies to be raised in this Province for the intended Expedition
against some of the Dominions of his Catholick Majesty in the West
Indies to find that We should think no Gentleman in this Country
properer to be employed in such Service than One who has so lately
prevail'd upon himself to take the Oaths to his Majesty
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have any Dispute with your House, or to cast the least Reflection
upon the Gentleman, but only to testify the Sincere Zeal We have for
his Majestys Service, and to prevent the Imputation of any Blame to
Ourselves for not taking proper Care about the fitness of the Persons
to be employed in an Affair which is so strongly recommended to
our Care by his Majesty; And We hope upon Consideration the
Gentleman himself will think He is Obliged to us for endeavouring
to Remove all Danger of any Imputation which might be thrown
upon him in Case of any ill Accident that may Unavoidably happen
in the abovementioned Service, let it be executed never so honestly
and faithfully.
There are several other Amendments which We think necessary
in this Bill, too tedious to be incerted in this Message, or in the
Endorsement to be made upon passing the Bill, We therefore desire
that Your House will be pleased to appoint some of Your Members
to join with some of the Members of Our House in a Conference, to
settle the particulars which being done, and approved of by both
Houses the Bill may be accordingly amended and passed into a Law ;
But if notwithstanding what has been said, you should think fit to
persist on the Funds and the other parts as they now stand in this
Bill, We do assure you that We are so resolved in Our Loyalty and

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