him in a petition to the parliament, to define their severall powers; and in the meane time either quietly to let him execute his duty, or elce to take all upon them and discharge him. They presently made a motion, that he would call a muster, · and put it to all the souldiers, whether they would be govern'd by the committee or the governor. The governor told them his command was not elective, but of right belonged to him, and this way was only the next occasion to cause a mutiny, which he could not consent to. But they persisting in their course, he came againe to them and desir'd they would at length surcease these affronts in his command, and their underminings, whereby they endeavour'd to alienate men's hearts from him, and to rayse faction against him by close unworthy practises: so after much debate it was on all hands agreed, that they should not at all intermeddle with aniething belonging to the souldiery, nor interrupt the governor in his command, till the house of parliament should decide it, and that the governor and Capt. White should both goe to London, to procure a speedy determination of the powers in a faire and open way. This they all faithfully promis'd the governor, and made many hipocriticall professions to him, some of them with tears; whereupon he, who was of the most reconcileahle nature in the world, accepted their faire pretences, and went to drinke friendly with them in token of kindnesse. Yet was aH this but hipocrisie and falsehood, for even at that very Lime they wearied many of the governor's officers out of the garrison by the continued mallice wherewith they persecuted all that had any respect for him. Among these was Mr. Hooper the engineer, a man very faithful! to the cause and very honest, but withall rough, who having •to doe with hateful! businesses, was made odious to the common people, the priests too having a particular spite at him, as one they esteem'd a leader of the separatists; yet he was very ingenious and industrious in his office, and most faithful! as well to the governor himselfe as to the publick service. The committee, to
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