Nevertheless, if such Disturbances should be frequently Committed, so as to become a public Grievance, and the Government of the Massachusetts Bay will not Hearken to Your Excellency's Representation on tlie part of this Government, but will countenance and abett such Proceedings, I conceive, that in such Case it will be the Right of this Government, to Defend itself against such Encroachments, and that the Tenants of Lands who pay Quit Rents and Taxes and perform public Duties within this Province, may justly Claim to be protected by this . Government in the Enjoyment of their Possessions, and that it may be very proper that your Excellency, in that Case, do order public prosecutions against Persons Trespassing upon the Rights of this Province, which Prosecutions may be conducted according to the ordinary Course of the Common Law, in a way by no means Liable to any objecti<:>n. But as to private Injuries by Entries into the Petitioner's Lands, and Disturbing his Possession, I conceive, that it is most Expedient, that Your Excellency do not Interpose at present by any Extraordinary Act or Order, but Leave the Petitioner to his Ordinary Remedy at Law, and if any of his Possessions are forcibly taken or forcihly held from him, the Statutes of England, being dul}^ put in Execution, will sufficiently pmiisli the oftenders, and afford a speedy Rehef to the Petitioner and give him an adequate Remedy, in a way strictly conformable to Law

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