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Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain…
Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governor in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governour in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.
London: printed by Sam. Bridge for Nath. Hiller, 1697
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Two Days after this, the King, upon what was proposed by certain Lords, was very inquisitive, whether He might without breach of Law, set a Governor over New-England; whereto the Lord Chief Justice, and some others of the Council, answered, That whatever might be the Merit of the Cause, inasmuch as the Charter of New-England, stood vacated by a Judgment against them, it was in the King's Power to put them under what Form of Government He should think best for them.
Two Days after this, the King, upon what was proposed by certain Lords, was very inquisitive, whether He might without breach of Law, set a Governour over New-England; whereto the Lord Chief Justice, and some others of the Council, answered, That whatever might be the Merit of the Cause, inasmuch as the Charter of New-England, stood vacated by a Judgment against them, it was in the King's Power to put them under what Form of Government He should think best for them.
The King then said, That He believed it would be for the Advantage of the People, in that Colony, to be under a Governor appointed by Himself: Nevertheless (because of what Mr. Mather had spoken to Him) He would have the Agents of New-England nominate a Person, that should be agreeable unto the Inclinations of the People there; and notwithstanding this, He would have Charter-Privileges restored and confirmed unto them.
The King then said, That He believed it would be for the Advantage of the People, in that Colony, to be under a Governour appointed by Himself: Nevertheless (because of what Mr. Mather had spoken to Him) He would have the Agents of New-England nominate a Person, that should be agreeable unto the Inclinations of the People there; and notwithstanding this, He would have Charter-Priviledges restored and confirmed unto them.