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         Massachusetts. General Court.
      
       
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             A declaration of the General Court of the Massachusets holden at Boston in New-England, October, 1659, concerning the execution of two Quakers.
             Massachusetts. General Court.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             [s.n.],
             Reprinted in London :
             1659.
          
           
             "Printed by their order in New-England, Edward Rawson, secretary."
             Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Executions and executioners -- Massachusetts.
           Society of Friends -- Massachusetts.
           Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
        
      
    
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           A
           DECLARATION
           OF
           THE
           GENERAL
           COURT
           OF
           THE
           
             MASSACHVSETS
          
           Holden
           at
           
             Boston
          
           in
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           
             October
             18.
             1659.
             
          
           Concerning
           The
           execution
           of
           two
           Quakers
           .
        
         
           
             ALthough
             the
             justice
             of
             our
             proceedings
             against
          
           William
           Robinson
           ,
           Marmaduke
           Stevenson
           ,
           
             and
          
           Mary
           Dyer
           ,
           
             Supported
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             the
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Country
             ;
             and
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             may
             rather
             perswade
             us
             to
             expect
             incouragement
             and
             commendation
             from
             all
             prudent
             and
             pious
             men
             ,
             then
             convince
             us
             of
             any
             necessity
             to
             Apologize
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             yet
             for
             as
             much
             as
             men
             of
             weaker
             parts
             ,
             out
             of
             pitty
             and
             commiseration
             (
             a
             commendable
             and
             Christian
             virtue
             yet
             easily
             abused
             ,
             and
             susceptible
             of
             sinister
             and
             dangerous
             impressions
             )
             for
             want
             of
             full
             information
             ,
             may
             be
             less
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             perverser
             principles
             ,
             may
             take
             occasion
             hereby
             to
             calumniate
             us
             ,
             and
             render
             us
             as
             bloody
             persecutors
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             stop
             the
             mouths
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             we
             thought
             it
             requisite
             to
             declare
             .
          
           That
           about
           three
           Years
           since
           ,
           divers
           persons
           ,
           professing
           themselves
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           (
           of
           whose
           pernicious
           Opinions
           and
           Practises
           we
           had
           received
           intelligence
           from
           good
           hands
           ,
           from
           
             Barbadoes
          
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           arrived
           at
           
             Boston
          
           )
           whose
           persons
           were
           onely
           secured
           ,
           to
           be
           sent
           away
           by
           the
           first
           opportunity
           ,
           without
           censure
           or
           punishment
           ,
           although
           their
           professed
           tenents
           ,
           turbulent
           and
           contemptuous
           behaviour
           to
           Authority
           would
           have
           justified
           a
           severer
           animadversion
           ,
           yet
           the
           prudence
           of
           this
           Court
           ,
           was
           exercised
           ,
           onely
           in
           making
           provision
           to
           secure
           the
           Peace
           and
           Order
           here
           established
           ,
           against
           their
           attempts
           ,
           whose
           design
           (
           we
           were
           well
           assured
           of
           by
           our
           own
           experience
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           the
           example
           of
           their
           predecessours
           in
           
             Munster
          
           )
           was
           to
           undermine
           and
           ruine
           the
           same
           ,
           And
           accordingly
           a
           Law
           was
           made
           and
           published
           ,
           prohibiting
           all
           Masters
           of
           Ships
           ,
           to
           bring
           any
           
             Quakers
          
           into
           this
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           themselves
           from
           comming
           in
           ,
           on
           penalty
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Correction
           ,
           till
           they
           could
           be
           sent
           away
           :
           Notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           by
           a
           back
           Door
           ,
           they
           found
           entrance
           ,
           and
           the
           penalty
           inflicted
           on
           themselves
           ,
           proving
           insufficient
           to
           restrain
           their
           impudent
           and
           insolent
           obtrusions
           ,
           was
           increased
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           ears
           of
           those
           that
           offended
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           which
           also
           being
           too
           weak
           a
           defence
           against
           their
           impetuous
           frantick
           fury
           ,
           necessitated
           us
           to
           endeavour
           our
           security
           ,
           and
           upon
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           after
           the
           former
           experiments
           ,
           by
           their
           incessant
           assaults
           ,
           a
           Law
           was
           made
           ,
           that
           such
           persons
           should
           be
           banished
           ,
           on
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           example
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           their
           provision
           against
           
             Jesuites
             ,
          
           which
           sentence
           being
           regularly
           pronounced
           at
           the
           last
           Court
           of
           Assistants
           against
           the
           parties
           above
           named
           ,
           and
           they
           either
           returning
           ,
           or
           continuing
           presumptuously
           in
           this
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           after
           the
           time
           limited
           ,
           were
           apprehended
           ,
           &
           owning
           themselves
           to
           be
           the
           persons
           banished
           ,
           were
           sentenced
           (
           by
           the
           Court
           )
           to
           death
           ,
           according
           the
           Law
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           executed
           upon
           two
           of
           them
           :
           
             Mary
             Dyer
          
           upon
           the
           petition
           of
           her
           Son
           ,
           and
           the
           mercy
           and
           clemency
           of
           this
           Court
           ,
           had
           liberty
           to
           depart
           within
           two
           dayes
           ,
           which
           she
           hath
           accepted
           of
           .
           The
           consideration
           of
           our
           gradual
           proceeding
           ,
           will
           vindicate
           us
           from
           the
           clamorous
           accusations
           of
           severity
           ;
           our
           own
           just
           and
           necessary
           defence
           ,
           calling
           upon
           us
           (
           other
           means
           fayling
           )
           to
           offer
           the
           poynt
           ,
           which
           these
           persons
           have
           violently
           ,
           and
           wilfully
           rushed
           upon
           ,
           and
           thereby
           become
           
             felons
             dese
             ,
          
           which
           might
           it
           have
           been
           prevented
           ,
           and
           the
           Soveraign
           Law
           
             Salus
             populi
          
           been
           preserved
           ,
           our
           former
           proceedings
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           sparing
           of
           
             Mary
             Dyer
             ,
          
           upon
           an
           inconsiderable
           intercession
           ,
           will
           manifestly
           evince
           ,
           we
           desire
           their
           lives
           absent
           ,
           rather
           then
           their
           death
           present
           .
        
         
           
             Reprinted
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             
               1659
            
          
        
         
           Printed
           by
           their
           order
           in
           
             NEW-ENGLAND
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
               Rawson
               ,
            
             Secretary
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
    

