Bacon was to be commander-in-chief.

All manner of precautions were to be taken.

But this matter disposed of, the Assembly thereupon turned to "the redressing several grievances the country was then labouring under; and motions were made for inspecting the public revenues, the collectors' accounts," and so forth.

The Governor thundered; friends of the old order obstructed; but the Assembly went on its way, reforming here and reforming there.

It even went so far as to repeal the preceding Assembly's legislation regarding the franchise.