Cape Council of Policy
185
1658-11-22
Minute details
- Entry number
- 185
- Date
- 1658-11-22
- Year
- 1658
English translation
The lecture of the writings against the skipper of the flute ship Harp, Conwalles, having been delivered by the assistant or guide Joost de Vos, had been heard several times by the Commander and Council of the fort de Goede Hoope, alongside which he and his supporters were complained about and subsequently heard several times, during which various absurdities and debauches of drunkenness, etc. were mentioned, increasing the same. which would have been done by the skipper, during their departure, against which the skipper's note of what had happened to the table guests and other officers was likewise read over several times: as well as besides all the same many and various persons of the. ship interrogated, Item also ocular inspection and close remarq on various its compartments, And as one and the other could endure so much time, seen that the skipper Conwalles aforesaid was more than befits such a qualified person, doused in brandy, but that the chief bull, Yes so clever, if he can only get strong drink, which then also cannot stop for 4 or 5 days, and being the master of the same, apparently always walks with a drunken head, so one hardly knows which of the two is the best in that case, according to the confession even of the aforementioned skipper, and all the other officials, whose 609 complaints in principle but about the aforementioned skipper's treatment is indecent, with the assurance that he himself is impeccable in his seamanship and navigational skills. Therefore, since there is no material here, nor any ships at long last, of which one could make a change in order to appoint another skipper or helmsman, the Council cannot approve of making any changes in the aforementioned two highest and most necessary qualities of the aforementioned ship; but understand to discreetly maintain the skipper as head in his commanded sight (already somewhat degenerated by usurpation), also in degrees the more advanced or lesser officers as well as the pilot as second in the council, and also the chief and second mate etc., to admonish them that they will have to help cover up the sleights in the skipper's place and to divulge the blunders (from which the chief mate is also not exempt) among the people, and to oppose those with which the dragon is stabbed (as would have happened according to their documents), in order to maintain the proper discipline and to respect the commanded sight of the authorities, and with Strength must be maintained, as this is a very necessary matter on such long voyages for the safety of the Company's ship and loaded goods, as well as human life and limb.
And since it has also been noted that the aforementioned pilot, with somewhat more than ordinary authority assumed against the skipper, has taken some rather generous measures regarding French and Spanish wines, together with the aforementioned chief pilot and other guests; Which the skipper (as it seems to be) would have liked to have had somewhat less of, but in the aforementioned case, he was unable to ward off. Therefore, he has also been admonished in particular not to oppose the skipper any longer in such a pressing matter, but to help maintain everything reasonably, and, according to the order of the Masters, to keep proper and close track of consumption, as the skipper (apart from his own debauchery) has done all reasonable well and has shown us.
But in order that the sailors might proceed with less unrest and, with God's help, arrive at Batavia in better peace of mind and without more commotion or crackle, this following table and the cajuijtsgasten &a have also been approved. (for the most treacherous and at least relevant to the ship's management) to be changed and kept here until the nearest ships, so that they may then follow suit, namely:
And since the ship's butler of the same flute ship, named Cornelis Fransz de Graeff, has so far offended that he laid hands on and struck the bowman Joost de Vos, etc., it is understood that he shall be condemned, under penalty of the same, as in this case, to be let fall from the hull three times and to be struck before the mast with one hundred blows, in addition to a fine of 20 shillings, to be applied as appropriate, and after the aforementioned penalty has been executed, to be taken ashore and held in custody for a period of time. to be paid, until the aforementioned fine has been paid, in order to then continue sailing with the ship as bottler, and to be able to give reason for the lack of some barrels of Rhine wine, loaded in Batavia according to the Company's invoices for their Ed., in which our high authority will determine the further course of the matters between the ship per and the bouchhouder mentioned above nor (being untouched) remains reserved.611
Thus done and arrested in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
And since it has also been noted that the aforementioned pilot, with somewhat more than ordinary authority assumed against the skipper, has taken some rather generous measures regarding French and Spanish wines, together with the aforementioned chief pilot and other guests; Which the skipper (as it seems to be) would have liked to have had somewhat less of, but in the aforementioned case, he was unable to ward off. Therefore, he has also been admonished in particular not to oppose the skipper any longer in such a pressing matter, but to help maintain everything reasonably, and, according to the order of the Masters, to keep proper and close track of consumption, as the skipper (apart from his own debauchery) has done all reasonable well and has shown us.
But in order that the sailors might proceed with less unrest and, with God's help, arrive at Batavia in better peace of mind and without more commotion or crackle, this following table and the cajuijtsgasten &a have also been approved. (for the most treacherous and at least relevant to the ship's management) to be changed and kept here until the nearest ships, so that they may then follow suit, namely:
And since the ship's butler of the same flute ship, named Cornelis Fransz de Graeff, has so far offended that he laid hands on and struck the bowman Joost de Vos, etc., it is understood that he shall be condemned, under penalty of the same, as in this case, to be let fall from the hull three times and to be struck before the mast with one hundred blows, in addition to a fine of 20 shillings, to be applied as appropriate, and after the aforementioned penalty has been executed, to be taken ashore and held in custody for a period of time. to be paid, until the aforementioned fine has been paid, in order to then continue sailing with the ship as bottler, and to be able to give reason for the lack of some barrels of Rhine wine, loaded in Batavia according to the Company's invoices for their Ed., in which our high authority will determine the further course of the matters between the ship per and the bouchhouder mentioned above nor (being untouched) remains reserved.611
Thus done and arrested in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
Original Dutch transcription
Bij den Commandeur ende Raedt van ‘t fort de Goede Hoope distin[c]te malen genomen wesende de lecture van de schrifften ten laste van den schipper des fluijtschips de Harp , Conwalles, overgegeven door den adsistent ofte bouchouder Joost de Vos, neffens desselffs ende sijn medestanders beclaghredenen daerop verscheijde malen gehoort, waerbij deselve sijn verthogende diverse absurditeijten ende debauches van droncken drincken &a. welcken by den schipper, staende hare uijtreijse, souden sijn gepleeght,waertegen608 des schippers overgegeven notitie van ‘t gepasseerde der taeffelgasten ende ander officieren mede insgelijcx distincte malen overlesen sijnde: mitsgaders oocq beneffens allen ‘t selve veele ende verscheijden persoonen van do. schip verhoort, Item mede oculaire inspectie ende nau remarcq op diverse hare comportementen genomen hebbende, Ende alsoo ‘t een ende ‘t ander soo veel den tijt heefft cunnen lijden, gesien, dat den schipper Conwalles voornoempt wel meer als van soo een gequalificeert persoon behoort, in brandewijn is gedebaucheert, doch dat den opperstierman, Ja soo slim sij, als hij maer stercken dranck can crijgen, die dan oocq in 4 a 5 dagen niet can ophouden, ende meester van deselve wesende apparent wel altijt met een droncken hooft lopen mochte, sulcx men qualijcq weet wie van beijden in dat cas de best is, volgens bekentenisse selffs van den bouchouder voorsz, ende alle de vorder officianten,welckers609 clachten ten principalen maer over des voorsz schippers onfatsoenelijcke bejegeninge is, met betuijginge denselven in syn zeemanschap en decunst610 der navigatie onberispelijcq sij,- Soo is bij den Raedt voorsz vermits hier oocq geen stoffe is, noch eenige schepen in lange te comen staen daer men van soude cunnen verwisselinge doen om een ander schipper ofte stuijrman te stellen, niet cunnen goet gevonden worden, eenige veranderinge in de voorsz twee opperste ende nodighste qualiteijten op voorsz schip te maecken; maer verstaen den schipper als hooft in sijn bevolen gesagh (al eenichsints door usurpatie gedecadeert) discretelijcq te mainteneren, Item oocq alsoo na graden de vordere ofte minder officieren mitsgaders den boechouder als 2e in den Raedt, ende oocq den opper ende onderstuijrman &a., te vermanen dat sijluyden in plaetse van des schippers faulten ende de debauches (daer den opperstierman mede niet vrij van is) onder ‘t volcq te divulgeren, sullen hebben te helpen bedecken ende die daermede den draeck steecken (gelijcq volgens hare documenten soude geschiet sijn) tegen te staen, ten eijnde de behoorlijcke discipline onderhouden ende ‘t bevolen gesagh der overicheijt in respect gehouden, ende met cracht gehanthaefft blijve, als sijnde een seer nodige saecke op dusdanige lange reijsen tot behoudenisse van Comps. schip ende ingeladen goederen als der menschen lijff ende leven &a.
Ende nademael oocq gemerckt is den voorsz bouchouder uijt wat meer als ordinaire aengenomen authoriteijt tegen des schippers danck al wat ruijme dispositie heeft genomen over de France ende Spaense wijnen, met den voorsz opperstuijrman ende andre taeffelgasten samen; ‘t welcke den schipper (na ‘t schijnt te blijcken) gaerne wat minder hadde gehadt, doch ten insichte voorsz niet heeft cunnen weren, Soo is denselven in ‘t particulier oocq vermaendt, de schipper in soo nodigen sake, niet meer tegen te staen, maer beneffens alles billicx te helpen hanthaven, ende volgens d’ ordre van de Heeren Meesters nevens denselven van de consumptie behoorlijcq ende naeuwe notitie te houden, gelijcq do. schipper (onaengesien desselffs debauche) al redelijcq wel gedaen ende ons verthoont heeft.
Doch opdat sijluijden met minder onlust souden mogen vorder varen ende met Godes hulpe in beter gerusticheijt sonder meerder quellinge off crackel op Batavia arriveren, Is oocq goetgevonden dese navolgende taeffel en de cajuijtsgasten &a. (voor de querelleuste aengesien ende ‘t minste in de scheepsregeringe aengelegen wesende) te veranderen ende hier te houden tot de naeste schepen om deselve daermede dan te laten navolgen te weten:
Ende alsoo den scheepsbottelier desselven fluijtschips genaempt Cornelis Fransz de Graeff sigh soo verde heeft vergrepen dat de handen aen den bouchouder Joost de Vos heefft geleijt ende geslagen &a., Soo is verstaen denselven tot straffe van sulcx te condemneren gelijcq geschiet bij desen om drie mael van de rheede te laten vallen ende met hondert slagen voor de mast gelaerst te worden, neffens een geltboete van 20 realen van achten, t’ appliceeren naer uso, ende na gedaene executie der voorhaelde straffe soo lange in apprehentie aen landt genomen ende gehouden te worden, tot de voorsz geltboete sal betaelt wesen, om dan echter als bottelier met do. schip voorts te varen, ende reden te mogen geven van de laccagie eeniger vaten Rijnse wijnen, volgens Comps. factuijren voor haer Ed. op Batavia daerinne geladenaen welcke onse hooge overicheijts dispositie, de vorder descise der saecken tusschen den schipper en de bouchouder meergemelt noch (ongeroert sijnde) gereserveert blijft.611
Aldus gedaen ende g’arresteert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten daege ende jaere als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
Ende nademael oocq gemerckt is den voorsz bouchouder uijt wat meer als ordinaire aengenomen authoriteijt tegen des schippers danck al wat ruijme dispositie heeft genomen over de France ende Spaense wijnen, met den voorsz opperstuijrman ende andre taeffelgasten samen; ‘t welcke den schipper (na ‘t schijnt te blijcken) gaerne wat minder hadde gehadt, doch ten insichte voorsz niet heeft cunnen weren, Soo is denselven in ‘t particulier oocq vermaendt, de schipper in soo nodigen sake, niet meer tegen te staen, maer beneffens alles billicx te helpen hanthaven, ende volgens d’ ordre van de Heeren Meesters nevens denselven van de consumptie behoorlijcq ende naeuwe notitie te houden, gelijcq do. schipper (onaengesien desselffs debauche) al redelijcq wel gedaen ende ons verthoont heeft.
Doch opdat sijluijden met minder onlust souden mogen vorder varen ende met Godes hulpe in beter gerusticheijt sonder meerder quellinge off crackel op Batavia arriveren, Is oocq goetgevonden dese navolgende taeffel en de cajuijtsgasten &a. (voor de querelleuste aengesien ende ‘t minste in de scheepsregeringe aengelegen wesende) te veranderen ende hier te houden tot de naeste schepen om deselve daermede dan te laten navolgen te weten:
Ende alsoo den scheepsbottelier desselven fluijtschips genaempt Cornelis Fransz de Graeff sigh soo verde heeft vergrepen dat de handen aen den bouchouder Joost de Vos heefft geleijt ende geslagen &a., Soo is verstaen denselven tot straffe van sulcx te condemneren gelijcq geschiet bij desen om drie mael van de rheede te laten vallen ende met hondert slagen voor de mast gelaerst te worden, neffens een geltboete van 20 realen van achten, t’ appliceeren naer uso, ende na gedaene executie der voorhaelde straffe soo lange in apprehentie aen landt genomen ende gehouden te worden, tot de voorsz geltboete sal betaelt wesen, om dan echter als bottelier met do. schip voorts te varen, ende reden te mogen geven van de laccagie eeniger vaten Rijnse wijnen, volgens Comps. factuijren voor haer Ed. op Batavia daerinne geladenaen welcke onse hooge overicheijts dispositie, de vorder descise der saecken tusschen den schipper en de bouchouder meergemelt noch (ongeroert sijnde) gereserveert blijft.611
Aldus gedaen ende g’arresteert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten daege ende jaere als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.