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 Daniel and Provided Southwick, on and daughter to Lawrence Southwick, who were fined ten pounds, but their fines not being paid, and the parties (as is tated in the proceedings) "pretending they have no etates, reolving not to worke and others likewie have been fyned and more like to be fyned"—the General Court were called upon in the following year, May 11, 1659, to decide what coure hould be taken for the atisfaction of the fines.

This they did, after due deliberation, by a reolution empowering the County Treaurers to ell the aid perons to any of the Englih nation at Virginia or Barbadoes—in accordance with their law for the ale of poor and delinquent debtors. To accomplih this they wreted their own law from its jut application, for the pecial law concerning fines did not permit them to go beyond imprionment for non-payment. ''Mas. Laws, 1675, p.'' 51. Felt's Salem,, 581. ''Mas. Records,'' i., 366. ''Mas. Laws, 1675, p.'' 6. Bihop's N. E. Judged, 85. Hazard,, 563.

The father and mother of thee children, who had before uffered in their etate and perons, were at the ame time banihed on pain of death, and took refuge in Shelter Iland, where they hortly afterwards died. ''Mas. Records,'', i., 367. Hazard,, 564. Bihop, 83. The Treaurer, on attempting to find paage for the children to Barbadoes, in execution of the order of ale, found "none willing to take or carry them." Thus the entire deign failed, only through the reluctance of thee hipmaters to aid in its conummation. Bihop, 190. ''Sewel's Hit. of the Quakers,'', 278.