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his Maj^ty and the ffrench King with the sev^rall Articles thereof
as also the R^t hon^ble the Lords Com^rs for Trade & fforraigne
plantations their Letter to me concerning the said proclamation
(which being read his Ex^cy ffurther added)
M^r Speaker I here give you his Maj^tys most gracious Speech
to both Houses of Parliament on ffriday the third of Decem-
ber 1697 And by the Latter pane of It you will finde how
Extraordinary happy all of us are Who have the good ffortune
of being Subjects to so great a King.
Gentlemen His Maj^tys Royall Commission & Instructions to
me pursuant to some of them, by the advice & consent of his
Maj^tys hon^ble Councill and the Late house of Delegates I have
allreaddy on his Maj^tys behalfe passed Sev^rall Laws & Ordin-
ances And I hope that (by the divine Assistance) you will
agree to p^rsent such others as are still wanting and shall be
consonant to the Writt by which you are here mett, that I may
pass them Likewise And when you Gentlemen of the house
of Delegates are ready, I shall Order to be Laid before you
the particulars Especially concerning the Church, the Indians
the Militia, the School, about altering the Winter County
Courts and a Certaine Methode of holding Assemblys
Their Lordps the Lords Justices Proclamation for publish-
ing the peace between his Sacred Maj^ty and the ffrench King.
The Articles of the peace, And the R^t hon^ble the Lords of
the Councill for Trade & fforraigne plantations Letter with
their directions to his Ex^cy for publishing the said peace, within
this his Maj^tys Province of Maryland being reade in full in
Assembly att the same tyme all the Shipps in the harbour
discharged their great Guns His Ex^cy Afterwards being pleased
to give the whole Assembly a Gen^ll Entertainment, where all
Imaginable Joy for such happy Newes was Exprest in drink-
ing his Maj^tys health &^ca

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Journal.
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Att a Councill in a Gen^ll Assembly Mett & held at the Port
of Annapolis the 11^th day of March 1697/8. In the Tenth
Yeare of his Maj^tys Raigne &^ca

Present

His Ex^cy ffrancis Nicholson Esq^r Cap^t Gen^ll &^ca
Colonel Henry Jowles
Colonel George Robotham
Colonel John Addison
Thomas Brooks Esq^r

Produced by his Ex^cy & read a Commission under the broade

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