Cape Council of Policy
242
1660-04-14
Minute details
- Entry number
- 242
- Date
- 1660-04-14
- Year
- 1660
English translation
By the Commander and Council of the Ford the Goede Hope, having sailed expressly to the ship Amersfoordt and being reinforced there by the chief captains of the ships moored here, having inspected and collected the pieces and items charged to Roeloff Boute, boss on d.o. Amersfoort, and in view of the sufficient confession of the perpetrant in accordance with the certificates, but with the expression that the defendant first moved him, and on several occasions drew a knife on him, ran after him and cut him, while he was forced to defend himself, without knowing whether the other had run into his knife himself, or not, that he had not been drawn, but was carrying a piece of bacon in his hand to eat, and because the defendant is also still alive and of the cherub's reasonable hope is at best, so one cannot well imagine that further proceedings can be initiated, unless with longer notice with the aforementioned people on the aforesaid ship Amersfoort, that along with all the other ships currently sailing ready to depart for Batavia with the first good wind. It is not understood that this can be caused by any offense, but it has been decided to stop the business and let the aforementioned perpetrant and patient remain on the said ship with the aforementioned pieces and articles and depart to see how the patient will fare in the meantime, and then, after a period of failure, to dispose of such items as the Broad Council of the respective ships, Amersfoort, Walvis, Vlissingen, Zirckzee, and Naarden, will find appropriate, since all of these are currently ready, to to depart from this roadstead simultaneously with the first good wind, with the intention of allowing God's weather and wind to permit them to remain with the other until Batavia.
Thus done and resolved on the ship Amersfoort, in the roadstead before the Fort of Good Hope. Date above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ALBERT BRUIJNVISCH.
[Signed:] CAREL ALTERAS.
[Signed:] RUT JACOBSEN BUYS.
[Signed:] JAN SCHRAEL
[Signed:] PIETER EGBERTSZ. GROOT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] W. S. BOSEM.
[Signed:] H. DIVER.
Thus done and resolved on the ship Amersfoort, in the roadstead before the Fort of Good Hope. Date above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ALBERT BRUIJNVISCH.
[Signed:] CAREL ALTERAS.
[Signed:] RUT JACOBSEN BUYS.
[Signed:] JAN SCHRAEL
[Signed:] PIETER EGBERTSZ. GROOT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] W. S. BOSEM.
[Signed:] H. DIVER.
Original Dutch transcription
By den Commandeur ende Raedt van ‘t Fordt de Goede Hope, aen ‘t schip Amersfoordt expres gevaren en aldaer versterckt synde met d’ opperhooffden van de hier ter rheede leggende schepen, oversien ende gerecolleert hebbende de stucken ende bescheyden ten laste van Roeloff Boute bossr. op do. Amersfoort ende daerby gesien de genoegsaame confessie van den perpetrant conform de attestatien, doch met die expressie, dat de gequesten hem eerst heeft gemoveert, ende verscheyde reijsen een mes op hem getrocken, naegelopen ende nae hem gesneden, Invougen hy genoodt saeckt was sijn lijff te verweeren, sonder nochtans te weten off den anderen was van selffs in syn mes gelopen off niet, dat hy niet getrocken, maar in de handt besig met een stuck speck te eeten hadde, ende overmits den gequesten oock noch in ‘t leven ende van de cherurgijns redelijcke hope is ten besten sulcx men niet wel voor als noch tot eenige verder proceduuren can coomen, als met langer tyt met de voorsz luijden op ‘t gemelte Schip Amersfoordt bescheyden dat neffens alle de andere schepen jegenwoordig seylvaerdig legt om met den eersten goeden wint na Batavia te vertrecken, Soo is niet verstaen cunnende worden deselve daerin eenig beledt dierhalven te veroorsaacken, maer goetgevonden de saacke te staacken ende met de gemelte stucken ende bescheyden neffens den voorsz perpetrant ende patient op voorsz schip te laeten blijven ende vertrecken om tusschen wylen te sien hoe ‘t sich met de patient sal toedraagen, en dan nae uijtval van saacken daerinne onderwegen te disponneeren als den Breden Raedt van de respective schepen, Amersfoort , Walvis , Vlissingen , Zirckzee , ende Naerden , sullen bevinden te behooren, vermits deselve alle dog jegenwoordig gereedt leggen, om gelijckelijck met den eersten goede windt van dese rhede te scheyden, met intentie omme Godes weer en windt sulcx toelaetende tot Batavia by den anderen te blyven.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t schip Amersfoort , op de reede voor ‘t Fort de Goede Hope Datum ut supra.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ALBERT BRUIJNVISCH.
[Signed:] CAREL ALTERAS.
[Signed:] RUT JACOBSEN BUYS.
[Signed:] JAN SCHRAEL
[Signed:] PIETER EGBERTSZ. GROOT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] W. S. BOSEM.
[Signed:] H. DUIKER.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t schip Amersfoort , op de reede voor ‘t Fort de Goede Hope Datum ut supra.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1660.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ALBERT BRUIJNVISCH.
[Signed:] CAREL ALTERAS.
[Signed:] RUT JACOBSEN BUYS.
[Signed:] JAN SCHRAEL
[Signed:] PIETER EGBERTSZ. GROOT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] W. S. BOSEM.
[Signed:] H. DUIKER.