That in consequence of the illegal proceedings of the said Major together with those of said Council and Confederates, the Tax which was Granted by the Assembly for the support and payment of the expences of the Government during the present war is wholly prevented, whereby the forces levied for their Majesties extraordinary service at Albany are discouraged, who for want of support it is feared may be forced to desert that post on which the security of this province principally depends.

Besides, The constant menaces & threats against his Majesty's garrison by those who under the government of the late King James advised and contributed to the encouragement of papists priests & seminary to the great discouragement and diminution

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of the true protestant Religion influencing & operating by the authority of saiil King alarmed their Majesties subjects for their lives and Liberties until (thro' Gods blessing) his present Majesty's successful arms pushed the point in such a manner, that no more hope was left them. They were then forced to profess Loyalty to their Most august Majesties as a cloak, whereby they may possess better opportunity and advantages to avenge themselves on those who were instrumental in depriving them of power to accomplish the former Godless designs and machinations which they set on foot with other loose, debauched and dissolute persons of a robbing and plundering habit of Life watching until they have their opportunity, to make their attacks & spoliations. Of these there hath been due warning and advice by divers declarations and protestations &''^ hoping that they may thereby reflect and desist, if not reduced, from said practices. But so it is, all moral means thereunto have been without effect still persisting and increasing their numbers both by a crowd of papists and french whose greatest hope is considered to be from these friends, being approved apostates from the Protestant Church and equal destroyers of it, not hesitating to declare their Bloody Resolutions of which they have been convicted & the perpetration of which would endanger the whole Province