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Show ( t6 ) them robe feverely whipp'd, wit~ d'lirty 5!r~es a- ieee, which was fo cruelly on:, '":tt a th~ee-fold-cord, that one Woman feemg tt, fell d 0 d and kept fo clofe, that none own as ea , b · h . could come at them, fo much as to rn~g t em _ d W c r chr·ee Days and kept 10 cruel Foo or ater 10 ' • 1 1 Id B d . Weeks without Fue, a l t le co on s mne ' 1 nt Man . . Seafon. Alfo Rich. Dowdney, an nnoce , ~-E. En- • ved co 0 ro Boflon, was apprepended Jtgn , p. 62. ~emhg mo dg had before the Rulers, who 10 t e way' an b h l was a had nought agaiofi him, ut t at 1e . f!.!!aker; yer femenc'd him ~o be feverely ~htpped, with thirty Stripes, whtch was unm_e_rctfully d with the three-fold-cord of theu Coven~~~ wirh chare:e ro keep him confiantly at wGrk . and caufed him ro be fearched for Boo~s and Papers, and rook what h~ had : And this was their Entenainment of this harmlefs Str_an- ?opiOJ In- ger: Yea, J. Endicot, Goverr.OUl\ qnd R. Bellzng£? 1tifition, h Deputy wrote an Order of Cruelty to the :P· 3 7 • ~;;;;ler, 1~ha~' all the QQ. akers t~.en, in P~ifon (Ten In number) Jhould be (ever ely 'lvmpp d twt~e a Week, b . . 'th .t;fteen Lajhes and every tzme to ex-e~ mnmg wt J'J' ' h . ce.e, d h -. wh·Ich barbarous Cruelry t ey put m t ree , - h · l · h Execution, with a cruel Whtp, w tc 1 mtg t have whipp'd them ro Death: Were thefe Good Men? . ') . N , about this time it was obferved, on the .1.• '4· ow, . b . J C I . that was prattifed (no way ecommg rue ry f h · p chers W' s .lept. r6s 7 Chrifiians) that the drift o t ~Ir rea . a co encourage and drive on their Defign, w~tch filled up moft of their Sermons, and the ume rhat lhould have been better fpent ; fo that many when they went to look for Bread, ha? a St:ne given, and a Serpent infiead of a Fifh ; whereupon, finding it fo unpr~fitable, they had ~') rdt m fit un4er it; bQt W~thqrew, and m~~ n the Firll Day of rhe Week ; the.n the Con ~ fiable was fem ro rake their Names, and had them before Capt. Hathorne, who read the Law for ConviClion, ro pay 5 s. a Week, for not :coming ro their Meeting ; and fem fome to Bofton- Prifon, and whipp'd thc:m in the dead time of the Win.ter; and the Gaoler rook away their Cloathes for £heir Fees. And made an addirior..aJ L~w ro the former, N. E. a againft fuch as jhould bring any Q#aker, &c. into degenerate that 1urifdi8io~, Vfi .fo~feiture of a Hunrlred Pounds, Plan~, P·4· &c. That if any Per{rm or Perfo·m, ·within this J u- N. E. En-rifdiBion, fhall henceforth Entertain or Conceal any~~~tP~~)· , R.!!aker, or f<!!akers-( knowing them fo to be) every oao.J 6"Jo _(uch Perfon jha/J forfeit to the Country, 40 s. for every Hours Concealment and Entertainment, &c. and jhaU. be committed to Prifon, m aforefaid, ti/J the· Forfei- 'tures be fully [atujiul and paid, and--that if any R.!!,aker, or f!.!!akers, ~Jail prefu me (after they have Olfce [ujfered what the Law requiretb) to come into 11 tbi.r Jurifdi8~on, every fuch Male f<!_saker (hall, {or ([o the jirft Offence, have one of hio EarJ cut off~ and be IJan.t. keot at Work in the Haufe. of CorreBion, tt/J be can t!Jttt be {ent away at b/4 own Clvarge ; and for the {econd <!Eat~ Offence, ]hall have .his other E~r CHt ojf: tl1Jtl kept at cut oJ. the Houje ~f CorreEiton, as aforefaid. A11d every /!Vo·- 1!1an f<!!aker, that hath fujfered the Law here, that foall pre{ume to come into this ]urifdiEtion, jhall be W h. , d r; I d k omt ,l 'JJJ rpp ;evere 7, an ept at the Houfe of Correelion f?.!!ul.:ersm at work, ti/J foe ~e [em ~11Jay at her ow11 Charge ; be '"h1pr ~ ~tr:d fo for. htr commg agam, fhe foall be alike ujcd, (M aforefa:d: .And fer every 0fflker, he or flu, that {halt a thzrd ttrne again Offend, they fhalt have their Tongut·<; Tongues bored thr{Jug~ umh a bot Iron, and kept at to be b~)-~ the Houfo of CorreBzon clo[e ~o Work, till they befent red tfu v. tnPaJ at their o'JJn Charge. And-that all and tvery f!..!!aker, ~rifing fr-m am_ongjl our felves, {hatl ' ~ be |