act, she should die without mercy.

5. That who so injured his Neighbour, by laming of his {{19 }} Limbs, or
taking any thing away which he possesseth, shall suffer in the same kind
himself by loss of Limb; and for defrauding [74]his Neighbour, to become
servant to him, whilst he had made him double satisfaction.

6. That, who should defame or speak evil of the Governour, or refuse to
come before him upon Summons, should receive a punishment by whipping
with Rods, and afterwards be exploded from the society of the rest of
the inhabitants.

Having set forth these Laws, he chose four several persons under him
to see them put in Execution, whereof one was of the Englishes, the
Off-spring of Sarah English; another of his own Tribe, the Sparks; a
third of the Trevors, and the fourth of the Phills, appointing them
every year at a certain time to appear before him, and give an account
of what they had done in the prosecution of those Laws.

The Countrey being thus settled, my father lived quiet and peaceable
till he attained to the age of ninety and four years, when dying, I
succeeded in his place, in which I have continued peaceably and quietly
till this very present time.

He having ended his Speech, we gave him very heartily thanks for our
information, assuring him we should not be wanting to him in any thing
which lay in our powers, wherewith we could pleasure him in what he
should desire, and thereupon preferred to depart, but before our going
away, he would needs engage us to see him, the next day, when was to be
their great assembly or monethly meeting for the celebration of their
Religious Exercises.

Accordingly the next day we came thither again, and were courteously
entertained as before, In a short space there was gathered such a
multitude of people together as made us to {{20 }} admire; [75]and first
there were several Weddings celebrated, the manner whereof was thus. The
Bridegroom and Bride appeared before him who was their Priest or Reader
of the Bible, together with the Parents of each party, or if any of
their Parents were dead, then the next relation unto them, without whose
consent as well as the parties to be married, the Priest will not joyn
them together; but being satissied in those particulars, after some
short Oraizons, and joyning of hands together, he pronounces them to
be man and wife: and with exhortations to them to live lovingly towards
each other, and quietly towards their neighbors, he c