[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] For, in Amsterdam, they must first be placed in store and inspected before going on board; then a poor cargo must be taken along, and in New Netherland soldiers are immediately placed on board, and a man is no longer master of his own vessel; afterwards, the cargo is discharged into the Company's Warehouse, and there it proceeds so as to be a grief and vexation to behold; for it is all measured anew, unpacked, thrown about, and counted without either rule or order; besides the Company's servants between whiles bite sharp and carry away. ' Exactions, for they are not at all agreed upon; remark, the Directors fixed all, as they took the fancy, prcetextu Societatis, sed reversd ad proprium commodum, without the knowledge of the Patroons or the Commonalty. But it is. Sic volo, sic juheo, stat pro ratione voluntas. It is very true, that they did not fully attain, in this case, their object and aim, but blood was very near being shed before it could be prevented, and then it was: — I'll remember and revenge it. " As most of the people have lost thereby all they had and expected to get. This war was, also, unjust and beirun contra jus gentium. Why ? The Americans gave us no pretext for it. Secondly, It was for no reason nor in any real respect necessary. Thirdly, Those against whom we waged war were ten times, yea, more than that, stronger than we who commenced hostilities.