He has 
 
              sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people
 
He has plundered our—
 
                                           ravaged our—
 
                                                                         destroyed the lives of our—
 
taking away our­—

                                  abolishing our most valuable—

and altering fundamentally the Forms of our—

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for
Redress in the most humble terms: 
                                                                Our repeated 
Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
 
We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration
and settlement here.
 
                                    —taken Captive                                             
                                                                    on the high Seas 
                                                                                                     to bear—