T H A T the Freemen of the said Province shall on the twentieth Day of the
twelfth Month, which shall be in this present Year _One Thousand Six
Hundred Eighty and Two_, meet and assemble in some fit Place, of which
timely Notice shall be beforehand given by the Governor or his Deputy,
and then and there shall chuse out of themselves Seventy-two Persons of
most Note for their Wisdom, Virtue and Ability, who shall meet on the
tenth Day of the first Month next ensuing, and always be called and act
as the provincial Council of the said Province.