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A85773	New-Englands vindidation [sic]. Shewing the mis-understanding of the apprehension to take all that vast countrey under the notion of a particular place of one pattent of Boston, the metropolitan of the Machechusets there, who in these late times have acted as a free state and illegal proceeding, as by the many books and complaints by petition have caused an odium on the countrey in general, in vindication to manifest the worth of the countrey in general, it is as hopeful to enlarge His Majesties dominions, as if all the Baltick seas were annexed to his empire. By Henry Gardener merchant, whose father was one of the first adventurers thither, and into other parts of America.	Gardener, Henry, b. 1629?	1660 (1660)	Wing G222; ESTC R215694	5,186	14

New-Englands VINDIDATION Shewing the Mis-understanding of the APPREHENSION To take all that vast Countrey under the Notion of a particular place of one Pattent of Boston the Metropolitan of the Machechusets there who in these late Times have Acted as a Free State and Illegal proceeding as by the many Books and Complaints by Petition have caused an Odium on the Countrey in general in vindication to manifest the worth of the Countrey in general it is as hopeful to enlarge His Majesties Dominions as if all the Baltick Seas were Annexed to His Empire By HENRY GARDENER Merchant whose Father was one of the first Adventurers thither and into other parts of America LONDON Printed for the Authour 1660. THE EPISTLE TO THE READER Courteous Reader MY Father with others and Capt. John Mason having lived long in the Oriental parts of the World almost as much Eastwards as New England is Westwards in the same lo●gitude from 42 to 44 degrees at great charges procured sundry Pattents as may appear hoping to fix them and their posterity propagate the Gospel and enlarge His Majesties Dominions where never any Christian inhabited to the vast charges of many 1000 l. as by sundry Books extant besides the Relation of an old Gentleman in them mentioned Mr. Godfrey being well known to have merited of his own Countrey in other parts here and in new-New-England 27 years in person is manifest hath induced me to write these few lines I find the Countrey no less hopeful to His Majesty then what we did expect but under Notion of one particular Pattent of 30 others now grown great strong and potent by the Times and friends here In these most sad times of distraction the Machechusets of Boston acting as a Free State have by those proceedings cast an Odium on all that vast Countrey not onely to be despicable unprofitable and matters of other consequence I thought good to shew so much His Majesties Title to the Countrey by some Collections I have seen from New-found-land to Cape Florida which were well to be published with the Mapps and Cards till when this may suffice to shew the unjust proceedings of the said Gentleman of the Colony of Boston against the said Gentleman and those of the Eastern parts who were not all of their tenents but ever acted according to His Majesties Lawes in taking the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy they being of a contrary opinion and Mr. Hugh Peters and other their Agents made use of their times here 1652. subjugated all the Eastern parts and put the Oath of Fidelity to the State without any Relation to England to the ruine of some Families I wish every man may have his Right and His Majesty his Right Interest which is all my aime and endeavour It were good the Mapps and Cards to be Printed were spherically drawn each Pattent to be bounded and their acknowledgements looked unto what not granted nor Conditions performed if His Majesty would Grant Customers would not be wanting and a Revenue to His Majesty raised which will cause Peace and Quiet to the Countrey and security of His Majesties Interest To Answer such as say His Majesty KING CHARLES has no Title to that vast Empire from New-found-land to Cape-Florida some such there be others no King but Christ others Libertines to do what is good in their own eyes some Israelites the rest Egyptians AGainst all His Majesties Right in those parts is 1. By Discovery from Henry the 7th time by Sebastian Cabott for which he had a Pention of 200 Marks per annum 2. By Possession of Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Richard Greenfield Sir Walter Rawley in Queen Elizabeths time named Virginia After whose death King James of ever blessed memory peace being concluded many Sea-men and Souldiers went to serve other Princes others on Discoveries as the North-West passage c some fell with the Coast of new-New-England and brought home some of the Natives About 1644. So my Lord Popham and others procured Pattents for two Colonies to be settled in those parts one by the Name of Virginia the other of New-England Then my Lord Popham and others sent to inhabite New-England 1607 and settled a Colony at Saquadahock the Ruines and fruit Trees remain to this day but he dying all fell Then divers Fishermen went onely to fish and one Hunt at the end of his Voyage in the Long-Robert betrayed 22 of the Natives aboard his Ship carried them for Spain to sell them for Slaves an ill Act they would not work the Spaniard refused them some of them brought for England Hunt taken by the Turks coming home By reason of these salvages another Atchievement was made 1614 but it came to nothing Sir Richard Hawkins went in Ship of his own 1615 the Garland to make a Fishing-Voyage and Discovery made a good Voyage but no Discovery His Majesty granted Letters Pattents to the Council of Plymouth 1619 and after confirmed by Pattents of Incorporation to certain Lords 1620 but great troubles arose in Parliament that it was a Monopoly of which and other passages I shall treat hereafter at large Then the said Council granted sundry Pattents as to Capt. Willeston Mr. Tho. Morton some of Dorchester and other to settle in the Bay of the Machechusets There were divers of Robinsons Tenents of Amsterdam 1621 and other Merchants of London joyned to settle a Colony nigh Cape Cod now called New-Plymouth in New-England Godfrey was one but in two years they brought those that sent them 1800. l. in debt so that the principat was fain to pay the debt but since they have flourished and thrived and do to this day have well acted for themselves as the Mode of New-England is There were divers worthy Gentlemen 1621 4o. Car. desirous to separate from the Church of England yet among themselves of sundry Opinions as hereafter the most discreetest of them procured a Pattent first by my Lord of Warwick from the Council of New-Plymouth after inlarged by his Majesty to Sir Will. Russel Mr. Jo. Wynthrope and divers others as may appear by Authority whereof and persons of so great Eminency and Quality going and Books of Incouragement dispersed over all England they proceeded so well and effectually that seven Ships were provided at the Couses and Hampton and those parts with all sorts of Provisions fit to settle a New Colony in a New Country divers good and godly people went but divers under the Umbrella of Religion in regard of the largeness of their Pattent which was three Miles South of Charles River three Miles North East of Merimack and fifty Miles by Sea shore 1629. Bounded by themselves named it the Bound-House yet to be seen their Pattent had large Limits and Priviledges by Incorporation as Custom free for seven years which other Pattents had not yet they were tyed not to act contrary to the Laws or any way repugnant to England other Acknowledgments as may appear Men of great

Estates went and many ventured deeply great Sums of Money of Benevolences gathered at present about 700. l. per Annum in I and yearly for the converting the Indians what done therein the Lyon not so fierce as painted Mr. Rouses Book will shew Of persons of note went the Lady Arabella Daughter to the Earl of Lincoln and her Husband Mr. Isaac Johnson in honour of whom the Ship Eagle the Admiral was called the Arabella so with great Riches Furniture Provisions of all sorts Trades-men and Utensils for all Manufactures people of all sorts went Portanter avarii Pigmaliones opes pellago Dux Faemena facti Relinquendo to leave their Native Country Relegando to combine to settle at Vtopia they safely arrived at Salem and yearly great multitudes of People of all sorts went thither and resorted to them by Thousands they fell to modelling of Government for Church and Common-wealth gathering of Churches as People came they could not agree of points of Controversie in Religion a most hideous Monster was born of stupendious Forms and Shapes which did prognosticate their Dissension Mr. Cotton the Minister said in the Pulpit it had as many Shapes as Tenents broached so that some not agreeing were banished and a Council or a Conventicle held a man might see a Speech but a wise man would not regard the Punctilio's as in occasion I shall say hereafter there was such a Confusion that the wisest were at a maze and so many Complaints came to England against them that it was doubtful in short time they would quite shake off the Royal Jurisdiction of England as now all the Ships stayed for going thither all Objections against them were then answered by Mr. Godfrey who lived remote from them where all had then taken the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy so that upon his Plea all the Ships were cleared Thereby their Governour and others held Gratum Opus since ill rewarded Mr. John Wynthrope was a worthy Patriot and Governour his equal they may in time have but a better will never come there for since his death others also dead and some reurned to England seeking ambitiously far beyond their power or abilities as by so many Books Petitions and Remonstrances against them may appear So we may say as of Rome Behold of late O little Rome to what a greatness she is come of Boston one poor Pattent granted but of late is now become a mighty State never Horse nor man ere turned home bettered by the sight of Rome From Boston in the American Strands none ere came bettered except he came by Land for too much power so far off in such hands seldome wants danger not to measure Jurisdiction by the length of their Swords they may hold themselves wise and turn others out for fools but now Che Tropo se stringe toto disleguea if of meek spirit should have suffered others after thirty years possession and never any Complaint there or here and approved by themselves as under all their hands will appear If Royal or Loyal Subjects should have emulated who should have given the best account of all their Transactions and suffered Appeals and Judication for England and assisted one the other if they will acknowledge Englands power If it be but weakness in some Men as a sublimated Coach-man from the Box to the Bench and Plow to Pulpit a Taylor or two and the like with the mecannick Grandee Laymans Deputy to stritch so large as to act contrary to Jus Gentium Lex Law of our own Country or Concelarum Contience to pass Sentence before Plea or Judication to inrich some turbulent men of low condition and less breeding as one answered about the Book of Common-Prayer he shewed them that could read the 29. Eccles How can he get wisdome that holdeth the Plow c. such should not sit high in the Congregation c. They may do well in time to submit and for wrongs done make satisfaction or acknowledgment as 22. years passed their Pattent was sued to a Quo Warranto and sent for if thirty more Queries be added as for instance three or four denying Appeals Printing Coining and that his Majesties Coyn from 12 d. to 9 d. the Jurisdiction of Admiralty English Collors By such proceedings the Country is held despicable and an Odium cast on it by the most unjust and unadvised proceeding of one particular Pattent and place of Boston which if others have their Rights is not one 6th part of the Country and but one of thirty other Pattents by the sad distractions of the Times here divers Ministers went thither for the good of the Cause as they said returned for the Loaves sake as Mr. Hugh Peters with twenty more of his Tribe and some other men of great esteem as Sir Henry Vane Sir R. Saltenstal and an Agmen of men of all sorts all highly preferred in Church State Army Navy Custom-house c. and some of no Literature to preach and Beneficed and plundering here violently it has a worm in the root in this time the ablest Ministers and Magistrates dead and some gone There is some good Gentlement yet as Mr. Indicoat Mr. Bellingham Mr. Demson but they have no power the Country act as a Free State the Deputies first they as the Ministers will so if the Ministers and Deputies enter on mens Estates and Lands as they have done as I shall shew and subjugate all other Pattents make them Town-ships We that first ventured must petition our sometimes Servants to be good to their Masters Children what Law can we have or expect that be of the Church of England they Independants so our Antagonists incompetent Judges being parties in action and opposite in Religion Let it be observed that if in ten years they came to this height what in these twenty having so inriched themselves in Wealth Strength and Fortifications that if they Fortifie Pascataqua River for themselves as they have subjugated it and now Arm against the Dut●● ●ew Neatherland with their united Collonies they may be the invicible States in America If any object the contrary I shall make it appear let Major Robert Sedgwick Capt. Leveret Nova Scotia Franc●… Business be a president for the difficulty charges and danger if not in time prevented may be more obnoxious to England than ever the Hollander was to the King of Spain All the power is in the Independant way yet three to one out and his Majesty has to my knowledg as Loyal Subjects as any in England in short time they will be in Confusion in themselves the Country wholesome pleasant and if good Society and English Government were there people would rather live there than in Africk Greece Italy France Spain or England it transcends all the Baltick Seas and affords all or any Commodity they have more plenty of sundry sorts and of more concernment to his Majesty than if all the Baltick Seas were annexed to his Empire as in a short Epitomy and Anotamy of those Countries from New-found-land to Cape Florida with the Mapps and Cards shall appear with Collections of 55. years Pilgrimage it is want of Charity in the Independant Ministers the Commons are possessed they are all Israelites and we Egyptians of the Orthodox and true Church of England and reject old Planters that made way for them Mr. Sa. Maverick for one the most Hospitable for entertainment of People of all sorts America afforded not nor does the like yet never free of Avenies and troubles to many some Life Imprisonment Illegal Subversion and Usurping others Rights I could wish they had so much Charity as Turk or Remish do as you would be done to no Salvation without Restitution if able not so much such as Israelites and Egyptians and not to reward evil for go●● If this is too short or tart I shall be more copious with their proceedings with us whom you call without Authenticated by proceeding of their Courts with their Magistrates Hands and though you have some good godly and able Ministers some are to be blamed for irreverend speaking against ours and they worse FINIS