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98 could to demonstrate our fidelity to God & to the English & against theirs & our Enimey and for all these things wee desire God may bee only Glorified: Piambow the other ruler next to waban spake to the same giving all Glory to the Lord. After this upon ocasion of an inquiry concerning the messengers sent in winter last to mohegin to stirre the mohegins up to pray to God some English reported that these messengers inticed som of the Indian servants at Norwich to runne away with these messengers from their masters but the messengers bittorly denied any such thing: Waban tooke this ocasion further to speake to this effect that God knew they had don their utmost endevors to carry themselves so that they might approve their fidelity and Love to the English. But yet som English were still ready to speake the contrary of them as in this matter instanced & in that Buisnes at Cochecho lately when the Indians were carried away by the Maquas yet the English say they ranne away to the Maquas & were not carried away. Yet said he I know the Govrnor & magistrates & many good men had other thoughts of them & mor charity toward them. To this speech of his = Major Gookin made this answer. That Cht Christ in the Gospel teacheth all his Disciples to take up the cross dayly. And hee himself (though most inocent and allwaies did Good, yet some said of him he had a divil. others said hee was an enimy to Cezar other that hee was a