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Show ( 194) are in rhe Truch, out of w?ich you are, who ·rake fuch Courfes w Co~vmce! as ro Truth ) by che Dellruction of thetr Bodtes, and all tha~ rhey have. Indeed, were I ro choofe, I thould never love fuch a Religion, which woul~ d~ftroy my Body for my Confcience. Yet tlus 1s the Religion of New· England. w.Gijford, WiU.iam Gifford, from whom they The wth llave taken,- l. s. J. 1onth, Four Steers, two Hcifers,one Bull 1.) ; oo !/~e8 flrft Three Kine, and half a Horfe 17 1 o oo l\1onrh, Five y~ung Caule, and half 1. r) 4 oo -.6s9· a Swme S The 8th ------ 'Month, For 10 l. Fine for refufing to 57 19 °0 ~659• Swear, the Marfhal rook Five . Head of Cattle ( vi2:.. rwo Hetfers and three Steers ) prized at 1 1 l. 4 s. and a Calf, and a half Swine at 2. l. In all 1) l. 4 s. And for coming ro Me~tings, he was ConviCt by the l\1agi~ l:rares (rho, properly fo it can no~ be calle~) when he was not there ; and the ~lllrefs leavted by rhe Marjhal, who cam.e into h~s Houfe, and inro his Chambers, and vtewed hts Corn, and faid That wt:tS not cnouub for them, he muft abroad; and' abroad he went (that is, inro the Woods, where his Carrie were ) and the faid Najh, and Cadwel with him, and took of his Cattle what they pleafed ; and made ufe of fuch of rhem ·as qe ( the faid Marjhal) would, at Plough or Cart : Fo·r no other Caufe (as I have faid ) but for Meeting ( he and his Wife ) wirh the People of the Lord; and for that in Gonfcience to tb~ Command of Chrilt, he could not Swear. ( Thomas ( 195 ) Thomas Ewer, who was wrong-ed of- l. In Money which the faid Cad- ~ · 1vel owed him, for his hard Labour, and detained in his 7 Hand Jn Money taken om of his Houfe 6 ~n a Chefi,Cloarhing,new Cloarh 1. · wich mher Goods S r 0 ln another Chell, valued at s. IJ d T. Ewer , ·The 17th of the 10L Month9 00 16 ) 9 · 17 00 • 10 00 8 00 for Twency Pounds Ten Shillings 2. 5 8 oo for refuling ro Swear, and for be~ ing at Meecings, which rhe Ll4ar{hal, and rhe faid Cadwel rook from him, v iz,. his Ch~fr with 6 t. 17 s. in Money in ir, a Suit of Clothes even as good as New, a new Bed and BoHler Tick) Ten Yards of Canvas, a new Blanker, abour ~8l. of Sugar, Four Yards of Kerfey, a pair of Sruff Breeches, a Yard and a half more of S(uff, about half a Pound of Thread, four Yards of Binding,· Three or Four Dozen of Burrons, Wiltl ocher fmall Things, he knew not how much. The new Cloarh rhe Marfhal cur our, and put upon his own Back, which Tho. Ewer feeing him have on in the Court, he asked them, fflbether they o1vned George Barloe in 'JVMring of hr4 Cloth? (When they fenr for him (the f<dd ThtJ~ 11;as) ro cake che Oath of Fidelity) The Governour replied,--~ That if be could prov~ that George Bar~oe h11d 'Jvro'llgeJ h!m, he might feek b;s Satu-faCJzon.--~ And femenc d him ( the faid 7 bomaJ) '(o be ~tfl.td. Neck and fleels together; which was rhe Injulbce he received ar their Hands infiead of Satisfattion: And the faid Cadwel c~ld him ~hen he demanded his Money, aforefaid .earn· d · ' ' ' ot |
