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Court and Testamentary Business, 1642. 129
to be hoped for the like at another time, he the said Giles Liber P. R. Brent vpon his arrivall at Kent vnderstanding of a Commis sion granted to mr William Brainthwait for the command of that Iland; & taking disgust thereat, or for some other secrett discontent or disaffection to the good & wellfare of the govermt as may reasonably be supposed, did not vse or exequute the said Commission according to the power therin granted & the trust & charge vndertaken by him but devising how to make the Commission & designe ineffectuall & successlesse with his owne impunity as much as might be, and to give the people there an occasion of refusing and disobeying it, insteed of a serious & thorow exequuting of it as his duety & charge was did leave it to their consideration whether they were willing to be pressed or no, & vsed words to signifle they should not be vrged against their wills or to that purpose, & vpon their refusall of that so gentle a proposition did dismisse them with out pressing any, pretending (as he saith since) some illegalities then found in the Commission; which illegalities neverthelesse vpon some new thoughts he easily swallowed, and issued warrants for the pressing of 20. souldiers, who came wth their armes according to his comand & were ready to be employed by him; but receiving from them some expressions of vnwil lingnes he easily admitted thereof; & of his owne head without authority dismissed them againe, and so lett the whole enterprise & charge fall to the ground; in great contempt of the authority & govermt of the place, to the great disgrace & disrepute of or nation among the Indians our neighbors & dependants who had great expectaon of the issue of that expedition, to the encouragemt & ill example of the people to contemne the like commissions at another time, to the eminent danger of the whole colony, and the indamaging of his Lop and the country in a fruitlesse expence of so much tobacco beside much lesse & hindrance to pticular psons. Wherefore saving to him selfe the advantage of adding such other articles herevnto in time convenient as he shall think fitt & of replying to the allegations wch shalbe made by the said Giles Brent he prayeth that the said Giles Brent may be called to answere vpon oath to the said misdemeanors conteinpts & such further Interrogatories as shalbe admin istred to him therevpon & that such proceedings & sentence may be had & vsed agst him as justice shall require.
Commission for examining Cecilius Lord Proprietary &c. To Or witnesses on mr Brents st trusty & beloved Robert Vaughan Lieutent of Or lie and County of Kent, william Luddinton & Richard Thomson gent greeting. we doe hereby authorise you & with all will & require you or any two of you whereof
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