A memorial of the present deplorable state of New-England, with the many disadvantages it…

but the Governor would by no means permit the Revocation of that wrong Step, (if it were one) so the Trial proceeded, and the Offenders were Fined in several Sums, by an Act of the Governor and Assembly. It is now said, that the ingrateful Men who were saved from the Gallows, by the Tenderness of the Government, are now cutting our Throats, and Petition home against the Government, for Fining them instead of Hanging them; yea, it is also said, that the very Person who was the chief Cause of drawing the Assembly into this extraordinary Proceeding, intends to make an ill use of it, against the Country; if you are sensible of any thing of this nature carrying on, we pray you to add unto the rest of your Offices, that of an Intercession, that an harmless People, surprised into any Error, may not be Punished any otherwise, than by the removal of such as have been the Causes of it; and so much for that. ⟨p. 9⟩Sir, You would do a vast Service to the Crown, if you would set forward the designs of reducing Canada, and possessing Nova Scotia, a much less Fleet than what annually goes into the Indies, coming early enough in the Spring, may easily do the former, even in the way thither; and a Scotch Colony might be of good Consequence to do the latter; but if any assistance from New-England should be expected in this matter, it is of absolute necessity that the Country have a Governor whom the People may somewhat Rely upon. Sir, You are Born to do the Queen and the Nation Service; you are spirited for great undertakings; you are highly beloved and esteemed among our People in this Land, and where-ever you have come, 'tis wished that you may do some considerable Action in this Affair. I have been earnestly Solicited to Address one of the most Illustrious Patriots of the English Nation, my Lord High Treasurer, with some of these Intimations: That Noble Person is known to be such a Patron to all good Men, and such a defence of Oppressed Innocence and Liberties, that we all fly to him as our unquestionable Refuge. I am well satisfied there would need nothing (to speak Humanely) to make this Country Easy and Happy, but for that excellent Person to have an exact Representation of our Circumstances;

but the Governour would by no means permit the Revocation of that wrong Step, (if it were one) so the Tryal proceeded, and the Offenders were Fined in several Sums, by an Act of the Governour and Assembly. It is now said, that the ingrateful Men who were saved from the Gallows, by the Tenderness of the Government, are now cutting our Throats, and Petition home against the Government, for Fining them instead of Hanging them; yea, it is also said, that the very Person who was the chief Cause of drawing the Assembly into this extraordinary Proceeding, intends to make an ill use of it, against the Country; if you are sensible of any thing of this nature carrying on, we pray you to add unto the rest of your Offices, that of an Intercession, that an harmless People, surpriz'd into any Error, may not be Punished any otherwise, than by the removal of such as have been the Causes of it; and so much for that.