Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr.…

All Hopes of Obtaining the Restoration of the Old Charter being at an End, there was no way left, but a Flight unto the Royal Favour; For though it was not in the Kings Power to Reverse the Judgment against the Old Charter, yet His Majesty had power to Re-incorporate his good Subjects there, and grant them a NEW CHARTER, that should contain all the Old, with New and more Ample Privileges; Without which, the Old would not have seen Sufficient.

Mr. Mather, with Two other Agents, which the Massachuset Colony had then joined with him, now Signed, a Petition to the KING, for such a NEW CHARTER: which Petition the Right Honourable Earl of Monmouth Condescended so far, as to deliver with his own truly Noble Hand. Whereupon Mr. Mather Obtained the intercession of a great Personage, which Prevailed with the king to refer the Affair of New-England unto the Consideration of the Two Lord Chief Justices, with His Majesties Attorney and Solicitor General: All of whom had by Mr. Mathers Powerful and Assiduous Applications been brought into the New English- Interests. They met Three or Four Times, and kindly gave him leave to be ⟨p. 125⟩Present with them at all their Consultations. The Heads of the Massachuset OLD CHARTER, and Sr. Ferdinando Gorges, were Presented in Writing, together with such Additional Privileges, as were then Prayed for: And they all judged, there was nothing Unreasonable, or Prejudicial to the Kings Interest in what was Proposed. They were Presented unto the King, by the Lord Chief Justice Holt; and the King Ordered him to Present them unto the Council; who did accordingly; and from thence they were transferred unto the Lords of the Committee for Trade and Plantations.

Mr. Mather, with Two other Agents, which the Massachuset Colony had then joined with him, now Signed, a Petition to the KING, for such a NEW CHARTER: which Petition the Right Honourable Earl of Monmouth Condescended so far, as to deliver with his own truly Noble Hand. Whereupon Mr. Mather Obtained the intercession of a great Personage, which Prevailed with the king to refer the Affair of New-England unto the Consideration of the Two Lord Chief Justices, with His Majesties Attorney and Sollicitor General: All of whom had by Mr. Mathers Powerful and Assiduous Applications been brought into the New English- Interests. They met Three or Four Times, and kindly gave him leave to be