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A45477	Hammond versus Heamans, or, An answer to an audacious pamphlet, published by an impudent and ridiculous fellow, named Roger Heamans, calling himself Commander of the Ship Golden Lion wherein he endeavours by lies and holy expressions, to colour over his murthers and treacheries committed in the Province of Maryland, to the utter ruine of that florishing plantation : having a great sum sold himself to proceed in those cruelties, it being altogether answered out of the abstract of credible oaths taken here in England :in which is published His Highnesses absolute (though neglected) command to Richard Bennet Esq., late governour of Virginia and all others, not to disturbe the Lord Baltamores plantation in Maryland / by John Hammond ...	Hammond, John, d. 1707.	1655 (1655)	Wing H619; ESTC R11940	10,256	20

Hammond versus Heamans OR An ANSVVER To an audacious Pamphlet published by an impudent and ridiculous Fellow named ROGER HEAMANS Calling himself Commander of the Ship Golden Lion wherein he endeavours by lies and holy expressions to colour over his murthers and treacheries committed in the Province of Maryland to the utter ruine of that florishing Plantation Having for a great sum sold himself to proceed in those cruelties it being altogether answered out of the abstract of credible Oaths taken here in England In which is published His Highnesses absolute though neglected Command to Richard Bennet Esq late Governour of Virginia and all others not to disturbe the Lord Baltamores Plantation in Maryland By John Hammond a Sufferer in these Calamities 1 Sam 20. v. 23. As touching the thing which thou and I have spoken of behold the Lord be between thee and me Job 22. v. 5. Is not thy wickednesse great and thine iniquities innumerable Job 12. 7. Ye speak wickedly for Gods defence and talk deceitfully for his cause Printed at London for the use of the Author and are to be sold at the Royall Exchange in Cornhill Hammond versus Heamans I Was very opposite to publish my self to the world a fool in print resolving rather to wait the determination of the Supreme Authority of England by whō and not by railing invectives we must be tryed than to have expressed so much indifferency as to have carped unseasonably at the proceeding of these inhuman ingratefull and blood-sucking Sectaries which mention God in their lips but their hearts are farre from him but that I see daily a broaching of lyes one confederating and in the neck of another which begets belief amongst many and carries a vulgar applause along with their action the only way these people ever pitched on to effect their designs and the rather are they credited by our silence We desire to satisfie every man and especially our worthy friends the noble Virginians in England for in Virginia they are sufficiently informed and that by their unbyast discourses and relations they may undeceive such as the hypocricies of these fellows hath deluded This and the inward vexation which perplexeth me to read what they write to hear what 's reported awakes me as knowing more of their deceits and proceedings than any man living I have at this present written lying by me an Historicall relation of the transactions of Virginia and Maryland under the Government and Tyranny of Richard Bennet and Colonel Claiborn with many remarkable passages of such State-policies as they and their creatures used but will for a while forbeare to publish as rather desiring this pen-jarring may cease but if any of this rout shall any more disturbe the world for us they cannot do with their seeming-sanctified lies I will then not spare to acquaint the world what they are and how they live and give each of their Characters to open view which now lyes masked under the hood of holinesse and good disposition in which I shall somewhat more largely answer Leonard Strongs Babylons fall the Book of Virginia and Maryland and other objections and allegations of theirs being all full of impudence and ignorance But that Heamans should dare to write amazes me knowing his imbecillity his villany and therefore I shall in my answer to him briefly and in his own tone anatomize and lay him open to the world a fool to the State a Knave to God a notorious offender whose unfeigned repentance I cordially wish and that his future portion of Grace may over-ballance his former talents of wit and honesty in the want of which the poor man hath been too too unhappy But to the matter Roger Heamans gives a great account in his whole relation of his extraordinary vigilancy and diligence in mannaging of his charge and the trust imposed on him by his owners but omits to insert what a disordered Ship and company he had how mutinous and quarrelsome they were amongst themselves and how upon every drunken bout they had what Swords were drawn what challenges made between the Sea-men and their great Commander insomuch that the Inhabitants observing their carraiges with derision and detestation reported of the fantasticknesse of Heamans and his rude ungoverned Ships Company The insolencie of these were such towards the Inhabitants observing the licentiousnesse of those parts and taking occasion thereby that they would sell commodities to whom they list and lighting on greater prices would of their own accords after delivery made repossesse themselves again scoffing at any pretence of Law or Justice saying as it after proved too true that their Ship was of force enough to awe the whole Countrey inflicting punishments on the Planters and robbing houses as they went all which is sufficiently proved by Depositions already taken He relates how civilly he entreated Captain Stone formerly Governour Stone who refused the title of Governour from him informing him that one Captain Fuller was Governor of the Province and intimates that from that relation he bends to Fuller as Governour ever after How disconsonant to reason this is let any judge that know reason that know the passages that know Captain Stones temper At such time as Bennet and Claiborn came into Maryland and had compacted to take the Government out of the hands of Captain Stone after he had notice of the power they had gathered he likewise impowered himself for defence and was in possibility to have cut Bennet and Claiborn and all off but those few Papists that were in Maryland for indeed they are but few importunatly perswaded Governour Stone not to fight left the cry against the Papists if any hurt were done would be so great that many mischiefs would ensue wholly referring themselves to the will of God and the Lord Protectors determination although the Protestant party with indignation to be so fooled submitted to what their Governour was perswaded to do yet could not but complaine in that particular against the cowardize of the Papists After they had dispossest Governour Stone of his Authority and had by promises to dis-bandon their party perswaded him to do the like they presented him with a draught for resignation under his hand which when he refused their whole party upon notice given on a sudden returned to the astonishment of himself and affrightment of his wife and children and required perenitorily to subscribe to what they had written which he did saying It matters not what it is I will being thus enforced write what ye will have me it cannot be binding nor valid Lo here the observance of Bennet and Claiborns promises and after this they would have impowered him as Governour from them which with scorn he refused nor did Governour Stone ever in his own esteem nor in the eyes of those that had been faithfull to his Government look on himself as lesse or otherwise than Governour nor ever received other title how be it he ceased to act untill he heard further from England yet

not a matter materiall for the Presse we knew him a year or two since a Planter of little credit and now a very sorry Merchant yet any stuff will serve such as yee are Concerning the firing of your Ship I speak to the abused World not to Heamans he knows already what I writ is true that at tryall of the Governour and Councell one Captain Findall upon examination did acknowledge that after Heamans Treachery to shoot at them having discovered himself an enemy he undantedly told them that himself could he have compassed it would have fired his Ship But how prettily do they forge Fuller he sayes informed him that Captain Stone intended to fire his Ship and this dispute between the Hireling and the Master must be taken as a truth and come likewise to the Presse and yet Heamans and they bargained before Here if it had been truth you again shew your self a fool to ingage because Fuller affrighted you And why should Captain Stone think of firing your Ship had you not been a declared enemy or if he had such an intent why did he by Letter addresse himself to you to stand Newter before this addresse Fuller and yee fomented these jealousies amongst the people which by that after addresse was clearly manifest it was never intended therefore being in its own reason only a fiction wherefore did you print it The cause of your Seaman Helies running away I know not but have been informed the Fellow was of an honest temper and that your fantastick domineerings was the cause he rather chose to lose his Voyage than longer to continue under you In your whole relation of commands and arguments between you and your imployers you so impudently juggle that you raise both laughter and anger in me I shall not swell this to descant on each frivolous passage The delivery of your Benefactors of Ann Arundel Country is indeed a demy-miracle as you deliver it but let a true information be received it will appear otherwise first to be treacherously dispersed and hurried a shore as our men were by Heamans firing at them Next to be pursued by an other Vessell commanding at a distance and so seizing on our Boats and Ammunition what a great matter did ye it is and hath been ordinary for a hundred men to surprize and take prisoners two hundred but ye had more ours not so many as I mention and the difference was ours came with a resolution rather to treat than fight yours resolved to have the Government or nothing and therefore would not suffer any Declaration to be published but surprized the Messenger and what was most monstrous after free-quarter giver to adjudge condemn and execute as ye did your self Heamans sitting in consultation and being of their Counsell of War and most active to have all executed none reprieved no not the Governour himself It was the first time that ever Heamans had power of condemnation and therefore thought to grow glorious by his unsampled severity Take a little view of these oaths and then judge of this and these fellowes HEnry Coursey Nicholas Guyther and Richard Willan of the Province of Maryland in America Gent. maked oath That in or about the latter end of May in the year 1654. His Highnesse the Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging was by Captain William Stone the Lord Baltamores Governour of that Province caused to be proclamed in the head of the people there they being then summoned in by Capt. Stone for that purpose and the said Governor took order with Captain Tilman and Mr. Bosworth two Cōmanders of Ships then trading in that Province to shoot off severall peeces of Ordnance from their respective Ships in honour of that Solemnity And they further depose that in the Moneth of July then next following Mr. Richard Bennet the then Governour of Virginia and Colonel William Claiborn the then Secretary thereof came from Virginia to Patuxent River in the said Province of Maryland and there entertained as Souldiers the Inhabitants of the said River with those of Ann Arundell otherwise by them called Providence as also the Inhabitants of the Isle of Kent within the said Province and so forced the said Captain Stone to resign his Government And the said Deponent Henry Coursey further saith that the said Bennet and Claiborn afterwards forced the said Governour to set his hand to a Writing the Contents whereof as this Deponent doth remember was That he should not meddle with the resuming of the Government again in the Lord Baltamores behalf And all the said Deponents further say that the said Bennet Claiborn then seized upon the records of the said Province put them into the possession of one Captain William Fuller Mr. Richard Preston and William Durand and the Deponent Hen. Coursey saith That in March last the said Captain Stone sent up to the said Inhabitants of Ann Arundel one Mr. Luke Barber and the said Deponent Henry Coursey with a Proclamation to require the Inhabitants there to yeeld obedience to the Lord Baltamores Officers under His Highnesse the Lord Protector and that when the said Mr. Barber and this Deponent Henry Coursey came thither they found the people there all in arms and the said Fuller would not suffer this Deponent to read the said Proclamation and so refusing to give any obedience thereunto the said Mr. Barber and this Deponent were dismissed but suddenly after before conveniently they could get away were taken prisoners by that party whereby the said Governour Captain Stone was prevented of any answer whereupon he proceeded to come up with what force he had into the River called by some Severn where these people lived And all these Deponents say That when the said Captain Stone came into the said River there was one Captain Roger Heamans with a great Ship called the Golden Lion whereof he was Commander who presently shot at Captain Stones Boats as they passed by him And the said Guyther and Willan do further depose That the said Captain Stone to avoid the said shot went into a Creek in the said River where one Mr. Cuts with another Ship whereof he was Master blocked up the mouth thereof and upon any discovery forced there Ordnance at the said Captain Stone and his party untill such time as the said Inhabitants of Ann Arundel had transported themselves over the River unto the said Captain Stone and his party where after some dispute the Governour finding himself over-powred yeelded upon quarter whereupon he and most of his party were transported over the River to a Fort at Ann Arundel where they were all kept prisoners and about three dayes after the said Captain Fuller William Burgees Richard Evans Leo Strong William Durand the said Roger Heamans Iohn Brown Iohn Cuts Richard Smith one Thomas and one Bestone Samson Warren Thomas Meares and one Crouch sat as in a Councel of War and there condemned the said Governour

Captain Stone Colonel Iohn Price Mr. Iob Chandler Mr. William Eltonhead Mr. Robert Clerk the said Deponent Nicholas Guyther Captain William Evans Captain William Lewis Mr. Iohn Legat and Iohn Pedro to dye whereof they executed Mr. William Eltonhead Captain William Lewis Mr. Iohn Legat and Iohn Pedro the rest being preserved at the request of the Souldiers and Women belonging to the said party at Ann Arundel after which execution the common Souldiers that did belong to the said Captain Stone were sent away to their severall homes but the Officers and the said Messengers were detained longer and at the discharging of the said Deponents Henry Coursey and Nicholas Guyther the pretended Councel of War imposed an Oath upon them That they should not write into England to give the Lord Baltamore any information of their proceedings and not long after they sequestred all the Estates of those of the Lord Baltamores Councel and Officers there And the said Henry Coursey further deposeth That he was present when Mr. William Eltonhead desired to be allowed an appeale to His Highnesse the Lord Protector in England but it was refused him by the said pretended Councel of War at Ann Arundel And the said Deponents Henry Coursey and Nicholas Guyther do further depose That a little before the sending of the Proclamation before mentioned to the people at Ann Arundel they heard the said Captain Stone declare unto certain Messengers whom these people had sent unto him That if the said people who he understood were in arms would repaire unto their severall homes and submit themselves unto the former established Government under the Lord Baltamore which did acknowledge His Highnesse the Lord Protector as Soveraign Lord he would not offer any violence to them or do them any prejudice either in their persons or estates or words to the very same effect And the Deponent Richard Willan doth also further depose That about the time when the said Luke Barber and Henry Coursey went with the said Proclamation above mentioned he heard the said Captain Stone command that none of his party should rob or plunder any upon pain of death Henry Coursey Nicholas Guyther Richard Willan Sworn all three the second day of Iuly 1655. before me Na. Hobart a Master of the Chancery in Ordinary Now may the Reader throughly understand their Religion their humanity their usage of His Highnesses name and to what purpose not to act further by it than shall conduce to their own ends they will they say be subordinate to no power but to the Lord Protector and yet deny appeales to His Highnesse rejecting His Highnesses Commands breath out vants that if His Highnesse will not own their actings they will not take notice of what comes from him They imprisoned fined and hardly forbore to have executed Doctor Luke Barber notwithstanding he brought in a Letter from His Highnesse directed to Captain William Stone Governour for the Lord Baltamore of his Province of Maryland intimating thus That the Bearer hereof Luke Gardner having been one of his Domestick Servants was intended to remove himself and family into Maryland and therefore he intreated him to show him for his sake what lawfull favour and assistance he could signing it Oliver P. And under His Highnesses Signet This was pretended a forgery and Mr. Barber put to prove it to be the Lord Protectors but he must prove it in that place no appeale could lie good and the Gentleman as I have often heard him protest was so over-awed that at last he durst not affirmatively maintain it came from His Highnesse but answered doubtfully and distractedly A strange impudence when a Mandate so sacred as under His Highnesses Hand and Seal must not only be disputed but to require a further evidence then himself witnessing what shall issue out from himself this is the greatest spurning against and overthrowing Authority that ever was heard of or suffered His Highnesse having notice of the proceedings of Bennet Claiborn and these people notwithstanding the sweet Letter 〈…〉 to Bennet requiring him to cherish peace in the Plantation now further declares himself as followeth SIR WHereas the difference betwixt the Lord Baltamore and the Inhabitants of Virginia concerning the bounds by them respectively claimed are depending before us and our Councel and yet undetermined and that as we are credibly informed you have notwithstanding gone into his Plantation in Maryland and countenanced some people there in opposing the Lord Baltamores Officers therefore for preventing of disturbances or tumults we do will and require you and all others deriving Authority from you to forbear disturbing the Lord Baltamore or his Officers and people in Maryland and to permit all things to remain as they were there before any disturbance or alteration made by you or any other upon pretence of authority from you till the said difference above-mentioned be determined by where and that we give you further order therein we rest To Richard Bennet Esq Governour of Virginia These Your Loving Friend Signed Oliver P. White-Hall Jan. ●2 1654. Copia vera Examinatur per Will. Malin By this it appeares how great care hath been by His Highnesse used to prevent blood-shed yet nothing will prevaile and although by this in appeares that Bennets pretended power ceased and any derived from him yet will not Leo Strong the Munkle-Agent of Providence as he calls himself cease to be an Agent but will justle this high command and revocation he peradventure at last will pretend his deafnesse that he never heard it but cannot alleage blindnesse for he had and shall again see what it is Were not their actions very justifiable when they shold keep men in prison untill they should submit to an Oath imposed on them never to write for England or to the Lord Baltamore what had been done and suffer none to depart for England but what got away by stealth my self being proscribed by Proclamation and a great reward for him that should bring in my head yet was I never in armes nor never was an Instigator against any of them in all these hurliburlies We have many authentick testimonies discovering all their actions and proceedings which are too voluminous to be inserted into an Answer to such an Ideot as the Commander of the Golden Lion we hereby endeavour to give you onely a hint that Heamans hath abused the World with his Pamphlet not a sillable whereof is truth how he hath deluded his owners with pretence of his care how he hath spurned at and belied the Supreme Authority how he hath intruded himself without any lawfull call into the Seat of Justice and there acted the part of a bloody and aggravating Murtherer condemning Innocents and trampling on the souls of them he hath betrayed to death for without his combination nothing of this had happened and our selves had without rigor without blood-shed compelled Obedience to the Supreme Command of His Highnesse under the Lord Baltamore whom we with all solemnity proclamed and under whose protection we rejoyced as our Soveraign Lord issuing out generall Pardons in commemoration of that great and happy Solemnity And therefore we do and shall justly charge this Heamans with all the blood spilt in our Province as the immediate Author with all the ruines the banishments the sequestrations of Estates and the heart-breaking griefs he hath yeelded our Wifes and Children to whom if ever we return again it is through many dangers and hazzards For the cry of Hey for St. Maries hey for two Wives if any rude Souldier in those of any other termes were abusive it must not colour your matchination it proceeded by no order of the Governours nor from the mouthes of any of quality themselves were civill and atractive nor was ever any party afoot without some absurd expression or disordered language but these are weak flourishes and will only bear you out in weak esteemes Your observation of Captain Stones dejection and his renunciation of the Lord Baltamore the dead-heartedness of the Prisoners being onely affirmed by your self is of as little credit as any thing else you have related nor are you and your compacted theevish Ships company to be evidences one for another and no better than Theeves and Murtherers to justifie you you have none the religious rejoycing you mention is no otherwise than such prayers and rejoycings as Theeves and Gamsters at or after their enterprises use and as acceptable to God but seeing Heamans was a Judge to condemn and now is become a Writer I shall no longer dwell on Heamans papers I shall conclude with that fearful wo denounced by the Prophet Isaiah against such as you are Isa. ●0 v. 1. Wo unto them that decree wicked decrees and write grievous things Verse 2. To keep back the poor from judgement and to take away the judgment of the poor of my people that widows may be their prey and that they may spoil the fatherlesse FINIS