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14 not have him to reign over them, particularly ___ their chief schemes, of this potiehc?, a chief counselor, and subtle fellow who was ta kew? at Rhode Island, coming voluntarily there, and afterward sent to Boston and there executed.

V. And lastly to mention no more, this doubtless was another end the God of heaven aimed at in this war, that he might magnify his rich and free grace in saving and delivering his poor unclear people at last and destroying the greater part of the enemy, and subduing others under them, and this was by his own hand briefly? done thereby magnifying his grace in answering the incessant prayers of the people of god in England, Ireland, and Scotland, as well as in unclear. But I shall forbear to ass any more of this king and proceed now to declare matter of fact. 1675. In April, before the war broke forth, above two months, there being the march proceeding some agitations between the government of Plym and Philip Schem of Mount Hope, unclear the murder of one John Pasamend?, "one of the Christ." Indians belonging to Mas., but at that time her lived in Plym. Col. near Jamestown? and was a minister to some christian inds. Thereabout. And Philip was unclear suspected to be the contriver of this murder, thoug executed by others. The story whereof is more particularly set down by Mr. Mather and Mr. William Hubbard?, in their histories of the war, which has spared me the labor to recite it in this place; only this much I may say pertinent to my purpose, that this John Ialamand? was the first christian martyr of the

(1) In my B.K. Inda. I have given a fall account of Passamon as I there call him, and beside the facts in Hubbard and Mather, I have given all the circumstances relating to the trial of his supposed murders, from the MS. records. Their length prevents their unclear (2) See n at the end, p.2. (3) The celebrated Tispaguin? igve him land at Assawomdet, where he and preached to his people.