Cape Council of Policy
237
1660-02-17
Minute details
- Entry number
- 237
- Date
- 1660-02-17
- Year
- 1660
English translation
The Council, after careful deliberation, has decided to allow the return fleet to put to sea, in order to be able to serve as a guard on all occasions with our letters of warning, etc., by having one of the free vessels moor above the crossing of Loenen, as far as the outermost corner of the Cape, behind some shelter, or elsewhere if that will be possible and feasible, in order to watch out for the fleet, and as soon as possible to notify any ships to sail there, wherever they are heading. must have, regardless of what may be required for their (boarded boats), and as agreed, for each letter they order to a return ship or, sailing behind in rough weather, modestly declare that they will have the right to know the ship or ships, to pay 8 pieces of eight, provided that the aforementioned fleet121 will be obliged to remain out until 20 minutes after, provided that they do not enter beforehand, but if they fail to arrive at any of them, their vain obligations will be reimbursed at their discretion.
To which end also Comps. the moored boat the sheep yacht will be kept constantly underway with similar letters in order to observe the fleet here before the mouth of the bay, where they often come well and by quickly south-east. easterly winds will mostly prevent the arrival of those who were previously still outside, out of the opinion of coming in safely, the aforementioned Loenen and freemen's vessel might have been despatched and then not waited for, however, by the aforementioned sheep hunts, sailing completely in accordance with the aforementioned letters of warning, they could still be ordered between Saldanha Bay and here and brought aboard, just as the freemen with their other vessel at Dassen Island also assumed for that purpose to watch out and beware of those of the aforementioned fleet that might fall so low, so now everywhere possible and practicable, the fleet is being looked after and is expressed, with the hope that the Lord may serve the Lord for the greatest benefit of the employed debvoirs of the E. Compe. please bless.
Thus done and resolved in 't Fort de Goede Hope date aforesaid.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1660.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD by sieckte absent.
[Signed:] GYSB. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.
To which end also Comps. the moored boat the sheep yacht will be kept constantly underway with similar letters in order to observe the fleet here before the mouth of the bay, where they often come well and by quickly south-east. easterly winds will mostly prevent the arrival of those who were previously still outside, out of the opinion of coming in safely, the aforementioned Loenen and freemen's vessel might have been despatched and then not waited for, however, by the aforementioned sheep hunts, sailing completely in accordance with the aforementioned letters of warning, they could still be ordered between Saldanha Bay and here and brought aboard, just as the freemen with their other vessel at Dassen Island also assumed for that purpose to watch out and beware of those of the aforementioned fleet that might fall so low, so now everywhere possible and practicable, the fleet is being looked after and is expressed, with the hope that the Lord may serve the Lord for the greatest benefit of the employed debvoirs of the E. Compe. please bless.
Thus done and resolved in 't Fort de Goede Hope date aforesaid.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1660.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD by sieckte absent.
[Signed:] GYSB. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.
Original Dutch transcription
Is bij den Raet na goet overlegh goedtgevonden om de retourvloote emmers in zee te seeckerder met onse brieven van waerschouwinge &a. by alle occagien te cunnen dienen, een van der vryel. vaertuijgen boven ‘t cruyssen van Loenen uijt te laten leggen soo verre aen den buijtensten hoeck van de Caep achter eenigh beschut ofte elders als deselve sullen mogelijck ende doenelijck wesen, om na de vloote uijt te sien, en soo haest eenige scheepen vernemen datelijck daer na toe te steecken, waer toe sijl. moet hebben schoon het al wat crap voor haer (opgeboyde boots synde) sal wesen, ende volgens dien g’accordeert is, voor elcke brief die se aen een retourschip bestellen ofte bij hard weer achter om seijlende bescheydentlijck praeijen dat het die van ‘t schip off scheepen recht verstaen sullen hebben, te betalen 8 realen van achten mits tot 20en Meertna de gemelte vloot121 gehouden sullen wesen uijt te blyven, verstaende soo deselve niet te voren binnen compt, doch indien se geen van deselve quamen te beseylen sal haer vergeeffse moyten na discretie vergoedt worden.
Ten welcken eijnde oocq Comps. opgeboeijde boot het Schapejaghien geduijrigh met insgelijcke brieven op stroom vaerdigh gehouden sal worden om de vloot hier voor de mondt van de baij waer te nemen, daer se dicwijl wel comen ende door schielijck Z.Z. oostestijve122 winden aldermeest het incomen belet worden, die dan te voren nogh buijten synde, uijt meninge van wel binnen te comen, voorsz Loenen ende vrijmans vaertuijgh moghten ontseijlt ende daerna niet gewaght hebben, echter door voorsz Schapejaghien de gemelte brieven van waerschouwinge ten uijtersten na seijlende, nogh tusschen de Saldanhabaij ende hier bestelt ende aen boort gebraght cunnen worden, gelijck de vrijeluyden met haer ander vaertuijgh aen ‘t Dasseneijlandt ten dien fine mede aengenomen hebben uyt te sien, ende op te passen voor die van de gemelte vloot soo laegh moghten comen te vervallen, sulcx dan nu overal daer ‘t mogelijck ende doenelijck is, op de vloote gepast ende na uijtgesien wort, met hope Godt de Heere dese aengewende debvoiren ten meesten dienste ende voordele van d’ E. Compe. sal gelieven te zegenen.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum ut ante.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1660.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD door sieckte absent.
[Signed:] GYSB. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.
Ten welcken eijnde oocq Comps. opgeboeijde boot het Schapejaghien geduijrigh met insgelijcke brieven op stroom vaerdigh gehouden sal worden om de vloot hier voor de mondt van de baij waer te nemen, daer se dicwijl wel comen ende door schielijck Z.Z. oostestijve122 winden aldermeest het incomen belet worden, die dan te voren nogh buijten synde, uijt meninge van wel binnen te comen, voorsz Loenen ende vrijmans vaertuijgh moghten ontseijlt ende daerna niet gewaght hebben, echter door voorsz Schapejaghien de gemelte brieven van waerschouwinge ten uijtersten na seijlende, nogh tusschen de Saldanhabaij ende hier bestelt ende aen boort gebraght cunnen worden, gelijck de vrijeluyden met haer ander vaertuijgh aen ‘t Dasseneijlandt ten dien fine mede aengenomen hebben uyt te sien, ende op te passen voor die van de gemelte vloot soo laegh moghten comen te vervallen, sulcx dan nu overal daer ‘t mogelijck ende doenelijck is, op de vloote gepast ende na uijtgesien wort, met hope Godt de Heere dese aengewende debvoiren ten meesten dienste ende voordele van d’ E. Compe. sal gelieven te zegenen.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum ut ante.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1660.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD door sieckte absent.
[Signed:] GYSB. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.