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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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Sir Henry Ashurst, and Mr. Mather, well knowing the agreeable Disposition to do God, and the King, and his Country Service, which was in Sir William Phips, whom they now had with them, all this while prosecuting his Design for Canada, they did unto the Council-Board, nominate Him, for the GOVERNOR of New-England. And Mr. Mather, being by the Earl of Nottingham introduced unto His Majesty, said,
Sir Henry Ashurst, and Mr. Mather, well knowing the agreeable Disposition to do God, and the King, and his Country Service, which was in Sir William Phips, whom they now had with them, all this while prosecuting his Design for Canada, they did unto the Council-Board, nominate Him, for the GOVERNOUR of New-England. And Mr. Mather, being by the Earl of Nottingham introduced unto His Majesty, said,
Sir,
I do, in the behalf of New-England, most humbly thank your Majesty, in that you have been pleased by a Charter, to restore English Liberties unto them, to con[…] them in their Properties, and, to grant them some peculiar Privileges. I doubt not, but that your Subjects there, will demean themselves with that dutiful Affection and Loyalty to your Majesty, as that you will see cause to enlarge your Royal Favours towards them. And I do most humbly thank your Majesty, in that you have been pleased to give leave unto those that are concerned for New-England, to nominate their Governor.
I do, in the behalf of New-England, most humbly thank your Majesty, in that you have been pleased by a Charter, to restore English Liberties unto them, to con〈…〉 them in their Properties, and, to grant them some peculiar Priviledges. I doubt not, but that your Subjects there, will demean themselves with that dutiful Affection and Loyalty to your Majesty, as that you will see cause to enlarge your Royal Favours towards them. And I do most humbly thank your Majesty, in that you have been pleased to give leave unto those that are concerned for New-England, to nominate their Governour.