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Show ( 1)6 ) And it is not the DifiinCtion of Word or Habir ( pm by Men ) that mull: cur a Man off from this his Priviledge., which is by Natur_e ; nor fhould Names of DifiinCtion (much lefs of Reproach) be giv~n, whereby ro raife one Part of a Nadon againfi another ; for this minifters Divifion, and is an Occafion thereof, and tends to the Di!folurion of Government, and is contrary ro Law. Therefore they who come into a Counrry, unro which they have a Natural and Legal Right ( as rhefe had, and any Englifh·man hath, ro come amongfl you) and have not done any thing which by the Law of their Country they are jufrly made uncapable of that Right (as rhefe had not, for you are Subordinate ro England, your Laws are not ro be Repugnant untO it ) Now, for fuch ro come, refide, or w be, is no Valuable Confideration,or Legal Ground robe put upon the Point, or the Point be offel·ed unro him ; and if rhe Point b~ offered ro fuch, and they be killed therewith, fuch cannm be faid to be Fel011S de fe; for the Law will fay, .~fZ!w Warranto,.-On what Ground? Yet they that fhall fo offc:r the Point and run them tluo· who come upon it, fuch are JugulatoreJ de fe, Currers of their own Thro2ts, or Shedders of Blood in lheir own Wrong (your Cafe in this particular) and the Violence and Wilfulnefs will be aHribured unto them by rhe Law, who fer the Point; not ro rhofe that come upon ir. "" . D Laflly, Oh ye wretched Hypocrites and Mur- JpVJu lc! J ro 'J.tr t \1 erers .I o·1d ye not put rh ~ {'a ~e Mary Dyar ~o D.;arh ar- Death, when the came a gam mro your J unf .. tLT the diB:ion, after your Reprieve, and when fhe was Repncre. as near the Execution, as rhe turning otf the Ladder, 1be being ready, and having fig, .ifitd ro your Executioner, that he might do it wht:n he ( 1)7 ) he would? So purring her twice to Dye · a Cruelty beyond once purdng to Death (A Comely Grave Woman, and of a goodly Perfonage, and one of a good Report, having an Hmband of an Eftate, fearing the Lord, and a Mother of Children) Did ye Picy, Did ye Spare ? Had ye Compailion ? Were Bowels in you? Ye Cruel Munherers! Was ir In Intonfiderabie lntercef!ion that moved ye to. Reprieve her? Or, was It not your own Deceit to bring the People back to you, upon a feeming lheV.r of Me:cy, upon pretence of Bowels moving, or takmg advantage of an inconfiderabJe Inr.erceilion ? Let the Witnefs of God in you be. heard ~o fpeak;. fo~ I am fure it will one day, when It fhall anfe m you, as to this ~ry thing, a Worm that [hall never Dye, and a Fire that Jha!l nev~r go out. A~d this your Cruelry fpeaks a~amfi you, and the Lord God Eternal hath tned you by this, and your bloody Laws an? fnapt them afunder by a Woman, and Tnumpbe~ over rryem and you again and again; who by hts Eternal Arm was made rwice ro l~ok Deach 1~ rhe Fac_e, and overcame, rejoycmg to Dye m the Wtll of God; and finifhing her Courfe and Teflimony in rhe face of ye all. Trampling upon you, and your Laws Halrer' Gallo.ws, and your Prie!ls, and is fa[ down a~ the Rtghc Hand of God. Ye Monfiers of Men! Ye Cruel Murderers! Be fides, did nm John Wintrop~, rhe Govern our of the J urifdiCtion of Connefhcote, labour wirh you, rhar ye would nor put them to Dearh? And did he not fay unro you, That be wculd beg it of you. on hio bare Knees that ye -;vould not rlo it ?-And did nor ColoneL Templ~ go to your Courr, and tell ye)-Th1zt if acccrdmg to your Declaration ye tlcfired {heir LiveJ K 3 abjent, |