But mistake not yourselues, to imagine such ffig leaves sufficient covering for your strenious evills, which that you may be more capable of accomplishing what already you have not compleated to the extent of your treachery, de novo you make the invitacon that I would once againe shew you where my strength lyes, thereby to consider in your discretion in what part, and how far you may consummate the victory you have so long promised to yourselves & confederates --

But my thinkes to have the los of all New England attributed to mee, as well as this Province, is too much to lye at stake, for when I neuer was entrusted wi^h ye consult^ of any of those Colonyes, more then the Suffrages admitted me at ye unanimous result in May last, to W^ I referre the world to Judge of ; and do declare my opinion absolutely herein vizt. It is indifferent to me whether Don Quixote encounters with a fflock of Sheep or Windmills --

Good God, to what excesse do men run themselves into, neither regarding morality or the legible proceedings of the Creator, when his judgments are abroad and carry such remarkable stamps of punishing These Territories, without taking notice of the controversy, and warning us not to trust to our owne crafty inventions or formidable powers, unlesse o*" intenconsare pure, whereby they may qualifie us to call for a blessing, and so modestly hope for successe, contrary to guile and base arts ; shifting the misfortunes (or rather proper effects) upon those who never were thought worthy of consulting the enterprize.