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love_n	sir_n	thomas_n	william_n	3,993	5	9.5465	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

vowed to stand upon their lawfull defence though to the last drop of their blood the resolution on both sides being so hot that we thought immediatly the Battle would have began they did then appeale to the highest Court in old England for the tryall of their right which when your Commissioners refused they did againe offer to put it to the tryall of indifferent Judges in this Countrey which were parties of neither side and counted it unreasonable that force should be offered before the cause were tryed which they judged you could not doe being parties in the cause and promised to stand to the determination of those Judges to the utmost of their estates and persons Secondly being demanded by your Commissioners satisfactioin for the Book wherein they declared grosse things were penned they answered that they would put it as the former to be judged by indifferent Judges both the terms satisfaction To the third for satisfaction for wrong done both to Indians and English they answered they would give full satisfaction Concerning the fourth wherein was great expence and charges required they answered likewise as in the former that they would pay and give to the utmost satisfaction if the Arbitrators judged that they were the cause of raysing it and would as fully and freely submit as to eat and drinke These being in short the heads we leave the more ample relation to your Commissioners Sir so faire Propositions offered we hope will worke your affections to the utmost end of preventing blood-spilling Nay we hope if it be but upon the point of honour rather that you will be losers then take the utmost the case we cannot but ●e sadly affected with knowing it will be dishonourable to the Lord if those who professe themselves Christians should not take the best means for peace we hope you will not in the least measure take it unkindly for any hint unto you neither that you will despise Abigals counsell for Nabals churlishnesse let the Lord smite them and his hand be upon them if they sinne against him If one man sinne against another the Iudge shall judge him but if a man sinne against the Lord who shall intreat for him 1 Sam. 2. 25. Now their Proposition is for man to judge as that first part of the alleadged Scripture doth declare some of their wives and children if ● mornfull Spectacle might move you doe begge for a serious consideration of their husbands and fathers Propositions which if not hearkned unto were like in mans eye to be left miserable we would they were able to write their owne griefe which now in pitie we have respect unto Oh how grievous would it be we hope to you if one man should be slaine considering the greatest Monarch in the world cannot make a man especially grievous seeing they offer termes of peace Sir vve knovv not hovv to end nor vvhat to say vve must abruptly leave desiring your wisdoms to cover on● defects with love and answer for us if any shall challenge us 2 Tim. 2. 7. Chad. Browne Thomas Olney William Field William Wickenden Here followeth a true Copie of a Letter written by the Governour of the Massachusets in answer to the men of Providence of their Letter written unto him in way of mediation for peace which is here set downe verbatim the Letter being extant under his owne hand Neighbours of Providence I Have received a Letter subscribed by four of you whom I hear are not of the confederacie with Gorton Holden and the rest of that company wherin as Mediators you intercede between them us in the differences now between us the return of the Messenger is so hasty that I cannot make a full answer to every thing you have mentioned in your Letter only you may rest satisfied with this that the Commission and instructions given to the Commissioners now at Providence was not rashly and inconsiderately drawn up but by the mature advise of the wisest and godliest amongst us assembled in a generall Court which I have not power to reverse or alter and for the justnesse of the Courts proceedings therein you may doe well to take further notice that besides the Title of Land between the Indians and the English there there are twelve of the English that have subscribed their names to horrible and detestable blasphemies against God and all Magistracie who are rather to be judged as Blasphemers especially if they persist therein rather then that they should delude us by winning time under the pretence of Arbitration I doubtnot but you well know that we have often sent to them to plead their title to the Land and to make answer for their Blasphemies and that we lately sent them safe Conducts for their comming and returning for all which we have received from them nothing but scorns contempt and revilings in the worst expressions they could cast them into so that the promise of protection made by us to Pumham c. the vindication of Gods honour and many reasons concerning our safety have necessarily put us upon this course with them notwithstanding which if any of them will in peaceable manner repaire unto us under the conduct of our Commissioners no violence shall be offered to them by our souldiers there and our justice here but if they refuse and offer violence let the hurt they receive be upon their owne heads further which I had forgotten where you say their offer of arbitration is faire you may doe well to be better informed and to know that the botome of it is easily sounded which is to win time to discourage the Indians under our subjection and to give them time and opportunity to stir up as much as in them lieth the other Indians against us for to whom would they referre their matters to your selves whom we know not but have just cause to feare in respect of your vicinitie unto them and your now mediation for them and to those of Road-Iland divers of whom we know too well to referre any matters unto the best office you can performe unto them is to perswade them to attend their owne safety by yeelding to the lawfull demand of our Commissioners from which as I said before I cannot vary So I rest Your loving Neighbour Io Winthrope Boston 8. 3 1643. Now after the enterchange of these Letters between the men of Providence and the Governour of the Massachusets which we at the present were ignorant of when certaine dayes were expired the Messengers sent by the Commissioners into the Massachusets to acquaint them with our Propositions returned which we perceived by their shooting off of Guns at his comming And the first thing we discerned in them they sent out and gathered all our Cattle together and tooke them into their owne custody sending two souldiers unto us to give us notice that the time of truce was expired and that our Propositions could in no cause be accepted or imbraced by the Massachusets we then