8 Assembly Proceedings, March 26- April 15, 1707.

Original
Journal.

The Councill then Adjourned till eight a Clock to morrow
Morning

Fryday March the 28th 1707

The Councill in Assembly Sate Present as Yesterday with
the Addition of honble Kenelm Cheseldyn Esq^r who came &
took his Place at the Board.
The Petition of Marke Orde Master of the Pinck Reward
of London now Riding in Putuxent River was Read, Viz. To
his Ex^ncy John Seymour Esq^r Cap' Gen' & Gov' of Maryland
& her Majestys honble Councill
The humble Petition of Mark Orde Comander of the Pinck
Reward of London now Riding in Putuxent River.
Sheweth. That Yo^r Pet^r being Comanded to carry Stores
for her Ma^ty into Portugall tooke the same on board the 23^d of
Feb^ry last was twelve months & Sayled from Graves End in
England the 3^d of Aprill last for Lisbon and designed directly
from thence hither in ord^r to take in Tob^os & sayle back for
England with the last fleet and Convoy. That he could not
proceed on his said Voyage so Expeditiously as he Proposed

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being bound to weight her Majestys and Convoys Leisure
which delayed him so that he could not Arrive here in time to
Save the fleet; that he has now gott a good part of his Load-
ing on board & the Rest ready to be taken in, soe that in less
then a months time he shall be ready to sayl, having made an
Extraordinary dispatch Since his Arrival here in hopes that
being (as he humbly Conceives) within the Benefit! of her
Majestys Instructions to Your Ex^cy in Reference to shipps
designed to save the last Convoy but hind^red therefrom by
unavoidable Accidents he may be permitted to Sayle when
Loaden. Wherefore he humbly prays Your Ex^cy and the
honble Councill will be pleased to Consider the Circumstances
& Intent of the said Voyage, and Grant him Liberty to sayle
for England when Loaden his designe being to goe North
about as the most Safe way & he being ready to depose upon
oath that his designe when first sett out from Graves End was
to Save the last Convoy which he very reasonably might have
done had he not been Imbargoed & waited by order her
Maj^tys further Directions; And that your Ex^ncy & Hon^rs will
further Consider that if Your Pet^r must Stay in this Province
untill a Convoy Arrives and a fleet ready to sayle back with it
his Voyage will be ruined and his owners brought in debt
thereby farr more then the Value of his Shipp.
Mark Orde

And further the said Cap' Orde Satisfyed his Ex^ncy that his
said Shipp was Intended by the owners thereof to be ready