Cape Council of Policy
194
1659-04-17
Minute details
- Entry number
- 194
- Date
- 1659-04-17
- Year
- 1659
English translation
The English Captain Tomas641 Morgan of the English ship Dolphijn having daily iteratively insisted above the accommodation given to him by My Lord of Aelmonde642 already anchor, rope, sails, etc., in order to be able to bring some people with whom his ship from here to Livorn, (which is tending towards it) by sea, because of the fact that from 50 to 29 heads of it had already died by disease and only a few of them were still in good health; but with some Indian country disease among the members, where one before and the other after would daily merge and thus become completely powerless to be able to leave with the ship, etc., It was then seen that if they stayed or perished here, the East Compe. could only bring trouble and harassment without any advantage above the foreign pretensions which that nation could also forge from it, etc. And that we could dismiss some Compe. servants from the fort or the aforementioned ship Naerden as being of great disservice to the Comp., since such are generally in short supply everywhere in India. This has, however, been practiced in a way to help the aforementioned Englishmen without, however, Comp. hindrance or damage but to relieve him it was actually thought not to be strange and also resolved to present him to the 15 or 16 Portuguese who were part of Comps. great expense and hindrance, as well as not less a sting of betrayal or other calamities on the aforementioned Naarden, also being ferried to the Patria and contained: in order to relieve our Lords and Masters in the Patria from the troubles and expenses of sending them to their country, also to support the aforementioned Naarden's poor provisions, which the aforementioned chiefs are also complaining about and which cannot be sufficiently helped here without the arrival of a ship or ships from the Patria, which presentation was made and accepted by the aforementioned English captain with joy643 and no less as a token of gratitude. It is then further approved and established that to have the same 14 stx. transferred to the aforementioned English ship to the aforementioned fine. And to have the Portuguese captain and his entourage, according to their choice (given as a courtesy), sail with the aforementioned Naarden to Amsterdam.
Thus done and resolved at the Fort of Good Hope, date aforesaid.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ISAACH VAN TWIST.
[Signed:] CORNELIS ROBB.
[Signed:] WILLEM VOLCKERSZ.
[Signed:] EVERD VAN CRALEN.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1659.
Thus done and resolved at the Fort of Good Hope, date aforesaid.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ISAACH VAN TWIST.
[Signed:] CORNELIS ROBB.
[Signed:] WILLEM VOLCKERSZ.
[Signed:] EVERD VAN CRALEN.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1659.
Original Dutch transcription
Den Engelsen Capiteijn Tomas641 Morgan van ‘t Engels schip den Dolphijn dagelijcx iterative hebbende g’insisteert boven d’ accommodatie hem bij Mijn Heere van Aelmonde642 reets van ancker, touw, seijlen &a., gedaen: om eenigh volcq omme daermede sijn schip van hier tot Livorn , (werwaerts tenderende is) deur zee te mogen brengen, vermits deselve al van 50 tot op 29 coppen door sieckte waren verstorven ende weijnigh van haer allen noch degelijck gesont; maer met eenige Indische lantsieckte onder de leden geplaeght daer dagelijcx d’ een voor ende d’ ander na noch al aen quamen te versmelten ende alsoo heel onmachtich te worden om met ‘t schip te cunnen vertrecken &a., Sulcx dan ingesien dat sijn blijven leggen off vergaen alhier d’ E. Compe. niet anders als moeijten ende quellingen sonder voordeel can bybrengen boven de vreemde pretentien welcke die natie daeruijt oocq mochten smeden &a., Ende dat wij uijt ‘t fort noch voorsz schip Naerden als tot Comps. grooten ondienst eenige Comps. dienaers cunnen afsteecken vermits deselve in India doorgaens overal gebrecq sijn, Soo is echter gepractiseert op middel tot voorsz Engelsmans hulpe sonder nochtans Comps. hinder offte schade maer tot ontlastinge van deselve eijntlijck gedacht niet vreempt te wesen ende oocq geresolveert den selven aen te presenteeren de 15 a 16 Portugesen die tot Comps. groote costen ende belemmeringh als oocq niet min prijckel van verraedt off ander onheijlen op voorsz Naerden mede na ‘t Patria overvaren ende bescheyden sijn: omme alsoo onse Heeren Meesters in ‘t Patria met eenen te ontheffen van de moeijten ende costen te lyden om haer na hun landt te senden als oocq tot streckinge van voorsz Naerdens sobre provisien daer de gemelte opperhooffden oocq sijn over clagende ende hier sonder aencompst van een schip off schepen uijt ‘t Patria niet genoechsaem ingeholpen sullen cunnen worden, welcke presentatie gedaen ende bij voorsz Engelsen capiteijn met blijschap643 ende niet min bethoninge van danckbaerheijt aengenomen wesende, Is dan voorts goetgevonden ende vastgestelt van deselve 14 stx. te laten op voorsz Engels schip ten meergenoemde fine overgaen. Ende den Portugesen capiteijn ende vendrigh daerboven sijnde na hun keur (beleeftheijtshalven gegeven) te laten met voorsz Naerden mede naer Amsterdam overvaren.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope datum voorsz.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ISAACH VAN TWIST.
[Signed:] CORNELIS ROBB.
[Signed:] WILLEM VOLCKERSZ.
[Signed:] EVERD VAN CRALEN.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1659.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope datum voorsz.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ISAACH VAN TWIST.
[Signed:] CORNELIS ROBB.
[Signed:] WILLEM VOLCKERSZ.
[Signed:] EVERD VAN CRALEN.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1659.