Page 83, line last, erase "And they themselves." 84, 66 1 to "record" line 10, are not in the MS. "13, from "from" to Majesty," 6 lines not in the MS. 85, 66 86, 28, from "And a" to the foot of the page, 11 lines not in the MS. 1 to "Law," 4 lines not in the MS. 24, from "And for to the foot of the page, 15 lines not in the MS. " 1, to " late," 8 lines not in the MS. 66 "24, to the foot of the page, 12 lines not in the MS. In the margin of this page, 23d, of the MS., after the words "quickly waste," is the following note, to which allusion has already been made : Heere inserte certaine propositions to the general court, &c. after the marke." There is no reference to what these propositions are, nor to the place where they might be found. They are however contained in the printed copy and constitute the last 12 lines of p. 86, and the whole of the 6 pages following, and 7 lines of p. 93, ending with the word "jubent" no part of which is of course in the MS. 66 Page 93, the names "Peck" and "Brown are spelled with the final e; and instead of "Knolls" is "Knolles." "line 6 from the bottom one master Knight " is not to be found in the MS. In the margin of this page are a few lines of short hand, with the following: "2 Cor. 8, 23, and Philipp. 2, 25, for Apostles or Messengers of the churches and probably ; ending with 2 lines also of short hand. "94, the marginal note marked * ends in the MS. with the word " England" in its 9th line; and notes for the residue, on p. 94 and 95, are, I believe, contained in the short hand, since a reference to "1 Cor. 6," is contained in both the MS. and the printed copy. 95. The marginal note marked by an asterisk, beginning "Eccles. 12" is not in the MS. 96, line 16, after "children" insert "and being a man of estate when he came [to] the country is undone." 21, after "Blackwood" insert "Mr. Thomas." 23, after "we did," is erased in the MS. "and I know not what stayed him, he is very aged and white." 26, for "Elder" read "Pastor," and insert the following from the MS. (p. 27) "There is Mr. Lenthall a minister out of office and imployment, and lives poorly.* Mr. Doughty also is come to this Island. The place where the church is, is called New porte." * "He stood upon his ministrie and against the church covenant in the Bay and diverse joyning to choose him their minister at Weymouth, by subscribing to a paper for that end. He was censured in the Generall Court at Boston, and so were they that joyned in that election and one of them named Brittaine for words saying that some of the ministers in the Bay were Brownists, and that they would not till it came to the sword's point, was whipt and had eleven stripes." t Page 96, line 28, after "Newport " 3 lines, to "dissention," are not in the MS. 5th from the bottom," pretended civill not in the MS. 97, at the top of the MS. p. 27, is "Mr. Lenthall his controversie Brittaine whept," and an half line-in short hand, doubtless referring to the note on p. 96. line 18, for " Blakeston read Blackstone." 98, 66 99, 66 66 66 19, &c., for "Simonds" read "Symonds." 66 34 and last, for "H. K." read "Hansard Knowles." 66 4, 6, and 15, for "K 64, 66 read " Knowles." a and insert after " Captaine" the name "Underhill." 10, for "Gorges" read "Gorgs, as afterwards. "31, after "divers" insert "well accomplisht and discreete," and erase from " and it is to marginal note marked * beginning "Wheat," is not in the MS. t Is not this the James Britton, who was hanged for adultery in 1643, and of whom Gov. Winthrop gives some account, as a bad man, on pages 157, 158, and 159, in the second volume of Mr. Savage's edition? Britton "was whipt" about March, 1639. 1 Winth. 288, 289, where Mr. Savage, in a note, calls this "extraordinary tyranny," to which severe charge I am sorry to express my doubts. In addition to the remarks before made, I cannot forbear to add another on the subject of Mr. Lenthall. The doctrine contended for by him, that of admission to the church by baptism, was, it is believed, the distinctive doctrine of the Church of England, and it is believed to be almost strictly so now, other denominations requiring evidence of good character by propounding or by examination of the clergyman before admission. 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