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The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 1, January 1905)Various

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The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 1, January 1905)

Name: The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 1, January 1905)
Author: Various

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They say the House had nought to do
            With money to the province due,
            And by which means that Money
            Still is out of Treasury,
            As also is the Interest
            (As some do say who know it best)
            Of pounds more than seventeen hundred,
            And is not this much to be wondred,
            Which the verry last assembly
            Voted into the Treasury.
            And if any wicked elf
            Refused, for the sake of pelf,
            To pay the Interest then due,
            Also his Bonds for to renew,
            Then Speaker he the Bonds must see,
            And Borrower to Hampton send,
            His Destiny there to attend.
            Butt, Oh! when Mortals most are pleas’d,
            How Subject are they to be Teaz’d!
            The house disolv’d,[5] the Speakers gone,
            And none the Affair can carry on,
            Which to the province, and to us,
            Has been occasion of much loss.
            And this wee hope will imputation
            Of Injustice or Oppression
            Take from a Guilty Generation,
            And so Confirm the good Opinion
            You express’d towards us whilome,
            By saying that wee always acted
            What a good and gracious King expected,
            A Charracter wee always merritted,
            And so shall never be Dispirritted.
            Wee think it then our Duty is
            His Majesty for to address,
            That wee may Cash sometimes Emitt,
            (You know ’tis Money that buys wit),
            Upon this province’s Credit.
            And so wee hope for the Concurrence
            Of the Council & Your Excellence.

            Of the house you do receive the Thanks
            For telling of the Circumstance
            Of Borderers on line distressed,[6]
            And staying process ’gainst th’ Oppressed,
            Unto your other Government,
            Tho’ what you said had no Effect.

            Some of these towns, being offended,
            Money at Law have much expended.
            And is not this a Dismal sound?
            Some say ’tis full a thousand pound,
            Besides there time and loss of Ground.
            But this, by what in yours you said,
            And the Success our agent[7] had,
            When at great Britain he resided,
            Gives hopes that soon ’twill be decided.
            For Copy, wee do Understand,
            Of Memoriall from the Land.

            From King and Council hath been sent
            To Massachusetts Government
            For answer, (if wee right remember),
            By the first day of Last November.
            After which wee dare boldly say
            Wee hope there will be no Delay.

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The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 1, January 1905)

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