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By his Excellency Sir William Phips Knight, Captain 

 General and Governour in Chief in and over their 

 Majeflies Province of the Maflachufetts-Bay in New- 

 England, &c. JllStniCiioUS for Major Benjamin 

 Church. 



'TT 7TIereas you are Major and fo Chief" Officer of a 

 * » ' body of Men detached out of the Militia appointed 

 ' for an Expedition againft the French & Indian Enemy ; 

 ' you are duely to obferve the following Inftruftions. 



' Impri. You are to take care that the Worlhip of God 

 1 be duely & conftantly maintained and kept up amonglt 

 ' you, and to fuffer no Swearing, Curling, or other pro- 

 ' phanation of the Holy Name of God; and as much as in 

 ' you lyes to deter and hinder all other Vice amongft your 

 ' Souldiers. 



' 2ly. You are to proceed with the Souldiers under your 

 1 Command to Penodfcol, and with what privacy & undif- 

 ' coverable Methods you can, there to Land your men, 

 ' and take the beft meafures to furprize the Enemy. 



' ^ly. You are by killing, deftroying, and all other means 

 ' poffible to endeavour the deftruftion of the Enemy in 

 ' purfuance whereof, being fatisfyed of your Courage & 

 ' Conduct, I leave the fame to your difcretion. 



' \ly. You are to indeavour the taking what Captives 

 ' you can either Men, Women or Children, and the fame 

 ' fafely to keep and convey them unto, me. [84] 



' 5/y. Since it is not poffible to judge how affairs ma} - 

 ' be circumitanced with you there, I mall therefore not 



