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ment, its part in the bread-and-cheese riots of
1492 and the fine imposed upon it therefor, the
documents relating to its disputes and arbitrations
with other cities, its cooperation during the war
for freedom, without money or price, to fortify the
city of Hoorn against the Spaniards, and its inde¬
pendence of manorial rights make very interesting
subjects of study to medisevalists.

The young parson did not fear adventures by
land or sea. When, in 1624, Admiral Piet Hein
took Brazil, Michaelius went out to be minister of
the Dutch church at Bahia, or San Salvador. The
Portuguese recaptured the place next year, and
Domine Michaelius then became chaplain of the
fort in Guinea. He came back to Holland in 1627.
On two continents. South America and Africa, he
learned to know all sorts, conditions, and char¬
acters of men of many colors. One of his voyages
was made with a man, then first mate, who later
as captain took him to America. Michaelius had
" roamed about with him a great deal, even lodged
in the same hut, but never knew that he was such
a brute and drunkard." After a stormy voyage,
the Domine, his three little daughters, and their.
mother arrived on Manhattan, January 24, 1628.

The hardships were too much for the Domine's
wife. She died after being in the new country only
a few weeks, and her body filled one of the first
graves in the little cemetery. The poor widower
mourned piteously," without her society and assist-