That Servant so Imperious in his Masters Absence Revived, and now thus re-acting in NEW-ENGLAND. OR The combate of the United Colonies, not onely against some of the Natives and Subjects, but against the Authority also of the Kingdme of _England_, with their execution of Laws, in the name and Authority of the servant, (or of themselves) and not in the Name and Authority of the Lord, or fountain of the Government. Wherein is declared an Act of a great people and Country of the _Indians_ in those parts, both Princes and People (unanimously) in their voluntary Submission and Subjection unto the Protection and Government of Old England (from the Fame they hear thereof) together with the true manner and forme of it, as it appears under their own hands and seals, being stirred up, and provoked thereto, by the Combate and courses above-said. Throughout which Treatise is secretly intermingled, that great Opposition, which is in the goings forth of those two grand Spirits, that are and ever have been, extant in the World (through the sons of men) from the beginning and foundation thereof. _Imprimatur, Aug. 3ᵈ. 1646._ Diligently perused, approved, and Licensed to the Presse, according to Order by publike Authority. _LONDON_, Printed by _John Macock_, and are to be sold by LUKE FAVVNE, at his shop in _Pauls Church-yard_, at the sign of the _Parrot_. 1646. THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHARTER As the colony grew, it was found necessary that there should be some vested authority which would command respect from the neighbors. Notwithstanding what Williams had done for the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies in connection with the Pequot War, and the personal friendships he had with the governors, they would not consider that he or his had any separate colony rights whatever. He had been their Joseph driven from home and country by hostile brethren. In exile, he became the savior of his brethren from a dreadful massacre by the Indians. Nevertheless, Plymouth claimed jurisdiction over all the plantations in Narragansett Bay, and Massachusetts claimed it over Providence, Pawtuxet, and Shawomet. The Dutch had formed a trading-post at Dutch Island and elsewhere and could strike a blow at the colony at any time. Out of these conditions grew the demand for a charter. Roger Williams, at a great personal sacrifice, went to England from Manhattan, now New York City, because the two colonies to the north forbade his departure from their ports.