This was so positively insisted on by the governor Spaniard, thatthere was no gainsaying it; and as merciful counsels are most aptto prevail where they are so earnestly pressed, so they all cameinto it. But then it was to be considered what should be done tokeep them from doing the mischief they designed; for all agreed,governor and all, that means were to be used for preserving thesociety from danger. After a long debate, it was agreed that theyshould be disarmed, and not permitted to have either gun, powder,shot, sword, or any weapon; that they should be turned out of thesociety, and left to live where they would and how they would, bythemselves; but that none of the rest, either Spaniards or English,should hold any kind of converse with them, or have anything to dowith them; that they should be forbid to come within a certaindistance of the place where the rest dwelt; and if they offered tocommit any disorder, so as to spoil, burn, kill, or destroy any ofthe corn, plantings, buildings, fences, or cattl