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any of the former proposals; much more If he should con-
tinue to think of any claime to any of the Lower Countys.
And this I thought fitt to mention, because I would not be
often troublesome to the L^d Baltimore & his people w^th
expresses in this hot season of the year. I have no more to
add, but that I hope the Lord Baltimore will please to impute
the meanness of his entertainm^t to the unexpectedness of the
occasion, & th^t he will give me leave to assure him I am w^th
much Sincerity & affection
My Noble Fr^d
Newcastle the Thy very Respec^td Fr^d
30. 3^mo 83 Wm. Penn
[Indorsed]

M^r Penns Lre of the 30^th May (83) to the Lord Baltemore

[William Penn to Charles Lord Baltimore.]

My Noble Fr^d
If upon my arrival in this Province I did immediately dis-
patch my Secretary with two other gentlemen to Salute the
Lord Baltimore & assure him of my respects & frdshp's If so
soon as I had pay'd my duty to my Royall Patrone the Duke,
I did incontinently take a longe Journy in a cold and unpleasant
Season th^t I might personally give him the further Pledges, of
a freindly agreement & neighbourhood. And if I did then
therefore wave to press myn own Advantages, because I
found it uneasy to him; And lastly, if in my after Correspond-
ence, and Especially at our last interview, I have declined the
rigour of my plea & both propos'd and prest some of the
mildest and most healing expedients, th^t if possible, we might
be the last Arbitrators of our own affairs without the need of
an other umpire, then the good will we ought to bear to a
mutual & lasting union, The Lord Baltimore, I would think,
will be so kinde as to lett me hope he will pardon me if I stop
here, & shall hold myself acquitted by the endeavours I have
used, w^th so much Industry and submission, for a freindly Issue.
And if there were any thing below what I have already offer'd,
besides Ruine to my Province, God is both my witness & my
Judge, I should be but too apt to encline.
My Noble Fr^d I am not mov'd by the power of Ambition or
Avarice; It is Conveniency, yea necessity th' bids me stand.
I deal freely. I have outrun all Councels th' I might purchase
peace, tho' with loss; but w' distruction, even Nature &
Reason forbid. What I seek, be it myn own, & so my due, or
the Lord Baltim^r & as such, if he please, my Purchass, It is
of th' minute Consequence to him & mighty moment to me,