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' be kept up in the Army, that Morning and Evening Prayer 

 ' be attended, and the holy Sabbath duly Sanctified, as the 

 k Emergency of your affairs will admit. 



' You are to take ftricr. care to prevent or punifh Drunk- 

 ' ennefs, Curfing, Swearing and all other Vice; leaft the 

 ' anger of God be thereby provoked to fight againft you. 

 ' You are from time to time to give Intelligence and advice 

 ' to the Governour of the Majfachufctts, and to us of your 

 ' proceeding and occurances that may attend you. And in 

 ' cafe of a failure of any Commiffion Officers, you are to 

 ' appoint others in their ftead. And when with the advice 

 ' of your Council aforefaid, you fhall after fome tryal fee 

 ' your Service not like to be advantageous to the accom- 

 ' plifhment of the Publick end aforefaid: That then you 

 'return home with the Forces; efpecially if you mall 

 ' receive any orders or directions fo to do from the Maffa- 

 1 chufetts, or from us Given under my hand at Plymouth, 

 ' the 2d day of September, Anno Domi 1690. 



< Tho. Hinckley GOV. & Prefident. 



Now having a fair Wind Maj Church foon got to Pi/cat- 

 aqua?* who was to apply himfelf to Maj. Pike 90 a worthy 



83 If Church failed from Plymouth 9 days. lie probably reached Pifcata- 



immediately on receipt of his com m if- qua on Wednefday, 3 Sept., and re- 



fion and inftructions, he probably got ceived the Major's inftrudtions two or 



oft" on Tuefday, 2 Sept., 1690. On three days before he was ready to move 



the following Tuefday he received his upon Pejepfcot. 



inftructions at Portfmouth from Major 90 Robert Pike, of Salifbury, fon of 



Pike, and fpeaks of being delayed about John, of Newbury; was freeman 17 

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