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A85462	Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy. Or, innocency vindicated, being unjustly accused, and sorely censured by that seven-headed church-government united in New-England: or, that servant so imperious in his masters absence revived, and now thus re-acting in Nevv-England. Or, the combate of the united colonies, not onely against some of the natives and subjects but against the authority also of the kingdom of England, ... Wherein is declared an act of a great people and country of the Indians in those parts, ... in their voluntary submission and subjection unto the protection and government of Old England ... Imprimatur, Aug. 3d. 1646. Diligently perused, approved, and licensed to the presse, according to order by publike authority.	Gorton, Samuel, 1592 or 3-1677.	1646 (1646)	Wing G1308; Thomason E360_16; ESTC R18590	106,374	127

are very consciencious to recompense the shedding of blood especially of such personages with blood againe But when wee were come to the old Sachims house we were courteously entertained and from thence conducted to the house of Sachim Pessecus Brother and successor in government to the late Myantonomy when we were there divers Sachims and their chiefe Counsellors took us aside to consult with us and asked what we intended to doe or how we could live seeing the Massachusets had not onely taken our estates from us in goods and ●hattels but also our houses lands and labours where we should raise more for the preservation of our Families and with●ll told us that their condition might in great measure he paraleld with ours else they would willingly have done any thing for our helpe in regard that our Land was bought of the● and we had faithfully paid them for it according to our co●tract But they told us they had not only lost their Sachim so beloved amongst them and such an instrument of their publick good but had also utterly impoverished themselves by paying such a ransome for his life as they then made u● an account of notwithstanding his life taken away and that detaine also we made answer unto them that for our p●●ts we were not discouraged in any thing that had b●faln● us for we were subjects to such a noble State in Old-England that however we were farre off from our King and Stat● yet we doubted not but in due time we should have redresse and in the mean time we were resolved to undergoe it with patience and in what way we could labor with our hands for the preservation of our wives and children the answer that they made unto us was this That they thought we belonged to a better Master then the Massachusets did whereupon desiring our stay they called a generall Assembly to make known th●ir minds and to see the minds of their people and with j●y●t and unanimous consent concluded to become subjects to the State and Government of Old-England in case they might be accepted of we told them we could promise them nothing nor take any ingagements upon us not knowing the minds of that Honourable State but if they would volunt●rily make tender of themselves as they themselves thought meet we would endeavour to convey it safely in case we went over about our own occasions and bring them word what was the pleasure of the State therein whereupon they chose four of us as Commissioners in trust for the safe custody and conveyance of their Act and Deed unto the State of Old-England The Act and Deed of the voluntary and free submission of the chiefe Sachim and the rest of the Princes with the whole people of the N●n●ygansets unto the government and protection of that Honourable State of Old-England se● down here verbatim the Deed it selfe being extant KNOW ALL MEN Colonies Peoples and Nations unto whom the fame hereof shall come that we the chiefe Sachims Princes or Governours of the Nanhyganset in that part of America now called New-England together with the joynt and unanimous consent of all our people and subjects inhabitants thereof do upon serious consideration mature and deliberate advise and Counsell great and weighty grounds and reasons moving us thereunto vvhereof one most effectuall unto us is That noble fame vve have heard of THAT GREAT AND MIGHTY PRINCE CHARLES KING OF GREAT BRITAIN in that honorable and Princely care he hath of all his servants and true and loyall subjects the consideration vvhereof moveth bendeth our hearts vvith one consent freely voluntarily and most humbly to submit subject and give over our selves Peoples Lands Rights Inheritances and Possessions whatsoever in our selves and our heires succ●ssively for ever unto the protection care and government of that WORTHY AND ROYALL PRINCE CHARLES KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND his Heirs and Successors for ever to be ruled and governed according to those ancient and honourable Lawes and customs established in that so renovvned Realme and Kingdome of old-Old-England vve doe therefore by these Presents confesse and most vvillingly and submissively acknovvledge our selves to be the humble loving and obedient servants and subjects of His Majesty to be ruled ordered and disposed of in our sel●es and ours according to his Princely vvisdom counsel a●d l●vves of ●hat honourable State of old-Old-England UPON CONDITION OF HIS MAIESTIE● ROY●●E PROTECTION and righting of us in what wrong is or may be done unto us according to his honourable Lavves and customs exercised amongst his subjects in their preservation and safety and in the defeating and overthrow of h●● and their enemies not that we find our selves necessitated hereunto in respect of our relation or occasion we have or may have with any of the natives in these parts knowing our selves sufficient defence and able to judge in any matter o● cause in that respect but have just cause of jealousie and suspicion of some of His Majesties pretended subjects Therefore our desire is to have our matters and causes heard and tried according to his just and equal Laws in that way and order His Highnes●e shal please to appoint NOR CAN WE Y●●●D OVER OUR SELVES UNTO ANY THAT ARE SUBIECTS THEMSELVES IN ANY CASE having ourselvs bin the chiefe Sachims or Princes successively of the countrey time out of mind and for our present lawful enacting hereof being so farre remote from His Majestie we have by joynt consent made choyse of four of his loyall and loving Subjects our trusty and well beloved friends Samuel Gorton Iohn Wickes Randall Ho●lden and Ioh● Warner whom we have deputed and made our lawfull A●●●rnies or Commissioners not only for the acting and performing of this our Deed in the behalfe of His Highnesse but also for the safe custody carefull conveyance and declar●tion ●●ereof unto his grace being done upon the Lands of the Nanhyganset ●t a Court or Generall Assembly called and assemble● together of purpose for the publick enacting and manifest●●ion hereof And for the further confirmation and establishing of this our Act and Deed we the above-said Sachims or Princes have according to that commendable custome of English-men subscribed our names and set our Seales hereunto as so many Testimonies of our faith and truth our love and loyaltie to that our dread Soveraigne and that according to the English mens account Dated the nineteenth day of Aprill One thousand six hundred forty foure Pessicus his Marke Chiefe Sachim and Successor of that late deceased Myantonomy The Marke of that Ancient Conaunicus Protector of that late deceased Myantonomy during the time of his nonage The Marke of Mixan son and heir of that above-said Conaunicus Indians Witnessed by two of the chiefe Counsellors to Sachim Pessicus A●washo●sse his Mark Tomanick his Mark Sealed and delivered in the presence of these persons English Christopher Helme Robert Potter Richard C●rder Here followeth a Copie of a Letter sent to the Massachusets by the Sachi●ns of

the Nanhygansets shortly after their subjection to the State and Government of Old-England they being sent unto by the Massachusets to make their appearance at their Generall Cour● th●n approaching We understand your desire is that we should come downe into the Massachusets at the time of your Court now approaching our occasions at this time are v●●y great and the more because of the losse in that m●nner of our late deceased brother upon which occasion if we should not stirre our selves to give Testimony of our faithfulnesse unto the cause of that our so unjust deprivation of such an instrument as he was amongst us for our common good we should feare his blood would lie upon our selves so that we desire of you being wee take you for a wise people to let us know your reasons why you seeme to advise us as you doe not to g●e out against our so inhumane and cruell adversary who too●e so great a ransome to release him and his life also when that was done Our Brother was willing to stirre much abroad to converse with men and wee see a sad event at the last the●eupon Take it not ill therefore though we resolve to keepe at home unlesse some great necessitie call us out and so at t●is time doe not repaire unto you according to your request And the rather because we have subjected our selves our Land● and Possessions with all the right and inheritances of us and our people either by conquest voluntary subjection or otherwise unto that famous and honourable government of that Royall King Charles and that State of old-Old-England to be ordered and governed according to the Laws and Customs thereof not doubting of the continuance of tha● former love that hath been betwixt you and us but rather to have it increased hereby being subjects now and that with joynt and voluntary consent unto the same King and State your selves are So that if any small thing of difference should fall out betwixt us only the sending of a Messenger may bring it to right againe but if any great matter should fall which we hope and desire will not nor may not then neither your selves nor we are to be Judges but both of us are to have recourse and repaire unto that honourable and just Government and for the passage of u● or our men to and againe amongst you about ours or their own occasions to have comerse with you we desire and hope they shall have no worse dealing or entertainment then formerly we have had amongst you and do resolve accordingly to give no worse respect to you or yours then formerly you have found amongst us according to the condition and manner of our countrey Nanhyganset this present May the 24. 1644. PESSICVS his Marke CONAVNICVS his Marke Now before the assembling of the next generall Court in regard the Indians had expressed themselves as above we heard there were feares and jealousies raised up in the minds of the people of the Massachusets and other of their united Colonies as though there was some danger of the Nanhygansets comming against them to doe some hurt unto them So that when we heard their Court was assembled we writ unto them a● follows A true Copie of a Letter sent to the M●ss●chus●ts at a generall Court held shortly after the submission of the people of the Nanhygansets unto the State of Old-England by the Commissioners put in trust for the further publication of their solemne Act. THese are to let you understand tha● since you expelled us out of your Coasts the Sachims of the Nanhyganset have sent for certaine men of the Kings Majesties subjects and upon advised Counsell amongst themselves a generall Assembly being called of purpose for that end they have joyntly voluntarily and with unanimous consent submitted and subjected themselves with their Lands and Possessions inherited by lineall discent voluntary subjection right of Conquest purchase or otherwise what ever lands or priviledges appertain and belong unto them unto that honourab●e and famous Prince Charles King of Great Britain and Ireland in that renowned State and Government of Old-England to be ruled and ordered according to those honourable Laws and Customs in themselves and their Successors for eve● which is performed and done in that solemn durable and commendable custome of Record under divers and severall han●● and seals witnessed sufficiently both by the Natives and English solemnly delivered and received on His Majesties behalfe holding correspondencie with the Laws and Customs of th●● honourable State of Old-England in all points We thought good therefore to give notice hereof at your generall Court now assembled that it may serve to informe your selves and all your united Colonies of the performance of this Act done without any further pains or trouble that so not our selves only that are eye and ear witnesses hereof but you also may follow our occasions and imployments without any extraordinar care or feare of the people above-said to offer to make a●y in-road or give any assault upon us But with that indigni●y offered and done unto their Soveraign which cannot be borne nor put up without a sharpe and Princely revenge nor may we upon the like penalty offer to disturbe them in their bounds and territories in their ordinary and accustomed imployments among themselves or with any of their neighbouring Natives whose grounds of proceed causes and occasions are better known unto themselves then we can be able to judge of But if either you or we find any thing amongst them too grievous to be borne they not making any violent assault upon us we know whither and to whom we are to repaire and have recourse for redresse as we tender our allegeance and subjection unto our King and State unto which they are become fellow subjects with our selves and therefore of necessity his Majesties Princely care must reach unto them Furthermore that it may appeare that our dealings towards you and all men have been and shall prove just and true whatever your dealings may or have manifested themselves to be towards us Know therefore that being abroad of late about our occasions we fell to be where one of the Sachims of that great people of the Maukquogges was with some of his men whom we perceive are the most fierce and warlike people in the countrey or continent where we are furnished with 3700. guns men expert in the use of them plenty of powder and shot with furniture for their bodies in time of warre for their safety which other Natives have not we understand that of late they have slain a hundred French with many Indians which were in league with the French putting many of them to cruell tortures and have but lost two of their own men these being as we understand deeply affected with the Nanhygansets in the losse of their late Sachim unjust detaining also of so great a ransome given and received for his life and else are resolved that if any people offer to assault them in

usually present with them to assist in the worke they then questioned and examined us apart to the uttermost they could to get some matter against us from our owne mouths and also usually sending their Agents as Elders and Members of their Churches unto us in prison frequently putting questions unto us to get occasion against us thus continuing for the space of two or three weeks together during which time Master Wilson ordinarily in his Sermons pressed the Magistrates and the people to take away our lives from that text of the King of Israel letting Benhadad goe applying it unto them that if they let us escape with life their life should then goe for our life and their people for our people urging them from that of Samuel and Agag to hew and cut us in peeces Master Cotton also in his Sermons incouraged the people in the lawfulnesse of their dealings with us from that in the Revelations where it is said the Kingdoms of this world are the Kingdoms of the Lord and his Christs whence he observed that they being the Kingdom of Christ they were bound to goe out against all people to subdue all such unto themselves as are weaker then they otherwise they might stay at home within themselves and serve God with all their hearts but they could not serve him with all their might unlesse they went out to subdue others and so would be guilty of the breach of that command viz. Thou shalt serve the Lord thy God with all thy strength Now after our many consultations and debating of matters with the Magistrates and Ministers not only in the Court sometimes one of us answering and declaring of his mind only in matters of Religion a whole day together yea part by Candle-light besides all their more private conferences in the prison and at other houses where we vvere put apart in custody one from an another in the time of our examination at the last the Court sent for S. Gorton out of prison to appeare before them and when he came before them the Governour told him he heard there was exception taken that there should be a rumour that it was for some civill things they had so proceeded against us and yet no man appeared to object the least against us in any civill respect unto which the Governour himselfe gave ansvver not expecting an ansvver from Gorton that they had set their subjects the Indians in their own Land and that was all they looked after in that respect but they never questioned in publicke whether it was right or wrong to take it from us only had privately called one of us which was one of the Interpreters at the buying of it and the Indians their subjects together to see what could be said in it and found the Indians by their own confession to make things so clear on our behalfe that they thought it not fit to bring it into publick scanning of the matter The Governour then told Gorton he was now to answer some things that should be propounded unto him upon his life for it was upon his life that now he was to answer unto which Gorton made answer that he was to shew unto them all dutifull subjection that might be being under the government of their jurisdiction as he had done since his comming amongst them to give them their due honour and respect to the utmost which he could not doe but as he looked upon them with relation unto the State of old England by vertue of which power they sate there as executioners of justice unlesse he looked at them and carried himselfe towards them as they had respect unto that State from whom what power they had was derived else he could not give them their due honour and respect for it could no way appeare to be such but as it was derived from that noble State of old England and therefore however he had according to what they had demanded for the clearing of any thing been free to answer unto them So now if it was his life that they would now put him upon he did as freely and in the presence of them all appeale to the State of old England for his tryall in that point by vertue of which State only he conceived they sate there as Ministers of justice and therefore might not deny unto him his just appeale understanding that the deniall of an appeale must either presuppose a superiority in them that deny it or an equality at the least with the ●tate appealed unto unto which the Governour made answer as also Master Iohn Indicote deputy Governour and bad Gorton never dream or think of any such thing for no appeale should be granted unto him Now the Ministers and Magistrates having weighed better our Writings our Examinations in Court answers to questions more privately with any thing spoken in the prison amongst our selves which daily ear was lent unto or our carriage and demeanure in any respect they had now summed up and drawn all into four questions which were now to be answered in case of life and death The Questions were these that here follow not a word varying in any one of them 1. Q. Whether the Fathers who dyed before Christ was born of the Virgin Mary were justified and saved only by the blood which he shed and the death which he suffered after his incarnation 2. Q. Whether the only price of our Redemption were not the death of Christ upon the Crosse with the rest of his sufferings and obediences in the time of his life here after he was borne of the Virgin Mary 3. Q. Who is that God whom he thinks we serve 4. Q. What he means when he saith We worship the Star of our God Remphan Chion Molech To these four questions the Court told Gorton he must answer speedily upon life and death and that under his hand writing he told them he was not willing to answer in any thing but as before he had done they told him he must give in speedy answer under his hand writing he asked what time he must have for the answer of them they told him a quarter of an houre he told them he could answer them in so short a time but he knew not whether it could give them satisfaction for it was as much as for a man to describe Iesus Christ what he is and the way of Autichrist also which might be done in few words but not to be clear to every man for a man may describe the whole world in these words in the beginning God created heaven and earth and the earth was without forme and void and darkenesse was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters all the whole worke of creation is in this masse or heape but to set out the glory and beauty that comes out of this needs many Phrases to expresse it even so it is in the description of the Son of God Iesus Christ