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governing- part therof into the hands of such persons as 

 may be most Loyall and Serviceable to his Ma^^'^ and 

 this Comp'' being readely willing to submitt their 

 Charter to his Ma^'*^ pleasure thereon doe think fitt and 

 order And it is hereby ordered that the M' and 

 Wardens of this Company Mr. Alderman Rich, Mr. 

 Kempe, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Wareing and Mr. Fisher or 

 any five or more of them, doe forthw*^' attend Mr. 

 Attorney-Generall and pray that noe Scire Facias or 

 Quo Warranto issue out ag* this Comp"- for that this 

 Comp'' doe and will offer and lay their Charter before 

 his Ma^^^ whenever his Ma*^^ shall require the same. And 

 the said p'sons are hereby appointed a Cofhittee to 

 draw up and prepare a peticon fitt for this Comp'' to 

 present to his Ma^^^ if Mr. Attorney-Generall shall 

 approve thereof And the said Cofhittee are to present 

 to this Court such peticon as they shall soe draw up. 

 And it is further ordered that all other the Assistants 

 of this Comp^ may if they thinke fitt be present at all 

 the meetings of the said Comittee and to act w*^ them 

 therein." 



The Livery v^ere thereupon called into Court, 

 and the foregoing order read to them, and their 

 assent obtained thereto. The Company having 

 waited upon the Attorney-General and communi- 

 cated their resolution, were directed by him " to 

 peticion his Ma^^^ and make such surrender as 

 other Company es did." The following petition 

 and surrender were thereupon drawn up and duly 

 sealed for presentation to the King by Mr. Alder- 

 man Rich and others : — 



" To the King's Most Excellent Ma^^*^— 



" The humble peticon of the Wardens or Keepers and 



