NEW YORK.                                 2851
 

CHAPTER VII.
 

Containing divers fearful accounts of Border wars,
and the flagrant outrages of the Moss troopers
of Connecticut—with the rise of the great Am-
phyctionic council of the east, and the decline of
William the Testy.

It was asserted by the wise men of ancient times,
who were intimately acquainted with these mat¬
ters, that at the gate of Jupiter's palace lay two
huge tuns, the one filled with blessings, the other
with misfortunes—and it verily seems as if the lat¬
ter had been completely overturned, and left to
deluge the unlucky province of Nieuw-Neder¬
landts. Among the many internal and external
causes of irritation, the incessant irruptions of the
Yankees upon his frontiers were continually add¬
ing fuel to the inflammable temper of William the
Testy. Numerous accounts of these molestations
may still be found among the records of the times;
for the commanders on the frontiers were espe¬
cially careful to evince their vigilance and zeal,
by striving who should send home the most fre¬
quent and voluminous budgets of complaints, as
your faithful servant is eternally running with