112 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1666.

L. H.

Journal 1666

this Prouince. But as the case stands the Gouerno^r can neyther
arme Soldiers to fight for yo^u, nor send Commis^rs to treate for
yow, nor indeed accept of that Act, for maintayning War
w^thout the Prouince, w^thout hazarding his hono^r, not only to
the censure of o^r neighbouring Gouerm^ts, but allso to the scorne
of the Pagan & infidell.

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Wherefore test wee are innocent of the blood allready
spilt Last assembly to prevent it, & will hold blood
th^t may hereafter bee shed, for want yo^u consent not to
a Cessaon from W^ch alone can putt the Gouerno^r into
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Glutt must needs bee the effect of plan- Stint is
impracticable soe that aon.
follows, the ruine of the howse- Tob they make
being soe little cloath him, & renue his time. That
the richest of us all, att last ants, Though the Poore
it may soe fall th^t Two seruants hase one, when
one mans labour shall not
Wee will yett for the poore mans sake make one instance
more; Quick dispatch is the life of Trade, ffor w^ch reason the
rich man, th^t can compleate a Merchants freight w^th speed shall
bee serued, when a poore Man his Crop not exceeding six or
Eight hogsheads of Tob, shall starue for want.
Jf that fayle the rich have meanes to take freight certaine in
England. By w^ch meanes if freight bee scant, the rich will haue
all Jf plenty the rich being supplyed by their owne returnes
or creditt, the poore will bee sacrifised to the rapacious auarice
of the Trader: there being none to beate the price, but those
whose wants will not permitt them to exspect, & must there-
fore perish or runne more in debt. So th^t uppon the whole
matter, if eyther yo^u will hearken to the Crying necessities of
the poore, the groanes of those that Hue in feare of the Pagan
Enimy, or lay to heart the honor of Gouerm^t yo^u will ioyne
w^th us in that Act for a Cessaon, w^ch att once remedies those

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three Euills. Inconueniences itt may haue, as nothing in this
world is simply good in it selfe, Bu greater then the in-
conueniences, unlesse unknowne to us dearer then life,
Li name of Christian, otherwise layd op
The End of the Reasons
Put to the Vote Whither this howse those Reasons
sent from the Vpper judging them satisfactory &
The howse Voteth those tory, (by the Maio^r Vote)
M^r Nicholas Rikard cerning the debate of this bus
fesseth his fault for his
The howse uppon his
Ordered th^t Co^ll Nathaniel M^r Will^m Coursey bee a
Committee, & draw up, an answere to those Reasons now read