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s dissenting subjects in England, than by restoring to New England its former privileges. The dissolution of the convention parliament, followed by one in which an influence friendly to the tories was perceptible, destroyed the hope of relief from Chap XIX.} the English legislature: to attempt a reversal of the judgment by a writ of error was hopeless. There was no avenue to success but through the favor of a monarch who loved authority. The people of New England are like the Jews under Cyrus, said Wiswall, the agent for Plymouth colony: with a new monarch on the throne of their oppressors, they hope in vain to rebuild their city and their sanctuary. Yet William III. professed friendship for Massachu- 1689. July 4. setts. The hope of colonial conquests over the French was excited; his subjects in New England, said Increase Mather, if they could but enjoy their ancient rights and privileges, would make him the emperor of America. In the family of Hampden, Massachusetts inhe