—Your three several Princely Declarations, Encouraging the English Nation, to cast off the Yoke of a Tyrannical and Arbitrary Power, which at that time they were held under, have occurred unto the View and Consideration of the people in this Country, being themselves under alike (if not worse) evil and unhappy Circumstances with their Brethren in England; First by being unrighteously deprived of their Charter-Government, & Privileges, without any Hearing or Trial, and under utter impossibilities of having Notice of any Writ served upon them; and then followed with the Exercise of an illegal and Arbitrary power over them, which had almost ruined a late flourishing Country, and was become very grievous & intolerable; besides, the growing miseries, ⟨image 4⟩and daily fears of a total Subversion, by enemies at home, and Invasion by foreign force; the people thereby excited, to imitate so noble and heroic an Example, being strongly and unanimously spirited, to intend their own safeguard and Defence, resolved to seize upon and secure some of the principal persons concerned, and most active in the ill management of the illegal and arbitrary Government, set over them by Commission. Accordingly upon the eighteenth day of April last past, arose as one man, seized upon Sr. E. Andros the late Governor, and other of the evil instruments, and have secured them for what Justice, Order from your Majesties shall direct.—Thus that Address.
—Your three several Princely Declarations, Encouraging the English Nation, to cast off the Yoke of a Tyrannical and Arbitrary Power, which at that time they were held under, have occurred unto the View and Consideration of the people in this Countrey, being themselves under alike (if not worse) evil and unhappy Circumstances with their Brethren in England; First by being unrighteously deprived of their Charter-Government, & Priviledges, without any Hearing or Tryal, and under utter impossibilities of having Notice of any Writt served upon them; and then followed with the Exercise of an illegal and Arbitrary power over them, which had almost ruined a late flourishing Countrey, and was become very grievous & intolerable; besides, the growing miseries, ⟨image 4⟩and daily fears of a total Subversion, by enemies at home, and Invasion by forreign force; the people thereby excited, to imitate so noble and heroic an Exemple, being strongly and unanimously spirited, to intend their own safeguard and Defence, resolved to sieze upon and secure some of the principal persons concerned, and most active in the ill management of the illegal and arbitrary Government, set over them by Commission. Accordingly upon the eighteenth day of April last past, arose as one man, siezed upon Sr. E. Andros the late Governour, and other of the evil instruments, and have secured them for what Justice, Order from your Majesties shall direct.—Thus that Address.
