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Show ( 12 ) yailcd, and while they had Power in their hands, manifefts; bur when it was raken out of their hands, by the forfeiting of their Chaner; if rhey pretend otherw.ife, becaufe they cannot act otherwife, th;!t is no thank to them, but to kind Providence, that hath ryed up their hands ; and I have the more Caufe of fufpicion of it, in that they are of the fame Spirit fiill, as appears by their calling rhofe Old Perfecurors, Good Men, and rhe perfecured, Hereticks; which is fo much like the Papifis Rev]Jing of Protdlanrs, that infiead of a fweet Smell, there is a Slink; for if rhofe that Imprifon, ·Whip, cur off Ears, fpoi~ Goods, Banifh and put ro Death, only for Religion, be Gootl Men, I · know not who are BaJ ; and at the fame rare, not only all the Old Perfecutors, but fuch as Rob and Munher on the High-way, may come in for a fhare of rhe CharaCter, for they have commonly fome Excufe or orher ; but, ro try them. a little further, I fhall recire a few Branches of their Laws~ and their Proceedings up~n them ro fee whether they were Good or Bad (leaving their Preambles, as the Effects of their Envy and Refuge of · Lyes, which have been already fwep~ away in other Books) as follows. · · D. raconica: Or, Bloody Laws 1md Proceedings.- . . Were they Good Men, that on the coming of two Innocent ·women, and giving away ofa A. Aaffin, few Books, Ena<!l:ed, Firfi, That all fu'h corrupt M. Fijbet·, Books aa Jhall be found, upon fearch, to · be brou(_ht in ~1e Jtt)~ and fpread by the aforefaid Per{om, ~e forthwith burned 1 6s6. N. and d~ftroyed by the common Execu:1oner. ''l~ly, That f· Enfgn, the fartl Ann and Mary be kept zn clofe Prifon, ~tnd P· 6. nom tulmitfed Communication with them, without leave from the Gov~rnour., Deputy· Governo1~r, or an; . . , I)JlQ t'vo Magiflrates, to preve-nt the fpreading ~(their cor~ rupt Opinions, until fuch tim~ IH they be delivered by Authority, aboard (orne VejJel, to be tranfported out of the Country. ;dly, lnjoyning Simon Kemprhorne, No~e, thi~ fpeedily to Tran(port, or caufe to be tranfported, the 3d 15 n_ot faid Perfom unto Barbadoes, from whence they came, b~~ r~~:~- he defraying all the Charges of their lmprifonment ; what con.tJnd for the Performance thereof, to give Security to tracr~dfor the Secretary, in a Bond of 100 I. tmd on his refi1- brevJty. [al, to be commiued to Prifon till he did it? In purfnance of which, R. Bellingham fent ro fiop them from coming on thore, till their Mar-. thai. had . fearched for what Books they had ; whtch bemg done, the Execudoner was appointed ro dellroy them ; and they committed ro clofe Prifon, none co come ar rhem, ro confer with them, bur whom they had a mind to fuffer, for the abufing or enfnaring of them, accufing them for Witches, and appointing Women to. fearch them, who took Men ro help them, m cafe they had refufed, who firipp'd them fiark naked, not miffing Head or Peer, fea~·ching _betwixt their Toes, and amongfi their Hatr, tewmg and abufing rheir Bodies in fnch a manner, as modefiy will nor admit ro men cion: And on the Arrival of eight more, lhe Marfhal and Confiable were fent aboard, with a Warranr co fearch the Bo~es, Chefis and Trunks of the ~akers, for Errone~us Books, and then Imprifoned, and Order gtven, Thar none fhoulj vifir them, nor fuffering £hem to fpeak or confer with ~ny Perfon, nor permirting them to have Pen Ink or Papcr ; the Govcrnour bid them take ~eed they _kro~e none of their Ecclefiaftical Laws ; fo;· if they dzd, t kfl were [we to (/retch by a Halter; ~nd .Lh~n bam£hed. rhem, difiraining their Good1; for rhe1r Fees, cakmg aw~y £heir Bedding (and I ! ·1- fc:m |