Cape Council of Policy
667
1680-12-30
Minute details
- Entry number
- 667
- Date
- 1680-12-30
- Year
- 1680
English translation
The Lord Commander having summoned the Council and having stated therein how it had been reported to His E. that evening by the lookouts of the Leeuwencop that the flute vessel that was at least bowing to the wall and was seen approximately 2 or 3 miles from this Bay to the sea298 about a quarter of an hour ago had fired two cannon shots, and a little while later two more cannon shots, from which it seems sufficiently clear that the municipality. ground option through the loss of his people or great illness under the same or well some other unknown chance, has fallen into such a state of power that it is completely and beyond hope to be able to explore this Table Bay without assistance, and from that head he tries to inform us of this by such signals, and considers that it is very apparent that the aforementioned ground option will be the ship(sic) Meerll, which through its unusually long delay could well have fallen into a great inconvenience, especially according to the report of the van Naeltwijck, when recently near them near Caep de Loop there were rumors, not since in such a state as we well would have wished, such has been resolved after mature deliberation at the service of the Company. you deem it necessary to immediately and without the slightest delay (sic) send the Hoecker de Quartel there, as well as to order the skipper of the ship himself to use all diligence and diligence to ensure that the seabed remains intact during the night and to provide all assistance and assistance when meeting the ship itself. to provide assistance and to aim for a return as soon as possible without committing any omission in this regard to the penalty of a senior official.299
Thus resolved in 't Casteel d' Goede Hoop, date from antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS FLASKAT
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Thus resolved in 't Casteel d' Goede Hoop, date from antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS FLASKAT
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
D’Hr.Commandeur den Raade hebbende doen convoceeren en daerin voorgedragen hebbende hoe dat sijn E. van den avondt was gerapporteert door de uijtkijckers van den Leeuwencop dat ‘t fluijtscheepije dat althans voor de wall wert b’ooght en ongevaer 2 a 3 mijlen noch van deese Baaij t’ seewaerts wertgesien298 voor ontrent een quartier uers twee canonschooten hadde gedaen, mitsgaders nogh een wijle tijts daerna noch twee canonschooten, waeruijt genoeghsaem schijnt te blijcken dat het gem. bodemptie door verlies van sijn volck off grootte sieckte onder deselve off well ander onbekendt toevall, soodanigh in onmacht is vervallen dat gantsch en buijten hoop is sonder adsistentie deese Tafelbaaij te konnen bestevenen, en uijt dien hooffde ons door soodanigh seijnen daer van tracht kennis te geven, en geconsidereert dat seer apparent is dat voorne. bodemptie sall wesen ‘t scheepije(sic)de Meerll dat door desselffs ongemeene lange tardance well in een grootte ongelegentheijt soude konnen wesen vervallen, te meer volgens ‘t rapport van die van Naeltwijck , wanneer laest bij haer ontrent Caep de Loop versproocken waaren, geen sints in die stant gelijck als wij well gaeren hadden gewenscht, oversulcx is na rijpe deliberatie ten dienst van de Compa. noodigh g’oordeelt soo aenstonts en sonder ‘t minste tijtversuijmt(sic)den hoecker de Quartel daer op aff te senden, mitsgaders den schipper van ‘t selve te ordonneeren alle debvoir en diligentie aen te wenden om noch dese nacht ‘t gemelte gesiene bodemptie te beseijlen en bij ontmoetingh aen ‘t selve alle hulp en adsistentie toe te brengen en daer mede op ‘t spoedighsten herwaerts aen te stevenen sonder daer ontrent eenigh versuijm te committeren op poene van hooge verantwoordige.299
Aldus geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Aldus geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.