Chapter I: Book IV: (Continued.)

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CHAP. VII.—Growing discontents of New Amsterdam under the
government of William the Testy 1
CHAP. VIII.—Of the edict of William the Testy against tobacco—Of
the Pipe Plot, and the rise of feuds and parties 6
CHAP. IX.—Of the folly of being happy in time of prosperity—Of
troubles to the South brought on by annexation—Of the secret
expedition of Jan Jansen Alpendam, and his magnificent reward 15
CHAP. X.—Troublous times on the Hudson—How Killian Van Rensellaer
erected a feudal castle, and how he introduced club-law into the
province 22
CHAP. XI.—Of the diplomatic mission of Antony the Trumpeter to the
Fortress of Rensellaerstein—and how he was puzzled by a
cabalistic reply 28
CHAP. XII.—Containing the rise of the great Amphictyonic Council
of the Pilgrims, with the decline and final extinction of
William the Testy 34