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Lee diagrammas suivanta llluatrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 N Tufili With a Mr. . Scand dcrcd News Art 4' PC •mf^ szsQsae 5!E t HE peptorahle State F "It* By Reafon of a Covetous and Tnicherosu AND WithaVindicationoftheHon UvMiGGlNSON^ Mr. M ASON^ and feveral other Gcntleradi f om rh« Scandalous and Wicked Aicufuiion of the VOTES. Or- dered by Them to be Pubiifhed ia ch^r BOSToH News^Letter. To wliicti is Added^ Att A C C tJ N T of the Shameful Mifc^rtiage d the Laic EX P E D I T i O N agaiaft PORT-ROYAL. < , I ■ dh>i, II III III II Ilia ■A. ■ * , '•' (dDpucate. -i W U" ' |i wtnni«, w y^ ■ "« ■ « . ( >■< i fpwf '^np^rwnqi ■*vw*l« J^^^iL To the Right Honourable^ the ' Esirl o£ Sufderland, I : . i Her M A J E S T Y's Principal Secretary of State* r ■-. THIS Deplorable Narrative, Contains fcut 4 fmall Part of the Grievances of Wem-E/jg/tf/ji^, under their Prefent Governour, \^ ho is a per-r fea Rcverfe to Ouf Graeiotis Q^U E EN,^whof« ferfon he Reprefents. ;^ New^Englmd in K. Ch^Ui the Firft'iTime, was firft Inhabited by Prote^Ants of the Church ot f^ngUnd : When fcveral Learned and Pious Pap m Miniftcrs, were Silcnc'd liere, for R^uiing t^ R€»i the Boci ofUfotts on thp Lord's Day, and ma- py of thetnlmprjfoned; theLovcthat leveralGeftj tlcmen cf Quality had for their Minifters, induced W to Sell their pkaJfentScat^ani Leave theirNativc C^antm. to ffnlrt an umnkAbittdWildernefs^, where they had CaiileTo Fear.thd Wild Bedpy ^t^lij'il^^r m^j .•\__— -asi For ifKdigkn be Wcrth >^ Thin^, V« f^orth every '*'fo that this Country, ( by the Bleffing of- 5-emp^rIl Bleffings ; ^as ^ lately bccotne a ^ : VI Tt ION; but Col. Duilej, »» \i"g '-"f " ?. sJond "fteign, was Intrufted with the Precious iheSeconasPxign, ^ j- their Rehgious ?S&S^i Slibe^ies. which were C^vg- rnviicu^^^j, r T4 A Tl T E R.but were botn Be- ;^nfitrable Merchants and Inhabitants there, Be- ■ If -[hr^at" S PromHes- of his Jg^''ts, and with &cUlty SuSbed by fome M.nffters « the Coun- Br>!J!;^he moftXortfiderabk amoagft tj|em,^and ;i4' Minifter. of««jf^«, RetMs^dit, ^V&p *^««--*^ |crfon, >riti Pray (or his RcraovJl, • ^ IS in im^iti'mmilW K' i' • An4 i ■ it the Earl of Sunderland. And this is Apparent'; fofiq their Mdrefs th§ Minifters Thank'd the QiJecq for the Toller^tibni , A0vhat is now Offered, there are feveral other Reafons for his P^emoyal. He is a Naive of the Coum^ try : His Relations, and thofe he calls his Friends, arc itfeeqas, thefitteft M^n for all 0ie Civil and Military Polls. His Son, whom he calls the Queens's Attorney^ GerJtral, being the only M^nijier of State ^ under him, by wliich any can have Accefs to his Person for com^ won ^ujiice. -r- This is the Thi^d Time that he ha^ been Trufted with Power from the Crown in America and he has conftantly AbusM it, to the Dilhonour of the Government, andalmoft Ruin of the People he was fent to Govern. My LORD, Your Lqrdifhip^s Great Abilities have Raifcd youj toh^aGreai Minifler ^/6V4/^, in this Critical Jiinfture. Your Lordihip's known Hatred of Opprcffion, and I ov4 of Liberty, and the English, Government, make-up v^nt^ ir;ssj/L>J! r'/L^-wXi — \>f,. t ^-j a^^^. u,»nJM-J is in yoyir LoriJi^^fsP/avtme^ and under Your Cure, ^''^.^ '' ^ /^■'-'. ": .. and ■ 11 \l i It f ts' i The Bpjik i>edmtQrf^ Scg^ ari^ |ly.S5 to yQur LordlLip for Proteaion j andl ^"^J'j^T y^^'^ X.ordfhip, :to Repi^fent their Uf/mJIed tia/e to otir indft Grac tons Q\) E E N A Q^^ tlT^woul4have an Her Subjcfts^Yeven taihe Re^oteft Parts ofHer Dommiorts) £afy and Hatopv ft^omg which, your LordjBbip will Oblige a wbbld country of Protejtuits, to fend up their Fervent to Hwveo for yoar LordlhJp's Long Lift Prayers and Happmdsjandlaya Lafting QhCgation upon^ . ..Vi,Si ^j^". ;../ J^ L R D, whh the utmoH Reffe^^ <9tt4 &>/w//y^ ;t?«;i Lordpifs Waff Humble^ \ ■,♦•.■ Ab H. ■<•-: f • T ^ ifLm ■MMM i*«i .' i nr , ■ .»«W *^ The Reader i$ Deflred to take Notice, that the iollwang Sheets being Printed before the jEpi* Itle pQdicatory was Writ, we could not Cprwe- nientlylnfert m their proper Place, thefe Material Advices lately fallen into our JHands. viz. > ■ • •• ••■»«» , ■' . . . Bopo^i^ Julj^ 17. 170 J h ft \ » O "^.P"'^"* General Afle«bly hare Afted like Men' n-^'^^l nave Turned out of the qonncil, feveral of Itenrpfrnh?' '"".'■ '*'"' ^''^ Country has Chofen better in whl^^?'*':!.- here, lia» Voted an A-ldrefs to the Qneen; « wais» they Declare. That the» ne-iined r-njirv.^ fe/ in».Gowrnour'» CW«f?, and Pitying his Goaiinuaice. <^u "swms •ttf # ■ ..1. 1 , .. II .,. I TOT HE R E A D E R. TF the New-England Counfellors^ (as well •* as their Governour ) are TublkUy E^fa- Jed in a Land a Thoufarid lueagues 1)ijiant frora them^ they have no Reafonto Complain of Hard ^ealing^ I^cx Talionis Requires that itjhould he Jo \ for it is nothing hut what they themf elves have done ^ by Gentlemen who are on fever al Ac^ counts S$(perior to them* We Wijb they may be Senfible of the great Hurt their Country is like t^ Suffer by their Means. They have T>ifcou^ raged their Friends from ever Appearing again in their Behalfy when if they fhsuld^ they, to Vleafe their Governour ^ will in Vrtntj Brand them for Scandalous and Wicked Accufers. * Their Fault is very much Aggravated^ in that lifter they Saw an Invoice which mentions an Hundred Thoufand Mails^ fent to the QueenV Rwmies at Port-RoyaL Allowed by the Go- vernour under his Own rland^ they Caufed their XJhtAlM/tt/y XTr^i-a ih/\ hj3 ^fy v*-»i/i/- /^ k' trl// *> V V' ¥ wcv, kv fc-p 4. i inmvi /T f lAJtf^i W-VA&J9 B^ ^ \^fi, J '%iU^ ^J'^ »-&/ that *v ^Wi l> '- 1 4 ■ . ,1 that their Secretary, *who is a Trudent Man^ and one vf their Couiiiellors ^ 'wa^ againB the VuMication of their Scandalom Vote, But we Itkeisjtje Hear^ that jome of them mo- ved that feveral Affidavits^ which had been laid before Her Majefty in Councilj ard were after that Trinted here in Lendon^ might he Burnt, becauje they Complained of their Governours JSIo^ torious Sriheries^ and other Male^Adminifira'^ tions. Trohahly the fame Terfons will make the like Propofal again^ if a Meix) Governour does not Negative them out of his Council^ ^i^cb we Suffofe he wiU^ unlefs the Reprefentativ6s of the r rovince (oa in Duty they are Bound ) jbaUfavehimtheirouile. The Reader may J)e^end Upon it^ that as to Matter of Fad, there is nothing in this Narra-- tive hut Esa£l Truth ; what is therein Rela^ ted^ is not only Affirmed by Gentlemen Worthy of Credit lately come from Bofton, hut hy JLet^ ters from as &ninent Terfons m any in New** England. ■ iiiiiwn>i UAM. <»«i« ii mail II s E c r I O N 1. O ME Lat€ Votef paflld in t>e Aflembly at :Bofioh^ mi PriRtcd in the Bofton Ne»s-Lelter, Gaufc us to Refled wish fome Wonder on the JDepUrabU Stati They that are iejat over as Governoun thither, appear a$ terCon^ of Suitable JbUuhs^ and Apj,/aved Loyalty, Thev ^rc in Favour with fp|iie,Minifters of State^ who Rceommen^ Ihem 10 the King or Q,qten for the Time being •, and are in Fe< with tbcir C/rtr*x^ by whofe Means, their Bufinefs is don^ the more EibauaHy* When they arrive with their Commif- fims^ iFbey Exprefs thein/elves in Obliging Terms ; and- the RaviQi'd People, who are quite Giddy with Joy, if they have Governoar^, which they may Hope, will not da their Throats, make them Noble Prefents, and fend Home an j^Jdrefs of Thanh for fuch Ad mirable Governou rs. Their next Worjc is, by aU pofilble Artifices, to get intd m Ojficis about the Goiintry, fuch as are, or they know^ will be, me«r cyeattirfs to them j or at leaft, fuch as are not far- mihta either with C(mr4£e or Con/iua^ to make any ComUaiiits 'tome agiinft theai,in Gaps of any MaleAdminiAraiion. After this, let the Qovernour do what he will, cither there will be no Body Strong enough to Repair unto the Crowii, with due Remoaftrances ^.or if anv Body do^ the Governotft" has many Ways to Molell him and hi§, and to Defeat all his Uaderlakirgs. Yea^ 'tis Ten Thoufand to One, b?jt at the • B tery C » 3 very Time, when an Opprefled Perfon is Sollidling hlf own, and an Opprened People's Caafe, the GoTernour may have aodell'dThe «7.».-M/c«Wr/ha« theyfta^^ f^.u. to his Advantage, and Kifs th, Hand, which aU the open Eyes in the Country fee StMitig of them. , . One would have thought, the People of W ^-i'^ff »«£ have been Senfible of their Good Fortune in it ^ ihatwhen thev are Betrared in Miferable Circntnftances by an Hungry GoLrnourVho has been wminp to Enrich b«mfdfandi«» Family, on the Ruines of his Country, fome Gentlemen of wTte have Interpofed with Humble ^^^./« to Her Majeft, on heir Bebalt. '^They i.ave no ^^'"^ h««. ^nt what is En- tirely in the mtereft of their Governour. When the whole UcJt of Reprefentatives fent over hither, an Mdrtf «o ««« b^cn dafing to Matiers of the Greaieft Importance, ^he S-^" whom they had Imploy'd and Rewarded with fome Srrds of Pounds. Refufed to Prefcnt the Addrefs brcauft S wou d no fuit with the Governour'slntereft, and Wrotr tbem Word, n.r n, Mdrefs>n,nhe J''''r"'''^''''^l^^^f^l^ h th Governour. And yet after this, the &"« ^""*"f" ciuld Prefent Addufi' for 'heContinuanceof theGovern^^^^^^ which were Siened by frivatt Hands, and Procured by wuih of ley find ng been / The in them jpcaring nces be n'd int0| ill allGW brbid nt but tou C ? 3 Letters from Ntw^EngUnA Inform us, That the Great aad Only Reafon, why fome of the Council there mW firmly Be^ iieve more Charitably of their Governour Dualey, than many qihcrs do, is, Betanje his Family and Inter eft is there^ and there- fort 'tis HnrtafonabU to Believe^ that he would do any thing that fioHidhurt the Coiemry. But, Was nut his Family and Interen there in Sir Edmund Jindrcfsh time ? And yet a Book Publiftied here, by the Agents o{ New-Englitttd^ after the Revolution, Intituled, Th Revolution tn New-England Jnflifiedy has given the World ^ fad Story of what a Colonel Dndley may do, towards the R.u« MMOg a Country which has his Family and Interefl in it. Read that Hiftory, and you will find, that after Col, DW/^fy had been an Agent for the Country, he Tack'd about, and Join'd with the Inflrumcnts that overthrew their Charter^ and Ac- cepted an Illegal and Arbitrary Commiflion from K. James^ o^ which he held the Government, until the Arrival of Sir Edmund Mdrpfs^ and then was, as Prefident of the Council, and Chrf Judge of the Territory, a Chief Tool of all the enfu- ing Barbarous, and Infamous Adminiftrition. They Gov- erned without an yijfembly^ when Lawi were Propofed in the Council, tho' the major part of the Council fliould happen to ©iflent, yet if the Governour were Poiitive there was a Prefix dent at the Board, by whole Allowance the Laws were Im« mediately Ingrcffed, Publifhed^ and Executed : And Judge ^nMlev did not Contradid it, when fome of the Principal Cenilemcn in the Country were told at the Council Board, Tou have no more Priviledges left you hut this^ that you are not Bought and Sold for Slaves. By the Sequel we fhall fee not this neither. A Jun^o^ ( wherein how often this Chief Judge, was of the Quorum^ is now forgotten ) made a World of Laws, which Pillaged that Poor People Dcfperalely. They Levied a Tax on the whole People without any Alfcmblj ; and when the Principal Perfons, and fome others in //^/ipicfc, on that Occalion, with afl pofTible Modefty moved, that thp Kmg Oiouid be Humbly Petition'd for the Liberty of an Af- fembly, they were Committed to Prifoo for an H«fh A^ifdt- I #ttcrt I '"'^'*'"*^^ *^^ '^^re Denied an Habeas Corpat^ and Drag'd ma- Mttcri I ^y jyj|j^5 ^^^ ^^ jj^^l^ ^^^ County, to Anfwcr i; at a Courc HI If C 4 1 i« S./f.«, where 7«r.r/ iwc pkkl ftr '^'T^'^^^^jJ^^^j^t^ thcr Wfj4./^^r/, ftor fd thiich as Inkaktamt. They w<*« «» Fuied fcvercly, and laid noder great flond|for their^^ i?.^..x;/W«- •, beftdc^ wftidi, the Hungry Officm E^^ortc^ Fees ofoearTvroHuiwittidPoandv whcrethey w>«M not have rifea tojea Pounds, M any Law-of £^^, or J«ftid€ been Obkrvtd. The Towtirmenof ma^y octiier P^actt^crc fcrvcd in the like Fafhlon i and mr ]id%t DuMey Wtsja Pri»- cloai Aaor in aU this Wickedacfs. it Was now Dftawd, that any Man was Owner of a foot «f Land in all ^^J^ m \ udRe Dudky gave it as his p^mm ^^dcrhis Haiwl* Writs ej htrtifton wcrc prcfcntly fervcd^fjon thcChMGew- tlcmen in the CmTiivj, to Ck>mpelthefffl, aad others byj^ Terror of their Example, to take TAuntsiox *c La^i w^ thcv had Qiiictly Poflelfed for Fifcy or Sixty Years fes^e«rKJ. f or thefc ? stents there were fuch Exorykant PridesDfcnMrW- €d that Fif^ Pounds would not Purdiafe for its Orofcr, au Eftate not worth Two Htndred \ nor could all the Money and Moveables in the Territory, have Drfrayed the Charges of Pat tenting the Lands. If the Herpes were at a^fiy time a Ktllc out of J!mm% thiy Invented Pretences ioInn>"^onthc Beft Men tn th 2x3mmtf^ and tho' there Appeared not the leaft Inform^on of any Crime asainil them, yet they were^t unto iiitolkt^bk Ex- igences and the Benefit of the H^htM Corfm wasOcnied unto them ' Judge DuMey knows this -, and we fuppofe he has not Forcotten either Colonel Saltomftal, or Major /^pletoft. PK3l« Wf were commonly ufed, for the Trouble of «oneft and Worthy Men, and the" were Hurried out of their own Cmin- ttes to beTried, when jHriesf^v the T«rn were not likeJy to be found there. Judge Dudhy knows thh j and wc luppofe, he Remembers the Famous Mr. Mort0n, /^ , \j, In Short, all things were going to Wreck, bat yet Colonel p^JUy was like to Inrich himfclf and his Family in the Gc- nsralShip wreck. There lies the Myftery 1 '^-^f^'"^'.^ ' Thefe thinf'^s, and many more fuch things, arc AlTcrteti'in -,u_ r,_^i- .r^--A:^ MAfr .r^hlu hv rlti» Oaths «of man V Honeft Gentlemen, hut alfo a Declaration Signed by the Honourable Haiii'- ot MgtStofi^htoff^ and Mbjot General fTr^r^rop,^ and .. ty. ; , 4 S' ! • Colonel ir G9od iM not Jaftice lefCeii- ;by ^ is wMdi e Money Charge »fy,thty [Doflffiry, 1 of tny abk Ex- ited UDCO e has RcML aeft an«l ?n G®un- Ifkelyto fuppofe, i ColDnel 1 eh« *-lf^>ff»lj for theft his Follies, from the Inraged People ia the RtvelHtton. Being then fcnt over a Prifoncr to England he with the reft» were here fetat Liberty. He returned* with a Commiffion for the ^lace of Chief Jud^e in the Pro! vince of iV7^.r<>r*, where his firft Work, afeerhis Arrival was, to Condemn to Death, the Lieutenant Governour of the Province, and tHother Gejrtkmafl, for ncrt Surrefldring theGovcrmoent, beforie the Arrival of Governour Slatt^ur U|4th his OotnnrifGon. The Condenmation and Exectttion of thcfc 1 wo Gentlemen, was a Bloody Bufinefs : It was af- terwards Examined in the Parliament, where Colonel Dndk^ tmderwenta Confufion, wbidi will !f ^drharffm Murder ; King, Lords, md Commons, did as good as Deckrc it fo, and by an ^4^ o( Psviimntnt Revoked the j^ttaindtr of the Murdered Gentlemen. On this Occafion, Judge Stougkon^ ( who yet was always known to ht 8s Partial tb Col. Dudley^ and his Jntereft, jK any Mail in N/mt'En/J^d ) faid to feme of his Friends, what he had been heard f >» ^^|.«| » ^^^H^l » ■R l> ^H J> H^H >» B^H 5> ^^^n »» ^^^■B .M 1^1 » MEMORIAL, 0«*tib^ B^^aif of the province of the Maffa- chr fet's %, m N E W^E N G L A N D ; Relating to the Jdminiftrcaion of their Tre- fent Governour, Colonel Dudley. ON E Priacipal Gricvaacc, which Comprehends many under it, is, The Courfc of Bribtry^ which runs thro* the Governour's Admmi- ftration, whereby the Queen's Government is gi.atly Expoff^ in ^ Country where Srihery has rarely, if ever before this, been known to be Praaifed. The Go- crnour having brought in his Son to be Attorney General, this Corruption is the more EfFcaually carried on bciweca thern, unto the great Oppreffion of the People. " Only Two Inftances, among many, (hall be Reported la this Memorial. " I. Certain People having Porchafed Land at a New Plantation called Najhoba^ and wanting a Confirmation of their Title, by anAdl of the General Affembly, (as is Ufual in fuch Cafes ; they could not have the Governour s Aflcnt unto the Adt, without a Br^e of a Thouland Acres ^c »u. k^iv i «n#i «in#i in the Center of the Plantation* and to the Ruin of the reft. !! 2, Airp ** Nin •' Aflc " was " veri " Tw. ** was '' won !' hard " II " trar ;; up t " the !' Dan " II "of^ was " of tl " Prifc " Twc " to tl Servi were neral Shan OfEc the£ fider the A theS had ] liVei * fion, 5> » » » J> J* i •■ L Maffa- [iprehcnds s Adminl- »vernment tias rarely. The Go- y General, n betweca eported iQ at a New rmation of ly, (as 1$ ;ovcraour's iand Acres ation* aad » » 5> 9> t 7 3 "2. Alfo, A Trad of Land at Nipmuci^ belonging to Nine or Ten Partners, when Both Honfes in the General Aflembly had paflcd the Biff^ to Allow their Tiile, ( as was Rcquiiiee by an Old Law of the Country J the Go- vernour would not Sign the AA, until he had a Bribe of Twenty Pounds, and One whole Share of the Land, which was Valued at One Hundred and Fifty Pounds more. " But, ifaG>OT>»/jjp#w#/£Wrjf could be Obtained, there would be fuch Praaices of this Nature Difcovered, as arc hardly to be Parallel'd. " n. The Governour, mcerly to Gratify his own Arbi- trary Will and Pleafure, did for fome while Refufe to fill up the necefTary Number of > in. There have been odd CoBufions with the Pyrates ofQuelch's Company, of which one Inftance is, That there was Extorted the Sum of about Thirty Pounds from fom« of theCrue, fo^ Liberty to Walk at certain times in the / Prifon Yard ^ aad this Liberty having been Allow'd for Two or Three Days unto them, they were again Confined to their former Wretched Circnmftances. » » » J> 7> n 2. AlfQ •* ly. An Army of Volunteers went out, and did Good Service uponthe French and /ndian Enemy at jlcaJy, They were Incouragcd by an Aft of the Governour and Gene- neral AlTembly, which Promifcd the Soldiers a Certain Share of the Plunder. When the Soldiers returned, fome Officers^ without their Confent or Knowledge, and before the Diviiion of the Plunder, made the Governour a Con- liderable Prefcni cut of it : Whereupon he fo managed the Matter with the faid Officers, as to Cheat and Cut off the Soldiers of near One Half that theAa of the Aflembly had Promis'd them ! When the Houfc of Rcprcfcnta- tives Applied ihcmfelvcs to the Ciovcrnour on this Occa- fion, they could get nothing from him* Hy this fmans^no / *' more >> C « 1 nmi Volmum mt Uh taaffiar in Hst U^Pfs Sirifietl " The Governour'i manntr Is^ To trample oa the *%(ftm- bW with crofs lodignides ; and fbdi ati sbey pevter have Tcccived frnm their former Governoors. l^or can they have any Redrefs of Grievances, though many have been from Time to Time Ofiprefented. ^ ^ . ^ ^ . . . ^ " And when Bills for the Payment of th^ jaf Debts ofthe Province, are Prefedt«d tohim to be Signed, he has De- clared, he would not Sign them, cjccqit hr wcrf himrelt *' Gratified with Sums Demanded of them. .; » On thefe, and many more fuch Accounts, ins hambly •» Ckrflcciwed» That it would be much for Her Majefty s • 1 n- •^ ter€ft,ifa more Acceptable Governour were placed pftrer '* thai Province^ » »5 »> »> H. SO '.:^r,ji^r-|- « ^fit This was the MtmwiM ^ but becaufc hfrc was no Body to Profecute it, it fell to the Ground- ■:^ A^-*> ?^^ ii Mneh about the fame time, thtre came to Light a hitle more of Cdond DMileyh Defigns upon the w <*'«'''« the Province. It feems he was as wfflihg to do the fame Kindnefefoc thb. that hc«iW^»r,th«.UO« •, andt^ he vas u this very time «k)in& for the Cdony oi Cm^t"'*, which, if it were AccotnpUflKd. wonW 1«» the Country Open to an Innundation o«:alam.ties. His Son ^ *'Uthe arm iDftrument of hit Oppreffions) Wntesom to his friend in Loni,n, a Utter, wherein are thefe fdnowing Words. ; i"Si >#5bl i«i ♦* Boftorij pi" can they bavt been ebtsof the le has 0e- srf bimrelf Is hambly jffty's'ln. laced pver > ^dt 30 Body to [ght a liltk » ChMfttr of ) the fame md that he be Country 1 p^«/, (the iver to his ! following • "*%. 4 Bofton, C 9 3 tim MMMrwMa*. Bofton, i2fi>Jan. 170I. Dear Kinsman, JConfefs I am Afhamd almoB to iMnk I ^ Jbould hat Borne fo long^ and not let\u fmm,oftt,ttMm^. .Jh' after aU, a New- Jlngland Carrejfmdence is Jcarce •worth your having...... I Refer ym to * Mr. ..... d-an Account of every things efpecialij ahoutthe Gavarnment^ andthe Colledge ; both -which^ are liif- courfed of here, in Chimney Cor- ner Sy tind Trivate Meetings., oi confidently m can be. If t^erefhould he any Oc cajm^ you muB be fure to fUr your Self and tnends and fhow your Jffe.Hion and Refpea to my tather^ 'who Loves you well, and Bid me Tell you fo.~- This Country 'wiU never be worth Lmng mjor La-wyers and Gentlemen, 'It P^^^.^^ IS tAKEN away! ■MytatherandlfomettmetTallt oftU. ©«.^», HfiaU^fh^ng 4 COURT OF ^'"^ '■"^--'-' "^ Sec P. Dudley's Original Letter to Mr. W.Wharton Printed at London with fome Neceii iary Qiieries, S I u C 10 3 intbk Country ; I b»ve Writ doutit, to Mr. Blathwayt : If the Matter jhouU Succeed^ mu mghtget form Tl'ue 'worth y(^ Return ; of 'Which tjbodi be very Glad. If I cm any iays Serve you ormur friends., Tray Signify tt to CDear SIR) !iiQHHi Your Affeaionate Friend, and Humble Servant, Paul Dudley. This Jp^cryfhM mu of P-«/, Cnot aSainlf g>t. we can Affure ye ! 3 needs no Ommmary '. om, Thefe are OU Stories, we muft now come to SmtNm Ones. IMfc.l III W'l" ■ » I I I *' SECT. \ X » .^^ C II 3 Mr. ucceed^ eturn ; an my ^nify it -* .-^ idley. Pad^ WC -But, fome New ECT. SECT. II. ; ! ;■ . ■''^^•- ■ "I- ■ ■' - ■ > ■ J , . ■.,,,. 1 BY Letters from New-EngUnd^ we are Informed how Matters paft in the laft Seffions of their General Af- iembfy, which was in October and November 1707. One would have Imagined, that the Malt- Beet, which bdng^ us our Letters of Intelligence, had been the CmfoUdator^^Of mtng back wish Intelligence from ihelVorUm the Moon : For fuch things could never have happen 'd, but among a People very Lunatick, And, Firft let us begin, as in Good Manners Bound, with the Vfper Houfe. Thdr Governour Dudley^ produced to the Council, the Copy of an Addrefs to the Qjieen's Majefty, Signed by above Twenty Gentlemen in LW(7», in which, out of the Refpea: to a Country for which they were more Generoufly Con- cerned, than (bme that were under greater Obligations, they Petitioned for DudU/$ Removal from his Government j AUedging, among other Weighty Reafons. That he had Coun^ tenanced a frivatt Trade and Correfpondencc with Her Adajeftfs Enemies^ thi French, and the Indians which are in their fnterefii. He Required his Counfcllors immediately to Clear him from tbefe Imputations. He came upon them with his Demand, on the SatHrdity nexti when they were ( as they ufually then are) in the Hurry of Breaking up. 'Tis the Time, when the Governour commonly makes any thing to Pafs, that ei- ther Houfe muft be either Trick' d^ or lir'd into. Three or Four of the Council, particularly Brown, Sewal, and Pain^ Pray'd, That iince the Thing was both New and Weighty, it might be put off till Monday, The Governour, with a Boifterous Fury, Required them to do it immediately ; and they did it immediately : Al oncc they Rufhcd into aFote^ wherein they fay, ^ i Cz Vpan ! If I if C 12 ] Vpen Reading the Md^efu Og^'*d Htr MiftJ^ OfoinFf kit Bxcelieniy^ oMr^frtfent Governonr^ ^%^'^\ Nath. Hlgginfon, &u Wt firmly Believe^ and are of Opinion^ thj jiHegattons therein^ of the Governour^s Tradings or allowinf a trade with Hir Ma- jefly*s Enemies^ the J^rench, and l^d\ms in their htere/^s^ is a SeandaloHs and Wick ed jiccufatton, Pafled Unanitnoufiy. yaac aiiUfH jtOR, ^^9f. Tht Council being Brow-beaten Info (bch a Vote, oac piF that Board, namely, Mr. Samnel Semal^ who is alfo a Jud^e of the Superior Court *, but a Perfon of Uufpocted rntegrttf, thought himfelf Bound in Confcienc^ to £?fhibit a RemoQ-^ ftrancc againfl: this Ra(h Vote : Bis Relation as a Brother- in- Law la the Governour, did not get the Uj^per-Hand of his Confcience ; but hePrcfented hisRemonllranectathe Board, and had it EnterM on Eile \ from whence on? of oi^r €orrefpondeiiis has Obtained a Copy. 'Tis as follows. m I ' l ju Tutfda^y Novemhen^ 15. I'joj, » npHE Reafons of my With^drawing my Vote, frooi '** X what was Palled in Council upon Satup^^ No'^ " vember the FirH, relating to an Addrefs Ofier'4 to Her ^^ Majefty, SignM, N^uh. Higginfon^ &c. " I. Becaufc my Motion, for living the Coisfideratka of it, till the Monday following, was not Admitted *, and it was Enter'd upon, and pafs'd about Koon, in a very fhort Time ^ b^'ing a Matter of great Concerament tooyf Leige Lady, Queen ANNf^-, to the Province, to his Excellency our Govcrooiur, and to the C^usicil aod Re4 prcftniaiivet. i . ^. ^ u, »9 *» >» I. ■iiW i l li 1 I** I t» » ] n n 7y I rem &rn "^ " ders "low "tfcei -"181 "11 "Jli»i "«bi» " Wk). " I fea " viae " and 1 !'Nec« ,tTh oetful p COtMF iMtff kit fon, &u thirtin^ r, SSicrif. y one of Jutt^e of itegrttf, ReaioQ- Broihcr- er-Haqd cftQthe P of oiir ! m IIII . I .U II*. ie, from Uyy No* 10 Her idevatkui [ed\ and a avefjr n(;t0'0iir e, Jio hU and Re4 4** p MiMJ l lj l l l l C I? 3 ^ been pebjtcd and Fraowd by the Members of t&e Council. . ap9«PyMieareIvcs,iatheAbfaj«QftheGoTcr8our. " IH; The Words t/fw^riWiw,] and C-Znxiyr^/u- » r''i?»T* never Wealing tome. ""And «.», "do not ., 4 T ?'^i» i?^ ^'^ Governour did no way Allow Mr. » mJH^J^^ ^P*- f"'^ their Trading Voyage to Her ^ fifjf&fi Enemies, theF«»e*. . ' ^ n Qfi n(m m4$ Ttcem^ cum^eft.^ Juhtu »» pJSrnA^V^ !^^^*^^^*^«t«^^ ^«fip' 9» 9) M Samuel SewalL ^^^K*?;!!?^^^^ is willing tomake ^^W-Eneland?r»Kr2 ,1.. A*j A^** ™**""'.8 "S' That when the W^ch Sf thTlnet^ H?.?-°'"* ^°"""* to HAdvifed of an Ap- der?ul%lce ofS?i¥fef"AH':!!°«W LwWch was a won- 50 tft« Froaiier^ f >14 f^'^'^ "^ ou^4*4.vi uiauwicrs to impair if I C H 3 Tho' this GenUcman had thus Rfcatt^ his Vote," (and a- nother GeMleman pref.nl in ,«hc Coinidl, "«»« had » Vote put to him) and he Infifted on it, as "« «« »°f55"*<'' *5^^^ ■I would be a DireS fiUpistd «i /^titr offoS. Now to call 'IZTZmn.^sr^^'l^t we find it wa, after AisOrde^ ed to be Printed in the B>pm Ntmt-Lnttr, with * ' A S S ED UNANIMOUSLY. We cannot Concede how the Council could Order a Direft Falflibod to be Printed, if their sXwere their own. Or, if they wOuld fo Mifreprerent jSdge W and Colonel Hiigi»<^^ C.Brother to Mr. W«**- «"ri W»/.» ; it may be, they did alfo »«'» Y*"'"*'^!'?: ftlves, «n faying.;*»y^r»/7 BW..**, when it is ftrangc if they do really Believe it, ■, , , »»*««*«. Notwithftanding their News-Letter fays, theit Vote * as , Pafled Vnonimoufly, Worthy Gentiemen in ^f:*"!'*'!^ cWen us fuch a Charaaer of their Wiitthrof, their ffMchmJ'*^ freir/j"r, and of fome others orthem,^s that we ca^^^ M, B.fc>t-.,that they mr Coafented tohave iheHonou- rable Mr. Hiih''f"' & Sugmatized in *« »f » J^f/^ News-Letter. Nor, is it to be Imagined, that they are aii ^Za^cxical, as we hear fomc of them are i for you cannot wiih a Beetle, beat it into fome of them, but that if a Vote obtain a Majmty, it is to be called an ^'«4»w..». rctt. ^e havebwn Told (and we Thought fo, bj hearing them Talk, who came 'from thence 1 that th'? Speak as Good Ef,tlO> at Sojim, as they do in LoriJon .• But we iperceiy.^ S f&i C*-^**^ tbU they berin to forg«^^^ Toague ; and they have loft the Senfe of the Word Vrm- "one may Guefs at the Politick Reafon, which ^M^wJiJ H.a„y of them into that Undeliberate, Inconr.de«« Vote^; forefaid ; by what One of them, fa principal Stickler tor ma MtyUngV«.mmity ) uttet'd in a Barber's Shop, with fo much Opennefs n' « the Noife of it has reach'd over hither to tlS Thai U *, as Bett for us, « keefthis ^^^"^'11^ .h, PicvU. «nihAd mvgot Monty mmgh ; h>y*t^ '"^I'^X''"/., r M« kir. h» vour Leave. *iis the i hirit ot a Mivpu U t", atisfitaM C M 3 hditrivMy frmis^i the CeuncU^ hi VfouUdoft m mote, Wljera- m ifdnothtr Covermur wiwf , he wiU come Hungry ^ md we muSi he Squeezjed over ^lain ! Had the Gentlemen of the Council caufcd theii Vote to run in fomc Softer Terms \ as. That they were Sorry fuch Eminent Perfons, as Ut.Mgginfon^ and Mr, Mafm^ &c. bad been Impofed upon by fuch Infoiroations, as produced their ^Udrefs to Her Majcfty. This had been fomewhat like Gen* tUmen^ tW notVktCeunfehrs : Forfome of them Ovytf, they h&A never feen any of the Ajfiditvits made before the Queen and Council, nor any of tliofe other Things anon to be produced, when they Paflcd Iheir Hafty Vote. But for them novf to run upon thefe Eminent Perfons, with a Cla- mour of Scandalous and Wicked AccHfations ; yea, Publickly to Stigmatize them in their Infamous News^ Letter, as being ScandaloHs and WicJted jiccufers I Truly therein they have n>t Honoured themfelves. The //«j;fmA» they Vilify, is a Perfon every way much Superior to the Beft of them : The Honour and Figure he lias Obtained by his good Condud in tY^^Eafi' /ff^iw, will not be Impaired byany Affronts from the Wh/t'lndies. The Mafon whom they Throw Dirt upon, was a Member of their Council, before a great part of them were fo i and Served their Agents with no fmall Affiftances. 'Tis Unintelligible ! Why will the Maftchtifet Counfel- lors permit themfelves to be made the Tools of their Gov- crnour's particular Defigns ? Why will Counfellors that are Chofen by the People, be lefs Concerned for, lefs Faith- ful to the People, than the Counfellors in the other Plantati- ons^ who are not by the Choice of the People brought unto r'je Board; where yet we fee, they often Prove Thorns in the Sides of Evil Governours ? Will you give your Friends at a Thotffand Lea^ «s diftance from you, Leave to Advifc you ? Wc make m doubt, there ar^ Wife and Good Men at your Board. We make no doubt, yoi^arc often Over- Voted by fome of your Brethren, coming from your Country Towns, who are not Over-Stockt with more than One of Ihofe Qjialities. But where is your Courage ? In Truth, 'U*_1 i_ - . -^ _ »?^i _^ ).' y I If ' i « ir fvhat yott Talk ib fretlir behmd his Bid^ that the. Report of it reaches over the JtlmtkL You know. That when the Governowr wMl have any ^hi&| paft among you, all your Humhle Ia(reaties to have a few Hours Time to Thii k upon it, fignify aocbing ; he will have It gojnU mw^ and yoa Ut it^. So you are cvw now and then pulh'dinto you know not what yourftlves, and you durft not Lifp your DifTatisfadion. You know. That whea Officers ate to be Eiededi the Govcrnour mu(l Ifiue out a Noiification for a Genind Comml^ to come together at the Day ^ but on the Bay the thing if rarely 6mt \ hit pot oif Two or Three Days till you are Difl^erfcd, and a Nkk »f Time h taken, in which Eleaionsare ciTrried on^ which ne hear, much Difoblige the Pnblick ^ and Juftices arc Created* which have ^brought the Queers CommifTions cnder fueh Difparagement, that we hear many of the Bcft Gentlemen a* mong you,Scorn to Accept of them. . -^ You know, that things are mam^fid with Tricks^ Frauds^ afld Juggles, withoui Numbers ; and yei, you durft uot Open your Mouths. You cannot but know, That your Go* vemour ever now and then, wiii Violently Aifert a Thing, and yo^ Aflfent to it : Anon, in the very fame SefTions of the Court, he will as Violently AiTert a Thing Diametrically Oppofite unto it, fas the Service of fome ill Caufc may drive him to ) and you durft not fay, that you don't Afltnt to thitt alio. We Underfland, that your former Govcrnour, the Earl of Sfl/amoHt^ did not ofe to Treat you fo •, and was it for this, that you offered fuch an indigfiisy unto that Noble Per* ion, as to Vote, The takirtg of his Spetthfrom tht FiUy as fooa as Colonel DmMey ( bcii^ one of T^ry Pwnciples, which my Lord was not ) at his firft coming moved you ^o it, and made you the Tools of his Malice againrt the Earl of BtiiM^ ntm, for (licking fo Clofe to him in the Parliament, upon the lS(iclmceu0 9?lirt>cr ( as he would always call it ) of Liijkr and Astlhitm ? Your Govcrnour with a Torrent of Lmniumfi^, aiivl Mixture of CoMkfmi and SisunctHji^ and Gonii* dent ATfertions of Things (True or Falfc, 'tfs all one, yotf can't Difpfo\c them J has becnrw ftMrty for you. We Ad* J ' irif# e.Rsportof re any ^bbg have a few [le will have er now and if and you Thatwhea I(Iu§ out a Iher at the hi» pat oi^ a iVir4 j»/ ^ which ne re Created^ vtndtT fuch !n&iemen a* ks, Fritrdf^ durfb not t your Gd-i- t a Thing) Scflions of amecrically may drive : Ailfnt to r, the Earl was it for Noble Per* iliyta foon , which my io i£, and irl of Biliit* nent, upon call It) of Torrtut of and Coii6« U onci yoU We Ad-* C 17 ] vifc you, to Uoite more together, a fufficicnt Number of you, and pre rent Strong Remonllrances on fuch Occafions, It the SRcccfTorr whkh we are Satisfied he will not ) fhouki go on in the late Methods. And we Advife you, That you would not be fo monftroufly Afraid of the Governour's put- ting his Negative upon you, the laft Wednefday of May. bbould you be Negatived out of the Council, for your Fide- lity to your Country, it would be a much greater Honour toyou, than to be there , and no great Honour to them that art left bfhiod : But you are already Chofen, and Sworn to ^ETveeilJ others are Ck^en ; if the Reprcfentatives are not Satisfied i« the Reafons of the Governour's Negative, they will Declare, That they will not Proceed unto another Choice. W would Beg their Pardon, that we prefume to g*vc them thia Advice.- Then do you [^uck up your Spi- nts: Not^ag but an Ad of the Afiembly, m Remove a ^ Choten Gounfdlor, You may appear, and Aflert your Seat at tlte Council Board. Aad you may do it with fuch appa- «^uV^,"^*^^^^* of I>eing Aded by nothing but a Zeal for the PuWick, that you may do it without any Difhonourable Charge of being Immodeft, or Intruders. Without Confult- ing the Stars, we can foretell to ye. That if you Refolve to Vtep always in the Obfeqious Strain, you'll at laft Rowfe the Repret^jmatives^ both to Remove feveral of you, and to D»rpute Several Powers which you pretend unto ^ and efpe- cially that of being able to Stt byymffelves \n the time of the General Aflembly •, and by your Vote (without the Gover- nour'i ) to hamper the People with a Third Negative, (be- ftdesthcQpeen*s,ai^theGovcidour's J which your Agent here fays, TV«r Charter mvtr mtendtdjoryon. ■AduaKMMMal^ ' ■ ■ I nil miM ■a*— #■— *feaftJiii '»! II Mill m D SECT. C i« 3 Ui p. li I SECT. III. WE have feen how the Blanchitj^ Bufiocfs went on in the Council^ ShalW s now fee how ii Proceed^ ed among the Rtprefentatives f We have been Told a very Odd Thing, That the Counfellors will fometimes OntwarMy Comply with a Vote, which they Inwardly Approve not, in hopes that it will never be Carried in the 1 ower Honfe. But> if this were an Honeft, yet it is no Prudent Experiment : There is more than a littU Dan- ger in it. The Story of the Upper Houfe, has the Truth of it enough Confirm'd by Judge SriP4i?'sInftrument of Revoca- tion, if we had not had the more Ample Relation, both from Packets and Paffengers newly Arrived here. For the Story of the Lower Houfe, We have it with a Confirmation fifit be poflible ) more Autheniick. For here arc come over Letters from a great part of ih^ Houfe, unto that Honoura- ble Friend oi New England^ and of all Good Men, Sir Henri y4ihnrft ^ one Signed by Seven,and afterwards another Sign- cd by about Thrice that Number ^ both to the fame EfFed. By thefe we Underftand, how Notorioufly the World is Im- pofed upon. On the Fifth of November^ the Phtt begun to Operate. A Meflage was brought by Sundry Counfellors^ from their Board, to incite the Houfe, that they would Concur with Thek f^ot» for the Governour's Vindication. But the Houfe for diverfc Days, declined to Meddle with it ^ and then the like Mef- £age was brought again to the Houfe, by a Greater Number ofCoufffelUrs. The Houfe being thus at Length Drawn in, loCoafider ijiis Dirty Matter, there Appeared Mr. J?hn n^T.Hl.^ iMini\ hutina Cynt nnt/% P^t-r^ P^^'^/ /\nA lAr\a^c.ht*aA rtf Dry Goods, a Pared of Irm Pom and Seythes^ &c, by a 5 went OS I Procec d« have been k>unreUors hich they )e Carried \^ yet it is littl*! Dan- B Truth of )fRevoca- both from the Story tioa fif it ;ome over ; Honoura- > Sir Herirf >ther Sign- ime EfFed. orld is Ini< )perate. A leir Board, 1 Thek yott for diverfc c like Mef- it Number Drawn in, I Mr. Jihn &€• by a Flag C 19 3 Flag of Truce, whereof Capt. Roufe was Coratn^irdcr, now Declared, That he had the Governour's Allowance for k and Capt. R^ufi being Examined, made the fame Declaration* But this was a Trifle to the Next: The Gentlemen afore- laid, we Believe had no Traiterous DeUgn of Supplying the Qneen's Enemies. But, when the Fort at PoruRoyJh^ no Dry Lodgmgs forthe Souldiers ^nothing buta few ThatchH things,that alfo Rendered it more Combuftible to the Fire of the Befiegers ; Now, to Supply the Fm with Nails to Shin, gle and Board their Barecks ! There Appeared Mr. Samnel Baktr^ who Produced unto the Houfe the Original Invoyce of things which he Shipp'd for the Governour and the Com! milTary at Pon-Royal ^ with an Allowance for them under Governour DndUfs own Hand. There is no need of Tranf^ cribmg all the Articles ^ thefe are enough. Eighty Thoufand of Shingle Naib, Twenty Thoiafand, Ditto^ Board. One Dozen of Black Hafeed Table Kmves. One Hundred Weight of Good Bntttr, Two hdxtt\%0^ Mackerel, One Piece of Good Searie. OntOi%}iio{ ?affado'Wme, Some Rictt &c, J Know no Jnconveniett-e in the Particulars above, ani therefore ^Uow it, J. DUDLEY. Called, A Hag of Truce i Anglice, of Trade ) Capt. De Chafe.u v^^^» A aI' "^uf ^°°^'* ^^^^ '''y ''"^'y i^hen the Go- vernour and Aflembly, were Fining reanh,\nd Comuanv Ma"/rf"^' little Criminal: An^H when \„ Aft oHhc %t.t%^a^T'' ^^i^'^l^'S'f'''''^' SomeoftheCoun. cil would feign have perfuadcd the Houfc, that there was a Q^^^-e ( their own Name^Take in the- C^^.l.t s aaj^a ..„.! Spout that Idle Whim., The Governour's Frie"his M^- i f ! -. C 26 jors^ Captain?, Jufl:iccs, and Feather-Gaps in the Houre, and the memer Slates of the Trencher^ ufed all Imaginable Artifi- ces to Vindicate him : And yet, when it came to a Vote on J^ovemhr the Nincieentb, IVkether^ after firiEi Bnqniry^ the Honfe could Clear hU Fxceiiency of Atanaiingy or Countenari' ting a Private Trade with the French and Indian Enemies^ The Vote Paflcd in the Negative, with a very great Majority. About Forty V'm Members, more than Two to One, of the Moufe, Voted, That they could not Clear him. He had, ac- cording to the New Majf^chttjet Senfe of the Word, ^ Vna^ nimom Condsmnation, On the Day following, there wasa long Conference of Two Hours, held betweenihe Two Houfes, and chiefly ManagM by the Governour* At this Conference there Occur'd fe- veral pretty little Things, which might be piverting enough at the Cifee-Houje^ but Icarce Worthy to be Inferlcd in a more Serious Narrative. We'll Mention only Two of them. A Counfellor, who had been a mighty Decricr of the Go- ternour* while he was under his Negative, upon his Re-ad« miffion, betomes an Efpoufer of his intereft. This Gentle- man greatly Expofed bimfelf, by faying to the AfTcmbly, There is no Trade^ but there are fame RetHrns : I Pray^ What Keturm were there ? How can you fay ^ this was a Trade carried on f This became a By-Word in the Town. They fay^ the Merchants of Bofton often to their Sorrow, Trade without Returns And we could Wifli, That every Body here in London J who has Traded for Bofion^ could fay, There had al* to ays been Returns. Again, The Governour in his Flouriflics, tells the Aflem- bly, io Support the Queen's Enemies with an Vnlawful Trade^ is to fend them your Beef and your Pork^ andnotfuih things as are in this Invoyce, An Unlucky Old Man in the Houfe, ( they fay from a Town callM Wohum) Reply 'd, '77/ very True^anU like your Excellency^ and your Butter, and your May-krill I • Which gave fiich a Sting, That the Afl'embly i'dw^ that if he be an Happy Man, who Latches a Mackrel, yet an Vnhappy Man may be Catched with a Mackrel» The nevi t)iv after this Conference^ and after thtGav^r^ tiour'5 Violent pi otcftatiouj of his ovrn Irmoc em e^ fas the * J Letters %■ bufe, and >Ie Artifi- to a Vote } BnqHtry^ '^Guntenari' fiesy Ttie Majority, ic, of the e faad^aC' J ^ Vna* :e of Two r ManagM ccur'd fe- ig enough :rlcdin a > of them. I the Go- is Re-ad« is Gentle- AfTcmbly, •<•/, What tde earned rhcy fay^ de without y here in re had al* he Aflem- Trade^ is wgs at are c, ( they 7V«f , an*t rill ! hat if he ( as the Letters Letters of the f^^nfem^tives Aflure us ) tke followinff Vote was again Prefs'd upon theHoufe, n./^.^^S/^' ^repf Opmton, that the Allegations in the Jddrefs ( to wht^h he Vote of the CouDdl refeVd ; ./ the GoJirtriTaS McHfatio,!. Still the Vote PafTcd, as formcrlv in iL Arf rj^. The Squeamifli Reprcfenta ives iS^^ VdLfiX Stomadis of C^nc^.., as \o Digeft ^^^^^^S. Friends were n^w at thefr wltS TlJ^^^^^^^^^ wife, befought thcHoufe, 1 hat they\ould Confine S^^ Vote unto the Particular Trade of r..d., i^and lV^ hearLnnf ^ ( «J« Sham of the <7r4../«/ Merchants you fhall ftear anon I ) Hereupon the F ex ble Honcft Men nerfeftlir Xt'^a^llS'r ^^ ^"* ^^ '"'''' Lives by tew^^^^^^ X.S r . r.nl ^^«'^"^^« of *heir Letters to Sir Henry f^xTJk ^ 9««^*!«ian whom New-England can never fuf- Evcetie^cy^ ^'""^'/^'^ ^^^"'^ '^ the rindicLI of his ElemZ^! ^ '^ "" C^menancer oj Trade w.th the^oi^en^s havTfn mln. ^r'- '^^^*°-''"^*J'^' ^^'^ ^^"^ Governour comes to SimSfT?^ fibeHoufe^ that are fo fet upon do. inan wt;Sc ' '"^o^^.'^ ^'^^'^ ^'^ ««n^ft Country- Sel'^IS^^^^^^ Z'^'r "'^'^ '^l^^^ ' ^'^ litilf M.n ; • "*'£r,'?*''" Sid Commifnons have upon o Di&i' r^P""'"^"*- '' !»"ft ""'is be a Mortal Sin, nand rill ^? "T""' ""' '"" '""bled a Mao to Com! "ours wth'.f"*^''/'"'"' '"''' '° S'f"' '""""e his Neigh- m!nri'« «; ^c''-'*'^-. ^"^b maanificent Grandeurs, make itidny to Stagger Sgregjoufly ! If it be bnt PmJrJT.l. EuaS':„',!^" ""' iVKfrnanagements of thVGoY«mo«r 'b^ tu^uired into, we are Wormed, that fomeof thore Officm ^ f . . have I have been Co Infoknt, as to move. That he who madt the Pro* pofdfhokld be fet in the Pillory ! Wc perceive, the well-affe- ded part of the Aflembly, \ake much Notice of this ! And h fecms, there was in this Aflembly, one Occafion Odder 4han the reft, to take Notice of it. There was a Rcprcfentative of Iffvich^ who formerly fal- ling in with the Interefts of the Country, fo Provoked Colo- nel Dndley^ that in a Printed Pamphlet, Publiftied by him, ( or, the Perfon who Wrote for him, fo as to make it He ) he Reproached the Counfy, That fuch a Figure (hould be made in tl»e Aflembly, by one who was then a Pradifing 5ow- Celder. This Pradtifing Sow-Gelder (as Mr. Dudley calls him) was a Member of this Aflembly, and unto the Surprize of the Whole Houfe, Tack'd about, and gone over to Colonel Dudley's Interefts , tho' 'tis not many Months ago, that we have ( now in London} his Hand with others, unto aa Honeft Letter, to that Honourable Perfon, Sir Henry Jfhurfi^ to Soh licit his Endeavours to Deliver the Country from a Plot a- gainft the Charter ^ and all the Courts of juftice in it, with a Sham Court of Chancery^ for rather of Bribery j which Gover^ nour Dudley was then Purfuing. We are told, he has ( for we know not what Reafons ) a Number in the Houfe, who Refign themfelves up to him, for him to do almoft what he will with them ^ they follow his Dl(5tates. The main Things that have been Carried in the late Aflembly at Bofion^ other- wife than they flioald have been, were owing to his Dexter- ous Operations. Every Body faid, This man has m his hye^ a Bribe, as the Reward of his yipofiacy. He'll certainly be made a Juftice^ as foon as his Drudgery in gaining the f^ote afore- faid, is over ! It came to pafs ^ As foon as the Sham» Vote^ which has Abnfed the World in your Foolifli News- Letter yonder, was Gained, the Governour draws the Coun- cil in, to Gonfeni, unto their own Immortal Honour, that this Gentleman SowtGelder fliould be made a Juftice of Peace \ Fy, Gent'emen, Whst d*yedo ? And fo the Wo^Jhipful of your County of £fex^ have the PradViling SowCelder a- foiefaid, ( it was Mr. Dudley who taught us to call him fo ! ) fxi on the Bciith with them. Whether the Cattle arc in kfs I^anger^V thp Peqple ia more, fmc&this Promacion, we who \ \ are ■ ■ ■ % tdt the Pro^ well-affc- lis ! And ion Odder rmcrly fal- )ked Colo- d by him, ke it He ) fhould be ilifing Sow- Kails him) jrprize of Colonel ), that we aa Honeft r/, to Sol-- 1 a Plot a- it, with a ichGovcf' ; has ( for oufe, who ft what he lin Things ^on^ other- is Dexier- n lots hye^ a iy be made '^ote afore- the Shams lifh News- the Coun* nour^ that eofPeMce ? 9'C elder a- Ihimfo!; ^ arc in kfs n, we who are C 2? 3 arc Strangers to the Mail, except by hcarfay, know not ; wc fuppofe there never was^Sow^CeUer made a Juftice, except in New England^ and that not till Dudley was their Gover- nour. "^ But, it were Good Advice for the People of NevoEvvUnd^ in Chufing Rcprefentatives, to beware of Chufing too many, v/h© have their Obligations to their Governours, for their Preterments and Employments. The fewer you have in your Aflcmbhes under fiich Temptations, the more Faith, tully arc your Affairs like to be carried on. You will Pardon Strangers, if their Good Will to you, make them fo far Meddlers, as .o Offer you their Opinion. SECT, '.I \il [24 1 ^. . 1 I ■! '*>i>«>i^ialMa matmmmimmmm t—i. ■i*M« ill I SEC T. IV. ^ ■ . ■ ■ THE Hottfe of R«prefemative« then Firmly Mit^e, mf4 art of Opinion^ That their Goverflouf was not Coo- ccrned in Trading with P^emth^ Bdtland^ and L^fon. Others do Firmly Bclii^ve the Concrary. Becaufe, divcrfe Traders nave OwnM, and faid oefore many WitnefTes, that their Governour did Know, and Allow of :vhat they did i f^etch doth himfelf Confers it, in his Petition to the Queen. And when One of them Swears in the Govcrnour's Vindica- tio.n, he only means, that the Governour was not Concerned as a Merchant, or a Partner with them. HeShip'd nothing ^ there was nothing Shipp'd on his Account. All this is no- thing to the Purpofe. And tho' Col. Dudley fliould be Clear of having any thing to do with thcfe Three Grateful iMer- chants, yet there is another who is able to make Difcoveries. In the fame Condemnation with the Three aferefaid, there was at this time, under Im^ironment,'by Vertue of the Sen- tence which the General Jfembly had Illegally, ( and it now appears Oppreffively ) pafTed upon him, for a part in an Un- lawful Trade, one Captain Ronfe. The lafi: General AfTem- biy growing Senfible of his Condition, Voted his being let out upon Bail, thai he might enjoy his liberty. But, for a Reafon, which he will tell induetimc, the Fate was in a great Meafure Eluded. It is Reported by fome now m London^ That the AfTembly's Vote to fet Jioufe at Liberty, was made very Infignificant, by means of one faid to be a Tory Judge, one Leveret. And they fay, that DaMey has made that Tory Lawyer, to be Prefideni of their Colledge. No Qiieftion but the Lawyer will bring up Hopeful Voung Divines, to be fent hither for my Lord of T^otlaon tC\ Orn.)iii f fipm \\7c» h«>c>r tliair *k«» Untt^ Ciinr* ^Vua ^,-:,..s ■azitmsv TT t i.s-i.tiz. sx3«ss SZ2\,J i:av«, wUiig Siiw iihriaitkri'iLi Llcir ColledecsHall alreadv. and thatfeyeral of .: ircady, »7 » 9> 3> 5> JJ 5> » 5» 3> >» » 3» s snot Coa- rid L^mfoff, fe, divcrfe leffes, that they did \ ihe Queen. 5 Vindica- Concern'd 1 nothing ^ his is no- d be Clear teful Mer- ifcoverics. faid, there )f the Sf n- nd it now in an Ua- ral AlTem- being kt 3ut, for a in a great ^fTembly's ificant, b/ And they Prcfideni 1 bring up r Lord of lat fcrera) of o . ""''j'"^ rcop,e in Jy^evp'Emland are runnipf^ M-^rf " nrefTfd hJm tl^ ^ /o Advantageoiifly, that fame BoJs Others Concerned h the Vovaae Hp «,.«/ ^? . ^ Rpfi- r»f i^.-c r- J " I "»- voyage, ne went ano made th^ fN» aV ui ^ =^ »7 » 3> 5> » 3> f«7*-„ r — ~. ^^"""udi »^ommujQieations nafnd b-**- were don'f 7 ""v l'''/"'^" ' ""» 'hore Goo^d ollk;* a re tln^e :tlnt'' f^f''^ >" «' they h.ve- Affiroied) ^«h freque„t,Mellages, to kefp Captairlr/lllYrf^'r/ J-it ueiorc iiisTriaJ,ai|efIe..^cr carce horn the C^vcrnoi>^' >y 41 ^ to him, to Defire him. That if the Govermur JhfiftU Sptdk. '* any Sharp Things to hinty he wotildnot Retort tiny things orMif- '* confirne it •, for he might Jffure himfelf^ he was his Hearty *' friend. He would carry on the General AiTembly as far *' as was Convenient, bnt iben, atlaft, bring off the Majtter, " and prevent their doing any Harm. Capt. Konfe accord- ingly kept Counfd^ the Trial went on, and the Fine a- non, prove! as we told ye, Trvehe Hundred founds. The Governonr's Son, could not Demand ofRofffi^as he did of Cauphwy a Prefent of Twenty Pounds lo, the Governonr, for bringing his Fine fo low; " After this, Capt. Roufe is frequently SoSicited to make the Governour a Prefent of Fi r. it 9> 5> »> ' J *»*SW*«V ftAi%*«» 7««V4i^^ al, Tha^ the Cfifernour had put them upon CUarirg. himjrom I ^ groft V -'; p3pHtd Spiot, hing^ orMtf- f his Hearty gmbly as far 'theMajtter, onfe accord- l the Fine a- ounds. The as he did of Governour, ;ed to make ^red Founds ^ nd a way for / an A^ of , to wait for t He Wrote ) procure a mfe he had I Excellency, muft Write efTenger Ex- ile, That the But this he lies Waiting -ight, many itioned. lltiRoufe has don't Won- co CaArate we may well a Vote, that ^feonPeopU we are, we iofellors and chers among she Expoftu- < •« Sri i %* i» ^^ * W« i -' ir£. himjrom irof: ir^s nAyefles Mnd t^fipkL, ihiy toMd 'iiot kkve Oimd |^ • Well, but why don't they Searcli into thofe tfiinas > For they have a Tendency to Debauch and Ruin the Coiintrv aiid maKe^ It a Vile, and a Forlorn Country. We are told ' 2?^ «?.^®^."* 'Tisro(^%a Thing for them to Manage • They Wilh the Queen Would Grant a Commificn of EfiJirv And People have been Afraid to Tell what they Know • for Ihe Governour and his Son, between them, have (thought thfy|Numberlefs Ways to come up with 'cm : anV 'imav be, they will Prefs their Sons to the Cafile, or elfewhere • from whence they fiiall be Sold unto Merchant-Shins, and ient out of the Country. Or, they may fhortly have Vomc Caufe m Court, where the Queen's Attorney /the Cover- nour s Son; Reigns Lnd am king ; ahd will take EWcetniA Care that the Caufe go againft them. Others go on. That thcfi are little things^ they dofo in England ^ fuch things muB he borne wjth ! Which IS indeed, a Cruel Reproach on the Q|ieen s Government. And Laftly, the Sharpeft ot all will ? ^rV^ ' ^^'^^^fJf^'^r is our Father -, tvc muH not be fuch Sons of Cham, as to Vneover the Nahdnefs of our father And thus until the New Govemour Arrive, who being a Man of ^tegnty , will HonoUr bimfelf by a Strid Enquiry into fuch Thmgs there is like to be no Diftind Account brought in tolnfot^m the World, v/uguLuj, What Wicked ^nY.^/,by a Juggling Management between the Govemour and his Son, [for, as we Told you before tlTe Wbrld^'f "^ ^'"^ ' "* ^^^ ^^^°^^^<* o« a" ^^^e Occafions i« How Prifoners have been let out of Prifon for a Bribe » How Men in the Officers Hands, upon a Judgment for Debt hive by the Governour's Arbitrary Command,becn fee at Li! bcrty I J «b i-i « P^nr *a'"J'"k^? in the Hands of Juftice^eing Frighted with aProfpedof their Punifliment, intoa Willingnefs to go to Sca,^thc Govemour fends an Order to the Kcei|er to Sell 'cm tor Ten Pounds ; and fo they are fent away to Sea » Merchant-men ^ bv which.lpoor Men the Mve ti^cir Sons Kldqa^'d into Ca;v^ m St. i- u i 28 1 CaCteh Vm, and they Perifh in their Prifons I And what in- j:okrable Penlions are Paid by Officers for their Placfs ; /by which, and the like means, the War, which Impoverifhes the whole Country, has Inriched the Governour ) which intro- ducts a World of MifmaRagement! And, Whether a Lieu- ^enaiiE, whofe Salary is buE Sixty Pounds a Year, muft not Fay Thirpy Pounds a Year Penfion to Son Paul^ or be tura'd p\it\ Cum mtihis a'ijs» What would have been the Punlfhment of fuch things in Qld King Alfred's Days ? Thefe things make a lottder Cry, thm c^n be Stifled by the Noifeof all ymt filly Addreffes, We don'e Wonder to fee Mdrejfes for fuch a Goveraour's Comiuuanci?, come over hither, Signed by his CommifionOf' fuers. They are but AddrefFes for th^ir own Coniinuancf. The Royal Wifdom is hoi fo to be Impos'd on. But We can'c but Smile to fee the Clergy of Nm^England fo Ealily Drawn ia tp Sign Adarrffes of this Nature. We are Glad, that we can't fee th e Hands of the moft eminent Mini- , llcrs, to thefe Md^^jjes, By which we gather. That the Go- yernour has fen| his Emiprie*^ here and thereinto Country- Tqwos, and Surprises their Honclt Miniilers alone, and fo many Arts of liifinuadon are ufed, that they have no* Prc- fence of Mind enough, to Refufea Suhfcript ion xaviio any thing that is Offered them. We do not fee the Minifters ofBofi^/i^ jior Che Judicious Minifter of Roxhury^ ( your Govcrnour's Paftqr ) to any of ihofe AddrefT^^s whicn you have been VVheedlefi into, not at all to j our Credit here. Cercainly, when thefe Hone ft Gentlemen come to fee the pra^ice? of their Governour Difcovered, they will with Qrief and Shame Re^cdupon the Addreflcs, by which they have top far made theuifelves Parties fo fuch a Governour. Some of them vjill CoB(i(}«r, Whether they had not beft fol- Jovv the Noble Pattprn which their judge Sewail has given them., Gentlemen, Such things as by common Fame» you ji'^ovy CD bf in the Conduct of your Governour, are not ehini^S whioli muft need^ Renvier a Man acceptable to G»4s find to n^ll Cp^A Mefu ■ Th^t Expredjon were fitter for Ki „ /-•..L-y_y. t j.t't'i.r- n>i:_:ft. tamake a R^cradtatign pf I tor id what in- lacfs ; rby erifhes che lich intro- ler a Lieu- ^muft not be turn'd things in oHeier Cry, Udreffes. 3veraour's mijfion Of- miiouancf. Tm-^England u We are lent Mini* at the Gp- I Country- le, and (b eno* Prc- any thing )vernour's iiave beea to fee the will with i^hich they Jovernour. )t bell fol- has given 'ame» you r, are not le to C7ff/, litter for nm^'.n. iViiiiiilC'i d* Nation pf I 29 ] Tuch a Paflage as that, which we hear ( bv Letters fnr »- have not feen it ) is in one of your ^^i£. We iJope Z Teach your People better thiogs ! *^ ^''" You are generally, fo far as we hear. Good, Pious Faith f«l Men. and BlefDngs to your People! But f we may be" worthy to Advife you. we think, you would do wellTo Re! folvre. that you will never Sign virf^'r./a of this Nature tni you have had Opportunity in fome ci.«„U( if yThav^ luch Things, for we are Strangers to your Methods ) to Dif coorfe »,th one another, how far it may be Convenient We have heard, that of Old Time, there were fon^^ L„i who had the Wifdom to Refolve, t'hat they would no one Pf them, have any Talk with Mo^fieur theiy\>, anart Ai low us to tell you if you goon Signing fuch Md'^ei yo„ Poii'"^!'? Undermine yonr own Authority among you? Jour?'' You'lf r"^'' y.'"' "V ^^'^""•'0'' to yohr Goler! nours. You 11 Tempt 'em to (ayj That you'nje, your Hands u »ny thng- ! Your PredecelTors wo-.ild not have done as you your Refolute Governours Hands ! He may now Om/rek you, or any of yours, to the laft Degree, and you ha^e S - yourftlves up from Complaining of him Were not GOD Mercif,-! to you, in removing fuch a Governour, you had /S ^^TrfyoBr Country before you are aware of it If vouM^ ■ rTerou/o?oL"c"° ^^^^-'.^ AddrefsUu -IcVstol Counr of^ T'^' we could tell you, That the Ffril U>UDt 1 or Orleans, A, C. 51, made a ftrange Decree That Slave, fl>,,/l pay double the Price of him to his M.lier We know mad» ' AlUh 'r °^^ ^°^'^ " •'-' -hen Z Zl^'Z Z^r nex^rent ,7^'"°'' •• ^""^ '"' Gentlemen, is. That a »r/.r,'«^r/A .^°'"'"^' y**? ''°'"'* niake a Decree, That Ee!urAfJ '"^^''^'', «^ do any thwg that jkaU fallen the fetters of Slavery upon your People. We believe That if von would have h/d n,oreX1hrtor:d3trVL? vvc iuppoie you have heard what befell the l^^ 7,ruil^ tor pcrmming his Serynt ?o take a Brib,. iXa^CIs' V_^ lately # C JO 3 t^itlyicmttWy. T. bccauifeiie (lid like ybiirGovferiioiir taiefe a Bribe to fxMritt the Palling a Bill. Certamly , if yoii had known your Governour bad be^en guilty of fucb Bribe- ries, arfd oshcr Mak-'Admirilf! rations, as not only Chriftiani l)ut HeaEhen Princes have Punith'd wi'ch the grcatefl: Severi- ty, you would not hive Signed yoiir f^voram / 'drefes. Before we Proceed to give an Accouat of the late Shamc- '^^fnl Expedition of the N$w.EnfianAirs^ againi!: PoruRoyaL ^Vc Diall take fome fa-ther Njtice, of what Geritlemeii worthy of Credit do Aflure m^ One Writes, That a Gen- rKleman in New^tnglatid, when he fir!l heard, thai Colonel <>pftdley had Obtained a Commi^jon, to be Governour there, ^id, That hg crkBrnt Betijvr^ Sat k Man who had been a Tr^r for to his Country^ mdm jipjhate from the I^elJpon in ivhifh he %ad been Educated ; kndth^t had Murdered two Men at New- York, hettef'y and fkofe Righteem than himfilf^ would fr$'V€ 4 XjQod GovemoMr. Another Letter fays, Thai the iviiferv of that Feoplc of late, has been in ihelr Counfefiors, as well (tho' not fo much) as in their Goverhokr. 1 he Priviledges whic*^ ♦'hey enjoy by their prefent ChArter^ are Great ahd Singular : For, no Man, but fuch as the People fhall Nominate by their Rcprc- fcntaiive, can be of the Gov'ernour's Council. Nor, m^y there be any Jud^e^ or Jftflice of the Peace, hut what the ^Council thus Ghofen by the Rcprefentatives of the People, ''Ihall Confent urito. So that they may, and Oup ht to be Shields to thie People, by keeping ill Men from beiog in Pla- tes of P jwer. Yet We hear, that their Governour has made a Number of very Unfit Men to be their Jfiftkes ^ and this with the Confent of his Council, without which he could make none. So that it fcems, Ihefe Great Priviledges fig- nify very little, through the Pufillanimity, and lliifaitiiful- defs of their Govet jiour's Counfellors^ who wiS, too many of them, Confent to almofl: any thing that he would have them. Witnefs, fefides the Things already mentioned, among o- thcr innunfcrablc Inftances, fb many of them Confenting to *^^V€ a ^oft Built atHema^HidAi\d a ftated Salary fettled upon .Officers, by which "they had like *nour. ^o have &)I]4vcd their Country afoQcc, 4? Ths, there maybe found an Hundred Men, as fit to be Counfellors, as S, S. or J, C ?u ^r-^ f ""^ deal mpj;e Tenderly v^i|h th^m, in giving' but the tirtt Letters of their Names, than they have Dealt with the Honourable N^thapiel Hiiginfon, whom they have, bv Name at large, Vilified, as a ScandaloHi andWkked Jca^fer.l And others, who by their Obfcquioufnefs to £). have hm Forfeited the Love of the People. Had their Rcprcfentatives the Wifdom frequently to Change their CoHn/eprs^itwo^ld make them moreCarefol to Study the Intcreft of their People, and ncs that fo they may Pleafe their Governour, and Stigmatize better Men than themrelvcs, in their £&fion News-Letter, only becaufe tkci SUndred D, in a matter oj Truth, ^ We are alfo Advifcd from New-England^ That D. has Expofed bimftJf to the whole Colony of Comemcut. They DiflUcenim there more Univcrfall'y than in the Maftchnfet's. For he is not in a Capacity to Brihe M?n there with Kn C&mmiffims. Civil or Military. But he has jcyned a Hcllifti Mahcc. With' the wotA: Men, anjd greatcft Enemies of the Charter b(?lpnglng to tb?t Colony, in feeding to Difturb them in the quiet PoflefTion of their Lands. A Commiffion was Obtai/icd. In vfhich Dudley was Chief, but others, who pretended to have a Right to Great Trads of Land, were ^ put into the Commijfion, with Power to be Judges of their own Pretenfiovs ^ the like to this has been reldom known. But when that Honourable Centlemap, who has Gondcfcend- |d to be their Agcni, difcovered the Fraud of this AfFair be- fore the Queen in O^^a/, Praying th^it Her Majefly wouWl put fon?e Remarkable Difcounmance on faid Dudley^ that CmmfJlion wa^ foon Vacated, to his no litUc Coofufion. ' \ I « '1% i| C T. 1"^ C 32 3 I ■ iii'»« S EC T. V. THAT Honoarable Per fon before-mentioned, who is here Appearing on the Behalf of one of the N. En- glifh Colonies, which Colonel Dudley has been feek- ing to Enllave, faw caufe to Conclude his Petition, with a Complaint againffc him in ihefe Terms •, Tour Majeftfs Name ^Md Mthority is Ahnfid to Serve fame ^Darfe SDtCgn^ of his cm. It feems he is ufed to Dark Defigns •, but it ever Dark Defigns were to beSufpeaed, it ha- been in the Bufinefs of thai I ate Expedition to Port^Royal-^ an Expedition, that befidcs the cverlalling Difgr .- of it, has entirely Ruined the Country, and made it highly Neceflary for another Govergour to be fcnt thither, to Refcue that poor People, if it bepoflible, Kom Extirpation. We have pretty £r<;<«a Hints of an Vn^ lawfid Trade carried on with the Fort at Port^RoyaL And bcfides the things already mentioned, it is well known, thai VihtnfUgs of Truce pa fled between Port* Roy aUT\A Bofton^ the Officers of the diftom-Honfe at Bsfton^ were Ooftfudid from going aboard thofe Flags of Ti ucc, that fo the 1 radc carried on with the Enemy, might be Concealed. And whea Goods have been Sieved on Board the FUgs of Truce, they have been again taken out of the Hands of the Officers. But we rauH now proceed to a Sadder Story. The Short of the Story IS this. But the Dark Defgns wuil be Jcfc for another Judgment. . , / ; When the War firfl broke out* the People otNew-kn^ XUnJ, efpecially the Trading part 6f the Country, and thofe that were njore immediately Concerned in the Fijhery^ were very Uneafc to fee Port^Rcyal^ which was then of no confi- derablc StiJtugih, advancing into a Capacity of Diilrcflsng, if not RuJni^, the Province. \t is Cn n^ii'* bw^ 10 have ai^ Tma£inable Advantage tp Animate rK:S3^ 1 Supply ihc d, who is le N. En- »e€D feek- I, with a y^s Name )fhisoVfft. k Defigns chat [ ace fidcs the Country, )ur to be poflible, fan Z^w- i/. And wn, that )fl:rudid le 1 radc nd when a', they ers. But Ttofthc anoiher New- £ ft'- nd thofe ry, were 10 con fi- cflmg, if . .1 • ^<4 A <• i Supply ih« mmm iiti'iv.a^a5 of the War bK „f,, WhT ""'*' '"'' "°' ^^ H«rd wasearneftlySomcLd ;nM »,^'7"P°" Governor D.dl,y »o be fo Grievous a pmiinio. ""^""'' which was like Offers to raffeVo?uSl,fflJ"f /" "i'' ^'"""'y ' "i^h thePropofalwas S.d "^f?' ^T """ P'""P°'"<= • 2ut J>-r* Ai*' Md th^fp p ",^ made People Sufpcft fotne cia, Adv{sttc5b^a'.rf ^Sr' '°' '■"'"^^p- to go. TheAITemhW^ ^■'5°'^."^'<^*'''''^ wasAllow'd del Boml, afd oSJE r** ' '^?'-"'--pi*<^^ ^-nd provi. "pon the F;.rT, wSrr t« rra^^^^^ CWcfe not onlv harf tl.^ T^kil r L "• 'i^t tne faid Ordersrhut was ifidvdt P*' * vj" ''"■' '^^' °"^ °^ *>'* Andhehath fince AMf '''"-1°*^''''''^ ""I' "' could wSl thepff.^ •'*'u?^/'5' Gentlemen, that he that he had b e„ fo SrSi'^r '^''f" '"^Z''"' ■"" meddle with it that h- r.'^a^ '^^^^^S'*' P'^'-l'^dd"' to Naked Count y. t/vf./i?"'''' ''"'<"'ly Ravaged the an^ff,/?L5'»4fo?tLtrp'" were all r./.^.v,'?., and Half Ihat t %^rS."dEn'^"''H''." "'^"^^ ^"^^ "^ feared, would hare pfov^ , jaSfni?.''" ' ^'"'" " ^" f^>/«»rr,r, for the Service of \crr«w5"^"^u'"^*"' "* "" And«heHoi,fi!of ReDrer/- ».• T" """^ 'he Country : GovcrMurJihisamonni" A"" '^*"'°««'«k| ""w the «e£with"SSlLTcf„t°etr ""'■''"' ' ""4"^^ ^'i*" 1 ne iveaion rretended by'tl.e Govern CWri's mcddliiia with tlie Fo f >rc,»was, f C 34 ] M*tt£Y before the Queen^ and had yet received no Orders ahoul Tho' the fame Objedion ftiil continued, yet the People tt» being extrearoly Defirous that a Period might be put to their Mifcrics from Pcrt-.Royal^ and a Way opea'd for the Delive- rance of many Scores of Poor Ettglijh Captives, likely to Lan- gaiih for ever in the Indian Wigwams^ Moved for another Expedicion above a Year ago. '^he Governour now gives a CommifTlon for Tahng the Fort \ but whether With any Dark Dfjigns^ We are yet in the Dark. After the Inflrudions wsre drawn up, there was a Cluuic Tacked at the Sndof 'em, which gave the Army Leave to come off when they would, if they Ihould Imagine, they could not prefeatly Finlfh their Bufincfs to their Minds. It was the Tacking of this unolv fei ved Claufe at lall, that Confounded all, and brought on a Story, which all the I etters from NeiP-En^Und we have yet fecn, fay, Tkfy Blujh to Write it. And that is the Rcafon why we can yet give bus a Short Account of it. In Short, There was an Army of as Likely Men as can be Imagined, the bell part of Two Thou land of them ^ and as well prdvidcd With A ammunition, Provifion, and all things Nccelfary, as a Wil- ling Coontry could Affoi d. But, when ii comes to Execu- tion, quite Contrary to the beft Advice of them who Knew the Place, they Landed feveral Miles off the Fort» When ihey might have Lanped clofe by, and probably at once have a- ken it. However, Land they did -, and Drove the Enemy before them, and Chafed them into th^Fort with much Courage and all the Encouragement that could be. The Wen, to do them Juftice, Fought like Men, and would have done any thing in the World. But, lo, the Iflue ! The Deft ford Man of War, which was Ccmmedoreoixht Fleet, had Exprefs Orders from the Governour, That he jhoidd not Ex- fofe the QHeen*s Shtp. Which Orders hc afterwards Expo- fed in xhtCofee-Houfes, An Engineer was fetched from New-rork^ where the People from the beginning fore-told what woulj* be the Conclufion. The Governour's Youngeft Son, Wm. ptidley, was there too, in the Quality of a Secreta- ry of Wa/'; and tho' he were little more than a Boy, yet he " y u oui ot ocing i»oj having Slgoaliz' lUUlI 'rtaafn* thing iers about le People t to their e Dclive- y to Lan- ' another low gives with any flru^ions id of em, !y Would, niih their lis unolv ught on a have yet afon why rt. There , the bell ided with as a Wil- to Exccu- ho Knew vhen i^hey i have > le Enemy nth rouch be. The mid have lie! The Fleet, had 4 not Ex' ds Expo- :hM from fore-told YminfiLtrt: _ _ — ^^ . . a Secreiiw _<>y, yei he Z'd fome- ' thing C J5 1 They .landed as wc fiH ^hn? .1 ^^ k ™ " ^^ " Commander. 2>*iXf the For, lev never'" '''•''^'''T -"^dea ftrW TheBufinefsCfom/n^aL k!I "P" ^*«^.''-A// of Earth. The Engineer hlKroukZn/unlv^?"' '^"•''°^^*' ^S^'"' Kno.vn, madelm ou. of S wt« ' th". " ''""= '■* ^« and Pabliflied he«; inMj k f u ^?° " "'^^ '«ri i)./&»/ Ta n!;! T • ,' ""^^ ''"^ Governonr had fome OrderfSffilT^'torr tf'"""^ "^".8'^^" f-i^' Armv faid TklT.!' ,^* ■ thereupon the lora^cd comino. bear\h7lL'„S ^?S,.'^ji:j- « ^"■"^' Z^''' Man knowins. whether ir™:„L'..u * .*. ^^V' ( "'<» ftould be Confab t£e one lot w;* ^ ."" °''° ^^are ) "fon, and perhaps, T„o Win erf after ,h J" ' «"'°=^Ga. ftould Buy themfelves a Rdearrmon « H t, ?-""'"' "^"^ poor Coimtrv.Soldie« h/v. ■■ ^ ° ^' '1'"'' Terms, as the U. Well? A Se. i?'n ? ^".".li' "f ''"' C"«'<= « *- of B,n,n, o Sifniff their O^^"'''^""'" ""= G^'e^nour •ency'sfuKher PleafuJe B^„fi?-?V""'* '"J""? "is Excel- the Sailing of tl>ePack« irfh ^^'T**'"^ Fon, Days after to Hear fro« 5,r,heV dlj r " ""' ''°'"%' ''o^ 'bem W.i"!.M 4 -'if f _' , ''y "''^*'' oft 'U great Corfcifion --(->-• •• >A*iWiiiJi. idiici came '-"'** *" mldft of their Difpelfir Th;^%^;„J nyofthem.aswereto^tthcr «'?: If M tJiey Hnt Three Pcrfons to Acquaint thcGovernour with th« ^'liferable Affiir^ whereof one Was the £«^»>rer- aforefaid- They bad a very Melancholly, aad almoft a Tumultuous Re- i;eptioa by the People ; and when they were, ai their firil JLandiiig, upbraided with Cowardice, their Anfwver ftill was. The BituU was 4t Home ^ and they hn'igone oa far Oi their Orders would h ir thsm out I With fundry iuch Reflexions, which bore Hard upon the Governmens. The Council were In- ^oinied cf this Difcourfe ^ but there was nc f'»>tice taken of ft. And tho' they were Chidden by the ^overnour, in she Council Chamber, yet we underftand, they were Hugg*d and Care fsM by him, below Stairs, to the great Scandal of iH People. The People were now in a mighty Ferment. Ir. w.:\% the Unive^ifal Opinion, Thas if the Army had only llaid, and Plaid at Oif^io their Camp (.far enough from the Fort ) at Port-royal^ the Fort would have ben within a few Days Surrendred to them. The Soldiers within were Muti- nous to the lafl: Degree \ Deferters Daily came over. Pro- vifions would have grown Scanty in a little Tim6. [ Tho* the Loggings of their Men were not now Thatch'd ! ( the Heafon why, we told ye before ) yet a Red-hot Bullet or > TiVo, flung into the Fprt, might have fet 'em on Fire.] Tc» Tboofand Things might have happened. But, like Men a- frajH of having the Fort fall into their Hands, they ran back to Nm-Eu^lmidSiS fall as their Canvas Sailscould carry them. The Good Women in Bofton^ could not forbear their Ou6- criesi when they met in the Streets, on this Occafion. Says p le of them, Whfy o^r Cowards imagined that the Fort at Port- Hoyal tpouUfy/i before them, like the WaUs of Jericho. Ano- ther Anf^^ers, Whydtdnot the Blotk*heads then ftay out Stvtn p.iys to fee ! What aWd the Traitor f to come away in Five Days , f me ofter they got tkerf I The Cry of the People muft be S^- lisfiifl. Another Ship of War was fitted out, und Recruits pf Soldiers were fenc unto the Fleet, which now lay at Cafco- fiay. Witch after Tedious and Expenlive Delays of many Weeks, \m. Sail from thence again to Port-royal \ but with *\iP: avtJLil AverfioQ that ever was in Ihe Hearts of Men ; ^nc|TiQt%)ul they had been further weakened bv many and RB^Pf...-^.^./ afterthem Our F^^^^^^^^^^ drfw L'cT^^T ^"'^^V'^^ i"thetimeof?hU3 anJfomi^F^^r'^'''^ ""i!^ ^^''"^'^ ^n the oppoflee Shore 1?!i l^^^^'A"?' *** ^^ mentioned, away theyS foi^ Bofion^ without Orders, and before Cor^i- v jT^ come tor This Oiiirf 1« ,1 D?i- "".^ '^ifmanagements ai Pm-rcy^l. i warTrv'd f. ? ^r '""" P^ ^own and Country. No B6- One and Tw« »!„!» T^n . ' """^ amonnted to between I. i'JhinTrhe Ge?eSwarnl:'t^"K''^ well, if i,' has noTauked th? r *" ''"P«<^''^<1 ""re ; 'tis diftrellid Coun,?J v"t we h«?r^"°"''' "' '»^'" « "'« «"ing of the faid Con« gave hU '?n m""'?'' '''^?7 "" taeeous Poft at th7 r a 5*^*,"«n an Order for an Adsran- 8 Poft a.he -^fm^rTptbTeS:'''^-'^ ""^ ernour I), when hei^» rt n" "'" ^^ '"'°"" '*!«'"=' Gov- Ncn made Var 12 Fnir , /•" '• ''"■'^"T*' fl/iW have f/ uo^ac fas the Foft atPm^^^U qpuld h^febeenj. Honrcnicnt It C 38 3 Convenient Mace for tlie Bwr^Trsde with the hdidns'^ where- by hifflfclf. and fome Friends of hii here, in Britain^ would have gQt no litde Riches. In the mean time» under bis Ad- mirable Condud, an impovcriih'd Counirey has, ( as wc ace credibly informed ) been put |o above Two and Twenty- Thoufand Pounds Charge, fonly to be Lai^hedot by their Enemies, and Pitied by their Friends. To the gVEENh moft Excellent Majefty. Jhe Humble Petition of Your Majefty^s moft Lo^aI Subjefts, Inhabitant/ in Your Majefty's Domini- ons in Jmerka^ or Trading thither. 6HEWETH, THA r Colonel Jofeph Dudley, whfe ArhUrary knd T>: rmnird Proceedings had Expofed him t& the juft Refcni- ments rfhis Comtry-men^ before the Happy Revolution, hath been neverthelefsfojonunate^ as to Obtain theGovernmem of r$he Maflachafel'* Coi&ny in New-England. Hat Your Petitioners are Certainly Informed of diverfe Crie^ vom Corruptions and Opprejfions^ and VnjkB and Partial VraU- 4cesofthe [aid Dudley, m which they might Ground many Com-- flaints againUi him^ but they are fo Senfiblt of the imminent' Danger which Threatens Your Majefty's SubjeBs in that and the 0eigkbourmg Colonies^ thra' his Male jtdminifiration^ that they at this time Beg Leave Hutnbly and r ngly to reprefent to Tour Aia'tefly* . thgl'aid Dudley hath Countenanced a private Trade and 'nf^nee with\&At Maipfttr 'c PttptMi* t the French -* G^- Indians which j^e %n their Intercft, f "» • ' That t hi Com 'k the\r t ^iph 4^A*»itiotf apfd Brovifon, t tijPiing C 'fcAjki-'" Th0 nour. Pis] where- ^»f would ler bis Ad- [ as wc ac€ I Twenty- tcby their jefty. oft Loydi Domini- lift Refeni. .evolution, vtrnmem of mrfi Grit" many Cojn^ f imminent IsMt and the %y that thty mt toToUr Trddt and ipfiing them C J9 1 That theTerrm m miing the/aid Correfpandence mtended ^ Voyage r<»New.found.Land, andUinv j^ciir^A 7vy ^'^^l^'^'i^ h the General Afre«iy7Ne3 h hislnterenand V^elllayed thXfe'^^^^^^^ C^jo^tre^ ,.t i tL^:A\^'4'^^^^^^ ■ • That tnanyof the befr, and moB prudent JJ/^«,A^- r / f^tf^^y'^/Reprefentatives, h^T^Zi^^&& he LAmni to Mitigm thtir Fimi. M nhichw. ,"''""» *««,«^r ^ ' '*""%'*'■"««'''» fidm^ ■ raftembtl?' 'iT^;?"'? »T'*'''A " ^W'^ '^ "^. Gene: And Your Pe»i^:/ii«««>- /l-ii^..^^%s • _. iflo. Allen, Alex. Holmes, John GM^^^^^^^ (^,'