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but grow up as a received infant under its missing father. These churched shall be comforted in a door of hope, opened by so signal a pledge of the lengthening of their tranquility. These poor naked gentiles, not a few of whom thro' grace, are come & coming in, shall still see their wounded? teachers with encouragement & of a more plentiful increase of the Kingdom of Christ among them, & the blessing of your poor affliction (& yet we hope trusting in god) shall come upon the head & heart of that great King who was sometimes in exile as we are. with a religious stipulation of our prayers we (prostrate at your royal feet) beg pardon for this our boldness, craving finally that our names be enrolled among your Majesty's most humble subjects & supplicants.

         John Endicot Governor

In the name & with the consent of the "gen'l"? cov't in this passage we see what sense the "gen'l"? cov't had in those times of this work among the Christ'n Inds. had a 5th consideration taken from an act of Parliament to encourage this work which is confirmed by our gracious King since his happy restoration wherein he both by royal charter made to the right & "honorable"? corporat'n residing in London, whereby considerable sums of money were raised & revenues purchased & monies transmitted annually to encourage teachers, schoolmasters, & divers other occasions for promoting the gospelizing & civilizing these poor natives. By the gent. court hath granted those Inds lands and townships, & thereby confirmed & settled them "few"? as the English; so that besides their own nat-