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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That, the Governor neglecting the Greater Number of his Council, did Adhere principally to the Advice of a few Strangers, who were persons without any Interest, in the Country, but of Declared Prejudice against it, and had plainly laid their Designs to make an Unreasonable Profit of the poor people: and four or five persons had the Absolute Rule over a Territory, the most Considerable of any belonging to the Crown.
That, the Governour neglecting the Greater Number of his Council, did Adhere principally to the Advice of a few Strangers, who were persons without any Interest, in the Country, but of Declared Prejudice against it, and had plainly laid their Designs to make an Unreasonable Profit of the poor people: and four or five persons had the Absolute Rule over a Territory, the most Considerable of any belorging to the Crown.
That when Laws were proposed in the Council, tho the major part at any time Dissented from them, yet, if the Governor were positive, there was no fair Counting the Number of Councillors Consenting, or Dissenting, but the Laws were immediately Engrossed, published and Executed.
That when Laws were proposed in the Council, tho the major part at any time Dissented from them, yet, if the Governour were positive, there was no fair Counting the Number of Councellors Consenting, or Dissenting, but the Laws were immediatly Engrossed, published and Executed.
That, This Junto made a Law, which prohibited the Inhabitants of any Town, to meet about their Town-Affairs, above once in a year; for fear, you must Note, of their having any opportunity to Complain of Grievances.