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J.-:.triel J tr. J ; an 1 -. .if a v o r t vo ! rd trr , ' i.'.-it ti.m mm . .". . 'rt ; t ifi ei ' . tV city of Ne.v Ar. .? .'-n This i :. .j..- 2i.f'y,2'4 kVj0 ail.M e l.eruicl - ; - - '.. TrWr!trayVtaTr0'.'war, deu'.y t. give t fsrrTr''' nV.l,r ar.J inking Brrct ipa,; j-l.ocr war- ti. - .ior. wiH bucklers. Iielxt ad lar.ce, ar.d a la f ::''!?, circa .' -7f furr'i v.. it r c:i itmv.v; j.."! itarj err 1 r. t 1 : r i o " , vsr.i iiurejT cr Sf .T-Yci c. .' f'. f J' '" '. 1 lirix'Til him'! f q r'-'z! .".:.; - i-'-ric.- Ptlfrjfff-.srtd i , f.r ".Uh he get n.-re X.ft ) be th vint o r, , ri- :V cf pner.d Vori Pu.Ccn- j'.t a strict disciplinarian. ! a ; cn'-rcc i it wi; C!.- even : t:.e nan i 1. i: t f c" i i n j ' t j ths Ir r.i.'J ts-i'irr.tf f ire -rrctf ice there f. rr, cf ' ' -.,r!, si Lit r host cf other o-.ttlandish aad !solcte weapons, the Me of which pt reliance they I; ad never s-en or heard cf in the s ine manner th-t a cjini ttv.usry arrays a trxlero general cr an a lin,r.ilLi lix; accoutrements of a Carsar cr aa Alexander. Tit? simple truth tr ea if all this orataneal flourish i'.'.his That tie Tfdtar.t Peter Srjyresar.t a!! of a stiJucn fouiiJ t ne cessary ".t'j scour h'.s trusty b'.ajc, which too long In J rutted in in scab'nrj, and prepare Moiictf ' to u!i 1 rr t'.nie lary tr i' of w ar, in which hij rai.'htv s-,ul so tt"'h ' " .'ttJ. I Sir ' a '" a.Jr, I...r.- st it Twit Cii'ir-er, ! c 1 r;c frr-arat.cn, sa.ua is .reat ,t2.- t ihe Delaware OiaTfd h'. -3 "i'-h tl15 BM,tterem' nious ptn.tti!o, and honoured the f.inress wi-.h a rovad salute, frtvicus so drop-Mr, 3 a ic'i' r. The unusual noise awa kentd a vrtrraa ceniitifU v,ha vat nap pinj faithfJIy on Iris pest, and who afcr his Cirt fr f;ocd teo ruinutei, ardru'bin!; its edje -with the corner of hit ra-ed cocked hat, but a'd to no purpose, con. t rived to return the compliment, by tliseharg irj; hit rusty firelock with the spark ! pipe, wiiicli he borrovred from one of hit comrades. The ealute irded would have been answered Lv the ryizt cf the fort, had they tot ucfo-rtn-' 1 -t out of order, and the majarine ' accidents to wljch - ! r- ! titir l,-roic:d r.$Z'.',r ? tr t raiion. n ;!;...rr-, ! rneral Vou rcCcnlar! tsc:.: is visitor, wuh ft at ccrrr.- a.c.:, .ff m;c. li rv and tcif-ai a Tt cse Tniiitarv ct v 1 , ..::tnuc4 I ina U.rouhout the .:,' shewed iSira the horn wc rV, t r :; , noons, and rariuus cutvnki ; tr , Lees where they ouht to . I- tr- where they might be erected ii'l e !, Iy demonstrating tlat it V as a j capability,' and thouaH at prttnt ' redoubt, yet that it evidently as a f fortress, in embryo. This t:rvtv next had the whole garrison put u ; exercised and reviewed, nl cor tie ' dciing the three bridewell bird, t j ; out of the black hole, brou,-!:: op t o t - fin ! i m V.v f!r-"Ti1 f,-r f1,- o "-" " v '' J to ccu inc- ! ' liltit. nrr, one rh in ths course cf his devout! gimcntaj coat cf (iert . l i---r. rtz 1.1 tnc uiwii' (Iqt the , f.yus Lneas i.!:nst!f could not exceed hun iri outward rtli gvjn) encountered the lif.tory of Abtaluni and liis melancholy end: the rinerid it an evil )-.nur issued orders for crop in the hair ofboth i '"cert and nca throughout, tue garrwoo, ii v.v it can to pass, that antor.g hit pfHcers Vijcu KilJcrtneester; a stuxdyol J veteran, si o had ch-ri-sheJ throa the course of along luc,a rugi',-'-' r'10? of hair, net a little , rescm U'n.3 the s '.-. -j of a Newfoundland" dog- r tt-r- .rrtii.,.tio( vita an iraraoderate qticuet'like the l.w ;ile of a frying man j and queued so tightly coratcd with a' goo.lly .si Ijrr? Lr.iss but- V Oi istband to his chin. The vo'unvn ma skirts turned up at the tor- tons, i caelum i Irom ins wa stcme coloured trunk breeches a graceful title still pre vslcnt among die warriors of oir lay, & which it in conformity to the custom of ancient heroes," whs scorned ta defc. J themselvei in . ... , j, .....i i' , ; ..! Von IVileLburgh, ;:s r ''ity commander, had been fully occupied with matters cf much greater self impor tance ' - ' ' I'.' Kisingh, highly satisfied with this ccurteous ners and separating gadantly beh.-Hd.so as to I rplr to hit salute, treated the fort to a second display the seated a sumptuous pairot mtnr he Well knew its puissant and pompous leader, was inarvelously delighted with these little ceremonials,' which he. considered as to manv acts of homage paid unto his greatness lie then landed in great state, attended by a to bis head that -hit eyes and mouth gerie-lqucue - below his' waist ; a shiuirg stock of uiacit Jcainer Biipponmg ms i.an, anuanuje, but fierce cocked bat stuck with a gallant ami fiery air, over his left eye; Such was the thi valric port of Peter the Headstrong ; and when h made a sudden halt, planted himself Crmlj oah'u Solid su'pportet, with his wooden leg, in- LuJ with silver, a little; "nil adva ice, in inJef to stepghten his position bis ngrt hand stuck a rear. His face reudcred exceeding tctriWc Vuit of thirty men . ' u.r .t r . - ,t. -:.t- -s ,.;n , It may readily be imagined how muchfec. turned ear locks and descending in a tat tail;" vaaroueuourgr, aucreu oy .v.s.i ra'Iy stooJ : j rt and his tyebhws were tirawir in to the to,)ot his urcnea;!. it may natural ly be supposed that the pi-vseser of so goodly an appcndaT?; would resist with .abhorrence, an order condemning it to the shears. Samp3cn . himseli" could not have held bis w ig mote sa cred, t oa hearing the general orders, he dis charged a tempest of veteran, scldier-like oaths, dunder.and blixutr.s -swore lie svould break i kmiho, his lelt resting upon the pummel of his tempted, to meddle withibrast halted sword ; his head dressing snirltcd- tu ever, and whisk-ily to the right, rjith a most appalling and hard any man's head--ho ai;empt bis tail queued it st'oTer tlrai cd it about lli gumjoj,.' avherccly as the tail cf a crocodile. :' v?''' 'W.. The eel-sliin quenc: of old Kildermecstcr be came instantly an afTair1 of the utmost inipor- ta-ice. I lie commander la cniet was too cn Jightcnod aa oJTicer n-it to perceive, that the dis tsn'ine of the earrison, the subordta tttnti'..acd fjod order of the armies of the Nieuv Neder- ty oJ their tugtv mightinesses, ihe lords stntes geeral,bt ftbove ail, the 'dignity of the great general Von 'Poffenburgh," all imperiously de manded the (locking of that stubborn q weue. lie l.ieretore patriotically determined that oi 1 favoured frown upon his brow he presented altogether one of the most commanding, bitter lookurr, and soldierlike fijrures,that ever strut ted upon canvass Proceed we now to enquire the cause of this warlike preparation. . , "The .'encroaching disposition of the Swedes, on the south, or Delaware rivef, has heen duly recorded in the Chronicles of the '-reign of .tVU- 1 ardts,fthe consequent safety of the w hole pro-t liam the Testy. . These encroachment? having .,.a n;. h dignity and pTOipcrt-i been erTurcu with that heroic magnanunit which is the corner sfonc, cr according to 'A- ristotlc, the left hand neighlrour of true cou rage, had been repeatedly and w ickedly aggra vated. - -..:'"-.' . ; ---iv ".- . : !"'-,: -f The S wedes, who were of that clasi cf cun K'dderrueester should bepublickly sUrn ol his jningpretehders to Christianity, that read the glories in presence xif the whole garrison the Bib!t upside down, whenever it interferes with old man as resolutely stood oii the defensive their Intereit, inverted the croIdri maxim,' and whereupon the? gmer&l,as bewineia great man,; when their hcighlKur biiSered tiem to' smite was hignly .exasperattu, ami the ollepdcr wat 'him on the one cheek, thty generally nhote arrested and tried by a court martial for mm i ny, desertiotn and all the other rigmarole of cf. fences noticed in the wrtielcj ' of waf, ending ilh a videlecit, in wearing ; an eel-skin queue, three teet long, corurary- vj orc.ers' i r.en him on the other nh whether it w as turned to them or not. Their repeated aggressions had ben among the numerous sources of tx ation, that conspired to keepthcirritable sen sibilities of Wilhelmus keifc, in t consart fe eus sticking oat of , a knot" bole in his 1 a i I. . T .i i ana convicting, anu ine wuoie country waa m ,a ferment about this liiafortanata queue. r As it is well known that the commander of a dis-, taut frontier post has the po weri of acting prct-. ty much after his own will, there is Iittle.;dubt but that the old veteran would ha?? been hang ed or shot at least, had he flot luckily fallen ill Ol ;i lever, iu; (.juq'i v vn i.t.i wniuiuiimi ration and most flagitiously t!esertrl' from ' all earthly conimand.with his beloved locks un :TioI.ited. ..Hit obstinacy remained unshaken to the very last moment, when W directed that he should be carried to hiv grave with bs cel- . bkin que coffin. This magnantmout aiFur obtained the gene ral great credit as an excellent disciplinarian, , but it u hinted that he was for. ever ai't-r sub ject tobd dreams, and.: fearful 'visitations in th T.'ght - when the fri?.'y tpWtnir- f pld lilt tfb-wdC Wit.il.a C'Uiii I Cl!.1T.. li tide, erect r. a pump,' bis enormous qu;-- : strut ting cut like the handle. ' "- - llhheito most ventritble and tottrteoii't re. ' tier, have. I shewn thee the administration cf the valpurou Stuyvesant, under the'mfld taoon sldna cf peace i or rather the grint tranquility c-f awfcl preparation i but now the v drum rtimblesj the brazen trumpet brays U t...dling v note, and the rude dasftof hostile amis, speaks fearful prophecies of coming troubles.' The gallant -warrior . starls from scf: rfnosc, faom folden visions and voluptuous ease j' wherein the 'dulcet, ' piping time of pence,' he sought twecT Hoiac ncr an . mi ions. ip more id beautv's syren lap reclined, he weaves fiircar- iands for his lady 8 brows ; no more, entwines Ame ou-arraigumtnts, and trial, U plcadirg, jver, and it was only owing to th unfortuni:te circumstance, that he T.au alwavs a hundred things to do at ouce,'that he did t ot take such unrtlcqtiTig vengeance as their oiTc'icts merited liut they had now. a chieftain cf a different character to deal with j and they; were : soon guilty of a piece of treachery; thrt threw hit honest blood in a ftrment, aud t precluded all further suflerencir.H " : ' v , , ; Printz, tha governor of ths province of New Sweden, being either deccised cr re moved, (or of th'13 fact some uncertainty ex ists ; he was succeeded bv Jan Kisingh, a gi. gaiuic Swede, and who, had he not been ra ther in-kneed and splay footed, tnighf have served for the model of a Sampson, or a Her cules, v He" was noTcsi'rapaciousihaa mighty and withal as crafty as he was rnpacicua ; so that in fact there is very little c' r, h:td he live! .some f; r r r f vr e- ' ' '' have . . .' . ; Hud took sr.. h a cruel pleasure, in putkeurg distressed eiamsela, . when gadding - about the world, and locking thenVup in enchanted cas tles, without a toilet, a change of linen, or any other convenience In consequence of w hich enormities they fell under the high displeasure of chivalry," and all , true, loyal and gallant kn'ghts, were instructed ; to attack and slay outright any miscreant they rnight happen to find above six feet hihliWhleh' fa doubtless one reason that the race of large men is near, ly extinct, and the generation of latter ages so escecdir1' small.". .. ''.iV--.?:-; k' -"j,-"5-"- No sooner did governour Ilisirh enter up on his oKice, than be immediately cast his eyes upon ths important post cf fort Casitner,and fornaedthe righteous' resolution cf taking it into his possession. V The only th!ng"that re' mained tocmiider, was. the rnodof earning his resoluttth jqto effect andherk I must tjo him the justice ttay, that he exhibited a hu manity rarely to be met with amort leadert late the rayrtle wav-' nd which I liave never seen equailct in mo--hreathed f enervate" dem' 'times, txciiiAjcsMxi- tbw EnHbhi in casque and oo'Idirp their' cdoiis" aXur at Ccpeuhacec.'' iWillino: topare the tflusicn ot o'.ood, nd the mne ivith fleers bis shining swofur' nor-i through the liyc-long lazy summers day, chaur.tt fcirth his lovesick aoul in roadrir-s. To manhood roused be 5pums thJrlaiiH)r'Hin 45ute j do'as from his brawny back the robe ci peacrj: and clothes his pampered limbs in" pttnr -dy of steel U er his crane brow, -where late fh d ; where wanton -rosti love, he rears the beaming casque and fio'lding plume ; grasps the bright shield and shakes the. .poiidroua- lance, ; cr mounts with .oager Uus ofoea warfjee, he bentvolentlyihunutd rasment was, how he should receive him in such a manner as to appear to the greatest ad vantage, and make the most advantageous im pression.'- The main guard was ordered im mediately to turn out, and the arms and regi mentals (of which the garrison possessed lull half a dozen suits) were equally distributed among the soldiers . One tall lank fellow, ap peared ia a coat intended for a small man, the skirts of which reached a little below his waist. the buttons were between his shoulders, and the 'sleeves halfway to his wrists, so that his hands looked like a couple of huge spades and the coat not being large enough to meet in front; was linked together ty loops, made of a pair of red worsted carters. Another had an old cocked hat, stuck on the back of his head and decorated with a bunch' of cock tail a third had a pair of rusty gaiters hang- '02 about his hls wkd: tb nh, wbw rirata short duck legg-ed little trojan; was equipped, ta a huge pair of the general's cast off breeches, which he held up with one hand, while he grasped his firelock with the Mother. Th rest were accoutred in timilar ttyle, tx cepting three graceless raggamuflins, who had co shirtt acd but a pair , and half of breeches betweeo them, wherefore they were sent to the black hole, to keep 'them out of view There is nothing inhich the talents of a pru dent commander are more completely testified, than ia thus setting matters off to the greatest advantage j and it is for this reason that our frontier posts at the present day (that of Nisf arain particular) display thtir best suit cf re gimental on the back cf the centinel who standi in sight of travellers. . 'Ilis men ( being thus i gallantly arrayed those who lacked muskets shouldering shovtls and pick axes, and every man being ordered to tuck ia his shirt tail and pull up his breech es, genera) Von Poflenburgh first took a sturdy draught of foaming ale, which like the magna nimous More of Mofehall was his invariable practice ron all great occasions which done he,put himself at their head, ordered the oine planks, which served as a draw bride, to bej iaiq oown, ana issuea lortu lrom his castle, like a mighty giant, just refreshed with wine. But when the two heroes met, then began a scene of warlike parade and chivalric courtesy. in aw uciiiHj uit ucscripiian.t lusingn,- who a . ie r to make L. . ,, . 2s ia the present case, the we-kss rison this will be exempli Ced b arrived to in end of my present it rr thus carries its moral like a'ro.t i ' pudding in in very middle. I f r " si.'gh, while Tie prcteuded to be ;rut 1 1 outright, with the puissance of t!.? p . PofTenlnjrgh, took silent mle cf t!.c L -tency of hiSjgarrison, cf which he t a to his trusty followers f who tipped t.-ih ' . the svink, ondlaughed most otstrertr u 1 their sleeves.-, , The inspection, review and tog'rg ' concluded, the party adjourned to"' the t for among his other great qualities, the r was remarkably addicted to hte enter' ments, cr rather carousals, and in one i noon's campaign would leave more d. 1 on the field, than he ever did in the v course of hi military career. IIany I ' of these bloodless victories do 'still rcr record; and the wholeprovir-e wa thrown in amaz?, by'the relurn of one campaigns j wherein it was stated, that t like captain Bobadel, he bad only twen ;v to back him, yet in the short "space months he had conquered and utterly i lated CQ oxen, ninety hogt, one hundred ; ten thousand cabbages, one thousand It. 1 potatoes, one hundred and fifty kildrr!:':; sniall beer, v two? thousand Tseven hundrt '. thirty-Gve pipes, teventy eight pounds cf : plumbt,43 pounds of capers and fi.rtv cf iron, besides tuadry small meats, ganu' try, and garden stuff. - An atchievemer t ' rallcled since the days of Pantagruel a;, 1 Li, devouring army, and shewed that it was c necessary to let the great general Von T burgh, and his garrison, . loose in an en -country, and ina little while thv would I: a famine, and starve all the inhabitants, ll No sooner therefore had the general rcr; ed L the first intimation of the visit of gover lfiighLhan he ordered a big dinner to ' prepared and privately sent out a detad : of his mosUxperienced veterans, to rob all t' hen-roost's in the neighbourhood, and lay ; pig-styes under eontributicn ; a service Which th:y had been long enured,:and they discharged wuh such incredible leal r promptituele,that the garrison table groa under the weight of the ir spoils. 4-;i(Wih with all my heart, my readers cr ' see the valiant Pon PofFcnburgh, as he pres; : rdatthe head of the banquet ; it was a s'.J worth beholding here he sat, in ids greau : El;yT.rTounded by hia soldiers, like (feat f mut wine bibber Alexander ' ' tv brxr thir! virtues he did most; ably imitate tellii) lounciingstorirs ot jiair-breadth adventures a; I heroic : exploits, at which, though all his audi tors knew them to be most incontinent and out rageous gasconadoes, yet did they cast un th eyes m admiration and utter ananv inirrirv of asronishment. f Nor could the 'funeral nrr :.!. ., . . o nuuiiccany ming tnat oore the remotest stm biance-to or.s a joke, but the stout Rising was a shrewd cunning politician, ct had crown laVe.ois brawny fist upon the table till grey n uh beC.re hh titre, in consequence of S! rattled.again, throwing himT b h-H,: -hncc the.ndir-'h,,-f,!' 1 ''""S-ntic T . i.iuHe nornoi)-, n v u wou. r" .-nbiirgh, andhu- ' 'Ui.-- . -.ourous.. fantasies, t Their d tathmects were accordingly drawn Up in front of each other . they carried arms and they presented arms t they gave the stand Ingsalute and the passing salute Thev rolled their drams, they flourished.; : their "fifes and they waved their colours they faced to the left and they faced to the right, and they faced to th5 right about they wheeled forward and they wheeled backward, and they wheeled into roWen they marched, and . they counter marched, by grand divisions! bv sinU sions and-by sub.divUionsy-piatoon V . . . ut es in quicic- time, in tlow time and m no timo at all -for, havins gone through alhthe evolutions of io armies, including the, eighteen manoeuvres cf iyuiioat twmcn, not being yet invcuted thc-v bust have anticipated by intuition of Inspira. turn) havir-g exhaust that they? could re. collect or imagine of military - tactics, includ- the like of which were never seen before or IT a e,x"Ftin amonS' certain cf our newly raised drafts, the 2 great commands A ,1, respective troops, came at length to a dead halt completely exhausted by the5 toils cfta uii yattaut ttaia baai captains, cr t-.r, rout and revelry and hideous carousal wi:'--rortCassimer,andsolastilyl'dthe g-cftt ' PolTenburgh ply the bottle,-., that in h ti four short hours . he. made himself, an! ! whole garrison, who' all sedulously envu the deeds of their cKieftajn, dead, tlrur.i, singing sonirtquaShg bumpers," and drink'. ; foii;h'evfluly toasts, not one of -which. ! was as long as a Welsh pedigree or plea in e'e 'Ccry.,;;';.::-, V- t-v"'"' ' , ,.iu sooner s uia tnings come unto this than the . crafty Risingh and his Swedes, who had cunningly, kept themselves Sober, rose oa thetr entertainers, tied tlicm-neclt and Heels, f; took forinal possession of the fort; and all its de pendencies, in the ri:tne ef qticeq Christina, cf Sweden: administering; ix the. 6ame tim.', a-t oath ofalle glance to all the dutch soldiers ,'n ha could be made tober enough to swalh)v it. Uisiugh ihrn put lht fortifications in order, np pointed his discree t and vjgilj-;t friei'd Saea Scutz, a tail, wind dried, water drinking Swede, to the command, "".and departed bearing with htm. this. tfuly amiaUo'-garrison,. - and their pu issant commander ; who when brought to 'him self by a saund dri;bbtn;j bore i;o h:h: irji in-1 bLnce toaMdcl,hedfi,hi" cr Lhatcd h-ti monstcr,paght upoii dry land. ' -.
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