The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . nds and ears, slitting the nose, this for slightoffences; and particularly cruel does the punishment seemthat was inflicted upon the Rev. Mr. Leighton, a non-Conform-ist minister in England, who for issuing a book taking issuewith the church,, from his non-Conformist view, was con-demned by the House of Lords to pay a fine of ten thousandpounds, to be deposed from his church, publicly whipped,placed in the stocks, an ear cut
The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . nds and ears, slitting the nose, this for slightoffences; and particularly cruel does the punishment seemthat was inflicted upon the Rev. Mr. Leighton, a non-Conform-ist minister in England, who for issuing a book taking issuewith the church,, from his non-Conformist view, was con-demned by the House of Lords to pay a fine of ten thousandpounds, to be deposed from his church, publicly whipped,placed in the stocks, an ear cut off, his nose slit open, cheekbranded, and at the expiration of one week to be againwhipped publicly, placed in the stocks, his other ear cut off,his other cheek branded. Upon this being done he wasthen sentenced to life imprisonment, and for ten years hewas thus confined until Cromwell, upon coming into power,released him. Blackstone in his Commentaries says thatParliament at this time had in eifect instant death as thepenalty for committing any one of one hundred and sixtyoffences which men are liable daily to commit. And so 73 View in Public Garden, Boston. Mas. with the knowledge of the prevalence of such severe lawsin England, it is not to be wondered at that those of thePuritans were severe, not any excuse for them it is to beadmitted, but it must be remembered that they were of astern and unbending character, without the leaven of mild-ness that was ingrain with the Pilgrim whose methods of pun-ishment were absolutely free from cruelty, although at timessevere. At this time the enemies in England to the non-Conformist planters sought to destroy them if possible; theyinduced the King to assume control over all and promiseto send a Governor, in his name, over all New England, butwhich Jie failed to do. The colonists in this action realizedthat if it succeeded, the cause for which they had dared andsuffered so much would be crushed, and disaster to thecolony inevitably the
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