On the V"- and Eighth points, it is deemed prudent first to wait for advices from England, of the success of the afl^air and resolution there, in order, when that is seen, to be able to resolve thereupon with better foundation.

Presents to the Com- ^"^ whercas his Excelleucy proposes that the Ambassadors ought necessarily missioners. y^^ authorized, in case any league be concluded, to make some present to Mess"

30 NEW- YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. His Majesty's Commissioners who shall be engaged in this league, as is usual in such contracts. resolved to wait the advice of the Ambassadors themselves as to what they should think It is

best to be done in the case, whilst it is concluded that the gratuity ought to be regulated in proportion to the advantage and profit to be derived by this country from the league.

Assembly of the XIX. of the West India Company to the States General. [ From the Original in Ihe Koyal Archives at the Hague ; File West Indif, 1623-- 1C29. ]

High and Mighty Lords, We transmit to you, herewith, High and Mighty, copy of a certain letter, sent to us from Hoorn, by some deputies of this Assembly. Your High Mightinesses will understand therefrom, that we (to our regret) are informed of the evil intentions and designs, maliciously undertaken, by a certain shipper and other persons there, directly contrary to the favorable charter and amplification granted by your High Mightinesses to this Company; and therefore, not only in opposition to your High Mightinesses' good intention and meaning, but also against the welfare and prosperity of this said Company, and consequently against your High Mightinesses' country and many of its good inhabitants. And whereas, it is of paramount necessity, for the maintenance of the aforesaid charter and its subsequent amplification, also, for the promotion of the Company's affairs, and especially for the removal and prevention of such evil designs and malversations, that provision be made, and such example at once determined, as will deter others from attempting the like for the future; We could not, therefore, refrain from communicating this to you.