Its hardly credible that men wlio reap so great a benefit as they doe by these people, not only by the consurapdon of their Provision, but by the increase of Strength, should yet be so malicious to possess them with notions so injurious to tliemselves and prejudicial to Her Majesty's Interest, but yet it is so, and I believe almost the only cause of tlieir present discontents, the land they live on is generally good, producing So great a crop that those Farmers and men of skill in husbandry who are honest enougli to wish success to these people's labeui-s wonder liow they could be wrought upon to complain of it, but great pains have been taken to magnify the goodness of that at Scb.ohary above this, and to persuade tliem that if they onc<j settle where they are, there is no prospect of their ever removeing, but if they refuse to doe that and insist on their l>eing planted ou the other the Gov must give way t© it, and by these

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means it is that tliey are arrived at this pitch of disobedience which I hope will wear off now they are disarmed of their Firelocks, the power by which they hoped to force a comphance to their unreasonable humour.

His Excellency has published a Declaration revoking all military Commissions and putting tliem entirely under the command of their overseers and Directors, as the Queen's hired Serves and all tlie good people amongst them who have been merely misled and frightened by the turbulent to join in these tumults, are better satisfied with that rule of Government.