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Show ( 44° ' . . . ' . of rl1e Lord, having been at Virginia, whtthe~t~ they departed from New-England, has haf~re~td) in Obedience to the Lord, an~ w o . al r ~re . h. T S .· es a ptece wH 1 a nme Their {uffered T tny wo ntp : '1 Cord· be cruel Suf- co.rded Whip three knots tn eac 1 ' · · f cl an ' . -1 UllClVl ferin g-> ing drawn up co the P1llory tn u ·1' . there. manner as is not to be rehearfed, wu fi ~ r~n~ngf Knot about their Hands, the very r a o ·which drew the Blood, and made H ro r~nhdo:vn in abundance from rheir Breafis ; an avm~ their Chefi:s and Goods taken away, an.d f~ exelled rhofe Coafis at your ln~tgauon; The 3oth of the fhey on the 3o~h_Day ofrhe 4tll_Mom~ 4th Month, 1664. following, bemg m the Year 1 1 ~&f· came from thence inro· your un I~ Arrived at So(fon. cl:" and arrived at Bo{fon ; and one M.LrJ very Sick. o/~l~~m being very Sick, near Death, Edw,trd WbttrtOit, Wenlock Chriftifon, come to fee her, chey are all had before the Deputy, 0c. + Duer was one of the Conftables, the other dwelt at rhe end of the Town, next l{oxbu· •y <~ S ho emake-r. · 'The Cruelty of the ( 'onihble. often dying away ( 'r.li~.) M~ry Tomkins and Ed·JVarJ Wharto11, wHh Wen· lock 'chriftifon, coming to fee her fro.m Salem ; afcer they had been there a little time, in comes t rw.o Conftables, and in great Rage and Vwlence. (not~ wirhftanding their weak Condnwn) forc'd them all up to the Governour's Houfe ; and though J.!a? ~eH down dead in the way, yet you~ CIUel Confiable flood over her ull fhe came to her felf again, and fo had her up before your Governour ; and Bel-lingham, your Deputy, and ThomM Danfort, on~ of your Magifrrares, who ( becaufe Jv.!arr was fo weak, and left, probably, fhe mtghr dye under your Hands ; at leaft, that rhe Our-cry of the People might not be too Loud ar your All onkr Doors for fuch abominable Cruelty ) ordered ·d to b'· '..1 B ,n but wh1t>p\l. her arld /llic~ tO be' whiPP ~, not at 0ron, · at ( 441 ) · The w·omen at tl\c: Towns beyond. The Men thn/ ~oftou . ar the Towns beyond ; and Wenlock rhey ordered ro be whipp'd through Bofton, and fo our Q.f rhe Jqrifdiclion, and Ed·JJJarJ rhrough Bo(!on home ; and rhis your Barbatoufnefs had cook hoid on them, bu"c chat Colonel Templt came .: Colon:el. Temple in and inre~ceded, and prevailed for mterc~de~. rhree of rhem ; bur as for Edward he · bdng an Inhabitanr, they faid, They but~~r:;ard~hipp'd 'voulJ go another way to 'vork with him ; . fo, unJef~ he would fubfcri.b~ r.o four T~ings, panfort fatd, He jl1ould fo~th,wttb _ ~e tyed_to a great G_un, and be {everely whtpp d~ Wtth Thzrty Stripes o~ f?is naked b~c~ ; which Etlward refufing co do, -panfort fonhw1~h framed jl Senren~e, and got your ~overnour ~Hand co u, of wh1ch what follows IS a Copy (and a crud Sentence ir is as lhe· Conrencs will manifeft.) · J To [he Confiables.of Bo(l,on, of CharleJ-Tuwn, A Copy ~f Malden and Lyn. the War~ , , rant. Y 0 U _are rerjtJired to . ta~e into yjmr Cujlody, re. fpefltvely, Ed ward Whanon, conviffed of bemg a Vag a bond, .from bio .. . , . own dwelling- placet; and tbe . And hatn a Vagaboncl a dwel~ Conftable of Bolton i.s to whip hn~)Phlace? . • 6· r; 1 'h rL· ! whatvnllbeyourCond1d 1~ J evere ~- , W,Jt .1. rJtrty tion, whe!l the Judge of all fhall Strtpes on hu naked Body ; turn yon into Ever.lafting Punifh~ and from Conftab/e to Conjfa- men~, with the D€vil and hi.s kle you are required to convey AngJs, wh'o or~er a Ma~ thus h · ·t h l SeverelY, or w1th the h1gheft sm, untt e come to ~a em, ~rue~ty, ~o be whipp'd, for vifit~ tbe place 'JJJhere he {azth he mg h1s Fnend that was fo neat dwelleth, and info floing, this the ~rave~ who faid, lr:'M Sick.; JhalJ be your f/Varrant. and m rrifon, a11d ye 'IJijited m~ Dared ar Boft.on, rhe 3-oth of not. . the 4(h Month, r 664. J obn Jl.ndicot. Ee So |
