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that they could hardly extend charity to the Jurors & magistrates that aquited them. And indeed God has since by his miediate hand given testimony against some persons that were violent in it to have had them put to death as I could instance in particulers, but shall endevor to avoyd all personal reflictions; But (recondam in corde meo) I wil lay up these things on my heart. Although I mention that story of this matter in this place yet it was towards the latter end of September, before these indians were tryed & acuitted, all which time they remained in prison under great sufferings, In truth as the proverbe is every stone was turned by their enimy to bring them to destruction. But some were more considerate & serious & pyous had their hearts exercised with tremblings in prair all this time Least the wind of temptation might blow so hard as to drive the judges & Jurrors uppon the Rock of bringing inocent blood upon the Land which Blessed bee God was prevented in this matter.

But as a further agrivation of the pretended faults of those Chtian Indians at Marleborow (which at this time lived there in a fort & were a bulwark to the english inhabitnts &

daily scouts crossed out rainged the woods adjesent to guard the english as well as themselves) But God hid this benefit from the english which should have been answrd & Requited with love & thankfulness, but instead thereof many of the english at that place were Jeleous of the Indian & their neighbours & hated then & tooke counsel to disoblige them. For the day before the captane came to sease the prisoners above mentioned,. The Leitonant Lieutenant of the towne named Ruddock; demanded the delivery of their arms & Amunition; which they readily submitted to & carried to his house 23 guns; & their pouder hornes & bullets that they used to carry with them, all which they laid at his feet, But their comon stocke of powder & Ball, which was about 10 l of powder & 60 - l of Bullets: that was given to them by order of the comissioners of the united colonie paid for by the Indian stock in the Disposeall of the honerable corporation at London, which comon stock Leitonent Lieutenant Ruddocke very well knew of for the principall indians who kept the same, had made him privy to it, when they first fetched it from Boston in the beginning of the warr, as all other the praying indians had proportion for their defense against the comon enimy; But all this notwithstanding = it was aledged & pleaded: in the court