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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 they made another Law, requiring all Masters of Vessels, even Shallops, and Wood-boats to give Security, that no Man should be Transported in them, except his name had been so many Days posted up: whereby the Pockets of a few Leeches had been filled with Fees, but the whole Trade of the Country destroyed; and all Attempts to obtain a Redress of these Things obstructed; And when this Act had been strenuously opposed in Council at Boston, they carried it as far as New-York, where a Crew of them enacted it.
That, without any Assembly, they Levied on the People, a penny in the pound of all their Estates, and Twenty-pence per Head, as Poll-money, with a penny in the Pound for Goods Imported, besides a Vast Excise on Wine, Rum and other Liquors.
That, without any Assembly, they Levied on the People, a penny in the pound of all their Estates, and Twenty-pence per Head, as Poll-money, with a penny in the Pound for Goods Imported, besides a Vast Exeise on Wine, Rum and other Liquors.
That, when among the Inhabitants of Ipswich, some of the Principal Persons modestly gave Reasons, why they could not choose a Commissioner to Tax the Town, until the King should first be Petitioned for the Liberty of an Assembly, they were committed unto Gaol for it, as an High Misdemeanour, and were denied an Habeas Corpus, and were dragged many Miles out of their own County to answer it at a Court in Boston; where Jurors were picked for the Turn, that were not Freeholders, nay, that were mere sojourners; and when the Prisoners pleaded the Privileges of English-men, That they should not be Taxed without their own consent, they were told, That those things would not follow them to the ends of the earth: As it had been before told them in open Council, no one in the Council contradicting it, You have no more Privileges left you, but this, that you are not bought and sold for Slaves: And in fine, they were all fined severely, and laid under great Bonds for their Good Behaviour; besides all which, the hungry Officers extorted Fees from them that amounted unto an Hundred