...what grieved the island the most, being an evil undeserved, was the filling it with soldiers, when, for seven years before, by the mercy of God, and the...king was put to death, and his party and interests brought low in England, there was no reason to fear for the inhabitants, who were then kept under like...

...sometimes thrice ; they had frequent alarms from Jersey, from Castle Cornet, from Normandy, from Brittany, and from the king's ships ; they were always in arms,...like slaves, affronted, threatened, beaten ; their orchards were robbed, their * In 1652, wheat rents were affixed at seven livres, or ten shillings the...

...endeavours of some active inhabitants, they had preserved themselves and the island in obedience to the parliament ; and when the king was put to death, and...like slaves, affronted, threatened, beaten ; their orchards robbed, their trees cut down, and their sheep stolen. The parliament promised that the soldiers...

...endeavours of some active inhabitants, they had preserved themselves and the island in obedience to the parliament; and when the king was put to death, and...like slaves, affronted, threatened, beaten ; their orchards robbed, their trees cut down, and their sheep stolen. The parliament promised that the soldiers...

...frontier-place remote from Engknd ; they constructed fortifications and some other works for their own defence, and were at their own charges for reducing...like slaves, affronted, threatened, beaten ; their orchards were robbed, their trees cut down, and their sheep stolen. The Parliament promised that the...