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upon their Majejly's Subjects of the Provinces of Maine, 

 New-Hampfhire and of the Maffachufetts Colony, having 

 committed many Barbarous Murders, Spoils and Rapines 

 upon their Perfons and Eflates. And whereas there are 

 fome Forces of Souldiers Englifh & Indians now raifed and 

 detached out of the feveral Regiments and Places within this 

 Colony of New-Plymouth, 80 to go forth to the Afjiflance of 

 our Neighbours and Friends of the aforefaid Provinces & 

 Colony of the Maffachufetts, Subjects of one and the fame 

 Crown. And whereas you Benjamin Church are appointed 

 to be Major and Commander in Chief of all the Forces 

 Englifh & Indians detached within this Colony, together with 

 fuck other of their Majeflfs Subjecls as elfe where flictll Lift 

 thcmf elves, or fhall be orderly put tinder your Command for 

 the Service of their Majcjiics as aforefaid. Thefe are in 

 their Majeflies Name to Authorize and Require You to take 

 into your Care & Conducl all the faid Forces Englifh & 

 Indians, and diligently to Intend that Service, by Leading 



It was ordered, alfo, that there be 

 raifed 50 Indians, — 22 in the county of 

 Barnftable, 22 in the county of Briftol, 

 and 6 in that of Plymouth. Alfo. 

 Plymouth County was to "provide 

 armes and other neceffaries" for iS 

 men, Barnftable County for 15, and 

 Briftol County for 17. {Plym. Col. 

 Rcc. vi : 249.] The debt incurred by 

 the Plymouth Colony for its lliare of 

 the expenfes of this campaign amount- 

 ed to £1,350. The entire ratable eftaL- 

 of that Colony, then, was £35,900. 



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86 The proportion fixed by the Plyi 

 outh Court, on which thefe foldie 

 were to be raifed and armed, was 

 follows : — 



Plimouth, 



Duxbury, 



Marfhfield, 



Scituate, 



Bridgewater, 



Middleborough, 



Barnftable, 



Sandwich, 



Yarmouth, 



Eaftham, 



Briftol, 

 Swaufey, 

 Little Comt 

 Dartmouth, 



Rehobot'h, 

 Freetow n, 



