Note 382 — Chapter VII · AN ENGLISH OPPOSITION BECOMES A NEW ENGLAND OLIGARCHY
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Massachusetts Records, vol. I, pp. 136-39; J. Winthrop, History, vol. I, pp. 170, 183. They were also asked whether it was lawful to retain the cross in the royal ensign, Endicott having chosen this inopportune moment to give an example of his blundering fanaticism, by cutting it out. Massachusetts Records, vol. I, pp. 136, 147; J. Winthrop, History, vol. I, pp. 175, 183, 199.