e; they admit all that desire to be of their corporation;
they will not hinder any from enjoying the sacraments and using the
Common Prayer Book, provided that they hinder not the maintenance of the
public minister. They will amend anything that hath been done derogatory
to his Majesty's honour, if there be any such thing, so soon as they
shall come to the knowledge of it."

"_The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence_ Plantations returned their
humble thanks to his Majesty for sending Commissioners, and made great
demonstration of their loyalty and obedience. They approved as most
reasonable, that appeals should be made to his Majesty's Commissioners,
who, having heard and determined some cases among them, referred other
some in civility to their General Court, and some to the Governor and
others; some of which cases they again remitted to the Commissioners to
determine. All proceedings are in his Majesty's name; they admit all to
be freemen who desire it; they allow liberty of conscience and worship
to all who live civilly; and if any can inform of anything in their laws
or practices derogatory to his Majesty's honour, they will amend it."

"_The Colony of New Plymouth_ did submit to have appeals made to the
Commissioners, who have heard but one plaint made to them, which was
that the Governor would not let a man enjoy a farm four miles square,
which he had bought of an Indian. The complainant soon submitted to the
Governor when he understood the unreasonableness of it."

"_The Colony of Massachusetts Bay_ was the hardest to be persuaded to
use his Majesty's name in the forms of justice. In this colony, at the
first coming of the Commissioners, were many untruths raised and sent
into the colonies, as that the King had to raise L15,000 yearly for his
Majesty's use, whereupon Major Hawthorne made a seditious speech at the
head of his company, and the late Governor (Bellingham) another at their
meeting-house at Boston, but neither of them were so much as questioned
for it by any of the magistrates." ... "But neither examples nor reasons
could prevail with them to let the Commissioners hear and determine so
much as those particular cases (Mr. Deane's and the Indian Sachems),
which the King had commanded them to take care of and do justice in; and
though the Commissioners, who never desired that they should appear as
delinquents, but as _defendants_, either by themselves or by their
attorneys, assured them that if they ha