issued out the enclosed waiTant N: 2: and gott Thomas walton who confesses being in drink and in passione he s<^ something of it but remembers not all & knowes of noe designe, he was risen out of the bed, in the morning & was not dressed, I have niyne ensigne out to disarme the papists, the enclosed is a warrant issiu :i forth of Mr Cortland as quality of Mayer directed to the high sherrifF newly created by them because we never knew him but constable, I heard of the warrand one of our sergeants made the s^ pretended sherriflf drunk & so gott the prin" warrant from hun of which this is the copie, when I mounted the souldiers newly listed I sent three drums through the citty to publish it and desu-ed the Inhabitants would be pleased to come to my doore to take advice of them & to object agt any they had the least objectione of why they should not be trusted with the fort, there is seaventeen borne in New york, eight in old England, two french knowen protestants two Suisse four hollanders & I a germane all knowen protestants, our adversaries have & are daily busie to sow the seed of divisione & have made a great impressione amongst the burgers before I could make them sensible how affaires went, now they begine againe to be very well satisfied, they were so fair that the company came to 40 men 100, but the people being now