kindnesse, and him for it, in a high degree above his brother; but with all thi s they grew so presumptuous that, when any obedience was exacted beyond their humors or apprehensions, they would often dare to faile in their duty; whereas the gove rnor, still keeping a great!'!r distance, though with no more pride, preserv'd an awe tha t made him to be equa lly fear'd and lov'cl, and though they secret ly repin'd a t their snbiection , yet du rst they not refuse it ; anJ , when they came to render it on greale occasions, they found such wisedome and such advantage in all his dictlttes that, their reason being convinc'd of the benefit of his governmen t, they delighted in it, and accounted it a happiness to be under his command, when any publi ck necessity superseJed the rnutiny of those private lusts, whereby a ll men naturally, but especially vulgar spiritts, would cast of t hei r bridle, and be their owne only rulers.' As the governor's absence was the occasion of many neglects in the government, not by his brother's fault, but the souldiers, who wanting of their pay (which while the committee should have bene providing, they were spending it in vexatious prosecutions of the governor), and therefore discon ten tecl, and through that carelesse of their dnty; soe, on the other side, the cavaliers, who were not ignorant of the dissentions in the garrison, tooke the advantage, and surpriz'd the lieftenant-collonell's fort at the Trent bridges, \\'bile he was employ'd in keeping the cast le. His souldiers in his absence lying o~1t of thei r quarters, had not left above thirty men upon the guard, who were most of them kill'd, the ensigne fighting it out very stoutly, .after their entrance, till he died. The lieftenant-collo)>ell was ex<;eedingly aflict.ed with this losse, but presently applied himselfe to secure what remain'cl. The whole towne was in a sad h In tl~c delineation of characters Mrs. Hutcllinson remarkably excels. Nothing can· be more amiable than shat which she here draws of :Mr. George Hutchinson, and this character he will be found to susta in with increased esteem to the end of the history. ·(,
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