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1675-01-21

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Entry number
496
Date
1675-01-21
Year
1675

English translation

By the chiefs of the present Danish ship Oldenburg, since her arrival from Mauritius Island, the desolate constitution of their ship has been presented to the Lord Governor at several conferences, and in addition they have immediately requested that we would accommodate her with some material, provisions & such for the restoration of their aforementioned ship against grateful payment in the homeland or in Batavia; that however, by the aforesaid His E. has declined from time to time and has been excused on his own grounds, having now at last shown the impossibility of their departure from here, especially in the event that a quantity of six loads of rice could not be provided for their expenses, and without which assistance no one could see that the journey could be undertaken, but would be forced to remain here until the arrival of one of their ships from Denmark, to no small detriment and disadvantage of His Majesty. So finally, in order to get rid of these foreign guests, it has been approved and understood that the aforementioned chiefs, in place of the requested six Charges of rice, to be accommodated by three, provided that they are sold here at the price paid by the Company, and that for the amount of that charge, as well as for three other charges issued to Mauritius by Commander Hugo, they will have to submit two or more letters of injunction to reimburse the contents of that charge, either in Batavia or in the Netherlands, to the Company at their expense.

Thus arrested at the Fort de Goede Hoop, date as above.

[Signed:] ISBRAND GOSKE.

[Signed:] DIRCQ JANSZ SMIENDT.

[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.

[Signed:] J. CRUSE.

Original Dutch transcription

Door d’opperhoofden van ‘t aenwesende Deense schip Oldenburg , zedert haer comste van ‘t Mauritius eijlant de desolate constitutie van hun schip den Heere Gouverneur bij verscheijde conferentien voorgedragen en daerbeneven instantelijck versoght sijnde dat wij haar met eenige mat[e]rialen provisien &a. tot restauratie van hun voors. schip tegen danckbare betalinge in ‘t vaderlant of tot Batavia wilden accommoderen; dat eghter door opgemelte Sijn E. van tijt tot tijt gedeclineert en op eijgen benodightheijt g’excuseert wesende, alsnu op ‘t laest vertoont hebbende d’onmogelijckheijt haarder vertreck van hier, bijsonderlijck ingevalle niet met een quantiteijt van ses lasten rijst tot montcost conden werden gerieft, en sonder welcke adsistentie geen cans sagen de reijs te connen aenvaerden, maer genootsaeckt souden wesen tot d’overkomste van een haarder schepen uijt Denemarken alhier te moeten overblijven, tot geen geringe schade en nadeel van Sijn Majesteijt, Soo is eijndelijck om dese vreemde gasten van den hals quijt te raeken, goetgevonden ende verstaen de voorseijde opperhoofden in plaats van de versoghte ses lasten rijst, met drie te accommoderen, mits deselve betalende ten prijse alhier bij d’Compe. wert verkoght en dat voor ‘t bedragen van dien, als oock van nog drie lasten door den E. Commandeur Hugo haar aen Mauritius verstreckt, sullen hebben te passeren twee of meer verbandtbrieven om den inhout van dien, ‘t sij tot Batavia of wel in ‘t vaderlant tot haren laste aen d’E. Compe. weder te vergoeden.

Aldus g’arresteert in t Fort de Goede Hoop datum als boven.

[Signed:] ISBRAND GOSKE.

[Signed:] DIRCQ JANSZ SMIENDT.

[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.

[Signed:] J. CRUSE.