Cape Council of Policy
353
1666-07-01
Minute details
- Entry number
- 353
- Date
- 1666-07-01
- Year
- 1666
English translation
Since the winter ships to be sent later, which we had expected from our homeland here in the past months of May or June, have not yet appeared, and we cannot be sure about this, or about this month or the coming month, our special desire for them will be put to rest in these very troubled times, primarily because, after the departure of the last return fleet from the Patriam, we have not yet had the opportunity, as usual, to send our petition for rice, arrack, clothes, and more other very necessary supplies for this large garrison to Batavia. Therefore, as we have now left our further speculation and considerations regarding the aforementioned delay of the said Dutch ships and, in accordance with this, decided to sail the Hoecker boat down the Pimpel to Batavia by the middle or no later than the 20th of this month, in order to be able to deliver not only the necessary advice and advice, but also all the letters and other documents left us by the commanders of the most recently departed return fleet, thither, in order to be able to deliver them to Her Ede, there, for their safe voyage, as well as hearing of the good health here, the sooner we can be kept free from all further worries and concerns, and (if it were possible) we will be provided with everything again this year.
And afterwards also the Ed. Mr. Rijckloff van Goens, Superintendent on the island of Ceylon, by the first two sent return ships, from there, namely Venenburch and 't Kalf (which both appeared here safe and sound on the 6th of March last year, and then departed with the fleet for the homeland) in his letter of the 28th of December in the year 1945 very earnestly requested that we return his Edt at the first opportunity. with one or other navel wishing to make known what might have happened since then in Europe between ours and our evil neighbours, in matters concerning the war, It has been resolved and established as now, that we also send the hunter the Crowned Harinck at the beginning of the coming month of August, to that end, to the said island with our advice, and with a request that the said hunter be sent back to us fully loaded with rice as soon as possible, considering both the aforementioned. We can certainly do without these booths for some time now, because we are so well provided for by their constant supply of the necessary materials for these constructions that we will not need their further assistance for the first three or four months, especially since we can clearly see and realize that with a longer stay here from both ships, the large, salaried crew employed there would be provided by the E. Company, as well as us (because they still have to maintain our meager daily supplies) for a single charge.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] Z. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] HENDR. LACUS.
[Signed:] CORNELIS DE CRETSER.
And afterwards also the Ed. Mr. Rijckloff van Goens, Superintendent on the island of Ceylon, by the first two sent return ships, from there, namely Venenburch and 't Kalf (which both appeared here safe and sound on the 6th of March last year, and then departed with the fleet for the homeland) in his letter of the 28th of December in the year 1945 very earnestly requested that we return his Edt at the first opportunity. with one or other navel wishing to make known what might have happened since then in Europe between ours and our evil neighbours, in matters concerning the war, It has been resolved and established as now, that we also send the hunter the Crowned Harinck at the beginning of the coming month of August, to that end, to the said island with our advice, and with a request that the said hunter be sent back to us fully loaded with rice as soon as possible, considering both the aforementioned. We can certainly do without these booths for some time now, because we are so well provided for by their constant supply of the necessary materials for these constructions that we will not need their further assistance for the first three or four months, especially since we can clearly see and realize that with a longer stay here from both ships, the large, salaried crew employed there would be provided by the E. Company, as well as us (because they still have to maintain our meager daily supplies) for a single charge.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] Z. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] HENDR. LACUS.
[Signed:] CORNELIS DE CRETSER.
Original Dutch transcription
Vermits de na te senden winterschepen, die wij in de verlede maenden Maij off Junij uijt ‘et vaderlandt alhier verwacht hadden, no[ch] niet ten voorschijn gecomen zijn, ende over sulc[x] ons niet verseeckeren cunnen, off die noch dese off toecomende maent, onse bijsonder verlangen nae deselve in dese gansch bekommerlijcke tijden stillen sullen, principalijck hier in omdat wij na ‘t vertreck der jongste rethourvlooth ad Patriam tot noch toe geen gelegentheijt gehad hebben, om volgens gewoon[te] onse petitie van rijs, arrack, cleeden, en meer ander gansch nodige behoeften voor dit groote guarnisoen na Batavia te cunnen senden, Soo is ‘t dat als nu onse nader speculatie, ende consideratien, aengaende ‘t voorsz retardement der gemelte vaderlantse scheepen hebben laten gaen, ende ingevolge daer op beslooten, tegens medio off uijterlijck den 20en deser de hoeckerbooth de Pimpel nae Batavia aff te vaerdigen, om niet alleen met deselve nevens onsen gemelten eijsch de vereijschte advijsen, maer oock alle de brieven en vordere bescheijden, die ons van de bevelhebberen der jongst vertrocken rethourvlooth te rugh gelaten zijn, derwaerts te cunnen bestellen, ten eijnde Haere Ede, aldaer, derselver behouden vaert, als den goeden welstant alhier vernemende, des te vroeger buijten alle vordere sorgh off bekommeringh voortaen mogen gehouden, en wij (was ‘et mogelijck) noch dit jaer weder op ‘t nieuw van alles geprovideert werden.
Ende nademael oock d’ Ed. heer Rijckloff van Goens, Superintendenth op ‘t eijlandt Ceijlon per de twee eerste affgesonden rethourschepen, vandaer, namelijck Venenburch ende ‘t Kalf (die beijde op den 6en Meert lestleden alhier behouden verschenen, en met de vlooth voorts na ‘t vaderlandt vertrocken zijn) bij sijn brieff van den 28en December anno passato op ons gansch ernstich begeert heeft, dat wij doch per de eerste gelegentheijt Sijn Edt. met ‘et een off ander navel wilden bekent maken, ‘t geen zedert wijders in Europa tusschen d’ onse, en onse quade nageburen, in zaecken den oorloch betreffende, soude mogen voorgevallen wesen, Is insgelijcx als nu geresolveert, en vast gestelt, dat wij oock de houcker de Gecroonden Harinck in ‘t begin van de aencomende maent Augustij, tot dien eijnde na ‘t gemelte eijlandt met onse advijsen senden, ende met eenen versoucken sullen, dat ons de gemelte houcker hoe eer hoe liever volladen met rijs weder mach terugh gesonden werden, aengesien beijde de voorn. booths tegenwoordich wel voor eenigen tijt missen cunnen, omdat wij ons door derselver geduijrige toevoer van de vereijschte materialen tot dese bouw-werken nu soo wel versien bevinden, dat wij in de eerste 3 off 4 maenden derselver vordere hulpe hiertoe niet sullen van node hebben, te meer wij wel cunnen sien ende beseffen dat bij langer verblijff alhier van die beijde scheepies dat groote loontreckende scheeps-volck, dat daer op bescheijden is, d’ E. Compe. soo wel als ons (omdat die dagelijcx noch van onsen soberen voorraet moeten onderhouden werden) maer voor enckel last verstrecken souw.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] Z. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] HENDR. LACUS.
[Signed:] CORNELIS DE CRETSER.
Ende nademael oock d’ Ed. heer Rijckloff van Goens, Superintendenth op ‘t eijlandt Ceijlon per de twee eerste affgesonden rethourschepen, vandaer, namelijck Venenburch ende ‘t Kalf (die beijde op den 6en Meert lestleden alhier behouden verschenen, en met de vlooth voorts na ‘t vaderlandt vertrocken zijn) bij sijn brieff van den 28en December anno passato op ons gansch ernstich begeert heeft, dat wij doch per de eerste gelegentheijt Sijn Edt. met ‘et een off ander navel wilden bekent maken, ‘t geen zedert wijders in Europa tusschen d’ onse, en onse quade nageburen, in zaecken den oorloch betreffende, soude mogen voorgevallen wesen, Is insgelijcx als nu geresolveert, en vast gestelt, dat wij oock de houcker de Gecroonden Harinck in ‘t begin van de aencomende maent Augustij, tot dien eijnde na ‘t gemelte eijlandt met onse advijsen senden, ende met eenen versoucken sullen, dat ons de gemelte houcker hoe eer hoe liever volladen met rijs weder mach terugh gesonden werden, aengesien beijde de voorn. booths tegenwoordich wel voor eenigen tijt missen cunnen, omdat wij ons door derselver geduijrige toevoer van de vereijschte materialen tot dese bouw-werken nu soo wel versien bevinden, dat wij in de eerste 3 off 4 maenden derselver vordere hulpe hiertoe niet sullen van node hebben, te meer wij wel cunnen sien ende beseffen dat bij langer verblijff alhier van die beijde scheepies dat groote loontreckende scheeps-volck, dat daer op bescheijden is, d’ E. Compe. soo wel als ons (omdat die dagelijcx noch van onsen soberen voorraet moeten onderhouden werden) maer voor enckel last verstrecken souw.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] Z. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] HENDR. LACUS.
[Signed:] CORNELIS DE CRETSER.