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     of the Said Province under the Greate Seale of England I doe alsoe Liber P C
     Sweare that I will with all Expedicon Discover to his said Lordp or
     to his Lieu.t or other Governor of the said Province for the time
     Being And alsoe use my best Endeavours to prevent any plott
     Conspiracy or combinacon which I shall Know or have Just cause to
     Suspect is or Shall bee Intended Against the Person of his said
     Lordp or which shall tend any waies to the Disherison or Deprivacon
     of the said Lordp or his Said heires theire Right Title Royal Juris
     diccon and Dominion afforesd or any part thereof and I doe Sweare
     that I will not Either by my Selfe or by any other person or persons
     Directly or in Directly take accept Receive Purchase or Possess any
     Lands Tenement or Hereditiments wthin the said Province of Mary
     land or the Islands thereunto Belonging from any Indian or Indians
     to any other use or uses but to the use of the Said Lordp or his heires
     or knowingly from any other person or persons not Deriveing a
     Legal Title thereunto by from or under Some Graunt from his
     said Lordp or his heires Legally Passed or to be passed under his or
     theire Greate Seale of the sd Province for the time Being Soe helpe
     mee God and by the contents of this Booke.

       The fforme of the oathe to bee taken and to bee Given Major Re
     corder and Aldermen of the Citty of Saint Maries
                  Saint Maries in Maryland

     You Shall Sweare that you will bee true and ffaithful unto the
     [Right] Hono.ble Caecilius Lord Baltemore Lord and Proprietary of
     this [Province] of Maryland and the Islands hereunto Belonging
     and to his [heires] and Proprietaries of the Same and to the Lieuten
     ant or Cheife Governo.r here for the time Being and Shall not att
     any time [Doe] anything to the prejudize of his said Lordpp or his
     heires or    Theire Government as itt is Established in this p. 14
     Province of Maryland you shall will and Truely Execute the office
     of Major within the Citty of Saint Maries Citty and the Precincts
     and Liberties thereof according to the Best of your Skill Knowledge
     and Power Soe Helpe you God &.C
     Maryland ss     By his Excellency the Genn.l
       These are to Empower You as Chancello :r of this Province to
     Issue out of the High Court of Chancery and Signe and Seale a
     Dedimus Potestatem to the Major and Recorder of the Citty of Saint
     Maries to Sweare the Major Recorder & Aldermen and Comon
     Councillmen according to the Tenour of these oathes that are ap
     pointed by his Lordsps Gratious Charter to them of the Eleaventh
     Instant And to empower Alderman William Calvert to Sweare you
     as Major of the Said Citty and when you are Soe Sworne to Em
     power you to Sweare the Aldermen and Comon councill Thereof and