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P. R. O.
Colonial
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Complaint from Heaven with a Huy and crye and a petition
out of Virginia and Maryland.
To our great gratious Kinge and Souvereigne Charles the
II, King of England &c. with his parliament.
It is high time, that the originall Cause of the late and former
distractions should be inquired into: the Berklieu and Balti-
more Partys will tell a great many over smothed Contraries:
the platt form is, Pope Jesuit determined to over terne Engld,
with feyer, sword and distractions, within themselves, and by
the Maryland Papists, to drive us Protestants to Purgatory
within our selves in America, with the help of the French
spirits from Canada.
Now mark the late Tragedy: Old Governor Barkly, Altered
by marrying a young wyff, from his wonted publicq good, to a
covetous fools-age, relished Indians presents, with som that
hath a like feelinge, so wel, that many Christians Blood is puk-
kuted up, with other mischievs, in so much that his lady tould,
that it would bee the overthrow of the Country; of which Dis-
sembling Baltemore is glad, because it is his custom to ex-
chaince the King's Majty's Subjects, for furr: and now presents
an Opportunity to give Virginia a good Blow, if not an Over-
throwe by Maryland Piscattaway Indians in Potomoke River,
who encourradged by their own if not a Popish Divell, went over
to Virginy side, to doe mischeief. but at laest by the inhabitants
followed back into their cabbins, demanding the Murtherers of
the King of that Nation, who laughinge and peremptorily
denying, beeinge killed, did give the Virginyans a greater mis-
trust of a treachery especially understanding that the piscatta-
way Indians hath invited the Susquahana Indian to their As-
sistance, and inforced them, whereby a greater incursion feared
and forseen, governor Barkly was thereupon persuaded, to
send Washington and Allerthon with 200 men to cut them off,
and cominge to govr Baltemores for consent who not daringe
to denye, under Collor to Assist, raysed first and laust above a
1000 men to protect, and so hindered the Virginians to destroy
them, and therefore ordered his Maj: Gen: Truman, onely to
besiege the fort, which they at first might have easily taken,
beeinge not quit finished and not a 100 fighting Ind: in it,
besids women and children. Thus where the soldiery misled
and intrenched, and the Susquahana Indian sent out 5. of their
great men, whom the souldiers knowing to be som of the Mur-
therers, would not let com to a treaty, killed, and thus where
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