That All Plunder & Captives (if any happen) shall be divided to ye ofl^icers & Sould" acordlng to y® Custome of Wan- That All Matters of great Concernemt be directed & ordered by y*' Councill of Warr consisting of y® Major w^h ye j-ggt of y® Commission Officers or so many of them as there is oportunity for

That y® Souldiers Sent out or to Be Sent out be not Employed In any other Service or Expedicon then what is now Agreed on w^hout farther Consent of the severall Colonies

That ye Officers Be required to maintaine good order Amongst y« Souldiers to discountenance & Punish Vice & as much as may be to Keep y® Sabbath & maintaine y® Worship of God

Jacx)b Leisler William Stoughton Sam^ Sewall P. D Lanoy John Walley Nathan Gold William Petkin

TO MAJOR JACOB MILBORNE Greeting

By virtue of y*^ Authority derived unto mee I do hereby constitute & apoint You to be Major of all y^ forces now raised or to be raised for y® expedicon of Albany out of this Province & ye New England Collonies & Maryland ac6rding to y® unanimous result made w^'' said Collonies ag^^ y^ french at Canada you are therefore Carefully & diligently to discharge y® duty of a

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major by Exercising y« Same In Armes & Keeping them In good order & discipline both Officers & Souldlers observing Strictly all ye Articles In y® Said Result Expressed hereby willing & Commanding them to observe & follow Such orders & direccons as you Shall from time to time receive from mee or any apointed by my Selfe & Councell Acording to y^ Rules & discipline of war Pursuant to y« tmst reposed In You & to Execute all acts of hostility against y^ french King his Subiects & their adherents & this Commission to Continue during any will & Pleasure only : Given &c. this 25*^ of May 1690.