HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: IV. 305 had the order of the Majores, and by his own imprudent expeditions, which manifested themselves ciiiefly in the mysterious toast ; but there are friends whom tiiis closely concerns and who have already undertaken it. We shall leave of"'« sovereignty. the matter to them, and give a few specimens of his aspirations after sovereignty, omitting several others for the sake of brevity. At this point we are met by one Franciscus Douthy, an English clergyman here, and one Arnoldus van Hardenbergh, a free merchant, also of this place but as ;

this will probably come before your High Mightinesses in full session, in the cases in which they appear, we shall give merely a summary of them. This clergyman, Franciscus Doulliy, came to New England at the commencement of the troubles or Fmnds Douthy. in England, in order to escape them, and found that he had got out of the frying pan into the fire. He betook himself, inconsequence, under the protection of the Netherlanders, in order that he may, according to the Dutch reformation, enjoy freedom of conscience, which he unexpectedly missed in New England ; and the Director granted and conveyed to him an absolute patent, with manorial privileges. He added some families now to his settlement, in the course of one year; but the war breaking out, they were all driven oft" their lands, with the loss of some JirTv""' rrom°""his

people, and the destruction of many cattle, of almost all their houses, and whatever they had ; they returned a while after that, and having consumed more than they knew how to obtain, they came to the Manathans, whither all the refugees at that time fled, and Master Douthy was minister there. After the fiame Francis Douthy was minister at the of war had died away, and peace had been concluded, in such a manner, Manaihans. however, that no one had much reliance on it, some returned again to their land.