we shall find most advantageous for the High and Mighty States.” Dated: The Ship Swanen- burgh, anchored betwixt Staaten and Longe Islands, gth August CZ (30th July, O. S.), 1673. ff Signed : * CoRNELIS EVERTSEN, * Jacos BENCKES. No immediate reply being forthcoming, a cannonading was begun, killing and wounding many men, and resulting in the final capitulation of the city, which was surrendered upon two conditions: “J, That Officers and Soldiers nee - with their arms, colors flying and a a ae ae 78