It were a fondness after such assertions, to take any notice of this bedeck'd Statue, when there was so much the less need of erecting one (as is asserted P. 108) having already been done so well, that even this Author himself despairs of doing it better;[145] and that by one, a Man of such diffused and Embalm'd a Reputation, _as that his Commendations_ are asserted to be enough to _Immortalize_ the Reputation of Sir _William_, or whomsoever else _he should_ please to bestow them upon, _viz._ That Reverend person _who was_ the President of the only University then in the _English America_, P. 109. Which by the way is a much fairer Statue, in honour of the President of the University, than that erected for Sir _William_. For notwithstanding all this noise of Erecting Statues, and the great danger in plucking them down, _&c._ yet in P. 89, 'tis said that even Sir _William_ shewed Choler enough, leaving it open for others, thereby to understand, that he was wholly given over to Passion and Choler.[146] And in P. 92, 'tis said he did not affect any mighty shew of Devotion; these expressions with others may prevail with the unbiased Reader to think that these builders of Statues, had some further design in it, than to blazen the Achievements of Sir _William Phips, viz._ To set forth Mr. _J. Mathers_ Negociation in _England_, his procuring the New-Charter for Sir _William_ to be Governour, and himself Establish'd President of the College, are the things principally driven at in the Book.[147] Another principal thing is to set forth the supposed Witchcrafts in _New-England_, and how well Mr. _Mather_ the Younger therein acquitted himself.[148] As to the New Charter for the right understanding that Affair, it will be needful to say, that the People that afterwards settled in _New England_, being about to leave their Native soil, and to seek (as the Providence of God should direct them) a settlement in remote Regions, wherein they might best secure their Civil and Religious Interests, before they enter'd upon this, considering it might be needful on many accounts for their future well being, they obtain'd a Charter to be in the nature of a prime agreement, setting forth the Soveraigns Prerogative, and the People's Priviledges; in the enjoyment whereof they long continued, after having purchas'd the Title to their Lands, of the Natives of the Country, and settled themselves therein, without any charge to the Crown.