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A72397 To the right honourable the lords and others of His Majesties most honourable Priuie Councell Hughes, Lewes, fl. 1620. 1625 (1625) STC 13920.5; ESTC S5222 13,284 27

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a certaine quantity of corne into the Forts to be kept there in store and handled the matter so after he was come ouer as he drew all the company to beleeue that by meanes of his industry and care the Ilands were so well furnished with corne and the Ratts destroyed Wherevpon to require his care they did bestowe vpon him the stately house that he had built and three shares of the best land in all the Ilands At his comming away he left the Gouernment in the hands of one Captaine Kendall who through pouerty was constrained to take out of the Forts the corne that Capt. Tucker and caused to bee brought in After Capt. Kendall succeded Capt. Nathaniel Butler a man well qualified euery way for such employment He no sooner saw how God had done his part to make those Ilands strong and safe from all forraine inuasion by fortifying them round about with fearefull rockes and shoules so as there is no comming neare with shippes to inuade them but in two narowe and durious channels which doe lead into two goodly and large Harbours and how the first Planters in Capt. Mores time had done them best endeauours in the matter of artificiall fortifications as On the channell that leadeth into the west harbour they had builded a strong Fort and a Castle which they called the Kings Castle where they had mounted 18. great Pieces on carriages sent from England which through the negligence of succeeding Gouernors were gone to decay Capt. Butler tooke small rest till he had repaired such as could be repaired and made new cariages of cedar for the rest so now those 18. great Peices are very seruiceably mounted so also are all the other great Peices in the rest of the Forts As not farre from that channell towards the south is a Fort built by the first Planters in Capt. Mores time called Charies Fort where are two great Peices On the North side of the Channell Capt. Butler bath built a strong Fort to slanker the Kings Castie which he called Southampton Fort where are fiue great Peices seruiceablely mounted by Cap. Butler on carriages of cedar Which Fort doth make a great showe to the sea as though it were a Castle To the Northward of that Fort the first Planters in Capt. Mores time built a Fort which they called Pembrooke Fort where are two great Peices The other Channell that leadeth into the Fast Harbour commonly called the Towne Harbour hath on the one side towards the North a Fort built by the first Planters in Capt. Mores time called Rogers Fort where are 7. great Pieces On the other side towards the South is a Fort called Smiths Fort built by the first Planters in Capt. Mores time where are 5 great Peices Not farre from that Channell towards the north is a Fort called Penistons Fort built by the first planters in Capt. Mores time where is one great Piece A little from that Fort is a Fort built by the first Planters in Capt. Mores time called Sands Fort where are 2. great Pieces On a Hill neare the Harbour is a Fort built by the first Planters in Capt. Mores time called Warwicke Fort where are 3. great Pieces to command the Harbour On a Hill neare the Towne was a high Mount built by the first Planters in Capt. Mores time blowne downe with a terrible gust of winde is now built vp againe higher and stronger by Capt. Butler where is also one great piece mounted by Capt. Butler to gine warning In the Towne vpon the Wharfe are 7. great Pieces mounted by Capt. Butler to command the Harbour which great Pieces he recouered out of certaine Wrackes Captaine Butler hath built in the Towne a faire towne Hall of stone and a faire strong Prison of cedar In the Maine he hath built throe faire long Bridges of cedar like Kingston Bridge In his time the Kings I awes were established in the Ilands and the Assites kept orderly as they are in England Before his time ever since Capt. Mores time the Gouernors will went for lawe and some of the Kings Subiects were hanged contrary to the Kings law and some condemned and censured to perpetuall slauery Captaine Butler did ordaine sort euery Tribe a Iustice of the Peace a Constable Chu●…h wardens Side-men and Waywards and did cause Cages Stockes and Cucking-stooles to be made in euery Tribe Notwithstanding the great care that he had to suppresse since it did abound euery day more and more through the want of Gods Word the Ilands being pestered with leud Persons taken vp out of the S●…es out of Newgate and Bridewell In his time I came to England to seed I could perswade some Ministers to goe ouer and to dequaint the Company with the weake estate of the Ilands and gr●…uances of the people which were ready to mutany When I came into the Barmude Court to present the grieuances of the People and weake estate of the Ilands St. Edwas Sand misinforthed by Capt. Tucker did stand vp in the face of the Court to accuse me of many soule crimes saying vnto me Mr. Lewes you doe vse in your Sermons to speake against the Church of England to raile vpon Bishops and to say that the Booke of Common Praier is but in dide Wises tale and you will not Baptize Children vnlesse their Parents doe first make confession of their Faith To his first accusation I answered that the Church of England was my Mother and that al the knowledge all the faith and hope of saluation that I haue I had it in the Church of England which I take to be the true Church of God and that therefore my tongue shall be cut out of my mouth before it shall speake against the Church of England as some doe To his second concerning tailing vpon Bishops I tolde him that it were too much peeuishnesse for me to meddle with the Bishops there where they could not meddle with me The truth is that preaching vpon the suffering of our Sauiour Christ I shewed how the high Priests were the greatest enemies that our Sausour had and from them I gathered that the grace of God and learning d ee not alway goe together and for proofe of my doctrine I shewed how the Romish Lord Bishops are the greatest supplanters of Christian Religion and shedders of Christian blood and did nominate bloody Bonner Bishop of London and Gardner Bishop of Winchester Not speaking a word of the reuerend Fathers the Bishops of the Church of England as it now stands whom I honour from my heart for the good that I haue and dayly doe receaue out of their godly and learned Works To his third accusation concerning the Booke of Common Praier I answered that I was so farre from speaking as I neuer had and hoped neuer should haue a thought in my heart tending to that way wherevpon Sr. Edwin did produce mine Enemie Capt. Tucker for his Informer Capt. Tucker did produce Capt. Kendall who testified that he had heard me