cannot but ingage them to a free and willing returne to obedience, haveing with all the protection of theire owne Gratious King and his confermation of the Lands they now posses or shall heare after take vp. Now my Lord how a revenew shalbe raysed, truely in this I am to seeke what to say, onely this I apprehend there is noe one but will willingly pay Some Small annuall rent to his Mate for the lands he shall conferme to them as one halfe penny p Acre, which in tyme will amount to reasonable Somes, the Customes also in time will pve considerable, As towards the mainetenance of a Gove or Comm", I could wish there might not be Soe much imposed on the people as formerlye, Some reasonable Some reasonable Some (sic) I am sure they will willinglye give, the rest for present must necessarilye be made vp some other way, the Customes of marchandise imported from forraine parts and Some exported to forraine parts will helpe. And now my Lord haveing given yo" Some perticulers of theire actings and transactings in New England, and wherein I conseave they haue forfited there Charter, also how necessary I conseave it is that a Gove' or Com be speedily sent over, the probabilitye of there free reception there And to Seaverall other perticulers, I haue presumed to show my poore and weake apprehentions, leaveing all to you' Lordships Serious consideration. VI. SAMUEL MAVERICK TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. RIGHT HONORABLE AND MY GOOD LORD. When I appeared before you' Lordship, and the rest of the righ' honorable Councell, expectinge other inter[ro]gatories, I declared not so fully as I should, as to the question, whither they euer ownd his Maties souerainty ouer them, I declared some actions whch I humbly conceiue rendered them of another Judgmen: as defacing the English Coulors. Bringinge theire forces in armes and declaringe it was to resist ye landinge of a generall Gouerno sent by the Kinge. The rage betweene Brookes and Ewers. Theire pmittinge shippes belonginge to places in obedience to the Kinge to be taken vnder theire forts whch they might haue prevented. Byndinge all bound from thence in those tymes, not to commerce or trade wth any people that held out for his Maiestie A Cappitall law in the 12th page of theire law booke is, That who euer shall Indeauou the alteringe of the frame and politie of Gouern' of that theire Comonwealth shall be put to death. Many other thinges I omitted. As in the begininge of the late troubles to incite men to come ouer sermons were frequently preached on that text Curse vee Merosh &c. At the first newes of his Maties death the gouerno' and magestrates sittinge att supper, one asked if it were good newes, another answered the best that euer came and no contradition. And p'sently after, he was not thought to haue taken a ptinent text, yf not such as these. He pulleth down the mightie from theire seates and exalteth y humble and meeke. And I will ouerturne &c. for the Oath of Allegance it was neuer administred to any although some haue desired it, but insteed there of the oath of fidelitie hath beene forced on all aboue 16 yeares of age. Wherein euery one must acknowledge himselfe to be subiect to the gouerm of that Commonwealth, and to be faithfull to the same, and yeeld assistance with pson and estate, to maintayne, the Liberties and privilidges thereof. And to submitt to Lawes established by the same. Many acts of high Iniustice haue beene donne, but more remarkable that agt Docto' Child and six others, who for desiringe to haue a body of lawes established, and as neare as might be agreeinge with the lawes of England. Liberty as freeholders to haue votes in election of publique officers, or to be freed from publique charges. And psons of competent knowledge and inoffenciue in theire liues and conversations to be admitted to the Sacramt of the L. Supper, and theire childeren to baptisme for this wth hazard of theire lyues, they were besides fined about one thousand pound, And appealinge for England it was peremptoryly refused. And the recorde of that buisiness, almost totally falsified, as was there in Court since Justified. As for liberty of Conscience the p'tence of theire going ouer, they neuer yett allowed any to those neuer so littell differinge in Judgment from them, There are many thousands haue not received the sacram since they went ouer, and many thousands more borne there in the like Condition, although they are of Competent knowledge, and ready to giue account of it in publique, and liue not scandalously, And many thousands are vnbaptised of whome some are aboue thirtie yeares old. My Lord, yf on what Complaynts haue come against these psons, a small pte in Comparison of the rest of the Considerable freeholders, The Kings Maiestie, resolue not on sendinge ouer a generall Gouerno wth expedition, his Maties loyall subiects there wch are three pts of fower, will be frustrated of theire expectations, remayne disconsolate, and still sufferers, on both accounts civill and Eclesiasticall. I assure yo" my Lord the worke will proue more dificult, if not speedily p'uented, when we appeared before your honors, that Impudent and inconsiderable pson Scott thrust in after vs, And we have iust cause to suspect as a spie. for that night one Cap' Leuerett a proud spirited pson slipt privatly abord one of the shippes bound for N. England ridinge in the downes, It is that pson who in Oliuers tyme and since, was the N. England agent, And did not long since say, that before New England should admitt of appeales to England, they would deliuer it vp to the Spaniard, proued by a substantiall psons oath before a Comitee in Doctors Com mons. And in these shippes are gonn also aboue one hundered other psons wch are gon hence in discontent, and are not like to further the reducem' but may doe much to hinder it if not speedily p'uented. I leaue this to your Lordships wise Consideration, And to pardon the bouldness of Sr Your Lordships most humble servant SAMUELL MAVERICKE. I was yesterday with the Lord Privie Seale, who intended this day to wayte on you' Lord! I make bould heare inclosed to send yo" a breefe acc of what hath past betwene his Lord? and my selfe, in refference to N. England. he put me to a taske yesterday, weh accordinge to what he propounded, and as the tyme would afford I haue ready to p'sent to him, before he come to you Lord', And probably may shew it to yo". In what I may be short therein of what is expected I shall God willinge make vp wth expedition My Lord I peeiue some haue no desire that those psons in New England should be reduced: And shall make bould to put you' Lord' in minde, that if any thinge be resolued on that way the tyme of the yeare calls for expedition, and surely my Lord the longer it is defferred the more difficult it will be to effect it Truly my Lord what euer I haue declared is truth, I haue no selfe end in what I haue donn, only a desire (yf it may be) that as I saw the first settellment of those pts so that I may see the reducement of them of them vnder his Maties obedience. wch is the earnest desire of Your Lord's most humble seruant, SAMUELL MAVERICKE To the right Honorable Edward Earle of Clarendon Lord Chan cello' of England these humbly p'sented. VIII. SAMUEL MAVERICK TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. RIGHT HONORABL May it please you' Lord? The tyme seemes long since I had the happines to be admitted to you' p'sence, I am in duty bound to acquaint you' Lord', that we haue certaine intelligence from Holland that the Dutch haue latly sent one shipp and are p'paringe three more, for the strengthninge the New Netherlands. My Lord I am affrayed Whaley and Goffe, haue a hand in the buisines, and I wish some in New England be not also involued. There are many discontented psons heare also we are p'paringe to goe ouer speedily, 4 or 5 shipes are already designed, what the issew may be I know not. I haue had thoughts of late to propound to you Lord a p[s]on I aprehend fitt for a Commando' ther. It is Collonell Francis Louelace, a pson euery way accomplished for such an Imploy and very well beloued in all those pts. I leaue it to your Lord's consideration, being alwayes ready to wayte on you, I am S Your Lord's most humble seruant SAMUELL MAVERICKE. To the righ honorable Edward |