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Show ( 12'2 l which he did, till he fell down ; the Sheriff t:ommanded him to take him up, and beat him again, · (it was judged a hundred Blows) then he was forced into the Fort, and- fent a Moor to gather Rods to whip him, fo that with the Blows, and heat of the· .Stm, Ire funk down· where he- ftood, and was there till the 7th hour in the Nig·ht, when the Gaoler ~me to 1mlock him, and pttt him in the Dunge011, being fo fwollen, that he rould hardly fiand; and next morning, taken ont about the stn .or 6th . hour, antl lock'd to the Barrow again, till the 7th at Night, then· ptit in the Dungeon· about a wt'ek, then brought forth ftripp'd to the wafi:e, hun~ 11p by the Hands, with a great Log ty'd to hi~ Feet, and whipp'd by a £hong Black-moor with Rods, Stripes witho\tt number, Back, Sides and Breafls, which was cut very fore; · then ptlt in· to the Dungeon again, two Nights and Days, without Bread or Water, till the Gaoler, being drunk and afieep, two Soldiers got in, and got llim fome. Water; aftePWards they took him forth again·, and ask'd him, If he would pay the. Fine '? He told' them, he could not. They ask'd him, If he would work, or be whipp' d wery day ? He asked, What he hit'd done, or what Law he had broken, and to kmrw hil .Ace «fer ? So they hanged 1 llirn .up again, and put him to great Pain, being io long hanged ; and w hippi11g. hi.n'J7. asked, If he would work ? And then whipped l1im again, four or five times; then took him down, and vut him in the Dungeon; and a Woman coming to wafh his Stripes, went home; and telling her Husband how he was, he proffer'd the She· riff a Fat Ox to kt him €orne to his Houfe, for file ex petted to hear when he was dead; but the Governour would not fufi~r it, unlefs the whol~ Finfl was paid, . w~irh many D~Jt'h and Englifh would· ( 12J ) ~m1ld. h~ve done, but be could not .confent ; sud WJthu1 three days was free to work and made able and ftrong, which tormented 'rheni for they ~im'd at his Fine; and after he hacl ~rought a week, h~ had liberty; Captain Willu, h1s Adverfary, faymg, He jhould be freed, for he had /Qft the Love ~ot.h of Emch and EJJglijiJ · and fo begg'd his Releafe of .the Governour, bcing the fitte~ .Perfo~ to do tt, as being the occa. fi?n of Jus .Snlfermgs, by incenfing him againft h1m. ·Many more Inftances might he given of tbeir Barbarous Inhumanities, but I refer to the forIJl~ r ~reatife, .this being e11ough to .fhew t~he Difpancy of h1s Paral1el, as to fuch things, ·betwee~ New- England ~~d· PenjiLv4nia, tQ hide his Deceit, and cov_er th~1r own Bar.bariti.e,s, to the Jnnocent; btit that won't do, tho' he would fain {lleafure ·our .Corn by his own Bnlhel which ha.tl~ been. ·.proved too unreafonable td be allow d for J~fl: meafure ; alfd that there is no Com pare, e1ther as t9 the 'Provocation or Pro- . ccdurc, as I faid before, and may .fhew furt11er anon ... But he may fay, He doth nott juftifie thofe Seventies; he will not, he c4nnot: But I f:1y, why doth he then,. by taking the Perfecutors parts and endeavounng to excufe them in it· and ori the other .hand, reviling ang abufiryg ~he Sufr ferers all a.long, as he does, and going to ex ... ~enuat.e thetr Sufferings?_ Mufr he go againft his Confctence, to pleafe Ius Benefactors for his Sallary? W~IJ, Ootton, whatever thou dofi the .{\~thor h.ereof does ?ot wri.te for Bread,' nor The~tt~ Will he go beyo11d hts ConfCience to plcafe any tbo~11 · ~an ; ~e courts .no Man's Favours, nor feats atfjaca~ . ny M~n s Frowns, and all t~e Reward he ex- cttt~ •. pe~s, ~s only that of well-doing. · · - ~ . Qq |