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Meneval, with the two priests, was confined in 

 a house at Boston, under guard. He says that he 

 petitioned the governor and council for redress ; 

 " but, as they have little authority and stand in 

 fear of Phips, who is supported by the rabble, to 

 which he himself once belonged, and of which he 

 is now the chief, they would do nothing for me." 1 

 This statement of Meneval is not quite correct : for 

 an order of the council is on record, requiring Phips 

 to restore his chest and clothes ; and, as the order 

 received no attention, Governor Braclstreet wrote 

 to the refractory commander a note, enjoining him 

 to obey it at once. 2 Phips thereupon gave ' up 

 some of the money and the worst part of the cloth- 

 ing, still keeping the rest. 3 After long delay, the 

 council released Meneval : upon which, Phips and 

 the populace whom he controlled demanded that 

 he should be again imprisoned ; but the " honest 

 people " of the town took his part, his persecutor 

 was forced to desist, and he set sail covertly for 

 France. 4 This, at least, is his own account of the 

 affair. 



As Phips was to play a conspicuous part in the 

 events that immediately followed, some notice of 



in collusion with the English. Perrot a de Chevry, 2 Juin, 1690. The 

 same charge is made as regards Petit in Memoire sur I'Acadie, 1691. 



Charlevoix's account of this affair is inaccurate. He ascrihes to 

 Phips acts which took place weeks after his return, such as the capture 

 of Chedahucto. 



1 Me'moire pre'sente' a M. de Ponchartrain par M. de Meneval, 6 Avril, 

 1691. 



2 This note, dated 7 Jan., 1691, is cited by Bowen in his Life of Phips, 

 Sparks's American Biography, VII. 



3 Memoire de Meneval. 

 * Ibid. 



