Ordered, that Thomas M- shall pay unto Mrs. B. G

before the 8th of December next, or else be whipped for the wrong he did Mr. G————, in coming from Plymouth, being master of his boat, and leaving him without a pilot.

May 3d, 1631.-Ordered, that John L, servant of Mr. H, shall be severely whipped, this day, at Boston, and afterwards, so soon as conveniently may be, at Salem, for striking Richard W, when he came to give him correction for idleness in his master's work.

June 14th, 1631.-Ordered, that Philip R― shall be whipped, have his ears cut off, fined forty pounds, and banished out of the limits of this jurisdiction, for uttering malicious and fraudulent speeches against the government and the church of Salem, &c., as appeared by a particular thereof, proved upon oath.

Ordered, that no person whatever shall buy corn, or any other provision, of any ship or bark that comes into this bay, without leave from the Governor, or some other of the Assistants.

Ordered, that Chickataubut (Sachem of the Massachusetts Indians) is fined a skin of beaver, for shooting a swine of Sir Richard SSept. 6th, 1631.-Ordered, that Henry L shall be whipped and banished from the Plantations, before the 6th day of October next, for writing into England, falsely and maliciously, against the government and execution of justice here.

May 19th, 1632.-Ordered, that the Court, taking into consideration the great mercy of God, vouchsafed to the churches of God in Germany and the Palatinate, &c., hath appointed the 13th day of this present month, to be kept as a day of public thanksgiving throughout the several Plantations.

July 3d, 1632.-Ordered, that Mr. James P is fined ten pounds, and bound to his good behavior till the next Court, for his misdemeanors and drunkenness, committed on board the Virginia ship.

Aug. 7th, 1632.-Ordered, that the remainder of Mr. A- -'s strong water, being estimated about two gallons, shall be delivered into the hands of the deacons of Dorchester, for the benefit of the poor there, for his selling of it, divers times, to such as were drunk with it, he knowing thereof.

Oct. 3d, 1632.-It is thought, by general consent, that Boston is the fittest place for public meetings of any place in the bay.

Nov. 7th, 1632.-Ordered, that the inhabitants of Boston shall have liberty to fetch wood from Dorchester Neck for twenty years, the proprietary of the land to remain to Dorchester.

Ordered, that Sir Richard S

shall give Sagamore John a hogshead of corn, for the hurt his cattle did him in his corn.

March 4th, 1632.-Ordered, that Thomas D shall be set in the bilboes, disfranchised, and fined ten pounds, for speaking reproachful and seditious words against the government here established, and finding fault, to divers persons, with the acts of the Court; saying, This captious government will bring all to naught; adding, that the best of them was but an attorney, &c.

Ordered, that Boston is assessed five pounds, Charlestown four pounds, Roxbury six pounds, Watertown six pounds, Newton six pounds, Medford three pounds, for the maintenance of Capt. Underhill and Capt. Pattrick for half a year.

Ordered, that the price of corn, formerly bestrained to six shillings the bushel, is now set at liberty to be sold as men can agree.

Ordered, that Joyce B. shall give unto Alexander B- the sum of twenty shillings, for promising him marriage without her friends' consent, and now refusing to perform the same.

Oct. 1st, 1633.-Ordered, that Sargent P― shall carry forty turfs to the fort, as a punishment for drunkenness by him committed.

March 4th, 1633.-Ordered, that Robert C-, for drunkenness by him committed at Roxbury, shall be disfranchised,-wear about his neck, and so hang upon his outside garment, a D, made of red cloth, and set upon white, to continue there for a year, and not to leave off at any time when he comes amongst company, under a penalty of ten pounds for the first offence, and five the second, and after, to be punished by the Court as they think meet. Also, he is to wear the D outwards, and is to appear at the next General Court, and to continue there till the Court be ended. Ordered, that Timothy Hand John P are fined twenty shillings apiece, for misspending their time in company keeping, drinking strong water and selling other, contrary to an order of Court.

Ordered, that there shall be a market kept at Boston, upon every Thursday, the fifth day of the week.

Ordered, that Edward H- is fined twenty shillings, for selling strong water, contrary to an order of Court.

Sept. 3d, 1634.-Ordered, that no person that keeps an ordinary shall take above

sixpence a meal for a person, and not above a penny for an ale quart of beer, out of meal time, under the penalty of ten shillings for every offence, either of diet or beer. Ordered, that victuallers, or keepers of an ordinary, shall not suffer any tobacco in their houses, under penalty of five shillings.

Ordered, that no person shall take tobacco publicly, under the penalty of two shillings and sixpence, nor privately in his own house, or in the house of another, before strangers; and that two or more shall not take it together anywhere, under the aforesaid penalty.

Oct. 6th, 1634.-Ordered, that John L shall be whipped, and fined ten pounds, for speaking reproachfully of the Governor, saying he was but a lawyer's clerk; also, taxing the Court for making laws to pinch men's purses; also, abusing a maid of the Governor's, pretending love, in the way of marriage, when himself professes he intended none; as also, for enticing her to go with him into the cornfield, &c. William K- is bound, in ten pounds, to appear at the next Court, and to abide the censure of the Court, for swearing.

Ordered, that Jane H- the wife of Richard H-, had liberty till the beginning of the third month, called May; and the magistrates (if she did not depart before) to dispose of her. And, in the mean time, she is not to meddle in surgery or physic, drinks, plaisters, oils, nor to question matters of religion, except with the elders, for satisfaction.

May 6th, 1635.—Ordered, that no person whatsoever shall keep any pigs for longer time than one month, that shall fall betwixt the last of July and the first of January, under a penalty of ten shillings for every pig.

Sept. 1st, 1635.-Ordered, that Mary, servant to Mr. B, shall be whipped, for running from her master, and shall serve him six weeks after her time is ended. Ordered, that John B- shall be whipped, and bound to his good behavior, for striking his mother, Mrs. Weston, and deriding of her, and for divers other misdemeanors.

Ordered, that John Cshall be whipped, for stealing a sheep and a pair of shoes. Ordered, that Peter B- is censured for drunkenness, to be whipped, and to have twenty stripes sharply inflicted, and fined five pounds, for slighting the magistrates on what they could do, saying they could but fine him.

The Deputy Governor hath leave from the Court to entertain an Indian into his family. Whereas, Mr. Roger W-s, one of the elders of the church of Salem, hath broached and divulged divers new and dangerous opinions, against the authority of magistrates and churches here, and that before any conviction, and yet maintaineth the same without retraction; it is therefore ordered, that the said Mr. Wdepart out of this jurisdiction within six weeks, now next coming; which, if he neglect to perform, it shall be lawful for the Governor and two of the magistrates to send him to some place out of this jurisdiction, not to return any more without license from the Court.

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Joshua H has forfeit five pound, for knives, and four and sixpence, for a scythe, which he sold for above fourpence in the shilling profit.

Capt. Mason is authorized by the Court to press men and carts, to help towards the finishing of the fort at Castle Island, for all manner of work that is to be done there. April 5th, 1636.-The Court was holden at Newton.

Elizabeth, wife of Thomas A, was censured to stand with her tongue in a cleft stick, for swearing, railing, and reviling.

With the consent and the desire of Henry S-, and Ellen his wife, the Court hath ordered, that his said wife shall be at her own disposal for the place of her habitation; and that her husband shall allow her her wearing apparel and twenty pounds per annum, to be paid quarterly, as also a bed, with furniture with it.

Thomas P, for suspicion of slander, idleness, and stubbornness, is censured to be severely whipped and kept in hold.

April 4th, 1637.—Richard O- was enjoined to give an account to the constable, weekly, how he doth improve his time; and if he neglect, further order to be taken by putting him to the castle.

Edward S-, for his beastly drunkenness, was censured to be set in the bilboes till the end of the Court, and then to be severely whipped.

George M

was fined twenty shillings, for selling beer, and keeping a house of entertainment, without license.

Isaac D. was ordered to be sent home to his wife, to England, and the care thereof is committed to Salem.

Samuel C- was fined ten shillings, for selling a quart of beer at twopence. James B- —was censured for drunkenness, to be set two hours in the bilboes upon market-day in Boston, publicly. And the said James B- was fined forty shillings, for selling strong water to the Indians, without license.

Benjamin H- I was also solemnly admonished of his failing, for being in company with James B- and the rest, and often drinking of the strong water bottle with them, and not reproving them.

Mr. John G, of New Providence, having spoken against the magistrates contemptuously, stands bound, in one hundred marks, to appear at the next quarter Court. The name of Bare Cove is changed, hereafter to be called Hingham.

July 27th, 1637.-Ordered, that no person shall sell any cakes or buns, either in market or victualling houses, or elsewhere, upon pain of ten shillings fine; provided, that this order shall not extend to such cakes as shall be made for any burial or marriage, or such like especial occasion.

Thomas S, being accused for speaking against the order of Court, about swine, and the same proved, that he said the law was against God's law, and he would not obey it, so he was committed and enjoined to acknowledge his fault; at the Court, the 14th, he was fined twenty shillings, and to give security for his fine, or pay the same before his releasement.

Ordered, that Mrs. H-n shall be gone by the last of this month. And if she be not gone before, she is to be sent away by the Council, without delay, by the first opportunity; and for the charges of keeping Mrs. H—, order is to be given by the Council (if it be not satisfied) to levy it, by distress, on her husband's goods.

April 4th, 1638.-These four gentlemen, afternamed, Mr. John H—, Mr. John W, Jr., Mr. Atherton H-, and Mr. Edward R- were fined five shillings apiece, for their absence when the Court was called.

Clement B his wife is enjoined not to come into the company of A. Warren. William B- being presented for drunkenness, it was found the falling sickness. Lawrence W's wife was enjoined to give John F eighteen pence, and Nico. T to give John Feighteen shillings, and Edward L to give him two shillings; and Edward L- was fined fifteen shillings sixpence, for his contempt; and all of them were admonished to avoid dancing.

Catharine, the wife of Samuel F, being accused for speaking against the magistrates, against the churches, and against the elders, was censured to be whipped, and committed till the General Court.

The town of Lynn is fined twenty shillings, and enjoined to mend their ways before next Court.

Thomas E is fined forty shillings, for leaving his pit or well open, in which a child was drowned.

Mr. William F—, appearing, was informed that we conceive him not fit to live with us; therefore he was wished to depart before the General Court, March next. Francis W's wife was censured to be set two hours in the bilboes here, and two hours at Salem, upon a lecture day.

Intimation to be given to the elders of each church of the desire of the Court to keep the last Thursday of the eighth month a day of thanksgiving, for the safe coming of so many ships, this year and in the spring, and now to ripen the harvest. Robert Shorthose was committed for saying, if the magistrate had anything to say to him, he might come to him. He was released, binding himself in twenty pounds to appear at the next Court, and to be of good behavior the mean time.

INDIANS OF MASSACHUSETTS IN 1630.

They took the first ship they saw for a walking island; the masts to be trees; the sails, white clouds; and the discharge of ordnance, lightning and thunder, which did much trouble them. But this thunder being over, and this moving island steadied with an anchor, they manned out their canoes to go and pick strawberries there. They do much extol and wonder at the English for their strange inventions, especially for a wind-mill, which, in their esteem, was little less than the world's wonder, for the strangeness of his whisking motion, and the sharp teeth, biting the corn (as they term it) into such little pieces: they were loth, at first, to come near his long arms, or to abide in so tottering a tabernacle, though now they dare go anywhere, so far as they have an English guide. The first ploughman was counted little better than a juggler. The Indians, seeing the plough tear up more ground in a day than their clamshells could scrape up in a month, desired to see the workmanship of it, and, viewing well the coulter and share, and perceiving it to be of iron, told the ploughman he was almost abamicho,—almost as cunning as the devil. They frequent often English churches, where they sit soberly, though they understand not such hidden mysteries. They have two sorts of games, one called puim, the other hub-bub. They are so bewitched by these two games, that they lose, sometimes, all they have, beaver, kettles, moose-skins, wampon peage, mowhackies, hatchets, and knives, is all confiscated by these two games.