Cape Council of Policy
34
1653-11-28
Minute details
- Entry number
- 34
- Date
- 1653-11-28
- Year
- 1653
English translation
Marcus Robelijaert, corporal, and Jan Matijse, quartermaster,105 by the justice of this fortress of Goede Hoope by interlocutory and diffinitive sentences well and in the rights of their qualities, namely Marcus Robelijaert to midshipman with 10 guilders a month for having drunk, while in the guards (trusted to him at night) quite disorderly, and midshipman Sijmon Huijbrechtsz had been excused by the thick of his leg with the said request and had committed more ravings and indecent acts, together with an amendment of 3 months' wages for the said midshipman for the pain of his innocent injury, and Jan Matijsz to bad sailor a 9 gl. with 100 blows before the stake, because the night before last, while drunk, Willem Muller had opposed the corporal of the guard, and when he ordered him to go to the guard, so as not to make any more noise, he had also drawn a knife on him, which apparently would have pierced him, had he not been subtly restrained by the sentry and roundhouse, all luck being that he had not been subtly restrained, because the corporal, having avoided the first thrust of the knife, fell backward, and he, the quartermaster, was trying to deliver the second (having jumped on his body). This was done to maintain good order and discipline, as well as to keep the fortress secure. understand, to have the same sentences executed tomorrow in order to make a necessary example.106
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1653.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ KES.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1653.
[Signed:] FR. V.BURGH, Secrts.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1653.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ KES.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1653.
[Signed:] FR. V.BURGH, Secrts.
Original Dutch transcription
Marcus Robelijaert, corporael, ende Jan Matijse, quartiermeester,105 door den gerechte deser fortresse de Goede Hoope bij interlocutoire ende diffinitive sententien wel ende ten rechten van haere qualiteijten gedeporteert sijnde, namentlijck Marcus Robelijaert tot op adelborst met 10 gulden ‘s maents over dat droncken sijnde, sigh in de wachten (des ‘s nachts hem vertrout) vrij onordentlijck gecomporteert ende den adelborst Sijmon Huijbrechtsz dwers door ‘t dicke van sijn been ontschuldigh met den deegen gequest ende meer rasernijen ende onbehoorlijcheden gepleeght had, nevens een amende van 3 maenden gagie ten behoeve van gemelte adelborst voor de smert van sijn onnosel gecregen quetsure, Ende Jan Matijsz tot sleght matroos a 9 gl. met 100 slagen voor de pael, ter saecke dat daeghs voor eergister nacht droncken sijnde, tegen den corporael van de wacht Willem Muller hadde g’opposeert ende soo als hem denselven gelaste na de coije te gaen, om geen geraes meer te maecken, oock ‘t mes op hem hadde getrocken daer hem apparent mede soude doorstooten hebben, ingevalle door den schiltwacht ende ronde t’ allen gelucke niet subijtelijck had gestut geworden, alsoo den corporael voorsz d’ eerste steek van ‘t mes ontwijckende achterover gevallen ende hij, quartiermeester, besigh was hem de tweedesteeck(op sijn lijff gesprongen wesende) te brengen, Soo is tot maintenue ende onderhoudinge van goede ordre ende dissiplinemitsgaderstot gerustigheijt der fortresse verstaen, de selve sententien op morgen ter executie te doen stellen omme nootsaecklijck exempel te statueren.106
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage ende jaere als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1653.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ KES.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1653.
[Signed:] FR. V.BURGH, Secrts.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage ende jaere als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1653.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ KES.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1653.
[Signed:] FR. V.BURGH, Secrts.