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Show ( J'8 ) b1 Jettlt with, and fujfer tbe like Puniflnnent, tU the taw provirle.J againft Foreign f2.!!akers. , We~e rhefe N.E. En- Good Men? Or, rhat on H. Norton s ~omg tofign, P· so. wards rhe Dutch-Government, rook htm up at the 12th Sou.thold, and fenr him w New·h~Jve?, where he ~onth, was caft inro Prifon and a great wetght of Irons l Si· laid upon him, oa; and Night, l~nk'd to a great lump of Wood, rwenry Days, tn ~ cold _open Prifon, nor (uffering him ro have en her fue ?r Candle, or any to come ar him, bur fuch as d~d Abufe him : And being called before the Coun1 in rhe fidl: Momh, at\d going to Reply to 1obn Davenport, rhey caqfed a grear Iro,n K~y to be ryed crof~ his Mouth, and fe~renc ~ lnm ro _be feverdy whipp'd and burn·d m the Hand wnh the Letter H for' Herefte, which was cruelly performed with rhirry fixSrripes; and they b~·ought a Pan, with hot burning Coals, ar:d thetr Iro~ in it, and rook his Hand, made fafr 111 the Srock~, and burn~d h more deep rhan ufual. J'cp(P' I11q. And one Edward Harnet, - a poor Old Man, i>· 3S· abour 69. and his Wife. _73, was forced to _Sell whar he had, vi;. a poor Hou~e, and ~ hrde f_.and, and be gone, or wrong hts Confcten~e; his Labour being almofr done, and nor bemg able to frand under the Fine of 5 s. a Week ; yer tho' he was going away, nor to trouble the~ rhe Marfhal was fent, and rook away 37 s. The fir~ from 'rhem; and about the fame cime, _one Wm. ;.tnnrh, Sbattock, of Bofton, a poor Man, abfentmg fr~m 1 c·1 ~· rhe publick \\~orfhip, was had to. th~ Court, .or rhe 5 J. a Week, impri_fone~, whtpp d, and none fuffered ro converfe wnh htm; and rhe Gaoler rook his Work, nor allowing his Family a Pen~y, tho· rhey had nothing bur rheir Labour to hve on· and fending to the Court, co know whar rhe'y would do, hacl word fenr, That if ~e ?VfM · · · - able ( f9 ) abl~ to pay the ~ s: a T¥eek, he might flay ; bur th·e Depmy-Governour, Bellingham, faid, Seeing h'e had no Hou{e of his own, he Jhoutd not CQme into hi4 (bei ng his Tenenr) an_d t~ar none thould receive him, and fo mufi abtcfe fn rhe Houfe of. Corretlion, inrending ro rake his Chikhen to be their Servants ; the Cafe being fo hard, he defired ro look our for a Habitation in another Jurifdiction ; fo they gave him bur three or four Days ro depart the Colony, having a Wife and four fmall Children, R. RdJingham endea- N E vouring ro perf wade his vVife againfi him, charg- Jig~ p.~~: ing her, not ro hearken to him, but ro rake his ' Counfel, and· that if {he 'voulJ difoum him, flie and her Children fhould not 'Jvant, &c. as may be Popijb Jnq_~ feen more at large in the Book in the Margent, P· 36. and in G. B's, p. ~7· There being a Meeting near Salem, one Edm. Batters, a Commiffioner, came in grear Rage, and took their Names, who being-had to the Courr, they fent fix to the Houfe of Correction, as ~akers. They defired to know what a ~aker was· ; they anf wered, Thou art one, becaufe thou come{! in with thy Hat on. He reply' d, That Wtu a horrible Thing, to make {ucb cruel Laws, of Whipping, and cutting off E~rs, and burning through the Tongue, for not putting off the Hat-: So rhey were fent to rhe Houfe of Corretl:ion, and four of them was whipp'd, the ocher two being whip.. ped before, viz. L. Southick, and his Son, bur his Wife was ~hipp'd the fecond riine. Now, be- 1). 3s. fides the Fme of 5 s: a Week, for nor coming to rheir Meeting, to add to that, they mufr now pay 1 o s. a rime for Meering rhemfelves to Wor-fllip God ; and if any Spoke in thdr Meetings, 5· l. a rime. And N. Phelps coming into the Court at Salem, wich his Hat on, was fined 40· s. for |