The speech of the Honourable Sr. VVilliam Berkeley governour and capt. generall of Virginea, to the burgesses in the Grand Assembly at James Towne on the 17 of March, 1651 : together with a declaration of the whole country, occasioned upon the sight of a printed paper from England, intituled An act, &c.
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             The speech of the Honourable Sr. VVilliam Berkeley governour and capt. generall of Virginea, to the burgesses in the Grand Assembly at James Towne on the 17 of March, 1651 : together with a declaration of the whole country, occasioned upon the sight of a printed paper from England, intituled An act, &c.
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           THE
           SPEECH
           of
           the
           Honourable
           SR.
           
           VVILLIAM
           BERKELEY
           Governour
           and
           Capt
           :
           Generall
           of
           
             Virginea
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Burgesses
          
           in
           the
           
             Grand
             Assembly
          
           at
           
             Iames
             Towne
          
           on
           the
           17.
           of
           
             March
          
           1650
           /
           1.
           
        
         
           
             TOGETHER
             WITH
             A
             DECLARATION
          
           Of
           the
           whole
           Country
           ,
           occasioned
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           printed
           paper
           from
           
             England
             ,
          
           Intituled
           
             An
             Act.
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             HAGH
             ,
          
           Printed
           By
           
             Samuell
             Broun
          
           English
           Bookeseller
           .
           
             1651.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           speech
           of
           the
           Honourable
           SR.
           
           WILLIAM
           BERKELEY
           Gouvernour
           and
           Capt
           :
           Generall
           of
           
             Virginea
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Burgesses
          
           in
           the
           
             Grand
             Assembly
          
           at
           
             Iames
             Towne
          
           on
           the
           17.
           of
           
             March
          
           1650
           /
           1.
           
        
         
           Together
           with
           a
           
             Declaration
          
           of
           the
           whole
           Country
           ,
           occasioned
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           printed
           paper
           from
           
             England
             ,
          
           Intituled
           
             An
             Act.
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           GEntlemen
           you
           perceave
           by
           the
           DECLARATION
           that
           the
           men
           of
           
             Westminster
          
           have
           set
           out
           ,
           which
           I
           beleeve
           you
           have
           all
           seene
           ,
           how
           they
           meane
           to
           deale
           with
           you
           hereafter
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           ●●me
           of
           their
           wooing
           and
           courting
           you
           propound
           such
           hard
           Conditions
           to
           be
           performed
           on
           your
           parts
           ,
           &
           on
           their
           owne
           ●othing
           but
           a
           benigne
           acceptance
           of
           your
           duties
           to
           them
           .
           ●ndeed
           me thinks
           they
           might
           have
           proposed
           something
           to
           ●s
           which
           might
           have
           strengthned
           us
           to
           beare
           those
           heavy
           ●haines
           they
           are
           making
           ready
           for
           us
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           but
           
           an
           assurance
           that
           we
           shall
           eat
           the
           bread
           for
           which
           our
           owne
           Oxen
           plow
           ,
           and
           with
           our
           owne
           sweat
           we
           reape
           ;
           but
           this
           assurance
           (
           it
           seemes
           )
           were
           a
           franchise
           beyond
           the
           Condition
           they
           have
           
             resolu'd
             on
             the
             Question
          
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           :
           For
           the
           reason
           why
           they
           talke
           so
           
             Magisterially
          
           to
           us
           is
           this
           ,
           we
           are
           forsooth
           their
           worships
           slaves
           ,
           bought
           with
           their
           money
           and
           by
           consequence
           ought
           not
           to
           buy
           ,
           or
           sell
           but
           with
           those
           they
           shall
           Authorize
           with
           a
           few
           trifles
           to
           Coszen
           us
           of
           all
           for
           which
           we
           toile
           and
           labour
           .
           If
           the
           whole
           Current
           of
           their
           reasoning
           were
           not
           as
           ridiculous
           ,
           as
           their
           actions
           have
           been
           Tyrannicall
           and
           bloudy
           ;
           we
           might
           wonder
           with
           what
           browes
           they
           could
           sustaine
           such
           impertinent
           assertions
           :
           For
           if
           you
           looke
           into
           it
           ,
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           argument
           runs
           onely
           thus
           :
           we
           have
           laid
           violent
           hands
           on
           your
           Land-Lord
           ,
           possess'd
           his
           Manner
           house
           where
           you
           used
           to
           pay
           your
           rents
           ,
           therfore
           now
           tender
           your
           respects
           to
           the
           same
           house
           you
           once
           reverenced
           :
           I
           call
           my
           Conscience
           to
           witnes
           ,
           I
           lie
           not
           ,
           I
           cannot
           in
           all
           their
           Declaration
           perceave
           a
           stronger
           argument
           for
           what
           they
           vvould
           impose
           on
           us
           ,
           then
           this
           which
           I
           have
           now
           told
           you
           :
           They
           talke
           indeed
           of
           money
           laid
           out
           on
           this
           Country
           in
           its
           infancy
           :
           I
           vvill
           not
           say
           how
           little
           ,
           nor
           how
           Centuply
           repaid
           ,
           but
           will
           onely
           aske
           ,
           was
           it
           theirs
           ?
           They
           who
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           warr
           were
           so
           poore
           ,
           &
           indigent
           ,
           that
           the
           wealth
           and
           rapines
           of
           three
           Kingdomes
           &
           their
           Churches
           too
           ,
           cannot
           yet
           make
           rich
           ,
           but
           are
           faine
           to
           seeke
           out
           new
           Territories
           and
           impositions
           to
           sustaine
           their
           Luxury
           amongst
           themselves
           .
           Surely
           Gentlemen
           we
           are
           more
           slaves
           by
           nature
           ,
           then
           their
           power
           can
           make
           us
           if
           we
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           be
           shaken
           with
           these
           paper
           bulletts
           ,
           &
           those
           on
           my
           life
           are
           the
           heaviest
           they
           either
           can
           or
           will
           send
           us
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           with
           us
           they
           have
           long
           threatned
           the
           Barbados
           ,
           yet
           not
           a
           ship
           goes
           thither
           but
           to
           beg
           trade
           ,
           nor
           will
           they
           do
           to
           
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           dare
           Honourably
           resist
           their
           Imperious
           Ordinance
           .
           Assuredly
           Gentlemen
           you
           have
           heard
           under
           what
           heavy
           burthens
           ,
           the
           afflicted
           
             English
          
           Nation
           now
           groanes
           ,
           and
           calls
           to
           heaven
           for
           releife
           :
           how
           new
           and
           formerly
           unheard
           of
           impositions
           make
           the
           wifes
           pray
           for
           barrennes
           and
           their
           husbands
           deafnes
           to
           exclude
           the
           cryes
           of
           their
           succourles
           ,
           staruing
           children
           :
           And
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           do
           believe
           ,
           none
           would
           long
           endure
           this
           slavery
           ,
           if
           the
           sword
           at
           their
           throats
           Did
           not
           Compell
           them
           to
           Languish
           under
           the
           misery
           they
           howrely
           suffer
           .
           Looke
           on
           their
           sufferings
           with
           the
           Eyes
           of
           understanding
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           prevent
           all
           your
           teares
           but
           those
           of
           Compassion
           .
           Consider
           with
           what
           prisons
           and
           Axes
           they
           have
           paid
           those
           that
           have
           served
           them
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           soules
           :
           Consider
           your selves
           how
           happy
           your
           are
           and
           have
           been
           ,
           how
           the
           Gates
           of
           wealth
           and
           Honour
           are
           shut
           on
           no
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           not
           here
           an
           Arbitrary
           hand
           that
           dares
           to
           touch
           the
           substance
           of
           either
           poore
           or
           rich
           :
           But
           that
           which
           I
           would
           have
           you
           cheifly
           to
           consider
           with
           thankfullnes
           is
           :
           That
           God
           hath
           seperated
           you
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           the
           crying
           bloud
           of
           our
           Pious
           Souveraigne
           of
           ever
           blessed
           memory
           :
           But
           mistake
           not
           Gentlemen
           part
           of
           it
           will
           yet
           staine
           your
           garments
           if
           you
           willingly
           submit
           to
           those
           murtherers
           hands
           that
           shed
           it
           :
           I
           tremble
           to
           thinke
           how
           the
           oathes
           they
           will
           impose
           will
           make
           those
           guilty
           of
           ●t
           ,
           that
           have
           long
           abhor'd
           the
           traiterousnesse
           of
           the
           act
           :
           But
           I
           confesse
           having
           had
           so
           frequent
           testimonies
           of
           your
           truths
           and
           courages
           ,
           I
           cannot
           have
           a
           reasonable
           suspition
           of
           any
           cowardly
           falling
           of
           from
           the
           former
           resolutions
           ,
           and
           have
           onely
           mentioned
           this
           last
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           my
           duty
           and
           care
           of
           you
           ,
           not
           of
           my
           reall
           doubts
           and
           feares
           :
           or
           if
           with
           untryed
           men
           we
           were
           to
           argue
           on
           this
           subject
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           can
           be
           hoped
           for
           in
           a
           change
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           not
           allready
           ?
           
           Is
           it
           liberty
           ?
           The
           sun
           looks
           not
           on
           a
           people
           more
           free
           then
           we
           are
           from
           all
           oppression
           .
           Is
           it
           wealth
           ?
           Hundreds
           of
           examples
           shew
           us
           that
           Industry
           &
           Thrift
           in
           a
           short
           time
           may
           bring
           us
           to
           as
           high
           a
           degree
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Country
           and
           out
           Conditions
           are
           yet
           capable
           of
           :
           Is
           it
           securety
           to
           enjoy
           this
           wealth
           when
           gotten
           ?
           With
           out
           blushing
           I
           will
           speake
           it
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           theare
           lives
           not
           that
           person
           can
           accuse
           me
           of
           attempting
           the
           least
           act
           against
           any
           mans
           property
           ?
           Is
           it
           peace
           ?
           The
           Indians
           God
           be
           blessed
           round
           about
           us
           are
           subdued
           ;
           we
           can
           onely
           feare
           the
           Londoners
           ,
           who
           would
           faine
           bring
           us
           to
           the
           same
           poverty
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Dutch
           found
           and
           releived
           us
           ;
           would
           take
           away
           the
           liberty
           of
           our
           consciences
           ,
           and
           tongues
           ,
           and
           our
           right
           of
           giving
           and
           selling
           our
           goods
           to
           whom
           vve
           please
           .
           But
           Gentlemen
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           we
           will
           not
           so
           tamely
           part
           with
           our
           KING
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           blessings
           we
           enjoy
           under
           him
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           oppose
           us
           ,
           do
           but
           follow
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           either
           lead
           you
           to
           victory
           ,
           or
           loose
           a
           life
           which
           I
           cannot
           more
           gloriously
           sacrifice
           they
           for
           my
           loyalty
           ,
           and
           your
           security
           .
        
         
           Vera
           Copia
           
             John
             Corker
          
           Cler
           :
           Dom
           :
           Commons
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             This
             speech
             being
             ended
             the
             pretended
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             was
             publiquely
             read
             in
             the
             Assembly
             where
             upon
             (
             at
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Howse
             of
             Commons
             to
             the
             Governour
             and
             Councell
             )
             this
             following
             vindication
             was
             unanimously
             agreed
             on
             .
          
        
         
         
           WE
           The
           
             Governour
             Councell
          
           and
           
             Burgesses
          
           of
           
             Virginea
             ,
          
           have
           seene
           a
           printed
           paper
           bearing
           date
           at
           
             London
          
           the
           3.
           of
           
             Octob.
          
           1651.
           wherein
           (
           with
           other
           
             Plantations
          
           of
           
             America
          
           )
           we
           are
           prohibited
           trade
           and
           Commerce
           with
           all
           but
           such
           as
           the
           present
           power
           shall
           allow
           of
           :
           We
           likewise
           see
           our selves
           branded
           in
           it
           with
           the
           ignominious
           names
           of
           Rebells
           and
           Traitors
           ,
           which
           we
           so
           much
           abhor
           ,
           that
           we
           would
           detest
           our selves
           if
           we
           thought
           they
           were
           deservedly
           imposed
           on
           us
           :
           And
           shall
           take
           leave
           to
           thinke
           we
           are
           unworthily
           slandered
           ,
           till
           stronger
           proofes
           then
           we
           yet
           find
           ,
           are
           brought
           against
           us
           to
           convince
           our
           judgements
           and
           Consciences
           that
           we
           are
           guilty
           of
           those
           Horrid
           Crimes
           .
           Therefore
           though
           we
           professe
           that
           our
           judgments
           and
           industry
           ,
           have
           been
           long
           solely
           and
           necessarily
           imployed
           in
           providing
           against
           the
           necessities
           of
           our
           poore
           families
           ,
           and
           by
           Consequence
           should
           not
           presume
           that
           any
           Act
           or
           Transaction
           of
           ●ours
           could
           be
           worthy
           the
           publique
           view
           :
           Yet
           since
           the
           plainest
           vindication
           of
           innocencie
           is
           accepted
           ,
           we
           shall
           intimate
           the
           reasons
           of
           ours
           ,
           imploring
           charitable
           and
           abler
           ●udgments
           to
           perfect
           what
           we
           shall
           hint
           to
           them
           in
           our
           answeares
           ,
           to
           the
           Aspersions
           we
           find
           Authorised
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           First
           whereas
           they
           say
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Plantations
             in
             America
             were
             seated
             at
             the
             Cost
             and
             established
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             some
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             therfore
             ought
             to
             be
             governed
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             England
             .
          
           
           We
           conceave
           we
           may
           safely
           confesse
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           run
           the
           Hazard
           of
           any
           misprision
           of
           guilt
           ,
           nay
           we
           thinke
           ,
           this
           only
           testimony
           of
           theirs
           were
           sufficient
           to
           cleere
           us
           from
           the
           Aspersions
           of
           Rebells
           ,
           and
           Traitors
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           no
           other
           markes
           of
           innocency
           left
           us
           :
           For
           we
           say
           ,
           we
           were
           some
           of
           us
           sent
           ,
           others
           permitted
           to
           come
           hither
           by
           the
           gratious
           favour
           of
           our
           Pious
           KINGS
           ,
           sworne
           to
           governe
           ,
           and
           be
           governed
           (
           as
           farr
           as
           possible
           the
           place
           was
           Capable
           of
           )
           by
           the
           lawes
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           which
           lawes
           we
           have
           inviolably
           and
           sacredly
           kept
           as
           farr
           as
           our
           abilityes
           to
           execute
           and
           our
           Capacityes
           to
           judge
           would
           permit
           us
           ,
           and
           with
           reason
           ;
           for
           these
           lawes
           onely
           in
           such
           times
           of
           tumults
           stormes
           ,
           and
           tempests
           ,
           can
           humanely
           prevent
           our
           ruines
           :
           These
           lawes
           often
           enjoyned
           us
           the
           Oathes
           of
           Allegeance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           they
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           no
           power
           on
           earth
           can
           absolve
           or
           manumit
           us
           from
           our
           obedience
           to
           ou●
           PRINCE
           ,
           and
           his
           lawfull
           
             Successors
             :
          
           These
           lawes
           tell
           us
           that
           when
           we
           have
           don
           all
           vve
           can
           to
           auoyd
           it
           ,
           we
           may
           resist
           violence
           with
           force
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           lawfull
           defence
           of
           ourselves
           ,
           destroy
           any
           that
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           take
           away
           our
           lives
           or
           substance
           :
           These
           lawes
           vve
           professe
           are
           our
           guides
           and
           do
           beleeve
           vve
           deserve
           punishment
           and
           infamy
           if
           we
           vvillingly
           ,
           or
           vvillfully
           deviate
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           suppose
           vve
           vvere
           such
           slaves
           by
           nature
           as
           to
           be
           awed
           vvith
           the
           iron
           rods
           held
           over
           us
           ,
           in
           what
           hand
           soever
           found
           ;
           would
           not
           then
           themselves
           thinke
           vve
           deserved
           the
           worst
           usage
           could
           be
           inflicted
           on
           us
           .
           For
           what
           assurance
           could
           vve
           give
           of
           our
           nevv
           Loyalty
           ,
           after
           having
           so
           childishly
           ,
           and
           impiously
           ,
           relinquisht
           our
           old
           
             Allegeance
             ?
          
           Could
           vve
           reasonably
           repine
           to
           pay
           vvith
           our
           ovvne
           swea●
           and
           bloud
           ,
           those
           Garrisons
           which
           must
           be
           kept
           among
           as
           ,
           to
           
           fix
           such
           volatile
           obedience
           as
           ours
           would
           appeare
           to
           be
           ?
           For
           as
           the
           Question
           is
           stated
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           yeild
           to
           whosoever
           possesse
           themselves
           of
           
             Westminste●
             Hall
             :
          
           Where
           we
           experimentally
           have
           found
           ,
           the
           heads
           of
           divers
           factions
           and
           pretensions
           ,
           have
           presided
           and
           excluded
           one
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           no
           Oraculous
           assurance
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           be
           so
           againe
           ;
           therfore
           in
           a
           Condition
           so
           dubious
           and
           uncertaine
           ,
           as
           ours
           would
           be
           (
           wherein
           no
           lesse
           then
           our
           soules
           are
           concern'd
           )
           we
           desire
           them
           to
           permit
           us
           simple
           men
           to
           take
           leave
           to
           follow
           the
           perspicuous
           and
           plaine
           pathes
           of
           God
           and
           our
           lawes
           ,
           &
           that
           they
           would
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           remember
           that
           good
           charitable
           Axiome
           in
           them
           ,
           
             That
             none
             should
             be
             condemned
             till
             they
             here
             first
             Heard
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           we
           are
           told
           of
           
             Great
             summes
             of
             money
             laid
             out
             ●n
             this
             Country
             :
          
           For
           all
           we
           have
           receav'd
           we
           are
           most
           thankfull
           :
           But
           surelyit
           will
           be
           no
           evidence
           of
           ingratitude
           ●o
           say
           to
           whom
           we
           ovve
           most
           ,
           &
           this
           must
           needes
           be
           acknowledg'd
           to
           our
           KINGS
           ,
           who
           gave
           liberally
           themselves
           and
           permitted
           Lotteries
           to
           be
           erected
           for
           us
           :
           We
           confesse
           private
           adventurers
           added
           much
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           fruit
           of
           it
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             If
             the
             first
             blow
             to
             the
             Colony
             ,
          
           had
           not
           taken
           from
           them
           all
           hopes
           or
           desires
           of
           prosecuting
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           so
           earnestly
           begun
           ;
           But
           certainly
           what
           ever
           their
           liberallity
           was
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           auoided
           it
           more
           then
           our
           
             Rattle
             snakes
             ,
          
           of
           it
           had
           inevitably
           made
           slaves
           ,
           our selves
           ,
           our
           wives
           ,
           children
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           .
           Since
           the
           Massacre
           onely
           private
           Marchants
           have
           adventured
           hither
           for
           private
           gaines
           ,
           and
           we
           confesse
           have
           supplied
           us
           with
           that
           ,
           which
           we
           could
           not
           well
           have
           wanted
           ,
           but
           this
           we
           suppose
           would
           be
           no
           convincing
           argument
           to
           France
           ,
           Spaine
           ,
           or
           the
           Low
           Countries
           ,
           for
           their
           subjection
           to
           
             England
          
           because
           these
           severall
           places
           
           have
           been
           thus
           furnish't
           by
           her
           .
           If
           then
           we
           owe
           any
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           our
           KINGS
           liberallity
           ,
           care
           ,
           and
           protection
           ,
           and
           w●
           beseech
           you
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           pay
           our
           acknowledgment
           t●
           them
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           we
           are
           told
           of
           
             usurping
             a
             Government
             to
             our
             selve●
          
           We
           wish
           we
           could
           transmit
           our
           recordes
           to
           the
           view
           of
           ou●
           accusers
           ;
           By
           them
           it
           would
           appeare
           how
           little
           we
           deserv●
           this
           imputation
           .
           For
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Colony
           w●
           have
           never
           innovated
           nor
           altred
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           maine
           ●●
           the
           Government
           :
           But
           in
           case
           we
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           what
           mor●
           likely
           Patrons
           could
           we
           chuse
           ,
           to
           protect
           us
           then
           those
           who
           accuse
           us
           ?
           Grant
           we
           had
           banish'd
           ,
           confin'd
           ,
           imprison'd
           condemn'd
           ,
           and
           excecuted
           those
           that
           refuse
           to
           obey
           the
           lawes
           confirm'd
           by
           many
           consummated
           free
           Parliaments
           would
           not
           those
           pardon
           and
           absolve
           us
           who
           have
           done
           the
           same
           to
           others
           that
           have
           refused
           to
           obey
           their
           edicts
           ,
           when
           they
           in
           their
           consciences
           beleeve
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           acknowledg
           to
           be
           a
           Parliament
           ?
           Yet
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           vve
           have
           don●
           none
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           no
           man
           here
           ever
           suffer'd
           in
           his
           perso●
           or
           estate
           :
           Concerning
           the
           differences
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           our
           lavve●
           keepe
           them
           in
           better
           awe
           then
           to
           dare
           to
           speake
           against
           the
           Protector
           of
           them
           :
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             Two
             ,
          
           chose
           rather
           to
           leave
           the
           Country
           then
           to
           take
           the
           Oathes
           of
           
             Allegeance
          
           and
           
             Supremacy
             ,
          
           and
           we
           acknowledg
           that
           vve
           gladly
           parted
           vvith
           them
           .
        
         
           Having
           ansvveared
           these
           accusations
           ,
           vve
           appeale
           even
           to
           their
           ovvne
           judgments
           that
           produced
           them
           vvhether
           vve
           deserve
           those
           hatefull
           names
           of
           
             Rebells
          
           and
           
             Traitors
             :
          
           Bu●
           vve
           beleive
           they
           vvill
           still
           use
           them
           to
           us
           and
           others
           because
           those
           
             Lucky
             Bugbeares
          
           of
           
             Rebells
             ,
          
           and
           
             Malignants
             ,
          
           have
           
           frighted
           divers
           to
           the
           desertion
           of
           honest
           causes
           :
           Yet
           being
           ●as
           vve
           suppose
           in
           their
           ovvne
           consciences
           )
           free
           from
           these
           ●nputed
           crimes
           ,
           (
           though
           very
           short
           sighted
           in
           such
           subtile
           matters
           )
           vve
           thinke
           vve
           can
           easely
           find
           out
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           ●●cluding
           us
           the
           society
           of
           Nations
           ,
           vvhich
           bring
           us
           necessa●●es
           for
           vvhat
           our
           Country
           produces
           :
           And
           that
           is
           the
           Ava●●ce
           of
           a
           fevv
           interrested
           persons
           ,
           vvho
           endeavour
           to
           rob
           us
           ●f
           all
           vve
           svveat
           and
           labour
           for
           :
           Therefore
           on
           the
           vvhole
           ●atter
           vve
           Conclude
           :
           We
           are
           resolv'd
           to
           Continue
           our
           ●●legeance
           to
           our
           most
           Gratious
           KING
           ,
           yet
           as
           long
           as
           his
           ●●atious
           favour
           permits
           us
           ,
           vve
           vvill
           peaceably
           (
           as
           for●erly
           )
           trade
           vvith
           the
           
             Londoners
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           
             Nations
          
           in
           ●nity
           vvith
           our
           Soveraigne
           :
           Protect
           all
           forraigne
           Mer●●ants
           vvith
           our
           utmost
           force
           from
           injury
           in
           the
           rivers
           :
           ●●ve
           Letters
           of
           Reprisall
           to
           any
           injured
           vvith
           in
           our
           Capes
           :
           ●lvvaies
           pray
           for
           the
           happy
           restauration
           of
           our
           KING
           ,
           and
           pentance
           in
           them
           ,
           vvho
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           soules
           have
           ●●osed
           him
           .
        
         
           
             This
             is
             unammously
             consented
             to
             by
             the
             Governour
             ,
             Councell
             and
             Burgesses
             Teste
          
           
             Ro
             :
             Huberd
          
           Cl
           :
           Cons
           :
           
             Johan
             Corker
          
           Cl
           :
           Dom
           :
           Com
           :
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A27467e-390
           
             *
             In
             the
             Yeare
             1622
             when
             ther
             were
             but
             300
             persons
             lest
             alive
             by
             that
             Massacre
             .
          
           
             *
             Factious
             Clergy
             men
             .