Cape Council of Policy
671
1681-07-30
Minute details
- Entry number
- 671
- Date
- 1681-07-30
- Year
- 1681
English translation
Having been informed by the chiefs of the Eegelenburgh fleet stationed here that due to the poor conditions and unloading of the aforementioned seabed in the homeland, with somewhat boisterous weather, not only could sail not be carried, but they were also constantly sailing underwater,18 not without the greatest peril and danger, primarily resulting in the masts being unloaded in the aforementioned seabed, and in which the main cargo consisted, being loaded underneath and on top of which a quantity of meat and speck barrels, which added the most weight, were placed. To remedy this to some extent, it was decided to sail into England in the dunes to remedy it there as much as possible, but nevertheless in the continuation of their journey, after a little or no improvement was heard there, and that due to this seriousness they had to depart from here in case of such weather, without first being unloaded of a consignment of meat and speck barrels. After deliberation by the Council, it was decided, since the ship Quartel is in compe. of the said ship's bottom and the ship Tidoor is about to depart for Batavia, that as much meat and speck barrels from the said ship will be transferred to the said ship as is deemed necessary to relieve the bottom and to prevent the feared dangers, so that we can reassure ourselves about this.
Thus done and resolved in the Castle of Good Hope, this date of the anthem.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERD.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Thus done and resolved in the Castle of Good Hope, this date of the anthem.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERD.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
Door de opperhooffden van de hier ter rheede leggende fluijt Eegelenburgh te kennen gegeven sijnde dat door de quade stuatie en affladingh van gemelten bodem in ‘t vaderlandt bij een weijnigh volhandigh weder niet alleen geen zeijl connen voeren, maer continueel oock onder water deur zeijlen,18 niet sonder ‘t grootste pericul en gevaar, ten principalen daar uijt resulterende, dat de masten in gemelten bodem affgeladen, en waarin de voornaamste inladingh bestaat, ondergelaaden en daer bovenop een parthij vleesch en speckvaaten, die de meeste swaarte aenbrengen sijn geplaetst, om ‘t welcke eenighsints te remedieeren genootsaeckt sijn geweest in duijns tot Engelandt binnen te loopen om ‘t selve aldaer soo veel doenlijck te remedieeren, dogh echter in ‘t vervolgh van haare reijse na herwaants weijnigh off geen beterschap daar bij vernoomen, en dat sij uijt dien hooffde swaarigheijt maackten, ingevalle soodanigh weder van hier mosten vertrecken, sonder alvorens van een parthij vlees en speckvaaten ontladen te sijn, waerop dan bij den Raadt gedelibereert sijnde, is goetgevonden, aangesien den hoecker de Quartel in compe. van gemelten bodem en ‘t schip Tidoor wanlaaden na Batavia staat te vertrecken, dat uijt de gemelte fluijt soo veel vlees en speckvaaten aen den gemelten hoecker sullen werden overgegeven als men sal oordeelen tot ontlastinge van dien bodem en tot voorcominge van de gevreesde periculen nodigh te wesen om ons daer ontrent gerust te konnen stellen.
Aldus gedaen en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, adij datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERD.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Aldus gedaen en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, adij datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERD.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.