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American Revolution. 99

CHAP. XV.

The commijjtonen declare their power for setiling ih% disputes subsisting between Great Britain and the Colonies*

iSl O W when the hofl of the people of the provinces had gotten fafe over the river, the chief captain of the navy of the king of Bri*. tain, deputed John* whom he had taken captive on the ifiand, to go with a meflage to the great Sanhedrim.

2. And the words that he put in his mouth, were on this wife : " That, inafmuch, as the king of Britain, in his princely wifdom, had appointed him and his brother his depu- ties, to communicate his royal will and plea^ fure, concerning the people of the provinces.

3. "It therefore, behoveth the Sanhe- drim, to fend fome of their wife men to con- fult about the affairs of the provinces, before the fword of his wrath is unfheathed/'


 * General Sullivan.