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<P>A BRIEFE RELATION OF THE LATE HORRID REBELLION Acted in the I&s;land <HI>BARBADAS,</HI> In the <HI>We&s;t-Indies.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Wherein is contained,</HI> Their Inhumane Acts and Actions, in Fining and Bani&s;hing the Well-affected to the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> (both men and women) with|out the lea&s;t cau&s;e given them &s;o to doe: Di&s;po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing all &s;uch as any way op|po&s;ed the&s;e their mi&s;chievous actions.</P>
<P><HI>Acted by the</HI> Waldronds <HI>and their Abettors,</HI> Anno 1650.</P>
<P>Written at Sea by <HI>Nicholas Fo&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>I. G.</HI> for <HI>Richard Lowndes</HI> on Ludgate-hill: and <HI>Robert Boydell</HI> in the Bulwarke neere the Tower. <HI>M DC L.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>READER,</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>IF thou art plea&s;ed here to fix thine eye,</L>
<L>Thou may&s;t behold <HI>Barbada's</HI> Infancie,</L>
<L>And what &s;mall &s;igns of future fortunes there</L>
<L>To the Inhabitants did then appear.</L>
<L>The Merchant he is weary of &s;upplying,</L>
<L>And this poore Infant I&s;le, lyes now a dying:</L>
<L>But whil&s;t it faintly laboureth for breath,</L>
<L>Expecting nothing le&s;&s;e then &s;udden death,</L>
<L>Some there of worth and ingenuity,</L>
<L>With care did &s;tudy its Recovery:</L>
<L>And being by Gods Providence directed,</L>
<L>The &s;ame (in time) was happily effected;</L>
<L>So that its &s;ickne&s;&s;e &s;uddenly is cea&s;ing,</L>
<L>And in it Health &amp; Wealth is &s;o increa&s;ing,</L>
<L>That now <HI>Barbada's</HI> far exceeds the re&s;t,</L>
<L>And is beco<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> the Glory of the We&s;t:</L>
<L>But whil&s;t it is triumphing in its glory,</L>
<L>Behold a dolefull and inte&s;tine &s;tory</L>
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<L> Of an abhorred and Rebellious crew,</L>
<L>Who take up Arms, the Hone&s;t to &s;ubdue;</L>
<L>And all that will not to their Acts con&s;ent,</L>
<L>Mu&s;t pay great Fines, and &s;uffer Bani&s;hment;</L>
<L>They mu&s;t leave their E&s;tates, &amp; all relation,</L>
<L>And returne Exiles to their native Nation:</L>
<L>Where now we are, &s;ubjected by the Fates,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t Rebels are con&s;uming our E&s;tates.</L>
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<HEAD>A BRIEFE RELATION Of the late Horrid <HI>REBELLION,</HI> Acted in the I&s;land <HI>BARBADAS</HI> in the <HI>We&s;t-Indies,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>_ALthough this I&s;land is now be|come famous, by rea&s;on of the Rich Commodities there pro|duced; Yet in regard it is but of late yeeres that it hath been had in &s;uch high e&s;timation, we &s;hall give you a briefe relation of its former e&s;tate and condition, and how it hath attained to that height it is now in.</P>
<P>Not many yeares &s;ince, this I&s;land was in a very low condition, in regard the Commodities (then there produced) were onely Tobaccoes
<PB N="2" REF="4"> and Cotton-wools, which (by rea&s;on of the great quantities tran&s;ported from thence, and other places) was of very &s;mall value: In&s;omuch that Merchants begun to neglect the &s;upplying of it in &s;o large a manner as formerly they had done, which pre&s;ented it in a declining condition, and &s;mall hopes appeared of rai&s;ing any fortunes there for the future, the Inhabitants (being &s;o wearied out with the &s;mall profits they reaped of their toyl&s;ome labours) daily run from the I&s;land in Boats, being very much indebted both to the Merchants, and al&s;o to one another.</P>
<P>The decaying condition of this I&s;land (&s;o plainly appearing) &s;ome of ingenious &s;pirits &s;et their wits at worke to con&s;ider which way the de&s;olation of this Plantation might be preven|ted; which could not po&s;&s;ibly be effected, with|out the producing of &s;ome richer commodities to invite the Merchant to &s;upply them.</P>
<P>And con&s;idering <HI>Sugar</HI> was not the lea&s;t of commodities, (finding the &s;cituation of the place promi&s;ing that way) re&s;olved to make tryall thereof, and accordingly did; and with divers yeeres paines, care, patience, and indu&s;try, with the disbur&s;ing of va&s;t &s;ummes of money, brought the &s;ame to perfection. The Originall whereof were &s;ome that now are forced from thence, and unju&s;tly compelled to leave their relations and e&s;tates; who communicating their knowledge
<PB N="3" REF="4"> therein to others, cau&s;ed a farther going upon this de&s;igne, in&s;omuch that in few yeares there was a con&s;iderable number of works erected, &s;o that (for the&s;e divers years la&s;t pa&s;t) there hath been, and is, a very faire Corre&s;pondency held with <HI>England,</HI> New <HI>England, Holland, Hambrough,</HI> and other places, many both Mer|chants (and others) having thereby rai&s;ed them|&s;elves very con&s;iderable Fortunes. There being many Millions of <HI>Sugars</HI> tran&s;ported from thence yearely, and the number of Ships that come yearely to that I&s;land, not le&s;&s;e then a hundred Sayle; the commodities (being not onely <HI>Sugar)</HI> but al&s;o <HI>Indico, Ginger,</HI> with <HI>Cotton|wools,</HI> and &s;ome &s;mall quantities of <HI>Tobacco.</HI></P>
<P>All the time of <HI>Englands</HI> troubles we retain|ed peace among&s;t us, (though not without heart-burnings from tho&s;e of the Kings party, towards tho&s;e that wi&s;hed the Parliaments pro|&s;perity) and although Commi&s;&s;ions came over, (&s;ome from the King, and others from the Par|liament) yet we con&s;idering that it could not any way conduce to their advantage, (for us to to have Parties and Sidings among&s;t us) con|clude rather to imbrace Neutrality, and accor|dingly doe, holding a very faire Corre&s;pon|dency each with other for &s;everall years toge|ther with great content.</P>
<P>Towards the latter end of the Warrs, (when
<PB N="4" REF="5"> the Sun of the Cavaliers expected Conque&s;t, be|gun to be retrograde, and God was plea&s;ed to &s;hew him&s;elfe, highly countenancing the Parli|aments Forces; and by his (ever to be ho|noured) In&s;truments began to vanqui&s;h the Ca|valre, divers of them came over to our I&s;land, pretending to have done great &s;ervice for his Maje&s;ty, and that therefore the Parliament had Seque&s;tred their E&s;tates, and them&s;elves forced to fly for Refuge.</P>
<P>The&s;e men were by the Governor (and o|thers of their owne Spirits, who had the Go|vernment in their hands) very courteou&s;ly Im|braced, and looked upon as the men onely truly de&s;erving, in &s;o much that in &s;hort time, they begin to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e E&s;tates, (though other mens) and by the &s;ubtile practicing of <HI>Ab&s;alons</HI> pol|licy, began to in&s;inuate them&s;elves into the peo|ples favour, and to gaine the e&s;teeme and repute of the onely knowing men; In&s;omuch that not|with&s;tanding their little or no knowlodge of the Country, the People, (or the E&s;tate or con|dition of either) they mu&s;t and were made Coun&s;ellers, and no Seate could become them to Sit in, but at the helme of State; And now the &s;hip of that flouri&s;hing Common-wealth mu&s;t run what cour&s;e they plea&s;e.</P>
<P>But this is not all, after their advance to this height of Eminency; they are upon new
<PB N="5" REF="5"> de&s;ignes, and (under pretence they had received Letters from <HI>England,</HI> that the <HI>Spaniard</HI> would vi&s;ite us) the Country mu&s;t be put in a po&s;ture of Warre, them&s;elves being Commanders in chiefe, creates &s;uch inferiour Officers under them (as re&s;embling a no&s;e of wax was &s;ubject to &s;tand any way they plea&s;ed to &s;et it) and fit to receive any Impre&s;&s;ion they &s;hould put upon it.</P>
<P>Having fitted them&s;elves for their intended progre&s;&s;e, they begin to Act in a very high na|ture, and with no le&s;&s;e &s;everity then cruelty be|gin to pro&s;ecute all &s;uch per&s;ons as any way &s;eemed to declare their approbations of the Parliaments proceedings again&s;t the King; cut|ting out of tongues, Stigmatizing and Bani&s;hing all &s;uch per&s;ons, as they had any thing again&s;t concerning him.</P>
<P>The&s;e things (how unju&s;t &s;oever deemed and apprehended by many) yet for quietne&s;&s;e &s;ake were pa&s;&s;ed by, and not publikely &s;poke again&s;t by any.</P>
<P>The&s;e new-modell'd Magi&s;ters being very active in their places, (and no le&s;&s;e &s;tudious how to pick a quarrell with the Parliaments friends in generall, then formerly they had beene ex|treame in Executing their plea&s;ures upon &s;ome in particular) &s;et their wits at work which way they &s;hould bring the&s;e their de&s;ignes to per|fection;
<PB N="6" REF="6"> And (not finding the lea&s;t &s;ymptome or appearance of any cau&s;e given them by tho&s;e they would &s;o gladly quarrell withall) were very much at a &s;tand; but at length re&s;olve upon the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and from among&s;t them|&s;elves, <HI>viz.</HI> the Coun&s;ell and A&s;&s;embly, make choyce of a certaine number of &s;uch per&s;ons, (as were mo&s;t &s;ubject to conception, after a recep|tance of Sathans &s;eede) giving them power to &s;it in Coun&s;ell, and to pre&s;cribe a way to the re&s;t, how to accompli&s;h their &s;o earne&s;t de|&s;ires.</P>
<P>The&s;e Commi&s;&s;ioners (as we mu&s;t call them, for they will not be called a Committee) having conceived, in&s;tead of a Manchild brought forth a Mon&s;ter called <HI>Pre&s;ent Bani&s;hment;</HI> conclu|ding that Forces &s;hould be rai&s;ed and kept a|foot, till all &s;uch as they plea&s;ed to nominate were &s;ent off the I&s;land.</P>
<P>But ere they begin to fall into extremity, (to be delivered) they &s;weare each other to &s;ecrecy, that what&s;oever was nominated or propounded in their time of private Con&s;ultation, &s;hould not be revealed to any what&s;oever.</P>
<P>After their deliverance (when conveniency of time pre&s;ented) this mon&s;ter was pre&s;ented to the Governour, Coun&s;ell and A&s;&s;embly, (fir&s;t &s;wearing them) that if what they had to pre&s;ent them withall &s;hould not be approved of and
<PB N="7" REF="6"> accepted, they &s;hould not reveale the &s;ame, nor any one particular that &s;hould occa&s;ionally pa&s;&s;e among&s;t them, &s;wearing to pro&s;ecute that par|ty to death that &s;hould divulge their &s;ecrets in any of the&s;e particulars.</P>
<P>This is concluded on. And now it onely re|maines to be di&s;puted, whether the fruits of their conception, great travell, and tedious paynes, is fit to have admittance, or whether to be buried in the grave of oblivion, as an abortive, or rather an abominable birth.</P>
<P>A long di&s;cour&s;e is entertained upon this &s;ub|ject; And the Parents of this new birth, being much taken with it, and though it appeared, and was a Mon&s;ter in the e&s;teeme of others, yet being the fruits of their Travells it appeared a Child to them. And therefore no Arguments mu&s;t prevaile again&s;t its acceptance, yet at la&s;t (though with much difficulty) it was di&s;-owned totally, for this rea&s;on; That to bani&s;h men, and &s;how no cau&s;e, nor appearance of cau&s;e, neither any pretence of cau&s;e, would be a thing apprehended of all to be ridiculous, and might cau&s;e a too quick di&s;covery of their intentions.</P>
<P>Before we proceede any further in this our intended Di&s;cour&s;e, it will be nece&s;&s;ary to an|&s;wer an Objection which haply &s;ome may make thus.</P>
<P>Object.</P>
<P>How we came to know their private
<PB N="8" REF="7"> Conferences had together; they having &s;worne each other to &s;ecrecy, and further to pro&s;ecute that man to death that &s;hould reveale any one particular.</P>
<P><HI>An&s;.</HI> Our an&s;wer to this Objection is; That L^^t. C <HI>C. C.</HI> one of them&s;elves was the di&s;cover|er of the&s;e and many more their intents and purpo&s;es, who acknowledged him&s;elfe appre|hen&s;ive of an obligation binding his con&s;cience to reveale things of &s;o high a nature as this; &s;eeing there was no rea&s;on for the doing of any &s;uch thing. For this his offence he was cen&s;ured to pay twenty thou&s;and pounds in <HI>Sugar,</HI> fine, and to depart the I&s;land.</P>
<P>To proceede in our Di&s;cour&s;e, we mu&s;t take notice that at this in&s;tant of time, when this thing called <HI>[Bani&s;hment]</HI> was objected again&s;t, as not convenient at that time to be put in Exe|cution; A brother of that Fraternity, being fearfull his brethren might mi&s;carry, had drawn up an Act and Oath, which hee then pre&s;ented to the A&s;&s;embly, who after a &s;erious view taken thereof, finding enough in it to procure a di&s;|like of it, in all or mo&s;t men, e&s;pecially in tho&s;e that made con&s;cience of their wayes, con|firmes it. And ordered the publi&s;hing thereof, in the &s;everall Pari&s;hes of the I&s;land.</P>
<P>A Copy whereof you have here en&s;uing: <HI>viz.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>An Act for the uniting of the Inhabitants of the I&s;land, under the Govern|ment thereof.</HEAD>
<P><HI>WHere as we have beene &s;ad witne&s;&s;es of the mi&s;erable effects of the &s;eve|rall changes of Government, long &s;ettled in many Kingdomes and E&s;tates; whereby the Inhabitants of &s;uch Kingdomes are to|tally ruined in their Lives and Fortunes, being given up as a prey to the rude Soul|diery, and a &s;poyle to the covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e of others, and mo&s;t commonly all this having (under pretence of tenderne&s;&s;e of con&s;ci|ence and differing in Religion) from what is mo&s;t publickly profe&s;&s;ed in this Govern|ment. As well therefore to prevent &s;uch or the like mi&s;eries in this yet flowing I&s;land, as al&s;o to &s;top the mouthes of all &s;uch as &s;hall make Religion, or tenderne&s;&s;e of con&s;cience, the cloke of their mi&s;chie|vous actions;</HI> Be it Ordained and En|acted, <HI>and it is Ordained and Enacted,</HI>
<PB N="10" REF="8"> <HI>by the generall A&s;&s;embly, That coercive Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Lawes, and the penalties thereof, and every clau&s;e and particle in any former Law or Statute concerning the &s;ame, &s;hall be and are hereby fully, ab&s;olute|ly, and totally repealed, to all intents, con|&s;tructions, and purpo&s;es what&s;oever. And that all obedience be yeelded to the Govern|ment, or any the Lawes of the &s;ame in be|ing now in this I&s;land, and the per&s;ons that now are or may be intru&s;ted in the &s;ame.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And who&s;oever &s;hall by any Deeds or Words maliciou&s;ly deprave, vilifie, or op|po&s;e the &s;aid Government, or any the Lawes of the &s;ame, and be thereof convicted by the Oath of two credible witne&s;&s;es, or his own confe&s;sion, &s;hall be taken, deemed and adjudged as an enemy to this I&s;land, and the peace thereof, and be proceeded against by the generall A&s;sembly according to his offence. And for the better pre&s;ervation of the Government afore&s;aid, and the re|moving of all feares and jealou&s;ies that may be occa&s;ioned in the &s;ame.</HI> Be it Or|dained
<PB N="11" REF="8"> and Enacted, <HI>That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall goe or come to any Conventicle, or &s;hall labour to &s;e|duce any per&s;on or per&s;ons from repairing to the publick Congregation, or receiving of the holy Sacrament, &s;hall by any Ju|&s;tice of peace (upon complaint thereof to him made) be committed to Pri&s;on, there to remaine without bayle or maineprize, till the next generall Se&s;sions of the A&s;&s;embly: and upon conviction thereof, by confe&s;sion or due proofe in Law at the next or any &s;ub&s;equent meeting of the A&s;&s;embly, &s;hall for the fir&s;t offence be impri&s;oned for the &s;pace of three moneths without bayle or main|prize, and fined and ran&s;omed at the plea&s;ure of the A&s;&s;embly: And for his &s;e|cond offence (upon complaint made to any Ju&s;tice of Peace) &s;hall be committed as afore&s;aid, and being thereof convicted, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit all his Lands, Goods, Chattells and Debts; and be held an Ene|my to the peace of this I&s;land, and pro|ceeded again&s;t accordingly. And la&s;tly, as a further expedient for the &s;upportation of</HI>
<PB N="12" REF="9"> <HI>the Government afore&s;aid, Be it enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, that the en&s;uing Oath be tendered to the &s;everall Inhabi|tants, and Re&s;idents in this I&s;land, by them to be taken, in &s;uch manner, and &s;uch per&s;ons as the Generall A&s;&s;embly &s;hall appoint.</HI></P>
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<P>Before we proceede to the particulars of the Oath (before mentioned) let us a little take notice of the&s;e mens proceedings, how plainely and palpably they throw dirt in the faces of tho&s;e that differ in judgement from them&s;elves. And how odious they endeavor to make them appeare unto the people, by fathering upon them all the de&s;olations, and di&s;&s;olutions of Kingdomes and E&s;tates; and that they profe&s;&s;e Religion for no other end nor purpo&s;e, then to make it the cloke of their mi&s;chievous acti|ons. And under the pretence of granting liber|ty, would bring us under the greate&s;t of bon|dages, for by this their Act, if any man be found comming or going to or from (any thing they plea&s;e to call a Conventicle) &s;hall for the fir&s;t offence be committed to pri&s;on, there to remaine for the &s;pace of three moneths without bayle or maineprize; and not onely &s;o but mu&s;t be fined and ran&s;omed at the plea&s;ure of the A&s;&s;embly; And for his &s;econd offence &s;hall be
<PB N="13" REF="9"> impri&s;oned (therein his body &s;uffers) and &s;hall forfeit all his Lands, Goods, Chattells and Debts; (hereby is all his E&s;tate gone:) but this is not all, he &s;hall be deemed a publick Enemy to the Common-wealth, and proceeded again&s;t accordingly. Now, no doubt his life goes to it, for all be&s;ides is gone. Hereby you may plaine|ly &s;ee the tempers of the&s;e mens Spirits, that under the pretence of liberty doe mo&s;t &s;ubtilly labour to in&s;nare us in the greate&s;t &s;lavery that ever was exerci&s;ed upon the Theater of the earth.</P>
<P>The Bi&s;hops (in their time) were content with part of all, but the&s;e men will have all; all Bodies, all E&s;tates, and nothing &s;ounds well with them but All, All; Oppre&s;&s;ion, Tyranny, Slavery and Cruelty; while&s;t they pretend free|dome and liberty: And if you plea&s;e to take notice, you &s;hall finde them by and by (as &s;oone as they perceive the my&s;tery of their iniquity di&s;covered) acting quite contrary to this their Act of grace (as they call it) and are fining and bani&s;hing all &s;uch as will not pin their faiths up|on their &s;leeves, and beleeve as they do.</P>
<P>Having ob&s;erved the contents of this their Act, let us proceede to the Oath, which they entitle a further expedient for the &s;upportation of that their then pre&s;ent Government.</P>
<P>The contents whereof is as followeth: <HI>viz.</HI></P>
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<P>I A. B. <HI>doe voluntarily and freely, without feare or compul&s;ion, acknowledge and declare in my con&s;cience before God and the world, that civill Government is a nece&s;&s;ary Ordinance of God, and ought as well for con&s;cience &s;ake, as fear, to be obey|ed by all Chri&s;tians, how different &s;oever in opinion concerning matters of Religion; And do further believe that the forme of Government now being in this I&s;land is law|full and ju&s;t; And therefore I (&s;aving my allegiance to our Soveraigne Lord the King,) doe &s;weare that I will not wilfully or know|ingly oppo&s;e the &s;ame; But &s;hall and will to the utmo&s;t of my power and indeavour with my life and fortunes, maintaine, uphold, and defend the &s;ame, again&s;t any power or oppo&s;ition what&s;oever. And al&s;o &s;hall and will to the utmost of my indeavours make known and di&s;cover to the Governor, or any other of his coun&s;ell, all Plots, Con&s;pi|racies and Attempts against the &s;ame, &s;o</HI>
<PB N="15" REF="10"> <HI>&s;oone as I &s;hall know or heare the &s;ame; and to the utmost of my power will oppo&s;e, and defeate the &s;ame. And I do believe and in my con&s;cience am re&s;olved, That no power but of the &s;aid Government can ab|&s;olve me of this Oath, or any part of the &s;ame, which I acknowledge to be by good and lawfull Authority administred unto me.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The&s;e things I doe plainely and &s;incerely acknowledge, and doe &s;weare according to the expre&s;&s;e words by me &s;poken, and accord|ing to the plaine &s;ence and under&s;tanding of the &s;ame words, without any equivocation, mentall re&s;ervations, or &s;ecret eva&s;ions. And I doe make this Recogni&s;ance and ac|knowledgement, willingly, heartily and tru|ly, upon the faith of a Chri&s;tian.</HI></P>
<CLOSER>So helpe mee God, and the contents of this holy Booke.</CLOSER>
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<PB N="16" REF="11">
<P> The policy of the Author, in this thing, is not altogether to pa&s;&s;e without an ob&s;ervation, how &s;ubtilly hee begins with undeniable truths, and with &s;o much pollicy pre&s;ents his <HI>Amma|zella,</HI> that the &s;plendor of her beauty &s;eems to be of force to attract, not onely the Eye but the heart (upon the fir&s;t view) to apprehend it a rarity compo&s;ed of vertue it &s;elfe, and to cau&s;e a generall embracing of it by all men, for its very out-&s;ides &s;ake, without any examination of its inward properties: but as the Serpents &s;ting is in his Tayle, &s;o the poy&s;on of this lies in its hind parts, &s;o that who&s;oever &s;hall di&s;cover his &s;trength to this <HI>Delilah,</HI> &s;hall be &s;ure to lo&s;e it, and have the <HI>Phili&s;tims</HI> come upon him, who will pull out his Eyes, and make him &s;lave in the Mill of their plea&s;ures. This Oath is pre&s;ented to the People, by them to be taken voluntarily and freely, and is to proceed from them as a free-will-offering, &s;o that the People &s;hall vo|luntarily and freely (without feare or compul|&s;ion) in&s;lave them&s;elves, and give away their birth-rights for le&s;&s;e then a me&s;&s;e of Pottage. They doe not tell us what they will doe to tho&s;e that deny this Oath, but deny it and you &s;hall be fined and bani&s;hed; If you will not give a|way your ju&s;t rights and priviledges, you &s;hall be forced from your Relations and E&s;tates; and if you will not both be their &s;laves and va&s;&s;alls,
<PB N="17" REF="11"> one of them you mu&s;t and &s;hall: and if you de&s;ire Law and Rea&s;on to be &s;howen you for the&s;e their proceedings, they will &s;how you an Army of devouring Caterpillers, that &s;hall eate you into better manners, then to oppo&s;e their pro|ceedings. By this Oath you acknowledge their Government to be lawfull and ju&s;t, and &s;weare to maintaine it with your life and fortune; now what unju&s;t Act &s;oever they are guilty of, you mu&s;t not onely cea&s;e to oppo&s;e it, but mu&s;t approve of and defend them in it; And having already acknowledged that no power can ab|&s;olve you of that Oath, but that which admini|&s;tred it, you mu&s;t never expect they will ab|&s;olve you of this Oath, to accu&s;e them guilty of unju&s;t actions. If you take notice of this their Act and Oath, you &s;hall finde it meerely a pain|ted Sepulcher, full of rotten bones, and all man|ner of abominable filthine&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>This Act and Oath being (by the Governor, Councell, and A&s;&s;embly) confirmed, was Or|dered to be publi&s;hed in the &s;everall Pari&s;hes in the I&s;land, and after publication, the Oath to be admini&s;tred to the Inhabitants in generall.</P>
<P>But before the publi&s;hing thereof, one of the grand Agents therein pre&s;ented a copy of it to &s;ome friends of ours, and (Serpent like) u&s;ed all the faire pretences that might be to animate them to reli&s;h it, alledging the great convenien|cies
<PB N="18" REF="12"> contained in it for the uniting of the Inha|bitants, with divers other expre&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P>But the parties to whom it was &s;howne, de|clared their utter di&s;like of it, That it tended to the perpetuating them and theirs in place of authority; and to the &s;etting up of a Government of will and power. That there was no rea&s;on why they &s;hould have &s;uch a tie upon the people, &s;eeing they had no ingagement from them to govern according to the known Lawes of the Land; That the I&s;land was in peace, and like &s;o to continue; and for any &s;uch ingagement there was no apparent nece&s;&s;ity. That the People were, in generall, obedient to the pre&s;ent Go|vernment, and what would they de&s;ire more?</P>
<P>The party that pre&s;ented the afore&s;aid copy, &s;eemed not a litle troubled, that this Oath, and Act was no better reli&s;hed; affirming there was nothing in it but what tended to the uniting of the People, and the continuation of peace a|mong&s;t them.</P>
<P>The&s;e our friends having had a &s;ight and view of this Act and Oath, gave others to under|&s;tand the contents thereof, finding it to in|trench too much upon the Peoples ju&s;t rights and priviledges, bethought them&s;elves which way it might be po&s;&s;ible to prevent the publi&s;h|ing thereof, which they apprehended mu&s;t be by repairing to the Governour, which they did,
<PB N="19" REF="12"> de&s;iring him to take into his con&s;ideration the large extent thereof; That it was contrary to the Law of God, Nature and Nations, for them to impo&s;e any &s;uch Oath upon a free People as they were; That of nece&s;&s;ity they had &s;ome &s;ini&s;ter ends in it, it being &s;uch a thing as no preterit time could &s;hew any pre&s;ident for.</P>
<P>Hereupon the Governor expre&s;t him&s;elfe to this purpo&s;e, That he had &s;uffered this Act and Oath to pa&s;&s;e, onely for quietne&s;&s;e &s;ake, having to do with men of violent &s;pirits: his oppo&s;ing them might cau&s;e farther troubles, and his de|&s;ire was for the pre&s;ervation of that precious jewell, Peace, which we had &s;o long happily in|joyed: that although he had &s;uffered them to pa&s;&s;e, yet he apprehended inconveniencies in them; That if they plea&s;ed to leave him to him|&s;elfe, he would not be backward in applying him|&s;elfe to the con&s;idering of what was be&s;t to be done.</P>
<P>The&s;e Gentlemen had not been long gone from the Governour, but Colonell <HI>Humfrey Wallrond</HI> came, to whom the Governour after &s;ome di&s;cour&s;es had together, declares hee had that day received a Letter from a Magi&s;trate, wherein he gave him to under&s;tand, that the Clarkes (in drawing of &s;everall Copies of the Act and Oath) had mi&s;taken them&s;elves, and
<PB N="20" REF="13"> writ non&s;ence; And for that rea&s;on it was con|cluded, with <HI>Waldronds</HI> advice, ab&s;olutely nece&s;|&s;ary they &s;hould be cal'd in, and the errors of the Clarks rectified.</P>
<P>This opportunity was imbraced by the Go|vernour, and his Letters &s;ent to the Prie&s;ts of every Pari&s;h to omit the publi&s;hing thereof, which was in like manner done.</P>
<P>This &s;top being made in the bu&s;ine&s;&s;es for the pre&s;ent, did well; but the life of our liberties being now in much danger, &s;peciall care was taken how to prevent the publi&s;hing of the&s;e totally. And after due and &s;erious con&s;iderati|on taken, it was concluded upon, that the Go|vernour &s;hould be petitioned for the choyce of a new A&s;&s;embly, wee apprehending it our ju&s;t rights and priviledges to have a yearely electi|on. By this time &s;everall copies of this Act and Oath is procured, and the Countrey &s;en&s;ible of the contents thereof, which they generally di&s;-reli&s;h, and conclude to petition for the choyce of a new A&s;&s;embly: which they accord|ingly doe. A Copy whereof for the Readers better information wee have here in&s;erted: <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<Q><PB N="21" REF="13"><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="disapprobation">
<HEAD><HI>To the Honourable,</HI> PHILIP BELL, <HI>Governour of the I&s;land</HI> BARBADAS: <HI>The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of</HI> Phi|lips <HI>Pari&s;h, who&s;e Names are &s;ub&s;cribed,</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>HUMBLY SHEVVETH,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THat whereas we cannot otherwayes con|ceive, but it is the Liberty and Privi|ledge of free-borne Engli&s;h-men, that are In|habitants and free-holders in this I&s;land, to chu&s;e the Gentlemen of the A&s;&s;embly here, once every year, none having &s;at &s;o long as the A&s;&s;embly that now is; And whereas (to
<PB N="22" REF="14"> our great grief) we perceive there hath been an Act and Oath pa&s;t, at their la&s;t &s;itting, thereby to &s;et up them&s;elves (above legall or intended power) by us; to the in&s;laving of the free People Inhabitants of this I&s;land, in which &s;ome of good integrity have bin over|borne, whom we cannot but deem lovers of the Liberties of tho&s;e that intru&s;ted them. Now &s;ithence by the long continuance of this pre&s;ent A&s;&s;embly, &s;uch an ill con&s;equence was like to en&s;ue,</P>
<P>We humbly de&s;ire your Honour would be plea&s;ed, forthwith to i&s;&s;ue forth your Warrants, for the &s;peedy chu|&s;ing of a new A&s;&s;embly, and a time be appointed yearly for the like election, it being the Rights and Liberties of us, which we humbly commend to your care and pre&s;er|vation (being our honoured Gover|nor) whereby you will ever ingage us to be ready to &s;erve you with our lives and fortunes from all oppo&s;ers, And to pray, &amp;c.</P>
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<PB N="23" REF="14">
<P> <HI>The Governor being &s;en&s;ible of the Coun|tries di&s;approbation (with reference to the Act and Oath) calls his Councell together to con|&s;ider (as is &s;uppo&s;ed) what was be&s;t to be done in this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e. This opportunity was taken (by the Country) and being &s;en&s;ible of their then Sitting, pre&s;ented their Petitions, who were accepted of, and (by the Governour granted) they containing nothing but the Peoples ju&s;t Rights and Priviledges.</HI></P>
<P><HI>But the Councell and A&s;&s;embly (con&s;idering that upon the choyce of a new A&s;&s;embly, &s;ome of them might be di&s;mi&s;&s;ed, and being out of place were lyable to give an account of all their illegall actions, and unju&s;t proceedings; which they well knew would appeare very foule, and a taske which they were very unwilling to un|dergoe) were very much di&s;contented at the granting of the&s;e Petitions, or as we may ju&s;tly &s;ay, inraged to &s;ee that their de&s;igne of In&s;laving the Country, began to be di&s;covered, in&s;omuch that now they mu&s;t not neglect the attempting of any thing, (how unju&s;t &s;oever) whereby they may keepe them&s;elves in places of Authority. And to that purpo&s;e pretend they will procure cro&s;&s;e Petitions, wherein the Country &s;hould approve of their proceedings, and de&s;ire their Continuance. But knowing this to be in vaine, (the Countries minds being already expre&s;t in</HI>
<PB N="24" REF="15"> <HI>their Petitions) they conclude upon another de|&s;igne, and informe the people, of that part of the Country where their chiefe&s;t motion was, that the Petitioners were</HI> Independents, <HI>and that they had a de&s;igne to cut off all the Loyall affect|ed to his Maje&s;ty, and to alter the Government of</HI> Church <HI>and</HI> State, <HI>by bringing in the Parlia|ments power, for the E&s;tabli&s;hing of which they had Commi&s;&s;ions from the Parliament. That now it was high time to look about them, the which if they neglected they were all dead men. Alledging that they mu&s;t not expect fairer tearmes from tho&s;e here, then his Maje&s;ty (and others) received from their Brethren in</HI> Eng|land: <HI>with many other per&s;wa&s;ions whereby to intice and &s;tir up the people to mutiny and Re|bellion; to which purpo&s;e they write &s;everall libells, and &s;candalous papers, throwing &s;ome up and downe, and putting others upon Po&s;ts: &s;everall whereof we have here in&s;erted, being as followeth,</HI> viz.</P>
<Q><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="tract">
<P>FRiends, take my advice, There is in hand a mo&s;t damnable de&s;igne, the Au|thors are <HI>Independents,</HI> their ayme is whol|ly to Ca&s;heere the Gentry and Loyall, and to change for our Peace Warre, and for our Unity Divi&s;ion. <HI>Colonel Drax</HI> that de|vout
<PB N="25" REF="15"> zealot (of the deeds of the Devill, and the cau&s;e of that &s;even headed Dragon at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter)</HI> is the Agent: Now that the workeman may have his hire, I could wi&s;h that there were more Covenanters be|&s;ides my &s;elfe, for (truly I cannot conceale it) I have vowed to impeach him and pro&s;e|cute him, but not in point of Law; for then I know he would &s;ubdue me (but at the point of Sword:) Let me de&s;ire &s;uch as tender Religion, the Loyall, the &s;afety of the I&s;land, and being of our pre&s;ent Government, they before-armed again&s;t the pretence of Li|berty, for thereby is meant Slavery and Ty|ranny. But I halfe repent this motion of the Pen, purpo&s;ing with all expedition to Action.</P>
<P>My ayme is at <HI>Drax, Middleton,</HI> and the re&s;t. </P>
<CLOSER>Vivat Rex.</CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="tract">
<PB N="26" REF="16">
<HEAD>Another.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen Planters,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>I</HI> Have a good opinion of your Loyalty, I doubt not but you know the pretence for ruine, that of liberty, and di&s;&s;olution of our Government, whereby our peace only &s;tands: &s;ome of you I beleeve are ignorant of the deceit that is in the cunning of &s;elfe will|workers: if you inquire after <HI>Englands</HI> Troubles, her &s;adne&s;&s;e, her &s;orrowes, her divi&s;ions, her Warres, her Rapines, her Murders, you will find that it came from pretence of Liberty; &s;uch now is that of <HI>Drax,</HI> (who as by Letters appears) is factor for the Rebells in <HI>England,</HI> and here is to vent his trade of di&s;loyalty, Rebellion, and Ruine; and to cleare this, if you looke upon the late Petition, there is the height of his charge of Roguery, not onely with a party to overthrow our A&s;&s;embly, but impeaching the judgements of all the I&s;landers. Sirs, pray
<PB N="27" REF="16"> take notice, and dreame not, if the Devill can performe for you any good, then expect it from tho&s;e Imps of the Devill, not otherwi&s;e: for my owne part if no puni&s;hment extend to the&s;e Traitors, I mu&s;t to exerci&s;e at Armes, to which I de&s;ire there may be a redine&s;&s;e in you all.</P>
<CLOSER>Vivat Rex.
<SALUTE>Till the next, farewell.</SALUTE></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="tract">
<HEAD>To the I&s;landers. Another.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>I</HI> Lately &s;aw from <HI>England</HI> two Letters, Dated the 19 of <HI>September,</HI> 1649. wherein, though I have little Intere&s;t in <HI>Bar|badas,</HI> farther then peace is pre&s;erved, yet I found much of di&s;comfort. To be briefe, the &s;ub&s;tance of both was matter of &s;chi&s;me and divi&s;ion, wherein was promi&s;ed much of a&s;si&s;tance from the Parliament, provided the Independents here could make any divi|&s;ion betwixt the Governour and the Kings party; but withall, that there might not be
<PB N="28" REF="17"> pre&s;ent hopes in regard of <HI>Englands</HI> trou|bles, which the Letters &s;poke much of from the North, <HI>James Drax</HI> confirmed in the e&s;teeme of the factious party in <HI>England,</HI> who is ordering things an&s;werable to the de&s;ires of his brethren in <HI>England:</HI> and now I de&s;ire to put this que&s;tion, how <HI>Drax</HI> can any way benefit this I&s;land by a Petition that tends to the breach of the peace; and whom it is manife&s;t is engaged to <HI>England</HI> for a faithfull agent of Rebellion? Gentle|men, pin not your Faith upon other mens &s;leeves; I never knew but de&s;truction of a Nation was pretence of Liberty, and to this purpo&s;e I could write much, but I doubt not of the purpo&s;es of the Generall as to matter of pre&s;ent Government and Loyalty. Let this be an admonition again&s;t the &s;nare that is laid, that is, not to owne pretences of piety, where there is not &s;o much as the &s;ha|dow of Loyalty: where is Loyalty there can|not but be piety, but there can be no piety, where there is no Loyalty. For my particu|lar I am re&s;olved to hazard my life against the&s;e Libertines in the behalfe of the King.</P>
<CLOSER>VIVAT REX.</CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="tract">
<PB N="29" REF="17">
<HEAD>Another. To the Gentlemen Cavaliers by the Planters.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOu are men experienced in the World, and as you well know what truth is, &s;o doubtle&s;s you are experienced in the practices of the Enemies of truth; which in all mi&s;|chievous de&s;ignes &s;o u&s;e the painting of pre|tending Liberty; herein mo&s;t vi&s;ibly is the late appearance of the Type of that &s;even|headed Dragon of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> Colonel <HI>James Drax,</HI> as is declared by a Petition the 23 of <HI>Aprill</HI> in&s;tant, 1650. methinks the &s;ad &s;pectacle of <HI>England</HI> &s;hould not have given over &s;o many to &s;o ea&s;ie allurements: though I know not of any of Piety or Loyalty that were Sub&s;cribers; yet I wonder &s;o de|luding a pretence &s;hould prevaile with any,
<PB N="30" REF="18"> for my owne particular I am &s;o capable of the devili&s;h intents of &s;uch pretenders, that I &s;hall be &s;o far from owning the Petition, or any thing therein contained, as I &s;hall thinke my be&s;t re&s;t but di&s;quiet, untill I have &s;heathed my Sword in his Bowells that fir&s;t began it, unle&s;&s;e regular power make an appearance again&s;t it: and I think that without mi&s;take my knowledge amounts to the number of one hundred friends of the &s;ame minde; the vilifying of the Coun&s;ell I looke upon as broached in <HI>England,</HI> there being to my knowledge Letters came enjoy|ning many Agents to excite divi&s;ions be|tween the Governour and them, whereby our en&s;laving may the more ea&s;ily be fa|cilitated, and therefore I wi&s;h all with me would endeavour to vindicate tho&s;e wor|thies by whom we have received &s;o much happine&s;&s;e, and labour to pro&s;ecute to the Terrour of tho&s;e In&s;truments of this evill amongst us; for voiding this A&s;&s;embly the be&s;t truth and &s;ecure&s;t happine&s;&s;e is again&s;t it, and therefore tho&s;e &s;elfe-&s;eekers that la|bour for it, and I am confident without the
<PB N="31" REF="18"> approbation of the I&s;land, more then of &s;uch who&s;e advancements are hoped for upon Ruines of others. Gentlemen, be of Courage, our abilities are not wrapt up in the opinion of any, neither doe we look upon the late pro|ceedings by way of Petition, as from the Country&punc; but rather from &s;uch as de&s;ire to en&s;lave us all; as <HI>Col. Drax, Midleton, Allyne, &amp;c.</HI> Gentlemen, be comforted, and waite, di&s;tru&s;t not your A&s;si&s;tance.</P>
<CLOSER>VIVAT REX.</CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="tract">
<HEAD>Another.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOu have had the &s;owre ta&s;te of the event of the pretence of Liberty in <HI>England,</HI> I hope you will prevent an enforced one here, the <HI>Independants</HI> have the faculty of masking under&s;tanding: let your expe|rience teach you the contrary to deny the wearing of it: &s;ure I am, however the late
<PB N="32" REF="19"> Petition went under a notion of Liberty; yet let me tell you, we are not &s;en&s;ible of truth from the mouths of tho&s;e friends that pre&s;ented them: and to &s;peake home, a&s;&s;ure your &s;elves Piety and Loyalty dwells in our brea&s;ts, and if you will hold up your Lan|thorne, doubt not but we will put in our Lights; and if you plea&s;e, <HI>Diogenes-like,</HI> &s;eeke towards <HI>Colonel Drax</HI> to finde out an hone&s;t man. Gentlemen, we under&s;tand ther's Letters come from <HI>England,</HI> to move divi&s;ion betweene you and the Governour, and if po&s;sible to ruine you; if you will ap|peare, doubt not but our Loyalty will a&s;si&s;t you, for indeed your vertues and the happi|ne&s;&s;e we have received by you, engages us to it. To let you know you have &s;ome friends &s;en&s;ible of your parts and worth, and of the Injuries you have received, I dare warrant for my poore particular, to be the leader of five hundred men, at your Command and occa&s;ion, (and I am confident the be&s;t part of this I&s;land is well inclined) I &s;hall not cea&s;e to be active in your behalfs, and not in&s;en&s;ible of one we had better hopes of.
<PB N="33" REF="19"> Expect to heare from us to your comfort, and as we are bound in duty.</P>
<CLOSER>VIVAT REX.</CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="tract">
<HEAD>Another.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>HAving found a Libell di&s;per&s;ed to the &s;candall of the authority now in being, and undervaluing of the Judicious of the whole I&s;land, as to their chiefe of the A&s;&s;em+bly, and their concurrence with them in out|cries and exceptions again&s;t particular men, of knowne worth and Loyalty, we could not but proceed to this Declaration,</HI></P>
<P>1. <HI>That conformity is the be&s;t &s;tep and advance to &s;ecurity, that tho&s;e worthy Gen|tlemen that are &s;candalized, having endea|voured thereto, we looke upon as the be&s;t helpers to this Common-wealth.</HI></P>
<P>2. <HI>That whereas imprecations are vented again&s;t Lawyers, (to the renowne of tho&s;e Worthies the</HI> Waldronds <HI>be it &s;poken) from</HI>
<PB N="34" REF="20"> <HI>them is our Generall happine&s;&s;e derived.</HI></P>
<P>3. <HI>That whereas they are clamorous again&s;t the intended (Oath) with &s;editious Petitions &s;pred as from the Generall, we declare the extent of the Oath to all peaceable being; nothing therein binding further then to &s;ubmi&s;sion, &s;o the power proceeds from our Election, and vote of all men, and Loyalty to our King: That we di&s;claime the procee|dings of</HI> Drax, Middleton, Allyne, <HI>and the re&s;t, as mo&s;t Seditious di&s;turbing of our Union and pre&s;ent being in peace, and the mo&s;t horrid foundation of further intended mi&s;chiefe; as derived and taken from the practice of tho&s;e Imps of the Devill, the de|vouring Rebells at</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter.</P>
<P>5. <HI>That we looke upon countenancers of the late Petitions, as the mo&s;t dangerous of Enemies, and in the re&s;olution, and of pre|&s;ent appearance, unle&s;&s;e better Satisfaction, we are re&s;olved to live and dye, to the comfort of the Loyall.</HI></P>
<CLOSER>VIVAT REX.</CLOSER>
</DIV1>
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<PB N="35" REF="20">
<P> Here we may &s;ee at a di&s;tance, the intentions and re&s;olutions of the &s;tudiers of our de&s;tructi|ons; They have long laboured to find out &s;ome &s;eeming cau&s;e or pretence for a quarrell, that the chiefe&s;t of them may not faile of their pur|po&s;es, to pay their old debts by a new device. <HI>Waldrond</HI> and his a&s;&s;ociates being in place of Au|thority, have a promi&s;ing opportunity, &amp; all their time is, and mu&s;t now be imployed to &s;tirre up the people to an extremity of zeale to his Ma|je&s;ty; declaring his great hopes of their for|wardne&s;&s;e to &s;hew their Loyalty. That now is the time to vanqui&s;h the Parliaments friends, otherwi&s;e (if not &s;peedily put in Execution) them&s;elves &s;hould be all routed; he knowing this to be one way to pay the Creditor, puts on his maske of pretended Loyalty, and forth|with gets company enough. For mo&s;t of the brethren of his fraternity is more on the Debter then Creditors &s;ide of the book; and they ca&s;t up their Caps and cry, heigh for King <HI>Charles!</HI> By and by comes a company, and they are re&s;olved men, and &s;corn whi&s;pering, or any thing le&s;&s;e then <HI>God Damne'm</HI> heres a health to King <HI>Charles.</HI> The&s;e (you may take notice) are a Generation of young <HI>Cavees</HI> lately come over from <HI>Eng|land;</HI> (I doubt &s;ome not un&s;ent for) and be|ing Heires to great inheritances in <HI>England,</HI> (which is kept from them by the right owners)
<PB N="36" REF="21"> pretend all is &s;eque&s;tred by the Parliament, and they having lo&s;t that they never had right to there, intend to make that theirs here, which was never intended them; well, the&s;e are wel|come to <HI>Waldrond,</HI> with a Gentlemen I'le mount you, &s;hortly &amp;c. By and by comes a Troop brave|ly mounted, and they exceede tho&s;e formerly &s;poken of, for they &s;weare <HI>God Damne'm</HI> they will &s;heath their Swords in the hearts of all tho&s;e that will not drink a health to the Figure of II. and another to the confu&s;ion of the <HI>Independent</HI> doggs. The&s;e are likewi&s;e welcome to <HI>Waldrond,</HI> with A-I wonder Gentlemen you were not the fir&s;t, having Hor&s;es at Command: But let us a little examine what the&s;e are; well, the&s;e are a Generation of people called Agents or Factors for their Ma&s;ters (the <HI>London</HI> Mer|chants and others) and having out-run the Con&s;tables in <HI>England,</HI> and run out their principalls here, re&s;olve to foote it no longer, but now let the <HI>Sugar-mill</HI> &s;tand, and their Ma|&s;ters expect returnes; they will waite on <HI>Wal|drond,</HI> for he is the man from whom they expect honour and preferment, for by <HI>Bani&s;hing</HI> the <HI>Roundheads,</HI> and bidding defiance to the Parliament, they &s;hall procure a Proclamation of Rebellion again&s;t them, which will be a no|table excu&s;e for their not comming home to give their Ma&s;ters an account there. And if to
<PB N="37" REF="21"> that purpo&s;e they &s;end hither, their &s;ervants are advanced to place of authority, and their time is &s;o taken up about State matters, that they are not at lea&s;ure to draw up accounts.</P>
<P>By this time they have per&s;waded the People (re&s;iding in that part of the Countrey) that the Independents had a de&s;igne, as afore&s;aid, and that they onely were the originalls of the Petitions to accompli&s;h the ends afore&s;aid; And now the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e begins to worke very well to their purpo&s;es, &s;o that they are ready to give the Allarum; In which po&s;ture wee will leave them, and come to &s;peake a word or two of the Governour, who hearing of their con|tinuall motion among&s;t the People, animating them to take up Armes, not knowing any cau&s;e they had given them &s;o to doe; and having had the experience of the di&s;po&s;itions of the <HI>Wal|dronds</HI> and others, that their Aime was to di|&s;turb the peace of the Countrey for the accom|pli&s;hing of their owne ends, upon the nine and twentieth day of <HI>April</HI> 1650. put forth a De|claration, under his hand, (the particulars whereof you have at large in the en&s;uing De|claration) That no man &s;hould take up any Armes, nor act in any ho&s;tile manner upon paine of death; but this is not taken notice of by tho&s;e men, they have more re&s;pect to their owne ends, then to any obedience to Government,
<PB N="38" REF="22"> and therefore mu&s;t and will proceed. Upon notice given of their per&s;everance herein, the Governour &s;ent forth particular commi&s;&s;ions to Lieutenant Colonell <HI>Drax,</HI> and others, to rai&s;e forces for the pre&s;ervation of our peace, which hee found much threatned by &s;ome turbulent &s;pirits, which were very active in labouring to imbroyle the Inhabitants in an unnaturall War. By this time the&s;e men have rai&s;ed an Alarum, and are advancing towards the Bridge; here|upon the Governour &s;ends away a &s;econd Com|mi&s;&s;ion to Lieutenant Colonell <HI>Drax,</HI> to this purpo&s;e, that he &s;hould apprehend the bodies of the <HI>Waldronds</HI> (and their abettors) as fo|menters of Rebellion; upon the &s;ending of this Commi&s;&s;ion the Governour &s;ends Commi&s;&s;ary Generall <HI>John Parrat,</HI> to require <HI>Waldronds</HI> ap|pearance before him. And in ca&s;e of re|fu&s;all to command his Commi&s;&s;ion from him, the which if he &s;hould deny to deliver, then to proclaime him Rebell. Upon the receipt of the Governours Letter, <HI>Waldrond</HI> goes along with the Me&s;&s;enger, with whom we will leave him, and come to &s;peake of the Governour, who having received an invitation to dine at the Bridge that day, (with &s;ome Neighbours ac|companing him) rid thitherward; who, upon the way, was met by Colonell <HI>Edmond Reade,</HI> who then commanded a Troope of Hor&s;e, and
<PB N="39" REF="22"> after the exchanging &s;ome few words with him, wheeles about, and leaving him, rides with his Troope towards the Bridge, where ere long the Governour came, and entered the Hou&s;e, where &s;ometime him&s;elfe and Coun&s;ell u&s;ed to &s;it. About three or foure houres after <HI>Wal|drond</HI> came to the Governour, and pre&s;ents him&s;elfe more like a Saint then a Rebell, and pleads Not guilty of any intention of evil in the lea&s;t. In briefe, he was di&s;charged at that pre|&s;ent, upon which he forthwith repaires to the Army, then upon a march, from whom the Governour in &s;hort time receives Propo&s;itions. And wee may take notice that <HI>Waldrond,</HI> who (ere while) pre&s;ented him&s;elfe a compo&s;ure of innocency it &s;elfe, to the Governour, is now become the head of the Rebellious Army, for &s;o we may ju&s;tly call them, in regard they did not onely take up Armes, without but contra|ry to the Governours command in contempt thereof in the highe&s;t nature. The&s;e Propo&s;i|tions were pre&s;ented the fir&s;t of <HI>May,</HI> and an|&s;wered the &s;econd with &s;ome exceptions, the third of <HI>May,</HI> the Replies were made to the Ex|ceptions, and the Propo&s;itions granted by the Governour, the particulars of all which is here en&s;uing, as followeth, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<Q><PB N="40" REF="23"><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="propositions">
<HEAD>Certain PROPOSITIONS <HI>pre&s;ented by Colonell</HI> Humfry Waldrond, <HI>and Colonel</HI> Edmond Reade, <HI>from divers well-affected to His Ma|je&s;ty, with the Governors re&s;pective</HI> An&s;wers <HI>thereunto,</HI> viz.</HEAD>
<P><HI>IMprimis,</HI> We are Re&s;olved with our Lives and Fortunes, to maintaine and defend Captaine <HI>Phillip Bell</HI> to continue Governour of this I&s;land, according to our Prote&s;tation taken the la&s;t yeare.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>Agreed upon.</HI></P>
<P>2. We de&s;ire that Sarjeant Major <HI>Wil|liam Byane,</HI> Major to Colonell <HI>Shelly</HI> his Regiment, be pre&s;ently &s;ent unto us.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>Granted and performed.</HI></P>
<P>3. That all Independents, and the other di&s;turbers of the peace of this I&s;land, may by your Order be pre&s;ently di&s;armed,
<PB N="41" REF="23"> and their Armes put in &s;ecurity.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>To the third, that all Independents deciphered unto us by Colonel</HI> Humfrey Wal|drond, <HI>as non-Conformi&s;ts to the ancient di&s;cipline of the Church of</HI> England, <HI>e&s;ta|bli&s;hed by Act of Parliament; And all other di&s;turbers of the peace of this I&s;land, which have bin declared by him to be &s;uch as have rai&s;ed any Armes, or acted any ho&s;tile power again&s;t this pre&s;ent e&s;tabli&s;hed Government, by the Governour and Coun&s;ell; &s;hall receive my &s;peedy command to deliver up their Arms to the principall Officers of your Army, your &s;elves fir&s;t ingaging for their &s;afeties, and that no ho&s;tile Act be u&s;ed against them.</HI></P>
<P>4. That the Magazine at the Bridge be &s;o &s;ecured by your Honours advice, and coun&s;ells, as may free it from the &s;ei|&s;ure of tho&s;e knowne di&s;affected to His Maje&s;ty, and the peace of this I&s;land.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>To the fourth, It is already done, and upon my honorable word I will have a care of it.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> That the Magazine be put in our tru&s;t and guard, untill it can be di&s;po&s;ed
<PB N="42" REF="24"> of, according to the former Orders of the A&s;&s;embly.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>This is granted.</HI></P>
<P>5. That tho&s;e per&s;ons be brought to condigne Puni&s;hment, which have any wayes &s;ought or endeavored to ob&s;truct the peace of this I&s;land, and laboured the ruine of tho&s;e loyally affected to His Ma|je&s;ty. In order whereunto we doe de&s;ire that twenty &s;uch per&s;ons as we &s;hal nomi|nate (after the grant of the&s;e Propo&s;itions) be put into our cu&s;tody, untill they be brought unto their legall tryall.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>To the fifth, if tho&s;e twenty which you de&s;ire to be delivered into your cu&s;tody, &s;hall upon nomination and orderly &s;ummons, refu&s;e to come to a legall tryall, I &s;hall u&s;e my power and your A&s;si&s;tance to bring them to it.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> The intentions of our de&s;ires that the twenty be pre&s;ently (by your &s;u~mons) apprehended, and put into our powers, and that your honor ha&s;ten the calling of the Generall A&s;&s;embly, that they may come to their &s;peedy tryall, becau&s;e our
<PB N="43" REF="24"> forces cannot disband till it be effected; But upon our honours they &s;hall receive no injury, untill they come to &s;uch Tryall.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>It is granted.</HI></P>
<P>6. That our lawfull Soveraigne <HI>(Charles</HI> the &s;econd) be in&s;tantly in a &s;olemne man|ner proclaimed <HI>King.</HI></P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>As for the la&s;t, we doe acknowledge our loyalty to our Soveraigne Lord King</HI> CHARLES <HI>the &s;econd, but for the pre&s;ent, Proclaiming of him according to your re|quest, we conceive it to be of &s;uch con&s;e|quence, as not to be concluded without the re&s;ult of my &s;elf, and the Generall A&s;&s;embly, if they approve of it I &s;hall give my con&s;ent.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> The A&s;&s;embly being called ac|cording to our former Propo&s;ition, wee are content to &s;u&s;pend it.</P>
<P>7. That when the Generall A&s;&s;embly &s;hall di&s;&s;olve, which we pre&s;ume it will do upon rea&s;onable motion; The new elect|ed Members &s;hall not be cho&s;en and ad|mitted, but out of &s;uch men as are known
<PB N="44" REF="25"> well affected to His Maje&s;ty, and are con|formable to the di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> formerly e&s;tabli&s;hed.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>It is granted.</HI></P>
<P>8. Our intentions and de&s;ires are for an act of oblivion, for the lawfull Armes we have taken for the defence of your &s;elf and the publick; And that an Act of In|demnity pa&s;&s;e to all per&s;ons that have in|gaged with us.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>They are granted.</HI></P>
<P>9. We further de&s;ire your Honours &s;afe conduct to all Officers of what degree &s;oever, being Members of the A&s;&s;embly, for their peaceable comming and going therein.</P>
<P>An&s;. <HI>That is granted.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Lastly,</HI> if your Honour vouch&s;afe to con&s;ent, you forthwith plea&s;e to come unto us (without any known di&s;affected per&s;on in your company) and you &s;hall receive all civill ob&s;ervance, and due obe|dience belonging to your Per&s;on and Place.</P>
<P><HI>Performed on both parties.</HI></P>
<PB N="43" REF="25">
<CLOSER><SIGNED>The&s;e foregoing <HI>Propo&s;itions</HI> were &s;ub&s;cribed by the&s;e Men, who&s;e Names are here|under &s;pecified, <HI>viz.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM>HEnry Shelle.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edmund Read.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Humfry Waldrond.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Modiford.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edward Waldrond.</ITEM>
<ITEM>William Kirton.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Benjamin Berringer.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Ellis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>James Browne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>William Byam.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chri&s;topher Gill.</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Warr.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Paul Godwin.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Reade.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Charles Harvy.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Daniel Kendall.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Phillip Miller.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Robert Carleton.</ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<P>We have here a particular of the <HI>Propo&s;iti|ons,</HI> and what they containe (which is diver&s;e particulars) as to have the <HI>Independents,</HI> as they call them, di&s;armed: the Magazine delivered up to them, the King in&s;tantly &s;olemnly pro|claimed. Twenty &s;uch as they &s;hall nominate delivered into their cu&s;tody, to be brought,
<PB N="44" REF="26"> &s;ay they, to a legall tryall: al&s;o an Act of In|demnity for all that have ingaged with them. In briefe, they will have all power in their own hands, that they may act all what they plea&s;e, the Governour mu&s;t &s;tand for a cipher if he will not &s;ub&s;cribe to their plea&s;ures. If hee will &s;ubmit hee may repaire to them, but if hee will not, they have an Army on foot to force the accompli&s;hing of their ends. The Gover|nour loving peace, and looking upon the&s;e their &s;o &s;uddaine unwarrantable Actions, as proceeding from heate of bloud occa&s;ioned by &s;ome fal&s;e informations, &s;ub&s;cribes their <HI>Pro|po&s;itions&punc;</HI> not que&s;tioning but upon due delibera|tion taken, and both parties being heard &s;peak, things would be moderated, and tho&s;e preten|ded differences happily compo&s;ed. But alas, the Serpent is as &s;ubtill as the Dove is harme|le&s;&s;e; for after (with their pretences) they had prevailed with the Governour to come to them, they will have all things as they plea&s;e; and he mu&s;t i&s;&s;ue forth his Warrants for the ac|compli&s;hing of their &s;elfe-ends.</P>
<P>The&s;e di&s;turbers of our peace, mu&s;t and will have an Act of indemnity; for (&s;ay they to the Governour) the lawfull Armes we have taken for the defence of your &s;elfe and the publick; if they had &s;aid (for the offence of your &s;elfe and the publick) they had both &s;poke truth
<PB N="45" REF="26"> and &s;en&s;e, but now they &s;peake neither; if they had beene taken up for the defence of the Go|vernour and Countrey, then lawfully taken up; and if lawfully taken up, what needs an Act of oblivion and Indemnity? but they were taken up contrary to the Governours expre&s;&s;e command in his Declaration put forth upon paine of death, to force both him and the Countrey to &s;ubmit to their illegall, and mo&s;t horrid proceedings, to the Countries exceed|ing lo&s;&s;e, hinderance and prejudice.</P>
<P>This done, they nominate the twenty men, mentioned in their <HI>Propo&s;itions,</HI> who&s;e Names we &s;hall give you by and by, who were, divers of them, required by a Colonell of their party, to repaire with him to their Armies head quar|ters, who after &s;ome time being there, were permitted upon their Paroll, to returne to their Habitations, where wee will leave them till the next &s;ummons, and give you the re|lation of a further policy which they acted with as much fallacy as &s;ubtilty, thus. <HI>Waldrond</HI> bethinking him&s;elfe that while&s;t hee was active in ray&s;ing forces, hee had given out that the <HI>Independents</HI> were in Armes, intending to cut them off, and well knowing there were none in Armes (be&s;ides them&s;elves) but onely tho&s;e that were ray&s;ed by Lieutenant Colonell <HI>Drax,</HI> by the Governours e&s;peciall Order,
<PB N="46" REF="27"> and particular Commi&s;&s;ion to that purpo&s;e; They being but twenty Hor&s;e, and betwixt eighty and a hundred Foote, who had not acted any thing at all, &s;aving onely the appre|hending of one of <HI>Waldronds</HI> &s;onnes, who was with an Officer po&s;ting about to ray&s;e Forces for the Armies a&s;&s;i&s;tance. Forthwith advi&s;es a Colonell of their owne party (who&s;e Name we &s;hall omit to in&s;ert) to &s;end Order to his Lieutenant Colonell and Major for the ray|&s;ing of his Regiment, and their advance to a place by him appointed. This Colonell (to the end they might bring about their de&s;igne with applau&s;e) repaires to the Governour, and pre&s;ents his Regiment at his &s;ervice as a guard to attend him, who knowing nothing of their de&s;igne, gives way to the ray&s;ing of the Regi|ment, and command is forthwith &s;ent to the parties afore&s;aid; and by way of private Ala|rum, the Souldiers are in Armes, and appeare in their u&s;uall place of exerci&s;e, and from thence are commanded to march, which they doe, and as a further expedient for the accom|pli&s;hing of the de&s;igne intended, it is given forth by the Officers of the Regiment, That <HI>Waldrond</HI> had ray&s;ed Forces, and &s;urprized the Governour, and that their march was for his reliefe. That night they pitcht their colours in the Field, expecting in the Morning to
<PB N="47" REF="27"> march for the Governours reliefe (as was at fir&s;t pretended they &s;hould) but alas they are mi&s;taken, in&s;tead of marching they mu&s;t coun|ter-march home every man to his habitation upon paine of death; <HI>Waldrond</HI> hath effected his de&s;igne, and now his pretence is that this Regiment was ray&s;ed in oppo&s;ition to him, and therefore are held and deemed Delin|quents and Di&s;turbers of the peace, and mu&s;t be proceeded again&s;t accordingly; And Forces of Foote and Hor&s;e imployed to di&s;arme them forthwith, which was done, and they left to the cruelty of their &s;laves, who were of ability enough to de&s;troy, and murther them, had not God in mercy re&s;trayned their cruelty.</P>
<P>Having given you the particulars of this their Device and Invention, we &s;hall returne to &s;peake further of <HI>Waldrond</HI> and his crue, who now require the Governour to performe his ingagement with reference to his &s;ub&s;cribing the <HI>Propo&s;itions;</HI> which begins to be done, and in order thereunto the twenty &s;poke of for|merly in their <HI>Propo&s;itions,</HI> is &s;ent for by a Troope of hor&s;e, who&s;e Names we &s;hall give you ere we proceede any further, which is as followeth, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<PB N="48" REF="28">
<ITEM><HI>THomas Mathews</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Klincket.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Bayes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Con&s;tant Silve&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Col. <HI>Io. Fitz Iames.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Major <HI>VVilliam Forte&s;cue.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L^t. <HI>Thomas Rous.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L^t. <HI>John Iohn&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Haukins</HI> E&s;q.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Pears.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chri&s;tofer Lyne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Samuel Hyat.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Ma&s;&s;ey.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieut. Col. <HI>Iames Drax.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Thomas Midelton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Renoald Alyne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>David Bix.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Lewis Morris.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Iohn Hockeridge.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Peter Edney.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>You may ob&s;erve that divers of the&s;e Gentlemen are gone aboard a Ship (ere the&s;e are &s;ummoned) not thinking it &s;afe to &s;tay the tryall of any further of their enemies pro|ceedings, finding their beginning &s;o unju&s;t; but tho&s;e not gone aboard, made their appearance before the A&s;&s;embly, who had drawne up a
<PB N="49" REF="28"> charge again&s;t them: containing matter of high crime and mi&s;demeanour, as indeavouring the ruine of tho&s;e loyally affected to His Ma|je&s;ty; altering the Government of Church and State (formerly e&s;tabli&s;hed) and bringing in of the <HI>Parliaments</HI> Authority, with &s;ome additions, concluding their charge with this &s;en|tence, <HI>That for the&s;e their crimes and offences they &s;hould pay one Million of</HI> Sugars <HI>fine, and be bani&s;hed the I&s;land.</HI></P>
<P>This charge is denied, and the impeached de|&s;ire to an&s;wer to every particular charged again&s;t them, but this is denied; They further de&s;ire a legall tryall, but this is an&s;wered with, The Army mu&s;t be kept a foote till their tryall was over; which would be a great charge, and wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">l undoubtedly fall upon them; others threat|ning the Army &s;hould advance and eate them into better manners. With the&s;e and the like expre&s;&s;ions they were di&s;charged, and for that night committed to a guard, till the next mor|ning, at which time they were againe (by order) brought before the A&s;&s;embly; who again&s;t their comming had provided their Sentence, which was read unto them. The contents where|of was to pay the&s;e &s;everall &s;ums of <HI>Sugar</HI> fol|lowing, and to depart the I&s;land three moneths after, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<PB N="50" REF="29">
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>LIeut. Colonell <HI>Drax,</HI> fined</CELL>
<CELL>80000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Capt. <HI>Thomas Midleton,</HI></CELL>
<CELL>20000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lieut. <HI>Thomas Rous,</HI></CELL>
<CELL>20000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lieut. <HI>Iohn Iohn&s;on,</HI></CELL>
<CELL>40000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Con&s;tant Silve&s;ter,</HI></CELL>
<CELL>10000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Capt. <HI>Iohn Hockeridge,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Pear&s;e.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>10000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Capt. <HI>Renoyald Alyne,</HI></CELL>
<CELL>5000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Thomas Mathews,</HI></CELL>
<CELL>5000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&rindx; The &s;um is in <HI>Sugar.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>190000 l.</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P>Here you &s;ee the Legall Tryall they &s;pake of in their <HI>Propo&s;itions,</HI> I que&s;tion not but the Reader will take notice they are men that are capable of putting a quick di&s;patch to bu&s;ine&s;&s;e; There is no reply to be made to their Sen|tence, but it mu&s;t be as they have concluded, and this is the Legall Tryall they intended, only they have not fined all they called before them, becau&s;e they aime at all they have.</P>
<P>At this their pre&s;ent &s;itting they proceede to an Act of extent (as we may call it) but they call it, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<Q><PB N="51" REF="29"><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="act">
<HEAD>An Act for the pre&s;ent and future peace of this I&s;land, And for the puni&s;hing of the late di&s;turbers thereof.</HEAD>
<P><HI>WHereas</HI> divers &s;editious, &s;chi&s;mati|call and factious per&s;ons, incited and &s;tirred up by many fal&s;e &s;candalls and &s;ugge&s;tions; fomented and &s;pread abroad by the heads of the <HI>Independent</HI> party, and others the di&s;turbers of the peace, have put them&s;elves in Armes and Acted in an ho|&s;tile manner, to the utter ruine of the Loyall Inhabitants of this I&s;land, had not God in his great mercy prevented the &s;ame. There|fore to e&s;tabli&s;h the peace of this I&s;land for the pre&s;ent, and to prevent the like mi&s;chief for the future, and puni&s;hment of the per&s;ons afore&s;aid. <HI>Be it Ordained and Enacted</HI> by the unanimous con&s;ent of the Governour, Coun&s;ell &amp; Gentlemen of the A&s;&s;embly; that
<PB N="52" REF="30"> all the <HI>Independent</HI> party, non-conformi&s;ts to the antient Di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and all other Sectaries; and all &s;uch as have adhered unto them, in the late endeavour to &s;uppre&s;&s;e the reformed Reli|gion formerly E&s;tabli&s;hed, in the Raigne of our late <HI>Queene Elizabeth;</HI> within the Kingdome of <HI>England,</HI> and &s;uch as are di&s;loyally affected to his Maje&s;ty, deliver all their Armes and Ammunition to the next field-Officer of the Regiment, within ten dayes after publication hereof. And like|wi&s;e within three Months after publication hereof depart this I&s;land, and not returne again upon pain of death, and forfeiture of the E&s;tate and E&s;tates of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o returning, unle&s;&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall fir&s;t obtaine licence for the &s;ame from the Generall A&s;&s;embly, (for the time being) or from the Governour and Coun&s;ell, if there be no A&s;&s;embly; The &s;aid licence not to exceede the &s;pace of three months. <HI>And be it further Enacted</HI> by the Authority afore&s;aid, that the &s;aid <HI>Indepen|dent</HI> party, Sectaries, non-conformi&s;ts, their
<PB N="53" REF="30"> ayders, abettors, nor no per&s;on that &s;hall be &s;u&s;pected by the A&s;&s;embly or Coun&s;ell, (for the time being) &s;hall be &s;uffered to keepe any armes or Amunition, and this pre&s;ent A&s;&s;embly &s;hall not di&s;&s;olve untill after the expiration of the &s;aid three Months. <HI>And be it further Enacted</HI> by the Authority afore|&s;aid, That the &s;aid <HI>Independent</HI> party, Sect|aries, non-conformi&s;ts, their ayders, adhe|rents, Coun&s;ellers and abetters, in the late de|&s;igne &amp; Intention, to &s;uppre&s;s the &s;aid refor|med Religion, and the well affected to his Maje&s;ty in this I&s;land, &s;hall &s;everally pay for the publick u&s;e of the Country, (to &s;uch tru&s;ty per&s;on or per&s;ons, as by the Gover|nour and A&s;&s;embly &s;hall be appointed) for a Fine and Ran&s;ome for their offence and Delinquency as afore&s;aid, the full quantity of fifty pounds of good wel cured Merchanta|ble muskovado Sugar, <HI>per Aker,</HI> for &s;uch plantations where there are Sugar works; And fifty pounds of Sugar <HI>per Aker,</HI> for &s;uch plantations where there are no Sugar works, or Commodities to that value, <HI>Except</HI> the&s;e per&s;ons hereafter named, who have
<PB N="54" REF="31"> voluntarily con&s;ented to pay the&s;e &s;everall Summs of the like Sugar, hereafter menti|oned, <HI>viz.</HI> Lieutenant Colonell <HI>James Drax,</HI> eighty thou&s;and pound: Captaine <HI>Thomas Middleton,</HI> twenty thou&s;and pounds: Lieutenant <HI>Thomas Rou&s;e,</HI> twen|ty thou&s;and pounds: Lieutenant <HI>John John|&s;on,</HI> the &s;umme of forty thou&s;and pounds: <HI>Con&s;tant Silve&s;ter,</HI> the &s;umme of five thou|&s;and pounds: Captaine <HI>John Hockeridge,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Pear&s;e,</HI> the &s;umme of ten thou|&s;and pounds: Captaine <HI>Renoyald Allyne,</HI> the &s;umme of five thou&s;and pounds: <HI>Tho|mas Mathews,</HI> the &s;umme of five thou&s;and pounds of the like Sugar.</P>
<P>And except tho&s;e that have no E&s;tates in Lands, or are fled aboard Ships, who are left to the di&s;cretion of the Committee, cho&s;en and appointed for that purpo&s;e; which &s;aid &s;ummes &s;hall be imployed for a meete reward of the Soldiery, defraying the charges of the Armies quarters, for pro|vi&s;ions &s;ent in from well-affected per|&s;ons adjacent thereunto, furni&s;hing the Ma|gazine pre&s;ent, fortifying the I&s;land, and
<PB N="55" REF="31"> other publick u&s;es: and if the &s;everall &s;umms of goods afore&s;aid, &s;hall not amount to the &s;atisfaction and effecting of the&s;e ends afore&s;aid, whereunto they are appointed to be imployed; that then the &s;aid rates upon their Land to be augmented and advanced according to the di&s;cretion of the &s;aid Com|mittee. <HI>And be it further Enacted</HI> by the <HI>Authority</HI> afore&s;aid, that all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons of the <HI>Independent</HI> party, Sectaries, Non-conformi&s;ts, their adherents, ayders, Coun&s;ellors, or abettors in the de|&s;igne, and invention afore&s;aid, paying their &s;aid &s;everall fines, and &s;ubmitting to their Bani&s;hment; &s;hall be hereby pardoned, fully remitted &amp; di&s;charged of all the crime &amp; offence afore&s;aid, or any thing concerning the &s;ame; And &s;hall have and enjoy the full benefit and profit of their re&s;pective E&s;tates that they now have, or hereafter at any time may have in this I&s;land, to be managed by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as they &s;hall appoint; and the publick can confide in. <HI>It is al&s;o further Enacted</HI> by the <HI>Authority</HI> afore|&s;aid, for pre&s;ervation and &s;uppre&s;sion of all
<PB N="56" REF="32"> future in&s;urrections, and machinations of the like nature, It may and &s;hall be lawfull for all Colonels in Command, and their Offi|cers, upon any ho&s;tile attempt of the afore|&s;aid <HI>Independent</HI> and malignant party, to rai&s;e their Souldiers in Armes, and to &s;uppre&s;&s;e the &s;ame, and in ca&s;e of re&s;i&s;tance to pur&s;ue the oppo&s;ers to death; Alwaies pro|vided that Colonel <HI>John Fitz-James,</HI> and Captaine <HI>John Maniford</HI> are excepted out of this Act, or any benefit accruing thereby; <HI>It is further Enacted and Ordained,</HI> That the particular Officers in Commi&s;sion of Militia; who have actually taken up Armes again&s;t the publike, be tryed by a Court Mar|&s;hall, as al&s;o Colonel <HI>John Fitz-James,</HI> and Captaine <HI>John Maniford. May</HI> the 11. 1650.</P>
<CLOSER><POSTSCRIPT>
<P>Ordered, <HI>That this and all other Acts and Orders of the Governour and A&s;&s;em|bly, be hereafter certified under the hand of the Secretary, to be publi&s;hed in</HI> Philips <HI>Pari&s;h.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry Goldwell <HI>Sec'</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</POSTSCRIPT></CLOSER>
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<PB N="57" REF="32">
<P> <HI>The further we proceede in our di&s;covery of the&s;e mens Actions, the more fallacies we &s;hall meete withall. If they had &s;aid the&s;e Gentlemen formerly fined (being part of the twenty) had voluntarily and freely promi&s;ed to pay one hun|dred and ninety pounds of</HI> Sugar, <HI>they had &s;poke &s;en&s;e, though not truth; but they &s;ay con|&s;ented: now where a con&s;ent is given there mu&s;t be &s;omething Commanding, requiring or de|&s;iring a con&s;ent, which being granted, the Act is not free nor voluntary, but is occa&s;ioned either by force or per&s;wa&s;ion; you have already heard the moving cau&s;e which is compul&s;ive, they mu&s;t pay the&s;e Fines, or the Army &s;hall eate them into better manners; If this be not enough, pray take notice of their proceedings (with the re&s;t) in this their Act, where they &s;ay expre&s;ly, &s;hall pay &s;uch quantities of</HI> Sugars <HI>and</HI> Tobacco <HI>for a Fine and Ran&s;ome for their of|fence, and Delinquency, &amp;c. Now that the&s;e they looke upon as their chiefe oppo&s;ers, &s;hould be left to a free choyce of paying or not paying of Fines; And tho&s;e that are not in &s;o high a Nature lookt upon, is compell'd to it, this we under&s;tand not; and that the&s;e men &s;hould vo|luntarily give away</HI> 190000 <HI>pounds of</HI> Sugar, <HI>who&s;oever beleeves, will finde him&s;elfe guilty of mi&s;taking; but we mu&s;t not expect to find either order or hone&s;ty in their proceedings, they are</HI>
<PB N="58" REF="33"> <HI>re&s;olved upon the de&s;igne, and it mu&s;t and &s;hall goe forward right or wrong. They are &s;till putting fal&s;e names upon their Acts and pro|ceedings, in their Propo&s;itions they are requi|ring an Act of oblivion for their lawfull taking Armes (as they &s;ay) for the defence of the Go|vernour and publick, but it plainly appears it was for the offence of both; they proceede and title this their Act,</HI> (An Act for the pre&s;ervation of the pre&s;ent and future peace of this I&s;land) <HI>when experience cries already aloud in our eares, and tells us, it is for the (de&s;truction) of the pre&s;ent and future peace of the I&s;land. They add,</HI> and for the puni&s;hing of the late di&s;turbers thereof, <HI>this they might mo&s;t properly have left out, (them&s;elves being the men) whom time and happy &s;ucce&s;&s;e may cau&s;e to be found out with|out a Lanthorne and a Candle: The&s;e Officers they nominate to be tryed by a Court Mar&s;hall, are the Commanders of tho&s;e forces now rai&s;ed by the Governours Command; and of that Regiment rai&s;ed by their owne device, as was formerly hinted in the preceding part of our di&s;cour&s;e. This is the fruits of their fir&s;t weeks proceedings, (which mu&s;t be and was publi&s;hed in every Pari&s;h-Church in the I&s;land, for the peopler Satisfaction, who expect to heare of a plot di&s;covered, in which expectation we will leave them, and proceed to the next, which</HI>
<PB N="59" REF="33"> <HI>is (by them called) a Commi&s;&s;ion for Compo&s;i|tions of Delinquents E&s;tates.</HI></P>
<Q><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="order">
<HEAD>By the Governour, Councell, and A&s;&s;embly:</HEAD>
<P>ORdered <HI>that Sir</HI> Richard Pear&s;e, <HI>Co|lonel</HI> Humfry Waldrond, <HI>Lieu|tenant Colonel</HI> Thomas Ellis, <HI>Captaine</HI> George Martin, <HI>Captine</HI> Henry Guy, <HI>Cap|taine</HI> George Standfa&s;t, <HI>Ma&s;ter</HI> Peter Wat&s;on, <HI>and Ma&s;ter</HI> John Wadlo, <HI>or any three of them, whereof Colonel</HI> Waldrond, <HI>Lieutenant Colonel</HI> Thomas Ellis, <HI>or Cap|taine</HI> Henry Guy, <HI>to be one) Convene and &s;it at the hou&s;e of Ma&s;ter</HI> John Job&s;ons <HI>at the bridge, three dayes every wecke, and oftner if they &s;ee occa&s;ion; For the audi|ting and receiving of the accompts of all &s;uch well-affected per&s;ons, who have &s;u&s;tain|ed any damages by quartering the late forces, or who have contributed to the re|liefe</HI>
<PB N="60" REF="34"> <HI>and &s;upply of provi&s;ions, and to order payment, as goods &s;hall be brought in or levied upon Delinquents E&s;tates; which by the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners or any three of them, (whereof the &s;aid Colonel</HI> Waldrond, <HI>Lieu|tenant Colonel</HI> Thomas Ellis, <HI>or Captaine</HI> Henry Guy <HI>to be one) is to be Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed according to the tenour of an Act of the Governour, Councell, and A&s;&s;embly, al|ready publi&s;hed; and levie the &s;ame by di|&s;tre&s;&s;e and pre&s;ent Sale, if not otherwaies &s;atisfied; The &s;ame to be done by &s;uch per|&s;on or per&s;ons as the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners or any three of them, (whereof the &s;aid Colonel</HI> Waldrond, <HI>Lieutenant Colonel</HI> Ellis, <HI>or Captaine</HI> Guy <HI>to be one) &s;hall appoint, giving and allowing them rea&s;onable &s;al|larie for the &s;ame out of the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments; and where they &s;hall finde occa&s;ion to Rate and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;e higher or lower then is menti|oned in the &s;aid Act; and if the party De|linquent will not &s;ubmit to it, the &s;ame to be referred to the A&s;&s;embly; Power is here likewi&s;e given to the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners or any three of them, (whereof Colonel</HI> Wal|drond,
<PB N="61" REF="34"> <HI>Lieutenant Colonel</HI> Ellis, <HI>or Cap|taine</HI> Henry Guy <HI>to be one) to Seque&s;ter any Delinquents E&s;tates or goods that are gone away off the I&s;land, and the &s;ame put in &s;uch &s;afe hands, that the publicke may be an&s;we|red of the maine profits and proceede there|of. Further they are hereby enabled to re|ceive the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments and profits of Se|que&s;trations, and to take account of the charges of the Army, and make &s;atisfaction according to the Act, and to receive all &s;uch debts as are any waies due to the &s;aid Delinquents. And if the E&s;tates of the &s;aid</HI> Independents <HI>(by yearely revenue&punc; cannot in rea&s;onable time defray the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;|ments and &s;atisfie their ju&s;t debts; The afore|&s;aid Commi&s;sioners or any three of them have hereby full power and authority, to &s;ell or otherwaies di&s;po&s;e of the Delinquents E&s;tates both per&s;onall, and reall to de|fray the &s;ame; having re&s;pect to the Wives and Children of &s;uch the &s;aid</HI> Indepen|dents <HI>which are in this I&s;land; and in what|&s;oever clau&s;e or thing herein expre&s;t, the power intended to be granted is not fully</HI>
<PB N="62" REF="35"> <HI>given; the &s;ame is left to their judgements and di&s;cretions, or any three of them, (whereof the &s;aid Colonel</HI> Waldrond, <HI>Lieu|tenant Colonel</HI> Ellis, <HI>or Captaine</HI> Henry Guy <HI>to be one &s;hall &s;eeme good, and conduce to the end afore&s;aid;</HI></P>
<CLOSER><POSTSCRIPT>
<P>To be publi&s;hed in <HI>Philips-Pari&s;h,</HI> <DATE><HI>May</HI> 23. 1650.</DATE></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>H: Goldwell</HI> Sec'</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>You here &s;ee the great care they take for an exact proceeding and clo&s;e carrying on of their de&s;igne, and having begot a beliefe in the peo|ple of their owne Faction, that the afore&s;aid plot (fathered upon the <HI>Independents)</HI> was a mo&s;t horrid plot, and would undoubtedly have beene brought about, had not their wi&s;domes di&s;covered and prevented it; with this Siren &s;ong they have lull'd the poore People fa&s;t a&s;leepe, and &s;o leave them, and proceed to the further putting off their de&s;ignes in execution, to which purpo&s;e (as here you &s;ee) they have drawne up a very large Commi&s;&s;ion for the Le|vying of Fines upon mens E&s;tates, higher or lower, at their plea&s;ure, and to make Sale there|of, if the Fines they impo&s;e be not &s;atisfied ac|cording
<PB N="63" REF="35"> to their Order and Commands. But not a word now of a Legall tryall, &s;uch pro|ceedings are out of date with them, and now Will and Power is all in fa&s;hion: In their fir&s;t Act they are plea&s;ed to give us leave to enjoy (or rather looke upon our E&s;tates whil&s;t they enjoy them) for the &s;pace of three months next en&s;uing; But here is new news a comming by and by, you mu&s;t not expect any (acting by &s;uch principles as they doe) but be reall in any thing but fallacies, plentifully indued, with which we will leave them, and a litle take notice of the people, who generally begin to be weary with &s;leeping, and now grow &s;ick of an expectation, wondering there is no further di&s;covery made of this <HI>Independents</HI> plot &s;o long di&s;cour&s;t of, and hearing of the great Fines and Bani&s;h|ment impo&s;ed upon them without any Legall tryall in the face of the Country as was expect|ed, they begin to whi&s;per &s;omewhat loud, and to expo&s;tulate the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e thus; That if the&s;e <HI>Independents</HI> (as they call them) were guil|ty of &s;o horrid a plot as they had given out they were, why were they not pro&s;ecuted in law, and puni&s;hed according to the nature of their &s;o heinous offence? But if they had not of|fended in that nature, why were they &s;o highly Fined, (and Bani&s;hed) not knowing for what? Further alledging that the&s;e men &s;o fined and
<PB N="64" REF="36"> Bani&s;hed, had (the mo&s;t of them) lived a long time in the I&s;land, many of them having beene men of Eminency in place of Authority, and had ever laboured and endevoured to &s;et de&s;ignes a foote for the good and benefit of the I&s;land; That they were (generally) men of good E&s;tates in the I&s;land, and having &s;o long beene Studiers of peace, it did not &s;ound well that they &s;hould now be di&s;turbers of the &s;ame, further con&s;idering that <HI>Waldrond</HI> and his adhe|rents were men but newly advanced to place of Authority, and be&s;ides men of no fortunes there, onely had thru&s;t them&s;elves into Plantations; which as yet more properly appertained to o|thers then them&s;elves; That they had deluded them by pretending the <HI>Independents</HI> were in Armes, intending their &s;urpri&s;all and Ruine. That being advanced very neere them they found it not &s;o, but to the contrary none were in Armes but by the Governours order, and who had upon his Command disbanded and the like, upon the&s;e and the like con&s;iderations; The Soldiery Petitioned to be disbanded, &s;eeing none was found in any &s;uch po&s;ture as was pre|tended to them. <HI>Waldrond</HI> and his abettors, finding the people begin to grow &s;en&s;ible, and by their di&s;cour&s;e had together to &s;ift out the truth of the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e: They mu&s;t take coun&s;ell together, what is be&s;t to be done to prevent the
<PB N="65" REF="36"> peoples any further being privie to the my&s;tery of their iniquity; and finding no way of conve|niency but one, they conclude to ha&s;ten the de|parture of tho&s;e they purpo&s;ed to Bani&s;h, which they proceede in, and performe, under the pre|tence that keeping of forces a foote was very chargeable to the Country. Now what neede there was for keeping of forces a foote, (&s;eeing they had di&s;armed all they plea&s;ed) we &s;hall leave to the judicious to con&s;ider of; and pro|ceede to the Act for pre&s;ent bani&s;hment, it be|ing as followeth.</P>
<Q><TEXT LANG="eng">
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<DIV1 TYPE="act">
<HEAD><HI>By the Governour and Gentlemen of the A&s;&s;embly, the</HI> 23. <HI>day of</HI> May <HI>Anno.</HI> 1650.</HEAD>
<P><HI>WHereas</HI> by a Statute lately Enacted and publi&s;hed within this I&s;land, it was de|clared that all <HI>Independents,</HI> Non conformi&s;ts to the Doctrine and Di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>Eng|land,</HI> and others their Aydors, and abettors, in the di&s;turbance of the peace of this I&s;land, &s;hould be|&s;ides their Fines depart from hence within three Months after the publication; And that till then Guards of Hor&s;e and Foote were Ordered to be kept for the &s;ecurity of the I&s;land, in foure &s;everall
<PB N="66" REF="37"> places of the &s;ame, which Guards are &s;ince found to be a matter of great charge, and to bring many o|ther great Inconveniences to the Inhabitants. It is therefore <HI>Ordered</HI> hereby, that for the &s;peedy freeing of the Country from their afore&s;aid great charges and feares, That &s;uch of the &s;aid <HI>Indepen|dents</HI> (and their adherents) as are hereafter nomi|nated &s;hall depart this I&s;land, on or before the &s;e|cond day of <HI>July</HI> now next en&s;uing, under paine of Confi&s;cation of their whole E&s;tates, and incurring the further cen&s;ure of the Governour and Coun&s;ell. And it is further <HI>Ordered,</HI> that Captaine <HI>John Maniford,</HI> Captaine <HI>George Briggs,</HI> Captaine <HI>Robert Houper,</HI> Captaine <HI>John Hokeridge,</HI> Captaine <HI>Henry Ferris,</HI> and all other adherents to the late di&s;turbers of the peace of this I&s;land, who have Commi&s;&s;ions either Mar&s;hall, or Civill, forth|with bring them in to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exa|mination at Ma&s;ter <HI>John Job&s;ons</HI> Hou&s;e, to be cancelled, and Act no more by vertue thereof; And that who&s;oever of the &s;aid Delinquents (or their adherents) &s;hall after notice hereof be found to weare any weapon or Armes offen&s;ive, &s;hall forthwith by any Officer Civill or Mar&s;hall, (or by any Autho|rity derived from them) be di&s;armed and Com|mitted to cu&s;tody, untill he be &s;ent off the I&s;land.</P>
<CLOSER><POSTSCRIPT>
<P><HI>To be publi&s;hed in</HI> Philips <HI>Pari&s;h.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry Goldwell.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</POSTSCRIPT>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<PB N="67" REF="37">
<HEAD>The Names of the DE|LINQVENTS.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<HEAD>In PETERS and <HI>All-Saints</HI> Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>WIlliam Garrit</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rich. Ormond</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robart Clark.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Wood.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Nokes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iames Clinket,</HI> and his Wife.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Miller.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Bennit.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Martin.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Gibbs.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Nathaniel Stark.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>In ANDREW Over-Hills Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>HUgh Lemmon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Clincket,</HI> and his Wife.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Parris.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Humfrey Waterman.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Mar&s;hall,</HI> and his Wife.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jo&s;ias Gardiner.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Iames Futter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Thurburne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Adam Morgan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Wall,</HI> Merchant.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<PB N="68" REF="38">
<HEAD>In PHILLIPS Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>ANdrew Walm|&s;ley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Rich. Sanders.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iames Curtis.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nicholas Foster.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Lea.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieut. <HI>Miles Brath|wait.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Evans.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieutenant. <HI>Francis Whitfield.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Perkins</HI> Chirurgion.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Renoald Alline.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Martin Linton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Martin Bently.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieut. <HI>Iohn Iohn&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieutenant <HI>Thomas Rou&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>In GEORGES Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>FRancis Reaines,</HI> and his Wife.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Faune,</HI> E&s;q.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Bonner.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Parker.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Thrall.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Thomas Midelton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieutenant Colonel <HI>Iames Drax.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Con&s;tant Silve&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iames White.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>George Frye.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>In JAMES, and THOMAS Pari&s;hes.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>THomas Smith.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nathaniel Wat|kins.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM> <HI>Nicholas Simmons.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Morgan Powell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Bonner,</HI> Chir.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Dorrill.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Rat&s;ey.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Nowell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Pear&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Edward Thomp&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Francis Deane.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Mathews.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Lake.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rodger Collumbell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Serjant Major <HI>Ou&s;ley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Samuel Hall.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iames Teague.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Bane&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Walter War.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Io&s;ias Verin.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Harris,</HI> dwelling with <HI>Bonner</HI> the Chir.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>George Balle.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Lownes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Aldredy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Prat</HI> a Carpenter.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Giles Lorance.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>In JOHNS Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>JOhn Howlder.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Tot.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>George Fo&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Peter Garrit.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mi&s;tris <HI>Pyard.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>In MICHAELS Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>ANthony Laine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Samuel Clark.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Iohn Ma|niford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nicholas Butler.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Redman.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chri&s;topher Line.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Daniel Kempe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Howell Morris.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM> <HI>Roger Hogburne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Browning.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>In CHRIST<HI>|Church</HI> Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>RIchard Berry.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieu. <HI>Chri&s;tian Broukhaven.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn Berre.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iarves Wiber.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ieremy Deacon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieutenant <HI>Thomas Hackelton.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</POSTSCRIPT></CLOSER>
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<P>This Act being (by their Order) publi&s;hed, is &s;o farre from giving the People &s;atisfaction, that it rather begets further jelou&s;ies; for they looke upon this Act as the conclu&s;ion of the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and that now it is in vaine for them to expect any further or other proceedings, but that all is meerely done under a pretence to bring de&s;ignes about for the accompli&s;hing of their owne private ends. This doth not a little trouble the&s;e new modell'd States men, to &s;ee that the People begin more and more to di&s;cover them; And therefore they conclude (once more) to make a &s;how of doing &s;ome|thing to the purpo&s;e, and therefore a Com|mi&s;&s;ion is forthwith drawne up for certaine particular men therein nominated; for the &s;itting and &s;ummoning in of &s;uch of the Coun|trey, as they &s;hall thinke fit, to &s;ee if po&s;&s;ibly
<PB N="71" REF="39"> they could fright &s;ome (children-like) to &s;ay after them, that &s;o if po&s;&s;ibly they might pick up &s;ome thing or other to charge us withall, that might be &s;uteable to their &s;candalous Li|bells and forgeries, which they have unju&s;tly charged us withall, in their Acts and Declara|tions formerly by their Order publi&s;hed.</P>
<P REND="indent"><HI>The Commi&s;&s;ion followeth,</HI> viz.</P>
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<HEAD>By the Governor, Councell, and A&s;&s;embly: <HI>A Commi&s;sion for the Exami|nation of Witne&s;&s;es;</HI> Concerning the late Di&s;turbers of the Peace of this I&s;land.</HEAD>
<P>ORDERED, <HI>That Col.</HI> Thomas Modiford, Edward Waldrond, <HI>E&s;q. Mr.</HI> Francis Williams, <HI>Captaine</HI> John Higinbotham, <HI>Captaine</HI> Jabez Whitticar, <HI>Lieutenant Colonell</HI> James
<PB N="72" REF="40"> Browne, and <HI>Ma&s;ter</HI> Nicholas Edwards, <HI>or any three of them (whereof the &s;aid Colonell</HI> Modyford, Edward Wal|drond <HI>E&s;quire, or Captaine</HI> Jabez Whiti|car <HI>to be one) convene and &s;it three dayes every weeke (or oftner if they &s;ee occa&s;i|on) at the Hou&s;e of Ma&s;ter</HI> John Job&s;on <HI>at the bridge; And to admini&s;ter (Oath) to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, whom they &s;hall thinke fit,</HI> For the di&s;covery of the late Di&s;turbers of the Peace of this I&s;land; <HI>And to commit to pri&s;on &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as they in their judgements &s;hall thinke fit to de&s;erve it: And it is further</HI> Ordered, <HI>and the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners or any three of them (whereof Col.</HI> Thomas Modiford, Edward Waldrond <HI>E&s;quire, or Master</HI> Francis Williams, <HI>to be one, have hereby full power and authority, by Warrant (or otherwayes,) To &s;ummon any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever to appeare before them, to give in their evidence and te&s;timony about the Premi&s;&s;es, and to puni&s;h the refu&s;ers, and contemners as they in their di&s;cretions &s;hall thinke fit, accord|ing</HI>
<PB N="73" REF="40"> <HI>to the nature of the contempt. Al&s;o the Commi&s;sioners for Compo&s;itions are or|dered to pay the Me&s;&s;engers, and Clarkes imployed, or that &s;hall be imployed in the Execution of this Order and Commi&s;sion, and defray the charges for the diet of the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, who, or any three of them (whereby Colonell</HI> Thomas Modi|ford, Edward Waldrond <HI>E&s;quire, or Ma&s;ter</HI> Francis Williams <HI>to be one) have hereby full power and authority to act, and doe all things requi&s;ite, for the</HI> Di&s;covery <HI>of the &s;aid</HI> Di&s;turbers, <HI>as to them &s;hall &s;eeme good and conducing to the ends afore|&s;aid.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>May 23. 1650.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>H. Goldwell. <HI>Secr.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>You may take notice of their former Acts for Fines and bani&s;hment, wherein they have proceeded &s;o far, that they have nominated every particular man they aime at, and have prefixed an ab&s;olute day by which they are to depart, under the penalty of forfeiting all their whole E&s;tates; but this all is not all the all they
<PB N="74" REF="41"> have to &s;ay, for we mu&s;t undergoe a further cen&s;ure of the Governour, Coun&s;ell, and A&s;|&s;embly; doubtle&s;&s;e they will now have our Lives, for our E&s;tates are already gone, and yet a further cen&s;ure is to pa&s;&s;e upon us. If we will not be gone by the &s;econd of <HI>July,</HI> and leave our e&s;tates to be managed by &s;uch as they can confide in; whether any Ships will carry us or not, gone we mu&s;t be, and no que&s;tion &s;hould, to our long home, had not the pro|vidence of God otherwayes provided for us.</P>
<P>You have &s;eene their proceedings in their former Declarations, and Commi&s;&s;ions (be|fore this la&s;t) wherein they accu&s;e &s;everall per&s;ons of being Sectaries, Non-conformi&s;ts, Di&s;turbers of their peace, and the like; you finde them fining and bani&s;hing men under the&s;e pretences, and by the&s;e Fines and Bani&s;h|ments to put an end to that bu&s;ine&s;&s;e. But you may plea&s;e to take notice, that after all this is done they grant a Commi&s;&s;ion to &s;uch and &s;uch men, to call before them &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall thinke fit, <HI>For the di&s;covery of the late Di&s;turbers of the Peace of this I&s;land.</HI> Fir&s;t, they Fine men (naming them) which they Fine and bani&s;h as Di&s;turbers of the peace, and then grant a Commi&s;&s;ion for the examining of Witne&s;&s;es, and to doe all thi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">gs requi&s;ite for the di&s;covery of the &s;aid D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="5 letters">bers, plea&s;e but
<PB N="75" REF="41"> to view their Commi&s;&s;ion, and the&s;e you &s;hall finde the expre&s;&s;e words of it; which pre&s;ent you with an admirable (we will not &s;ay excel|lent) piece of inju&s;tice. This is ab&s;olutely to hang men, and then &s;it and judge them; But <HI>Waldrond</HI> wants not an excu&s;e for this, he hath not &s;erved an Apprenti&s;hip for nothing, he can father this illegitimate upon the Clarke, as his brother did the non&s;ence in the Act and Oath; and tell you it was granted for a fur|ther di&s;covering of the intended plot, the <HI>In|dependents</HI> had again&s;t them; or the di&s;covery of a greater number of per&s;ons, that thereby their &s;ummes of <HI>Sugars</HI> might be augmented. And this wee are &s;ubject to believe, for &s;ome of them&s;elves have boa&s;ted that their de&s;igne was for <HI>Sugar,</HI> of which (by the cour&s;e they have taken) they are in a great po&s;&s;ibility to be ma&s;ters of va&s;t &s;ums, for we are bani&s;hed, and mu&s;t not leave any to act for us, but &s;uch as they can confide in; &s;o that in plaine engli&s;h, they have granted this la&s;t Commi&s;&s;ion to blinde the Countrey, and to deprive us of all, for in their whole di&s;cour&s;e they cry for no|thing le&s;&s;e then all, all, all; according to the tenor of the Commi&s;&s;ion (la&s;t mentioned) the Commi&s;&s;ioners fit, and call before them &s;uch per&s;ons as they know are fit &s;ubjects for them to worke upon.</P>
<PB N="76" REF="42">
<P> Fir&s;t, admini&s;tring the Oath <HI>Ex officio;</HI> and then, having nothing el&s;e to di&s;cour&s;e of, examine them who it was that told them that the Act and Oath did intrench upon their Liberties? and who it was that brought the Petition to them? Per&s;wading them that the <HI>Independents</HI> were the originalls of it; and fur|ther, that they admired they would &s;eeme to have any hand in &s;ub&s;cribing a Petition with them, &s;eeing they were Hereticks; <HI>And had murthered their Gracious dread Soveraigne Lord King</HI> CHARLES, and had bani&s;hed his Sons, the now CHARLES the &s;econd, and his Brother the Duke of <HI>Yorke,</HI> and mo&s;t mi|&s;erably ruined the mo&s;t Glorious Kingdom (one of them) in the World.</P>
<P>That their Religion led them to &s;uch actions, and therefore they mu&s;t beware how they had a hand with them in any of their proceedings.</P>
<P>Then &s;peakes another of that Fraternity and declares that the man (now in que&s;tion before them) was his acquaintance, and had beene many years. That hee had borne office in the Church, and was very zealou&s;ly affected that way: and never knowne to u&s;e the company of any Heretick or Sectaries, with any affection to their wayes.</P>
<P>Then another Brother he makes reply, that he heard a very good report of him, and that
<PB N="77" REF="42"> he was per&s;waded the man had not willingly &s;ub&s;cribed the Petition, but was meerely drawn in by the&s;e &s;ubtill Sectaries. Then Sir <HI>John &s;ub|ject to the times, viz.</HI> one of the Burge&s;&s;es of the Pari&s;h, he begins to declare him&s;elfe to the great vindication of his Pari&s;hioners, a&s;&s;uring them that undoubtedly he was animated to it by others: for him&s;elfe was a man &s;ubject to yeeld all due obedience to authority, and was never knowne to be guilty of any &s;uch thing be|fore, craving their pardon for him, und<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">rta|king that he &s;hall never offend in the like kinde any more; by this time they have di&s;cour&s;t old <HI>Jeremy</HI> into a pale countenance, and a won|dering what will become of him at la&s;t; but while&s;t he is betwixt hope and de&s;paire, the head of the combined Faction begins to recrute his routed &s;ences, by telling him that all the Gentlemen there had a good opinion of him, and for that cau&s;e they would for this offence omit fining him, in regard they had &s;uch a good relation of him, adverti&s;ing him to avoide bringing him&s;elfe into the like Premunire for the future. That he might &s;ee what mi&s;ery the <HI>Independents</HI> had brought upon them&s;elves by not &s;ubmitting to them, advi&s;ing him to take example at them, and learne not to oppo&s;e nor que&s;tion the actions of men in authori|ty, &amp;c.</P>
<PB N="78" REF="43">
<P>This poore &s;oule goes away very thankfull, apprehending their clemency hath extended wonderfully towards him, and having e&s;caped once, re&s;olves that <HI>Balaams</HI> A&s;&s;e &s;hall remaine alone upon Record for complaining of his Ma|&s;ters cruelty towards him; as for his part he will be an A&s;&s;embly mans A&s;&s;e to ride upon while he lives, ere he will be &s;o frighted againe. Thus they fright poore &s;imple Creatures into any thing they will have them to be or &s;ay. Now we mu&s;t take notice that while&s;t the&s;e Com|mi&s;&s;ioners are &s;itting, and examining &s;uch as they &s;ee convenient for their purpo&s;es; There is another Generation, <HI>viz.</HI> the Commi&s;&s;i|oners for Compo&s;itions of Delinquents e|&s;tates, (as their brethren title them in their Commi&s;&s;ion) they fit under the &s;ame roofe, and their bu&s;ine&s;&s;e is to &s;ummon all tho&s;e that are nominated to be bani&s;hed. And (becau&s;e the Countrey &s;hall thinke they will at la&s;t doe &s;omething) Warrants are publi&s;hed in every Pari&s;h-Church, (to this purpo&s;e) that all &s;uch per&s;ons as are appointed to depart the I&s;land, make their per&s;onall appearance before the Commi&s;&s;ioners at the <HI>Indean-</HI>Bridge on &s;uch a day; and for the further per&s;wading the people into ignorance, the Commi&s;&s;ioners for exa|mination, i&s;&s;ue forth their Warrants to the Con&s;tables of every Pari&s;h, to &s;ummon all
<PB N="79" REF="43"> tho&s;e that &s;ub&s;cribed the Petition (that were not ordered to depart the I&s;land) to make their appearance at the Hou&s;e of Ma&s;ter <HI>John Job&s;ons</HI> at the <HI>Indian-</HI>Bridge, and there give their attendance, and not depart till they have licence from the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;o to do. Well, now the Countrey is po&s;&s;e&s;t with a new faith, and have a &s;trong beliefe, that now at la&s;t this plot will be di&s;covered, and their long expectations &s;hall now be accompli&s;hed; But alas poore &s;oules! they are as farre from the marke as ever they were, and are mecrely drawne into a fooles paradice, for there is a plot found out, but not that they expected. The Commi&s;&s;ioners for Compo&s;itions doe (in|&s;teed of bringing men to a legall Tryall) take a Li&s;t of mens Lands, and under them to bring in their fines according to their fir&s;t Act made and publi&s;hed to that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>In plaine Engli&s;h, giving them to under&s;tand, that if they were not very quick in bringing in their Fines, they would take it by way of &s;traint, or otherwayes make &s;ale of their E&s;tates ac|cording to the tenor of their Commi&s;&s;ion; this and onely this is their whole and onely bu&s;ine&s;&s;e: and as for their brethren (the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners for Examination) they proceede as hath beene &s;aid, calling the Inhabitants of one Pari&s;h (this weeke) and the Inhabitants of
<PB N="80" REF="44"> the next Pari&s;h the next weeke, and &s;o divers weekes are &s;pent in deferring of time till the Fines were gathered in, and the time expired that the bani&s;hed had to &s;tay, and if they could but blindefold the People till then, all would be well. All this time their Troops of Hor&s;e are riding about the Countrey, and tho&s;e Cavees we formerly &s;poke of, are now mounted in|deed, upon the choice&s;t Hor&s;es in the Countrey, and if they are not well mounted to day, to morrow they will be, for all the Hor&s;es the <HI>Independents</HI> have, are, (nay mu&s;t, &s;hall be at their &s;ervice) and no oppo&s;ition mu&s;t be made again&s;t them, for they have an Act of oblivion, and Indemnity already pa&s;t for what they had, or &s;hould doe while&s;t they were in Armes.</P>
<P>The&s;e are now the Lords of the Land, and command what they plea&s;e, quartering one while at one Plantation, and another while at another, de&s;troying and con&s;uming the choyce&s;t Provi&s;ions the Countrey doth afford: and all too little to give them content, but mu&s;t and doe receive from them all the incivill and abu|&s;ive language they can devi&s;e; And this is all done to per&s;wade the People that the plot begins to be di&s;covered, and was dangerous, that not|with&s;tanding we were all long before di&s;armed, yet they dur&s;t not di&s;charge their forces of Hor&s;e, for feare of &s;ome treachery: with the&s;e
<PB N="81" REF="44"> pretences, they have anew be&s;otted and blin|ded the People, hoping &s;o to keepe them till we were gone, and then the worke would be fini&s;hed.</P>
<P>But while&s;t they feede them&s;elves with the&s;e hopes, the people begin to awake from their long dreame of expectation, and con&s;ider with them&s;elves what the event of all this would be at la&s;t; They likewi&s;e take into &s;erious con|&s;ideration the&s;e Peoples gro&s;&s;e abu&s;es they put upon us, and how contrary to all rea&s;on they kept their Forces of Hor&s;e &s;till up, to the great prejudice of the Countrey, and that a great uprore had beene rai&s;ed in the Countrey to the Inhabitants great di&s;quiet, and all under pre|tence of that which in all this time they had not in the lea&s;t made appeare. That it appeared to them that they had a de&s;igne to &s;et up them|&s;elves and their adherents, and to make that I&s;land a receptacle for men of their owne &s;pirits: intending the ruine of all tho&s;e that &s;hould oppo&s;e them; &s;o that now it did con|cerne all men to looke about them, and if po&s;|&s;ible (to the utmo&s;t of their powers) labour the prevention of what was like to fall upon them in generall. The&s;e con&s;iderations cau&s;e many People (though Cavaliers) to murmur at their proceedings: in&s;omuch that &s;ome of them were que&s;tioned, and lookt upon as ad|herents
<PB N="82" REF="45"> to and favourers of the <HI>Independents</HI> (as they call them.) This fire being kindled would not be &s;o &s;peedily quenched, but they re&s;olve (in &s;ome mea&s;ure) to make the grandees ac|quainted with their thoughts concerning their proceedings, and to that purpo&s;e be|ing at a Fea&s;t (which at pre&s;ent is the greate&s;t of their imployments.) The twelfth day of <HI>Iune,</HI> 1650. the Captaines of their Army being likewi&s;e invited with them, made repaire into the roome where they were, and expre&s;t them&s;elves unto them to this purpo&s;e; That they heard there were great di&s;contents in the Countrey occa&s;ioned by their &s;o har&s;h dealing with the <HI>Independents,</HI> fearing that thereby Trade might be ob&s;tructed, which would be the certaine ruine of the Coun|trey; and that by their bidding defiance to the <HI>Parliament,</HI> (in &s;o high a nature) they &s;hould be proclaimed Rebells to their native Countrey, and deprived of all their faire &amp; free core&s;pon|dency, which they had &s;o long enjoyed; That when they commanded them in Armes they pretended it was onely to &s;how their loyalty, and forwardne&s;&s;e to and for His Maje&s;ty; And further that a plot was pretended to them that the <HI>Independents</HI> had to de&s;troy all the loyally affected to His Maje&s;ty, which as yet had not appeared according to expectation, with divers
<PB N="83" REF="45"> the like expre&s;&s;ions, de&s;iring them that &s;uch a compo&s;ure might be made of all differences betwixt them, and tho&s;e they had accu&s;ed, that a finall de&s;truction and perpetuall ruine might not en&s;ue, which was much feared by divers the Inhabitants of that I&s;land.</P>
<P>The&s;e di&s;contents of the People they &s;eeme to remove, with incouraging them, that they needed not &s;uffer their thoughts to be po&s;&s;e&s;t with any &s;uch thing, as that the <HI>Parliament</HI> would take notice of their proceedings again&s;t them, alledging, they had their hands full otherwayes, that if it were not &s;o, they might fix their eye upon <HI>Virginia, Bermoudas,</HI> and the like, who had &s;hown them a pre&s;ident for what they did; and yet the <HI>Parliament</HI> had not once taken notice of it; That they would find wayes of protection, <HI>viz.</HI> by the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> &s;o that they neither did, nor would, neither had cau&s;e, to mind the <HI>Parliament,</HI> nor what they would, or could doe to them, with divers &s;leighting expre&s;&s;ions, and contumelious words to the &s;ame effect.</P>
<P>The&s;e expre&s;&s;ions (however &s;moothed up, and &s;eemingly taken no notice of to the eye of the People) yet notwith&s;tanding is Gall and Vineger, bitter unto them; now they apprehend the my&s;tery of their iniquity begins to be di&s;|covered through the thin vaile of their preten|ces,
<PB N="84" REF="46"> and <HI>Simeon</HI> accu&s;es <HI>Levi</HI> of the &s;ame ini|quity he him&s;elfe is guilty of; So that now or never they mu&s;t &s;ave their credits with the People, who begin to be jealous of them; and the more becau&s;e their Generall <HI>Waldrond</HI> his Maske of pretended loyalty is grown &s;o thred|bare, that the face of covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e appeares through it mo&s;t apparently: the appearance of which frights the People out of a good opinion of them into a bad, and therefore with all ex|pedition &s;omething or other mu&s;t be done: to which purpo&s;e, having nothing el&s;e to helpe them&s;elves withall, they make this in&s;uing pre|tence, and publi&s;h it, concluding that they wil at la&s;t &s;atisfie the Peoples expectations, and their own lu&s;ts at once.</P>
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<HEAD>By the A&s;&s;embly, the 13. of <HI>June,</HI> 1650.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas <HI>the per&s;ons hereafter na|med, and others, have bin cen&s;ured to depart this I&s;land, have made u&s;e of the favour given them by the Generall A&s;&s;emby</HI>
<PB N="85" REF="46"> <HI>in their freedom and liberty hitherto allow|ed them, to no other purpo&s;e but to tra|vell from place to place to a&s;&s;ert their own innocency, and the oppre&s;sion of the Gene|rall A&s;&s;embly in the puni&s;hing of them, which &s;hall upon their Tryall appeare to the whole World to the contrary, which &s;hall with as much &s;peed as may be po&s;sible be pro&s;ecuted again&s;t them. And they have u&s;ed likewi&s;e many &s;editious and &s;candalous &s;peeches, to stir up many good People to in|gage with them, and di&s;contents His Ma|je&s;ties Subjects in this I&s;land, by telling them we have lo&s;t our Trade with</HI> England, <HI>and impudently affirming the Generall A&s;|&s;embly are a&s;hamed of what they have done; And that none of them &s;hall be bani&s;hed, but that all bani&s;hment and order again&s;t them &s;hall be repealed, of all which good proof in due time &s;hall be made, to their fur|ther &s;hame and puni&s;hment; And al&s;o to &s;atisfie His Maje&s;ties loving Subjects, who have re&s;ented the licentiou&s;ne&s;&s;e of the&s;e mens tongues familiarly apparent in all parts of this I&s;land.</HI></P>
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<P> Be it therefore Ordered, <HI>That Lieuten|ant Colonell</HI> James Drax, <HI>Capt.</HI> Thomas Midelton, <HI>Captaine</HI> Renoyald Aline, <HI>Ma&s;ter</HI> Edward Thomp&s;on, <HI>Ma&s;ter</HI> Con|&s;tant Silve&s;ter, <HI>Lieutenant</HI> Thomas Rou&s;e, <HI>Lieut.</HI> John John&s;on, <HI>Ma&s;ter</HI> Thomas Perkins, <HI>and Ma&s;ter</HI> Chri&s;topher Lyne, <HI>be committed pri&s;oners to the Hou&s;e and Plantation of the &s;aid Lieutenant Colonell</HI> James Drax; <HI>whither they are to repaire on Munday next en&s;uing, and there to re|maine untill they be duly delivered by the Order of the Generall A&s;&s;embly, and not to depart thence in the meane time with|out Licence of two Ju&s;tices of the Peace, or the Summons of the Judge of a Court, to which upon any ju&s;t occa&s;ion their at|tendance may be required, and that in their &s;afe keeping, Colonell</HI> Waldrond, <HI>and Colonell</HI> Modiford, <HI>are hereby de&s;ired to rai&s;e a Guard of eighteene Musketeers, commanded by an Officer in Commi&s;sion, according to Mar&s;hall Di&s;cipline untill the &s;aid Guard &s;hall by the Order of the Ge|nerall A&s;&s;embly, bee di&s;charged, and</HI>
<PB N="87" REF="47"> <HI>the &s;ame to be maintained at the charge of the per&s;ons above named.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Ordered, <HI>That all other the &s;aid per&s;ons nominated to goe off this I&s;land, be confined to their Hou&s;es and Plantations, and not to depart from thence untill the time appointed for their departure be accompli&s;hed, upon paine of forfeiting all their whole Estates, un|le&s;&s;e upon any &s;uch departure, they have a Licence under the Hand of the two next Ju&s;tices of the Peace, or Warrant from the Judge of a Court, who are hereby au|thorized upon any extraordinary occa&s;ion, to grant the &s;ame, and not other|wayes.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. GOVLDVVELL. Secretary.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>The&s;e men want not of re&s;olution to carry on their de&s;igne, they Bani&s;h us from all thats deare unto us, (that they can Bani&s;h us from) and yet they will have us acknowledge they have dealt very favourably with us; They charge us with Impudence, but it is <HI>Shimeis</HI> di&s;po&s;ition to raile, and therefore we will pa&s;&s;e it by as an
<PB N="88" REF="48"> Imperfection in him, and onely take notice that their proceedings are carried on with confi|dence in the be&s;t nature; charging us with mo&s;t palpable untruths, in all their Declarations, and who &s;o will but take notice of them, &s;hall find them fathering all manner of forgeries upon us. They charge us with going from place to place to &s;tir up the people to &s;ide with us, accu&s;ing us of reporting they were a&s;hamed of what they had done, which thing is mo&s;t fal&s;e. But this we conclude, that if the &s;pirit of grace were &s;o pre|valent with them, as the &s;pirit of deceit and fal&s;hood is, they would and ju&s;tly might be a|&s;hamed of that way they have &s;o unju&s;tly and perniciou&s;ly proceeded in; But it fares with them as with the Bankrout, when &s;eeing he is over-&s;hoos, &s;teps further into the deepe of a de|&s;perate condition, and concludes it cannot be wor&s;e then it is; The&s;e men have decreed a wicked decree to ruine men, their Wives and Children to perpetuity, to advance them&s;elves and theirs, and the <HI>Serpent</HI> that per&s;waded them to begin it (as yet) failes them not, but pre&s;&s;es them on to effect the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e they have begun; And to that purpo&s;e fits them with new &s;upplies of fal&s;e and &s;candalous &s;ugge&s;tions, fathering the di&s;covery of all their mi&s;chievous actions upon us, when all that are not wilfully blind may run and reade them. It is worthy the taking no|tice
<PB N="89" REF="48"> of, how this potion (given them by their owne party) works, It inflames the blood, of|fends the &s;tomach, di&s;turbs the braine in &s;o high a nature, that they are no better then meerely mad; And &s;eeing their de&s;ignes di&s;covered (ere it was totally effected) they are now re|&s;olved that as the Father of lies hath &s;hewed them the way, they will with all diligence pro|ceede and fini&s;h a bloudy Tragedy, (if God by his providence doe not gratiou&s;ly prevent it;) And being brought to their la&s;t &s;hift, they will not looke upon any thing as an ob&s;tacle in their way, but lives as well as E&s;tates &s;hall goe to &s;a|tisfie their lu&s;ts. It was the expre&s;&s;e words of Colonel <HI>T. M.</HI> (one that is no &s;mall man a|mong&s;t them) to one of our friends, that if he acted &s;o high in the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e as the <HI>Waldronds</HI> did, he would hang good &s;tore of us, and by that means engage the Country in the quarrell; So that the Country (if any oppo&s;ition came) be|ing as deeply engaged as them&s;elves, might &s;tand by them: You may apparently &s;ee what their Intentions are, by this their la&s;t Act of Impri&s;oning and confining men; for &s;eeing the Country will not have a good opinion of them, they will endeavour to procure it though by bloud, which they may ea&s;ily doe, by picking out &s;uch a &s;ort of men for Juries as they know are of their owne temper, and will not faile to
<PB N="90" REF="49"> accompli&s;h their de&s;ignes for them, to the ut|mo&s;t of their de&s;ires, in hopes of being advanced (by them) to places of Honour and Eminency; The con&s;ideration of the&s;e their utmo&s;t and un|paralleld proceedings again&s;t us, their variable proceedings in Acting, and re-acting, in their Proclaiming, and Anti-proclaiming of this, and that, one thing this day, and another the next, argues them to be double minded men, and un|&s;table in all their waies; making Lies the origi|nall of this their utmo&s;t quarrell, and their re|fuge in all their proceedings; and therefore &s;o many of us as had any conveniency or opportu|nity, thought it more &s;afe to &s;ubmit to their former Acts of Bani&s;hment, then to &s;tand to what might en&s;ue, knowing their wills to be their Law, and having forces on foote to com|pell their wills to be Executed, there remains &s;mall hopes of any ju&s;tice in their proceedings: and further, we had certaine Intelligence from &s;ome that Act with them, (though unwillingly) onely for the pre&s;ervation of their E&s;tates, That they were re&s;olved upon the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and their re&s;olution was to Condemne &s;o many men, by vertue of which Condemnation their E&s;tates would be confi&s;cated; (which is the onely thing they aime at) this being done as they &s;ee occa&s;ion, they would Reprieve &s;ome, or it might be mo&s;t of them, upon acknowledging
<PB N="91" REF="49"> of their proceedings to be ju&s;t, and they merci|full men; If any &s;eeme to be faithle&s;&s;e in the be|liefe of this thing, in regard it is of &s;o high and horrid a nature, that men &s;hould aforehand de|termine of proceedings in this nature, we &s;hall cleare it by good &amp; perfect Te&s;timony. But that will not neede, for we re&s;t confident, wofull ex|perience hath made it manife&s;t ere this time, up|on our friends left behind us; if the wi&s;dome and providence of God doe not gratiou&s;ly prevent them, by putting a hooke into their No&s;trils, as many times he doth, whereby he re&s;trains the Rage of ungodly, cruell, &amp; bloudy&punc;minded men.</P>
<P>Thus (courteous Reader) as briefely as with conveniency we could, you have the true and perfect relation of all their proceedings, of which if thou do&s;t but take a &s;erious view, (with the eye of impartiality) thou wilt find them (whil&s;t charging us with a plot again&s;t them) mo&s;t plainly plotting, complotting, and con|&s;piring fir&s;t again&s;t us for our E&s;tates, and now at la&s;t for our lives; we &s;hall now proceede to a Declaration, wherein we &s;hall not a&s;&s;ert any thing but truth it &s;elfe, which we declare and affirme to God and the world, (being well a&s;|&s;ured that we mu&s;t give an account thereof, as well as of all other our words and actions at the la&s;t and dreadfull day of the Lord;) By which their &s;hame and our innocency will mo&s;t plaine|ly apppeare.</P>
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<HEAD>A DECLARATION, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P><HI>WHereas</HI> by the &s;everall Acts and De|clarations of the publick Enemies of the peace of that late flouri&s;hing I&s;land <HI>Barbadas;</HI> the&s;e our &s;aid Enemies doe (for the vindication of them&s;elves and their mi&s;chievous Actions) mo&s;t maliciou&s;ly charge us guilty of intending and endea|vouring the di&s;turbance of the peace, and de&s;truction of them, and the alteration of Government in Church and State; with divers other &s;ugge&s;tions, and fomenta|tions, wherewith they labour to blindefold tho&s;e that ignorantly pin their faith upon their owne relation; without &s;eriou&s;ly exa|mining their &s;ubtill practices, and procee|dings, of which (though) who&s;oever takes a &s;erious view, may receive full and ab&s;olute &s;atisfaction; Yet for the further and better
<PB N="93" REF="50"> information of Impartiall &s;pirits, we have put forth this Declaration, which with their &s;everall proceedings again&s;t us, we de&s;ire them to peru&s;e and impartially to judge of; And if we in any particular appeare guilty of their Charge laid again&s;t us, then let the righteous &s;mite us, and it &s;hall be a kind|ne&s;&s;e; let them reprove us, and it &s;hall be an excellent oyle which &s;hall not breake our head.</P>
<P>In the fir&s;t place (as a prime piece of their policy) they begin with matter of Religion; Calling us &s;editious, &s;chi&s;maticall, and facti|ous per&s;ons, hereby endeavouring to make us appeare odious to the people, and Here|ticks in their e&s;teeme, and appearing &s;o to them. It is lawfull (in their judgements) to per&s;ecute and pro&s;ecute us to death; Their proceedings makes this appeare to be one of their Tenets, which they Imbrace from the <HI>Popi&s;h</HI> faith; To which we an&s;wer, (very briefely) in the words of the Apo&s;tle; <HI>That we confe&s;&s;e after the way which thy call Here&s;ie, &s;o wor&s;hip we the God of our Fathers, believing all things that</HI>
<PB N="94" REF="51"> <HI>are written in the Law and the Prophets,</HI> de&s;iring with the Apo&s;tle, <HI>to know no|thing but Je&s;us Chri&s;t, and him crucified;</HI> being &s;tedfa&s;tly a&s;&s;ured that <HI>there is no o|ther name under Heaven, whereby we &s;hall be &s;aved,</HI> then by Je&s;us Chri&s;t; <HI>who is to us ju&s;tification, Sanctification, and Redemption;</HI> de&s;irous to be <HI>zealous of good works,</HI> becau&s;e the Lord hath com|manded us to be <HI>Holy, as he is Holy,</HI> and becau&s;e good works are profitable unto men, but not dreaming (as &s;ome doe) to merit our owne Salvation thereby; which <HI>glorious inheritance Je&s;us Chri&s;t hath already pur|cha&s;ed with his precious bloud;</HI> To which <HI>precious fountaine, who &s;o doth not come to wa&s;h, &s;hall remaine be&s;potted with the Lepro&s;ie of Sin, and guilt to all Eter|nity.</HI> But we intend not any large di&s;cour&s;e (at pre&s;ent) upon this particular, onely the&s;e few words that are &s;poken, are to the appre|hen&s;ions of tho&s;e we de&s;ire to give &s;atisfacti|on to, in this fir&s;t particular, which is to point of wor&s;hip.</P>
<P>The next thing they object again&s;t us is,
<PB N="95" REF="51"> our being &s;tirred up by many fal&s;e &s;candalls and &s;ugge&s;tions fomented and &s;pred abroad by the heads (&s;ay they) of the <HI>Independent</HI> Faction; In an&s;wer to which we po&s;itively declare, that we were not moved to doe what we did, (which was onely to Petition by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, thing or things what&s;oever, &s;ave only the per&s;ons &amp; actions of them&s;elves declared in their <HI>Act</HI> &amp; <HI>Oath,</HI> which they would have impo&s;ed upon us, whereby at once they went about to deprive us of all our lawfull Rights and Priviledges, and to make us, and ours, &s;laves and va&s;&s;alls to them and theirs to perpetuity; Obliging us by Oath, to maintaine them and their acti|ons (with our lives and fortunes) again&s;t all power what&s;oever that &s;hould oppo&s;e them: So that though they &s;hould be guilty of all the unju&s;t actions that it is po&s;sible for men to be guilty of under the Sun (as they are &s;ub|ject enough to be) whether committed a|gain&s;t our &s;elves, or the authority e&s;tabli&s;hed in <HI>England,</HI> (or both) or any authority from them derived, whereby they might (or &s;hould) call them to an account for their un|ju&s;t
<PB N="96" REF="52"> and de&s;table actions of what nature &s;oe|ver; Yet we mu&s;t maintaine and defend them in their actions, and not onely &s;o, but mu&s;t acknowledge them done by good and lawfull authority; we would gladly pro|pound one que&s;tion, which we &s;tate very plainely thus, A Servant engaged to &s;erve his Ma&s;ter for a certaine tearme of yeares, is by his &s;aid Ma&s;ter (without any cau&s;e at all) &s;o a&s;&s;aulted, and beaten, that his life is in great danger thereby; or at the be&s;t he &s;hall lo&s;e an Arme, a Hand, an Eye, or &s;ome principall member, whether the &s;aid Ser|vant may not crave his patience, and petition him to forbeare his &s;o violent proceedings, without offending the Law? This I pre|&s;ume is granted he may freely doe, without any offence given to the Law at all; How unju&s;t then doe tho&s;e men appeare, in the judgements and apprehen&s;ions of all men: who becau&s;e we have petitioned for the Arme of our ju&s;t rights, the Hand of our knowne cu&s;tomes, and the Eye of our antient priviledges, which is our birthright; will mo&s;t wilfully and cruelly de&s;troy both Armes,
<PB N="97" REF="52"> Hands, Eyes, Bodies, and Lives at once? That this they have endeavoured to doe, doth mo&s;t evidently appeare by all their actions and proceedings, which we will leave to the judicious Reader to judge of, and proceed to the third particular of their accu&s;ation, which containes their grand charge in mattter of fact, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<Q>Have put them&s;elves in Armes, and acted in an ho&s;tile manner, to the utter ruine of the Loyall Inhabitans of this I&s;land, had not God in his great mercy prevented the &s;ame.</Q>
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<P>This Charge containes matter of Fact in a ve|ry high nature indeed, &amp; were it not that Sathan can transforme him&s;elfe into an Angell of light, and when he intends the greate&s;t mi&s;chiefes,
<PB N="98" REF="53"> pretend the mo&s;t of goodne&s;&s;e, we &s;hould more then admire the fallacies of fraile man, (who&s;e breath is in his No&s;trils) who in the Morning flouri&s;heth and boa&s;teth great things, and in the Evening is cut downe and withered; who doth attempt to make God him&s;elfe, as it were a Fig-leafe, to cover the nakedne&s;&s;e of their mo&s;t dete&s;table and abhorred actions: But leaving this we come to an&s;wer the particulars of their Charge. And fir&s;t, as for Armes there were none taken up but by the Governours ex|pre&s;&s;e order, and particular Commi&s;&s;ions then immediately directed to Lieutenant Colonell <HI>James Drax</HI> and others. Secondly, the forces that were rai&s;ed, did not exceede the number of one hundred and forty both Hor&s;e and Foote; who acted no ho&s;tility at all, &s;ave onely that one of <HI>Waldrond</HI> his Sonnes rideing about (with an Officer of theirs) to rai&s;e forces for the A&s;&s;i&s;t|ance of their Army, was taken by one of the Scouts and brought to the hou&s;e of Lieutenant Colonel <HI>Drax,</HI> where he received all civill re|&s;pect, and was di&s;charged &s;oone after upon the Governours order; This is all that was done or offered to be done by any of the &s;aid Forces, (for which they had the Governours expre&s;&s;e order) upon who&s;e Command they disbanded, being not guilty of any other Act of ho&s;tility then what is here declared. You may take notice
<PB N="99" REF="53"> of a &s;mall party of Hor&s;e which the Governour had to waite upon him (after he had notice <HI>Waldrond</HI> was re&s;olved to rai&s;e Rebellion) the number of which did not exceede thirty. As for any other Forces there were none ray&s;ed, &s;ave onely one Regiment, and that was by expre&s;&s;e Order from the Colonell thereof, who is none of the lea&s;t of <HI>Waldronds</HI> Abettors; This Re|giment was commanded into the Field by the Lieutenant Colonell, Major, and &s;everall Cap|taines thereof, at night, and in the morning they were all di&s;charged, every man reparing to his owne Habitation, not having acted any ho&s;tility at all in the lea&s;t.</P>
<P>This piece of Treachery you may reade at large in the foregoing Relation, which for bre|vity &s;ake, and avoyding of reiteration, wee have omitted to in&s;ert here.</P>
<P>Thus <HI>Reader,</HI> thou ha&s;t a particular relation of all the forces rai&s;ed (be&s;ides their owne Army) and of their Actions and Proceedings; by any of which, if we appeare guilty of their ruine, and the de&s;truction of the Peace of that I&s;land, doe Thou judge and pa&s;&s;e &s;entence betweene Us; <HI>while&s;t we minde you of the Ori|ginall cau&s;e of the Governours i&s;&s;uing forth of tho&s;e Commi&s;&s;ions, formerly granted for the levy|ing of the&s;e few forces formerly spoken of;</HI> which was the contempt of his <HI>Declaration,</HI> which
<PB N="100" REF="54"> hee put forth, upon his being given to under|&s;tand, how active <HI>Waldrond</HI> and his abettors were in moving the People to Mutiny and Rebellion, as well by their &s;candalous Papers, and fal&s;e Reports throwne and &s;pread abroad, as other|wayes. A Copy of which <HI>Declaration,</HI> we have here in&s;erted, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
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<P>WHereas <HI>notice hath beene taken of the frequent &s;cattering of &s;canda|lous Papers, in many parts of this I&s;land, and many fal&s;e rumours and reports have beene rai&s;ed on purpo&s;e to beget inte&s;tine, and civill broyles, to the ruine and di|&s;turbance of the Peace and quiet which we now injoy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>I doe therefore declare, that all &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall hereafter be found guilty of &s;preading any &s;uch &s;candalous Papers, fal&s;e Rumours and Reports, &s;hall be pro|ceeded again&s;t and puni&s;hed as Enemies to</HI>
<PB N="101" REF="54"> <HI>the publick Peace of this I&s;land; And I doe hereby require all Ju&s;tices of the Peace, and other Officers in the &s;everall parts of this I&s;land (whom it may concerne) carefully to apprehend all &s;uch per&s;ons, and &s;end them as Rebells to the Gaole.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And I do likewi&s;e forbid any per&s;on, or per&s;ons to take up any Armes offen&s;ive to the Peace: or in any ho&s;tile manner upon paine of Death.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my Hand <DATE>this 29^t^h day of <HI>April,</HI> Anno Dom. 1650.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>PHILLIP BELL.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>You &s;ee this <HI>Declaration</HI> bearing date the 29. day of <HI>April</HI> 1650. And the thirtieth day of the &s;ame Moneth they are in Armes, and have rai&s;ed an alarum in that part of the Coun|try, where their ri&s;ing was, in contempt of the Governours Authority. You may al&s;o take notice that this <HI>Declaration</HI> doth enlarge our vindication; for them&s;elves owne the&s;e Libells (mentioned at large in the Relation) con|taining &s;uch matter as is in them, which &s;aid Libells are by the Governour (ju&s;tly Titled)
<PB N="102" REF="55"> &s;candalous Papers, and the Libellers &s;editious, and turbulent per&s;ons, who&s;e endeavour was to beget inte&s;tine and civill broyles among&s;t us. And good and ju&s;t cau&s;e he had &s;o to tearm them, for he &s;ending to Colonell <HI>Shelle</HI> (who commanded the fir&s;t Regiment that tooke up Armes,) That he &s;hould disband his forces, Hee received this An&s;wer, that they would march up with Bullets in their mouths. Thus you &s;ee how they contemned authority in the highe&s;t nature, and while&s;t accu&s;ing others, them&s;elves are the incendiaries that have &s;tudied and practized the Di&s;turbance, Di&s;traction and De&s;olation of the mo&s;t flori&s;hing I&s;land (in|habited by the <HI>Engli&s;h)</HI> in that part of the World.</P>
<P>Notwith&s;tanding the plaine and palpable di&s;|covery of the&s;e mens deceitfull, and diaboli|call actions towards us, yet they &s;till per&s;i&s;t in their accu&s;ing of us guilty of a de&s;igne again&s;t them; of the which (God is our faithfull wit|ne&s;&s;e in Heaven) we are &s;o cleare <HI>that &s;uch a thought hath never entered into our Hearts;</HI> but (notwith&s;tanding all their uncivill and mo&s;t ab&s;urd carriage towards us from time to time) wee have given all due re&s;pect to tho&s;e in au|thority, both in matters Civill and Martiall. This we confe&s;&s;e, that &s;ome among&s;t us have from time to time, earne&s;tly de&s;ired that &s;ome
<PB N="103" REF="55"> moderation might be u&s;ed, when wee have heard and &s;eene them both Act and Speake in &s;o high a nature as (from time to time) they did, both again&s;t <HI>Parliament</HI> and <HI>Army,</HI> deavouring to make them appeare (in the eye and e&s;teeme of the People,) the mo&s;t odious of men that ever acted upon the Theatre of the Earth; but all our de&s;ires were in vaine, for when we &s;poke of peace, they made them&s;elves ready for war.</P>
<P>And wee mu&s;t either &s;ub&s;cribe to their Pro|ceedings, and &s;weare their <HI>Prote&s;tation</HI> again&s;t all oppo&s;ition what&s;oever, or otherwayes leave the Fruits of our long and tedious labours, and endeavours, which with the &s;uffering of many and great hard&s;hips, and the pa&s;&s;ing through of many difficulties, wee have (through Gods ble&s;&s;ing upon our indeavours) brought to &s;uch a mea&s;ure of happy perfection, That no People under the Sun could have lived in a more hap|py condition then we &s;hould have done, had wee therewith injoyed a civill Government; But now the&s;e devouring Caterpillers have overcome the Land, and the fruits of our la|bours (for the&s;e many yeeres under that <HI>Tor|rid Zone)</HI> is now become a prey to their licen|cious covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e, while&s;t wee mu&s;t returne exiles to the Land of our nativity; which wee rather imbrace then to live (though
<PB N="104" REF="56"> with the injoyment of our owne) under the Tyranny and Cruelty of &s;uch Antichri&s;tian People as they are, who&s;e Belly is their God, who&s;e glory is their &s;hame, and who&s;e lu&s;t is their Law; who &s;coffe at Religion, and make it a &s;corne and a by-word, who hate to doe Ju&s;tice: and as for Judgement it is farre from them; As for the Lord Hee is not in their thoughts, neither doe they regard Him, nor will they chu&s;e any of His wayes.</P>
<P>It had beene a double happine&s;&s;e to us, if Providence had prevented (the&s;e detractors) from ever comming among&s;t us, &s;eeing their onely de&s;ires and delights are, to fi&s;h in troubled Waters, who like devouring Caterpillers, and gnawing Wormes, have endeavoured the con|&s;ummation and de&s;truction of that Common|wealth of <HI>England;</HI> And being (as hatefull Birds) routed out from thence, have laboured the eating out our bowells al&s;o.</P>
<P>They have had a &s;uddaine ri&s;e from eating their bread at other mens Tables (the very chiefe&s;t of them) to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e Plantations, Hou&s;es, Bread, tables and all; while&s;t the right owners a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e (by them bani&s;hed) from relations, e|&s;tates. But Time and Providence may fru&s;trate their expectations (which is to injoy them for ever) and cau&s;e the fruits of their mi&s;chievous actions ju&s;tly to fall upon them, and their &s;ud|daine
<PB N="105" REF="56"> &s;orings aloft receive as &s;peedy a down|fall, when their waxen wings &s;hall be di&s;&s;olved by the bright rayes of the Sun of impartiall Ju&s;tice; which is now abroad in the World, and will in time (no que&s;tion) finde them out, notwith&s;tanding they have made a Covenant with Hell and Death, and having got the power of that part of the Earth into their hands, they thinke the power of Heaven cannot finde them out; but the contrary will (in good time) ap|peare to the World which, will make the very remembrance of them to be odious and hate|full.</P>
<P>This briefe <HI>Declaration</HI> we own, and affirme to be really truth it &s;elfe, the which (with the foregoing Relation) we refer not to immode|rate and partiall men, for them we di&s;owne, as impertinent Judges, knowing they rejoyce at their brethrens proceedings and &s;ucce&s;&s;es, re|pining at nothing more then that them&s;elves had not a hand in the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e; hoping they may have it for a place of refuge when <HI>England</HI> (a&s;hamed and overburthened with their abo|minable filthy loath&s;omene&s;&s;e) &s;hall &s;pue them out; But to the moderate, judicious, and im|partiall Reader, wee refer their proceedings and our <HI>Declaration</HI> to judge of; who is be&s;t able to di&s;cerne of things, who will &s;ee our innocency mo&s;t eminently &s;hining through the
<PB N="106" REF="57"> darke clouds of their a&s;per&s;ions, which they have ray&s;ed for a pretence of their imperious Actions and Proceedings; which they have writ in &s;uch Characters, that all the World may run and reade: To the never-dying infamie of them and theirs, to all &s;ucceeding Ages.</P>
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<Q><HI>Hold not thy Tongue O God; keepe not &s;till &s;ilence; refraine not thy Selfe O God, for thine enemies make a murmuring, and they that hate thee have lift up the head; They have imagined craftily again&s;t thy People, and taken coun&s;ell again&s;t thy &s;ecret ones; They have &s;aid, come, and let us root them out that they be no more a People, and that the name of I&s;rael may be no more in remembrance,</HI></Q>
<BIBL>P&s;al. 83. 1, 2, 3, 4.</BIBL>
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<PB N="107" REF="57">
<L><HI>T</HI>his Booke, who doth peru&s;e, may plainely &s;ee</L>
<L><HI>H</HI>orrid Rebellion, mask'd with Loyaltie,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI>mpeaching others, of abhorred crimes,</L>
<L><HI>S</HI>uch as were never acted, ere the&s;e times;</L>
<L><HI>B</HI>ould Tyrants, that in <HI>England</HI> many yeares</L>
<L><HI>O</HI>h grief to think! hath cau&s;ed mournefull teares,</L>
<L><HI>O</HI>ppre&s;&s;ing her with Rapines, Murthers, and</L>
<L><HI>K</HI>illing her Children, both by Sea and Land:</L>
<L><HI>E</HI>ach striving how, he others might exceede,</L>
<L><HI>W</HI>hile&s;t this poore I&s;le, almo&s;t to death doth bleed;</L>
<L><HI>A</HI>nd all pretend, tis for this very thing,</L>
<L><HI>S</HI>ubjection and obedience, to the King,</L>
<L><HI>W</HI>hile&s;t this impious cruell Generation</L>
<L><HI>R</HI>ejoyce to worke the ruine of that Nation,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI>ehovah, from his highe&s;t Throne lookes down</L>
<L><HI>T</HI>o &s;ee their actions, and thereat doth frown.</L>
<PB N="108" REF="58">
<L> Becau&s;e I am not in your wayes at all,</L>
<L><HI>Y</HI>ou &s;hall, &s;aith he, with your inventions fall;</L>
<L><HI>N</HI>ow at th'Eternalls Word, the&s;e Nimrods were</L>
<L><HI>I</HI>n every place, pur&s;u'd, and chaf'd with feare,</L>
<L><HI>C</HI>ha&s;ed in minde, by Gods Impartiall hand,</L>
<L><HI>H</HI>ence they doe flie unto another Land.</L>
<L><HI>O</HI>h Land, thy &s;orrowes, never did begin</L>
<L><HI>L</HI>oe, till the&s;e bloudy Tyrants entred in,</L>
<L><HI>A</HI>nd now the froth, and &s;cum of <HI>Englands</HI> Nation</L>
<L><HI>S</HI>trives for their ends, to worke thy de&s;olation;</L>
<L><HI>F</HI>or &s;ince that <HI>England</HI> would not, thou &s;halt be</L>
<L><HI>O</HI>ppre&s;t, and ruin'd, by their Tyrannie:</L>
<L><HI>S</HI>ea&s;e Tyrants &s;ea&s;e, or Heavens will finde you out</L>
<L><HI>T</HI>he &s;econd time, and give you &s;uch a Route,</L>
<L><HI>E</HI>re long, that you &s;hall forced be to flie</L>
<L><HI>R</HI>ejected while&s;t you live, and live to die</L>
<L>The Sonnes of ever living infamy.</L>
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<PB N="109" REF="58">
<HEAD><HI>In the I&s;land</HI> BARBADAS, May <HI>the third,</HI> An. Dom. 1650.</HEAD>
<P><HI>CHARLES STVART,</HI> Son to the late King, was with great &s;olemnity proclaimed King of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland &amp;c.</HI> Immediately thereupon the Booke of Com|mon Prayer was declared, to be the only Pattern of true wor&s;hip, And com|manded to be di&s;tinctly, and duly read in every Pari&s;h Church, every Lords Day &amp;c.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. GOVLDVVELL. Secretary.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="order">
<PB N="110" REF="59">
<HEAD><HI>At a Meeting of the</HI> Gover|nour, Coun&s;ell <HI>and</HI> A&s;&s;embly, <HI>May</HI> the 7.</HEAD>
<P>THE RIGHT HONORABLE, <HI>Francis</HI> Lord <HI>Willougby</HI> of <HI>Parham,</HI> having brought a Commi&s;sion from the Right Honorable, <HI>James</HI> Earle of <HI>Carlile,</HI> as his Lieutenant Generall of all the Crebe I&s;lands, his Honour was willingly, and humbly received, and his Commi&s;sion ac|cepted of according to the Power and Con|tents thereof; And whereas it was the humble de&s;ires of the <HI>Governour, Coun&s;ell,</HI> and <HI>A&s;&s;embly,</HI> to the Right Honorable the Lieutenant Generall, That in re&s;pect of the incertainty and distractions of the pre|&s;ent Times, his Lord&s;hip would plea&s;e to con|de&s;cend to the continuance of this pre&s;ent A&s;&s;embly, and Government, under all Offices both Civill, and Mar&s;hall, for the &s;pace of three moneths. His Lord&s;hip was plea|&s;ed to a&s;&s;ent thereunto; and ordered accord|ingly.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>H. Goldwell,</HI> Sec.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="postscript">
<PB N="111" REF="59">
<HEAD>POST-SCRIPT.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas the Reader may haply be &s;o curious, as to de&s;ire the Names of tho&s;e per&s;ons that have &s;uffered in the I&s;land <HI>Barbadas;</HI> He may take notice that <HI>John Web&s;ter,</HI> Mate to Captaine <HI>Benjamin Treneman,</HI> had his Tongue cut, and was burned in both Cheekes with the Letter <HI>T.</HI> Al&s;o Lieutenant <HI>John Brandon</HI> was burn'd in the Cheekes as afore&s;aid: the&s;e both &s;uffered the 12 day of <HI>January,</HI> 1649. about twelve a Clock; And whereas you finde the Di&s;coverer of our Enemies mi&s;|chievous intentions to be deciphered only by <HI>L. C. C. C.</HI> the Gentleman is Lieutenant Colonell <HI>Chri&s;topher Coddrington.</HI> Like|wi&s;e the Colonells Name that rai&s;ed the Regiment, which you finde &s;pake of that was betrayd, is Colonell <HI>Thomas Modi|ford;</HI>
<PB N="112" REF="60"> one thing you may take notice of, That &s;ince the committing of this to the Pre&s;&s;e, there are divers more of our Bani&s;hed Brethren come for <HI>England;</HI> and where|as you finde the Enemies of our Peace, in their Propo&s;itions, promi&s;ing to main|taine and defend Captaine <HI>Phillip Bell,</HI> to continue Governour of that I&s;land, they have turned him out with as much di&s;grace, as they promi&s;ed Fidelity. &dtridot;</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<PB REF="60">
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