HISTORY OF VERMONT. 6S 



man princes and tyrants dealt in the trade of 

 selling men and human flesh. To them, the Bri- 

 tish government repaired and purchased troops 

 from the princes of Hesse, Brunswick, Wal- 

 deck, and Hanace, to help them in subduing 

 their rebellious and cowardly American colonies. 

 Already had the Americans become so formi- 

 dable that both Britons and Germans were to be 

 employed to crush thcjr rebellion in the course 

 of another campaign. 



