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tions. They were glad the marking decree was reverſed, and were in hopes that things would gradually ſettle into their former channel.
CHAP. V.
In the mean time the new ſettlers increaſed exceedingly, and as they increaſed, their dealings at their father’s ſhop were proportionably enlarged.
It is true they ſuffered ſome inconveniencies from the protectors that had been ſent amongſt them, who became very troubleſome in their houſes: They ſeduced their daughters; introduced riot and intemperance into their families, and derided and inſulted the orders and regulations they had made for their own good government. Moreover the old Nobleman had ſent amongſt then a great number of thieves, raviſhers, and murderers, who did a great deal of miſchief by practiſing thoſe crimes for which they had been baniſhed the old farm. But they bore theſe grievances with as much patience as could be expected; not choſing to trouble their aged father with complaints, unleſs in caſes of important neceſſity.
