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 To the KING and QUEEN's Mot Excellent Majeties.

May it pleae Your Majeties,

E your Majeties poor and ditreed Subjects of this Collony, late under the deep ence and burthen of ore Aggrievances, by an Illegal and Arbitrary Government et over us, were not a little rejoyced at the firt Intelligence of the Heroic and Generous Undertaking of your then Royal Highnes, being Divinely inpired, o magnanimouly to hazard your Royal Peron for the Recue and Deliverance of the Englih Nation from the Mieries of Popery and Arbitrary Government: Which Undertaking through the Wonderworking Providence of Sion's Saviour, has been o happily ucceeded, as to bring in a general Retoration of Charters, and Englih Liberties, calling for all hearty Acknowledgments of Praie and Thankgiving to Almighty God, and next to your Sacred Majeties, and will Eternize your Names in the Hearts of all true Englih-men.

Your Majeties happy Acceion to the Royal Throne, was mot joyfully Congratulated by your Subjects of this Collony, and the Proclamations thereof here performed on the 29th of May lat pat, with all the Decency and Solemnity the place is capable of affording, and all imaginable Expreions of Joy. A brief Narrative of the Occurrences and Revolution happening among us, is et forth in the Addres of the Preident and Council, bearing Date the 20th day of May last; together with a Declaration of the People forwarded to be humbly preented unto your Majeties. Since which Revolution no Orders arriving from your Majeties, relating to the Governing of this People, having waited everal Weeks in expectation thereof; and finding an abolute neceity of Civil Government, the People generally manifeted their earnet Deires and Importunity once and again, That the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Aitants choen and worn in May 1686, according to Charter and Court as then formed, would aume the Government.

Upon conideration whereof, things being o circumtanced at that time, it was by them thought not afe or agreeable to our Charter-Contitution, to fall under the full Exercie of Charter-Government; but the aid Governour, Deputy-Governour, and Aitants then reident in the Collony, did conent to accept the Preent Care and Government of this People, according to the Rules of the Charter, for the conervation of the Peace and Common Safety; and the putting forth further Acts of Authority upon Emergencies, until by direction from England there hould be an orderly Settlement, which we hope will retore us to the full Exercie thereof as formerly; notwithtanding we have for ome time been mot unrighteouly and injuriouly deprived of it.

That Royal Charter being the ole Inducement and Encouragement unto our Fathers and Predeceors to come over into this Wildernes, and to plant and ettle the ame at their own Cot and Charge: Which through the Bleing of God was a flourihing Plantation, enlarging your Majeties Dominion, to the Glory of the Englih Crown; tho'ince the alteration of that Government, greatly impoverihed by the Oppreions and Hardhips put upon us.

We in all humility protrate at the Feet of your Royal Majeties, and upplicate your Majeties Grace in a favourable Interpretation and Reentment of the late Action of this People. And that we alo, according to our undoubted Right, may be again fixed and etled in a full Confirmation of our Charter, Rights, and Priviledges; whereby, through the Bleing of God, and benign Influences of your Sacred Majeties, we hope to be a happy People.

Imploring Heaven's Bleing upon the Heads and Hearts of your Royal Majeties, that you may have a long and properous Reign on Earth, and be tranlated to an Eternal Crown of Glory.

London: Printed for Richard Baldwin, in the Old-Bailey. 1689.