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The Ralph to answer to our Soveraign Lord the King &ca. And that Said

Mary give Security for her sd fine & fees, according to Act of Assembly &ca.

Whereupon Came sd Mary with her Security Richard Plunkett, and the

Said Mary & Richard did by way of Recognizance, acknowledge them

Selves to owe & be indebted unto our Soveraign Lord King William

the third the Sum of one thousand pounds of tobacco joyntly & Severally

due to be leavied on their goods & Chattels Lands & Tennements for

his Maties use &ca.

The Condicon of which Recognizance is Such that if the bound

Mary ffillpott doe well & truely pay unto our Said Soveraign Lord &ca

the just Sum of four hundred pounds of tobacco with all Officers fees

& likewise prosecute the sd Ralph Holston at our next County Court to

be held at Deviding Creed the 2^d Tuesday of June next then the

Recognizance to be void &ca.

Maryland Ss //

              By his Ex^ncy y^e Cap^t Gen^rll a Proclamacon

Whereas divers complaints have (at Sundry times) been made unto me

by Severall Masters & Comanders of Shipps, how that their Officers and

Seamen are frequently enticed & led away for Pennsilvania and

other adjacent Collonies, as also run themselves into many inconveniences

through means of persons entertaining them and receiving them into their

houses at all time and times, whereby is occasioned not only very

great neglect & much loss & damage to the Masters & Owners of Such

Shipps but also exceeding detriment to his Maties Royall Navy for

want of Such Seamen (So enticed and led away ) returning for England,

besides publick reflections and Scandall which may be brought upon

the Governm^t for the Same if not timely prevented . To remedy there

fore (for the future) Such an apparent & growing evil, I have thought

fitt, to publish make known and Order, And I doe hereby accordingly

proclaime and Comand, that no person whatsoever Military or Civil

within this Province having a Plantation or other wise keeping

house, doe hereafter any wayes Entertain harbour or receive

into his her or their house or houses any Officer or Officers, Seaman

or Seamen belonging to any Shipp or other Vessel tradeing within

this Province, Unless Such Officer or Officers, Seaman or Seamen

Shall produce a good & authentic pass from under my hand or

the hand and Seal of the Master of Such Shipp or Vessel to w^ch they

belong, wherein shall be expressed the Masters real Name or

Names, and that then they be no longer detained or kept or[entertained]

then the busness they are Sent upon shall require, under penalty of

the party or parties found offending contrary to the true intent and

meaning of this Proclamation , being proceeded agt according to

the utmost Severity of the Law, And I doe hereby likewise Notifie