Cape Council of Policy
404
1669-06-26
Minute details
- Entry number
- 404
- Date
- 1669-06-26
- Year
- 1669
English translation
The Captain of the English ship 99 the Janne Margrit, moored here on behalf of Robbert Lordt, today with great courtesy requesting immediately to the Commander and Council of this fortress if he might also sell to our freemen some merchandise of cloth, cloth, iron, as well as provisions, such as mon, English beer, and strong water, and desires a license for this by open auction, which request having been considered and deliberated upon in Council, it has been jointly concluded: the aforementioned Captain with all courtesy and well-founded reasons denies his request, under the guise of the E. Compe. of such merchandise and provisions here, we ourselves richly provide our freemen with, as can be well-suited to them, and that profit is to their advantage, with confidence, thus making this place so palatable to such and other foreign ships arriving here, that more of them passing this outpost will not try to call at it, but choose somewhere else for refreshment, all in accordance with the opinion of our Righteous Superiors101 in the Fatherland, who expressly recommend us to make this place not pleasant, but unpleasant for foreign ships, and not doubting in this matter that we, as faithful servants and concerned for the Righteous Company, have been satisfied, and have kept our conscience.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] JACOB GRANAAT.
[Signed:] G. F. WREEDEN.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] JACOB GRANAAT.
[Signed:] G. F. WREEDEN.
Original Dutch transcription
Den Capitaijn van ‘et alhier ter rheede leggende Engelse schip 99 de Janne Margrit names100 Robbert Lordt, op heden aan den Commandeur ende Raet deser fortresse met groote beleeftheijt instantelijck versoeckende, off oock eenige coopmanschappen soo van stoffen, laecken, zergie, als oock van provisien, soo mon, Engels bier, en stercke wateren, aan onse vrijeluijden soude moogen vercoopen, daar toe licentie van openbaere venditie begerende, welck versoeck in Raade overwoogen en daer over gedelibereert sijnde, soo is dat gesamentlijck geconcludeert hebben: den voorn. capitaijn met alle beleeftheijt en wel gefondeerde redenen sijn versoeck t’ ontseggen, onder schijn d’ E. Compe. van soodanige coopmanschappen en provisien alhier selver rijckelijck versien onse vrijel. wel can gerieven, en die winst aan haer trecken, met vertrouwen, soo doende soodanige, en andere vreemde hier aenkomende scheepen dese plaets soo smaeckelijck te maecken dat meer desen uijthoeck passerende dien niet sullen trachten aen te doen, maer een ander tot verversingh kiesen, alles naer de meningh onser E.E. HeerenSuperioren101 in ‘t Patria, die ons expresselijck comen aen te bevelen vreemde scheepen dese plaetse niet aengenaem, maer onaengenaem te maecken, niet twijffel[ende] ons in dese saecke als getrouwe, en d’ E. Compe. nut besorgende dienaers gequeten, en onse conscientie bewaert te hebben.
Aldus gedaen en geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage en jaere voorsz.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] JACOB GRANAAT.
[Signed:] G. F. WREEDEN.
Aldus gedaen en geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage en jaere voorsz.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] JACOB GRANAAT.
[Signed:] G. F. WREEDEN.