who married one of the d~nghters of the place. This occasioning some dispute, Cooke the quarter mas ter had utter'd some words, for which they sent for him and cast out greate threats, how they would punish him, which frightecl his wife, big with child, in that manner that her child died within her, and her owne life was in greate hazard . The committee then call'cl a hall, and caus'd the townsmen to bring in horses for dragoones, whereof they voted a regiment to be rays'd, Chadwick to be the collonell, and Hall and Selby to be captaincs under him. They tooke upon them to command the souldiers, and made horrible confusion, by which they often put the garrison in greate danger, if the enemie had known their advantage. Among the rest, one night after the guards were sett, the captaine of the guard , missing the deputy governor to receive the word from him, gave them thtl same word they had before, till he had found out the governor to receive a new one. Mr. Millington comming by, halfe flnsterd, would have had the Gaptaine take a word from him, which when the captaine refused, he being angrie, commanded Cap taine Mason' s drums to beate, and sett a double guard. The lieftenant-collonell hearing the drums, and having no notice of this command, sent to l\iason to command him to forbeare drawing any men to the guard, but Mason would not obey him. Besides this, they did a thousand such like things, to provoke him to give them some colour of complaint, or some advantage against him and Iri s brother, for the carrying on of a wicked designe, which they were secretly managing to destroy them; but God, by a wonderful providence, brought it to light. Their conspiracy was to accuse the collonell ami his brother as persons that had betrey'd the towne and castle, and were ready to surrender them to the enemie, which they would pretend to have discover'd, and to have prevented their treachery, by a surprize of the lieftenant-collonell , the castle and the bridges, and all the officers that were faithful! to the governor and his friends .' Because
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