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    prsents that at the days & places af.d you or any Such four or Liber C D
    more of you as af.d Shall make known to him to Give his attendance
    on you, And if need require to Cause to come before you or any
    Such four or more of you as aforesaid Such & So many Good &
    Lawfull men of your County by whom the truth in the premisses
    may the better be known & Enquired of, And Lastly we have Ap
    pointed Phillip Gibbon Clerke and keeper of the Records and pro
    ceedings in this your County Court, And therefore you Shall Cause
    to be brought before you at the s.d days and place the writts precepts
    processe & Indictm.ts to yor Court & Jurisdiction belonging that the
    Same may be Inspected and by a due Course determined, Given at
    our City of S.t maries under our Great Seale the first day of August
    in the xxxx.th year of our Dominion over our Said province of
    Maryland Annoq Domini 1672 Wittness our Dear Son Charles
    Calvert our Cap.t Generall & Chief Governour of o.r Said province
    of Maryland                     Charles Calvert

      Caecilius &C To our Trusty & Well beloved Henry Adams and
    Thomas Mathews Gentl Greeting Whereas we have lately by our
    Commission under our Great Seale of our s.d province Nominated
    & appointed you the Said Henry Adams & Thomas Mathews and
    the Sev.” other psons in the s.d Commission named to be Com.rs &
    Justices for the keeping our peace in & for our Co.tY of Charles
    County with full power & Authority to keep Ot County Court there
    at Such days & times as by the Law in that Case as made & Pro
    vided, Now know ye that we Reposeing Great Trust & Confidence
    in yo.r ffidelitys and provident Circumspections Have assigned you
    and by virtue of these presents Do Give unto you full power & (fol. 93)
    Authority you the said Thomas Mathews having first taken the
    usuall Oath of Com.r and Justice of the peace of o.r Co.tY upon
    the holy Evangelists w.ch Oath We do hereby Empower and Author
    ize you the Said Henry Adams duely to Administer And you the
    S.d Thomas Mathews having Received taken the s.d Oath, We do
    hereby Authorize you to administ.r the like Oath & Commission.r &
    Justice of the peace unto the s.d Henry Adams w.ch being done &
    performed that then you Call & Cause to Come before you the other
    persons in the s.d Com.rs Nomited & appointed to be Commission.rs
    & Justices of the peace of Or said Co.ty And duely and truely to p..
    administer unto them & Every of them Jointly or Severally the (fol .93)
    Said oath of Comission.r & Justice of ye peace of our Said County,
    they also taking the Same upon the holy Evangelists, And when ye
    have So done we do will & Command you that you do under your
    hands & Seales Certifie us of your whole proceedings herein without
    delay into our Court of Chan.ry where Soever it shall then be, To
    gether this writt Wittness our Self at our City of S.t maries the
    first day of August in the xxxx.th year of our Dominion over o.r
    Said province Annop Dom 1672