A narrative of affairs lately received from His Majesties island of Jamaica viz. I. His Excellency the Governour Sir Thomas Linch's speech to the assembly met Sept. 21. 1682, II. Samuel Bernard Esq; speaker of the said assembly, his speech to the Governour, III. An humble address from His Majesties council, and the gentlemen of the assembly, to His Most Sacred Majesty, IV. The Governour's speech at the proroguing the assembly.

His Majesties Council and the Gentlemen of the Assembly for his Island of Jamaica, being met at St. Jago de la Vega the 21th day of September 1682. by order of his Excel∣lency the Governour Sir Tho. Linch, humbly beseech the Lord President and Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privy-Council, for governing his Majesties Foreign Planta∣tions, to present to his most Sacred Majesty this their most humble Address.

May it please your Majesty,

HAving received more frequent Testimonies of your Roy∣al Grace and Bounty, than others of your Subjects, we ought to have been the first to have made profession of our Loyalty and Gratitude to your Sacred Majesty; but the unsettledness of our Affairs, and that vast distance we are at from your Kingdom of England, may move your Majesty (the best of Kings) to pardon the omition, and accept a late but hearty and humble tender of our Duty.

Dread Sir,

We do (as we have the greatest reason in the world for it) bless God and most humbly thank your Majesty, for your Care in protecting us, for your Grace and Justice in assimulating our Government to that of our Native Country of England, for your Majesties favour in ordering us supplies of Negroes at reasonable rates, and for those many repeated Acts of Grace, Justice, Bounty, and Protection which your Majesty hath been pleased to confer upon us and this your great and flourishing Island.

SIR,

To evidence in some measure our Thankfulness and Duty, we most humbly present to your Majesty an Act of Revenue, formed by advice of our present Governour, which with our former body of Laws, we hope quadrates with those Orders and Directions, the Lords of your Majesties

Privy-Council sent hither: We prostrate them, and our selves at your Majesties Royal feet, humbly beseeching your Majesty will be pleased graciously to pass them, considering how much the establishing of known Laws, will contribute to the satisfaction of your Subjects, and prosperity of this your Majesties Island.

Dread Soveraign,

Although we are the remotest of all your Subjects from your Royal Throne, yet have we (to our great trouble) understood there may have been designes to subvert and shake it; and that some would have im∣posed on your Majesty, others altered the Succession and secluded your Royal Brother, and in order to that or worse ends would have enter∣ed into Association: All which we utterly detest, and humbly beseech your Majesty to believe, that we shall always obey your Commands, dutifully revere your Person, faithfully support your Majesties Go∣vernment and lawful Succession, to the utmost of our power; the long and happy continuance whereof, both in Church and State, we heartily pray for.

By order of the Council signed this 6th day of Oct. 1682. Rowland Powell, Cl. Council.

By order of the Assembly, Sam. Barnard, Speaker.