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Show I I I ( 2i4' the Cart, pinioned, and fo drew him and them through the Woods, in the Nighc-feafon,whereby he was much torn and abufed : An~ at the Town called New-Amjlerdam, Joofed htm, and led him by the Rdpe, with which he was fallned to the Cart, to the Dungeon, into which he was caLl (a filrhy miry unwholefome place, a11d full of Vermine ) and rhe two Women to another place, and there continued them during ~heir pleafures. Their Court coming to fir, they called bini before them, and rook his Examination in \V'titing, and comtnirted him to the Dunge.on agai~., and afrerwards had him forrh, and read this Sentence ro him in their own Language, which was ro this effett,-It i4 the Gener~t s Pleafure, that you Work two Years at the Wh~el-ha~row, with ~ Negro, or par, or caufe to be ptml, Stx Hundred Guildersc.-Capr. Willet, of Ptimouth-Patcnt, was much the Occafion of his Sufferings, by intenfing the Governour againft him, and thofe People, with Lyes ano ' Falfhoods, who before were Moderate ro them, when Robert was 'With them .. To this he attempted to make hi~ ~efence, in a fober Reply, but he was not fuffered to fpeak, but was had away, and returned to the Dungeon again, and there kept, and no Englijb fuffered to come to him for feveral Days. Then they took him out, and pinioned him; and fee his Face towards the CrJurt-Ch~mber, and took off his Hat, and read another Sentence to him in Dutch, which he underftood not ; but many of that Nation, who heard i£, fhook their Heads; and when it was done, caft him into the Dun.;. geon againJ ( ~~~ ) . Out -of which, after certain Days they drew htm berimes in a Morning, and ~hained him to a Wheel-barrow, and commanded him ro Work.-He anfwered, He was never brought up nor ufeJ to that Wo~k.-;-Vpon which they caufed a Negro to take a Pnch d Rope, nigh four Inches ~bo~t, and to bear him; who bear him with te, ull Robert fell down. Then they took him ul?, and caufed. the Negro to bear him with rhe fatd Ro.pe, unul he fell down the fecond lime: It was JUdged .. that he received about One Hundred Blows wHh rhe Rope, as aforefaid. Then they forced him up with the Barrow to the Fo~r, before the /Governour's Houfe, and complamed ro him, that they could not make him Work ; and continued him chained to che Barrow all . that Day, till about the 7th or 8th Hour at Night ( about the middle of which , the Sun S~ining very Hot, and his Body being much ~rutfed, and fwelled with the Blows, and kept wuhout Food, he was very faint and fate upon the Ground, waiting on the· L~rd who was ne~r unro him, and refrefhed hi~, ctnd made htm. w~ole) and then they loofcd him, and put him m the Dungeon umiJ the Morning, and ll~en ~ad him forth about the 6th Hour~ at whtch ume they Jock' d him to the Wheelbarrow, as be~ore, and a Seminel fet over him, th~t n?ne m1ght come fo much as co fpeak wnh htm, and there kept rill the 7t'- at Nighr and then had . to rhe Dungeon, and the nex~ Day had.fonh, and chained in like manner and then loo{ed, and had before the Governour 'who ~emanded of him to Work, Otherwife ( h~ faid) e Jhould be Whipp' d every Day. Robert asked the Gove.rnour, What La>v he had btoken ? And called for Ins Accufers, that he might kvow his Tranfgrtjflon • |