And Secretary Tienhoven, who was accused and proved before your High Mightinesses, to have been the chief cause of the cruel, injurious, unnecessary and even provoked \^geoffecleerde'] war with the natives of New Netherland who was sent hither by Director Stuyvesant to defend his causes pending before your High Mightinesses, with which, however, he gave himself little or no trouble, having, in the meanwhile debauched an honest man's daughter here, under promise of marriage, (notwithstanding he had a Wife and Children in New Netherland) lived with her here in continual dalliance until he, too, took his departure for New Netherland, on the 5'*' May 1650 in violation of your High Mightinesses' iterated resolution and letters in company with this female whom, with the consent of her friends, and under a promise of marriage, he took along with him on ship board. Your High Mightinesses were also pleased, for the accommodation of the people there to license Derek van Schelluyne as a Notary who hath commenced the exercise of his profession there with the consent of the Director and Council, but it being no longer pleasing to the Director, he forbade him the exercise of said office, regardless of your High Mightinesses' commission, which is in direct opposition to such an act. Your High Mightinesses will clearly see from all this and from the annexed petition of the people to you, High and Mighty, and from the protest of the Vice Director and Fiscal who, with the Select men constituted in that country the Magistracy on behalf of your High Mightinesses and the Hon'''* West India Company up to the present time, that everything in that quarter goes on contrary to your High Mightinesses' direct order, in great confusion, according to the will and pleasure alone of the Director and his foreign Council ; the country, without population, is reduced to the greatest ruin and brought under foreign nations, English and Swedes.