" under his Lordship which they pretend to all or any such " lands here as aforesaid and after survey thereof and " before the said first day of November next demand Grants " of me or such Deputy as aforesaid for the same under " his Lordships great seale of this Province before " mentioned and thereupon they shall have Grants speedily passed " unto them according to justice, as his Lordship requires " me his said Lieutenant to performe unto him, And in " regard there may be some person or persons now absent " out of this Province and Virginia which have or pretend " to have right unto lands here due by such Conditions " or Warrant before expressed and cannot by reason of " such absence in convenient time have notice hereof, such " person or persons so absent as aforesaid shall have " liberty till the 25th day of March next after the date of this " Proclamation to make such their right to land within this " Province to appear and to demand Grants for the same in " manner as aforesaid, and all such person and persons " before mentioned who shall neglect or refuse to comply " herewith must blame their own obstinacy if hereafter they " be refused any such Grants which his Lordship in that " case hath appointed me to refuse to grant unto them when " perhaps they would be willing to have them which his " Lordship in justice may doe, for he having once offered " them Grants and they refusing, his Lordship hath " performed his Conditions on his part and is wholly " disobliged in honour, justice and conscience from allowing or " offering the same againe. Given at St. Maries the 13th " day of April Anno Domini 1649.                                 " WILLIAM STONE."     LIB. NO. 2 folio 590." ¾ " A Commission annexed to the Conditions of Plantation, de                                         anno 1649.       C. B.     " Cecilius &c. to our trusty and well-beloved our Lieutenant of our province of Maryland for the time being Greeting, Whereas we are informed that our conditions of plantation bearing date the 20th of June in the year of our Lord God 1648 and sent by us the last year to be published within our said province of Maryland are not like to give sufficient encouragement to many to adventure or plant there, we tendring more the safety and prosperity of the present inhabitants there than our own particular advantage, to the end that others may be encouraged to adventure and plant in the said province whereby the people already there may be the more strengthened against any foreign enemies we have Source: John Kilty. Land Holder's Assistant and Land Office Guide. Baltimore: G. Dobbin & Murphy, 1808. MSA L 25529.