and waited upon his Excellency ; who informed him of an 

 unhappy War broke out in the Eaftern Parts ; and faid 

 he was going himfelf in Perfon, and that he wanted his 

 Company with him : But Capt. Church not finding in him- 

 felf the fame Spirit he us'd to have, 7 faid, he hop'd his Ex- 

 cellency would give him time to confider of it. He told him 

 he might ; and alfo faid that he muft come and Dine with 

 him. Capt. Church having many acquaintance in Bofton, 

 who made it their buhnefs fome to incourage, and others 

 to difcourage him from going with his Excellency. 8 So 

 after Dinner his Excellency took him into his room and 

 difcours'd freely ; faying that he having knowledge of his 

 former Actions and SuccefTes ; and that he muft go with 

 him, and be his Second, with other incouragements. But 

 in fhort, the faid Capt. Church did not accept, fo was dif- 

 mift, and went home. 



Soon after this was the Revolution, and the other Gov- 

 ernment Re-affumed ; 9 and then Governour Broadjlreet 10 



7 This can fcarcely refer to any feel- 

 ing incident to advancing age, for Capt. 

 Church was not yet 50. 



8 Andros was at this time fo unpopu- 

 lar, that very few perfons in Bofton 

 would then be apt to advife a friend 

 to aid him, or undertake any thing un- 

 der him. 



9 The fmothered flame broke out into 

 the arreft of the Governor, a portion of 

 his Council, and other obnoxious per- 

 fons— about 50 in all — on Thurfday, 

 18 April, 16S9. On the 22 May, the 

 reprefentatives of 54 towns met in Bof- 



ton ; and, two days after, Gov. Brad- 

 ftreet and the Magiftrates who had been 

 chofen in 1686, refumed the direction of 

 affairs. [Hutchinfon's Hift. Mafs. i : 

 333-344-] 



10 Simon Bradjlreet was born — the 

 fon of a Non-Conformift minifter — at 

 Horbling, in Lincolnlhire, in March, 

 1603 ; took A.B. 1620 and A.M. 1624, 

 at Emanuel College, Cambridge; was 

 fteward of the Earl of Lincoln, and 

 then of the Countefs of Warwick; 

 came with Winthrop in the " Arbella," 

 1630; fettled in Newtown (Cambridge). 



