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A77941	A declaration of the sad and great persecution and martyrdom of the people of God, called Quakers, in New--England for the worshipping of God. Wherof 22 have been banished upon pain of death. 03 have been martyred. 03 have had their right-ears cut. 01 hath been burned in the hand with the letter H. 31 persons have received 650 stripes. 01 was beat while his body was like a jelly. Several were beat with pitched ropes. Five appeals made by them to England, were denied by the rulers of Boston. One thousand forty four pounds worth of goods hath been taken from them (being poor men) for meeting together in the fear of the Lord, and for keeping the commands of Christ. One now lyeth in iron-fetters, condemned to dye. Also, some considerations, presented to the King, which is in answer to a petition and address, which was presented unto him by the general court at Boston : subscribed by J. Endicot, the chief persecutor there; thinking thereby to cover themselves from the blood of the innocent.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1661 (1661)	Wing B5994; Thomason E1086_4; ESTC R13926	22,607	32

A DECLARATION Of the SAD and GREAT Persecution and Martyrdom Of the People of God called QUAKERS in NEW-ENGLAND for the Worshipping of God Wherof 22 have been Banished upon pain of Death 03 have been MARTYRED 03 have had their Right-Ears cut 01 hath been burned in the Hand with the letter H 31 Persons have received 650 Stripes 01 was beat while his Body was like a jelly Several were beat with Pitched Ropes Five Appeals made by them to England were denied by the Rulers of Boston One thousand forty four pounds worth of Goods hath been taken from them being poor men for meeting together in the fear of the Lord and for keeping th● Commands of Christ One now lyeth in I●on-fetters condemned to dye ALSO Some CONSIDERATIONS presented to the KING which is in Answer to a Petition and Address which was presented unto Him by the General Court at Boston Subscribed by J. Endicot the chief Persecutor there thinking thereby to cover themselves from the Blood of the Innocent Gal. 4.29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit even so it is now God hath no respect to Cains Sacrifice that killed his Brother about Religion London Printed for Robert Wilson in Martins Le Grand SOME CONSIDERATIONS Presented unto the King of England c. BEING Partly an Answer unto a Petition and Addresse of the Gen. Court of Boston in new-New-England presented unto the King as is said Feb. last the 11th day OH King this my occasion to present thee with these Considerations is very urgent and of great necessity even in the behalf of Innocent Blood hoping that my Work will find such favour with thee as to induce thee to the reading and serious consideration hereof my occasion is this Because of a Paper presented to thee called The humble Petition and Adresse of the General Court at Boston in New-England In which is contained divers Calumnies unjust Reproaches palpable untruths and malicious slanders against an Innocent People whom they scornfully call Quakers whom for the Name of Christs sake are made a Reproach through the world and by these Petitioners have been persecuted unto Banishment and Death it is hard to relate the Cruelties committed against these People and acted upon them by these Petitioners they have spoyled their Goods imprisoned many of their Persons whipped them cut off their Ears burned them yea banished and murdered them and all this I aver and affirm before thee O King wholly unjustly and unrighteously and without the Breach of any Just Law of God or Man but only for and because of Difference in Judgment and Practice concerning Spiritual things without any transgression of the Law of God or their own Laws Saving that they made Laws against them on purpose to spoil their Goods imprison their Persons cut off their Ears yea and kill them which Laws were made by them without any Power truly derived from the lawful Authority of England contrary to their Pa●ent And now O King these same Men have presented thee with a Petition in which is asserted very many ex●ream Reproaches as I have said in contempt and derision of that People and all this as if those People were guilty of heinous crimes that it might appear to thee as if these Petitioners had done nothing but Justice in what they have done and they seek to cover themselves and to hide their Wickedness before thee in what they have unjustly acted and this seems to be the current of some part of the same Petition already presented unto thee like as if they had done no Evil though they have uniustly banished cut off Ears whipped inhumanely and taken away lives as aforesaid and they would have thee believe they are Innocent towards thee and towards us when as it is evident as the Sun at Noon-day that they are our persecu●ors and that they have unjustly persecuted us unto death for the Name of Christ and that also they are not unto thee as they hypocritically feign themselves And therefore O King for the clearing of our selves and the Name of the Lord which we profess and for the reproving of their bold and impudent Insolencies both in what they have already done to us and now in seeking to cover themselves unto thee and also if there be any doubtfulness in thy heart of these matters for these ends and causes with respect to the Fear of God and Honour to the King I hereby presume to pursue their said Petition even unto thy Court and to wipe away the slanders and reproaches of Ungodly men as much as possible hoping hereby thou wilt receive due and just information in this matter of proceeding between us and them that thy Just Judgment may be given accordingly And I shall transcribe some few of their own words presented to thee and thereupon spread some few Considerations before thee also and I pray God give thee an understanding to judge justly in this and all other cases The first thing that I note is Whereas they say That they have chosen rather the pure Scripture-worship with a good Conscience in this poor remote Wilderness to wit New-England among the Heathens than the pleasures of England with subjection to the imposition of the then so disposed and so far prevailing Hierarchy which we could not do without an evil Consciencee c. say thay The Considerations presented to the King upon these words are divers 1. The Worship Doctrine Discipline and Constitution of the Church of New-England is different and contrary and not purely according unto the Scriptures in the Administration of the Gospel nor in a pure Conscience purely guided by the Spirit of God though they seem to justifie their own way and case before the King and this may justly be made appear in his presence upon good occasion only at this time I assert the Case and if ever God gives opportunity I may prosecute it with Proofs and Evidences and that to the great Reproof of the Church so called of New-England who are not only in Doctrine Worship and Conversation contrary to the Scriptures but impudent and too presumptuous to affirm their own Self-justification and Innocency before the King when as it is manifest as the Day is from the Night that the Pastors and Members of the Church of new-New-England want the Spirit of God that gave forth the Scriptures and follow the spirit of Persecution Violence and Cruelty and are void of a Good Conscience both to God and Men To prove this there needs no greater Evidence than their own Deportment towards the Harmless Quakers for these five years time who as I have said have spoiled their Goods and imprisoned their Persons cut off their Ears banished them and Inhumanely put them to death and all this only because of difference in judgment and practice in Religious matters when as no manner of Evil could be charged upon them in the things between Man and Man And if these

Him High and Mighty Prince and Dread Soveraign and such like and that they are the Kings Servants c. when as not long since they have signified by their words quoted against them That there was Danger in the King of SCOTS as they called him and reputed him a Troubler of ENGLAND and numbred him with the Popish Princes of Germany or amongst them Let but the King Consider their own words and he shall plainly read as well the temper of their Spirit against him not long since as he shall see their Hypocrisies and fawning flatteries at this time and he may fully perceive that these Petitioners are given to Change though they would make him believe otherwise And this their Address unto the King is like the approach of the uncircumcised Gibeonites unto Joshua ch 9. who wrought wilily and deceitfully using the same words to Joshua We are thy Servants as these Petitioners have used to the King whose deceitful Address is equally parallel with that mentioned The Case is worth observing Joshua 9. vers 4 6 9. 3. As for being Zealous of Government and Order not Seditious nor Schismaticks as they say it is to be Considered That their Government and the Order thereof is not only different and contrary to the Goverment and Order of the Churches of Christ but different and contrary also to the wholsome Constitution of the Civil Government of England who have made Laws and executed them to Banishment and Death without any Power derived from the lawful Authority of England which is absolute contrary to their Pattent by which they Hold their Jurisdiction which saith They shall make no Lawes contrary to the Lawes of England c. And I shall not Charge them in the Kings Presence further of Sedition and Schism than Himself believeth concerning them Again The Petitioners say They could not live without the Publick Worship of God and they were not permitted the use of Publick Worship without such a Yoak Subscription and Conformity as they could not Consent unto without sin c. In Answer to this this is to be Considered That these Petitioners have laid heavier Yoaks of Subscription and Conformity upon others than ever was laid upon themselves Witness their Imposing Fines upon such as cannot conform to their Worship some ten shillings some forty shillings and some five pounds if any shall be absent from their Assembly it is so much a day and if any keep any Meetings different from their Way of Publick Worship it is so much a time and these are unjust and illegal Impositions and it is a heinous yoak of Tyranny put upon the neck of the Kings good Subjects without any Power derived in this case from the King This they themselves do and yet are Complaining of such Impositions and Yoaks laid upon them by the Bishops which were not compareable to these which discovers their own just Condemnation in the same Matters for which they Accuse others And thus these CONSIDERATIONS are Presented to the King in Vindication of that Innocent People called Quakers whom these Petitioners have Accused as Guilty of heinous Crimes that themselves might appear Innocent of the Cruelty and Injustice and shedding of the Blood of Iust men without Cause being men of Guilty Consciences upon whom the Terror of God and of the King seems to be because of what they have done But now let the King rightly Consider of the Case between Us and Them and let him not hide his Face from the Hearing of the Cry of Innocent Blood And for a further Testimony of the Wickedness and Enmity of these Petitioners and to Demonstrate how far they have Proceeded contrary to the good Lawes and Authority of England and contrary to their own Pattent Hereunto is Annexed a Breif of their unjust Dealings towards the Quakers so called E. B. A DECLARATION Of some part of the SUFFERINGS of the People of God in scorn called QUAKERS from the Professors in NEW-ENGLAND Only for the Exercise of their Consciences to the Lord and Obeying and Confessing to the TRUTH as in his Light he had discovered it to them 1. TWo Honest and Innocent Women stripped stark naked and searched after such an inhumane manner as modesty will not permit particularly to mention 2. Twelve Strangers in that Country but free-born of this Nation received twenty three Whippings the most of them being with a Whip of three Cords with Knots at the ends and laid on with as much strength as they could be by the Arm of their Executioner the stripes amounting to Three hundred and seventy 3. Eighteen Inhabitants of the Country being free-born English received twenty three Whippings the stripes amounting to two hundred and fifty 4. Sixty four Imprisonments of the Lords People for their obedience to his Will amounting to Five hundred and nineteen weeks much of it being very cold weather and the Inhabitants kept in Prison in harvest time which was very much to their losse besides many more Imprisoned of which time we cannot give a just account 5. Two beaten with Pitched Ropes the blows amounting to an hundred thirty nine by which one of them was brought near unto death much of his body being beat like unto a jelly and one of their own Doctors a Member of their Church who saw him said It would be a Miracle if ever he recovered he expecting the flesh should rot off the bones who afterwards was banished upon pain of death There are many Witnesses of this there 6. Also an Innocent man an Inhabitant of Boston they banished from his Wife and Children and put to seek a habitation in the Winter and in case he returned again he was to be kept Prisoner during his life and for returning again he was put in Prison and hath been now a Prisoner above a year 7. Twenty five Banishments upon the penalties of being whipt or having their Ears cut or branded in the Hand if they returned 8. Fines laid upon the Inhabitants for meeting together and edifying one another as the Saints ever did and for refusing to swear it being contrary to Christ's Command amounting to about a Thousand pound besides what they have done since that we have not heard of many Families in which there are many Children are almost ruined by these unmerciful proceedings 9. Five kept Fifteen dayes in all without food and Fifty eight dayes shut up close by the Jaylor and had none that he knew of and from some of them he stopt up the windows hindring them from convenient air 10. One laid Neck and Heels in Irons for sixteen hours 11. One very deeply burnt in the right hand with the letter H. after he had been whipt with above Thirty stripes 12. One chained the most part of Twenty dayes to a Logg of wood in an open Prison in the Winter-time 13. Five Appeals to England denied at Boston 14. Three had their right Ears cut by the Hangman in the Prison the Door being barred and not a Friend suffered to

be present while it was doing though some much desired it 15. One of the Inhabitants of Salem who since is banished upon pain of Death had one half of his House and Land seized on while he was in Prison a month before he knew of it 16. At a General Court in Boston they made an Order That those who had not wherewithal to answer the Fines that were laid upon them for their Consciences should be sold for Bond-men and Bond-women to Barbados Virginia or any of the English Plantations 17. Eighteen of the People of God were at several times banished upon pain of Death six of them were their own Inhabitants two of which being very aged people and well known among their Neighbours to be of honest Conversations being Banished from their Houses and Families and put upon Travelling and other hardships soon ended their dayes whose Death we can do no lesse than charge upon the Rulers of Boston they being the occasion of it 18. Also three of the Servants of the Lord they put to Death all of them for obedience to the Truth in the Testimony of it against the wicked Rulers and Laws at Boston 19. And since they have banished four more upon pain of Death and twenty four of the Inhabitants of Salem were presented and more Fines called for and their Goods seized on to the value of Forty pounds for meeting together in the fear of God and some for refusing to swear These things O King from time to time have we patiently suffered and not for the transgression of any Just or Righteous Law either pertaining to the Worship of God or the Civil Government of England but simply and barely for our Consciences to God of which we can more at large give Thee or whom thou mayest order a full Account if Thou wilt let us have admission to Thee who are Banished upon pain of Death and have had our Ears cut who are some of us in England attending upon Thee both of the Causes of our Sufferings and the Manner of their disorderly and illegal Proceeding against us Who begun with Immodesty went on in Inhumanity and Cruelty and were not satisfied until they had the Blood of three of the Martyrs of JESUS Revenge for all which we do not seek but lay them before Thee considering Thou hast been well acquainted with Sufferings and so mayest the better consider them that suffer and mayest for the future restrain the Violence of these Rulers of new-New-England having Power in Thy hands they being but the Children of the Family of which Thou art Chief Ruler Who have in divers of their Proceedings forfeited their Patent as upon a strict Inquiry in many particulars will appear And this O King we are assured of that in time to come it will not repent Thee if by a Close Rebuke Thou stoppest the Bloody Proceedings of these Bloody Persecutors for in so doing Thou wilt engage the hearts of many honest People unto Thee both there and here and for such Works of Mercy the Blessing is obtained and shewing it is the way to prosper We are Witnesses of these things Who Besides long Imprisonments and many cruel Whippings Had our Ears cut John Rous John Copeland Besides many long Imprisonments divers cruel Whippings with the seizing on our Goods are Banished upon pain of Death and some of us do wait here in England and desire that we may have an Order to Return in Peace to our Families Samuel Shattock Josiah Southick Nicholas Phelps Joseph Nicholson Jane Nicholson Here follovveth a brief Relation of the Bloody Sentence of Death passed on Three of the Servants of the Lord by John Endicot viz. William Robinson Marmaduke Stevenson and Mary Dyar And also the Manner of their Execution at Boston in New-England VVIlliam Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson two Servants of the Lord called Quakers were imprisoned in Boston in New-England and at the beginning of the 7th Month 59. they were called before the Court of Assistance by whom they bo●h were Sentenced to be Banished upon pain of Death yet notwithstanding the Sentence aforesaid they made a Decree to have William Robinson whipt and Commanded the Constable to get an able man to do it which thing being accomplished they caused William Robinson to be brought into the open Street and there stript him and having put his Hands through the holes of a Carriage of a great Gun where the Goaler a Member of their Church held him till the Executioner gave him twenty stripes with a Three-fold Cord-whip with Knots at the ends which stripes were laid on in a violent manner according to the Desire of some of the Blood-thirsty Rulers who commanded him to be Whipt severely whereupon he together with his fellow-Sufferer M. S. were shortly after Released Yet it being laid upon them from the Lord not to depart that Jurisdiction they in obedience thereunto passed abroad and had great Service for the Lord within the Jurisdiction aforesaid many being by them convinced of the Evil of their wayes for the Power and Presence of the Lord of Life was with them to the confounding of their Enemies And upon the 13th of the 8th Month it being upon them so to do they Returned again to Boston where they with seven other Friends were Apprehended and cast all of them into Prison But William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson were delivered to the Custody of the Goaler to be kept in Chains in a Room by themselves which accordingly was done and they had Chains laid upon their Right Leggs But the next Week on the 20th of the 8th Month 1659 William Robinson Marmaduke Stevenson and Mary Dyar of Rhode Island were had into the Court where John Endicot with others of the Council were Assembled And being called to the Bar John Endicot Commanded the Keeper to pull off their Hats which accordingly was done Then John Endicot began to speak unto them very faintly as a man possessed with much fear in these words That they had made several Lawes an● tryed and endeavoured by several wayes to keep them i. e. the Quakers from amongst them and neither Whipping nor Imprisoning nor Cutting off Ears nor Banishing upon pain of Death would not keep them from amongst them And further said He or They desired not the Death of any of them Yet notwithstanding his following words were Give eare and hearken to your Sentence of Death which words as was said before passed from him very faintly Then William Robinson desired that he might give them an Accompt of the Cause and Reason why after Banishment upon pain of Death they stayed in their Jurisdiction But John Endicot being filled with fury would not permit it to be done but soon after in Envy called W. R. by his Name and said unto him Hearken to your Sentence of Death William Robinson this is your Sentence You shall be had back to the place from whence you came from thence to the place of Execution to be hanged on the Gallows till

you are dead And then soon after the Goaler was called to have him away which accordingly was done Soon after William Robinson was taken out of the Court his dear Brother and fellow-Sufferer Marmaduke Stevenson being present The Governour being partial spoke unto him saying If you have any thing to say you may speak but he was silent and gave no Answer whereupon Sentence was pronounced against him also in these words You shall be had to the place from whence ye came and from thence to the Gallows and there to be Hanged till you are Dead Whereupon these words were uttered forth by M. Stevenson Give ear ye Magistrates and all who are Guilty for this the Lord hath said concerning you who will perform his Promise upon you That same Day you put his Servants to Death shall the Day of your Visitation pass over your Heads and you shall be Cursed for evermore The mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it Therefore in love to you all take Warning before it be too late that so the Curse may be removed for assuredly if you put us to Death you will bring Innocent Blood upon your own heads and swift destruction will come upon you After which words were spoken he was had to Prison again to his Brother W. Robinson The like Sentence was also passed against Mary Dyar after they were taken away by John Endicot in these words Mary Dyar You shall go to the place from whence you came namely the Prison and from thence to the place of Execution and there to be Hanged until you are Dead Whereupon she made Answer The Will of the Lord be done Then Command was given to the Marshal to take her away she returned Answer Yea and joyfully I go And in her Passage to the Prison she often used Speeches of Praise to the Lord for the same and spoke to the Marshal to let her go alone for she would go to the Prison without him The Marshal Answered I believe you Mris Dyar but I must do what I am Commanded This is a short and true Relation of the Sentence passed upon them not for evil-doing but only for bearing their Testimony ●gainst all manner of Wickedness and testifying to the Truth as it is in Jesus keeping their Consciences clear both towards God and Man Novv Concerning the Martyrdom of these Three Servants of the Lord I shall give a short and true Relation The 27th day of the same Month was the day appointed that they were to be Executed having notice thereof given them the Night before which accordingly was done For on the 27th day being the 5th day of the Week in the latter part thereof after their Lecture so called was done William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson were had forth of the Prison into the open Street where James Oliver was Captain over a Band of Armed Men by information 200. which were prepared to Guard them to and at the place of Execution with Drums and Colours and Halberds Guns Swords Pikes c. besides many Horsemen to keep off the Multitude of People The two dear Lambs being placed near the hinder part the chief Marshal and Drummer next before them Then Command being given to march to the Place of Execution W. Robinson spake these words saying This is your Hour and the power of Darkness Then the Drummer made a Noise with his Drum and shortly ceased again Then Marmaduke Stevenson said This is the Day of your Visitation wherein the Lord hath visited you Other words being spoke not understood by reason of the sound of the Drum So they walked along in pure retired Chearfulness to the Place of Execution triumphing in the strength of the Lamb over all the wrath of man and fury of the Beast in the pure retired Heavenly Dominion of the Invisible God And when they came to the Ladders-foot they took their leave each of other and William Robinson stept up the Ladder and spake to the People saying This is the Day of your Visitation wherein the Lord hath visited you This is the Day the Lord is Risen in his Mighty Power to be Avenged on all his Adversaries And the Rope being about his Neck as he spake the Executioner bound his Hands and Leggs a●● his Neck-cloth being tyed about his Face he said Now ye are made Manifest So the Executioner being about to turn him off the Ladder he said I Suffer for Christ in whom I live and for whom I die So he being turned off Marmaduke Stevenson went up the Ladder and spake to the People saying Be it known unto all this Day that we Suffer not as Evil-Doers but for Conscience sake And as the Executioner was about to turn him off these words he expressed This Day shall we be at Rest with the Lord. Thus the faithful Witnesses sealed their Testimony for the Lord against the Dragons Power and blessedly departed with Praises in their mouths entering joyfully with their Beloved into Everlasting Rest This Accompt was sent from Plimouth in new-New-England by Peter Peirson Mary Dyar having received the same Sentence only for coming a second time to Boston to visit her imprisoned Brethren there was with them carried to the place of Execution and after they two were executed she stept up the Ladder and had her Coats tyed about her feet and the Rope put about her neck and as the Hangman was ready to turn her off they cryed out Stop for she was Reprieved and having loosed her feet bad her come down but she was not forward to come down but stood still saying She was there willing to suffer as her Brethren did unless they would null their wicked Law but they pulled her down and a day or two after carried her by force out of Town Here followeth the Copy of a Letter that Mary Dyar sent to the Rulers of Boston after she had received the Sentence of Death To the General Court now in Boston VVHereas I am by many charged with the guiltinesse of my own Blood if you mean in my coming to Boston I am therein clear and justified by the Lord in whose Will I came who will require my Blood of you be sure who have made a Law to take away the Lives of the Innocent Servants of God if they come among you who are called by you Cursed Quakers although I say and am a living Witnesse for them and the Lord that he hath blessed them and sent them unto you therefore be not found fighters against God but let my Counsel and Request be accepted with you To repeal all such Laws that the Truth and Servants of the Lord may have free passage among you and you kept from shedding Innocent Blood which I know there are many among you would not do if they knew it so to be nor can the Enemy that stirreth you up thus to destroy this holy Seed in any measure countervail the great Dammage that you will by thus doing procure Therefore seeing the Lord hath not