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I have not long since wrote you from here & I hope they with
my Severall letters from Carolina are [arrived] Mr Day y^r Gov^r
has had an Evill Eye upon me since I entered ^{in ye service of their} Lrds^hps directions to
Me by Mr S[illegible]y [Popp's] letter of ye [illegible] 1 of Aprill 97 [to give
their Lords^hps an account of what I should Judge proper for their know
ledge in order to his Ma^ty [service]] The full open difference arose
upon my Enquiring into ye Managem^t of the former Gov^r I
found them all illegal Traders Every one making their own Navall
Officers their collectors This is so, also & has made his Navall Officer the
collector & is a Trader: I according to my instructions from my
[M^rs] appointed a collector in the Room of Our l[illegible]ly d[illegible]d I omitt
all his vanity & passion: he gott by tretchery or neglect of one I employ
to copy my papers a copy of one of my letters to ye Board I speak
truth & plainer to say he has made me a close prisoner: refusing any
to come to Me. If I can out live his opposition I shall declar
the truth to the World you will know in a little by me of his
exorbitant & illegall pra[illegible]ing upon divers [N^os ] of [vessels] who have
been forcd to [touch] here for wood & watr or to stop a [illegible]r I have
wrote to my [M^r] to obtain an order from his Ma: for my discharge being
charged with writing & contriving false and dangerous papers words e[illegible]
by him secretly & maliciously wrote I humbly [refer] your Hon^r to ye
copy sent to ye Board by this shipping in which an abundance of
N[onsens]icall [illegible]hory his great Care & pains about me is to have me
rott in goale I pray God forgive him & send me whoever may
dis[course] upon Even Ground I know you will please to assist how &
when proper towards obtaining liberty
for y^r Hmbl S^vt

my humble Service to Mr Povey the young
gen^t & y^e young lady: y^r Daughtr
This place affords nothing to pr[illegible]ion
with:

My humble service to Madam Blathwayt
I send this by Capt. [Kem]pthorn M^r
of the Briganteen Marygold of this
place he is a stranger & an Eyewitnes
to my Imprisonm^t: I am [not] comitted
for felony or treason tis [illegible] [making]
& [truth] which ought to [be spoken]
all [by me]: Every man but this Gov^r: has
his failings but this many outrageous
being he is known a little in London
[Got] he [feard] by all [illegible]d by [now]:
my humble duty to y^e [E:] Bridgewall
pray let his Lors^p: know what a fine
Gen^t is recommended to his Ma^ty fa
the Gov^r : of these now unhappy
Islands

22 May 1699
[seal]
From M^r Randolph

To the Right Hon^bl
M^r Blathwayt
at
Whitehall

humbly [illegible]
[illegible]