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time; but justly apprehending, that the resident 
planters might dispute his pretensions, he very 
readily concurred with lord Willoughby in soliciting 
a commission for the latter, as chief governor, un¬ 
der the sanction of regal authority.* 
This, although an absolute dereliction of the pro* 
prietaryship, was asked and obtained; and the lord 
Willoughby, thus commissioned, embarked for his 
government; and, in consideration of the royal ap¬ 
pointment, was received by the inhabitants, who 
were warmly attached to the King’s interests, with 
respect and obedience. It seems probable, that at 
his first coming he said nothing of his lease from 
Carlisle, trusting rather to future management for 
he re-establishment of that lord’s pretensions, than 
to an open avowal of them on his arrival. We are 
told, however, by lord Clarendon, that he obtained 
from the planters a promise of a contribution to the 
proprietor; but before it was carried into effect, the, 
regal authority was abolished in England, and Bar- 
badoes reduced to the obedience of the new re¬ 
public, by whom another governor, was appointed. 
On the restoration of Charles II. and the re¬ 
establishment of the royal authority over all the 
* When this application was made, the King was in the hands of 
the parliament 5 the commission therefore, with his Majesty’s privity 
and approbation, was signed by the prince of Wales, at that time in 
Holland. 
