Note 701 — Chapter XI · THE DEFEAT OF THE THEOCRACY
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The laws were temporarily suspended. Massachusetts Records, vol. IV, pt. ii, p. 34. A popular ballad, supposed to have been written about 1676, is interesting, not only for its confirmation of other contemporary sources as to where the blame rested, but as showing the popular feeling.
But may we know the Counsellors that brought our Rulers in,
To be so guilty as they are, of the aforesaid sin?
They were the tribe of Ministers, as they are said to be,
Who always to our Magistrates, must be the eyes to see.
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And I am not alone herein, there's many hundreds more
That have for many Years ago spoke much upon that Score.
Peter Folger, “A Looking Glass for the Times”; S. S. Rider, R. I. Tracts, Series V, vol. XVI, pp. 6, 12.