Excerpt from Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1880 Tke common law of England gave tke sovereign no absolute power to control kis troops, and Parliament was never forward or even disposed to confer it by statute. A ll parties in tke kzgk councils, of t/ze na tion, kad regarded tke standing armies of tbc Stuarts witle great aversion as tlze tools of tyranny. Tkat jealousy of tbc control of tke militia was signally dis played by tke first Englisk Colonists in Massacku setts, from wkose laws were derived tke earliest regu lations of tke militia in New York, wken it came under Englisk autkority at tke Conquest. Tke Duke's Gov cruors during tbc wkole period down to 1691 were con stantly at issue wit/c tke people wken tbis topic came up and as tbis Court of Lieutenancy was begun under tke sway of 7ames I], and continued under tke reign of William and Mary - it furniskes many singular instances of tke metkods pursued in sue/z tribunals and is tke more valuable from tke fact tkat it is really unique. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.