Cape Council of Policy
260
1661-03-12
Minute details
- Entry number
- 260
- Date
- 1661-03-12
- Year
- 1661
English translation
The E. Commander Frisius and the Broad Council of the present return fleet met in the fort de Goede Hope and in the same presence was appearing the fiscal of the fort de Goede Hope, who was charged with one Hans Ditmarsz van Hamborgh, former boatswain, and now being out of commission, gunner on the ship Wapen van Amsterdam, had made an oral demand about the fact that on the 11th of this month a cock on the ship Orangien, with one Ariaen Joppen van Haerlem, had fought with knives near the waterhole here and had very severely challenged each other, one in the face and the other in the head and hand, even to the point of stabbing each other to death, etc. And The Council has accordingly approved (to prevent all such calamities in time and for the foreseeable future) the aforementioned persons, including the aforementioned Hans Ditmars, who is in appearance here, to condemn (if recovered from the injury) that they be brought to the galley Perkyt and there fall off the main ship three times and be booted to the mast, in addition to confiscating six months' wages, half for the poor and the rest pro bono, as well as remaining at the helm for another year, as he has been rendered unworthy to sail home with the return fleet.
And the other being the aforementioned cocq of Orange, still out of appearance and seeking his return. will be locked up on the ship, and the same cock, locked up with his belongings, will be brought to the fort for examination: in order that he, like the others, will be brought before the fort council for the faults he committed, and the sentence will be his own. Furthermore, a certain Willem Salomonsz of Haerlem, boatswain of the ship Malacca, yesterday evening, under and in front of the fort gate, very rudely attacked the sergeant of this fortress who was keeping watch in the gate, and wanted to force that same sergeant outside the gate. He took a stock, which he threw down, and began throwing stones at the said sergeant, and met with and confronted many indecent acts, etc. It has also been agreed that he will also be run off the galleys three times and given one hundred lashes, in addition to a penalty of six months' wages, to be divided as above, and also to remain here at the discretion of the Commander and the Council of this fortress.
It has been noted that Pieter Dircx, a soldier on the ship carrying the Nagelboom, which the wife of the free innkeeper Jannetjen Ferdinandus, had violently and violently hewed and asked for in her right arm near the elbow on the first of these days, has not yet emerged or been able to be apprehended and taken into custody, but it appears he has managed to hide safely enough, etc. It has been decided to close his eyes and, if found on the ship, bring him ashore along with his plunder, to custody in due time for trial and appropriate punishment.
It was reported by skipper Jan Munt of the ship Amersfoort in Rade that a person on his ship named Hendrick Jansz van de Nes had been wooed by himself or another. It was understood (to ascertain whether it was done innocently or through fighting) that the same wooed person would be brought ashore with retaliation and plunder.
And that the serving first boatswain of the ship Wapen van Amsterdam, due to his slow and incompetent duties, outside of serving on the ship Amersfoort, would go over to the ship's first boatswain Isbrant...193 to return to the Wapen van Amsterdam to take up the boatswain's place there.
Thus done and resolved on the date and year as above in the Fort of Good Hope.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTEN.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
And the other being the aforementioned cocq of Orange, still out of appearance and seeking his return. will be locked up on the ship, and the same cock, locked up with his belongings, will be brought to the fort for examination: in order that he, like the others, will be brought before the fort council for the faults he committed, and the sentence will be his own. Furthermore, a certain Willem Salomonsz of Haerlem, boatswain of the ship Malacca, yesterday evening, under and in front of the fort gate, very rudely attacked the sergeant of this fortress who was keeping watch in the gate, and wanted to force that same sergeant outside the gate. He took a stock, which he threw down, and began throwing stones at the said sergeant, and met with and confronted many indecent acts, etc. It has also been agreed that he will also be run off the galleys three times and given one hundred lashes, in addition to a penalty of six months' wages, to be divided as above, and also to remain here at the discretion of the Commander and the Council of this fortress.
It has been noted that Pieter Dircx, a soldier on the ship carrying the Nagelboom, which the wife of the free innkeeper Jannetjen Ferdinandus, had violently and violently hewed and asked for in her right arm near the elbow on the first of these days, has not yet emerged or been able to be apprehended and taken into custody, but it appears he has managed to hide safely enough, etc. It has been decided to close his eyes and, if found on the ship, bring him ashore along with his plunder, to custody in due time for trial and appropriate punishment.
It was reported by skipper Jan Munt of the ship Amersfoort in Rade that a person on his ship named Hendrick Jansz van de Nes had been wooed by himself or another. It was understood (to ascertain whether it was done innocently or through fighting) that the same wooed person would be brought ashore with retaliation and plunder.
And that the serving first boatswain of the ship Wapen van Amsterdam, due to his slow and incompetent duties, outside of serving on the ship Amersfoort, would go over to the ship's first boatswain Isbrant...193 to return to the Wapen van Amsterdam to take up the boatswain's place there.
Thus done and resolved on the date and year as above in the Fort of Good Hope.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTEN.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
Original Dutch transcription
D’ E. Commandeur Frisius ende den Breden Raet der jegenwoordige retourvlote in ‘t fort de Goede Hope vergadert ende in denselven gecompareert wesende den fiscael van ‘t fort de Goede Hope voorsz dewelcke ten laste van eenen Hans Ditmarsz van Hamborgh gewesene bootsman, ende nu buijten bedieningh wesende schieman op ‘t schip Wapen van Amsterdam , hadde gedaen mondelingen eijsch over dat op den 11en deser met eenen Ariaen Joppen van Haerlem cock op ‘t schip Orangien , omtrent de waeterplaets alhier met messen hadde gevochten ende malcanderen d’ een in ‘t aengesicht ende d’ ander in ‘t hooft ende handt seer grotelijcx gequest, jae tot dootsteeckens toe hadde aen malcander geweest &a., Ende oversulcx by den Raedt (om al sulcke onheijlen in tijt ende wijlen voor te comen) goetgevonden de voorsz personen als den genoemde Hans Ditmars alhier in apprehentie sittende te condemneren dat (als van de quetsure genesen wesende) sal worden gebracht aen ‘t galjot de Perkyt ende aldaer drie mael van de groote rhae te vallen ende voor de mast wacker gelaerst te worden, neffens confiscatie van 6 maanden gagie, half voor den armen ende de rest pro fisco, mitsgaders boven dien noch een jaer aen de Caep over te blijven als hem onweerdigh hebbende gemaeckt met de retourvlooth naer huijs te vaeren.
Ende den anderen sijnde den meergenoemde cocq van Orangie noch buijten apprehentie ende t’ soeck wesende, dat sijn reeck. op do. schip sal worden geslooten en denselven cock met sijn goet geslooten sal aen landt in apprehentie gebracht worden: om hem gelijck den anderen over sijne begaene faulten voor den Raat van ‘t fort aengesproocken ende sententie t’ sijnen laste gewesen te worden.
Wijders noch dat eenen Willem Salomonsz van Haerlem, bootsman van ‘t schip Malacca , gister avont onder en voor de poort van ‘t fort hem seer moetwilligh tegen den sergeant deser fortresse die de wacht in de poort waernam, heeft aengestelt ende denselven sergeant heeft willen buijten de poort hebben, nemende als doen een stock dien hy weder ter neder wierp ende den gemelten sergeant met steenen begond te werpen, ende veele onfatsoenlyckheden bejegent ende g’affronteert &a., Is oock goetgevonden dat denselven mede drie mael van do. galjots rheede sal lopen ende met hondert slagen gelaerst te worden neffens verbeurte van 6 maanden gagie te verdeelen als boven, mitsgaders oock hier aen lant te blijven ter discretie van den Commandr. en de Raet deser fortresse.
Gemerkt dat den persoon Pieter Dircx, soldaet op ‘t schip den Nagelboom bescheyden, die de huijsvrouw van den vrij herbergier Jannetjen Ferdinandus op den eersten deser des nachts voor haer huijs met gewelt ende groote moetwilligheyt in de rechterarm omtrent den ellenboogh heeft gehouwen ende gequest, tot noch niet en is te voorschijn gecoomen ofte cunnen in ap[p]rehentie gecregen ende genomen worden, maer na ‘t schijnt hem segour genoegh weet te verschuijlen &a., Is verstaen denselven sijn reeck. te sluijten ende in ‘t schip, opgevonden wordende, met syn plunderagie geslooten aen landt te brengen in hegtenis om te gelegener tijt sijn proces gemaeckt ende daerover gestraft te mogen worden nae behooren.
By den schipper Jan Munt van ‘t schip Amersfoort in Rade voorgedraegen datter een persoon op sijn schip genaemt Hendrick Jansz van de Nes door sijn selffs ofte een ander gequest was geworden, is verstaen (om de waerheyt te mogen hebben off het onnosel ofte door vechterij gecomen was) dat denselven gequesten persoon met reeck. ende plunderagie sal aen landt geset worden.
Ende dat den bedienende hoogbootsman van ‘t schip Wapen van Amsterdam om syn trage ende inobediente comportementen, buijten bedieninge op ‘t schip Amersfoort sal overgaen tegen den hoogbootsman Isbrant …193 van do. schip weder op ‘t Wapen van Amsterdam over te coomen om aldaer de bootsmansplaetse te becleeden.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert ten dage en jare als boven in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTEN.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
Ende den anderen sijnde den meergenoemde cocq van Orangie noch buijten apprehentie ende t’ soeck wesende, dat sijn reeck. op do. schip sal worden geslooten en denselven cock met sijn goet geslooten sal aen landt in apprehentie gebracht worden: om hem gelijck den anderen over sijne begaene faulten voor den Raat van ‘t fort aengesproocken ende sententie t’ sijnen laste gewesen te worden.
Wijders noch dat eenen Willem Salomonsz van Haerlem, bootsman van ‘t schip Malacca , gister avont onder en voor de poort van ‘t fort hem seer moetwilligh tegen den sergeant deser fortresse die de wacht in de poort waernam, heeft aengestelt ende denselven sergeant heeft willen buijten de poort hebben, nemende als doen een stock dien hy weder ter neder wierp ende den gemelten sergeant met steenen begond te werpen, ende veele onfatsoenlyckheden bejegent ende g’affronteert &a., Is oock goetgevonden dat denselven mede drie mael van do. galjots rheede sal lopen ende met hondert slagen gelaerst te worden neffens verbeurte van 6 maanden gagie te verdeelen als boven, mitsgaders oock hier aen lant te blijven ter discretie van den Commandr. en de Raet deser fortresse.
Gemerkt dat den persoon Pieter Dircx, soldaet op ‘t schip den Nagelboom bescheyden, die de huijsvrouw van den vrij herbergier Jannetjen Ferdinandus op den eersten deser des nachts voor haer huijs met gewelt ende groote moetwilligheyt in de rechterarm omtrent den ellenboogh heeft gehouwen ende gequest, tot noch niet en is te voorschijn gecoomen ofte cunnen in ap[p]rehentie gecregen ende genomen worden, maer na ‘t schijnt hem segour genoegh weet te verschuijlen &a., Is verstaen denselven sijn reeck. te sluijten ende in ‘t schip, opgevonden wordende, met syn plunderagie geslooten aen landt te brengen in hegtenis om te gelegener tijt sijn proces gemaeckt ende daerover gestraft te mogen worden nae behooren.
By den schipper Jan Munt van ‘t schip Amersfoort in Rade voorgedraegen datter een persoon op sijn schip genaemt Hendrick Jansz van de Nes door sijn selffs ofte een ander gequest was geworden, is verstaen (om de waerheyt te mogen hebben off het onnosel ofte door vechterij gecomen was) dat denselven gequesten persoon met reeck. ende plunderagie sal aen landt geset worden.
Ende dat den bedienende hoogbootsman van ‘t schip Wapen van Amsterdam om syn trage ende inobediente comportementen, buijten bedieninge op ‘t schip Amersfoort sal overgaen tegen den hoogbootsman Isbrant …193 van do. schip weder op ‘t Wapen van Amsterdam over te coomen om aldaer de bootsmansplaetse te becleeden.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert ten dage en jare als boven in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTEN.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES.
[Signed:] JAN MUNT.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.