M: Maverick will bring the Duplicate of this and all the rest along with him into England. S: Robert Carr has layne sicke ten weekes in this Towne. T'is a vast charge and no proffit to his Royall Highnesse to keepe Delaware in his hands: I wish my Lord Berkley and S George Carteret had it in Exchange of their Patent, for then they might reape benefitt, and the Duke bee no looser. The Massachusett Colony will not understand his Maties last signification to them, I haue humbly propos'd to M: Secretary and S: William Coventry my conceptions thereupon, I hope yo! LoP will prevayle with his Royal Highnesse that I may bee recall'd, and some other fitt person sent in my place, vnlesse his Royall pleaseth to giue mee a Latitude to establish a Temporary settlement of Government in my absence, which indeed will bee a very hard taske for mee to contrive. It remaines that I should thankfully acknowledge the Honour of yo! Lopps letter bearing date the 13th of Aprill & a duplicate of the same Tenour & date with a Postscript bearing date the third of June full of highly obliging Expressions of your Lordshipps goodnesse to mee, which I shall endeavour to meritt with all that Respect & service which is Most due to yo! LoPP from My Lord y Los Most humble devoted servant, R NICOLLS

ffort James in America

octob. yo 24th 1666.

XL.

SAMUEL MAVERICK TO GEORGE CARTWRIGHT.

EVER HONORD S

Captain Peirse ariveing Augt 7th I rec from him a packet, wherein was enclosed his Maties significacōn of his pleasure concerning the Massachusets, & his confirmacón of what we had done as to the Province of

Main, his order for y° release of some prisoners if any such were on account of petitioning to his Mate or us his Comissioners; and also a confirmacon of the temporary bounds, set betweene Plymouth, & Rhode Island till his Mates pleasure was further knowne. In it the King commands the Councell to send four or five persons forthwith into England, ordering M: Bellingham, & Major Hawthorn to be two of them. I gave the Governor notice that I had such a significacon, to deliver when his Councell was assembled, & notice given of it. It was nere five weekes after (notwithstanding all I could speake, or write to presse it) ere I could have opportu nitie to deliver it, according to S William Morrice his order, which was to the Governor, & Councell assembled. On Sept. 5th both the Generall court, & court of Assistants sitting I deliverd it, and had it read, with much adoe. The Generall court after six dayes spent about Anabaptists, Quakers, & I know not what, tooke the significacōn into consideracon; and it was voted that noe person should be sent, notwithstanding his Maties expresse command; on which or a little before the considerablest in Boston, & other townes peticōned, that complyance with, & humble submission might be made to his Mate by them who were the representative of the Country; if not, they let them know they would peticon his Mate to distinguish between the innocent, and the nocent, as by the peticōn a copy of which Cap Breedon will send you with this, you will see. There was an order presently made to summon into the next court eight of the peticōners, most of them you know. M: Dean, Cap: Savage, M: Bratle, M Glover of Boston. Mr Batter of Salem. Cap! Apleton of Ispwich. Cap! Gearish of Newbury. & Cap! Pike of Salisbury. What they will say to them I know not, & I am sure they care not. Cap Hubbard of Hingham should have bin amongst them, having with nere all the inhabitants of that towne, subscribed the peticon; but their unworthy deputy delivered it not. Many were very hot for degradeing these Car presently: Major Dennison, & M: Broad

street, and Cap Pincheon, as I heare, entred their dissent, amongst the Magistrates. M: Browne, & Curwin, Capt Davis, with severall others of the deputies, likewise dissented; and had their dissent entred. They now begin to thinke & feare that, the major part of the people will not stand by them. And (as I have ever thought, & said) not ten will stand by them: Yet some of them seeme to be resolved to beare it out to the last. One sayes, If they must be ruined, it were better to be torne in pieces by a Lyon, than gnaw'd in peeces by ratts. An other says they are resolved, not to be trampled on by any. Cap! Breedon (I suppose) will informe of this more at Large.

S: The 600 worth of goods sent by M: Bendall, I rec at Boston, and about ten dayes since, they were divided. Colonell Nicolls his part is, by his order, put on board the sloape I lookd for here for my transportation to York, if shee come not in, I will away by land within two dayes, although (you know) it is a long journey. Wee humbly thank my Lord Chancellor for his ordering the aforesaid summe for us: and you for your care, & paines about it. The goods are not yet disposed off, only divided. Cap: Breedon, M: Deane, and M: Lynde are desired to see how the Draper dealt as to the goodnesse, & price; (having looked superficially over them) they suppose there is 25: per Cen! charged above what they had them charged for ready money, As to the goodness it is not yet seene. I mean when I came from Boston.

S: Robert Carr gott in his travills to Delaware, & Maryland a Feavo!, & Ague, & I do not heare that he is yet recovered.

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I only write these lines to you, fearing the fleet may be gone before my returne. And with this Cap: Breedon will send you as many copies of papers, as can be cured, Within a few days I have bin at Yorke you shall have a better account, if this come to you before. I am now at M: Brentons who thanks you for your letter, & will write to you in answer. All your friends here, &

elce where are well, & remember themselves to you, & desire the injoyment of your company. I do not meane as those of the Massachusets; With my best respects presented to you, & thankes for all favours remaine Your very affectionat friend

SAMUELL MAVERICKE.

Major Phillips of Saco being here present desired me to present his service to you. To the Honobe Colonell George Cartwright Esq at Mr Lavandars a Cook at the Talbot in the Strand these present.

XLI.

THO: BREEDON TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP

Boston octob" 22th 1666

Being Comanded by m' Mauerick to giue your honour as good an accounte as I could in reference to seuerall transactions here; I have in ord' thereunto demanded of y° Secretary m' Edward Rawson, copyes of seuerall as p the note, and he answered he was prohibbited by the courte to giue some, whence may be gathered, they are ashamed of theire actions, yet persist in their way, and if obedience be better then sacrifize (as I am informed) haue sente two masts which Cap" Peirce cales the one Gouorno' Bellingham, the other majo* Hawthorne; some more Loyall then others petitioned the Generall Courte a Copy whereof goes herewith, some were selected to answer for it but the charge being refused to be sighned by the drawers vp thereof, the petition's were dismist wth a kinde of reproofe which the Secretary refused to giue me a Coppy of: if fame be not a Lyer I must say that Capt Peire and m' Samuell

Wilson are two that do more mischeife by theire reports they bringe from England (what Euer Elce they may on the Exchange) then any men I know, By their rereports here his Majys comands from Secretary Morrice with his majt signe is (besids what could I say more) slited & the Comission's sent by his majesty looked on as an ould almanack out of Date; not that I can or doe excuse any persons that are of themselfs disloyall or inclyned to disloyall principls, that haue with Oliuer joyned & would if it were possible rake up his ashes, had he been here buryed they would if possible by them haue raised him from the dead but to speake for the major parte of this jurisdiction (that are ouer awed by some that haue the sword in their handes) I must say that his majt need not doubt of theire Loyalty, Some experience haueing been made by some of y° memb's of the generall courte which I forbeare to name: Yo Hono' will here of them by the title of dissenters from the rest being also required by Coll Nicholls to giue into the courte a coppy of his Comission from the Lds Commission's of the prize office and to know theire sence there of, the Secretary gaue me this answer, that the Courte would not concerne themselfs in any thinge was giuen in by worde of mouth: 24: that the courte Questioned the Coppy as not witnessed, to which m' mauerick & my selfe tendring to witnes the major Generall m John Leueret tould me he would Satisfy Gouornour Nichols that the Kings Comission's had not to act any thinge here, by which may be gathered, that his maj hath giuen away all power from himselfe by his Charter saue the 5th parte of mynes royall as they say: but to implead their charter deny to send any acording to his majty comands, I hope his majty loyall subjt may not sufer with the rest: the fleete is hasting away & I begg your pardon for this trouble & shall for Euer remaine, my Lord

Yo' hon's most oblidged Seruante

THO: BREEDON.