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that_o i_o have_v not_o be_v out_o of_o the_o indies_n from_o my_o childhood_n in_o near_o twenty_o year_n if_o they_o will_v indeed_o have_v conform_v to_o law_n and_o my_o desire_n they_o shall_v have_v send_v i_o to_o england_n to_o be_v try_v for_o the_o treason_n they_o charge_v i_o with_o and_o then_o i_o shall_v have_v have_v hope_n in_o time_n to_o have_v find_v they_o here_o to_o prosecute_v i_o nor_o can_v i_o yet_o understand_v how_o they_o will_v answer_v the_o accuse_v we_o of_o felony_n treason_n rebellion_n and_o enmity_n to_o the_o king_n and_o prove_v nothing_o of_o this_o against_o we_o slander_n be_v one_o kind_n of_o trespass_n and_o the_o law_n give_v action_n for_o it_o and_o these_o crimination_n which_o they_o have_v devise_v against_o we_o if_o false_a be_v slander_n of_o the_o black_a mouth_n and_o may_v possible_o be_v find_v meritorious_a of_o the_o penalty_n of_o conspiracy_n declaration_n sect._n 17_o if_o i_o shall_v add_v some_o circumstance_n of_o these_o passage_n and_o the_o carriage_n of_o these_o incorrigible_a man_n before_o authority_n it_o will_v huge_o aggravate_v their_o crime_n but_o they_o be_v sufficient_o sully_v by_o what_o have_v be_v say_v already_o without_o cast_v more_o dirt_n in_o their_o face_n answer_n sect._n 17_o shall_v i_o aggravate_v every_o expression_n and_o usage_n of_o these_o unjust_a and_o malicious_a proscuter_n and_o expatiate_v into_o that_o large_a discourse_n how_o not_o content_a with_o what_o they_o have_v already_o make_v we_o suffer_v they_o pursue_v we_o with_o avarice_n as_o well_o as_o malice_n endeavour_v to_o seize_v to_o themselves_o the_o poor_a remain_v of_o our_o shatter_a fortune_n which_o how_o contemptible_a soever_o it_o seem_v they_o think_v they_o worth_a the_o have_v shall_v i_o do_v this_o i_o say_v it_o will_v cast_v so_o much_o black_a upon_o they_o as_o will_v blot_v out_o quite_o the_o complexion_n of_o christian_n but_o their_o own_o declaration_n discover_v so_o little_a of_o crime_n and_o such_o huge_a infliction_n and_o penalty_n and_o yet_o as_o though_o innocency_n be_v not_o enough_o stain_v by_o their_o action_n asperse_v we_o with_o such_o hideous_a calumny_n as_o reach_v to_o the_o deprive_v we_o of_o our_o humane_a eternity_n in_o blast_v the_o fame_n of_o our_o posterity_n this_o very_a declaration_n present_v they_o fall_v from_o humanity_n and_o show_v how_o confident_a they_o be_v that_o the_o blow_n they_o have_v give_v we_o be_v home_n and_o we_o never_o likely_a to_o recover_v our_o foot_n and_o therefore_o they_o may_v the_o more_o free_o trample_v we_o in_o in_o the_o dirt_n and_o take_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o tongue_n as_o they_o have_v of_o the_o hand_n already_o but_o a_o time_n may_v come_v when_o this_o very_a libel_n of_o they_o will_v be_v enough_o to_o charge_v they_o to_o their_o ruin_n think_v not_o to_o our_o restitution_n declaration_n sect._n 18._o necessity_n and_o conveniency_n enforce_v to_o this_o mannerr_n of_o proceed_v against_o these_o delinquent_n in_o which_o our_o moderation_n may_v i_o be_o sure_a our_o severity_n can_v be_v tax_v i_o have_v expose_v this_o paper_n to_o the_o view_n and_o i_o hope_v to_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o inquisitive_a and_o do_v serious_o attest_v the_o verity_n thereof_o by_o my_o subscription_n will._n byam_n governor_n answer_n sect._n 18._o the_o law_n indeed_o favour_v some_o action_n when_o for_o the_o do_v of_o they_o there_o be_v necessity_n or_o conveniency_n but_o if_o a_o thief_n plead_v either_o in_o excuse_n of_o his_o felony_n it_o will_v be_v well_o examine_v how_o great_a and_o how_o allowable_a it_o be_v and_o shall_v these_o action_n come_v to_o such_o a_o test_n i_o dare_v be_v again_o the_o butt_n for_o byams_n malice_n if_o any_o the_o least_o lawful_a necessity_n or_o conveniency_n will_v appear_v for_o these_o proceed_n however_o i_o be_o glad_a i_o have_v his_o hand_n to_o attest_v this_o acknowledgement_n and_o only_o wish_v i_o have_v occasion_n to_o try_v whether_o he_o will_v be_v gent._n enough_o not_o to_o retract_v this_o serious_a averment_n nor_o deny_v this_o subscription_n i_o will_v promise_v he_o not_o to_o charge_v more_o to_o he_o then_o he_o here_o confess_v himself_o guilty_a of_o if_o he_o will_v but_o admit_v this_o as_o a_o evidence_n but_o though_o probable_o he_o think_v that_o he_o now_o play_v secure_o have_v put_v we_o out_o of_o all_o rational_a possibility_n of_o bring_v he_o to_o a_o after_o game_n yet_o will_v i_o not_o sin_v so_o high_o against_o the_o dignity_n of_o justice_n as_o to_o despair_v her_o take_a cognizance_n of_o my_o case_n and_o then_o i_o fear_v not_o but_o that_o this_o declaration_n of_o byams_n may_v dispose_v she_o to_o a_o retribution_n my_o poverty_n i_o hope_v will_v speed_v not_o retard_v her_o repair_n and_o what_o have_v shorten_v my_o hand_n will_v lenghten_v she_o and_o since_o the_o gentleman_n be_v so_o confident_a that_o he_o have_v not_o deal_v over-severe_o with_o we_o i_o only_o wish_v he_o may_v find_v a_o equal_a mercy_n and_o moderation_n when_o ever_o he_o have_v occasion_n and_o then_o possible_o he_o may_v begin_v to_o weigh_v what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v banish_v from_o estate_n and_o relation_n to_o be_v put_v out_o of_o a_o settle_a and_o comfortable_a way_n of_o be_v and_o expose_v to_o the_o contempt_n of_o beggary_n and_o deration_n of_o a_o wife_n and_o child_n partner_n in_o the_o sufferance_n and_o all_o this_o for_o action_n rather_o honest_a then_o criminal_a the_o divine_a retaliation_n deal_v to_o byam_n and_o his_o assessor_n as_o they_o have_v deal_v to_o i_o and_o no_o better_a to_o i_o then_o i_o have_v deserve_v from_o that_o colony_n and_o they_o i_o think_v the_o world_n will_v judge_v i_o need_v not_o beg_v a_o
sect._n 2._o it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o governor_n be_v elect_v by_o the_o country_n &_o by_o the_o establish_a constitution_n of_o the_o colony_n he_o be_v to_o be_v elect_v annual_o at_o a_o day_n certain_a by_o the_o delegate_n of_o the_o several_a division_n of_o the_o colony_n and_o by_o virtue_n thereof_o be_v to_o continue_v therein_o but_o one_o year_n but_o as_o to_o this_o establishment_n it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v wherefore_o &_o when_o it_o be_v make_v it_o be_v in_o the_o juncture_n of_o time_n when_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o our_o nation_n be_v in_o confusion_n and_o out_o of_o order_n the_o legal_a authority_n reject_v by_o a_o violent_a power_n who_o have_v assume_v to_o themselves_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o our_o nation_n and_o that_o at_o the_o first_o establishment_n be_v elective_a in_o semblance_n to_o which_o this_o be_v make_v answer_n sect._n 2._o he_o shall_v grant_v as_o i_o say_v before_o that_o the_o representative_n in_o who_o be_v the_o government_n be_v to_o be_v yearly_o elect_v and_o that_o they_o from_o among_o themselves_o be_v to_o name_v a_o governor_n at_o a_o day_n certain_a who_o be_v no_o other_o but_o their_o precedent_n or_o speaker_n and_o so_o at_o the_o meeting_n style_v and_o this_o establishment_n be_v make_v in_o june_n 1660._o when_o the_o king_n be_v happy_o restore_v to_o the_o dominion_n of_o his_o people_n and_o though_o indeed_o we_o then_o have_v no_o certainty_n of_o his_o return_n yet_o we_o know_v how_o far_o the_o ever-famous_a d._n of_o albemarle_n have_v act_v in_o order_n to_o it_o and_o that_o the_o free-parliament_n be_v actual_o sit_v nor_o be_v this_o establishment_n make_v in_o semblance_n to_o any_o form_n of_o government_n set_v up_o here_o at_o home_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o late_a usurpation_n not_o any_o in_o that_o colony_n except_o the_o author_n of_o this_o conclusion_n if_o i_o guess_v right_a by_o the_o stile_n have_v the_o least_o esteem_n of_o those_o destructive_a innovation_n but_o rather_o in_o imitation_n of_o that_o constitution_n in_o barbadoes_n which_o be_v rule_v by_o a_o governor_n commission_v from_o the_o sovereign_n a_o council_n of_o his_o own_o choose_n and_o a_o assembly_n then_o out_o of_o every_o parish_n yearly_o elect_v by_o the_o people_n which_o whole_a body_n be_v call_v the_o governor_n and_o general_n assembly_n now_o we_o want_v a_o commission_n from_o the_o king_n be_v force_v to_o content_v ourselves_o for_o the_o present_a with_o a_o assembly_n only_o choose_v by_o the_o people_n who_o for_o order_n sake_n as_o those_o in_o barbadoes_n do_v make_v one_o of_o themselves_o the_o speaker_n and_o the_o better_a to_o attract_v the_o people_n reverence_n give_v he_o the_o title_n of_o governor_n and_o because_o upon_o every_o emergency_n to_o convent_n this_o whole_a body_n be_v think_v a_o trouble_n and_o inconveniency_n therefore_o they_o permit_v the_o governor_n to_o name_v six_o of_o these_o representative_n one_o out_z of_o each_o division_n his_o own_o except_v to_o be_v his_o council_n and_o advise_v with_o he_o in_o the_o regulate_v the_o colony_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o england_n and_o the_o by-law_n of_o this_o general_a assembly_n now_o upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o colony_n of_o surinam_n be_v leave_v without_o conduct_n may_v not_o agree_v among_o themselves_o on_o some_o form_n of_o rule_n to_o which_o they_o will_v submit_v till_o conclude_v by_o their_o sovereign_n &_o whether_o those_o that_o be_v put_v into_o authority_n by_o such_o compact_n be_v not_o bind_v thereby_o if_o it_o be_v answer_v negative_o than_o byam_n and_o the_o rest_n have_v never_o any_o rightful_a authority_n if_o affirmative_o than_o their_o authority_n expire_v in_o june_n 62._o and_o in_o either_o case_n whatever_o be_v say_v or_o do_v against_o they_o at_o this_o time_n can_v neither_o be_v sedition_n nor_o opposition_n nay_o forasmuch_o as_o it_o appear_v that_o they_o make_v the_o first_o assault_n by_o imprison_a jones_n and_o endeavour_v the_o like_a to_o other_o whatever_o those_o person_n so_o assault_v and_o prosecute_v do_v act_n attempt_n or_o intend_v be_v only_o to_o defend_v themselves_o from_o their_o unruly_a neighbour_n and_o so_o much_o do_v our_o natural_a ligeance_n to_o our_o sovereign_n of_o which_o neither_o time_n nor_o place_n can_v discharge_v we_o entitle_v we_o to_o the_o royal_a protection_n and_o the_o be_v english_a man_n to_o the_o privilege_n of_o our_o charter_n that_o i_o can_v think_v a_o company_n of_o we_o can_v in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o leave_v to_o ourselves_o as_o that_o the_o great_a number_n may_v impune_o invade_v the_o right_n of_o the_o less_o and_o destroy_v they_o in_o person_n honour_n liberty_n and_o estate_n especial_o when_o we_o have_v agree_v among_o ourselves_o and_o seal_v that_o agreement_n by_o proclaim_v his_o majesty_n and_o swear_v allegiance_n to_o he_o to_o retain_v our_o king_n our_o allegiance_n and_o our_o law_n nor_o can_v it_o be_v rational_o affirm_v that_o our_o proclaim_v the_o king_n alter_v our_o constitution_n unless_o we_o have_v unit_o agree_v that_o it_o shall_v do_v so_o for_o we_o have_v in_o general_a term_n before_o subject_v ourselves_o and_o constitution_n to_o the_o sovereign_a power_n of_o our_o nation_n and_o that_o after_o proclaim_v of_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n be_v only_o a_o acknowledge_v that_o such_o a_o particular_a person_n be_v our_o sovereign_n which_o can_v not_o void_a our_o contract_n since_o one_o article_n of_o it_o be_v that_o nothing_o shall_v void_a it_o but_o the_o king_n command_n and_o that_o we_o do_v not_o think_v the_o king_n come_v in_o or_o our_o proclaim_v he_o and_o annul_v of_o our_o government_n be_v evident_a from_o the_o commission_n which_o byam_n by_o order_n of_o the_o general_n assembly_n grant_v sometime_o after_o this_o whereof_o i_o have_v two_o who_o stile_n be_v by_o virtue_n of_o a_o power_n unto_o we_o from_o the_o delegate_n subordinate_a to_o our_o sovereign_a lord_n charles_n etc._n etc._n nor_o do_v i_o find_v though_o it_o shall_v invalidate_v the_o delegate_n decree_v how_o his_o majesty_n restauration_n do_v invest_v byam_n or_o any_o other_o particular_a person_n with_o the_o government_n conclusion_n sect._n 3_o as_o to_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v make_v they_o be_v thâ—se_a in_o that_o we_o be_v many_o of_o his_o majesty_n liege_n people_n who_o have_v embark_v ourselves_o and_o fortune_n in_o order_n to_o the_o plant_n and_o settle_v of_o this_o colony_n as_o governor_n over_o who_o by_o the_o then_o supreme_a power_n of_o england_n colonel_n richard_n holdip_n be_v commission_v and_o send_v his_o decline_v of_o which_o and_o thereby_o leave_v the_o place_n destitute_a of_o any_o such_o authorize_v government_n and_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o england_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o many_o distraction_n and_o revolution_n of_o government_n take_v no_o further_o cognizance_n of_o we_o we_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o this_o place_n be_v necessitate_v thereunto_o in_o order_n to_o the_o civil_a and_o peaceable_a government_n and_o preservation_n of_o every_o one_o in_o his_o life_n and_o liberty_n and_o estate_n in_o this_o colony_n as_o the_o record_n hereof_o do_v manifest_a make_v this_o establishment_n for_o our_o government_n it_o to_o continue_v with_o submission_n to_o the_o supreme_a authority_n of_o england_n now_o thus_o and_o according_a to_o this_o establishment_n do_v the_o governor_n that_o now_o be_v become_v governor_n in_o possession_n of_o which_o his_o majesty_n be_v merciful_o restore_v to_o the_o regal_a and_o happy_a government_n of_o our_o nation_n his_o declaration_n for_o the_o continuation_n of_o all_o governor_n magistrate_n and_o officer_n to_o continue_v in_o their_o several_a power_n and_o authority_n till_o his_o royal_a pleasure_n be_v further_o know_v and_o signify_v find_v he_o and_o have_v and_o do_v empower_v authorize_v and_o continue_v he_o therein_o till_o his_o further_a order_n so_o that_o now_o he_o stand_v no_o long_a governor_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o establishment_n of_o the_o colony_n but_o be_v authorize_v empower_v and_o confirm_v therein_o by_o his_o majesty_n declaration_n which_o be_v the_o supreme_a authority_n of_o our_o nation_n in_o submission_n to_o which_o this_o establishment_n as_o it_o ought_v so_o it_o be_v make_v the_o governor_n thus_o authorize_v empower_v and_o confirm_v governor_n by_o the_o king_n declaration_n do_v as_o a_o relative_a and_o necessary_a incident_a and_o consequent_a thereunto_o stand_v accountable_a to_o the_o king_n for_o the_o government_n of_o this_o place_n and_o can_v without_o the_o forfeiture_n of_o his_o faith_n and_o allegiance_n to_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n either_o render_v up_o or_o passive_o suffer_v his_o power_n as_o governor_n to_o be_v take_v from_o he_o especial_o we_o