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"Some discontented persons under the governmente of the Massachusets sought to trouble their peace, and disturbe, if not innoovate, their government, by laying many scandals upon them."

"Thus whilst the commissioners in care of the publick peace sought to quench the fire kindled amongst the Indians these children of strife breath out threatenings, provocations, and wars against the English them selves."

"We therfore doe conceive it our bounden duty, without delay, to enter into a presente consociation amongst ourselves, for mutuall help and strenght in all our future concernments."

"But it may be demanded how came it to pass that so many wicked persons and profane people should so quickly come over to this land, and mixe them selves amongst them."

"But ther fell out some difference aboute baptising, he holding it ought only to be by diping, and putting the whole body under water, and that sprinkling unlawful."

"...may of them grew aged and saw may cha"nges were like to befall; so as they were loath to leave these intanglements upon their children and posteritie...

"It pleaseth God, in these times, so to blesse ye cuntry with such access and confluence of people into it, as it was therby much inriched..."

"Those that scaped the fire were slaine with the sword; some hewed to peeces, others rune throw with their rapiers, so as they were quickly dispatchte,and very few escaped."

"Now the Pequents...being fallen out with the Dutch, lest they should have over many enemies at once, sought to make freindship with the English of the Massachusetts...and sent both messengers and gifts unto them..."

"Some of the neighbours in the Bay, hereing of the fame of the Conightecute River, had a hankering mind after it, and now understanding that ye Indians were swepte away with ye late great mortalitie...they begane now to prosecute it with great egernes.