sollicitor for each, and then they refus 'd it; that they had broken their first orders, and given no satisfaction for it, and now alsoe their last, in bringing in articles against the governor. They tooke it very ill that they, who were plaintiffs, should prescribe to them, who were iudges, how to determine the businesse; wherefore they 01·der'd that the governor should returnc and pcrsue his first instructions, till he recei v' cl new ones, and that the businesse should be reported to the house. The governor sent hi s brothe r clownc to take care of the garrison, and stay'cl himselfe to receive the final! determination of the house, where lVIr. M illington, through his interest, kept of the report, by several! tricks ancluniust dclayes, about three or foure months. ·when the lieftenant-collonell came downc the captaines were wonderful! obedient, and all things prelly qui et, but the goveruor's officers were .di scourag'd at the countenance whi ch was gi1·en his enemies, and the impunitic of all the crimes of that f;tclion. l-Ie having a certeine spiritt of government, in an extrao rdinary manner, which was not given to others, carrying an awe in his presence that hi s enemi es could not withstand, the garrison was much disorder'd by his absence, and in day ly peril!, although the lieftenantcollonell was as faithfull and industrious in managing tha t charge as any person cou ld be, and as excellent a person, but in a different way from his brother. J'innnesse and zeale to the cause, a,nd persona l! ,-a ll our he had equal!, but that Yigour of soule which made him invincible against all assaul ts, and o1·crcame all di Hiculties he melt in his way, was proper to himselfe alone. The lieftenantcollonell W<\S a man of the kindest hea rt and the mos t humble familli ar deportment in t he world, and liv'd with all hi s souldiers as if they had bene his brothers, cli spencing wi th tha t reverence whi ch was clue to him, and living cLearefull and merry, ;.tud familliar with them, in such a manner that they celebrated him, and profess t the highest love in the world, and would magni fie his humillity and
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