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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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That, if these Harpies, at any Time, were a little out of Money, they found ways to Imprison the best men in the Country; and there appeared not the least Information of any Crime exhibited against them, yet they were put unto Intolerable Expenses by these Greedy Oppressors, and the Benefit of an Habeas Corpus not allowed unto them.
That, if these Harpies, at any Time, were a little out of Money, they found ways to Imprison the best men in the Countrey; and there appeared not the least Information of any Crime exhibited against them, yet they were put unto Intollerable Expences by these Greedy Oppressors, and the Benefit of an Habeas Corpus not allowed unto them.
That packed and picked Juries were Commonly made use of, when under a Pretended Form of Law, the Trouble of some Honest and Worthy Men, was aimed at; and these also were hurried out of their own ⟨p. 22⟩Counties to be tried, when Juries for the Turn, were not like to be found there. The Greatest Rigour being used still towards the soberest sort of people whilst in the mean time the most horrid Enormities, in the World committed by Others, were overlooked.
That pack't and pick't Juries were Commonly made use of, when under a Pretended Form of Law, the Trouble of some Honest and Worthy Men, was aimed at; and these also were hurried out of their own ⟨p. 22⟩Counties to be tried, when Juries for the Turn, were not like to be found there. The Greatest Rigour being used still towards the soberest sort of people whilst in the mean time the most horrid Enormities, in the World committed by Others, were overlook'd.