Excerpt from Speech, Intended to Have Been Spoken: On the Bill for Altering the Charters of the Colony of Massachusett's Bay Vi l cenfured no man, and therefore hopes he has offended no man. He feels mof'c fen fibly the misfortune of differing from many of thofe whom he wifhes to live and ail: with; and from fome of as much virtue and ability as this kingdom affords. But there are alfo great authorities on the other fide and the greatefi' authority can never perfuade him, that it is better to extort by force, what he thinks may be gained more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.