[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] But after they understood she was an enemy's ship, they cried out " Strike to the Prince of Orange!" and thereupon the man fired five charges of canister shot at us, wounding the captain and another, as per the declaration of two impartial passengers, one a Spaniard from Canaria, and the other a Frieslander. From these 'tis palpable and clear to be seen that there is no knowledge of peace there. Coming subsequently, on the 21"' September, 1649, after divers rencounters to New Netherland with our aforesaid bark, having in a storm lost the prize which was driven by wind and weather into New England, we applied to Director Stuyvesant, who took our declaration under oath, as already stated, promising to write to their High Mightinesses on this subject. Wilhelm Nobel hath further declared it to be true that public affairs in New Netherland have come to that point that neither the people nor the Select men chosen on their behalf, have anything to say, and dare not say anything, but must observe silence and hold their peace, as if every thing went on well and to their liking; alleging as a reason for his knowing the circumstance, that the Select men did not speak and dare not participate in all this affixir. The deponent terminating his declaration here, further HOLLAND DOCUMENTS : V. 399 saith not; offering to renew all that is stated above, when required, before ail lords, courts, judges and justices.