472 Appendix to Council Proceedings, 1681-85/6.

Calvert
Papers.

some Gentlemen away to meet you at the time Appointed
and therefore am no wise willing to put of this buisnesse of
the ascertaining the bounds between M^r Pen and me There
are many Reasons to be giuen by me for it but at present
shall only offer you these two, ffirst that by a letter from his
Most sacred Majesty procured and sent by the safd Penn I am
Commanded to joyne with M^r Penn or his Agents for the
speedy settling our bounds, and then M^r Penns owne letter
which you brought me prest very much the same thing ;
Secondly that M^r Penn the last shipping writt and sent in a
letter to severall Gentlemen of note that are Certainly within
my Province, as M^r Augustin Herman Captⁿ Ward, Coll Wells
&c. hinting to them that he was confident they would come
within his Gouerm^t a thing not kindly taken and to be plaine
not according to the Goulden rule mentioned in M^r Penns
Letter to me, Doe to thy neighbour as thou wouldst he should
doe to thee. Now certainly such proceedings were not Neigh-
bour like and. when I have the happiness to see my friend I

must be plaine w^th him as to that point for as I desire noe
more then my due soe I take it very vnkindly that some
of the Inhabitants vp the Bay should be soe Posest as they
haue been by th' Letter of M^r William Penns — ffor these
reasons S^r I must begg leaue to say I will not admitt of any
further delay you well knowing th' yo^r Late sickness has bin
the only hinderance hitherto. Let me therefore now presse
you to send persons qualified and equally impowr'd w^th those
persons who on my part are already gon and will be in all
probability with you afore this will arrive at your hands I
haueing Possitiuely orderd them to request the same from
you on the behalfe of
Yo^r faithfull friend & Seru^t
To the Ho^ble Capⁿ W^m Markham C. B
Gou^r of Pensiluania
hast hast Post hast
[Indorsed]

His Lor^pps Letter to Markham of the 5^th of June 1682