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And with such zeale This is deliverd that the Prince beleeves it; For Greatnes, in her owne worth confident, Doth never waigh but with a covetous hand His lightest meritts, and who add to the scale Seldom offend. Gro. 'Tis this that swells his pride Beyond those lymitts his late modestie Ever observd.
In particular it was stipulated that "Virginia should have and enjoy the antient bounds and lymitts granted by the charters of the former kings." The articles were signed March 12, 1652, and the commissioners soon after sailed to St. Mary's and received the surrender of Maryland.
The one hundred and nine petitioners were admitted; but it was shortly voted, in plain violation of the charter, that the rights of the freemen should be confined to the election of the assistants; and, "to the end that the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was likewise ordered that for time to come no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body polliticke but such as are members of some of the churches within the lymitts of the same."
Vand. Good Mounseiur Advocate, You are an early stirrer. Bar. 'Tis my dutie To wayte your Lordships pleasure: please you to walke. Bre. The Prince is wanting, and this meeting being Touching the oath he is to take, 'twere fitt That we attend him. Bar. That he may set downe What he will sweare, prescribing lymitts to us! We need not add this wind by our observaunce To sailes too full alredy.
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