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Show ( 24 j vare tho fuch Executions ought to be done it1 pubiick ; bur Capr. Oliv er. faid , 1Jbey rlid it in private, to keep them from Tattling : Are thefe Good Men? . Of which Proceedings, I find the followm~ Verfes, among many more, in a Paper lately come to my hand. . G d ',- The makinu Laws +or to enfnare the Juf!, ~·JOJ " b )' b fl. bmocenc/s Of God i4 hated, an.doto. e accur,~. G'omptai?Jt• 1 he Maffachufers, u altke for Crtme Unto Judea in ChriJIJefus time : H·>:,·e Laws are extant, that (loth Terrijj WeD-meaning Men, and Liberty . deny : . Here Innocents are fined, whipp' d and bra~JeJ, . Ears cropp' d, fomc fold f or Slaves, fome l64Jh d, fome Who~ver i4 cuntraty to th'eih found, ( hanJ!.e~. Tho' in his Spirit, tb~ei.r Fine muff be five Pou11d: Or elfe three Days in Gaol, ere a di{ch.arge, And with a ten la/fl d Whipping be mlarg' d. :N. E. a Were thefe Good ·Men, that Enacled' at the' de~enerate Court of p limouth, That no (0akers, nor Perfons Plant,p.Io commrmly fo called be entertained by any Per(on or r~~~.~~~ Perfons within th~ Govermnent, untie~ t~e Penalty 1~ Month, of 5 I. for every firfl default, or be ?vbtpp tl.~.AnJ t6s8. that if any Ranter or Q3aker-fhall come mto any Townfhip within this Government, antl by any Perfcn or Perfons be known or fufpeEied to be {uch an one, t~e Perfons-[hall forthwith acquairtt the Conpable,. or bid Deputy, on pain of Pre{entment, antl .(o_fyable to Cenfure in Court, wbo forthwith Jhall dtlzgently endeavoul' to Apprehend them, and command them to Jepart cut nf 'the To1vn(hip, and thi.t Government ; and in cafe 11ny fucb Perfon delay or refufe to depart, then the Jaid Conflable, or Deputy, jhall apfrehend them, or him, and bring him, or t.hem, before the Magiftrate in their Tou.mfiJip, if there be tmJ; and ')l)ht'ft 'ivlere there tJ 11o1u) to the Selecl Men, appointeci bJ , the Court for that purpoje, ·JJJho Jhall ct~u(e hjm, or To. h~ th em, to be ·w ht ·p p 'd ,-or pay 5 1• an:11 trt; en co11- owrh 1ppao ~ Sd j· , v~yed out of the . Tolv11fh!p; an.J the fame Comfe to if they dd be t.aken :with ert!ery of them, 114 often aJ any of' them nor .:·p.t,, • !ran~re{s this Order.- .(1nd, jorafrnuch ai the Meet-tng of juch Pet(om--proveth to. the difl rucling of the Peace of tbl4 Goverrtment, It is thrrefore EnaE! etJ,___... That henceforth no {uch Meeting be PjJtm-bied, or kept by any Perfon, in any place 'JJJithin this . ~overnment, tmder the Penalty of 40 s . . a ti"Je for ~o ~eet~ every Speaker, and I 0 s. a time fi'or everr Hearer wg, w .ll'h ' d · · ' · ' out hnes~ '!n fO s~ a ttme for the Owner of tht place, that ~ermzts them {o to meet t.ogether. ~Forafmuch at Jt was ordered a! June- Court lafi, That all {ttch ai 2pere Houfe-luepers, f!~ ai their vw.n rlifpofe,--and ~11ve not taken Jhe Oath of Fidelity to tb-M Go'Vern- · . , .. ment, fhould take the [aid Oath--or to b~ fir1cd to Oath i_1tt~ th. e· c of o m·e s ti.Jr:e. , , tol e JrU. 'm of 5 I . And "lJJheretiJ divers pFoinfeed ,faonJ! d ferfonJ--refufe to take the (aid bath- " -it i4 refufine~ therefore EnaCI~d~Tbat e<be11 fuch Perfon or Per- Jon~ .fhaO, every Genera~- Gourt, be (ummoned to make thezr Appearance .thereat:-'-And if any Juch PerfotJ or Perfons foall ~efufe to take the (aid Oath, pJtllt fe Ji.ned r; I. to the Coloni~s ufe,--4-That no Pe.rfon, co"!m$. {~om_ o~her Pa~·ts, be a!Jo,ved arJ Inhtbit.ant of thl4 ~urifdtEII~n, but bJ the Approbation of the Go- N · 'Uern.our, or two of the Mauifl.rates at the leafl.- l bo~to.I~:~ Th f r:. ' b "J' . "J'. Ja HWlt..,• . at t .any Jucb Per[o1~ .. or Perfons ]ball be found, out the · t.hat bath n~t-.-n.or wttl not applj and approve Gov~rt. hem{elves, fo lief to ,procute the Approbation of the Go- non; s v,ernour) &c.--!hat either they depm·t tbt! Govern- lea' e. ment, or elfe that the Court t11ke Jome Courj'e therein. Were rht:fe Good Men, rhac appoinred Select P. 3s, 1f1en co fee rhe Innocent . whipp'd ? Which is np orher tha? Sclefi Whippe~s.; and accoraingly H. Norton bemg raken up m lhe Sueers of Pti- K k i "wtth1 |
