To the second hee sayeth, that the said shippe, the William arrived att the forte, called Manhatton, als Amsterdam, in the said Hutsons river, uppon the twelvth daye of Aprill, last past ; and sayeth, that the entrance of the said river is in the latitude of fourtie degrees and a halfe or thereaboutes, and in longitude aboud one and fortie degrees and a halfe. And after theire arrival! neere that forte, this deponente sente the Chirurgeon of the said shippe on shoare to the said forte, to intreate the Governor to come abord the said shippe the William. Where uppon the said Governor bad the chirurgeon to comannde the master of the said shippe and this axiadate beinge the factor to come on shoare to the fort, and to aske them, if ;

they did knowe the Prince of Orange. And thereuppon this deponente vfith the chirurgeon and gunner of the said shippe went on shoare to the fort, where the said Governor and others were sittinge in counsell together. And the said Governor demannded his deponente, wherefore hee was come thither, and what his business was. And this deponente replyed to trade with :

the natives there, as hee had formerly done, for beaver and otter skinnes, and other skinnes and furrs. And then the said Governor asked hira for his Commission, whereunto this deponente answered, that he was not bound to shewe it, for that he was then within the King of Englands dominions, and for that he was a servante to the subiectes of the said Kinge; and desired of them to see what Commission they had, to plante there, within the King of Englands dominions. And the said Governor replyed, that he had conferred with his counsell, and that hee found it not fittinge, that they should passe upp the said river for that that whole countrye did (as he said) belonge to the Prince of Orange, and not to the Kinge of England.