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             Loyalty vindicated being an answer to a late false, seditious & scandalous pamphlet entituled A letter from a gentleman of the City of New York to another concerning the troubles which happen'd in that province in the time of the late happy revolution : published for the sake of truth & justice / by a hearty lover of King William and the Protestant religion.
             Hearty lover of King William and the Protestant religion.
          
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             Boston :
             1698.
          
           
             Relates to the administration of Governor Leisler.
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           Gentleman of the city of New York. -- Letter from a gentleman of the city of New York to another concerning the troubles which happen'd in that province in the time of the late happy revolution.
           Leisler, Jacob, d. 1691.
           New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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           LOYALTY
           VINDICATED
           .
           Being
           an
           Answer
           to
           A
           late
           
             False
             ,
             Seditious
          
           &
           Scandalous
           Pamphlet
           Entituled
           ,
           A
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           City
           of
           New-York
           to
           another
           ▪
           Concerning
           the
           Troubles
           which
           happen'd
           in
           That
           Province
           in
           the
           Time
           of
           the
           late
           Happy
           Revolution
           .
        
         
           Published
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Truth
           &
           Justice
           .
           By
           a
           Hearty
           Lover
           of
           KING
           William
           AND
           THE
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           .
        
         
           BOSTON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           B.
           Green
           ,
           and
           J.
           Allen.
           1698.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           LOYALTY
           Vindicated
        
         
           From
           the
           Reflections
           of
           a
           Virulent
           Pamphlet
           called
           [
           A
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           New-York
           ,
           concerning
           the
           troubles
           which
           happened
           in
           that
           Province
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           late
           happy
           Revolution
           ]
           wherein
           the
           Libellous
           Author
           falslely
           scandalises
           those
           Loyal
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           couragiously
           threw
           off
           the
           absolute
           Slavery
           that
           Province
           ,
           then
           lay
           under
           :
           and
           Declar'd
           for
           His
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           Laws
           .
        
         
           ALthough
           to
           name
           but
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           ,
           to
           give
           account
           of
           the
           time
           ,
           manner
           ,
           and
           design
           of
           its
           Publication
           ,
           would
           sufficiently
           confute
           it
           ;
           and
           were
           it
           all
           Truth
           ,
           take
           away
           its
           Credit
           :
           Yet
           I
           shall
           first
           by
           plain
           proof
           of
           Fact
           and
           Reason
           ,
           disabuse
           whom
           it
           may
           have
           imposed
           on
           ▪
           and
           then
           expose
           the
           Seducers
           themselves
           whose
           corrupt
           minds
           gave
           birth
           to
           this
           
             Ignis
             fatuus
          
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           the
           Authors
           have
           triumph'd
           ,
           that
           their
           Libel
           hath
           not
           hitherto
           been
           answered
           ;
           but
           they
           will
           have
           but
           little
           cause
           ,
           when
           they
           consider
           it
           required
           some
           time
           to
           recover
           the
           damp
           and
           stunn
           given
           to
           honest
           minds
           ,
           by
           the
           late
           corrupt
           Government
           of
           New-York
           that
           publisht
           it
           :
           and
           some
           time
           will
           always
           be
           naturally
           taken
           up
           for
           the
           exults
           of
           joy
           ;
           that
           truth
           and
           honesty
           will
           now
           have
           their
           turn
           of
           being
           protected
           by
           Authority
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           with
           great
           dread
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           King
           James
           was
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           indeavour
           to
           Damn
           the
           English
           Nation
           to
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           wonder
           (
           since
           he
           made
           such
           large
           steps
           towards
           
           it
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           's
           )
           that
           he
           took
           a
           particular
           care
           of
           this
           Province
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           was
           Proprietor
           ,
           &
           at
           one
           jump
           leapt
           over
           all
           the
           bounds
           ,
           &
           Laws
           of
           English
           Right
           and
           Government
           ;
           and
           appointed
           a
           Governour
           of
           this
           Province
           of
           New-York
           ,
           who
           (
           although
           he
           was
           a
           person
           of
           large
           indowments
           of
           mind
           yet
           )
           gave
           active
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Prince
           without
           reserve
           ;
           and
           accepted
           of
           a
           Commission
           now
           on
           record
           in
           the
           Secretarys
           Office
           ,
           giving
           him
           power
           with
           consent
           of
           any
           Seven
           of
           ●is
           Council
           to
           make
           Laws
           and
           to
           raise
           Taxes
           (
           as
           the
           French
           King
           doth
           )
           without
           consent
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           Council
           are
           no
           body
           but
           whom
           he
           pleases
           to
           name
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           represent
           nothing
           but
           the
           Kings
           pleasure
           )
           Hereby
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Prince
           became
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           the
           estates
           of
           the
           Subjects
           became
           the
           Kings
           property
           .
           And
           this
           Governour
           and
           Council
           were
           the
           too●
           to
           inslave
           their
           Country
           ,
           who
           pursuant
           to
           their
           Commission
           did
           make
           Laws
           and
           Assessed
           Taxes
           accordingly
           ,
           without
           any
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           Council
           book
           .
        
         
           This
           French
           Government
           being
           thus
           (
           by
           Commission
           )
           introduced
           ,
           it
           was
           natural
           that
           Papists
           should
           be
           employed
           in
           the
           highest
           Trusts
           ;
           such
           〈◊〉
           the
           Council
           ,
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           the
           Military
           Forces
           ;
           and
           since
           no
           Law
           was
           left
           alive
           to
           make
           them
           unqualifyed
           ,
           therefore
           this
           Obedient
           Governour
           admitted
           major
           Brockholse
           and
           major
           Baxter
           into
           the
           Council
           ;
           
             Matthew
             Plowman
          
           to
           be
           Collector
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           said
           Baxter
           and
           Russel
           to
           Command
           Military
           Forces
           ;
           all
           professed
           Papists
           to
           assist
           in
           making
           Arbitrary
           Placts
           ,
           and
           forcing
           Obedience
           to
           them
           from
           a
           Protestant
           free
           People
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           condition
           of
           New-York
           ,
           the
           Slavery
           and
           Popery
           that
           it
           lay
           under
           ,
           until
           the
           Hand
           of
           Heaven
           sent
           the
           glorious
           King
           WILLIAM
           to
           break
           those
           chains
           ,
           which
           would
           otherwise
           have
           fetter'd
           all
           Europe
           .
           And
           these
           were
           the
           reasons
           that
           moved
           the
           Gentlemen
           concerned
           in
           the
           Revolution
           of
           
             New
             York
          
           ,
           to
           be
           early
           in
           shaking
           off
           their
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           declaring
           for
           their
           Deliverer
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           premised
           do
           make
           way
           for
           the
           answer
           to
           the
           bold
           Assertions
           of
           the
           Libeller
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Author
           Printed
           the
           Letter
           ten
           years
           before
           ,
           viz.
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           come
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           spreading
           false
           News
           ,
           which
           he
           in
           particular
           knows
           ,
           in
           Scotland
           is
           call'd
           Leesing
           ,
           and
           deserves
           the
           death
           call'd
           the
           Maiden
           .
        
         
           [
           Pag.
           3.
           ]
           In
           the
           third
           page
           which
           is
           the
           first
           of
           the
           Letter
           ,
           he
           declares
           that
           Jacob
           Leisler
           
             and
             his
             accomplices
             committed
             great
             disorders
             in
             the
             Revolution
             .
          
           
           And
           was
           ever
           Revolution
           made
           without
           them
           ?
           What
           ,
           must
           the
           noxious
           humours
           of
           the
           body
           natural
           ,
           be
           loosned
           and
           put
           a
           float
           ,
           and
           very
           often
           with
           pangs
           and
           gripes
           ,
           before
           the
           Medicament
           can
           officiate
           the
           discharge
           ?
           &
           must
           not
           the
           body
           politick
           suffer
           a
           Convulsion
           to
           pluck
           up
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           Tyranny
           that
           was
           taking
           root
           in
           it
           ?
           But
           I
           pray
           explain
           your self
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           Revolution
           it self
           the
           greatest
           disorder
           that
           could
           be
           given
           to
           you
           and
           the
           Jacobite
           party
           ?
           and
           therefore
           you
           need
           not
           admire
           nor
           wonder
           that
           all
           those
           that
           have
           a
           good
           opinion
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           have
           so
           likewise
           of
           
             Jacob
             Leisler
          
           ,
           and
           other
           early
           Instruments
           of
           it
           in
           this
           Province
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           a
           wonder
           that
           it
           should
           be
           credited
           ,
           that
           the
           persons
           ,
           then
           in
           Commission
           in
           New-York
           were
           Jacobites
           ,
           and
           persons
           ill
           affected
           to
           the
           Revolution
           (
           which
           now
           the
           Libeller
           dare
           not
           say
           otherwise
           than
           call
           happy
           )
           for
           their
           very
           Commissions
           from
           King
           James
           were
           expresly
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           their
           persons
           unqualified
           to
           serve
           in
           any
           Capacity
           in
           any
           English
           Government
           ,
           and
           so
           that
           as
           
             Jacobites
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           obeyers
           of
           King
           James's
           Arbitrary
           Government
           )
           and
           as
           Papists
           they
           must
           naturally
           be
           ill
           affected
           to
           the
           happy
           Revolution
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           implacable
           Enemies
           to
           the
           well
           wishers
           thereof
           in
           New-York
           .
           The
           proof
           of
           this
           appears
           by
           the
           Printed
           account
           of
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           New-York
           ,
           attested
           by
           the
           Records
           of
           Sir.
           
             Edmund
             Andross
          
           ,
           Coll
           
             Nicholson
             ,
             Matthew
             Plowman
          
           ,
           major
           Baxter
           and
           
             Bartholomew
             Russel's
          
           Commissions
           ;
           which
           are
           Evidence
           undeniable
           and
           point
           blanck
           contrary
           to
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Libeller
           ,
           who
           calls
           himself
           
             a
             personal
             witness
          
           .
           But
           the
           Author
           was
           safe
           at
           the
           time
           of
           Publishing
           the
           Letter
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           when
           the
           Province
           lay
           under
           the
           calamity
           (
           more
           then
           in
           any
           other
           age
           )
           of
           Licensing
           this
           Letter
           ,
           which
           gives
           Authority
           for
           the
           palliating
           of
           Vice
           with
           false
           glosses
           ,
           and
           of
           criminating
           the
           Actions
           of
           the
           most
           Just
           and
           Virtuous
           and
           pious
           persons
           ,
           and
           when
           Truth
           and
           Innocency
           were
           strip'd
           of
           all
           defence
           against
           the
           malice
           ,
           falshood
           and
           calumny
           of
           Col.
           Fletcher
           ,
           and
           his
           complying
           Council
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           told
           the
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           and
           Council
           were
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           they
           were
           ;
           and
           so
           were
           
             Friend
             ,
             Perkins
             ,
             Jefferys
             ,
             Herbert
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           Chester
           ,
           and
           
             Brian
             Haynes
          
           the
           player
           ;
           therefore
           that
           is
           no
           infallible
           Test
           that
           they
           were
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           no
           other
           .
           
             But
             they
             resolved
          
           Thereupon
           
             to
             suspend
             all
          
           Roman
           Catholicks
           
             from
             Command
             and
             places
             of
             trust
             in
             the
             Government
             .
          
           Well
           resolved
           ,
           though
           they
           did
           not
           perform
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Libeller
           afterwards
           owns
           .
           But
           what
           means
           the
           word
           
             [
             Thereupon
             ]
             i.
             e.
          
           King
           James
           was
           fled
           into
           France
           ,
           
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           was
           Arrived
           with
           considerable
           Forces
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           consent
           and
           voice
           of
           the
           Nation
           declared
           their
           Deliverer
           and
           King
           ▪
           and
           since
           King
           James
           could
           not
           stand
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Arbitrary
           Commissions
           he
           had
           given
           them
           ,
           and
           
             Old
             England
          
           would
           be
           sure
           to
           Command
           
             New
             York
             :
             Thereupon
             they
          
           &c.
           
           No
           thanks
           to
           them
           for
           their
           Thereupon
           .
           Besides
           if
           I
           am
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           Illegal
           Commissions
           (
           which
           they
           held
           as
           long
           as
           they
           could
           )
           and
           their
           fear
           of
           exasperations
           they
           had
           justly
           given
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           being
           Voluntary
           slaves
           to
           King
           James
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           Authorised
           to
           make
           all
           under
           them
           to
           be
           likewise
           so
           :
           (
           as
           the
           Devils
           would
           have
           all
           men
           Damn●d
           with
           themselves
           .
           )
           For
           these
           reasons
           these
           faint
           resolves
           were
           made
           and
           ill
           executed
           .
           But
           we
           do
           not
           find
           that
           Thereupon
           they
           declared
           ●or
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           or
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           No
           ,
           these
           Gentlemen
           had
           submitted
           so
           intirely
           to
           such
           a
           blind
           Obedience
           to
           their
           Prince
           as
           (
           notwithstanding
           their
           Profession
           )
           was
           never
           practi●d
           by
           any
           Christians
           ,
           but
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           think
           to
           hide
           their
           nakedness
           by
           the
           fig
           leaf
           of
           turning
           a
           single
           Papist
           out
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           just
           as
           their
           Master
           King
           James
           did
           ,
           when
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           was
           landing
           ;
           the
           Nations
           hearts
           alienated
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           standing
           Army
           likely
           to
           run
           over
           to
           the
           Prince
           :
           Thereupon
           ,
           he
           restored
           the
           Charters
           of
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           Magdalen
           Colledge
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           declared
           to
           call
           a
           free
           Parliament
           :
           Just
           with
           the
           ●ame
           good
           will
           as
           these
           New-York
           
             Thereupon-men
             .
             [
             Pag.
             4.
          
           ]
           But
           it
           is
           notoriously
           false
           and
           known
           to
           be
           so
           by
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           New-York
           ,
           that
           Thereupon
           these
           disbanded
           Papists
           forthwith
           left
           the
           Province
           :
           For
           Baxter
           stayd
           here
           several
           Moneths
           ,
           not
           knowing
           whether
           it
           was
           a
           real
           Revolution
           or
           no
           ;
           and
           Russel
           stay'd
           and
           dyed
           in
           New-York
           ,
           but
           Plowman
           continued
           fix'd
           in
           the
           greatest
           Trust
           of
           Collector
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           being
           intrusted
           by
           the
           Protestant
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           and
           Council
           with
           the
           sinews
           of
           War
           in
           his
           management
           ,
           who
           would
           be
           sure
           as
           a
           strict
           Papist
           to
           employ
           it
           in
           the
           service
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Revolution
           ,
           from
           the
           same
           good
           affection
           with
           themselves
           .
        
         
           To
           proceed
           ,
           this
           Libeller
           names
           three
           Dutch
           Gentlemen
           of
           their
           Council
           ,
           and
           tells
           you
           
             that
             but
             two
             of
             them
             were
             moct
             affectionate
             to
             the
             Royal
             house
             of
          
           Orange
           ,
           although
           Mr.
           Phillips
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           had
           the
           same
           affection
           with
           the
           rest
           :
           but
           the
           Libeller
           never
           tells
           you
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           them
           were
           pleased
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           had
           rescued
           from
           ruine
           our
           English
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           was
           become
           a
           Royal
           English
           King
           :
           which
           was
           but
           a
           small
           reward
           to
           Him
           for
           the
           
           Blessing
           it
           gave
           us
           :
           he
           only
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           Dutchmen
           they
           loved
           the
           Royal
           house
           of
           Orange
           :
           So
           ,
           I
           presume
           the
           late
           King
           James
           doth
           ,
           being
           tyed
           by
           blood
           thereto
           ;
           although
           he
           wishes
           him
           far
           enough
           from
           England
           .
           I
           suppose
           those
           Dutch
           Gentlemen
           will
           give
           the
           Libeller
           〈◊〉
           thanks
           for
           his
           remark
           on
           them
           .
           He
           ●dds
           ,
           〈◊〉
           
             the
             said
             Lieutenant
             Governour
             and
             Council
             Convened
             to
             their
             Assistance
             ▪
             all
             the
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peac●
             and
             Civil
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             Military
             Officers
             .
          
           But
           they
           had
           quite
           forgot
           the
           English
           Constitution
           of
           calling
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           :
           and
           whereas
           several
           of
           this
           Convention
           were
           the
           Persons
           that
           were
           pitched
           upon
           ,
           and
           thought
           fit
           by
           the
           then
           Arbitrary
           Government
           to
           have
           Commission
           ,
           Office
           and
           Power
           to
           enslave
           the
           Subject
           .
           No
           wonder
           the
           People
           did
           not
           think
           themselves
           safe
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           to
           be
           managed
           by
           the
           major
           Vote
           of
           such
           a
           Convention
           .
        
         
           Neither
           was
           the
           first
           thing
           they
           ordered
           ,
           
             viz.
             Fortifying
             the
             City
             of
          
           New-York
           ,
           and
           wise
           satisfactory
           ;
           since
           it
           was
           most
           proper
           that
           those
           persons
           who
           gave
           occasion
           for
           a
           Revolution
           ,
           were
           most
           probable
           to
           make
           themselves
           strong
           to
           oppose
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           Coll.
           Bayard
           made
           Coll.
           of
           the
           Militia
           by
           King
           James
           ,
           was
           most
           liable
           to
           obey
           and
           execute
           King
           James's
           order
           ,
           and
           an
           unsure
           Security
           for
           the
           Fort
           ;
           Especially
           having
           so
           often
           declared
           in
           Words
           ,
           and
           Letters
           ,
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           to
           Mr.
           
             West
             &c.
             
             That
             those
             who
             were
             in
             Arms
             for
             the
             Prince
             of
          
           Orange
           
             were
             Rebels
          
           .
           But
           it
           is
           absolutely
           false
           ,
           that
           Coll.
           Bayards
           .
           industry
           fortifyed
           the
           Fort
           ;
           for
           Capt.
           Leisler
           opened
           the
           Well
           ,
           which
           was
           closed
           up
           ;
           he
           it
           was
           ordered
           the
           Batteries
           ,
           that
           were
           made
           about
           the
           Town
           ,
           he
           mended
           the
           Breast
           works
           of
           the
           Fort
           ,
           as
           likewise
           the
           Platforms
           ,
           and
           Powder
           Room
           ;
           all
           which
           were
           in
           a
           miserable
           Condition
           :
           and
           these
           great
           works
           took
           up
           near
           Twelve
           Moneths
           time
           ,
           with
           Vigorous
           application
           and
           industry
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           after
           Bayard
           was
           out
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           betraying
           the
           Fort
           ,
           which
           could
           never
           have
           been
           de●ended
           in
           the
           posture
           he
           kept
           it
           ,
           with
           no
           Well
           open
           ,
           nor
           any
           covering
           for
           it
           ,
           defence
           or
           security
           for
           their
           Ammunition
           .
           Besides
           when
           the
           Mi●itia
           Forces
           were
           on
           guard
           in
           the
           Fort
           ,
           the
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           in
           Passion
           altered
           their
           Orders
           given
           by
           their
           Officers
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           
             if
             they
             gave
             him
             any
             farther
             trouble
             he
             would
             set
             the
             City
             on
             fire
             .
          
           This
           prooved
           by
           the
           Depositions
           of
           
             Albert
             Bosch
          
           &
           
             Henry
             Coyler
          
           .
           [
           Pag.
           5.
           ]
           And
           for
           their
           own
           sakes
           they
           appointed
           and
           continued
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           as
           being
           very
           useful
           for
           men
           of
           any
           design
           :
           which
           makes
           nothing
           for
           their
           cause
           .
        
         
         
           It
           matters
           not
           what
           Letters
           were
           sent
           home
           by
           the
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           plain
           neither
           Governour
           nor
           Council
           would
           declare
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           pretending
           they
           wanted
           Orders
           ;
           No
           ,
           they
           wanted
           good
           wil
           ;
           for
           without
           Orders
           this
           Libeller
           pretends
           they
           turned
           out
           Ba●ter
           and
           Russel
           out
           of
           Commission
           .
           I
           wonder
           how
           they
           dared
           to
           go
           so
           far
           ,
           and
           no
           farther
           .
           But
           no
           body
           but
           themselves
           know
           or
           care
           whither
           they
           Wrote
           or
           no
           ,
           for
           it
           signifyed
           nothing
           ,
           except
           to
           excuse
           themselves
           from
           declaring
           till
           an
           answer
           came
           ,
           and
           they
           knew
           who
           was
           uppermost
           ▪
           I
           suppose
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           stay
           to
           see
           who
           got
           the
           better
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           before
           they
           would
           declare
           .
        
         
           
             [
             Pag.
             6.
          
           ]
           A
           lying
           building
           must
           have
           a
           lying
           foundation
           ,
           &
           therefore
           the
           Libeller
           says
           ,
           
             That
             Capt.
          
           Leisler
           
             unwilling
             to
             pay
             the
             Duty
             of
             his
          
           〈◊〉
           ,
           
             stirred
             up
             the
             People
             to
             Rebellion
             .
          
           The
           case
           was
           thus
           ,
           the
           Popish
           Collector
           Plowman
           was
           then
           continued
           in
           Office
           ,
           and
           Capt.
           Leisler
           did
           ,
           even
           with
           him
           ,
           make
           Entry
           in
           the
           Custom
           house
           for
           his
           Wines
           ,
           and
           ingaged
           to
           pay
           the
           Customs
           to
           such
           as
           should
           be
           legally
           qualified
           to
           receive
           them
           ;
           which
           the
           Papist
           Plowman
           was
           not
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           the
           People
           being
           exasperated
           by
           the
           delay
           of
           the
           Governour
           and
           Council
           to
           declare
           for
           the
           Prince
           ,
           the
           greater
           body
           of
           the
           Militia
           with
           their
           Officers
           ,
           did
           Seize
           on
           the
           Fort
           ,
           and
           did
           send
           and
           demand
           the
           Keyes
           from
           the
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           ;
           and
           since
           they
           had
           taken
           the
           Government
           on
           them
           ,
           they
           did
           Seize
           what
           Publick
           Moneys
           they
           could
           find
           ;
           and
           took
           the
           
             Seven
             hundred
             Seventy
             three
             Pounds
          
           from
           Coll.
           Nicholson
           ,
           which
           with
           great
           prudence
           they
           did
           Expend
           for
           the
           safety
           and
           defence
           of
           the
           Revolution
           :
           nor
           
             were
             the
             People
             Drunk
             or
             Mad
             :
          
           for
           no
           Man
           ,
           Woman
           ,
           or
           Child
           ,
           was
           hurt
           by
           them
           even
           in
           the
           very
           Convulsion
           of
           changing
           the
           Government
           ;
           nay
           the
           very
           Papists
           then
           in
           Office
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           were
           justly
           suspected
           of
           designs
           of
           betraying
           the
           Country
           to
           King
           James's
           faithful
           Allie
           ,
           the
           French
           King
           had
           not
           a
           hair
           hurt
           ,
           except
           by
           the
           fright
           their
           own
           guilt
           occasioned
           ;
           and
           these
           Revolutioners
           must
           either
           be
           very
           sober
           or
           loving
           in
           their
           drink
           ,
           or
           these
           Jacobites
           had
           never
           scap'd
           being
           Dewitted
           by
           a
           sufficiently
           provoked
           People
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Power
           ,
           but
           more
           grace
           than
           to
           use
           it
           .
        
         
           False
           Assertions
           without
           proof
           are
           sufficiently
           answered
           by
           denying
           them
           .
           This
           northern
           forehead
           answers
           himself
           :
           for
           the
           Libeller
           says
           ,
           
             the
             people
             cry'd
             out
             that
             they
             disowned
             all
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           next
           line
           
           tells
           you
           ,
           
             they
             proclaimed
             Capt.
          
           Leisler
           
             their
             Commander
          
           .
           But
           I
           suppose
           ,
           he
           gives
           this
           contradiction
           as
           a
           proof
           of
           the
           Peoples
           being
           drunk
           ;
           to
           be
           against
           all
           manner
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           choose
           a
           Governour
           in
           the
           same
           breath
           .
           'T
           is
           likewise
           notoriously
           false
           ,
           that
           no
           other
           Commission'd
           Officer
           was
           amongst
           them
           :
           for
           most
           of
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Militia
           of
           the
           City
           joyned
           therein
           :
           But
           had
           it
           been
           true
           ,
           then
           Capt.
           Leisler
           as
           the
           only
           Commission
           Officer
           ought
           to
           Command
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           just
           and
           sober
           in
           their
           choice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           prudent
           in
           their
           Trust
           of
           so
           good
           and
           faithful
           a
           Person
           .
           But
           the
           fact
           of
           this
           was
           false
           ,
           for
           Capt.
           Leisler
           though
           instrumental
           in
           shaking
           off
           the
           Tyrannical
           Government
           ,
           did
           not
           believe
           he
           had
           a
           Title
           to
           govern
           longer
           than
           the
           Peoples
           Resolutions
           were
           known
           ;
           and
           therefore
           circular
           Letters
           were
           carryed
           by
           Coll.
           Depeyster
           and
           Capt.
           
             De
             Brayn
          
           to
           the
           several
           Counties
           ;
           whose
           Freeholders
           chose
           their
           Representatives
           ,
           who
           being
           met
           appointed
           Capt.
           Leisler
           Commander
           in
           Chief
           under
           their
           Hands
           and
           Seals
           ,
           and
           appointed
           several
           to
           be
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Committee
           of
           Safety
           to
           preserve
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           of
           the
           Province
           :
           Who
           did
           it
           so
           effectuall
           ,
           that
           those
           divested
           of
           the
           Governing
           power
           had
           no
           other
           harm
           done
           to
           their
           persons
           ;
           and
           the
           late
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           was
           permitted
           to
           withdraw
           himself
           whither
           he
           pleased
           .
           And
           here
           I
           must
           remark
           that
           he
           fared
           much
           better
           than
           Sir.
           
             Edmund
             Andross
          
           at
           Boston
           ,
           who
           was
           made
           close
           Priosoner
           and
           sent
           home
           to
           England
           ,
           and
           yet
           no
           man
           was
           Executed
           or
           attainted
           there
           for
           that
           act
           of
           Loyal
           Violence
           .
        
         
           Boston
           having
           proclaimed
           King
           WILLIAM
           and
           Queen
           MART
           ,
           and
           
             New
             York
          
           Fort
           and
           Government
           possess'd
           by
           Loyal
           Leisler
           and
           ●is
           party
           ,
           and
           the
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           withdrawn
           out
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           then
           the
           ●ibeller
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             the
             late
             Council
             and
             their
             Convention
             o●
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             &
             Officers
             ,
             had
             great
             mind
             to
             proclaim
             the
             King
             &
             Queen
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           never
           had
           declared
           for
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           take
           his
           word
           for
           it
           :
           but
           he
           owns
           the
           Loyalists
           did
           proclame
           them
           ,
           but
           saith
           ,
           
             it
             was
             very
             disorderly
          
           .
           I
           observe
           what
           ever
           made
           for
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           late
           King
           James
           ,
           is
           very
           displeasing
           to
           the
           Scribler
           :
           For
           when
           the
           People
           took
           the
           Government
           out
           of
           their
           Arbitrary
           betrayers
           hands
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             they
             were
             drunk
             or
             mad
          
           ;
           &
           now
           the
           proclaiming
           of
           the
           King
           &
           Queen
           ,
           was
           very
           disorderly
           ,
           in
           neither
           of
           which
           he
           gives
           one
           instance
           :
           
             [
             Pag.
             7.
          
           ]
           But
           thank
           God
           ,
           they
           were
           proclaimed
           ,
           &
           their
           goodness
           will
           pardon
           small
           disorders
           which
           were
           the
           effects
           of
           Loyal
           Zeal
           .
           Although
           the
           Jacobites
           will
           never
           forgive
           them
           for
           it
           .
           Some
           of
           which
           Council
           and
           Magistrates
           
           went
           to
           Coll.
           Bayards
           house
           and
           drank
           and
           rejoyced
           that
           Leisler
           had
           done
           what
           they
           never
           could
           have
           the
           heart
           to
           do
           ,
           nor
           made
           one
           step
           towards
           .
           And
           we
           may
           know
           what
           kidney
           these
           drinkers
           were
           of
           ,
           by
           whose
           Wine
           they
           drank
           :
           For
           Coll.
           Bayard
           having
           been
           a
           complying
           tool
           all
           King
           James's
           Arbitrary
           Reign
           ,
           you
           shall
           judge
           of
           the
           rest
           by
           his
           opinion
           of
           the
           happy
           Revolution
           ,
           in
           his
           letter
           to
           Mr.
           West
           of
           the
           14th
           .
           of
           January
           1689
           ,
           90.
           
           Wherein
           he
           calls
           them
           Philistines
           ,
           calls
           Leisler
           and
           his
           Loyal
           party
           ,
           
             the
             Arch
             Rebel
             and
             his
             hellish
             crew
             ;
             wishes
             he
             had
             a
             sufficient
             number
             to
             suppress
             the
             Rebels
             ,
          
           calls
           them
           
             usurpers
             of
             the
             Government
          
           ,
           and
           calls
           
             Sir.
             Edmund
             Andross
             ,
             his
             Excellency
             ,
          
           and
           calls
           his
           friends
           Loyal
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           tenour
           of
           the
           Letter
           is
           to
           keep
           up
           King
           James's
           title
           to
           admit
           his
           Commissions
           of
           Government
           to
           be
           of
           force
           ,
           to
           brand
           all
           that
           declared
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           with
           the
           black
           name
           of
           Rebels
           ;
           by
           which
           he
           owned
           King
           James
           was
           still
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           had
           he
           power
           equal
           to
           his
           will
           ,
           would
           have
           kept
           him
           still
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           judge
           of
           his
           and
           his
           Companies
           joy
           ,
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           and
           whose
           Health
           they
           drank
           :
           which
           ,
           eight
           years
           after
           ,
           they
           tell
           us
           was
           King
           WILLIAM'S
           and
           Queen
           MARYS
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesties
           Proclamation
           to
           confirm
           
             Sheriffs
             ,
             Collectors
          
           ,
           &c.
           in
           their
           Offices
           ,
           being
           Published
           ,
           the
           Convention
           removed
           
             Matthew
             Plowman
          
           a
           Papist
           from
           being
           Collector
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           now
           when
           Capt.
           Leisler
           had
           rescued
           the
           Government
           ,
           was
           possess'd
           of
           the
           Fort
           and
           had
           proclaimed
           King
           WILLIAM
           and
           Queen
           MARY
           .
           Then
           the
           Conventi●n
           (
           who
           had
           done
           none
           of
           these
           things
           and
           were
           angry
           at
           those
           who
           did
           )
           they
           removed
           a
           Papist
           from
           his
           Office
           ,
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           June
           ,
           who
           was
           permitted
           by
           them
           to
           act
           above
           two
           Moneths
           from
           the
           time
           that
           the
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           and
           Council
           resolved
           to
           remove
           Papists
           from
           Offices
           ;
           which
           (
           as
           the
           Libeller
           in
           the
           first
           page
           of
           his
           Letter
           saith
           )
           
             was
             the
             beginning
             of
             April
          
           :
           they
           kept
           him
           in
           as
           long
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           and
           now
           to
           mend
           the
           matter
           ,
           they
           put
           others
           in
           his
           place
           of
           the
           same
           principles
           as
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           famous
           Bayard
           aforementioned
           was
           the
           Ringleader
           .
           And
           the
           Libeller
           brags
           ,
           
             that
             they
             were
             the
             first
             in
             the
             Province
             that
             took
             the
             Oaths
             to
             Their
             Majesties
             ,
             appointed
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             :
          
           It
           may
           be
           true
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           as
           true
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           last
           and
           backwardest
           to
           assist
           in
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           or
           declare
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           did
           ;
           but
           afterwards
           pursued
           to
           death
           those
           that
           had
           done
           it
           .
           They
           were
           indeed
           most
           forward
           to
           take
           Oaths
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           to
           gain
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           fingring
           of
           the
           
           Revenue
           .
           For
           the
           carrying
           of
           the
           purse
           they
           will
           deny
           their
           old
           Master
           King
           James
           ;
           not
           out
           of
           hatred
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           love
           to
           Money
           ;
           being
           〈◊〉
           by
           solemn
           Oath
           to
           be
           true
           to
           their
           own
           interest
           ;
           which
           Oath
           binds
           them
           closer
           than
           any
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
           These
           worthy
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Revenue
           sate
           in
           the
           Custom-house
           ,
           but
           Capt.
           Leisler
           with
           the
           Inhabitants
           who
           had
           possession
           of
           the
           Government
           and
           Fort
           ,
           demanded
           of
           them
           by
           what
           Authority
           they
           pre●ended
           to
           act
           ;
           who
           refusing
           to
           give
           Capt.
           Leisler
           any
           Account
           they
           offered
           to
           turn
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Custom-house
           by
           force
           ;
           on
           which
           tu●●●
           :
           (
           ma●e
           by
           three
           Jacobites
           )
           a
           guard
           of
           Inhabitants
           from
           the
           Fort
           came
           to
           defend
           their
           Captain
           .
           And
           the
           People
           in
           the
           Streets
           were
           so
           enraged
           at
           Coll.
           Bayard
           (
           who
           they
           knew
           was
           as
           inveterate
           as
           any
           Papist
           against
           the
           Revolution
           )
           that
           they
           had
           certainly
           tore
           him
           to
           pieces
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           good
           temper
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           been
           his
           protector
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           only
           person
           capable
           of
           saving
           him
           in
           that
           extremity
           ,
           and
           favoured
           his
           escape
           ,
           and
           let
           him
           live
           to
           have
           afterwards
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           Murdering
           his
           deliverer
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Violence
           of
           Armed
           men
           and
           naked
           Swords
           ,
           beating
           the
           Commissioners
           from
           the
           Custom-house
           ,
           was
           very
           modestly
           done
           ,
           for
           no
           man
           was
           hurt
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           skin
           broke
           of
           those
           who
           deserved
           the
           halter
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           still
           alive
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           to
           watch
           another
           occasion
           to
           betray
           their
           Country
           ,
           when
           they
           can
           get
           a
           Popish
           King
           of
           England
           to
           assist
           them
           .
        
         
           
             [
             Pag.
             8.
          
           ]
           Captain
           Leisler
           finding
           several
           Papists
           and
           false
           Protestants
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           like
           a
           prudent
           Officer
           kept
           good
           guards
           ,
           sent
           parties
           to
           prevent
           any
           Conspiracy
           they
           might
           make
           to
           resume
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           to
           preserve
           the
           Peace
           ;
           which
           was
           dayly
           attempted
           to
           be
           broke
           by
           〈◊〉
           for
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           his
           Governour
           Sir.
           
             Edmund
             And●oss
          
           ,
           and
           denying
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           Capt.
           Leisler
           〈◊〉
           by
           them
           ▪
           on
           which
           it
           was
           wisely
           d●ne
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           to
           〈◊〉
           in
           the
           〈◊〉
           those
           whom
           he
           found
           so
           troublesome
           to
           the
           publick
           Peace
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           heads
           of
           them
           he
           Imprisoned
           the
           aforementioned
           famous
           Coll.
           Bayard
           and
           Mr.
           Nichols
           ,
           but
           without
           barba●i●y
           they
           were
           confined
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           a
           nasty
           Goal
           ,
           but
           in
           hands●me
           lo●●ing
           ,
           such
           as
           now
           are
           thought
           proper
           for
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Guard
           ,
           the
           Store
           keeper
           and
           the
           Secretary
           of
           the
           Province
           to
           lodge
           and
           keep
           Office
           in
           .
           It
           is
           true
           that
           Coll.
           
           Bayard
           was
           put
           in
           Irons
           ,
           as
           he
           well
           deserved
           for
           his
           aversion
           to
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           disturbing
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           attacking
           Capt.
           Leisler
           (
           then
           Commander
           in
           Chief
           )
           in
           the
           open
           Street
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           several
           credible
           Oaths
           .
           Nor
           could
           i●
           be
           safe
           to
           admit
           such
           firebrands
           to
           Bail
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           were
           kept
           close
           from
           doing
           mischief
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           part
           of
           all
           good
           Governments
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           was
           most
           necessary
           in
           this
           Revolution
           .
        
         
           Captain
           Leisler
           with
           the
           Committee
           of
           safety
           (
           appointed
           by
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           Freeholders
           of
           the
           several
           Counties
           of
           the
           Province
           )
           having
           published
           their
           Declaration
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           they
           thought
           it
           prudent
           to
           discriminate
           the
           Well
           affected
           from
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Summoned
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           City
           to
           the
           Fort
           ,
           to
           sign
           their
           names
           to
           such
           a
           Declaration
           as
           owned
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           .
           And
           the
           refusers
           must
           justly
           by
           him
           and
           all
           mankind
           be
           deemed
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           their
           Country
           .
           And
           is
           this
           a
           crime
           to
           know
           the
           Sheep
           from
           the
           Goats
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           all
           Reasonable
           methods
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           then
           Government
           :
           but
           the
           Libeller
           is
           angry
           at
           every
           prudent
           step
           was
           taken
           ,
           nor
           is
           he
           satisfyed
           ,
           although
           it
           is
           above
           Seven
           years
           since
           he
           was
           gorg'd
           with
           their
           innocent
           blood
           which
           he
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           shedding
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           notoriously
           false
           that
           Capt.
           Leisler
           opposed
           the
           Collecting
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ;
           indeed
           he
           was
           not
           willing
           a
           Papist
           should
           run
           away
           with
           our
           Protestant
           Kings
           Money
           ,
           nor
           did
           he
           think
           it
           safe
           in
           
             Bayards
             &c
          
           hands
           .
           But
           the
           Committee
           of
           safety
           (
           and
           not
           Capt.
           Leisler
           )
           appointed
           Mr.
           
             De
             Lanoy
          
           (
           in
           whom
           they
           durst
           confide
           )
           to
           that
           trust
           ,
           who
           received
           no
           Customs
           until
           December
           following
           ,
           when
           His
           Majesties
           orders
           arrived
           ;
           till
           then
           he
           took
           only
           notes
           from
           the
           Merchants
           to
           pay
           the
           Customs
           when
           demanded
           .
           And
           't
           is
           well
           known
           that
           Mr.
           
             De
             Lanoy
          
           gave
           a
           fair
           and
           true
           Accompt
           of
           his
           Receipts
           and
           payments
           of
           the
           Customs
           to
           Governour
           Slaughter
           :
           whereby
           it
           appears
           he
           had
           expended
           five
           hundred
           Pounds
           of
           his
           own
           Money
           above
           the
           Money
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           for
           the
           Kings
           Service
           and
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ;
           which
           Money
           is
           not
           repaid
           him
           to
           this
           day
           through
           the
           iniquity
           of
           some
           Jacobites
           afore-mentioned
           ,
           who
           crept
           into
           power
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           thereby
           gratified
           their
           revenge
           on
           men
           of
           greater
           sense
           and
           Loyalty
           than
           themselves
           .
        
         
         
           On
           the
           tenth
           of
           December
           one
           Riggs
           brought
           His
           Majesties
           Letters
           which
           were
           delivered
           to
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           according
           to
           their
           direction
           ;
           for
           Coll.
           Nicholson
           (
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           first
           directed
           )
           had
           withdrawn
           himself
           out
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           absence
           the
           Letters
           were
           directed
           to
           such
           as
           for
           the
           time
           being
           took
           ●are
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           Administring
           the
           Laws
           ;
           which
           was
           none
           other
           but
           Capt.
           
             [
             Pag.
             9.
             ]
             Leisler
          
           ,
           who
           was
           appointed
           thereto
           by
           the
           Representatives
           〈…〉
           Freeholders
           of
           the
           several
           Countyes
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Fort
           ;
           nor
           could
           those
           who
           called
           themselves
           of
           the
           Council
           be
           intituled
           thereto
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           the
           Persons
           that
           were
           made
           use
           of
           in
           the
           late
           Arbitrary
           and
           Tyrannical
           Government
           ,
           to
           the
           ●ver-turning
           of
           all
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Civil
           Rights
           ,
           and
           who
           gav●
           Occasion
           ,
           for
           the
           Revolution
           in
           
             New
             York
          
           ,
           and
           did
           never
           declare
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           .
        
         
           These
           Letters
           from
           His
           Majesty
           fully
           confirming
           Capt.
           Leisler
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           whereto
           he
           was
           chosen
           by
           the
           People's
           Representatives
           ;
           he
           indeavoured
           to
           execute
           his
           trust
           faithfully
           ,
           and
           on
           such
           an
           Emergency
           it
           was
           the
           greatest
           wisdom
           and
           prudence
           to
           find
           Money
           to
           support
           the
           Government
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           as
           regularly
           as
           the
           time
           would
           permit
           ,
           by
           and
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           General
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Province
           ●airly
           chosen
           by
           the
           Freeholders
           ;
           which
           this
           seducer
           falsely
           insinuates
           
             were
             only
             Selected
             and
             Appointed
             by
             Capt.
          
           Leisler
           .
           And
           by
           and
           with
           their
           advice
           and
           consent
           Taxes
           were
           raised
           and
           properly
           applyed
           .
           And
           't
           is
           observable
           the
           Libeller
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             that
             Capt.
          
           Leisler
           
             applyed
             these
             Sums
             to
             his
             own
             private
             use
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           very
           next
           words
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             it
             was
             to
             maintain
             said
             disorders
             ,
             al●owing
             private
             men
             Eighteen
             Pence
             per
             day
             :
          
           by
           disorders
           he
           means
           the
           Government
           reposed
           by
           the
           People
           and
           confirmed
           by
           King
           WILLIAM
           in
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           which
           had
           disordered
           and
           routed
           the
           former
           Slavery
           the
           People
           lay
           under
           ;
           ●or
           it
           was
           disorder
           to
           none
           but
           Papists
           and
           Jacobites
           .
           And
           the
           Eighteen
           pence
           a
           day
           was
           for
           the
           private
           use
           of
           the
           private
           men
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           paid
           ,
           for
           their
           subsistance
           in
           de●ending
           the
           Government
           :
           and
           their
           〈◊〉
           was
           indeed
           of
           private
           use
           to
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           as
           comprehended
           in
           the
           Publick
           general
           good
           thereof
           :
           But
           the
           Revenue
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           def●ay
           so
           great
           a
           charge
           ,
           had
           not
           Capt.
           Leisler
           expended
           great
           Sums
           out
           of
           his
           own
           private
           Estate
           ,
           as
           others
           concerned
           with
           him
           likewise
           did
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           repayed
           with
           a
           barbarous
           
           Death
           ,
           through
           the
           means
           of
           men
           who
           will
           never
           venture
           their
           Lives
           or
           Estates
           to
           serve
           their
           Prince
           ,
           Country
           ,
           or
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             [
             Pag.
             10
          
           ]
           Nor
           cou'd
           Coll
           ▪
           Bayard
           and
           Mr.
           Nichols
           complain
           of
           their
           aforementioned
           confinement
           in
           the
           Fort
           ,
           since
           they
           would
           fly
           in
           the
           face
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           give
           such
           vent
           to
           their
           invenomed
           passions
           as
           appears
           b●
           the
           Record
           of
           their
           Committment
           ,
           and
           Coll.
           Bayards
           con●ession
           in
           his
           Petition
           to
           Capt.
           Leisler
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           point
           blanck
           a
           lye
           ,
           nor
           was
           it
           ever
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           proved
           
             that
             Capt.
          
           Leisler
           
             gave
             directions
             to
             any
             man
             to
             plunder
             Coll.
          
           Bayards
           house
           ,
           nor
           was
           any
           thing
           of
           that
           sort
           done
           by
           his
           order
           to
           any
           house
           ,
           but
           Commands
           given
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           the
           Souldiers
           were
           compelled
           to
           restore
           what
           could
           be
           made
           appear
           they
           had
           forcibly
           taken
           from
           any
           man.
           Even
           so
           small
           a
           matter
           as
           a
           Hat
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Mr.
           Lambert
           ,
           was
           restored
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Coll.
           Cortland
           and
           others
           might
           leave
           their
           houses
           and
           families
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           have
           had
           no
           occasion
           for
           so
           doing
           had
           they
           peaceably
           and
           quietly
           minded
           their
           own
           affairs
           and
           submitted
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           for
           all
           such
           had
           no
           manner
           of
           disturbance
           given
           them
           ,
           but
           were
           protected
           .
        
         
           
             [
             Pag.
             11.
          
           ]
           The
           Protestant
           Ministers
           the
           Libeller
           saith
           ,
           
             could
             not
             scape
             Capt.
          
           Leislers
           
             Malice
             and
             Cruelty
          
           :
           I
           am
           afraid
           those
           Ministers
           he
           mentioned
           ,
           were
           Popish
           Trumpets
           ,
           to
           Preach
           up
           the
           damn●d
           Doctrins
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           and
           
             Non
             Resistance
          
           ,
           and
           to
           noise
           in
           our
           Ears
           with
           their
           accursed
           breath
           ,
           
             that
             we
             ought
             patiently
             to
             hold
             our
             Protestant
             Throats
             to
             be
             cut
             by
             the
             Command
             of
             a
             Popish
             King
             :
          
           and
           when
           Capt.
           Leisler
           with
           his
           friends
           had
           taken
           hold
           of
           that
           wonderful
           Deliverance
           offered
           immediately
           from
           God
           to
           Redeem
           His
           People
           from
           Slavery
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           Popish
           Damnation
           in
           Hell
           ;
           to
           have
           false
           Priests
           of
           Baal
           get
           up
           ,
           and
           use
           their
           wicked
           Eloquence
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           People
           believe
           a
           lye
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           house
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           to
           tell
           these
           Captains
           of
           our
           Temporal
           Salvation
           to
           their
           faces
           ,
           that
           being
           faithful
           to
           their
           God
           ,
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           their
           Laws
           ,
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Holy
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           English
           men
           ,
           and
           their
           thankful
           declaring
           for
           the
           most
           glorious
           Prince
           upon
           Earth
           their
           Deliverer
           :
           was
           the
           blackest
           of
           Treason
           and
           
           Rebellion
           .
           Such
           Apostasy
           and
           base
           Treachery
           hath
           deserved
           ,
           and
           often
           met
           with
           severer
           rebukes
           than
           the
           friendly
           Verbal
           admonition
           given
           by
           Capt.
           Leisler
           to
           the
           blind
           Seer
           ,
           and
           had
           nothing
           of
           the
           Malice
           and
           Cruelty
           in
           it
           of
           the
           Libeller
           ,
           who
           wrote
           so
           false
           a
           Pamphlet
           :
           and
           so
           the
           other
           time-serving
           Priests
           (
           who
           were
           Protestant
           shooing
           horns
           to
           draw
           on
           Popery
           )
           might
           have
           been
           more
           quiet
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           result
           of
           the
           Revolution
           to
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           and
           not
           pass
           such
           hard
           Censures
           as
           to
           attaint
           blood
           and
           accuse
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           all
           that
           would
           accept
           of
           Gods
           deliverance
           from
           the
           two
           greatest
           plagues
           of
           mankind
           ,
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           they
           have
           repented
           and
           will
           be
           sav'd
           ,
           otherwise
           whilst
           
             they
             Preach
             to
             others
             they
             themselves
             will
             be
             cast
             away
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           Capt.
           Leisler
           sent
           to
           the
           Merchants
           of
           the
           Town
           to
           supply
           the
           Garrison
           with
           Provisions
           and
           other
           necessaries
           ,
           and
           sent
           without
           distinction
           to
           all
           People
           who
           had
           Stores
           ;
           otherwise
           the
           Garrison
           might
           have
           perished
           :
           but
           he
           honestly
           gave
           them
           Credit
           in
           the
           Kings
           Books
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           since
           (
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           )
           been
           satisfyed
           ;
           and
           Capt.
           Leisler
           (
           as
           he
           ought
           )
           did
           order
           forceibly
           to
           break
           their
           Ware-houses
           open
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           refractory
           ,
           and
           refused
           on
           so
           great
           Emergency
           to
           afford
           support
           for
           the
           Government
           ;
           but
           exact
           Accompts
           were
           kept
           of
           all
           such
           goods
           ,
           and
           Entries
           made
           in
           Books
           kept
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           not
           plunder
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Libeller
           falsely
           calls
           it
           )
           but
           they
           were
           to
           be
           satisfyed
           ,
           and
           paid
           for
           the
           same
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           it
           was
           never
           known
           in
           the
           Memory
           of
           man
           ,
           that
           ever
           a
           Revolution
           ,
           or
           change
           of
           Government
           ,
           was
           more
           regular
           :
           or
           where
           Military
           power
           would
           not
           force
           Victuals
           where
           it
           was
           denyed
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           wanted
           it
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           for
           the
           special
           Service
           of
           King
           WILLIAM
           and
           Queen
           MARY
           ,
           to
           keep
           alive
           those
           that
           were
           the
           only
           persons
           in
           that
           Province
           ,
           who
           declared
           early
           for
           Them
           ,
           and
           owned
           Their
           Authority
           .
           Nor
           can
           any
           proof
           upon
           Earth
           be
           brought
           (
           except
           such
           as
           the
           Libeller
           )
           that
           one
           Farthings
           Value
           of
           goods
           was
           ever
           converted
           to
           the
           private
           use
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           or
           Transported
           by
           him
           to
           the
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ,
           but
           the
           imposture
           of
           the
           wh●le
           book
           depends
           on
           such
           positive
           falsehoods
           .
        
         
           
             [
             Pag.
             12.
          
           ]
           The
           Accompt
           of
           
             Thirteen
             Thousand
             nine
             hundred
             fifty
             nine
          
           Pounds
           of
           damages
           done
           the
           Province
           is
           made
           up
           by
           the
           Libeller
           himself
           :
           for
           no
           man
           living
           of
           truth
           ,
           hath
           ever
           demonstrated
           that
           Capt
           Leisler
           or
           his
           friends
           ,
           ever
           made
           pillage
           of
           any
           mans
           Estate
           ,
           
           but
           I
           believe
           the
           Libeller
           rec●ons
           that
           he
           and
           his
           ●acobite
           party
           had
           so
           much
           damage
           by
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           which
           they
           might
           Arbitrarily
           have
           extorted
           from
           the
           Kings
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           i●
           it
           had
           not
           happened
           .
           Good
           damages
           !
           which
           I
           am
           glad
           of
           with
           all
           ▪
           my
           heart
           .
           At
           this
           rate
           pray
           what
           damages
           had
           the
           Popish
           Clergy
           of
           England
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           by
           King
           WILLIAMS
           hindering
           their
           being
           resto●ed
           to
           
             Abbys
             ,
             Monasterys
          
           and
           
             Peter
             Pence
          
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           better
           that
           the
           Jacobites
           should
           suffer
           damage
           of
           their
           Estates
           and
           Lives
           too
           ,
           than
           an
           English
           Protestant
           People
           should
           have
           the
           damage
           of
           loosing
           their
           Laws
           and
           Religion
           ,
           their
           Properties
           and
           their
           Souls
           .
           And
           as
           for
           Coll.
           Willets
           losses
           ,
           which
           the
           Libeller
           magnifies
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           put
           a
           particular
           Value
           on
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           small
           .
           Had
           they
           been
           considerable
           ,
           he
           would
           since
           have
           made
           a
           particular
           complaint
           ,
           to
           have
           reparation
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           did
           ,
           nor
           had
           occasion
           for
           ;
           but
           had
           he
           been
           ruined
           he
           would
           not
           have
           been
           pittyed
           by
           good
           men
           ,
           because
           he
           so
           far
           forgot
           that
           he
           was
           an
           English
           man
           and
           Protestant
           :
           that
           he
           Execused
           an
           Illegal
           Commission
           ,
           and
           raised
           Forces
           to
           destroy
           all
           those
           that
           declared
           for
           our
           Deliverer
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           return
           to
           our
           Vomit
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Dog
           trick
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           Libeller
           expatiates
           on
           Capt.
           Leislers
           Arbitrary
           proceedings
           over
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           against
           the
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           but
           he
           should
           have
           considered
           that
           all
           the
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           were
           wholly
           subverted
           and
           trampled
           upon
           by
           the
           Hellish
           ,
           Popish
           ,
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           Established
           by
           King
           James's
           Commission
           ;
           so
           that
           Capt.
           Leisler
           found
           no
           fundamental
           Laws
           to
           transgress
           ;
           and
           was
           forced
           in
           discharge
           of
           his
           trust
           from
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           those
           appointed
           by
           their
           Representatives
           ,
           to
           use
           these
           violent
           methods
           which
           Heaven
           gave
           him
           the
           power
           to
           make
           use
           of
           to
           restore
           those
           fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           which
           were
           abolished
           by
           tools
           of
           the
           same
           temper
           with
           the
           Libeller
           .
        
         
           Major
           Ingoldesby
           
             a
             Captain
             of
             a
             foot
             Company
             ,
             arrives
             near
             two
             years
             after
             ,
             saith
             the
             Libeller
             ,
          
           And
           with
           several
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           sends
           to
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           he
           might
           continue
           to
           Command
           in
           the
           Fort
           ,
           until
           Coll.
           Slaughter's
           Arrival
           ,
           and
           only
           desired
           that
           major
           Ingoldesby
           and
           the
           Kings
           Souldiers
           might
           be
           permitted
           to
           quarter
           ,
           and
           refresh
           themselves
           in
           the
           City
           :
           but
           instead
           of
           
           complying
           ,
           he
           in
           passion
           told
           Mr.
           Brooke
           ,
           on
           his
           acquainting
           him
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Phillips
           ,
           Coll.
           Bayard
           ,
           Coll.
           Cortland
           were
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           Papist
           Dogs
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           King
           should
           send
           Three
           Thousand
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           cut
           them
           off
           ;
           and
           without
           cause
           Proclaimed
           open
           War
           ;
           on
           which
           said
           major
           Ingoldesby
           perswaded
           several
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           to
           joyn
           with
           him
           meerly
           for
           self
           preservation
           .
           On
           which
           several
           great
           and
           small
           Shot
           from
           the
           Fort
           killed
           and
           wounded
           several
           of
           His
           Majesties
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           made
           no
           opposition
           .
        
         
           This
           whole
           Paragraph
           I
           shall
           shew
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           complication
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           the
           production
           of
           a
           Monster
           begat
           by
           an
           Incubus
           on
           a
           
             Scotch
             Witch
          
           ,
           who
           had
           kindled
           his
           malice
           against
           Truth
           from
           the
           flames
           he
           put
           to
           the
           holy
           Bible
           ,
           thereby
           to
           become
           the
           Adopted
           Son
           of
           the
           father
           of
           Lyes
           .
        
         
           For
           major
           Ingoldesby
           having
           no
           Commission
           ,
           nor
           Authority
           to
           Command
           ,
           on
           his
           Arrival
           ,
           took
           on
           him
           the
           Title
           of
           Commander
           in
           Chief
           ,
           usurp'd
           a
           shew
           of
           Government
           ,
           calling
           a
           Council
           ,
           and
           Issuing
           peremptory
           orders
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           Council
           Book
           ;
           nay
           quite
           contrary
           to
           the
           Romantick
           Account
           of
           the
           Libeller
           ,
           he
           sent
           a
           demand
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           seen
           ,
           wherein
           he
           acknowledges
           Capt.
           Leislers
           offer
           to
           him
           of
           his
           own
           Houses
           in
           the
           City
           for
           the
           Accommodation
           of
           himself
           and
           Officers
           ,
           and
           to
           appoint
           fit
           Quarters
           for
           the
           Souldiers
           ;
           which
           major
           Ingoldesby
           under
           his
           hand
           denyes
           to
           accept
           of
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             he
             demanded
             the
             Fort
             from
             him
             ,
          
           which
           unless
           Capt.
           Leisler
           would
           deliver
           up
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           esteem
           him
           as
           an
           Enemy
           to
           King
           WILLIAM
           and
           Queen
           MARY
           .
           I
           have
           likewise
           seen
           Capt.
           Leislers
           Letter
           to
           major
           Ingoldesby
           full
           of
           Civility
           ,
           and
           true
           Reason
           ,
           wherein
           he
           acquaints
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           held
           the
           Fort
           and
           Commanded
           by
           Virtue
           of
           a
           trust
           reposed
           in
           him
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           assuring
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           had
           any
           Commission
           from
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           any
           Instruction
           ,
           or
           Order
           from
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           appointed
           Governour
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           on
           his
           producing
           it
           ,
           The
           Fort
           should
           be
           immediately
           delivered
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           desired
           to
           be
           excused
           from
           resigning
           his
           trust
           ,
           till
           he
           found
           one
           qualifyed
           and
           authorized
           to
           receive
           it
           from
           him
           .
           But
           this
           was
           not
           satisfaction
           to
           major
           Ingoldesby
           who
           was
           prevailed
           with
           to
           take
           the
           Government
           on
           him
           in
           opposition
           to
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           and
           as
           Governour
           in
           Chief
           (
           although
           never
           Impowred
           by
           King
           or
           People
           )
           he
           issues
           
           orders
           to
           the
           several
           Counties
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           attend
           and
           assist
           in
           opposing
           Leisler
           ,
           and
           his
           party
           with
           Arms
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           proclaiming
           open
           War
           ;
           and
           pursuant
           thereto
           ,
           he
           sends
           his
           Rounds
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           ordered
           or
           permitted
           his
           Rounds
           at
           all
           hours
           to
           pass
           the
           guards
           and
           centrys
           on
           the
           Walls
           of
           the
           Fort
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           make
           answer
           ,
           but
           by
           reproachful
           Language
           ,
           when
           challenged
           by
           them
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           provoke
           the
           drawing
           of
           blood
           ,
           and
           ingaging
           the
           People
           in
           a
           Civil
           War
           :
           and
           farther
           ,
           major
           Ingoldesby
           ordered
           all
           the
           men
           under
           his
           Command
           to
           wear
           Marks
           on
           their
           Arms
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           them
           from
           those
           who
           joyned
           with
           Capt.
           Leisler
           .
        
         
           During
           this
           Revolution
           and
           Civil
           War
           ,
           I
           am
           told
           not
           above
           two
           persons
           were
           killed
           ,
           which
           happiness
           attended
           the
           moderate
           temper
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           and
           the
           Committee
           of
           safety
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           be
           raised
           to
           punish
           the
           Insolence
           of
           the
           Tory
           party
           ,
           suitable
           to
           what
           they
           gave
           just
           occasion
           for
           .
        
         
           Soon
           after
           ,
           viz.
           in
           March
           ,
           about
           a
           Month
           or
           five
           Weeks
           after
           major
           Ingoldesby's
           usurpation
           ,
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           Arrived
           ,
           who
           Summoned
           the
           Fort
           late
           at
           night
           ,
           and
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Libellers
           assertion
           ,
           it
           was
           never
           den●ed
           to
           be
           delivered
           :
           but
           the
           delivery
           suspended
           till
           next
           Morning
           ,
           it
           not
           being
           prope●
           (
           according
           to
           Military
           Rules
           )
           to
           deliver
           a
           Fort
           in
           the
           night
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           was
           Surrendred
           by
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           who
           wa●●ing
           on
           the
           Captain
           General
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           ,
           instead
           of
           thanks
           for
           the
           faithful
           Service
           he
           had
           done
           His
           Majesty
           in
           defending
           the
           Fort
           and
           Province
           from
           the
           French
           (
           our
           professed
           Enemies
           )
           and
           the
           Treachery
           of
           Papists
           and
           Jacobites
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           was
           immediately
           by
           his
           order
           Seized
           with
           Mr.
           Milbourn
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Loyal
           party
           ,
           and
           bound
           over
           to
           answer
           at
           the
           next
           Supream
           Court
           of
           Judicature
           ;
           where
           Capt.
           Leisler
           and
           Mr.
           Milbourn
           pleaded
           to
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           That
           whereas
           he
           was
           in
           possession
           of
           the
           of
           the
           Government
           by
           the
           choice
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           con●●med
           in
           it
           by
           the
           Kings
           Majesties
           Letters
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           not
           bound
           by
           Law
           to
           answer
           for
           his
           Mal
           Administration
           in
           Gove●nm●nt
           ,
           to
           any
           Court
           or
           Authority
           ,
           but
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           had
           intrusted
           him
           ;
           but
           this
           was
           over-ruled
           by
           the
           Violence
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           without
           reason
           or
           Law
           ,
           and
           as
           Mu●es
           they
           were
           found
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treason
           and
           Murder
           ;
           and
           although
           a
           Reprieve
           was
           granted
           them
           by
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           ,
           until
           His
           Majesties
           pleasure
           should
           be
           known
           in
           the
           matter
           :
           yet
           the
           Violence
           
           of
           the
           Jacobite
           party
           (
           of
           which
           sort
           were
           most
           of
           Capt.
           〈◊〉
           Judges
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           Court
           )
           was
           such
           that
           they
           gave
           no
           rest
           to
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           ,
           until
           by
           their
           Importunity
           they
           prevailed
           with
           him
           to
           sign
           the
           Dead
           Warrant
           .
           And
           they
           were
           Executed
           accordingly
           .
           So
           that
           the
           representation
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           with
           an
           account
           of
           their
           Reprieve
           reached
           His
           Majesty
           at
           the
           same
           time
           with
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Execution
           and
           Death
           .
           So
           fell
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           M●●bourn
           men
           of
           known
           Integrity
           ,
           Honesty
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           pretended
           course
           of
           Law
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           Law
           condemned
           ,
           where
           their
           Judges
           were
           most
           of
           them
           violent
           Enemies
           of
           the
           happy
           Revolution
           ,
           and
           therefore
           resolved
           to
           revenge
           themselves
           on
           these
           Gentlemen
           who
           were
           the
           most
           Early
           and
           Zealous
           Instruments
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           who
           had
           first
           expended
           great
           part
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           then
           suffered
           Martyrdom
           for
           King
           WILLIAM
           and
           Queen
           MARY
           ,
           their
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           .
           The
           proofs
           and
           papers
           referred
           to
           in
           this
           account
           remain
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Mr.
           
             Jacob
             Leisler
          
           only
           Son
           of
           Capt.
           
             Jacob
             Leisler
          
           the
           Martyr
           to
           
             Jacobite
             Revenge
          
           .
           The
           proof
           that
           Capt.
           Leisler
           was
           legally
           Governour
           of
           
             New-York
             ▪
          
           That
           major
           Ingoldesby
           was
           but
           a
           bear
           Captain
           of
           Foot
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           other
           command
           in
           that
           Province
           ,
           nor
           authority
           to
           demand
           the
           Fort
           from
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ;
           The
           proof
           that
           Capt.
           Leisler
           did
           as
           a
           good
           Subject
           d●liver
           the
           Fort
           to
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           upon
           demand
           ,
           and
           his
           Justification
           ,
           is
           immediately
           expressed
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           of
           England
           which
           〈◊〉
           their
           Attainders
           ,
           and
           restores
           their
           Familie●
           in
           Blood
           and
           Esate
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           this
           is
           the
           full
           and
           true
           account
           of
           this
           Tragedy
           ;
           New-York
           lay
           under
           the
           Curse
           of
           an
           obsolute
           Government
           by
           King
           James's
           Commission
           to
           Sir
           ,
           
             Edmund
             Andross
          
           ;
           the
           people
           took
           courage
           on
           the
           first
           News
           of
           the
           Revolution
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           off
           the
           Opp●essers
           ,
           and
           declared
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           th●
           Lieu●en●nt
           Governour
           ,
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           which
           met
           and
           cal●d
           themselves
           a
           Convention
           (
           being
           Officers
           〈◊〉
           by
           king
           James
           )
           would
           not
           declare
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           Wherefore
           the
           people
           did
           not
           think
           themselves
           〈◊〉
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           but
           Seized
           upon
           the
           Fort
           ,
           and
           chose
           Capt.
           Leisler
           Commander
           of
           the
           Fort
           until
           〈…〉
           procured
           a
           return
           of
           Representatives
           of
           the
           〈◊〉
           hol●●rs
           of
           the
           several
           Counties
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           who
           
           on
           their
           meeting
           making
           a
           Declaration
           for
           His
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           did
           under
           their
           Hands
           and
           Seals
           constitute
           Capt.
           Leisler
           Commander
           in
           Chief
           until
           the
           Kings
           pleasure
           should
           be
           known
           ;
           and
           likewise
           appointed
           him
           a
           Council
           ,
           by
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Committee
           of
           Safety
           .
           And
           in
           these
           Persons
           the
           Government
           was
           lodged
           ,
           who
           proceeded
           to
           support
           themselves
           by
           the
           most
           moderate
           methods
           could
           be
           devised
           .
        
         
           The
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           hereupon
           withdraws
           out
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           major
           Ingoldesby
           Arrives
           with
           Authority
           over
           none
           but
           his
           Foot
           Company
           ;
           and
           yet
           demands
           the
           Fort
           ,
           which
           Capt.
           Leisler
           durst
           not
           deliver
           to
           him
           without
           betraying
           his
           Trust
           both
           to
           the
           King
           and
           People
           ;
           major
           Ingoldesby
           usurps
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Commander
             in
             Chief
          
           ,
           he
           Issues
           Orders
           and
           Warrants
           to
           the
           People
           to
           rise
           in
           Arms
           to
           assist
           him
           to
           wrest
           the
           Fort
           out
           of
           Capt.
           Leislers
           hands
           ,
           and
           provokes
           Capt.
           Leislers
           men
           in
           the
           Fort
           to
           Acts
           of
           hostility
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           one
           or
           two
           men
           were
           accidentally
           killed
           .
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           Arrives
           ,
           demands
           the
           Fort
           ,
           which
           was
           surrendred
           to
           him
           immediately
           ;
           the
           Persons
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           and
           Mr.
           Milbourn
           are
           Seizd
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           brought
           to
           Tryal
           ;
           their
           plea
           to
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Court
           (
           which
           could
           not
           by
           Law
           try
           them
           for
           Mal
           Administration
           in
           Government
           )
           violently
           over
           ruled
           ,
           and
           they
           Condemned
           as
           Mutes
           ,
           for
           High
           Treason
           and
           Murder
           ;
           they
           were
           Reprieved
           until
           His
           Majesties
           pleasure
           should
           be
           known
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           Reprieve
           ,
           the
           Warrant
           of
           Execution
           Signed
           ,
           and
           they
           Executed
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Enemies
           to
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           these
           Gentlemen
           ,
           had
           not
           sufficiently
           gratified
           their
           malice
           ,
           by
           these
           mens
           innocent
           blood
           :
           but
           they
           labour
           in
           England
           to
           get
           a
           Justification
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           a
           confirmation
           that
           the
           said
           unjust
           Judgment
           was
           according
           to
           Law
           ;
           and
           when
           His
           Majesty
           was
           in
           Flanders
           and
           several
           Ministers
           of
           State
           were
           in
           place
           and
           trust
           in
           the
           Committee
           of
           Trade
           ,
           which
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           since
           thought
           fit
           to
           remove
           from
           His
           Council
           and
           their
           Offices
           :
           a
           report
           was
           obtained
           from
           the
           Committee
           of
           Trade
           affirming
           that
           these
           Loyalists
           were
           Condemned
           and
           Executed
           according
           to
           Law.
           But
           however
           the
           said
           Committee
           represented
           their
           Sons
           as
           fit
           objects
           of
           Her
           Majesties
           mercy
           ,
           to
           be
           restored
           to
           their
           Fathers
           Estates
           ;
           which
           Her
           Majesty
           was
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           grant
           .
           And
           these
           maglignant
           Confederates
           so
           
           far
           prevailed
           with
           the
           Assembly
           of
           
             New
             York
          
           to
           compliment
           and
           flatter
           their
           new
           Governour
           Coll.
           Slaughter
           ,
           as
           to
           pass
           several
           Votes
           against
           the
           whole
           proceedings
           of
           the
           happy
           Revolution
           ,
           and
           to
           excuse
           the
           barbarous
           Severity
           of
           the
           Illegal
           Condemnation
           and
           bloody
           Execution
           which
           he
           had
           ordered
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           S●ate
           of
           the
           Case
           until
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           took
           the
           matter
           into
           their
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           the
           Honorable
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           the
           Sixth
           and
           Seventh
           year
           of
           His
           present
           Majesties
           Reign
           appointed
           a
           Committee
           to
           examine
           all
           parties
           in
           relation
           to
           Capt.
           Leislers
           Execution
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           heard
           by
           their
           Council
           at
           Law
           ,
           and
           where
           Mr.
           Dudley
           (
           who
           formerly
           applyed
           to
           get
           Money
           by
           Magistracy
           and
           Government
           in
           New-England
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           for
           a
           Judge
           in
           matters
           of
           ●lood
           in
           the
           Tryal
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           at
           
             New
             York
          
           )
           was
           heard
           to
           make
           his
           de●ence
           ,
           where
           his
           Cobb-Webb
           Eloquence
           was
           too
           thin
           to
           put
           a
           vail
           over
           so
           black
           an
           Action
           ,
           as
           created
           horrour
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           that
           Honorable
           and
           Numerous
           Committee
           ;
           who
           reported
           the
           matter
           fully
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           passed
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           ,
           wherein
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           of
           England
           do
           recite
           the
           Legality
           of
           Capt.
           Leislers
           Authority
           ,
           and
           justifie
           his
           proceedings
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           his
           refusing
           to
           deliver
           the
           Fort
           to
           major
           Ingoldesby
           ,
           being
           the
           Fact
           for
           which
           he
           was
           Condemned
           ;
           and
           do
           absolutely
           reverse
           the
           Attainders
           and
           restore
           the
           Blood
           and
           Estates
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           and
           those
           persons
           Condemned
           and
           Executed
           in
           
             New
             York
          
           ;
           which
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           is
           Printed
           at
           the
           end
           of
           this
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           being
           about
           Eight
           years
           since
           these
           men
           d●ed
           ,
           when
           the
           Grave
           and
           Time
           should
           have
           so
           buryed
           the
           Persons
           and
           Memories
           of
           these
           good
           ,
           but
           unfortunate
           Persons
           ,
           that
           no
           Revenge
           should
           have
           room
           to
           desire
           a
           farther
           gratificati●n
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Annim●sities
           between
           those
           of
           a
           Dutch
           extraction
           (
           who
           are
           the
           most
           numerous
           ,
           Loyal
           and
           Sober
           Subjects
           of
           that
           P●ovince
           )
           and
           ●he
           few
           Eng●ish
           (
           who
           were
           most
           averse
           and
           backward
           in
           the
           Rev●lu●ion
           ,
           but
           violent
           and
           bloody
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           most
           dissolute
           in
           their
           Morals
           )
           in
           this
           Province
           ,
           had
           time
           to
           cool
           ,
           and
           might
           by
           a
           good
           Government
           have
           been
           wholly
           heal'd
           .
           After
           all
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           have
           this
           fire
           again
           blown
           up
           ,
           to
           open
           these
           Wounds
           and
           to
           open
           the
           Graves
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           to
           disturb
           the
           Living
           ;
           
           was
           such
           an
           artifice
           of
           the
           Devil
           as
           must
           give
           a
           more
           than
           usual
           abhorrence
           in
           good
           minds
           ;
           which
           seads
           me
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Occ●sion
           ,
           the
           time
           ,
           manner
           ,
           and
           design
           of
           the
           Publication
           of
           this
           fire
           brand
           call●d
           
             a
             Letter
          
           ,
           and
           withall
           take
           some
           n●tice
           of
           the
           supposed
           author
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           evident
           in
           
             New
             York
          
           ,
           and
           will
           soon
           be
           made
           appear
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           the
           ●ate
           Government
           of
           
             New
             York
          
           under
           the
           Administration
           of
           Coll.
           Fetcher
           ,
           was
           a
           perfect
           sink
           of
           Corruption
           .
           And
           although
           he
           was
           exalted
           to
           that
           Government
           from
           a
           poor
           mean
           refugee
           of
           Ireland
           ;
           yet
           he
           soon
           forgot
           the
           hand
           that
           raised
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           satisfy
           his
           Soul
           ,
           his
           Idol
           Gain
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           fast
           friendship
           with
           the
           few
           
             Papists
             ,
             Jacobites
          
           ,
           and
           dissolute
           English
           of
           New-York
           ,
           who
           had
           opposed
           the
           Revolution
           and
           revenged
           themselves
           on
           Capt.
           Leisler
           ;
           and
           who
           to
           be
           supported
           in
           their
           hatred
           to
           the
           Loyal
           Wi●iamites
           ,
           and
           connived
           at
           in
           their
           open
           breach
           of
           all
           the
           Acts
           of
           Trade
           ,
           found
           great
           advantage
           to
           reward
           Coll.
           Fletcher's
           friendship
           by
           Presents
           from
           themselves
           ,
           and
           gifts
           from
           Pirates
           ;
           and
           complyed
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           consented
           to
           all
           things
           proposed
           to
           them
           by
           him
           ;
           to
           the
           squandring
           of
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           and
           (
           to
           the
           great
           dishonour
           of
           the
           King
           )
           destroying
           all
           conveniences
           of
           a
           Succeeding
           Governour
           ;
           and
           disposing
           of
           all
           the
           Lands
           in
           the
           Province
           ,
           that
           not
           one
           Inch
           is
           lest
           to
           be
           given
           in
           reward
           to
           any
           who
           may
           by
           their
           Services
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           deserve
           ;
           or
           to
           incourage
           new
           Settlers
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           such
           quantities
           as
           will
           wholly
           make
           it
           impossible
           ever
           to
           People
           the
           Province
           ;
           giving
           to
           one
           man
           Seventy
           Miles
           in
           length
           ;
           and
           to
           several
           Fifty
           ,
           Forty
           and
           Thirty
           Miles
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           several
           Miles
           in
           breadth
           ;
           with
           many
           other
           unjust
           gross
           Mal
           Administrations
           .
        
         
           On
           this
           bottom
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           joyned
           in
           the
           mortal
           hatred
           to
           the
           lovers
           of
           the
           Loyal
           Leisler
           ;
           and
           when
           several
           condemned
           to
           dye
           for
           their
           motions
           in
           that
           Revolution
           were
           order'd
           by
           Her
           gracious
           Majesty
           of
           Sacred
           Memory
           to
           be
           discharged
           ,
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           did
           it
           as
           an
           act
           of
           grace
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           that
           although
           he
           released
           them
           ,
           yet
           he
           could
           call
           for
           them
           when
           he
           pleased
           ,
           and
           hang
           them
           .
           And
           some
           time
           after
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           they
           dealt
           worse
           by
           him
           ,
           than
           the
           Lepers
           cleansed
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           returned
           to
           thank
           him
           ,
           but
           none
           of
           them
           ever
           did
           ,
           meaning
           none
           
           of
           them
           had
           given
           him
           a
           wicked
           Bribe
           or
           reward
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           used
           to
           receive
           ,
           These
           Truths
           Mr.
           Beekman
           and
           Mr.
           Gouver●●●r
           will
           attest
           .
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           likewise
           paid
           that
           disregard
           to
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           of
           England
           (
           Reversing
           the
           Attainders
           and
           restoring
           Capt
           Leisler
           and
           others
           Condemned
           ,
           in
           Blood
           and
           Estate
           )
           that
           he
           refused
           the
           Widow
           ▪
           Leisler
           to
           be
           repossessed
           of
           her
           Estate
           ;
           nor
           had
           she
           that
           ●ustice
           done
           her
           ,
           during
           Coll.
           Fletchers
           Government
           ,
           nor
           untill
           my
           Lord
           Bellomont
           granted
           〈◊〉
           W●it
           of
           Possession
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           year
           and
           half
           after
           she
           was
           Entituled
           to
           it
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           in
           England
           ,
           Reprinted
           at
           New-York
           .
           He
           likewise
           wholly
           discouraged
           the
           generality
           of
           those
           who
           were
           active
           in
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           putting
           few
           or
           none
           of
           them
           into
           Office
           ,
           or
           Employment
           ;
           and
           wholly
           adhering
           to
           those
           that
           gratifyed
           his
           Vanity
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           and
           Covetousness
           .
           For
           which
           in
           return
           he
           gave
           them
           countenance
           in
           all
           matters
           ,
           as
           we●l
           as
           connivance
           at
           their
           unlawful
           Trade
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           having
           appointed
           the
           Earl
           of
           Bellomont
           Governour
           of
           New-York
           (
           whose
           great
           Honour
           and
           Justice
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           both
           knew
           a●d
           dreaded
           )
           some
           considerable
           time
           passed
           between
           his
           Patents
           being
           passed
           ;
           and
           his
           beginning
           his
           Voyage
           ,
           which
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           took
           the
           advantage
           o●
           ,
           therein
           to
           contrive
           methods
           so
           to
           divide
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           in
           Publick
           disorder
           he
           himself
           might
           escape
           having
           strict
           Scrutiny
           made
           into
           the
           Corruptions
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           he
           therefore
           not
           satisfyed
           with
           crushing
           the
           Loyalists
           ,
           during
           his
           Government
           ,
           was
           resolved
           to
           assist
           the
           Publishing
           this
           Libel
           ,
           which
           might
           give
           such
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Revolution
           of
           New-York
           as
           should
           Exasperate
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           all
           that
           were
           concern'd
           in
           it
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           assured
           his
           Jacobite
           party
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           nec●ssary
           such
           a
           book
           should
           be
           Licensed
           ,
           to
           possess
           the
           Strangers
           who
           came
           with
           my
           Lord
           ,
           with
           such
           falsehoods
           as
           were
           useful
           to
           their
           party
           ;
           my
           Lord
           being
           ▪
           as
           he
           feared
           ,
           inclined
           to
           favour
           whoever
           was
           we●l
           inclined
           to
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           Leisler
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           as
           is
           supposed
           ,
           one
           Mr.
           Jam●●●n
           was
           employed
           to
           frame
           this
           Libel
           ,
           who
           was
           Clerk
           of
           the
           ●loody
           Court
           that
           Condemned
           Leisler
           ;
           a
           person
           most
           in
           the
           graces
           of
           Coll.
           F●etcher
           ,
           who
           was
           in
           Scotland
           condemned
           to
           dye
           for
           Atheism
           and
           
             Burning
             the
             Bible
          
           ,
           and
           was
           banished
           to
           New-York
           ;
           where
           he
           was
           by
           Cont●ibution
           ●reed
           from
           being
           a
           Servant
           ,
           and
           ●ermitted
           to
           teach
           School
           ,
           and
           being
           somewhat
           a
           Scholar
           ,
           and
           having
           good
           natural
           sense
           made
           
           use
           of
           his
           wicked
           parts
           to
           teach
           Blasphemy
           ,
           and
           Atheism
           ,
           and
           to
           ridi●ule
           Sober
           Religion
           ,
           till
           he
           got
           a
           Reputation
           amongst
           the
           disso●ute
           Church
           of
           England
           men
           ,
           whose
           Li●urgie
           he
           then
           would
           ,
           and
           still
           doth
           gabble
           over
           with
           great
           seeming
           devotion
           ,
           and
           up
           lifted
           eyes
           a
           few
           hours
           after
           he
           had
           been
           Blaspheming
           Christianity
           :
           but
           his
           form
           of
           saying
           the
           Common
           Prayer
           s●fficiently
           recommended
           him
           to
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Secretary
           Clarkson
           was
           prevailed
           on
           to
           make
           him
           his
           Deputy
           for
           a
           Hundred
           Pounds
           a
           year
           Rent
           ;
           and
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           gave
           him
           Fifty
           Pounds
           
             per
             Annum
          
           Salary
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           as
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           through
           all
           his
           Government
           made
           use
           of
           his
           vile
           Service
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           recommended
           him
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Bellomont
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           honestest
           men
           in
           the
           Government
           ;
           although
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           knew
           the
           said
           Jamison
           was
           actually
           marryed
           to
           two
           Wives
           t●en
           living
           .
           This
           man
           so
           qualifyed
           was
           intrusted
           to
           do
           this
           piece
           of
           Service
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           believed
           the
           aforemen●ioned
           Coll.
           Bayard
           gave
           him
           some
           assistance
           in
           furnishing
           him
           with
           some
           Materials
           ,
           &
           without
           doubt
           according
           to
           orders
           ,
           no
           falsehood
           was
           balk'd
           that
           could
           serve
           the
           cause
           ,
           and
           so
           this
           Libel
           was
           hammered
           out
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           scarce
           a
           Paragraph
           but
           what
           contains
           one
           or
           more
           Scur●ilous
           Untruths
           ,
           which
           are
           delivered
           with
           an
           Highland
           modesty
           and
           peremptorily
           affirmed
           to
           be
           truth
           without
           any
           proof
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           Vi●ify
           the
           Transactions
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           and
           Massacre
           over
           again
           the
           Reputation
           of
           those
           ,
           whose
           persons
           were
           Murdered
           Eight
           years
           before
           for
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           withal
           the
           Villany
           proper
           to
           persons
           who
           hate
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           are
           added
           to
           this
           Account
           some
           Servile
           Votes
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           New-York
           made
           to
           slatter
           their
           new
           Governour
           Coll.
           Slaugh●●r
           ,
           who
           signed
           these
           Loya●ists
           Warrant
           for
           Execution
           ,
           and
           likewise
           is
           Printed
           an
           order
           or
           report
           (
           God
           knows
           how
           obtained
           )
           of
           the
           Committee
           of
           Trade
           for
           J●st●ying
           the
           said
           Condem●ation
           and
           Execution
           .
           But
           this
           Libeller
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           duty
           ,
           to
           truth
           ,
           all●giance
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           respect
           to
           Laws
           (
           for
           he
           could
           not
           hide
           his
           Virulency
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           )
           takes
           no
           noti●e
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           Parlia●ent
           o●
           England
           Reversing
           the
           Attainders
           of
           these
           Condemned
           Gentlemen
           ,
           which
           gives
           the
           Lye
           to
           his
           whole
           Li●el
           ,
           Justifies
           Capt.
           Leisler
           as
           Lawful
           Governour
           of
           
             New
             York
          
           ,
           and
           in
           full
           effect
           expresses
           that
           he
           was
           basely
           Murdered
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           Law
           and
           Reason
           ,
           for
           doing
           his
           duty
           as
           His
           Majesties
           La●ful
           Governour
           of
           
             New
             York
          
           :
           which
           is
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           words
           of
           the
           said
           
           Act.
           But
           the
           Libeller
           did
           as
           he
           was
           ordered
           ,
           and
           the
           book
           raised
           the
           flame
           it
           was
           designed
           to
           raise
           ,
           and
           was
           carryed
           to
           the
           Press
           by
           Mr.
           Brook
           (
           who
           although
           a
           Refugee
           from
           Ireland
           and
           preferred
           by
           King
           WILLIAM
           to
           be
           Collector
           and
           Receiver
           General
           of
           the
           Customes
           and
           Revenue
           of
           
             New
             York
          
           ,
           and
           a
           new-comer
           thither
           ,
           took
           upon
           him
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           bloody
           Judges
           of
           this
           Royalist
           ;
           but
           is
           since
           for
           betraying
           his
           said
           Trust
           and
           neglect
           of
           his
           duty
           ,
           suspended
           from
           all
           his
           Employs
           ,
           even
           that
           of
           being
           Judge
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           by
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           the
           Earl
           o●
           Bellomont
           ,
           who
           was
           ●is
           Security
           for
           his
           Collectors
           place
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Customs
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           bear
           his
           treachery
           to
           that
           Trust
           which
           he
           himself
           had
           been
           Instrumental
           to
           advance
           him
           to
           .
           And
           Mr.
           Wilson
           late
           Sheriff
           of
           New-York
           a
           hot
           headed
           despicable
           fellow
           ,
           who
           to
           serve
           the
           Tory
           party
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           ,
           made
           a
           most
           false
           Return
           of
           Assembly
           men
           to
           serve
           for
           the
           Counties
           of
           New-York
           ,
           and
           Orange
           in
           the
           last
           Assembly
           .
           For
           which
           palpable
           breach
           of
           his
           Oath
           and
           Trust
           ,
           His
           Excellency
           the
           Earl
           of
           Bellomont
           with
           consent
           of
           the
           Council
           suspended
           him
           from
           being
           Sheriff
           of
           New-York
           .
           But
           when
           this
           Libel
           was
           so
           midwived
           to
           the
           Press
           by
           the
           Kings
           Collector
           (
           who
           was
           likewise
           one
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           this
           foresworn
           Sheriff
           .
           Then
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           calls
           the
           Council
           where
           't
           is
           proposed
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Minute
           of
           Council
           )
           that
           a
           book
           being
           found
           at
           the
           Printers
           ,
           giving
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Revolution
           of
           New-York
           and
           containing
           nothing
           but
           Truth
           .
           'T
           is
           resolved
           
             N●mine
             contradicente
          
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           Printed
           .
           But
           who
           were
           the
           Council
           who
           consented
           to
           this
           great
           piece
           of
           Service
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ?
           Why
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           ,
           who
           is
           supposed
           to
           have
           given
           orders
           for
           its
           being
           Written
           .
           Coll.
           Bayard
           of
           whom
           enough
           is
           said
           plainly
           and
           truly
           .
           Mr.
           Brook
           who
           carryed
           it
           to
           the
           Press
           and
           was
           one
           of
           Leislers
           Judges
           ;
           Mr.
           Pinhorn
           ,
           another
           of
           Leislers
           Judges
           (
           who
           is
           since
           removed
           by
           His
           Excellency
           the
           Earl
           of
           
           Bellomont
           ●rom
           being
           Judge
           and
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           for
           speaking
           most
           Scandalous
           false
           and
           reproachful
           words
           of
           His
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           and
           for
           protecting
           and
           concealing
           in
           his
           house
           a
           Popish
           Priest
           )
           and
           some
           other
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Revolution
           .
           So
           that
           (
           to
           omit
           the
           false
           sordid
           flatteries
           given
           to
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           ,
           which
           are
           impertinently
           added
           by
           the
           Libeller
           )
           it
           is
           apparent
           that
           there
           was
           a
           wicked
           conspiracy
           ,
           by
           this
           book
           to
           give
           distraction
           (
           by
           Printing
           it
           just
           before
           the
           Earl
           
           of
           Bellomont's
           Arrival
           at
           New-York
           )
           and
           thereby
           to
           divide
           the
           People
           and
           so
           to
           disturb
           Affairs
           under
           his
           Government
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           time
           or
           opportunity
           of
           quickly
           inquiring
           into
           the
           Corruptions
           of
           Coll.
           Fletchers
           managements
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           time
           and
           design
           of
           its
           Publication
           ,
           these
           the
           qualities
           of
           the
           supposed
           Authors
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Persons
           who
           carryed
           it
           to
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           after
           this
           manner
           (
           by
           Coll.
           Fletcher
           and
           the
           afore
           mentioned
           of
           the
           Council
           )
           it
           was
           permitted
           to
           be
           Printed
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           that
           this
           book
           was
           a
           Mine
           Sprung
           from
           Hell
           to
           blow
           up
           the
           Peace
           of
           this
           Province
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           Sons
           of
           Belial
           in
           Office
           and
           Authority
           joyned
           in
           its
           Contrivance
           and
           Publication
           ,
           who
           must
           keep
           to
           their
           nature
           and
           not
           stick
           at
           any
           plain
           falsehood
           (
           although
           it
           fly
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Truth
           it self
           )
           that
           may
           Exasperate
           and
           raise
           a
           flame
           ,
           and
           if
           possible
           Murder
           over
           again
           those
           Martyrs
           for
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           Capt.
           Leisler
           and
           Mr.
           Millourn
           ,
           who
           were
           barbarously
           Executed
           for
           bravely
           Asserting
           the
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           
             English
             men
          
           against
           Popish
           and
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ;
           and
           for
           their
           Early
           and
           Sincere
           Affection
           to
           His
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           KING
           WILLIAM
           ,
           whom
           GOD
           send
           long
           to
           Reign
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

