Cape Council of Policy
39
1654-01-15
Minute details
- Entry number
- 39
- Date
- 1654-01-15
- Year
- 1654
English translation
Pursuant to our resolution of the 12th of this month, all matters concerning the issues, disturbances, and difficulties arose on the ship Vrede, having been properly reported by a committee from our Council: as well as the aforementioned resolution, which was also approved with approval: to further inform ourselves more specifically by interrogatory, etc., in which the hard weather of the past two days has prevented us from making any progress at all. More of this is to be expected and feared every day, and we see the matter in the meantime in such a way that the further inquiry into the aforementioned disputes will still require a great deal of work and, consequently, to the great interest of the E. Compe. which would have to be delayed for quite a long time. So, after various deliberations and with good consultation, it was understood, not against our resolution as before, to abandon the interrogatories, since we have learned so many evidences than will initially become apparent, and the rest would take too long to complete, and therefore to do nothing else today than to have the aforementioned our commissioners question the parties, whether each also has something more to bring forward at his own expense or to put forward his own defense and excuse, as the Council has resolved to make the matter short, and after this to finally decide what to do to remedy the confused matters, save Compes. ship and goods, it would be deemed necessary to arrange, so that the ship could continue its journey without being delayed too much; and the aforementioned commissioners also ordered that a certain memorial be signed and kept separate for the ship's officers and referred to in their depositions.
Thus done and resolved at Fort de Goede Hoope on January 15, 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1654.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ. KES. 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1654.
[Signed:] JANN SIJMESEN.
[Signed:] FR. V. BURGH, Secrets.
Thus done and resolved at Fort de Goede Hoope on January 15, 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1654.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ. KES. 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1654.
[Signed:] JANN SIJMESEN.
[Signed:] FR. V. BURGH, Secrets.
Original Dutch transcription
Achtervolgende onse resolutie van den 12en deser door gecommitteerde uijt onsen Raet alle de stucken wegen de geresene questien, timulten ende moeijten op ‘t schip de Vrede behoorlijcken gerecolleert sijnde: mitsgaders als dan bij deselve resolutie dato voorsz oock met enen goetgevonden: omme ons noch vorders ende nader articulariter t’ informeren bij interrogatorium &a. waerinne door dese 2 verleden dagen hard weer t’ eenemael ende vrij sijn belet gebleven ijts te vorderen, sulcx hier alle dagen meer te verwachten ende vreesen is, ende wij de saecken ondertusschen sulcx in sien, dat aen de verder enqueste der gemelte krackelen noch al veel werck sal wesen ende ingevolge gemelte schip tot grooten intrest van d’ E. Compe. daer na vrij alte langh soude moeten opgehouden worden, Soo is na verscheijden deliberatien met goet overlegh verstaen, niet jegenstaende onse resolutie als voren, d’ interrogatorien na te laeten, dewijle vernemen alsoo vele blijcken hebben als vooreerst becomen sullen, ende tot de reste alte langh werck soude vallen, ende dierhalven jegenwoordigh niet anders te doen als door gemelte onse gecommitteerdens, partijen te laten ondervragen off elck oock ijts meer tot ijmants laste offte eijgen verdedinge ende verschooninge in te brengen heefft, alsoo den Raet geresolveert is de saecken cort te maecken, ende na desen finalijck te besluijten wat tot redres van de verwarde saecken, behoudenisse van Compes. schip ende goet, sal bevonden werden noodigh te conveneren, ten eijnde do. schip daer door in sijn vorder te vervolgen reijse niet all te veele geretardeert en worde; blijvende met eenen de gecommitteerdens gemelt oock bevoolen te laten onderteijckenen seecker memoriael bij de scheepsofficieren apart gehouden ende hun in haer vertoogh aen refereerende.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope den 15 Januario 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1654.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ KES. 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1654.
[Signed:] JANN SIJMESEN.
[Signed:] FR. V.BURGH, Secrets.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope den 15 Januario 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1654.
[Signed:] JACOB REIJNIERSZ.
[Signed:] ELBERT CORNELESZ KES. 1654.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HARDENBERCH. 1654.
[Signed:] JANN SIJMESEN.
[Signed:] FR. V.BURGH, Secrets.