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on the eleventh of May, landed his militia, and 

 summoned Meneval, the governor, to surrender. 

 The fort, though garrisoned by about seventy 

 soldiers, was scarcely in condition to repel an 

 assault; and Meneval yielded without resistance, 

 first stipulating, according to French accounts, 

 that private property should be respected, the 

 church left untouched, and the troops sent to 

 Quebec or to France. 1 It was found, however, 

 that during the parley a quantity of goods, be- 

 longing partly to the king and partly to merchants 

 of the place, had been carried off and hidden 

 in the woods. 2 Phips thought this a sufficient 

 pretext for plundering the merchants, imprisoning 

 the troops, and desecrating the church. " We 

 cut down the cross," writes one of his followers, 

 " rifled their church, pulled down their high altar, 

 and broke their images." 3 The houses of the two 

 priests were also pillaged. The people were prom- 

 ised security to life, liberty, and property, on 

 condition of swearing allegiance to King William 

 and Queen Mary ; " which," says the journalist, 

 " they did with great acclamation," and thereupon 

 they were left unmolested. 4 The lawful portion 



1 Relation de la Prise da Port Royal par les Anglois de Baston, piece 

 anonyme, 27 Mai, 1690. 



2 Journal of the Expedition from Boston against Port Royal. 

 8 Ibid. 



4 Relation de Monseignat. Nevertheless, a considerable number seem 

 to have refused the oath, and to have been pillaged. The Relation de la 

 Prise du Port Royal par les Anglois de Baston, written on the spot imme- 

 diately after the event, says that, except that nobody was killed, the 

 place was treated as if taken by assault. Meneval also says that the 

 inhabitants were pillaged. Meneval an Ministre, 29 Mai, 1690; also Rap- 

 port de Champigny, Oct., 1690. Meneval describes the New England men 



