[419] ag^{st}, McDonald.

[420] Governour, Bancroft.

[421] Governour, McDonald, Bancroft.

[422] than, McDonald, Bancroft.

[423] Opochancanos, McDonald.

The general assembly upon Poole's testimony onely not willing to putt
Spelman to the rigour and extremity of the lawe, w^{ch} might, perhaps
both speedily and deservedly, have taken his life from him (upon the
witness[424] of one whom he muche excepted against) were pleased, for
the present, to censure him rather out of that his confession above
written then[425] out of any other prooffe. Several and sharpe
punishments were pronounced against[426] him by diverse of the Assembly,
But in fine the whole course[427] by voices united did encline to the
most favourable, w^{ch} was that for this misdemeanour[428] he should
first be degraded of his title of Captaine,[429] at the head of the
troupe, and should be condemned to performe seven yeares service to the
Colony in the nature of Interpreter to the Governour.

[424] witnes, McDonald, Bancroft.

[425] than, Bancroft.

[426] ag^{st}, McDonald.

[427] courte, McDonald, Bancroft.
[428] misdemeanor, McDonald; misdemean^r, Bancroft.

[429] Capt., McDonald.

This sentence being read to Spelman he, as one that had in him more of
the Savage then of the Christian, muttered certaine wordes to himselfe
neither shewing any remorse for his offences, nor yet any thankfulness
to the Assembly for theire sofavourable censure, w^{ch} he at one time
or another (God's grace not wholly abandoning him) might w^{th} some one
service have been able to have redeemed.[O]

[O] This paragraph appears only in the McDonald copy, and in that it has
two rows of lines at right angles to each other and diagonally across
it, as if to indicate that this portion of the record was considered as
being improperly made or, perhaps, was not official.

This day also did the Inhabitants of Paspaheigh, alias Argall's towne,
present a petition to the general assembly to give them an absolute
dischardge from certaine bondes wherin they stand bound to Captain
Samuell Argall for the paym^t of 600^G,[430] and to Captain William
Powell, at Captaine Argall's appointment, for the paym^t of 50^G[431]
more. To Captaine Argall for 15 skore acres of wooddy ground, called by
the name of Argal's[432] towne or Paspaheigh; to Captaine Powell in
respect of his paines in clearing the grounde and building the houses,
for w^{ch} Captaine[433] Argal ought to have giv