An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of…

Reverend Sir, The many Testimonies you have given, not only of your good respects to my unworthy self personally, but also to thus whose Colony, manifested in your endeavours to vindicate us from undeserved aspersions, that some ignorant or worse then uncharitable persons would lay upon us, respecting the Grounds of these troubles, calls for a greater Retribution then a bare acknowledgement. But Sir, my present design is only to give you further trouble, by enabling you to say something more particularly on our behalf; to that end I have sent you the enclosed Paper which is an exact Narrative given in by Mr. Hinkly and my self, to the first Sessions of the Commissioners of the Confederate Colonies, September last; from which the Commissioners, and the Council of your Colony, and afterwards your General Court, took full satisfaction, as you see by their subsequent acts and actions. Yet much more we can truly say in our Vindication, (viz) that we have endeavoured to carry in justly and faithfully towards them at all times, and friendly beyond their deserts. I think I can clearly say, that before these present troubles broke out, the English did not possess ⟨image ?⟩foot of Land in this Colony, but what was fairly obtained by forest […] the Indian Proprietors; Nay, because some of our people are of a covetous disposition, and the Indians are in their Straits easily prevailed with to part with their Lands, we first made a Law that none should purchase or receive of gift any Land of the Indians, without the knowledge and allowance of our Court, and penalty of a fine, five pound per Acre, for all that should be so bought or obtained. And lest yet they should be straitened, we ordered that Mount-Hope, Pocasset & several other Necks of the best Land in the Colony, (because most suitable and convenient for them) should never be bought out of their hands, or else they would have sold them long since. And our neighbours at Rehoboth and Swansea, although they bought their Lands fairly of this Philip, and his Father and Brother, yet because of their vicinity, that they might not trespass upon the Indians, did at their own cost set up a very substantial fence quite cross that great Neck between the English and the Indians, and payed due damage if at any time any unruly horse or other beasts broke in and trespassed.

Reverend Sir, The many Testimonyes you have given, not only of your good respects to my unworthy self personally, but also to thus whose Colony, manifested in your endeavours to vindicate us from undeserved aspersions, that some ignorant or worse then uncharitable persons would lay upon us, respecting the Grounds of these troubles, calls for a greater Retribution then a bare acknowledgment. But Sir, my present design is only to give you further trouble, by enabling you to say something more particularly on our behalfe; to that end I have sent you the enclosed Paper which is an exact Narrative given in by Mr. Hinkly and my self, to the first Sessions of the Commissioners of the Consederate Colonyes, September last; from which the Commissioners, and the Council of your Colony, and afterwards your General Court, took full satisfaction, as you see by their subsequent acts and actions. Yet much more we can truly say in our Vindication, (viz) that we have endeavoured to carry in justly and faithfully towards them at all times, and friendly beyond their deserts. I think I can clearly say, that beforethese present troubles broke out, the English did not possess