His
Excellency
,
The
Earl
of
BELLOMONT'S
SPEECH
TO
THE
Honorable
the
COUNCIL
and
House
of
Representatives
,
Conven'd
in
General
Assembly
,
at
Boston
,
in
His
Majesties
Province
of
the
Massachusetts
Bay
in
New-England
,
on
Wednesday
the
29.
of
May.
1700.
Gentlemen
,
WHAT
I
propos'd
last
May's
Session
for
the
advantage
of
the
Province
in
relation
to
the
Settlement
of
the
Colledge
,
and
Fortifying
this
Harbour
,
was
so
coldly
entertain'd
by
the
Assembly
,
That
I
am
almost
discourag'd
from
renewing
my
Advice
on
those
heads
.
Yet
my
zeal
for
the'
Publick
Service
will
not
suffer
me
to
pass
over
in
silence
those
two
material
points
.
The
Settlement
of
the
Colledge
will
best
be
obtain'd
in
my
opinion
by
Addressing
the
KING
for
His
Royal
Charter
of
Priviledges
.
And
as
for
Fortifying
the
Harbour
,
that
is
in
your
own
power
to
do
,
and
will
I
am
perswaded
be
pleasing
to
the
KING
,
who
desires
,
and
delights
in
,
the
welfare
and
security
of
His
people
.
I
am
told
many
of
your
Ministers
in
the
remote
parts
of
the
Province
,
have
very
narrow
Stipends
,
not
enough
to
maintain
'em
Decently
;
't
is
reasonable
you
should
make
them
easy
:
with
them
I
recommend
to
your
care
the
French
Minister
of
this
Town
,
who
is
destitute
of
a
Maintenance
,
because
there
are
so
very
few
French
Families
here
:
Let
the
present
raging
persecution
of
the
Protestants
in
France
,
stir
up
your
Zeal
and
Compassion
towards
him
.
I
wish
for
your
sakes
the
French
Protestants
had
been
incourag'd
among
you
,
they
are
a
good
●ort
of
People
,
very
Ingenious
and
Industrious
,
and
would
have
been
of
great
use
for
Peopling
this
Country
,
and
enriching
it
by
Trade
.
You
know
as
well
as
I
the
Circumstances
we
are
in
with
the
Eastern
Indians
,
that
the
French
Missionaries
have
debauch'd
'em
from
their
former
Obedience
to
the
KING
,
and
that
it
was
at
their
Instigation
they
Murder'd
so
many
of
your
People
this
last
War
;
and
are
now
at
the
Devotion
of
the
Jesuits
to
act
over
again
such
another
Tragedy
.
It
seems
to
me
that
the
Suffering
Jesuits
or
other
Popish
Missionaries
to
live
in
this
Province
,
and
poyson
the
Indians
with
their
gross
Idolatry
and
Superstition
,
is
,
〈…〉
Laws
and
Government
;
and
I
wish
you
w
…
〈…〉
delay
,
make
a
Law
for
Punishing
suc●
〈…〉
shall
at
any
time
presume
to
come
〈…〉
I
am
sorry
to
tell
you
,
That
I
find
the
French
Missionaries
are
no
less
Industrious
to
debauch
our
five
Nations
of
Indians
in
the
Province
of
New
York
;
taking
Indefatigable
pains
to
work
on
some
by
fear
and
menaces
,
on
others
by
Enticement
and
Flattery
;
and
the
Messengers
I
lately
sent
to
Encourage
them
,
Inform
me
that
several
of
our
forward
Fighting
Indians
that
were
best
affected
to
us
,
have
lately
been
dispatch'd
out
of
the
world
by
poyson
.
The
parting
with
Canada
to
the
French
,
and
the
Eastern
Country
call'd
Acadie
or
Nova-Scotia
,
with
the
noble
Fishery
on
that
Coast
,
were
a
most
execrable
Treachery
to
England
,
and
intended
without
doubt
to
serve
the
ends
of
Popery
.
'T
is
too
well
known
what
Interest
that
King
favour'd
,
that
parted
with
Nova-Scotia
,
and
of
what
Religion
he
died
.
I
have
now
in
my
hands
his
Original
Order
to
the
Governour
of
Nova-Scotia
,
to
Surrender
that
Country
to
the
French
,
and
't
is
observable
the
Secretary
of
State
that
Counter-sign'd
the
Order
,
afterwards
died
a
Papist
.
Such
fatal
Misgovernment
in
the
late
Reigns
,
ought
to
give
us
the
highest
Veneration
and
value
for
his
Present
Majesty
,
who
is
in
all
respects
a
true
Protestant
KING
,
both
in
the
watchful
and
Indulgent
Care
of
His
Protestant
Subjects
,
and
his
great
moderation
to
others
.
I
am
Commanded
by
the
KING
to
Recommend
to
you
the
passing
a
Law
to
prevent
the
Escape
of
Pyrates
and
other
Offenders
out
of
Prison
,
and
to
punish
the
Keepers
of
Prisons
within
this
Province
,
and
all
other
persons
that
shall
be
consenting
to
or
assisting
in
such
Escapes
.
You
would
do
well
to
make
a
Law
that
shall
effectually
prevent
the
Clipping
and
Debasing
the
Current
Coin
,
and
also
the
Exportation
thereof
,
both
which
are
become
too
universal
a
practice
,
and
tend
very
much
to
the
Impoverishment
of
the
Province
.
The
Management
of
the
Eastern
Indians
in
such
manner
as
to
bring
them
again
under
the
Obedience
of
His
Majesty
is
necessary
above
all
other
things
,
and
worth
your
thoughts
and
care
to
try
to
effect
.
Gentlemen
of
the
House
of
Representatives
,
It
will
become
you
to
take
Care
for
the
Support
of
the
Government
,
and
to
provide
such
Supplies
as
may
best
suit
with
the
Ease
and
Convenience
of
the
people
,
to
you
therefore
I
more
particularly
Recommend
that
Service
.