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Show ( 4) to· U ndermlne at1d Ruine the _Peace and Order efiablifh'd .among!l: you, m the way ?f M un fl er ,. or ' that they at Munf·t er c are dr heu· P·, d celfor~ is a heap of Calummes torge . our orfe yeo ur ow' n, and the Br am· s of y ou r Pnefis ' on ~D urpofe co afiperfe rhe Inno.c ent ( whofe Blood ye fpilr.) r. For, Fir(!, They dt> own rhemfelves r.o be wch, as are in fcom, caWd £2.!!akers, Efteemmg the R~p; oaches of Chrift greater Riches than the Treafu res of Egypt ; (or that they have refpr:£1 unto the R;cmnpmce of Rw;arcl; bm rhar they pr~felfed themfelves Q_uakers, owning the Br~nd wh1ch }'e pm upon rhem of Munfltr ; ~hac s your ?Wn, and I muft rerurn ir co you agam, to be latd up in the Treajury of Wrath, againfi the D11y of fVratb, and Revelation of the Righteot;tJ Judgment of GvJ, which jhf4ll de{b·oy tht Alverfary. Secondly, That ye did [only] f~cure them w f~ nd them away the firft Opponunuy ~ and ~hac }'C fenr them away ~he firfl: C?PP~rtunny, wnh• our Ccnfure or Pumfl1menr, 1s ot the fame Nature wirh the former, and with ['he former mufi: be rurned upon you for Unrruth. . . For, Fir{!, Before ye had feen Mary Fr~ur an? Ann Auftin, the firfi that came, or heard them, knew them, or any of rhe People called 0takerJ, or whar they h<~d to fay, or had fent co know what was their Errand, and wherefore they came inro your Pans; before a cerrain Infornnrion of rheir Bufine(s, or Principles; before rh~y were come on Shoar, or had fignified r.~ you for cenain, that they would there La~d '· yea before ye bad a law, or any Court fitung rha; could make a Law againft rhofe Peo~le, Did nO[ Richard Be/Jingham, your Depury-Govcrnour much unlike a Man, much· more ~n- , hke ( 5 ) like a Chrillian Magifirare, caufc them ro ·be Iifled for ' BooK.s ana .Papers on board the Ship, afrer rhat he had ordered them ro be kept Prifoners there, unril he iliou'd fend for lhcm ? And rook not your Officer forcibly away a. bour One Hundred Books from them ? And did he not derain fuch their Goods, and n:fu fc ro re-deliver them, though they f~: nr ro him for that pu rpofe? Or; harh he .or yo·u gi v,-n chem any Satisfaction ro rh.is Day, for them ( which were as properly theirs, and as prorc Clible by the Law, a·s rhe Cloaths rhey had upon rhem ? ) Nay, Did nor a Council of yau ( afterwards a!fcmblcd at Boflon) infi:ead of doing Jhem Right againlt the Rape of che Deputy- Governour, do r·hem Wrong, and caufa rhe faid Books w be Burn1d io the Market- place of Bofton, by rhe Common~Hangman ? 1\nd did ye not rhe fame ro rhem who came .afrerwards? Thar is ro fay, Did ye nor caufe their Boxes, Chefts, Trunks, &c. co be fc-arch'd and rifled before Lhey carne on Shoar, and afrer? And were nor fuch their Books, as were fou nd, taken away and btun'd ? (.l*e rhe SpanijlJ-lnquifition .) Yea, Did not yonr :Jaylor rob ·rh em of rheic Bible, and fo debarr~d r'bem the ufe of ~he Scriprures ? And were not lhefe rhings ~o ne by Order, bearing Dare the 11 rh of 1 uly, ,6,6. and rhe 27eh ' of September follo~ing ? The firll being an Order in the General, rhe fc:cond in Par-ticular ro rhe Jaylor co do ir, as ofr as he iliould fee meet. Again, Afrer your faid Depury-Governour ~ad Comma8ded rhem on ·Shoar, and to be Am1 Aubroughr in Cuftody .before him, and had Com- Jlin ant: mirred them 'JO Prifon by a Minim us, as !l..!_t.z~ M.zry ~ 'Jh' ~( ~J, qgaiqil whom ye had t,:o L~ w, and ppon er. · ' 4 ~ · · · ch~s |