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The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governor, and…The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governour, and…
The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governor, and pusillanimous counsellors : with a vindication of the Honourable Mr. Higginson, Mr. Mason, and several other gentlemen, from the scandalous and wicked accusation of the votes, ordered by them to be published in their Botson [sic] news-letter. : To which is added, an account of the shameful miscarriage of the late expedition against Port-Royal.The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governour, and pusillanimous counsellors : with a vindication of the Honourable Mr. Higginson, Mr. Mason, and several other gentlemen, from the scandalous and wicked accusation of the votes, ordered by them to be published in their Botson [sic] news-letter. : To which is added, an account of the shameful miscarriage of the late expedition against Port-Royal.
Boston : London: printed in the year 1708. Reprinted by Samuel Kneeland?, 1721
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In the same Condemnation with the Three aforesaid, there was at this Time, under Imprisonment, by Virtue of the Sentence which the General Assembly had illegally, (and it now appears Oppressively) passed upon him, for a part in an unlawful Trade, one Captain Rouse. The last General Assembly growing sensible of his Condition, Voted his being let out upon Bail, that he might enjoy his Liberty. But for a Reason, which he will tell in due Time, the Vote was in a great Measure Eluded.
In the same Condemnation with the Three aforesaid, there was at this Time, under Imprisonment, by Vertue of the Sentence which the General Assembly had illegally, (and it now appears Oppressively) passed upon him, for a part in an unlawful Trade, one Captain Rouse. The last General Assembly growing sensible of his Condition, Voted his being let out upon Bail, that he might enjoy his Liberty. But for a Reason, which he will tell in due Time, the Vote was in a great Measure Eluded.
It is Reported by some now in London. That the Assembly's Vote to set Rouse at Liberty, was made very Insignificant, by the means of one said •o be a Tory Judge, one Leveret. And they say that Dudley has made that ⟨p. 23⟩Tory Lawyer to be President of their College. No Question but the Lawyer will bring up Hopeful Young Divines, to be sent hither for my Lord of London to Ordain them. We hear that they have sung the Gloria Patri in their College-Hall already, and that several of their Clergy stood up at it. An Auspicious beginning under their Lawyer President, who, we also hear, was Chosen a Lieutenant of their Artillery Company at Boston, the last Summer. Such Reports as these, make their Friends here, think that the People in New-England are running Mad.
It is Reported by some now in London. That the Assembly's Vote to set Rouse at Liberty, was made very Insignificant, by the means of one said •o be a Tory Judge, one Leveret. And they say that Dudley has made that