I fJS^eiv zyftlantis. 
! njnto fome [mail 3/lands that are not fane from <us, and are render I 
{ theCrowie andLawes of this State , And recalling into his Me- j 
j mory t the happy and Houri/bing Eftate,wherein this Land then was -,J 
So as it mought bee a thoufand wayes altered to the Worfe, but j caret j 
j any one way to the better, thought nothing wanted to his Noble and 
Heroicall Intentions , but onely ( as fane as Humane fore-fight 
mought reach) to giue perpetuity to that , which was in his time 
fo happily eftablifbsd. Therefore amongtt bis other Fundamen 
tall Lawes of this Jfingdome, he dia ordaine the Interdicts and Pro¬ 
hibitions, which wee bane touching Entrance of Strangers ; which 
j at that time (though it was after the Qdamityof America) was 
’ frequent Doubting Nouelties, and Commixture of Manners. It is 
true , the like Law, again/} the Admifiion of Strangers without Li- 
cenfe, u an Ancient Law, in the Kingdome of China, and yet con¬ 
tinued in ruje But there it is apoore Thing ; And hath made them a 
curious, ignorant, fearefully foolifh Nation . But our Law-giuer 
I made his Law of another temper. For fir ft, hee hath prefer tied all 
j points of Humanity, in taking Order, andmaking Prouifionfor the 
Releefe of Strangers diftrejfed ; whereof you haue tafied\ At \ 
which Speech (as realon was) wee all rofe vp, and bowed ' 
our feiues. Hce went on. That King alfo ftill defiring to ioyne 
Humanity and Policy together 3 And thinking it again/} HumanL j 
ty, to detaine Strangers here again/} their wills ; And again/} Po -! 
licy, that they fbould returns, and difeouer their Knowledge of this [ 
Eftate y hee tooke this Cour/e: He did ordaine, that of the Strangers j 
that floould bee permitted to Land, as many (at all times) mought J 
depart as would ; But as many as would ftay, fbould haue <~ue -1 
ry good Conditions, andMeanes to Hue, from the State. Wherein j 
bee/aw fofarre, that now in Jo many Agesfince the Prohibition, we 
haue memory not of one Ship that euer returned , and but of thir~ ; 
teene Pcrfons onely, at feuerall times, that chofe to returns in our 
BottomesAVhat thoftfew that returned may haue reported abroad j 
I know not. But you muft thinke , Whatfoeuer they haue [aid, could 
bee taken where they came, but for a Dreame . Ifiow for out 
Tr.audling from hence into Parts abroad , our Law*Gmer j 
thought fit altogether to reflraine it. So is it not in China. For i 
i the Chuidc$fayle where they will, or can ; which fbeweth, that 
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