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Show ACTS RELATING Part II. Seft."'\7l. TO THE COLONIES. 159 Both fled to America as to an afylum S E C T. VI. for their religion ; but Baltimore fled from the nation ; Penn from the hierarchy and W/zal were t/ze [ii'z'ei'leges granted by 11th crown to the proprietor and z'lz/mbiz‘cmir (f Penfylvaizz'a, by 1/18 c/zrzrter qf‘Penfyl- ‘vam'a ? the court. Baltimore looked towards the crown, as the protector of him and his tribe, againi't the necefl'ary feverities of H E next of the preprietary go~ the nation ; Penn looked back to the afm feelions of his fell:>w-ful>_ic€ts, as a ram-1 vernments in time, as well as litu- part againtt the Oppreflions of the crown, ation, to that of l\~Iaryland, the only one Baltinmre won from the favour of :1 Ready indeed, befides Maryland, now remaining, tyrant, then in the zenith of his power, a permiihon of exerciling in thefe dittant re- is Pc'Ig/j/wzizitz. The grant of it made to prietor, bears date the 28th of February, gions that defpotifin, the image of which was alike dear to both: Penn extorted in the 33d year of Charles II. *9 from the facility of a capricious tyrant a the celebrated \Villiam Penn, the hill pro- The differences and refemblances be- permillion to crnnmunicate freedom to a tween the conflitution given to this colon ny, and the conl'titution given to the other body of fellowuhgtimers, whole light: for proprietary colony, are fuch, for the moi": Baltimore, whole l‘piritual prejudices {all part, as might be expeéted from the cha- into an early alliance with his tempera am~ racters and circumfiances of the two pro- bition, thought a full power over the earth prietors. no more than a jutt recompenfe for his pains, in fecuring to them what was to liberty heaved in uniien with his own. * See Collection of Charters, No, '\'17A. ch": give them their chance for heaven; 4."we" 7 in g" PM" |