Hereupon we cannot Chuse but wonder why your Lordship
should write so tartly against the People who all involved
under the Censure of your Lordships Letter for protesting
against all the Laws which which were pretended to be in force
and enacted by Leo: Calvert Esqr deceased our late Governor
at the last Assembly held by him afore his death as for the
illegality of them we shall hear briefly shew your Lordship and
hereby we hope shall sufficiently vindicate ourselves from such
foul aspersions laid upon us from your Lordship
That the Assembly then wherein these Laws were pretended
to be enacted as afore was Called first by Captain Edward Hill
who was not so accounted by us or esteemed by your Lordship
according to your instrument sent hither this year for the right-
ful Govr of this Province which Assembly was continued only
by Mr Calvert never declaring any new summons at all to the
Inhabitants of the Province for that Purpose which Ought to
have been done in that Case by him But within a very short
time after he had suprized all those who had Combined them-
selves against him and cast them in Prison proceeded to the
enacting of Laws with the members as afore called by Captain
Hill and under adjournment the whole house of Commons (two
or three only excepted) consisted of that Rebelled Party and
his Professed Enemies to them he declared that they should be
free during the Assembly only the Copy of which Record is
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