An address presented to the King, August 7th, 1689 when those from the Massachuset's colony were, by that worthy citizen, Sir Henry Ashurst, Baronet : to Their Most Excellent Majesties, King William and Queen Mary of England, &c., the humble address and petition of the General Court of Your Majesties most ancient colony of New-Plymouth in New-England. New Plymouth Colony. General Court. 1689 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A26395 Wing A556 ESTC R1945 12628315 ocm 12628315 64692 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . 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Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. 2006-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion AN ADDRESS Presented to the KING , August 7th . 1689. When those from the Massachuset's Colony were , by that Worthy Citizen , Sir Henry Ashurst , Baronet . To Their Most Excellent MAJESTIES , King William and Queen Mary , of England , &c. The Humble ADDRESS and PETITION of the General Court of Your Majesties most Ancient Colony of New-Plymouth in New-England , Humbly Sheweth , THAT whilst we contemplate the Wonderful and Glorious Appearance of the Most High God , by whom Kings Reign , and Princes decree Acts of Justice , in raising up your Majesties in that Noble and Illustrious , though Hazardous Undertaking , to preserve the Three Kingdoms from Arbitrary Power , Popery , and Slavery , and therein made You their Saviour , through his Presence with You , and so moved the Hearts of the People to say , as sometimes they did to Gideon , Do thou Rule over us , for thou hast delivered us , &c. We , whose Good is wrapt up in theirs , cannot but according to our Duty , render our unfeigned Thanks , first , to Almighty God the Author thereof , and then to Your Majesties , as the Happy Instrument in his Blessed Hand , and take this first Opportunity to Congratulate Your Excellent Majesties quiet Accession to the Crown ; Humbly Imploring the God of all Grace to be with You , Guiding , Protecting , Blessing , and making both Your Majesties a Blessing to the Nations over whom he hath or may set You , to lay the Foundation of Happiness for many Generations : And , as Duty binds us , we Humbly Signifie to Your Majesties the ready Allegiance and Obedience which our People bear unto You , who on the first Intelligence of what was done by the Parliament of England , did with the greatest Joy and Solemnity our mean Condition would capacitate us unto , Proclaim Your Majesties King and Queen of England , &c. Which being first done , they proceeded to the Election of the Governour and Assistants , according to their former and accustomed way and order from the first Constitution of the Government in this Colony , which we have enjoyed for more than Threescore and six years , and therefore humbly conceive , we have good Title thereunto by Prescription , which , according to Cook ( that Oracle of the Law ) is one of those ways whereby Corporations , or Bodies Politick do commence and are established . Besides that , we have been from time to time owned and acknowledged therein as such by King Charles the Second in sundry of his Royal Letters unto us , assuring us , that we should enjoy all our Liberties , both Ecclesiastical and Civil , without the least violation ; and that he would always remember the ready , manifestations , upon all occasions of the Loyalty , Duty , and Affection of his good Subjects of this Colony for their Advantage ; with many other Expressions of great Grace and Favour , as in his Royal Letters of the 23 d. of April , 1664. and of the 10 th . of April , 1666. and 12 th . of Feb. 1679 / 80. may more fully appear . And by King James the Second in his Royal Letters of the 20 th . of June , 1685. promising at all times to extend his Royal Care and Protection of us in the preservation of our Rights , &c. which we also quietly enjoyed without any interruption , till after the sixty six years aforesaid , they were in the Year 1686 injuriously taken from us by Sir Edmond Andros his Illegal Arbitrary Government over us , which ●ow being ceased by the surrender of his Government , and his Person with other ill Instruments seized by sundry Gentlemen , lovers of their Country , encouraged by Your Princely Declarations , and Noble Example , &c. In doing of which , though we had no hand , yet do partake of the Benefits thereof , in being freed from many Arbitrary , Tyrannical Invasions we were exposed unto , on our Persons , Lands , Rights , and Liberties ; and we being left without Government , were humbly Confident , that it would not in the least be displeasing to Your Gracious Majesties for us to resume a Government on our former Foundation , so surreptitiously taken from us , without the least intimation of any Misgovernment , or direct Notice to us from His Majesty of his Pleasure for our Surrender . We now further also become Your Majesties most Humble Suppliants , That the bright Rays of Your Princely Favour may be cast on this Your poor Nursling , being the first English Plantation erected in New England , whose Predecessors , that they might enjoy the Liberty of their Consciences in the pure Scriptural Worship of God ( without Offence to other worthy Persons of a Different Perswasion ) under the desirable Protection of their Soveraign , and the enlargement of his Dominions , did at their own proper Cost and Charge , run that Hazardous , Amazing Adventure with their Wives and Children , first to break the Ice into this vast American Desart , where they had no Friend nor House to shelter them from the Extremities of Hunger and Cold , nor from Wild Men and Wild Beasts , which they had to conflict with , arriving here in November 1620. That now they may be Cherished by the Influence of Your Favourable Grant and Confirmation of all our former Liberties , ( especially Religious , the main End of that Great Adventure ) either by a Charter or Act of Parliament , as to Your Princely Wisdom and Clemency seems fit for the good Government and Welfare of this Your Majesties Colony , for which we crave Your Princely Clemency , and prostrate our selves Humble Petitioners on Your behalf unto Heaven's Soveraign , that Your Majesties may be under a Confluence of such Divine Blessings , as may make your Reign long and Prosperous . So Prays Your MAJESTIES Most Loyal and Dutiful Subjects , Tho. Hinckley , Governour . In the Name , and by the Appointment of Your Majesties said General Court. Plymouth in New-England , June 6th . 1689. London : Printed for R. Baldwin . MDCLXXXIX .