The
Narrative
,
&c.
OUT
of
the
deep
Sence
we
have
of
the
good
Providence
of
Almighty
God
,
in
their
Majesties
happy
Accession
to
the
Imperial
Crown
of
England
,
&c.
In
the
first
place
,
We
,
in
a
most
Christian
manner
,
with
Hearts
and
Hands
lifted
up
to
Heaven
,
give
Glory
to
Almighty
God
,
for
this
so
happy
a
Revolution
,
whereof
it
hath
pleased
the
most
High
to
appear
the
principal
Author
.
In
the
next
place
,
We
cannot
but
declare
and
publish
to
the
World
our
Hearty
&
Thankful
Resentments
of
the
Noble
,
though
Hazardous
Enterprise
of
the
late
Prince
of
Orange
,
our
now
most
Dread
Soveraign
,
King
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
and
Ireland
,
Defender
of
the
Faith
,
&c.
the
Noble
Hero
of
this
Age
,
for
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
the
Preservation
of
the
Laws
and
Liberties
of
the
English
Nation
unviolated
,
manifesting
hereby
,
that
as
in
Duty
bound
,
so
in
point
of
Gratitude
,
we
can
do
no
less
than
Dedicate
our
Lives
and
Fortunes
to
their
Majesties
Services
,
with
our
most
serious
and
continued
Prayers
for
their
Majesties
long
and
happy
Reign
over
us
,
being
well
satisfied
in
our selves
,
that
what
our
Native
Land
so
plentifully
enjoys
under
their
Reign
,
to
wit
,
the
Laws
and
Liberties
of
the
English
Nation
.
We
(
though
inhabiting
a
remote
part
of
their
Dominion
)
shall
share
with
them
in
the
common
Propriety
.
In
consideration
whereof
in
all
Humble
and
Obedient
manner
,
as
Dutiful
Subjects
to
their
Majesties
,
and
Well-wishers
to
this
their
Province
of
New-York
,
We
can
do
no
less
than
in
the
presence
of
God
,
and
to
the
World
,
declare
our
Abhorrance
and
Dislike
of
the
Unreasonable
,
Illegal
and
Arbitrary
Proceedings
of
some
men
inhabiting
with
us
in
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
who
have
usurped
Authority
over
us
.
Against
all
such
Proceedings
of
theirs
,
hereafter
faithfully
and
impartially
set
down
,
and
against
them
,
as
the
Actors
thereof
,
we
do
hereby
publickly
Declare
and
Protest
.
Now
to
the
end
the
Reasonableness
of
this
our
Protestation
may
appear
unto
all
to
whose
hands
it
may
come
,
we
count
our selves
obliged
to
give
a
brief
Recital
of
the
Care
of
our
late
Lieutenant
Governour
Francis
Nicholson
,
for
the
more
peaceable
quiet
and
satisfactory
governing
this
their
Majesties
Province
.
To
obviate
all
suspicion
of
Jealousies
that
might
arise
in
ill
affected
Turbulent
Spirits
,
our
said
Lieutenant
Governor
by
and
with
the
consent
of
so
many
of
the
Council
as
here
resided
(
upon
the
whispering
of
the
late
happy
Change
)
did
convene
together
the
Mayor
,
Aldermen
and
common
Council
Men
of
the
City
of
New-York
,
with
all
the
Comission
Officers
of
the
Militia
of
this
City
and
County
;
at
which
Convention
our
said
Lieutenant
Governour
proposed
to
admit
of
part
of
the
Train-bands
of
this
City
and
County
to
take
their
turns
of
Watching
and
Warding
within
their
Majesties
Fort
,
under
their
own
Officers
;
And
further
offered
,
with
the
advice
and
consent
of
his
Council
,
Civil
and
Military
Officers
,
there
met
and
assembled
,
That
the
Customs
formerly
paid
by
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Province
,
should
still
continue
,
only
with
this
alteration
,
that
whereas
formerly
it
was
expended
and
laid
out
in
defraying
of
the
Charges
of
the
Government
,
and
Souldiers
in
pay
in
the
Garrison
,
it
should
thence
forward
be
imployed
in
the
fortifying
and
putting
this
City
in
a
posture
of
Defence
against
a
Forreign
Enemy
,
on
which
the
Well-fare
and
Safety
of
this
Province
so
much
depends
.
In
pursuance
of
the
same
,
an
order
issued
forth
from
the
said
Convention
,
signed
by
the
Lieutenant
Governor
,
his
Council
,
the
Mayor
and
Alder-men
of
this
City
,
and
most
of
the
Commission-Officers
of
the
Militia
,
none
showing
so
great
a
dislike
to
it
as
Jacob
Leisler
,
one
of
the
Captains
of
the
Train-bands
of
this
City
,
who
at
that
time
had
a
Ship
loaden
with
Wines
,
the
Customs
whereof
amounted
to
upwards
of
one
hundred
Pounds
,
the
payment
of
this
he
utterly
refused
,
alledging
,
The
Collector
being
a
Papist
,
was
not
qualified
to
receive
it
,
denying
the
then
Power
to
be
legal
;
but
whether
for
that
or
his
own
private
Interest
,
let
the
impartial
judge
.
The
turbulent
mind
of
this
Person
not
being
satisfied
in
denying
the
payment
of
the
usual
Customs
,
though
appointed
for
the
use
aforesaid
,
he
sets
himself
upon
inventing
wayes
how
he
might
overturn
the
Government
,
which
was
then
peaceable
and
quiet
.
The
first
thing
he
falls
upon
was
to
stir
up
and
annimate
the
People
of
the
East
end
of
Long-Island
to
advance
,
with
sufficient
Force
to
take
Possession
of
the
Fort
,
lest
it
should
be
in
danger
of
being
delivered
up
to
a
Forreign
Power
;
this
readily
took
with
them
,
whose
Minds
were
already
heated
by
the
Example
of
Boston
,
in
clapping
up
of
our
Governour
Sir
Edmund
Andres
,
and
after
some
Consultations
amongst
themselves
,
they
put
forward
in
a
Hostile
manner
,
increasing
as
they
came
along
the
Island
,
until
they
were
so
far
advanced
as
the
Town
of
Jamaica
,
being
then
about
Eighty
in
Number
,
where
they
hal●ed
,
and
sent
up
three
of
their
principal
Leaders
to
discourse
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
who
upon
their
coming
convened
his
Council
,
the
Mayor
and
Alder-men
of
this
City
,
and
the
Commission-Officers
of
the
Militia
of
City
and
Country
,
into
which
Convention
the
Persons
sent
were
admitted
;
where
after
some
long
debates
,
they
seemingly
went
away
satisfied
,
at
least
so
far
as
that
they
and
the
men
accompanying
them
,
returned
home
to
their
own
Towns
and
Habitations
,
without
doing
the
least
hurt
or
damage
to
any
.
This
Stratagem
failing
our
Massanello
Leysler
,
in
a
short
time
after
a
Rumor
was
spread
amongst
the
quiet
Inhabitants
of
this
City
,
of
a
horrible
Design
,
there
was
of
Murdering
them
,
their
Wives
and
Children
,
as
they
were
Worshipping
of
God
in
the
Dutch
Church
within
the
Fort
,
and
the
Sunday
prefixed
,
when
this
cruel
Act
was
to
be
accomplished
;
Capt
.
Leysler
in
the
mean
time
instigating
and
stirring
up
the
Inhabitants
to
Self-preservation
against
this
imaginary
Design
,
which
so
far
prevailed
with
part
of
the
Inhabitants
,
as
that
the
Friday
before
the
Sunday
markt
out
by
this
Report
for
the
pretended
Massacree
,
they
rose
in
a
Hostile
manner
;
the
first
who
appeared
in
Arms
were
some
under
Leysler's
Command
,
who
(
as
the
Plot
was
laid
)
went
to
the
House
of
their
Captain
,
and
threatned
to
shoot
him
if
he
would
not
head
them
.
This
no
ways
surprized
the
couragious
Captain
;
a
substantial
Reason
why
,
himself
being
the
sole
Contriver
of
it
:
Yet
whether
prevailed
most
,
the
want
of
Valour
,
or
the
Apprehensions
,
if
he
should
miscarry
in
this
bold
Attempt
,
the
Country
would
be
destitute
of
one
so
fit
as
himself
to
Command
,
we
leave
to
the
Judicious
to
determine
.
However
it
was
,
it
seemed
not
good
unto
this
Champion
to
venture
himself
,
but
commits
the
Conduct
of
his
men
unto
one
Stoll
,
famous
for
nothing
,
unless
his
not
being
worth
a
Groat
;
up
marches
Stoll
with
his
brisk
Followers
,
and
to
the
Fort
Gates
they
draw
near
,
where
they
met
with
a
very
civil
Gentleman
,
one
Hendrick
Cuyler
,
left
under
Capt
.
Abraham
Depeyster
,
who
commanded
that
part
of
the
Train-bands
,
who
by
turn
had
the
Guard
in
the
Fort
that
day
;
this
Persons
Civility
was
such
,
that
its
hard
to
determine
whether
Stoll
and
his
party
without
were
more
desirous
to
enter
,
than
he
within
was
ready
to
open
the
Gates
to
them
.
In
fine
,
Entrance
they
had
,
with
great
Acclamations
and
Joy
on
both
sides
,
that
so
Meritorious
a
Design
was
not
prevented
.
How
far
this
valiant
Lieutenant
Cuyler
,
in
this
base
act
of
his
,
hath
answered
the
Law
of
Arms
,
or
the
Trust
reposed
in
him
,
we
will
not
now
determine
;
but
sure
we
are
,
the
season
they
took
for
accomplishing
this
their
Unman-like
Contrivance
,
doth
not
a
little
add
to
their
Crime
,
it
being
at
that
juncture
of
time
when
our
Lieutenant
Governor
and
the
Conventment
(
whereof
we
have
before
made
mention
)
were
consulting
for
the
more
orderly
,
quiet
and
peaceable
governing
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
who
at
this
suddain
Change
were
startled
,
and
acted
what
was
left
in
their
Power
,
publickly
protesting
against
this
rude
Action
,
and
the
Actors
thereof
.
By
this
time
their
great
Champion
Leyster
being
well
assured
all
danger
and
hazard
was
over
,
he
most
couragiously
girds
on
his
Sword
,
marches
stoutly
up
to
the
Fort
,
in
order
to
his
carrying
on
the
Game
he
had
so
fairly
begun
,
where
he
is
joyfully
received
,
and
a
Consultation
immediately
held
,
how
they
should
obtain
the
Keyes
of
the
Fort
,
which
the
Lieutenant
Governor
had
in
Custody
,
being
in
the
City
Hall
,
where
he
was
in
Consultation
,
as
is
already
hinted
.
The
Evening
approaching
,
Capt
Lodwick
and
his
Company
advances
to
the
Fort
to
mount
the
Guard
,
as
his
turn
was
;
some
time
after
his
being
in
the
Fort
nothing
would
satisfie
the
tumultuous
Multitude
,
but
that
three
or
four
Files
of
men
must
be
sent
,
under
the
Command
of
William
Churchill
,
Sergeant
,
to
Capt
.
Lodwick
,
to
fetch
the
Keyes
from
the
Lieutenant
Governour
[
A
fitter
Person
for
such
a
Message
could
not
be
sent
than
this
Churchill
,
infamous
for
his
Matenous
and
Turbulent
Spirit
]
With
much
Insolence
this
impertinent
impudent
Fellow
rushed
into
the
Room
where
the
Lieutenant
Governour
was
,
and
demanded
the
Keyes
;
the
Lieutenant
Governour
commanded
him
to
call
his
Captain
,
who
was
prevailed
with
to
come
,
hoping
thereby
to
appease
the
People
,
unto
whom
the
Lieutenant
Governor
delivered
the
Keyes
,
and
Capt
.
Lodwick
returning
to
the
Fort
,
the
expectations
of
the
Multitude
being
answered
,
after
publishing
Ja.
Leisler
Colonel
,
all
leave
the
Fort
to
Capt
Lodwick
and
his
Company
,
who
stayed
their
usual
time
,
and
it
was
then
agreed
upon
amongst
the
Captains
,
that
each
should
take
his
turn
to
reside
in
the
Fort
as
chief
,
till
their
Majesties
pleasure
should
be
further
known
.
The
Lieutenant
Governour
,
his
Council
and
Convention
aforesaid
,
taking
into
their
serious
Considerations
what
danger
the
Moneys
was
in
,
paid
by
the
Inhabitants
of
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
as
well
for
Customs
as
publick
Taxes
,
which
at
that
time
was
secured
in
the
Fort
.
The
said
Convention
agreed
upon
and
ordered
,
the
Moneys
should
be
removed
to
the
House
of
Frederick
Phillips
,
one
of
the
Council
,
a
man
of
known
Credit
,
and
the
most
considerable
for
Estate
in
their
Majesties
Province
.
This
was
concluded
on
the
day
our
Usurper
Leisler
,
by
his
Instruments
,
seized
the
Fort
,
being
the
31th
day
of
May
last
past
.
But
to
no
purpose
was
this
Agreement
of
the
Convention
;
for
those
who
had
made
themselves
Masters
of
their
Majesties
Fort
,
were
resolved
to
command
the
Money
too
,
being
the
Sum
of
Seven
Hundred
Seventy
Three
Pounds
,
which
they
peremptorily
denyed
the
Removal
of
,
when
demanded
by
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
in
pursuance
of
the
Order
aforesaid
.
How
they
have
disposed
of
this
Money
,
is
not
our
present
business
to
enquire
;
we
leave
that
until
the
happy
Arrival
of
a
Governour
legally
commissionated
from
the
King
.
The
Fort
being
thus
in
Possession
of
the
Captains
of
this
City
,
by
turns
,
all
the
Violence
used
for
several
dayes
,
was
,
that
upon
the
arrival
of
any
Vessel
,
great
or
small
,
a
file
of
Musqueteers
were
sent
on
board
,
the
Masters
and
Passengers
carried
to
the
Fort
,
and
the
Letters
taken
from
them
,
some
whereof
were
open'd
,
and
publickly
read
amongst
the
People
.
Never
the
like
known
in
this
place
,
under
any
former
English
Governour
.
This
is
too
little
to
satisfie
the
insatiable
Ambition
of
this
Grand
Usurper
Leysler
,
who
could
not
content
himself
with
the
station
Nature
had
fitted
him
for
,
and
placed
him
in
,
but
his
soaring
aspiring
mind
,
aiming
at
that
which
neither
his
Birth
nor
Education
had
ever
qualified
him
for
,
to
wit
,
to
be
their
Majesties
Lieutenant
Governour
of
this
Province
,
making
no
matter
of
Conscience
how
illegally
he
attained
thereunto
,
whether
by
Usurpation
or
otherwise
.
It
being
his
turn
to
command
in
chief
in
their
Majesties
Fort
the
third
day
of
June
past
,
he
caused
an
Alarm
to
be
beat
,
that
he
might
accomplish
his
Wicked
Designs
,
the
intent
of
this
Hubbub
being
only
to
ensnare
those
of
the
Inhabitants
,
who
till
that
day
had
kept
themselves
clear
of
these
Actions
.
The
Inhabitants
unanimously
appeared
in
Arms
that
day
,
to
stop
the
Mouthes
of
their
Gain-sayers
,
and
were
headed
by
their
Colonel
Nicholas
Bayard
,
tho'
many
of
them
sensible
it
was
only
a
Sham
-
Alarm
,
as
it
afterwards
proved
.
They
being
all
drawn
up
on
a
plain
before
the
Fort
,
and
no
appearance
of
an
Enemy
,
Colonel
Bayard
gave
command
to
that
Captain
,
whose
turn
it
was
to
work
on
the
Fortifications
of
this
City
,
That
he
and
his
Company
should
repair
thither
;
and
to
the
other
Captains
he
gave
command
,
that
they
should
dismiss
their
men
.
But
this
not
answering
the
end
of
those
who
were
made
privy
to
the
design
of
Leysler
,
they
march
into
the
Fort
without
their
Captains
,
who
stayed
so
long
on
the
Plain
,
until
they
were
told
,
If
they
went
not
in
,
the
Commonality
would
pull
down
their
Houses
,
and
they
would
be
in
danger
of
their
Lives
.
To
prevent
which
they
followed
their
Companies
,
(
instead
of
leading
them
)
into
the
Fort
,
where
a
Paper
was
prepared
to
be
signed
by
every
one
,
the
Contents
being
,
That
with
their
Lives
and
Fortunes
they
would
defend
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
keep
the
Fort
for
King
William
and
Queen
Mary
,
untill
their
Majesties
further
Order
.
This
being
done
,
Leysler
begins
to
think
himself
sure
of
his
Point
.
Gabriel
Munveill
,
one
of
the
Captains
of
the
Train-bands
,
well
considering
the
ill
effects
that
such
Proceedings
would
produce
,
wisely
procures
his
discharge
from
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
and
no
more
appeared
amongst
them
:
The
rest
of
the
Captains
continued
their
Command
,
more
,
as
we
are
ready
to
believe
,
to
do
what
in
them
lay
,
to
prevent
Mischief
,
and
check
the
Insolence
of
this
proud
Usurper
,
whose
immoderate
desire
after
Greatness
and
Dominion
over
his
fellow-Subjects
,
so
far
infatuated
him
,
as
that
upon
all
occasions
,
(
especially
if
any
strangers
present
)
he
hath
publickly
made
his
boasts
,
how
he
contrived
and
laid
the
whole
Design
,
as
is
before
related
.
The
next
invention
of
Leysler
was
to
annimate
and
stir
up
the
People
to
the
choice
of
Committee-men
,
upon
pretence
of
writing
a
Letter
to
the
King
,
in
behalf
of
the
Country
,
and
to
consider
the
Reparations
of
the
Fort
,
which
was
of
absolute
necessity
.
However
legal
,
this
company
of
men
assembled
were
(
who
afterwards
termed
themselves
,
A
Committee
of
Safety
)
we
leave
till
a-fitter
time
to
dispute
.
But
we
cannot
pass
by
the
Method
of
their
being
chosen
,
which
we
are
sure
,
was
altogether
illegal
and
disorderly
,
there
being
not
one
third
part
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
their
Majesties
Province
that
condescended
thereunto
,
nor
was
it
ever
intended
by
Leysler
they
should
,
least
by
that
means
his
expectations
should
be
frustrated
.
In
fine
,
A
company
of
these
men
elected
by
the
far
least
Number
of
the
Inhabitants
,
coming
together
in
the
Fort
,
two
of
them
indued
with
more
honesty
,
and
a
clearer
discerning
than
the
rest
,
perceiving
the
main
drift
was
to
set
up
Leysler
,
and
make
him
Commander
in
chief
,
fairly
and
wisely
with-drew
themselves
,
and
after
the
first
time
appeared
no
more
amongst
them
.
The
first
fruits
of
this
unsafe
Committee
,
as
we
have
cause
sufficient
to
term
them
,
was
to
make
Leysler
Captain
of
the
Fort
,
requesting
of
the
other
Captains
of
this
City
,
that
they
would
yield
him
their
assistance
when
desired
.
Now
begins
this
Usurpers
greatness
,
which
he
is
no
ways
wanting
in
improving
(
with
the
assistance
of
his
Committee
men
)
in
all
the
Illegal
Arbitrary
Acts
man
in
so
short
time
could
be
guilty
of
.
His
working
Brain
stands
not
still
with
commanding
the
Fort
,
nor
were
his
desires
fully
answered
thereby
:
Nothing
less
than
Lording
and
Domineering
in
all
Causes
[
Ecclesiastical
,
Civil
and
Military
]
will
satisfie
this
man
,
who
was
and
is
much
a-like
qualified
for
them
all
.
The
Laws
and
Liberties
of
the
English
Nation
(
with
which
we
have
good
cause
to
judge
,
he
is
little
acquainted
)
he
thinks
no
crime
to
violate
,
not
regarding
the
Noble
Example
of
the
late
Prince
of
Orange
,
our
now
most
renowned
Soveraign
King
William
,
who
for
prevention
of
the
Violation
of
our
Laws
and
Liberties
,
hath
so
eminently
appeared
,
to
the
end
they
might
be
preserved
in
their
due
Channel
.
This
our
proud
Usurper
finding
the
sweetness
of
an
Arbitrary
Power
,
agreeable
with
his
Arbitrary
Mind
,
deems
it
a
fault
in
any
,
who
objected
the
Law
against
his
Illegal
Proceedings
,
upon
all
such
oceasions
,
he
would
angerly
answer
,
What
do
you
talk
of
LAW
,
the
SWORD
must
now
Rule
.
As
if
that
which
was
judged
so
Hainous
in
our
Native
Land
,
would
be
deemed
Meritorious
in
these
parts
of
their
Majesties
Dominion
.
Our
neighbouring
Colony
of
Connecticut
being
full
of
Disorders
amongst
themselves
,
albeit
they
had
assumed
their
former
Government
,
a
general
Court
of
that
Colony
sitting
,
take
upon
them
to
send
two
Persons
to
discourse
those
,
who
(
by
Usurpation
)
had
taken
Possession
of
their
Majesties
Fort
of
this
Province
Information
being
given
unto
the
Mayor
,
Aldermen
and
common-Council
of
this
City
,
met
and
assembled
at
the
Mayor's
house
the
22d
of
June
last
past
,
that
Major
Gold
and
Capt
.
Fitz
were
sent
by
Connecticut
Colony
,
with
orders
to
proclaim
their
Highnesses
,
Prince
and
Princesses
of
Orange
,
King
and
Queen
of
England
,
&c.
That
Board
requested
Alderman
William
Merrit
to
go
to
the
Fort
,
where
those
two
Gentlemen
were
,
and
desire
the
favour
of
them
to
come
to
the
Mayor's
House
,
which
he
accordingly
did
,
and
they
complyed
with
the
Request
:
Being
come
to
the
Mayor's
House
,
he
signifies
to
them
,
The
information
was
had
of
their
coming
to
this
place
with
directions
to
proclaim
King
William
and
Queen
Mary
,
and
desired
they
would
acquaint
them
what
Orders
they
had
for
it
,
that
so
they
(
of
this
City
)
might
be
ready
to
shew
their
forwardness
to
act
in
the
same
with
such
Honour
and
Splendor
as
the
occasion
required
.
Major
Gold
and
Captain
Fitz
answered
,
They
came
upon
〈◇〉
such
account
,
but
came
to
the
Persons
that
had
the
Fort
in
Custody
,
to
discourse
about
some
particular
Matters
from
their
General
Court
;
and
that
they
did
not
know
before
they
came
from
home
but
that
the
King
had
been
already
proclaimed
here
.
That
when
they
came
to
Town
,
going
to
the
Fort
,
as
they
were
sent
,
they
having
the
Proclamation
about
them
,
Mr.
Jacob
Leysler
desired
them
to
let
him
have
the
use
of
it
to
proclaim
the
King
and
Queen
here
.
The
Inhabitants
being
in
Arms
to
this
intent
,
by
beat
of
the
Drum
the
Mayor
and
Aldermen
of
this
City
(
though
not
thought
worthy
to
have
any
notice
of
it
,
till
after
they
were
proclaimed
at
the
Fort
)
went
to
the
City
Hall
to
attend
the
Solemnity
.
Which
being
perform'd
,
Leysler
desired
the
Mayor
and
those
with
him
,
to
go
up
to
the
Fort
and
drink
the
King
and
Queens
Health
,
which
they
shewed
their
readiness
to
do
.
No
sooner
were
they
come
into
the
Fort
,
though
by
invitation
of
Leysler
himself
,
but
he
tells
them
,
The
People
were
so
much
incensed
against
them
,
that
it
would
not
be
safe
for
them
to
continue
long
there
,
and
gave
them
his
friendly
advice
to
be
gone
.
An
Entertainment
not
unlike
the
Person
that
gave
it
.
Their
Majesties
being
proclaimed
in
this
Province
,
and
a
printed
Proclamation
coming
to
the
hands
of
the
Mayor
and
Aldermen
of
this
City
,
That
all
Justices
of
the
Peace
and
Sheriffs
should
continue
till
further
order
,
except
Papists
,
they
caused
the
same
publickly
to
be
read
,
requiring
the
Inhabitants
to
take
notice
thereof
accordingly
.
This
madded
our
proud
Usurper
,
being
averse
to
nothing
more
than
a
civil
Government
,
which
he
knew
must
needs
curb
and
be
a
check
to
his
Insolency
.
Therefore
to
prevent
this
he
gives
his
Malicious
Spirit
the
full
swing
,
and
endeavours
afresh
to
inflame
the
common
People
,
by
branding
of
those
who
were
in
Commission
of
the
Peace
with
being
Papishly
affected
,
for
no
other
reason
than
that
they
would
not
joyn
with
him
in
violating
all
our
Laws
and
Liberties
.
His
envious
malicious
Mind
could
not
have
vented
it self
in
a
more
pernicious
Falshood
than
this
;
for
upon
due
Examination
it
will
be
found
,
that
not
one
Papist
or
Popishly
affected
,
throughout
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
were
in
Commission
of
the
Peace
,
and
that
many
whom
he
hath
thus
wickedly
Scandalized
,
have
always
been
of
far
greater
Reputation
,
both
in
Church
and
State
,
than
himself
.
The
Malice
of
this
mans
spirit
hath
been
so
general
against
all
that
would
not
say
as
he
did
,
that
the
Dutch
Ministers
of
the
Reformed
Churches
within
this
Province
,
have
not
escaped
the
Lash
of
his
inveterate
Tongue
.
Nor
hath
his
Endeavours
been
wanting
to
create
the
same
Disorders
and
Confusion
in
Church
as
he
hath
already
done
in
Government
.
How
far
what
is
already
related
,
evinceth
this
Usurper
Leysler
to
be
an
enemy
to
and
infringer
of
the
Laws
and
Liberties
of
the
English
Nation
,
we
leave
to
the
judgment
of
the
Impartial
.
Yet
lest
all
that
he
had
hitherto
acted
were
not
sufficient
to
declare
his
Aversness
to
the
Laws
and
Liberties
of
the
Free-born
Subjects
of
England
,
he
further
proceeds
to
Action
.
And
On
the
25th
day
of
June
last
past
,
going
into
the
Custom-House
,
where
was
present
Commissioners
appointed
by
the
Lieutenant
Governours
,
Council
,
Mayor
,
Aldermen
and
common
Council
of
this
City
,
Colonel
Nicholas
Bayard
,
one
of
the
Council
,
Mr.
Paulus
Richards
,
Mr.
John
Haynes
,
and
Mr.
Thomas
Wenham
,
Merchants
of
this
City
,
who
were
authorized
by
the
Convention
aforesaid
,
to
receive
the
usual
Customs
paid
by
the
Inhabitants
of
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
and
the
same
to
keep
,
until
Orders
came
from
their
Majesties
.
The
reason
why
this
Convention
took
upon
them
to
authorize
the
Gentlemen
before
mentioned
,
was
the
particular
Recommendation
of
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
considering
the
circumstances
of
Matthew
Plowman
,
Collector
,
and
that
he
was
not
qualified
,
as
their
Majesties
Proclamation
,
bearing
date
the
14th
of
February
,
1688.
directeth
.
This
Violator
of
our
Laws
and
Liberties
,
going
into
the
Custom-House
,
as
is
above
hinted
,
abuses
the
Gentlemen
then
present
with
scurrelous
Language
,
peremptorily
demanding
of
them
,
By
what
Authority
they
sate
there
?
To
whom
they
modestly
replyed
,
That
when
he
satisfied
them
what
Power
he
had
to
examine
them
,
they
would
return
him
answer
,
but
in
the
mean
time
desired
him
to
go
out
of
the
Custom-House
,
where
then
he
had
no
business
.
In
a
little
space
after
,
this
Usurper
comes
the
second
time
,
with
his
POWER
,
which
was
neither
the
Laws
of
England
,
nor
this
Province
,
nor
yet
a
legal
Commission
,
but
a
Company
of
men
with
SWORDS
and
GUNS
,
(
according
to
his
usual
Maxim
,
The
SWORD
must
Rule
,
and
not
the
LAWS
)
and
by
force
of
Arms
turns
them
out
of
the
Custom-Honse
.
In
which
Violent
Action
of
this
Usurper
,
Colonol
Bayard
narrowly
escaped
with
his
Life
,
who
hath
wisely
,
ever
since
,
absented
himself
,
lest
by
the
Instigation
of
this
Malicious
man
he
might
be
Murdered
unawares
.
The
next
Exploit
this
Violent
Leysler
falls
upon
,
is
to
fullfill
a
Promise
,
he
was
heard
to
make
in
the
beginning
of
our
Troubles
,
That
in
two
Moneths
time
he
would
do
all
the
English
Rogues
business
for
them
,
so
that
Two
of
them
should
not
be
seen
to
walk
together
.
In
pursuance
whereof
,
on
the
14th
day
of
August
,
he
sends
several
Armed
men
,
with
no
other
Warrant
than
their
SWORDS
and
GUNS
,
to
the
House
of
Mr.
Thomas
Clark
,
a
Merchant
in
this
City
,
who
at
that
time
was
under
some
Indisposition
of
Body
,
which
they
no
wayes
regarded
,
nor
the
Intreaty
of
his
Wise
,
(
then
big
with
Child
)
who
begged
of
them
not
to
be
so
Rude
,
his
Children
being
frighted
.
They
replyed
,
They
mattered
it
not
,
if
they
were
all
Killed
:
And
in
a
Violent
manner
they
carried
this
Free-born
Subject
of
England
,
and
Free-man
,
to
the
Fort
,
where
Leysler
layes
to
his
charge
a
Paper
delivered
by
him
unto
the
Committee
,
but
principally
that
he
should
say
,
The
next
time
the
Dram
beat
an
Alarm
,
he
could
raise
four
hundred
Men
.
For
no
other
reason
is
this
Free-born
Subject
of
England
confined
a
close
Prisoner
in
the
Fort
,
without
any
Warrant
of
Commitment
,
wherein
the
cause
of
his
Confinement
ought
plainly
,
and
especially
to
be
set
down
,
as
the
Law
directs
;
neither
was
there
any
due
Process
of
Law
against
this
their
Majesties
Subject
,
thus
arbitrarily
debarr'd
of
the
Liberty
of
his
Person
.
By
which
,
this
Usurper
hath
made
the
greatest
Breach
and
Inrode
upon
the
Laws
and
Liberties
of
the
English
Nation
,
that
was
possible
for
him
to
do
,
as
the
Gentlemen
learned
in
the
Law
,
both
by
Study
and
Practice
,
have
sufficiently
demonstrated
by
sound
and
sollid
Arguments
,
That
the
Violation
of
a
Man's
Person
is
a
Crime
of
a
deeper
Dye
,
and
higher
Nature
,
than
that
of
his
Estate
,
forasmuch
as
nothing
in
the
World
is
so
near
and
dear
to
a
man
as
the
Liberty
of
his
Person
.
This
Villanous
Usurper
Leysler
not
regarding
the
great
care
and
pains
of
the
Supream
Powers
of
England
,
met
and
assembled
in
Parliament
,
for
these
many
years
past
,
to
preserve
the
Subjects
Liberties
unviolated
,
and
to
that
end
,
how
many
excellent
Acts
have
passed
,
which
are
as
so
many
Walls
and
Bullwarks
against
all
Arbitrary
Usurpers
,
who
though
for
a
time
may
flourish
,
and
meet
with
applause
by
their
deluded
Followers
,
it
s
not
probable
can
terminate
in
any
thing
less
than
utter
Confusion
and
Destruction
to
themselves
and
Shame
and
Ignominy
to
their
beguiled
Abettors
,
only
made
use
of
as
so
many
Tools
for
the
better
accomplishing
their
own
wicked
Ends
,
who
then
are
to
be
laid
aside
,
and
new
Favourits
taken
in
.
Nothing
seems
so
consentaneous
to
this
abuser
of
our
Freedom
&
Liberties
,
as
the
French
Kings
Maxim
[
Sic
Jubeo
sic
volo
]
who
by
Birth
,
we
are
ready
to
believe
,
may
claim
the
greatest
share
in
him
,
or
at
least
,
by
his
Actions
,
he
equally
scorning
,
with
that
proud
Tyrant
,
to
give
any
other
Reason
for
his
Arbitrary
Actions
than
his
own
unlimitted
Will
and
Pleasure
.
The
many
Abuses
particular
Persons
have
met
withal
,
by
having
their
Goods
taken
from
them
,
without
either
Warrant
or
legal
Proofs
,
would
be
too
tedious
here
to
insert
.
Upon
all
such
Occasions
,
the
Actors
being
demanded
,
By
what
Warrant
they
committed
this
Violence
?
they
would
usually
answer
,
(
clapping
their
hands
upon
their
Swords
)
Here
is
our
Warrant
.
The
keen
edge
of
this
mans
Malice
could
not
be
taken
off
by
his
Cruelty
to
one
of
them
,
whose
Ruin
he
had
before
avowed
,
but
he
goeth
on
to
fullfill
his
wicked
Promise
.
And
,
On
the
16th
day
of
August
past
causeth
another
Alarm
,
to
that
end
and
purpose
,
as
some
of
his
own
party
were
heard
to
say
,
some
days
before
it
happened
,
that
shortly
there
would
be
an
Alarm
,
in
order
to
the
taking
hold
and
securing
some
not
well
affected
to
their
Actions
,
which
were
such
as
this
Violent
Leisler
intended
as
the
Subjects
of
his
unbridled
Envy
.
And
accordingly
in
a
violent
manner
,
by
force
of
Arms
these
following
Persons
were
dragged
to
the
Fort
,
to
wit
,
Mr.
William
M●rrit
,
Mr.
Jacob
D●key
,
M●
Brandt
Schuyler
,
Mr.
Phillip
French
,
and
Mr.
Robert
Allison
,
Merchants
,
and
considerable
Traders
in
this
City
and
Province
,
Mr.
John
Merrit
,
Son
to
Mr.
William
Merrit
,
Mr.
Edward
Buckmaster
,
Mr.
Derrick
Vanderburgh
,
who
were
committed
the
same
night
of
the
Alarm
,
without
either
Warrant
or
legal
Process
.
The
next
day
Capt
.
John
Tuder
meeting
with
the
couragious
Lieutenant
Cuyler
,
upon
some
words
between
them
,
was
in
like
manner
dragged
to
the
Fort
,
as
his
fellow
Citizens
were
the
night
before
.
Mr.
Thomas
Clark
,
after
some
dayes
imprisonment
,
was
brought
to
that
weak
Condition
,
that
he
was
more
like
to
Dye
than
live
,
and
was
carried
home
in
a
Sedan
,
by
order
of
his
Goaler
,
Leysler
.
Also
,
Mr.
John
Merrit
,
after
24
hours
Confinement
,
himself
being
ill
,
his
Wife
much
indisposed
,
and
his
only
Son
lying
on
its
Death-Bed
,
had
his
liberty
.
Alderman
William
Merrit
,
the
Grandfather
of
this
Child
,
greatly
desiring
to
see
it
before
dead
,
made
application
to
his
cruel
Goaler
,
Leysler
,
for
leave
to
visit
the
Child
,
offering
any
Security
he
should
demand
for
his
return
thither
;
or
if
he
pleased
to
send
a
Guard
of
his
Souldiers
with
him
,
he
would
satisfie
them
for
their
trouble
;
but
nothing
could
prevail
with
this
Barbarous
Man
,
who
resolved
to
keep
the
said
Merrit
,
with
the
others
before
named
,
during
his
own
will
and
pleasure
,
close
Prisoners
in
the
Fort
,
which
continued
for
the
space
of
Twenty
One
Days
,
and
then
were
set
at
liberty
,
as
yet
being
strangers
to
their
Crimes
that
deserved
so
severe
Punishment
.
On
the
twenty
fifth
of
August
comes
to
this
place
one
Mr.
Jacob
Milborn
from
England
,
as
he
gave
out
;
we
are
obliged
to
mention
his
Name
,
by
reason
of
the
great
part
he
acts
in
our
future
Troubles
.
This
man
's
affected
ambiguous
way
of
expressing
himself
,
renders
him
unfit
for
the
Conversation
of
any
but
the
Vulgar
,
who
in
this
Age
are
so
apt
and
ready
to
admire
and
applaud
that
they
understand
not
.
This
Persons
decayed
Fortunes
were
such
,
that
not
unlike
a
man
ready
to
be
drowned
,
letting
go
a
sure
hold
,
catches
at
a
Twig
;
so
he
in
like
manner
relinquisheth
his
old
Acquaintance
and
Friends
,
and
joyns
with
our
Usurpers
,
whom
he
revives
,
by
telling
them
,
That
in
the
middle
of
May
last
,
he
was
in
England
,
where
all
things
were
settled
,
by
the
common
Voice
of
the
People
,
in
peace
,
under
King
William
,
who
was
an
Elective
King
,
and
had
submitted
his
Regal
Power
wholly
to
the
People
,
so
that
it
was
now
become
a
Maxim
,
Vox
Populi
est
Vox
Dei
,
and
the
King
was
only
a
Servant
to
his
Subjects
.
By
this
our
Usurpers
were
encouraged
in
their
old
manner
of
Reasoning
,
when
objected
against
their
illegal
Proceedings
,
What
Law
or
Warrant
they
had
to
back
them
in
their
Actions
?
They
would
always
Reply
,
By
what
Law
,
Warrant
or
Commission
did
the
Prince
of
Orange
go
into
England
,
and
act
as
he
hath
done
?
And
how
do
you
think
King
William
can
take
that
amiss
in
us
,
who
have
only
followed
his
Example
?
The
very
rehearsing
of
this
Disloyal
Comparison
,
is
sufficient
to
cause
an
Abhorrance
and
Detestation
in
every
Loyal
Subject
.
The
next
fruits
of
this
Milbornes
News
,
is
,
that
the
Committee
of
Safety
,
as
they
termed
themselves
,
take
upon
them
to
give
forth
an
Order
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
signifying
,
That
whereas
several
of
the
Inhabitants
had
already
turned
out
their
old
Officers
,
they
should
proceed
in
Election
of
Civil
and
Military
Officers
in
the
several
Counties
of
this
Province
.
Some
Counties
accordingly
did
,
by
the
appearance
of
small
Numbers
,
turn
out
the
old
Justices
of
the
Peace
and
Military
Officers
,
and
chose
new
.
A
Method
formerly
never
allowed
of
,
under
any
of
our
Kings
Reigns
,
it
being
alwayes
granted
to
be
the
undoubted
Perogative
of
the
King
to
commissionate
his
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
and
Military
Officers
.
However
,
when
we
are
better
satisfied
that
it
hath
been
his
Majesties
gracious
Will
and
Pleasure
to
seperate
this
Branch
of
his
Perogative
,
and
bestow
it
on
the
People
,
we
shall
readily
show
our
Thankful
Reception
;
but
till
then
,
we
think
it
the
Duty
of
all
Loyal
Subjects
,
not
to
appear
in
such
Elections
.
The
29th
day
of
September
being
the
time
appointed
for
the
choice
of
Aldermen
and
common
Council-men
,
in
a
Charter
of
Priviledges
,
granted
to
this
City
by
Colonel
Thomas
Dungan
,
when
Governour
of
this
Province
;
accordingly
the
Inhabitants
met
in
the
several
Wards
,
and
chose
as
usually
,
no
Ward
being
attended
with
so
much
Disorder
in
their
Election
as
that
whereunto
Capt
.
Leysler
belonged
,
who
,
it
s
evident
,
resolved
right
or
wrong
to
have
his
Son-in-Law
,
Robert
Walters
,
to
be
returned
Alderman
for
that
Ward
:
The
Method
he
took
for
doing
it
,
was
thus
;
Coming
into
the
place
where
the
Inhabitants
were
assembled
,
in
order
to
their
Choice
,
he
finding
the
Vote
was
like
to
be
carried
against
his
Son
Walters
,
in
the
first
place
he
objected
against
Capt
.
Anthony
Brockholst's
Vote
,
a
considerable
Freeholder
of
that
Ward
,
his
being
a
Papist
;
and
afterward
says
,
I
vote
for
my
Son
Walters
,
my
Son
Jacob
votes
for
his
Brother
Walters
,
and
my
Son
Walters
Votes
for
himself
,
that
's
three
,
put
them
down
:
By
this
means
was
his
Son
Walters
returned
for
that
Ward
.
The
usual
day
of
publishing
the
Mayor
,
Sheriff
,
Town
Clark
Aldermen
and
common
Council
of
this
City
for
the
succeeding
Year
,
was
on
the
14th
day
of
October
,
the
Birth
day
of
the
late
King
James
,
in
the
mean
time
comes
forth
an
Order
from
the
Committee
,
impowering
all
the
Protestant
Free-holders
of
this
County
,
on
the
〈◇〉
day
of
October
to
elect
Mayor
,
Sheriff
and
Town
Clark
at
which
Election
,
the
far
greatest
Number
of
the
Inhabitants
not
appearing
(
well
knowing
,
that
by
the
express
words
of
the
Charter
,
that
Power
was
solely
reserved
in
the
Governour's
breast
,
to
appoint
these
three
Officers
)
the
least
Number
of
the
Inhabitants
,
in
pursuance
of
the
Order
aforesaid
,
met
and
assembled
together
,
and
by
majority
of
Voices
chose
one
Peter
D'Lanoy
Mayor
,
Johannes
Johnson
Sheriff
,
and
Abraham
Governour
Town
Clark
,
against
which
Persons
we
object
not
so
much
,
as
the
Method
of
their
being
chosen
;
neither
shall
we
be
offended
,
if
it
shall
please
his
Majesty
to
add
unto
our
former
Priviledges
this
likewise
:
The
Gentlemen
named
being
thus
chosen
,
were
published
on
the
customary
day
.
By
this
time
Mr.
Millborne
recovers
of
a
fit
of
Sickness
,
that
had
hitherto
rendred
him
incapable
of
acting
any
thing
else
but
affording
his
Chamber
Advice
,
which
upon
all
occafions
was
consulted
by
our
Usurper
Leysler
;
now
being
restored
,
in
great
measure
,
to
his
former
Health
,
he
vigorously
joyning
with
this
usurper
and
his
unsafe
Committee
,
a
notable
piece
of
service
is
immediately
assign'd
him
by
them
,
which
was
to
go
up
to
Esopus
and
Albany
,
in
order
to
the
bringing
those
Counties
into
the
same
Condition
and
Disorders
as
they
had
done
this
and
the
neighbouring
Counties
near
adjacent
.
In
pursuance
hereof
,
he
goes
on
board
a
Sloop
,
and
sails
forward
to
Albany
,
with
fifty
men
,
who
had
listed
themselves
as
Volunteers
,
to
assist
that
place
,
if
occasion
were
,
against
the
French
;
upon
his
arrival
there
,
by
the
great
care
,
conduct
and
prudence
of
Peter
Skuyler
,
Mayor
of
that
City
,
assisted
by
the
Recorder
,
Aldermen
,
common-Council
and
Military
Officers
,
the
designed
purposes
of
th
s
dark
Politician
were
happily
frustrated
,
so
that
he
returns
back
to
this
place
under
some
Disappointment
.
The
8th
day
of
December
arrives
per
via
Boston
,
one
Riggs
,
with
two
Paquets
from
his
Majesty
,
King
William
,
whereby
we
hoped
to
have
had
deliverance
from
the
Usurpation
,
Slavery
and
Cruelties
of
Leysler
;
but
our
Expectations
were
soon
at
an
end
,
the
Superscription
of
the
Paquets
being
thus
,
To
Our
Trusty
and
Well
beloved
Francis
Nicholson
,
Esquire
,
Our
Lieutenant
Governour
of
Our
Province
of
New-York
in
America
;
or
in
his
Absence
,
to
such
as
for
the
time
being
take
care
to
keep
the
Peace
and
administer
the
Laws
of
Our
said
Province
.
This
Infringer
of
our
Laws
and
Liberties
,
Leysler
,
peremptorily
assumes
the
Paquets
to
himself
,
saying
,
He
was
the
man
to
whom
they
were
directed
in
the
Lieutenant
Governour's
absence
.
But
upon
what
pretence
he
deems
himself
the
Person
,
except
it
be
for
his
Breach
of
the
Peace
,
and
Obstructing
the
due
course
of
Law
ever
since
he
hath
possessed
himself
of
the
Fort
,
Arbitrarily
and
Illegally
ruling
by
the
Sword
,
is
sufficiently
evidenced
to
the
Unbyassed
Reader
,
by
the
fore-going
Lines
.
Frederick
Phillips
and
Stephanus
Van
Cortland
,
both
of
the
Council
,
and
left
in
Trust
by
the
Lieutenant
Governour
for
the
keeping
of
the
Peace
,
and
legally
Governing
of
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
which
they
carefully
and
honestly
would
have
discharged
the
Trust
reposed
in
them
,
if
they
had
not
been
prevented
by
this
Violator
of
our
Laws
and
Liberties
,
and
that
with
more
Renown
and
Reputation
to
their
Majesties
,
as
well
as
the
better
Satisfaction
of
their
Leige
People
inhabiting
this
their
Majesties
Province
.
The
two
Gentlemen
of
the
Council
before-named
,
being
sent
for
to
the
Fort
,
by
the
request
of
Mr.
John
Riggs
,
(
the
Paquets
being
by
him
,
at
that
time
not
delivered
)
they
signified
to
Leysler
,
and
those
present
with
him
,
That
they
were
ready
to
observe
such
Orders
as
His
Majesty
had
given
in
His
Paquets
to
His
Lieutenant
Governour
,
then
absent
,
from
whom
they
,
together
with
Colonel
Bayard
,
had
Instructions
to
keep
the
Peace
,
and
administer
the
Law
of
this
Government
,
which
they
alwayes
were
ready
to
have
fullfilled
,
if
had
not
been
Obstructed
.
At
this
our
Usurper
Rages
,
and
vents
his
Passion
in
his
usual
Billings-Gate
Rhetorick
,
calling
them
,
Popishly
affected
Dogs
and
Rogues
,
and
bids
them
immediately
go
out
of
the
Fort
,
for
they
had
no
business
there
.
A
strange
Entertainment
to
them
,
who
for
these
many
Years
past
have
alwayes
,
as
Counsellors
,
officiated
under
the
several
Governours
of
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
and
at
that
time
were
those
who
were
left
in
Trust
by
their
Majesties
Lieutenant
Governour
.
However
,
seeing
there
was
no
Remedy
but
Patience
,
(
this
Violent
Usurper
resolving
still
to
Govern
by
the
SWORD
)
they
quietly
went
to
their
Own
Homes
.
Their
Majesties
Paquets
being
thus
assumed
by
our
Usurper
,
he
immediately
abuseth
his
deceived
Abettors
,
by
affirming
to
them
,
He
had
received
a
Commission
to
be
their
Majesties
Lieutenant
Governour
,
and
that
all
their
Actions
were
well
approved
of
.
This
readily
gained
Credence
with
the
Vulgar
,
who
are
too
apt
and
willing
to
be
beguiled
by
their
Popular
Leader
.
From
this
time
forward
he
assumes
the
Title
of
Lieutenant
Governour
,
and
according
to
the
Instructions
given
in
the
Paquets
,
he
swears
some
,
who
were
of
his
Committee
of
Safety
before
,
to
be
Counsellors
now
,
as
also
some
few
more
of
the
Inhabitants
,
much
alike
unto
these
Persons
,
neither
of
the
highest
Rank
nor
Reputation
,
but
such
as
our
Usurper
was
well
assured
were
for
his
turn
.
This
being
done
they
proceed
to
Action
NB
.
On
the
16th
day
of
December
an
Order
comes
forth
,
entituled
,
By
the
Lieutenant
Governour
and
his
Council
,
signed
underneath
,
Jacob
Leysler
.
The
Contents
as
followeth
.
By
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
&c.
and
Council
.
WHereas
there
is
an
Act
of
Assembly
,
dated
One
Thousand
Six
Hundred
Eighty
Three
,
entituled
,
A
continued
Bill
for
defraying
of
requisit
Charges
of
the
Government
,
and
many
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Province
,
nothwithstanding
they
have
subscribed
to
comply
with
the
same
,
have
disputed
it
,
when
required
thereunto
.
These
are
therefore
to
give
Notice
unto
all
Persons
within
this
Province
,
that
the
Customs
and
Excise
settled
by
the
said
Act
,
hath
and
doth
still
remain
good
,
and
of
full
Force
,
and
that
the
Collectors
and
Receivers
thereof
,
are
impower'd
to
do
their
duty
therein
;
All
Persons
being
hereby
strictly
required
to
obey
the
same
,
as
they
will
answer
the
contrary
at
their
Peril
.
Given
under
my
Hand
at
Fort-William
,
this
sixteenth
day
of
December
,
1689.
Jacob
Leysler
.
This
Order
of
the
pretended
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Council
,
being
set
up
in
all
the
Publick
Places
of
this
City
,
did
not
a
little
Alarm
the
considerate
●nhabitants
,
who
thereby
clearly
saw
the
willingness
of
this
Usurper
and
his
Abettors
,
to
enslave
them
and
their
Posterity
,
so
that
h●
might
command
their
Purses
.
A
strange
Change
in
a
littl●
time
!
for
this
Leysler
in
the
beginning
of
our
Troubles
,
wa●
the
first
man
that
disputed
the
payment
of
the
Customs
,
consulting
with
several
of
the
Inhabitants
,
how
those
Arbitrary
Impositions
might
be
pulled
down
.
Further
,
how
contrary
this
Order
of
our
Usurper
,
and
Abettors
,
is
to
their
own
so
often
repeated
Maxim
,
[
That
whatsoever
was
acted
by
a
Papist
Governour
,
or
under
his
Authorit
,
was
ipso
facto
null
and
void
,
and
of
no
effect
in
Law
.
]
If
there
yet
remain
any
Candour
or
Ingenuity
in
this
violent
Man
and
his
Abettors
,
it
will
be
more
honourable
for
them
publickly
to
Recant
so
plain
an
Error
,
than
still
to
persist
in
it
;
for
we
pray
of
the
Unbyassed
Reader
,
what
else
is
the
intent
,
purport
and
meaning
of
this
Order
,
but
to
enforce
a
Law
made
by
a
Papist
Governour
,
and
under
his
Authority
,
which
,
by
their
own
Argument
,
is
void
in
it self
.
So
that
they
must
either
own
,
this
their
dark
unintelligible
Oracle
,
hath
much
deceived
them
in
this
point
of
his
Politicks
,
or
its
evident
to
the
World
,
they
have
assumed
upon
themselves
a
Power
to
levy
Taxes
,
Customs
and
Benevolences
,
upon
the
Inhabitants
of
this
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
without
and
contrary
to
their
own
Consent
,
notwithstanding
the
many
wholsom
Laws
that
have
passed
,
under
the
several
Kings
Reigns
in
the
Realm
of
England
made
for
the
preservation
of
the
same
;
as
also
contrary
to
a
particular
Branch
of
that
Act
which
their
Order
hath
reference
unto
,
that
in
express
words
says
thus
,
That
no
Aid
Tax
,
Tallage
,
Assesment
,
Custom
,
Loan
Benevolence
or
Imposition
whatsoever
,
shall
be
laid
,
assessed
,
imposed
or
levied
on
any
his
Majesties
Subjects
within
this
Province
,
or
their
Estates
,
upon
any
manner
or
colour
of
Pretence
,
but
by
the
Act
and
Consent
of
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
the
People
in
General
Assembly
met
and
assembled
.
Now
to
the
end
we
may
further
make
out
to
the
World
the
Unreasonableness
as
well
as
the
Illegality
of
this
,
we
cannot
omit
to
advertize
the
Impartial
Reader
,
That
in
the
Year
1683.
arrived
to
this
Province
Colonel
Thomas
Dongan
,
appointed
his
Majesties
Governour
under
his
Royal
Highness
the
Duke
of
York
,
the
Lord
Proprietor
of
this
Province
,
who
in
a
short
time
after
his
arrival
here
,
according
to
particular
Instructions
given
him
by
his
said
Royal
Highness
,
did
issue
forth
Writs
to
the
several
Counties
within
this
Province
,
for
the
electing
of
Members
to
serve
in
General
Assembly
,
which
accordingly
was
done
,
and
the
same
were
convened
,
and
begun
their
first
Session
on
the
〈◇〉
day
of
October
,
and
the
first
Act
that
past
this
Sessions
,
was
that
their
Order
refers
to
,
wherein
our
Representatives
wisely
provided
against
the
critick
Lawyers
of
this
Age
,
who
too
nicely
distinguish
betwixt
the
Kings
Subjects
inhabiting
Within
the
Realm
of
England
,
and
those
inhabiting
his
Dominions
abroad
,
denying
the
Latter
the
Priviledges
confessed
to
be
the
undoubted
Birth-Right
of
the
former
;
upon
which
our
said
Representatives
,
prudently
in
the
first
part
of
that
Act
endeavour
to
secure
unto
themselves
and
Posterities
what
was
the
Birth
Right
of
every
Free-born
Subject
of
England
.
This
being
done
,
They
continue
this
Act
for
the
defraying
of
the
necessary
Charges
of
this
Government
,
which
begins
thus
,
The
Representatives
of
his
Royal
Highness's
Province
of
New-York
,
convened
in
General
Assembly
,
Have
,
for
and
in
consideration
of
the
many
Gracious
and
Royal
Favours
expressed
and
extended
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
His
Province
,
and
also
for
the
bountiful
Confirming
and
Reserveng
to
thee
and
their
Posterity
,
the
Rights
and
Priviledges
,
Liberties
an
Immunities
before
recited
and
expressed
,
and
for
the
better
defrayi●●
of
the
necessary
Charges
and
Expence
of
this
Province
.
How
far
this
Act
is
binding
upon
the
Inhabitants
of
th●
Province
,
will
further
appear
,
by
duly
considering
anothe●
Clause
of
this
very
Act
,
which
runs
thus
,
That
all
Bills
agreed
upon
by
the
said
Representatives
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
shall
be
presented
unto
the
Governour
and
his
council
,
for
their
Approbation
and
Consent
;
all
and
every
which
said
Bills
,
so
approved
of
and
consented
to
by
the
Governour
and
Council
,
shall
be
esteemed
and
accounted
the
Laws
of
this
Province
;
which
said
Laws
shall
continue
and
remain
in
force
untill
they
be
repealed
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
in
General
Assembly
,
by
and
with
the
approbation
of
his
Royal
Highness
,
or
expire
by
their
own
Limitations
.
Now
that
this
Act
of
the
Assembly
,
in
a
strict
sence
,
cannot
be
allowed
to
be
a
Law
of
this
Province
,
and
so
not
binding
upon
its
Inhabitants
,
We
Humbly
offer
these
Reasons
.
1st
,
For
that
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
this
Act
never
was
assented
unto
,
the
approbation
of
his
Royal
Highness
being
alwayes
wanting
,
who
was
so
far
afterwards
from
appoving
of
it
,
that
he
utterly
disallowed
the
same
,
and
that
first
by
a
Letter
to
his
Governour
,
Colonel
Thomas
Dongan
,
and
afterwards
coming
to
the
Imperial
Crown
of
England
,
he
publickly
disallowed
that
Act
,
by
sending
over
a
Commission
,
under
the
Broad
Seal
of
England
,
to
the
said
Colonel
Dongan
,
to
be
Captain
General
of
this
Province
,
and
with
seven
Counsellors
to
govern
the
Inhabitants
thereof
,
any
five
of
which
Counsellors
made
a
Quoram
,
and
the
majority
of
that
five
,
with
the
Captain
General
,
were
impowered
to
make
all
Laws
.
A
Method
contrary
to
what
the
afore-recited
Acts
prescribes
.
2dly
,
Our
Second
Reason
why
this
Act
is
no
wayes
binding
on
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Province
,
is
,
That
the
Customs
,
Impositions
and
Excises
granted
unto
his
then
Royal
Highness
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
in
the
said
Act
,
were
given
in
Consideration
of
his
said
Royal
Highness
Confirming
to
the
Inhabitants
the
Charter
Priviledges
,
making
up
the
first
part
of
the
said
Act
,
which
never
was
enjoyed
by
the
Inhahabitants
,
nor
confirmed
to
them
,
but
the
contrary
,
as
is
proved
.
3dly
,
For
that
hitherto
we
are
ignorant
of
any
Law
,
either
made
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
or
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
by
which
the
Inhabitants
thereof
are
obliged
to
pay
unto
his
Majesty
the
Custom
and
Excise
set
down
in
the
before-recited
pretended
Act
of
Assembly
:
When
any
such
Law
is
produced
,
those
of
us
who
have
signed
to
pay
unto
King
William
the
Customs
due
unto
him
,
when
legally
demanded
,
shall
readily
comply
;
but
untill
that
be
done
,
we
cannot
see
those
Notes
,
given
by
several
of
us
for
peace
and
quietness
sake
(
importing
no
more
than
what
is
above
written
)
are
any
wayes
Obligatory
.
However
,
when
it
shall
please
Almighty
God
,
a
Governor
arrives
to
this
Province
from
King
William
,
we
are
ready
to
submit
this
point
,
as
well
as
all
other
Abuses
and
Irregularities
done
unto
us
,
then
to
be
decided
in
a
legal
way
and
manner
.
To
a
Governour
,
so
arriving
,
we
shall
not
be
backward
to
assist
,
either
with
our
Persons
or
Estates
,
for
the
more
orderly
and
peaceable
governing
this
Province
,
and
defraying
the
publick
Charges
thereof
,
in
such
a
way
and
manner
as
shall
be
legally
agreed
on
.
On
the
23d
of
December
,
about
seven
or
eight
a
Clock
in
the
Evening
,
Jacob
Dekey
,
junier
,
Son
to
Jacob
Dekey
,
already
mention'd
,
with
Cornelius
Depeyster
,
Son
to
the
Widdow
Cornelio
,
both
Lads
,
were
violently
carried
away
to
the
Fort
by
force
of
Arms
,
without
Mittimus
or
legal
Process
,
alledging
,
They
had
defaced
and
torn
down
the
Order
of
the
pretended
Lieutenant
Governour
and
his
Council
,
which
upon
a
due
Examination
will
evidently
appear
,
was
standing
several
hours
after
their
Commitment
.
How
solicitous
this
Cruel
Usurper
is
to
vent
the
Fury
of
his
Rage
against
both
Young
and
Old
,
is
evident
to
all
,
by
the
illegal
Confinement
of
these
two
Lads
,
for
no
other
cause
but
his
own
Arbitrary
Will
and
Pleasure
.
The
same
night
an
Indian
Slave
belonging
to
Phillip
French
was
dragg'd
to
the
Fort
,
and
there
imprisoned
.
The
next
day
Mr.
French
falling
in
amongst
some
of
Leyster's
Crew
,
resented
the
Injury
done
unto
him
,
by
the
illegal
detaining
of
his
Slave
so
highly
,
that
some
of
the
standers
by
immediatly
went
and
informed
against
him
,
so
as
that
in
a
short
time
after
,
as
the
said
French
was
walking
in
the
publick
Streets
of
this
City
,
about
his
lawful
Affairs
,
John
Burger
,
Sergeant
to
this
Usurper
Leyster
,
attended
with
six
Musqueteers
,
layes
violent
hands
on
him
,
and
tells
him
,
he
was
his
Prisoner
,
and
to
the
Fort
he
must
go
.
Mr.
French
replyed
,
Not
unless
you
carry
me
,
which
accordingly
they
did
,
in
the
nature
of
a
dead
Corps
,
though
living
,
where
he
soon
meets
with
the
Entertainment
of
a
close
Imprisonment
.
Some
hours
after
the
Commitment
of
this
his
Majesties
Subject
,
by
his
own
particular
Request
,
Capt
.
John
Tuder
and
Mr.
James
Emet
,
both
allowed
Attornies
of
this
Province
,
made
application
to
his
Goaler
Leyster
for
a
Coppy
of
his
Mittimus
,
in
order
to
their
taking
such
care
for
their
Clyents
enlargement
,
as
the
Law
allowed
of
,
and
directed
unto
.
All
the
answer
they
obtained
at
that
time
,
was
,
That
he
could
do
nothing
without
advising
with
his
Council
,
and
they
should
meet
in
the
Evening
,
when
they
might
re-attend
.
This
they
carefully
did
,
though
to
little
purpose
;
for
they
were
denyed
entrance
into
the
Fort
that
Evening
several
times
;
nor
could
they
be
admitted
to
speak
with
their
Clyent
,
so
that
near
twenty
four
hours
were
expired
e'er
this
Usurper
saw
cause
to
deliver
the
following
Papers
,
which
for
the
Readers
satisfaction
,
we
shall
here
recite
verbatim
.
Fort-William
,
December
24.
Anno
1689.
WHereas
Complaint
is
made
to
me
,
That
Mr.
Phillip
French
hath
,
in
a
most
insolent
manner
,
contemned
this
Government
,
threatning
to
tare
off
(
if
it
had
not
been
already
done
)
the
Proclamation
for
continuing
his
Majesties
Customs
and
Excise
,
according
to
an
Act
of
Assembly
,
&c.
although
it
was
forbid
all
Persons
at
their
Peril
.
These
are
in
his
Majesty
King
William's
Name
to
will
and
require
you
to
bring
the
said
French
before
me
and
Council
,
to
answer
for
the
same
.
Given
under
my
Hand
and
Seal
the
date
abovesaid
.
To
Sergeant
John
Burger
,
and
his
Assistants
.
Jacob
Leysler
.
At
a
Council
held
in
New-York
the
24th
of
December
,
Anno
1689.
Present
,
-
Lieutenant
Governour
,
-
Samuell
Edsall
,
-
Thomas
Williams
,
-
Hendrick
Janse
,
-
Mas
.
Cuyler
,
-
Benjamin
Blagg
,
-
John
Van
Cousoenkeven
,
Alderman
.
WHereas
Phillip
French
hath
behaved
himself
very
Contemptuously
against
the
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Council
,
as
by
Evidence
taken
before
him
,
doth
appear
,
and
continueth
in
the
same
,
being
examined
before
them
.
Ordered
,
That
the
said
French
be
fourth-with
committed
to
safe
Custody
within
Fort-William
,
till
further
Consultation
in
this
matter
.
A
True
Copy
,
Examined
by
Jacob
Milborne
,
Secretary
.
Now
whether
the
Reason
of
this
Usurper's
deferting
the
delivery
of
the
Warrant
and
Order
of
Council
,
above
transcribed
,
may
not
rationally
be
construed
,
as
some
do
,
that
the
Warrant
directed
to
Sergeant
John
Burger
and
his
Assistants
was
written
several
hours
after
Mr.
French's
being
close
Prisoner
,
or
not
,
is
a
question
we
shall
not
now
insist
on
.
The
Warrant
and
Order
of
Council
,
above-written
,
coming
to
the
hands
of
the
before-named
Attornyes
,
on
the
behalf
of
their
Clyent
,
they
apply
themselves
afresh
to
the
pretended
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Council
sitting
on
Christmas-Day
in
the
Evening
,
to
whom
they
signified
,
That
having
perused
the
Warrant
and
Order
of
Council
,
by
which
Mr.
Phillip
French
was
committed
close
Prisoner
within
the
Fort
,
they
found
nothing
contained
in
either
,
but
what
,
according
to
the
known
Laws
of
England
,
as
well
as
this
Province
,
was
Baylable
,
and
for
that
end
and
purpose
they
appeared
before
them
,
on
the
behalf
of
their
Clyent
,
to
offer
Bail
to
the
valve
of
Twenty
Thousand
Pounds
,
if
desired
,
for
his
appearance
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
County
,
there
to
abide
such
Determination
,
as
by
leg
I
Process
should
be
made
against
him
,
for
or
by
reason
of
the
Charge
alledged
against
him
in
the
aforesaid
Warrant
and
Order
of
Council
.
All
the
Arguments
used
by
these
Gentlemen
of
the
Law
,
no
wayes
prevailed
with
this
cruel
Leyster
,
and
his
Nominal
Council
,
whom
he
is
making
use
of
,
as
his
Tools
,
for
the
better
cloaking
of
his
own
Arbitrary
Illegal
Actions
and
Intentions
.
It
seems
as
if
this
Usurper
was
of
the
same
Opinion
with
some
Souldiers
in
Plutarchs
time
,
who
wondred
any
would
be
so
importunate
to
preach
Laws
and
Moral
Reasons
to
Men
with
SWORDS
by
their
sides
;
as
if
Arms
knew
not
how
to
descend
to
Rational
Inquiries
.
All
the
Satisfaction
given
to
this
so
lawful
demand
of
Bail
on
the
Prisoners
behalf
,
was
only
some
small
diversion
our
late
Upstart
Statesman
,
Mr.
Milborne
,
(
now
advanced
to
the
Secretaries
Office
by
his
New-made
Lieutenant
Governour
)
was
pleased
to
afford
them
,
by
dropping
now
and
then
his
wonted
obscure
Sentences
,
asking
the
Prisoner's
Counsel
,
Whether
they
would
submit
the
Determination
of
their
Clyent's
Cause
to
the
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Council
?
Who
thereupon
modestly
enquired
,
In
what
Capacity
they
sate
there
,
whether
Military
or
Civil
?
Answer
was
made
by
Milborne
,
Both
.
The
Uncertainty
of
this
Reply
,
as
well
as
its
Unreasonableness
,
yielded
fresh
matter
to
argue
upon
;
all
which
centred
here
,
that
our
dark
Politicion
demanded
,
How
they
would
help
themselves
,
or
by
what
means
they
would
be
relieved
?
To
whom
it
might
have
been
fitly
replyed
,
In
the
same
way
and
manner
as
you
,
not
many
Years
past
,
recovered
Forty
Five
Pounds
by
a
legal
Course
,
against
Sir
Edmund
Andros
,
for
nine
hours
false
Imprisonment
.
For
notwithstanding
the
many
endeavours
used
by
our
Usurper
to
quash
the
various
Reports
coming
to
us
,
many
wayes
,
of
a
Governour
hastning
from
his
Majesty
for
this
Province
,
we
are
not
discouraged
in
our
expectations
of
,
and
well
wishing
for
his
safe
arrival
,
and
then
we
doubt
not
but
to
see
some
of
our
Usurpers
receive
the
just
Demerits
of
their
illegal
Arbitrary
Doings
.
The
4th
of
January
Captain
John
Tuder
,
by
particular
Warrant
from
Mr.
Phillip
French
,
applied
himself
to
the
Mayor
of
this
City
with
the
Kings
Writ
of
Habeus
Corpus
,
returnable
to
the
next
Mayor's
Court
,
which
was
the
7th
of
the
same
Moneth
:
This
Writ
so
signed
by
the
Mayor
,
was
safely
conveyed
to
Mr.
French
,
and
by
him
delivered
to
his
Keeper
,
who
forth-with
acquainted
the
head
Goaler
,
Leysler
,
therewith
,
who
immediately
ordered
the
Windows
where
the
said
French
was
confined
,
to
be
nailed
up
,
and
that
a
more
strict
watch
should
be
kept
over
him
,
as
if
the
Cruelties
already
exercised
towards
this
Free-born
Subject
of
England
,
were
not
sufficient
,
who
hitherto
hath
been
denyed
the
access
of
his
Friends
and
Acquaintance
;
no
,
not
so
much
as
his
Counsellers
at
Law
admitted
to
come
near
him
.
A
Usage
more
Cruel
and
Barbarous
than
the
most
Notorious
Fellon
,
Traytor
or
Rebel
commonly
meet
withal
.
The
7th
of
January
being
come
,
and
the
Mayor's
Court
sitting
,
Mr
John
Tuder
diligently
attended
it
,
expecting
to
have
met
his
Clyent
there
,
by
virtue
of
the
aforesaid
Writ
,
waiting
a
considerable
time
,
and
no
appearance
of
Mr.
French
,
he
informed
that
Court
,
That
the
Mayor
was
pleased
on
the
4th
Instant
to
sign
his
Majesties
▪
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
for
the
bringing
the
Body
of
the
said
Mr.
French
,
together
with
the
Cause
of
his
Commitment
before
that
Court
,
where
he
was
ready
to
argue
on
the
behalf
of
his
Clyent
the
matter
of
Law
that
might
arise
;
but
seeing
he
was
disappointed
,
by
the
aforesaid
Writ
being
disobeyed
,
he
should
take
upon
him
to
open
to
the
Court
the
nature
of
the
said
Writ
,
which
(
said
he
)
is
a
Writ
granted
in
the
Subjects
favour
,
to
prevent
the
illegal
detainure
of
any
of
the
King's
Subjects
falsly
imprisoned
.
So
that
a
Violation
of
this
kind
,
was
a
Crime
of
the
deepest
dye
,
and
every
Subject
was
nearly
concerned
therein
,
none
knowing
whose
turn
it
might
be
next
to
have
their
Liberties
subjected
to
the
Arbitrary
Will
and
Pleasure
of
this
Man
,
[
Leysler
.
]
Also
,
to
the
Bench
he
directed
himself
in
this
manner
,
You
who
are
the
Mayor
and
Aldermen
,
for
the
time
being
,
of
this
City
,
and
so
consequently
the
Patrons
thereof
,
it
behoves
you
to
take
care
,
the
Antient
Liberties
and
Freedoms
of
this
City
be
not
infringed
,
and
that
its
Inhabitants
be
not
in
this
manner
dragged
,
by
a
Marshal
Force
,
to
the
Fort
,
and
there
kept
close
Prisoners
.
Our
Usurper's
Oracle
,
Milborne
,
being
present
in
the
Court
,
after
a
long
continued
Silence
,
Learnedly
expresseth
himself
thus
,
I
do
affirm
to
this
Court
,
That
Mr.
French
is
none
of
the
King's
Subject
,
without
giving
any
further
Reasons
.
At
which
the
standers
by
hissed
,
and
some
publickly
charged
him
with
being
the
principal
Author
of
our
present
Troubles
.
On
the
12th
of
January
certain
Advice
coming
to
this
place
of
a
Ship
designed
to
this
Port
,
whereof
one
Prents
was
Master
,
being
struck
on
some
Rocks
near
New-London
,
and
Mr.
French
being
chiefly
concerned
in
the
Loading
,
was
forced
to
submit
to
this
Proud
Usurper
,
and
to
Petition
him
by
the
Title
of
Lieutenant
Governour
,
who
had
before
menaced
him
,
if
he
would
not
give
the
Title
of
Lieutenant
Governour
,
he
would
put
him
where
HE
SHOULD
NEVER
SEE
THE
FACE
OF
MAN
MORE
.
To
prevent
which
and
the
exigency
of
his
Affairs
at
that
time
,
he
gratified
the
Ambitious
humor
of
this
man
,
Leysler
,
and
thereby
obtained
his
Liberty
.
upon
his
and
Mr.
Thomas
Winham's
entring
into
a
Recognizance
of
Five
Hundred
Pounds
to
the
King
,
for
the
said
French
his
good
Behaviour
during
Twelve
Moneths
and
a
Day
from
the
date
thereof
.
To
return
again
to
our
Account
of
the
two
Lads
first
imprisoned
.
Cornelius
Depeyster
,
by
the
humble
petition
of
his
Mother
,
was
set
at
liberty
.
Jacob
Dekey
is
still
under
Confinement
,
albeit
his
Enlargement
has
been
much
endeavoured
by
his
Master
,
Mr.
John
Barbarie
,
a
considerable
Merchant
in
this
City
,
who
went
to
his
Goaler
Leysler
,
and
offered
Two
Thousand
Pounds
Security
for
his
Mans
appearance
to
answer
a
legal
Process
against
him
,
to
which
end
and
purpose
a
Copy
of
his
Mittimus
hath
divers
times
been
demanded
,
but
could
not
be
obtained
,
nor
no
Bail
would
be
taken
;
Nothing
will
serve
this
proud
Usurper
,
Leysler
,
nor
release
this
Lad
,
but
his
Parents
sending
in
a
Petition
,
directed
to
Jacob
Leysler
,
Lieutenant
Governour
,
and
his
Council
,
wherein
they
must
beg
Forgiveness
for
Faults
they
are
ignorant
of
their
Son's
being
guilty
of
.
A
strange
and
unheard
of
Method
to
force
People
to
pay
Homage
to
his
Person
!
Children
must
be
taken
from
their
Parents
,
Servants
from
their
Masters
,
Husbands
from
their
Wives
,
Masters
from
their
Familes
,
and
all
this
on
no
other
account
than
their
denying
to
give
this
●roud
Usurper
,
Leysler
,
a
Title
that
no
way
appertains
or
belongs
to
him
.
And
we
dare
this
Proud
Man
to
produce
,
if
he
can
,
any
Actions
against
those
Inhabitants
he
most
maliciously
Characterizes
as
Popishly
Affected
,
so
much
savouring
of
POPERY
as
these
we
charge
him
with
,
and
are
ready
to
prove
against
him
when
a
convenient
time
and
opportunity
present
.
For
,
we
pray
the
Unhyassed
Reader
,
what
is
the
difference
betwixt
bloody
Bishop
Bonner's
Coal
hole
,
and
this
Cruel
Unmerciful
Usurpers
Dungeon
and
Bullet
Hole
,
the
former
being
fitted
and
prepared
for
the
poor
Protestants
,
that
would
not
idolize
their
Consecrated
Wafer
,
this
latter
for
the
quiet
Inhabitants
of
this
their
Majesties
Province
,
who
cannot
in
their
Conscience
ascribe
that
Honour
to
him
which
is
only
the
Right
of
the
KING
to
infer
upon
him
,
and
then
its
time
enough
for
his
Subjects
to
Obey
.
The
13th
of
January
this
Usurper
,
Leysler
,
sends
under
the
Command
of
Lieutenant
Churchill
Twenty
Souldiers
over
to
Long-Island
,
the
next
day
they
came
to
Jama●ca
,
where
they
in
a
violent
manner
,
by
force
of
Arms
,
broke
open
the
House
of
Mr.
Daniel
Whitehead
,
one
of
his
Majesties
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
appointed
by
our
Lieutenant
Governour
Sir
Edmund
Andros
,
and
being
entred
into
the
House
,
they
in
like
manner
aforesaid
brake
open
several
Chosts
and
Boxes
,
but
found
not
what
they
looked
for
,
and
so
returned
the
next
day
without
doing
any
more
Mischief
,
as
we
yet
hear
of
.
On
the
sixteenth
of
January
,
the
publick
Post
,
Mr.
John
Perry
,
setting
out
from
the
House
of
Colonel
Lewis
Morris
,
towards
Boston
,
was
not
advanced
on
his
way
above
a
quarter
of
a
Mile
before
he
was
laid
hold
on
by
Warrant
from
our
Usurper
Leyster
,
and
brought
back
to
this
place
,
New-York
,
with
his
Letters
,
which
were
opened
and
perused
at
the
will
and
pleasure
of
this
Arbitrary
Man
,
who
,
it
s
plain
and
evident
unto
all
that
are
not
willfully
blind
,
hath
made
it
his
Contrivance
how
to
Ruin
the
Inhabitants
,
and
hinder
the
Prosperity
of
this
Province
,
ever
since
his
taking
upon
him
to
govern
by
the
SWORD
,
which
he
hath
in
great
measure
effected
,
by
his
continual
Breach
of
the
Peace
,
and
Obstructing
the
due
Course
of
Law
and
Justice
.
But
lest
this
were
not
sufficient
,
he
resolves
to
destroy
,
as
much
as
in
him
lies
,
the
Commerce
and
Trade
of
this
Province
.
A
more
ready
way
than
this
could
not
have
been
taken
by
him
for
that
purpose
,
to
obstruct
and
hinder
Advice
,
which
is
acknowledged
by
all
to
be
the
Life
of
Trade
;
for
how
can
this
be
given
or
received
,
where
intercepting
mens
private
Letters
,
is
become
so
Modish
with
our
pretended
Rulers
,
as
that
they
are
so
far
from
counting
it
a
Crime
,
as
by
their
Actions
they
deem
it
a
Virtue
.
Before
we
draw
to
a
Conclusion
of
this
our
Declaration
and
Narration
,
which
is
already
swelled
beyond
its
intended
limits
,
We
cannot
omit
transcribing
two
other
Branches
of
the
pretended
Act
of
Assembly
,
they
seemingly
make
such
a
pudder
about
,
which
upon
an
impartial
Enquiry
(
allowing
it
to
be
an
Act
binding
,
though
that
we
cannot
do
,
for
the
Reasons
already
given
)
these
our
Usurpers
will
be
found
the
greatest
Violaters
thereof
.
The
Branches
we
think
fit
to
insert
are
these
following
,
viz.
That
no
Free-man
shall
be
taken
and
imprisoned
,
or
be
diseized
of
his
Free-hold
,
or
Liberty
,
or
Free
Customs
,
or
be
Outlaw'd
,
or
Exiled
,
or
any
other
ways
destroyed
;
nor
shall
be
passed
upon
,
Adjudged
or
Condemned
,
but
by
the
Lawful
Judgment
of
his
PEERS
,
and
by
the
Law
of
this
Province
.
Justice
nor
Right
shall
be
neither
sold
,
denyed
,
or
deferred
,
to
any
man
within
this
Province
.
That
in
all
cases
whatsoever
,
Bail
by
sufficient
Surety
shall
be
allowed
and
taken
,
unless
for
Treason
,
or
Fellony
,
plainly
and
especially
expressed
and
mentioned
in
the
Warrant
of
Commitment
.
How
far
these
our
Usurpers
Actions
evinceth
their
little
Regard
unto
the
pretended
Act
of
Assembly
,
except
it
be
to
that
part
which
would
bring
Greast
to
their
Mill
,
let
the
Unbyassed
judge
.
This
Arbitrary
Proud
Person
,
Lessler
,
having
thus
far
exalted
himself
above
his
Brethren
,
disdains
to
own
his
very
Kindred
,
unless
they
will
entitle
him
Lieutenant
Governour
,
nor
will
he
free
them
from
his
Bullet-Hole
on
any
other
Terms
.
A
plain
Demonstration
of
this
he
hath
given
by
his
late
carriage
to
Mr.
Lucas
Keerstead
,
who
after
the
usual
manner
was
forced
to
go
to
the
Fort
;
when
he
came
before
this
Usurper
,
he
softly
applies
himself
thus
to
him
,
Cousen
Leysler
,
What
is
your
Will
and
Pleasure
?
At
this
he
flyes
out
in
a
great
Rage
,
How
dare
you
call
me
Cousen
?
Then
he
spoke
to
him
by
the
Name
of
Captain
,
but
that
would
not
do
,
and
he
was
told
,
that
if
he
gave
him
not
the
Title
of
Lieutenant
Governour
,
he
would
be
put
amongst
the
Bullets
.
To
avoid
which
,
he
gave
him
that
Title
,
and
then
was
suffered
to
go
home
.
Its
strange
this
Violent
Man
,
Leysler
,
who
otherwise
is
so
Politick
,
should
be
at
a
stand
,
when
this
plain
Question
is
put
to
him
,
Who
gave
you
this
Name
?
Why
doth
he
not
answer
,
as
in
truth
it
is
,
My
Godfather
Mr.
Milborne
,
and
his
Assiant
Vain
Glory
,
together
with
my
God-mother
Ambition
,
who
have
engaged
on
my
behalf
,
that
I
should
cleave
to
the
Infernal
Prince
and
his
Works
,
Hug
and
imbrace
all
the
Pomps
and
Vanities
of
this
Wicked
World
,
and
as
I
had
hitherto
been
so
,
I
should
still
continue
a
faithful
Servant
to
that
Black
Prince
of
the
Air
,
as
long
as
the
many
Headed
Beasts
,
the
Rude
Multitude
,
would
stand
by
me
.
To
Sum
up
all
,
We
readily
submit
the
decision
of
this
Question
to
the
Considerate
Peruser
of
the
fore-going
Lines
,
Whether
those
branded
by
Leysler
,
as
King
JAMES
his
Men
,
or
himself
and
his
Rude
Crew
,
deserve
that
Title
most
?
Sure
we
are
,
that
upon
a
serious
perusal
of
the
Declaration
,
entituled
,
The
Declaration
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
and
Commons
assembled
at
Westminster
,
Die
Martis
12
Februarij
,
1689.
several
Articles
therein
exhibited
against
the
late
King
James
,
and
declared
Illegal
,
are
and
have
been
most
notoriously
committed
by
this
Usurper
and
Abettors
,
some
whereof
we
shall
here
insert
and
set
down
as
in
the
said
printed
Declaration
,
viz.
That
levying
Money
for
or
to
the
use
of
the
Crown
,
by
the
pretence
of
Prerogative
,
without
Grant
of
Parliament
for
longer
time
,
or
in
other
manner
than
the
same
is
or
shall
be
granted
,
is
Illegal
.
That
Excessive
Bail
ought
not
to
be
required
,
nor
Excessive
Fines
imposed
,
nor
Cruel
and
Unreasonable
Punishment
inflicted
.
That
this
Arrogant
Man
,
Leysler
,
is
palpably
guilty
of
both
these
Branches
before
recited
,
we
prove
thus
,
viz.
That
by
his
Instruments
he
hath
and
doth
exact
(
by
pretence
of
Prerogative
,
and
for
the
use
of
the
Crown
)
Customs
,
Impositions
and
Excises
,
never
granted
to
the
Crown
;
which
that
he
might
the
better
accomplish
,
he
hath
taken
upon
him
to
erect
a
Court
of
Exchequer
,
constituting
,
as
Members
of
the
said
Count
,
viz.
Samuel
Edsall
,
Benjamin
Blagg
,
Johannis
Provest
,
Hendrick
Jansen
,
John
Cowenhoven
,
who
began
their
Sessions
on
the
20th
of
January
,
the
18th
of
the
same
Moneth
several
of
the
Inhabitants
received
Summons
to
appear
at
this
unusual
Court
on
the
day
above
said
,
to
give
their
Reasons
why
they
would
not
pay
the
Monyes
they
were
indebted
to
the
King
for
Custom
.
The
Persons
so
summonsed
unanimously
made
choice
of
Mr.
Thomas
Clark
to
appear
for
them
,
who
went
to
the
Fort
,
where
this
Court
was
sitting
,
and
being
admitted
,
he
first
enquires
,
Whether
any
there
had
a
Commission
from
King
William
to
be
Baron
of
his
Exchequer
?
and
if
any
,
that
his
Commission
might
be
publickly
read
:
and
afterwards
proceeded
to
show
the
Unreasonableness
of
their
Demands
;
but
all
to
little
purpose
,
the
Court
proceeding
to
enter
Judgment
against
the
Inhabitants
,
for
whom
he
appeared
,
only
giving
them
eight
dayes
time
to
consider
,
whether
they
would
voluntarily
pay
their
(
illegal
)
demands
,
which
otherwise
would
be
levied
upon
them
by
Distress
.
About
four
a
Clock
in
the
after-noon
of
this
day
,
was
in
some
measure
verified
an
Expression
our
Usurper
not
long
since
,
was
pleased
to
utter
to
a
Person
of
good
Reputation
in
this
Province
,
who
enquiring
of
him
,
By
what
Power
he
did
●uch
Actions
?
To
whom
he
answered
,
That
he
was
invested
with
such
a
Power
as
in
a
little
time
he
could
Command
the
Head
of
any
man
in
the
Province
,
and
it
would
be
forthwith
brought
him
.
●omething
like
hereunto
was
this
day
fullfilled
;
for
giving
Command
to
William
Churchill
,
and
several
Souldiers
with
him
,
assisted
by
some
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
City
,
namely
,
Abrhaam
Brazior
,
Abraham
Clomp
,
Wit
Timber
,
and
divers
others
,
they
go
to
the
House
of
Col.
Nicholas
Bayard
,
and
by
force
of
Arms
enter
the
same
,
breaking
open
several
Doors
and
Locks
,
in
order
to
the
seizing
of
the
said
Colonel
Bayard
,
whom
(
as
some
of
them
said
)
they
were
ordered
to
take
dead
or
alive
.
Colonel
Bayard
for
his
own
security
had
left
his
own
House
,
and
was
gotten
into
his
Neighbours
,
near
his
back-side
,
viz.
one
Mr.
Richard
Elliot
,
a
Cooper
,
whose
House
in
like
manner
by
Churchill
and
his
Attendants
,
was
broken
open
,
where
they
laid
hold
of
Colonel
Bayard
,
and
in
a
most
Abusive
manner
dragg'd
him
to
the
Fort
.
In
this
Riotous
Tumult
was
stoln
out
of
the
House
of
the
said
Elliot
,
three
Silver
Spoons
.
But
the
unlimited
Will
of
this
Violent
Rapacious
Us●●per
was
not
yet
satisfied
with
the
taking
and
imprisoning
of
Col.
Bayard
,
nor
his
Malice
thereby
fully
answered
:
for
in
like
manner
he
vents
his
Fury
against
Stephanus
van
Cortlandt
,
late
Mayor
of
this
City
,
whose
House
likewise
was
broken
open
,
and
most
of
his
Doors
and
Locks
spoiled
,
though
they
were
frustrated
of
their
Design
,
by
his
escaping
out
of
their
cruel
hands
for
that
time
.
Also
,
Mr.
William
Nicols
was
laid
hold
on
by
the
men
of
Breuckle
at
the
Ferry-house
on
Long-Island
,
and
was
brought
over
in
the
Evening
and
carried
to
the
Fort
.
The
next
Morning
the
Ferry-man
was
in
like
manner
brought
to
the
Fort
,
where
these
three
Subjects
of
their
Majesties
are
illegally
imprisoned
,
and
with
whom
how
Barbarously
they
intend
to
deal
,
Time
will
best
discover
.
We
shall
end
this
our
Declaration
and
Protestation
,
Narratively
set
down
,
by
naming
the
principal
Authors
of
our
present
Miseries
,
which
are
these
following
,
viz.
-
Jacob
Leysler
,
-
Jacob
Milborne
,
-
Samuell
Edsall
,
-
Peter
D'Laney
,
-
Dr.
Samuel
States
,
-
Dr.
Ger
.
Beckman
of
Flackbus
.
-
Thomas
Williams
,
-
Benjamin
Blagg
,
-
Hendrick
Jansen
,
-
Hendrick
Cuyler
,
-
John
Cowenhoven
,
Against
whom
we
wait
a
fair
opportunity
legally
to
proceed
.
Dated
in
New-York
this
21th
of
January
,
Annoque
Domini
1690.
FINIS
.