Based on the oral account given by the authorities on the return ship Mauritius Island that arrived today, which landed on the 14th of February on the Zr. latitude of 28 degrees between the islands of Romeira and Mauritius, were hit by a very heavy storm, which generally left the ship very unsettled, but they had primarily discovered a very heavy leak underwater in the bow, without being able to repair it due to the cargo stowed there, consisting of nails and pepper. This leak had increased to such an extent that they had been forced to resolve, to save the souls sailing there and the unusually rich cargo loaded, to saw off the bowsprit and the galleon, a good portion of pepper, estimated at a quantity of 4 or 5 lasts, and to throw overboard 6 shot ice guns from the bow to make the ship rise, and of all to relieve the weight as much as possible, besides which they declared, according to human opinion, to disperse absolutely to her safe voyage, besides that the said authorities declared that the wood generally in the said bow was rotten and moldy, there and in addition several bow-woods with bad gale and indeed mainly her mainmast and in general in such a position, that they declared the said bottom not to be suitable to be repatriated in that form, first and foremost of any weight of its cargo shall be removed and lightened, as well as after the constitution as much as possible shall be repaired in such positions as after the quality and in excusability shall be practiced and in the work was carried out, the Commander, together with the skipper of the respective ships present, transported him to that bottom to take a visual inspection of the condition of that ship.3 It was also found to be of poor condition, especially at the bow, which had apparently given way to the backboard. The principal leak in the bow, which was the most complained about by the ship's chiefs, could not be seen, because some nails, amounting to a quantity of about 300 sacks, were loosely dumped there, which is highly important, but not least, necessary, for the preservation of that bottom and the Company's unusually rich returns loaded there for mounting5 and which were at the Company's service. as it is so remarkably situated, with His E. and the Council having taken serious and mature deliberation as to how this could be acted upon to the Comp's greatest advantage, then after previous consideration of these ways it has been taken, found good and arrested, in order to be able to experience how important the said leak might actually be, and whether it could be remedied or remedied here, the said quantity should be nailed to the aforementioned spot. to lift and, due to a lack of suitable space on the same seabed, to provisionally ship over, in the presence of the commissioners and chief captains, to the Quartel, which is located here, and also to carry out such a cleanup as may be necessary, so that when a further inspection is made, no goods will be found in the weigh-in, as is the case here. After this inspection, we will further consider what the Company's service may require in this regard.
Thus resolved and arrested at the Castle of Good Hope, on the day and year hereinbefore.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] GELMER VOSBURGH.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] CLAES D’VOOGDT.
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[Signed:] CORNELIS BLANKEROORT.
[Signed:] PIETER BELLESOOR.
[Signed:] JAN JANSE LAMAN.
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[Signed:] POUWELS LEENDERSZ.
[Signed:] CR. CHADBORN.
[Signed:] C. PIETERZ.
[Signed:] DIRCK PIJL.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Secrts.