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<P><HI>A true and exact</HI> NARRATIVE Of the Proceedings of the Parliaments Fleet, again&s;t the I&s;land OF BARBADOES.</P>
<P><HI>With the maner of the Reducing thereof:</HI> Together with the &s;ubmitting of the I&s;lands of St. <HI>Chri|&s;tophers, Antego,</HI> and St. <HI>Mevis,</HI> to the Common-Wealth of <HI>ENGLAND.</HI></P>
<P>Written by an Eye-witne&s;&s;e, Mr. <HI>T. H.</HI> from aboard the Amity, in <HI>Carli&s;le</HI> Bay, and &s;ent to a Friend in <HI>London,</HI> to be publi&s;hed for &s;atisfaction, and printed <HI>verbatim</HI> by the &s;ame Copy.</P>
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<HEAD>An exact Narrative of the reducing of the I&s;land of BARBADOES, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>_IN July 1651. the Fleet appoynted for the re|ducing of Barbadoes, under the Command of Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cough,</HI> &s;et &s;aile from Pli|mouth, <HI>viz.</HI> the Rainbow, whereof Ad|mirall Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cough</HI> of 52 Guns, the Amity whereof Vice Admirall <HI>Mi|chael Packe</HI> of 36 Guns, the Su<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;es whereof Captaine <HI>Witheridge,</HI> the Ruth whereof Captaine <HI>Thom&s;on,</HI> the Maliga Marchant whereof Captaine <HI>Colin,</HI> the Brazeel Frigot whereof Captain <HI>Heath,</HI> the Encrea&s;e whereof Captaine <HI>Varvill</HI> with &s;ome Marchant men and Victuallers: this Fleet &s;et &s;aile from Plimouth the 27, of the month afore&s;aid, and at the beginning of Augu&s;t fol|lowing we arrived before Lisbone, where having &s;tayd three dayes, and under&s;tanding that Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> was not there, wee departed from thence, and on the 26. of Augu&s;t we arrived at the Cape Verde, where we &s;tayd to refre&s;h 11 dayes, and in regard our beer &s;tanke, we were con&s;trained to throw it over board, and to fill our Caskes with water; which having done, we proceeded on a direct cour&s;e in our voyage to Barbadoes, in which we were very long, by rea&s;on of the exceeding heavy &s;aying of &s;ome of our &s;hips, <HI>viz.</HI> the Bra|zeel Frigot, the Encrea&s;e, Ruth, and Maliga Marchant, &s;o that it was the 16. of October before we arrived at the Barbadoes, early in the morning.</P>
<P>Being arrived as is before mentioned, Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cough</HI> &s;ent three &s;hips, <HI>viz.</HI> the Amity, Sur&s;es, and the Maliga Marchant, to take a view of Carlile Bay, the Body of the Fleet comming af|ter with what &s;peed they could into S. Au&s;tins Bay; having before appoynted, that if any occa&s;ion were for a remove to our &s;hips at Carlile Bay, that the Amity &s;hould make a &s;igne, which they &s;ayd they did, but it could not be &s;een by the Officer who was appoynted to watch for the &s;ame; however, pre&s;ently after we &s;aw tho&s;e &s;hips go into the Bay by one of the I&s;land Forts, and a Shalop came from
<PB N="4" REF="4"> them, and informed us thereof, and al&s;o of their being fifteen &s;aile of ships and Galiots in that Bay, whereupon Sir <HI>George</HI> immediatly commanded the whole Fleet to weigh Anchor, and fayle downe to the Bay, and was met by a &s;mall Boat with a flag of Truce in her, and being commanded to come on board us, they refu&s;ed, where|upon we fetch'd them in, and in her there was the Lord <HI>Wiloughby<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"></HI> Martiall, whom we detained Pri&s;oner; but in the mean time the Shalop returning which came to us was twice &s;hot at from the Fort at Nedam poynt.</P>
<P>Whereupon Sir <HI>George</HI> commanded the Ma&s;ter of the Rainbow to &s;ayle as neare the Fort as po&s;&s;ible he could for depth of Water, and &s;o we came within halfe Musket &s;hot of the Fort, which pre|&s;ently gave us many &s;hot. &s;ome of which took place in our &s;hips, but the whole Fleet lo&s;t but one man; but Sir <HI>George</HI> cau&s;ed the Rainbow to power a whole broad &s;ide upon them of no le&s;&s;e then 26 great &s;hot, which (being &s;o neare) we beleeve was to purpo&s;e; al&s;o the re&s;t of our &s;hips, as they pa&s;&s;ed by, &s;hot at them many &s;hot, and &s;o we came all into Carlile Bay, where we found that our three &s;hips (which we had before &s;ent thither) had &s;eized on all the &s;hips in the Bay, except three of the &s;malle&s;t, who &s;aved them&s;elves by running a ground: thus we &s;urprized 12 &s;ayle of &s;hips and Galliots, the which were all Dutch and Hamburgers. Sir <HI>George</HI> now cau&s;ed more men to be put aboard of every &s;hip, and commanded them to be brought from under the Command of the Forts, which were four in all, <HI>viz.</HI> the Fort at Spikes Bay, the Fort at St. Au&s;tins Bay, the Fort at Carlile Bay, and the Fort at Nedam poynt; the next day we took another Dutch &s;hip comming to Trade here, &s;he was a Ve&s;&s;ell of 25 pieces of Ordnance, her lading al&s;o was of a con&s;iderable value; tho&s;e we had before taken in the Bay, were &s;ome of 18. 16. 12. and 10. Guns, and &s;ome le&s;&s;e; the Commanders of all the&s;e &s;hips being on board us, they had given them an empty Ve&s;&s;ell to carry them to Antego, they earne&s;tly de&s;iring the &s;ame.</P>
<P>After we had proceeded thus far in order to the reducing of this I&s;land, and not with&s;tanding our tedious voyage, which was full 11. weeks, yet all our people were in health, although by rea&s;on of our going to Portugal held &s;o &s;outherly a cour&s;e that we did expect &s;ome &s;ickne&s;&s;e, and then at our arrivall to &s;urprize &s;o many Ve&s;&s;els under all their Forts, with the lo&s;&s;e only of one man, although we exchan|ged
<PB N="5" REF="4"> many pieces of Cannon with them, all which we had abundant cau&s;e to acknowledge were the Lords tran&s;cendant mercies unto us.</P>
<P>All this while the Lord <HI>Willoughby</HI> &s;o little regarded our being here, as that he with Col. <HI>Wolrond,</HI> Col. <HI>Mudiford,</HI> and other of his chiefe Officers continued fea&s;ting of it 12 miles up in the I&s;land; the cau&s;e of this their contempt of us, (wee heard) was becau&s;e that &s;ome Dutch men (who arrived here a little before us) had publi&s;hed about the I&s;land, that before they came from Holland, certaine In|telligence was come thither, how that the Scotch King having row|ted the Lord Generall <HI>Cromwell</HI> in Scotland, was marched into En|gland with an Army of 40000 men, and that he was very near, or in London; and moreover, that our Fleet was ran away from England, to &s;eek for &s;helter in another place: and for the better confirmation of it, they brought with them &s;everall printed Duch Diurnals, all relating the &s;ame matter.</P>
<P>But now the Lord <HI>Willoughby</HI> hearing that his Martiall was taken by us, fir&s;t &s;ent a Me&s;&s;age unto Captaine <HI>Packe,</HI> thereby de&s;iring the &s;peedy relea&s;e of his &s;ayd Martiall but Captain <HI>Pack</HI> returned An|&s;wer, that Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cough</HI> had the Command of the Fleet, with|out who&s;e Order his Lord&s;hips Martiall could not be relea&s;ed.</P>
<P>Whereupon his Lord&s;hip pre&s;ently &s;ent a Letter to Sir <HI>George,</HI> therein &s;ignifying, that he having under&s;tood from Capt. <HI>Pack</HI> that his Martiall detain'd, could not be relea&s;ed without his Order, he therefore de&s;ired that his &s;ayd Martiall might forthwith be relea&s;ed, and returned unto him with his Trumpeter who brought his Lord|&s;hips Letter; but Sir <HI>George</HI> returned this for An&s;wer, that his Mar|tiall being taken without his Lord&s;hips Pa&s;&s;e, he therefore de&s;ired to be excu&s;ed, if at pre&s;ent he did not &s;atisfie his Lord&s;hips reque&s;t in that particular.</P>
<P>Shortly after this Sir <HI>George</HI> &s;ent a &s;ummons unto the Lord <HI>Wi|loughby</HI> to this effect, that the I&s;land of Barbadoes being a Colony and Plantation, &s;ettled at the co&s;t, and planted by the people and Parliament of England, and ought therefore to be &s;ubject to &s;uch Lawes, Orders, and Regulations as are, and &s;hall be made by the Parliament of England; and whereas many Acts of Rebellion had been committed among them, &s;etting up them&s;elves oppo&s;ite to, and di&s;tinct from the State and Common wealth of England, as was mentioned by an Act of Parl. bearing date Sept. 1650. pa&s;&s;ed to that purpo&s;e.</P>
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<P>And that the Parliament of the Common wealth of England, the &s;upream Authority of that Nation, having taken the defection of that I&s;land from their due obedience into their con&s;ideration, had armed and &s;et forth a greet Fleet of Ships under his Command to endeavor (by the ble&s;&s;ing of God) the reducing of that I&s;land; and being &s;afe|ly arrived there to prevent the ruine and de&s;truction of the I&s;land, by &s;uch acts of ho&s;tility wherewith he was &s;ufficiently able to annoy them: he did therefore think fit to &s;end unto his Lordship this &s;um|mons to deliver up to him the &s;aid I&s;land of Barbadoes, with all the Strengths, Fortifications, Ports, and places thereof, for the u&s;e of the Parliament of England. The Lord <HI>Willoughby</HI> having received this &s;ummons, returned a peremtory an&s;wer, to this effect.</P>
<P>That upon the arrivall of Sir <HI>George</HI> his Me&s;&s;enger, he rather ex|pected &s;ome overture about our making reparation for tho&s;e acts of ho&s;tility committed by us, upon tho&s;e ships in the Bay, and the per|&s;on of his Martiall, then &s;uch an unrea&s;onable demand, as in his e&s;ti|mation Sir <HI>George</HI> his &s;ummons was: and his Lordship returned An&s;wer, briefly thus: That he acknowledg'd no Authority over Engli&s;h men, but the King; for whom, he &s;ayd, he was re&s;olved to defend and keep the I&s;land, unto the utmo&s;t of his &s;trength and po|wer; all which he a&s;&s;ured us was his firme re&s;olution; withall di|recting it to, on board His Maje&s;ties &s;hip the Rainbow.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>George</HI> finding now that the way of &s;ummons would produce no effect, and not being then in capacity to attempt any thing on &s;hore; he re&s;olved to hinder them from having any Trading at &s;ea, and al&s;o to alarum them con&s;tantly, from place to place about the I&s;land, thereby to hinder them from planting and managing their affaires in the I&s;land; it being conceived that this way might prove mo&s;t conducible and effectuall to bring them to their due obedience. And to the end no rationall opportunity might be left una&s;&s;ay'd by us, whereby we might make this, then &s;tubborn I&s;land, know their obedience to their Lawfull Superiors, it was re&s;olved that a Declaration &s;hould be drawn up and &s;igned by the Parliaments Commi&s;&s;ioners, on board the Fleet, and &s;ent it unto the I&s;landers, the which Declaration was to this effect.</P>
<P>That they the Commi&s;&s;ioners thought it not ami&s;&s;e to &s;end unto them the Gentlemen, Inhabitants, and free people of the I&s;land of Barbadoes, the Copy of a Summons &s;ent unto the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI>
<PB N="7" REF="5"> upon our arrivall before this I&s;land; from whom they having recei|ved no &s;atisfactory An&s;wer, and being tender of the good and wel|fare of the I&s;land, and being not willing to omit all amicable and friendly wayes to reduce it to its due obedience, before they procee|ded to acts of ho&s;tility; did think fit, to &s;end the &s;ame or &s;ayd &s;um|mons unto them, <HI>viz</HI> that the I&s;land being a Plantation and Colo|ny which ought to be &s;ubordinate to, and depending upon the Com|mon wealth of England; and had ever &s;ince the planting thereof been, and ought to be, &s;ubject to &s;uch Lawes, Orders, and Regula|tions, as were or &s;hould be made, by, and derived from, the Parlia|ment of England: and whereas divers acts of Rebellion had beene committed by &s;ome per&s;ons among&s;t them, &s;etting up them&s;elves in oppo&s;ition unto and di&s;tinct from the State and Common wealth of England; the Parliament of England, the &s;upream Authority of that Nation, having taken into their con&s;ideration the defection of the I&s;land, from their due obedience, and re&s;enting the burthens and oppre&s;ted e&s;tate the people of the I&s;land then lay under, by the pre&s;ent prevailing power over them: and they being &s;tudious to promote the peace and welfare of the I&s;land, under their power and protection, had not &s;pared the expence of a great &s;um of Trea&s;ure, to arme and &s;et forth a great Fleet of &s;hips, though at a great di&s;tance of place, and having appoynted them&s;elves as Commi&s;&s;ioners, to endeavour by the ble&s;&s;ing of God the reducing of the I&s;land, and to &s;ettle the peace and &s;afety thereof, and to e&s;tabli&s;h them in their wonted priviledges and immunities, as might conduce to the well being, and flouri&s;hing &s;tate of the I&s;land.</P>
<P>And that they being by the ble&s;&s;ing of God in &s;afety arrived here, had as much as in them lay, endeavoured to prevent the ruine and de&s;truction of the I&s;land, by forbearing &s;uch acts of ho&s;tility, by which we were &s;ufficiently able to annoy them; not doubting but &s;eeing their owne liberty, and &s;afety both of their per&s;ons and e|&s;tates; lay at &s;take, by their complying with &s;uch as were, or &s;hould continue to be theirs and the enemies of the Common-wealth of En|gland then among&s;t them; but if they would &s;o do, it would con|&s;traine us to u&s;e &s;uch ho&s;tile wayes to reduce the I&s;land, as by which their long labour'd for e&s;tates, and in joyments would be endange|red; but rather that they would lay hold on this opportunity, to regaine their freedome and wonted priviledges, and not ra&s;hly en|gage
<PB N="8" REF="6"> them&s;elves in a quarrell again&s;t the Common wealth of Eng|land; and at length in&s;tead of reaping the benefit and fruit of their many years labour and indu&s;try in this &s;o hopefull and flouri&s;hing an I&s;land, make it become the &s;eat of War, the &s;ad events and con&s;e|quences thereof in the I&s;land, if God prevented not, they would be (when too late) &s;ufficiently &s;en&s;ible of, to the ruine of them&s;elves and their po&s;terities; whatever the &s;pecious pretences of any a|mong them were, as if they minded the good and welfare of the I|&s;land, and that they could not be ignorant, but they were altogether unable to give them protection or liberty of freedome, without which the I&s;land could no way &s;ub&s;i&s;t, but in their due obedience to the Common Wealth of England, who&s;e Authority God hath &s;ea|led, to the a&s;toni&s;hment of their Neighbor Nations, having won|derfully appeared for them in their Armies by Land, and Navies by Sea, again&s;t their Enemies in England, Ireland, and Scotland, the two former whereof, being by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, on the unwea|ried endeavours of the Parliament, with the expence of much bloud and trea&s;ure, &s;etled in their long de&s;ired re&s;t and Peace, from the bon|dage and &s;ervitude they were &s;o long held under, by Tyrannicall Kingly power, and government: and are become a Republick, a Free State: and that the foundation of War having been by the &s;ame Enemy layd and carried on in Scotland, God hath there al&s;o won|derfully appeared for us, and brought that War to a narrow compa&s;s, if not ere then to a period, the power of God being &s;o eminently &s;een in our Armies, as that the Enemy have not been able to &s;tand before them. The&s;e things the Commi&s;&s;ioners layd before them, if they plea&s;ed to take them into con&s;ideration, to prevent the effu&s;ion of bloud, and a deva&s;tation of their e&s;tates injoyments, which ine|vitably would follow their contempt of timely offers of peace and mercy: and that wherever the intere&s;t of the Commonwealth of England lyeth, be it at never &s;o great a di&s;tance, they would not be &s;oon wearied to lay out that power God hath put into their hands, to reduce &s;uch to their obedience, as &s;hall ob&s;tinately &s;tand out; but that they rather hoped that the Lord, who is the &s;earcher of hearts, and knew the bottome of their de&s;ignes, to be no other but to &s;ettle the I&s;land in peace and happine&s;&s;e under that Government, who is both willing and able to protect them again&s;t all oppo&s;ers, and that they hoped the Lord would &s;o incline their hearts, that from thence|forth
<PB N="9" REF="6"> they would be able to judge who were their reall friends, and decline giving their a&s;&s;i&s;tance to tho&s;e evil affected per&s;ons, as &s;hould per&s;i&s;t in their rebellion, to involve them altogether in mi&s;ery and de&s;truction; but rather u&s;e their be&s;t endeavours to &s;uppre&s;s them; and in their actings of this kind, they a&s;&s;ured them that they might rely upon the diligent a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Fleet; and for the better ef|fecting of tho&s;e ends, they de&s;ired to hold frequent intelligence with them, and for their further incouragement, they did a&s;&s;ure them in|demnity to all &s;uch as &s;hould for the future decline a&s;&s;i&s;ting the ene|mies of the Common wealth of England, then among them, and endeavour to promote the reducement of the I&s;land, to their obedi|ence under their government and protection.</P>
<P>This Declaration of the Commi&s;&s;ioners being publi&s;hed about the I&s;land, tooke &s;uch impre&s;&s;ion upon the people of the I&s;land, that in all probability the I&s;land had been ours without any further ho&s;ti|lity, had they not been over-awed and kept under by the Lord <HI>Wil|loughby,</HI> and his Complices; &s;o that they dur&s;t not appear for us o|penly, they being (as they had great cau&s;e to be) very &s;en&s;ible of the decay and want of Trade among&s;t them, in regard that no &s;hips dur&s;t venture to come and traffique with them, by rea&s;on of our being here; as al&s;o their being continually kept upon watch and duty, to defend the I&s;land again&s;t us, whereby the I&s;land was much impove|ri&s;h'd, the planting and n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3 letters">uring of the I&s;land being almo&s;t wholly neglected upon which accompt the people would gladly have been freed, upon any rate, as afterward we found at our Landing.</P>
<P>But now adverti&s;ement came unto Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cough,</HI> how that the Governour of S. <HI>Chri&s;tophers</HI> was drowned, and that there was a conte&s;t between two per&s;ons in that I&s;land for the Government thereof. Sir <HI>George</HI> not knowing at pre&s;ent how their affections &s;tood, in reference to the Common wealth of England, re&s;olved with the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament to &s;end a Declaration unto them, to this effect:</P>
<P>That they being informed the Governour of that I&s;land was car|ried away by a floud, and that there was a conte&s;t between two per|&s;ons among them, for the Goverment of the I&s;land, and they not knowing either of their, or the I&s;land affections to the Parliament of England; did therefore require them &s;peedily to give an accompt unto them, how the affairs of the I&s;land &s;tood, in reference to their
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<P>We having now been before this I&s;land, from the 16 of October 1651 unto the 10 of November following, the greate&s;t part of the which time we &s;pent in coa&s;ting, from place to place, about the I|&s;land, thereby to keep them in alarums in all parts of the I&s;land, ho|ping that way would conduce to the &s;peedy rendition of it; al&s;o within compa&s;&s;e of the &s;aid time Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cough</HI> &s;ent a &s;econd, and a third &s;ummons unto the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI> the which proving ineffectuall, it was re&s;olved at a Coun&s;ell of War, held on board the Rainbow to attempt &s;omething a&s;hore, at a place called the Spikes Bay; the which we were now the better able to doe, by the arrivall of another Fleet of Merchants, and &s;ome Men of War from England: and to the end afore&s;aid, a Regiment was formed out of our &s;hips, which con&s;i&s;ted of 600. men, whereof 200. were Scots, being &s;ome of tho&s;e taken at the defeat at Worce&s;ter, and brought hither in the Merchants &s;hips afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>The Enemy having notice of our de&s;igne, four houres before our landing, they had nine Companies afoot, and three Troopes of Hor&s;e, to oppo&s;e our landing at that place; and our Boats being ready to &s;et the men on &s;hoar forthwith &s;tood in for the Spikes bay; and having &s;et the men on &s;hoar, the Enemy pre&s;ently gave a very re&s;olute Charge upon them: but no &s;ooner had we embraced their on&s;et, but we immediately fell in among them, and after a &s;hort, but hot di&s;pute, we routed their whole Brigade, their Comman|ders like per&s;idious Cowards ran away, and left the Foot ingaged; who al&s;o retreated to their Fort Royal: the which our men pre&s;ent|ly &s;tormed, with the lo&s;&s;e of nine men, and &s;ome few hurt, as Col. <HI>Morris,</HI> who commanded our men; his Major, and &s;ome others; the &s;aid Col. <HI>Morris</HI> did behave him&s;elfe very gallantly, both at this place, and al&s;o before at the reducing of the I&s;le of Scilly: the which we performed, with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of Generall <HI>Blake,</HI> in our Voyage hither: we killed about 50. of the Enemy, and tooke about 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">0. Pri&s;oners, 4 Peeces of Ordnance, and razed downe the Fort, and burnt many hou&s;es, the place not being tenable.</P>
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<P>Sir <HI>George</HI> againe &s;ent a Trumpeter, with another Summons to the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI> the which produced a Treaty, and Ho&s;tages be|ing given, Articles were concluded on, <HI>viz.</HI> that the I&s;lands of Bar|badoes, St. Chri&s;tophers, Antego, and the Mevis, &s;hould be &s;urren|dred to the obedience of the Common-wealth of England: that the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI> Col. <HI>Wolrond,</HI> Col. <HI>Mudiford,</HI> and others of their Party &s;hould have protection for the enjoyment of their E&s;tates, either in England or el&s;ewhere: and al&s;o be pardoned and indem|nified for all pa&s;t by Actions, done or committed by any of them: that the Inhabitants of the &s;everall I&s;lands &s;hould be protected from the fury of the &s;word, and to enjoy and live peaceably in their Ha|bitations; acting nothing prejudiciall to the Government which &s;hould be e&s;tabli&s;hed over them, by the Parliament of the Com|mon-wealth of England.</P>
<P>And that Col. <HI>James Drax,</HI> Col. <HI>Lewis Morris,</HI> Serjeant Major <HI>Hilliard,</HI> Captain <HI>Gregory,</HI> and all others, who had been bani&s;hed the I&s;land, and their E&s;tates &s;eque&s;tred for their good affection to the Common-wealth of England, &s;hould be inve&s;ted in all their E|&s;tates; notwith&s;tanding the former Confi&s;cation thereof; and that re&s;titution &s;hould be made unto them for all damages and lo&s;&s;es which they had &s;u&s;tained.</P>
<P>But now the Inhabitants of the I&s;lands of St. Chri&s;tophers, Ante|go, and St. Mevis, hearing of the rendition of Barbadoes to us, did all of them immediately &s;end unto us, a&s;&s;uring us that they would chearfully &s;ubmit to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of Eng|land; and that they would be &s;ubject only to &s;uch Lawes, Orders, and Regulations, as the Parliament &s;hould plea&s;e to impo&s;e upon them: Al&s;o they de&s;ired us to appoynt in the mean time &s;uch Go|vernors over them, as were of good integrity, and affection to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England.</P>
<P>Thus were all the&s;e remote I&s;lands reduced to the obedience of the Common-wealth of England, from which they revolted in the year, 1650. and proclaimed <HI>Charles Stewart,</HI> King over them, and did accept of &s;uch Governors as he appoynted over them <HI>viz. Fran|cis</HI> Lord <HI>Willoughby</HI> of Parham, Governor of Barbadoes, who land|ed there in April. 1650. and with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of Col. <HI>Wolrord,</HI> and Col. <HI>Mudiford,</HI> and &s;ome other evill affected per&s;ons, he outed Ma|jor <HI>Philip Bell,</HI> who was then Governour for the Parliament of
<PB N="12" REF="10" MS="y"> England: and al&s;o bani&s;hed all tho&s;e who would not joyn with them in their pernicious wayes, or take the oath which the &s;aid Lord <HI>Willoughby</HI> and his A&s;&s;ociats had prepared to admini&s;ter, to the In|habitants of the I&s;land: the which they compelled every man in the I&s;land to take, upon pain of bani&s;hing their Per&s;ons, and confi&s;cating the E&s;tates of all &s;uch as &s;hould refu&s;e to &s;ub&s;cribe thereunto: but notwith&s;tanding all this their &s;harp Rhethorick and violent dealing, yet &s;everal con&s;cientious per&s;ons of the be&s;t repute &amp; quality in the I&s;land, did utterly refu&s;e either to joyn with them, or take the Oath afore&s;ayd, who were therefore bani&s;hed the I&s;land, and their E&s;tates &s;eque&s;tred wholly, both reall and per&s;onall; the chiefe of them who were thus proceeded again&s;t, were Lievtenant Colonel <HI>James Drax,</HI> Lievtenant Colonel <HI>Lewis Morris,</HI> Serjeant Major <HI>Hiliard,</HI> Captaine <HI>Gregory</HI> with many others, who&s;e names for brevity &s;ake &s;hall be omitted: al&s;o the Governor appointed at the &s;ame time of Antego, was one <HI>Poynz,</HI> formerly known in England by the name of Generall <HI>Poynz;</HI> tho&s;e al&s;o who were appointed Governors of the other I&s;lands being of the &s;ame Royall Stamp, were no whit be|hind the former in oppre&s;&s;ing and tyrannizing over tho&s;e people, from all which they were happily delivered by the ble&s;&s;ing of God upon the indeavours of the Parliaments Fleet, Commanded by the worthy and right valiant Sea Commander, Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cough.</HI></P>
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