The English in the Dutch colony, though they had sworn allegiance, would probably join their countrymen.

"To invite them," Governor Stuyvesant said, "to aid us, would be bringing the Trojan horse within our walls." After much anxious deliberation, it was decided to enlist a force of seventy men, "silently and without beat of drum," and to lay in supplies to stand a siege.
The danger roused the spirit of patriotism.

The Dutch rallied with great unanimity and, spade in hand, worked heartily on the fortifications.

They were all conscious, however, that treason lurked within their walls.
Several of the New England colonies responded quite eagerly to the appeal of Cromwell.

New Haven pledged herself to the most zealous efforts Connecticut promised two hundred men, and even five hundred rather than that the enterprise should fail.