316 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1654-1657.

Liber B.
L. O. R.

No. 3.

to make Choice of Soe many able men in the S^d limit as you
Shall think fitt and present their Names to the Court, And also
to muster and Exercise them in Armes and take Care that they
be in a readiness upon all occasions for the repelling & rep-

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pressing of all those who Shall act Consult or appeare against
the Government here Established under his Highness the Lord
Protector, And if any want Armes, then that you warn them

to provid themselves thereof as they ought to doe by the Act

of Assembly in that Case provided, And if they Cannot at
present provid themselves of Sufficient Armes, then you are
Authorized hereby to prcure Armes for them, either by buying
Armes upon the publick account or furnishing that want from
the publick Magazine, And you are hereby Impowered to
Imploy the Said forces from the Generall as Needs Shall be
and as you Shall receive order and Commission from the
Generall or Councell of State, any of them which are of the
Quorum, And to Chuse and Nominate your Lieutenant, and
other officers in yo^r Company from which officers and Soldiers
you Shall take Solemn ingagment of faithfullness and Duty to
his highness the Ld protecto^r and the Governm^t Established in
this Province under him to you their Cap^t in the affaires of the
Publick peace and wellfare of this Province, And we doe here-
by in the Name of his Highness the Lord Protector Strictly
Charge and require all the officers and Company aforesaid to
acknowledge yo^r Self as their Captaine and to yeild all ready
obedience to your Commands lawfull & necessary as Good
Soldiers and Loyall Subjects of the Commonwealth Given
under our hands this 24^th day of Aprill 1655

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At a Provinciall Court held in Putuxent
the 26^th day of June 1655.

Present.

Comission^rs

Cap^t William ffuller
m^r Richard Preston
m^r Edward LLoyd

Cap^t Richard Ewen
m^r John Hatch