Though among the several Colonies which were founded here by the confluence of dissenting Zealots, this Government is exercis’d, differing from that of the Church and State of _England_: yet in those Provinces which are granted by particular Persons, the Government is much more conformable to that of _England_; but as the _Mattachusets_ or _Bostoners_ were from the beginning the most Potent and Predominant of all the rest of the Colonies, (insomuch, that _Boston_ may well be accounted the Metropolis of all _New England_,) so of late years they have still usurp’d more and more Power and Authority over the rest; and especially have not stuck to give Laws to the foresaid Provinces allotted to particular Persons, and have gone about wholly to subjugate those places to themselves, intrenching upon the rights of the true Proprietors; and that, even contrary to the Kings express Commands by his Officers, there, and as it were in open defiance of his Majesty and Government, as is evident from this following Narration, of their behavior upon a business of this nature. [Sidenote: Proceedings of the _Mattachusets_ against his Majesties Commissioners.] In the Year of our Lord 1665. his Majesties Commissioners for the Affairs of _New England_, being in the Province of _Mayne_, the People being much unsetled in Point or Government, by reason the _Mattachusets_ Colony, or _Boston_ Government, did usurp compulsively a Power over them contrary to their wills; and the right of Sir _Ferdinando Gorges_ Heir, who had his Commission then in the place, did unanimously Petition to his Majesties Commissioners to settle the Government; upon which the said Commissioners examin’d the Bounds and Right of Mr. _Gorges_ Patent, with all the Allegations and Pretensions on both sides, and so according to their Instruction from his Majesty, did settle a temporary Government under his Majesty’s immediate Authority, until such time as his Majesty should give his final determination thereof; and for that end did Institute Justices of the Peace to Govern the Province according to the true Laws of _England_. Also his Majesty was pleas’d by his _Mandamus_ in _April 1666_, to the Governors of _Boston_, to signifie that it was his will and pleasure, That the Province of _Main_ should stand good as his Commissioners had setled it, until he had more leisure to determine it; yet notwithstanding, after three years quiet possession, and exercising of Government by the Kings Justices, according to their Commission granted by his Majesty’s Commissioners, the _Bostoners_, without any Conference with the said Justices, did in a hostile manner oppose the King’s Power, _July 1668._ which was as followeth: