Sufficient has been said relative to what Director Kieft hath done in civil and ecclesiastical matters; vphether buildings, resources or revenues. It remains for

us to visit the Council chamber and bring out some specimens, according to our promise. Herein we shall also study conciseness. The Council consisted, then, of Director Kieft and Monsieur La Montangie the Director had two votes and Mr. La Montangie one; and yet !it was a high to appeal from their judgments. crime Gornelis van der Hooykens sat with them as Fiscal, and Cornells van Thienhoven as Secretary. And, moreover, whenever anything extraordinary came up, the Director had a few additional invited, according to his pleasure these were mostly officers of the Company. ;

This, however, happened but seldom, yet it produced dissatisfaction. Neither ElSit^meli™ havt the Twclvc men nor the Eight after them, had voice or opinion in cases before mueiosay. ^j^^ court; they were chosen in view of the war and some other occurrences, in

order to serve as a cloak and a fcatspaw. In other respects, they were of no consideration, and little regarded when they proposed anything in opposition to the views of the Director, who imagined himself, or would fain persuade others, The Direotora give that he was Sovereign and that it was absolutely in his power to do, or to "" that the safety of the People was the "'' so'verei'gna. permit, everything; and he heeded little

supreme law, as was clearly manifest in the war although an effort was made by;