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724

1683-02-22

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Entry number
724
Date
1683-02-22
Year
1683

English translation

The Commander Extraordinary, having summoned the Council in the evening, informed the members of the council how Sargeant Hans Michiel Callenbach,86 having arrived from Robben Island, had related that several cannon shots had been fired yesterday and today at the aforementioned island in the northwest at sea, and that some of these shots were also heard here. Judging from the manner of the shooting, they could only understand that these were nut shots from a ship that was possibly in sight of the shore and, due to numerous dead and impotent ships, was unable to navigate Table Bay, where it was noted that we were approached by those of the last man. being English ships, named the Prudent Mary and the Charles, that three degrees north of the line Equinoctial they had missed a seeker Dutch ship, heading towards this direction, named the Purmer, as far as he was concerned, having been told further by the skipper of the boat Baeren on the … newspaper87 from the Island of Mauritius, that two days before his arrival here he had missed the shore a seeker English ship, the Ghent …,88 and was destined for Mocha, whose captain had told him the aforementioned. The Purmer had been sailing about 200 miles from the Cape a few days ago, and the free Saldania voyagers reported to us yesterday that on the 12th of this month they had seen a ship near Dassen Island, which was making its utmost effort to sail to the aforementioned island. However, the wind was not at all favorable, and it had put out to sea again from the shore without any further sighting. And despite the fact that the wind has been blowing favorably for several days now, the aforementioned ship is still lagging behind, so that we can only suspect that it is in bad shape with the aforementioned bottom and that it is... Hearing cannon shots fired as a signal to him, it was decided, at the suggestion of the Commander, that the fleet of his Mauritian landings having been completely relieved and that they could be missed without any disruption from the Company, that it was good and understood to let them go cruising along the rampart that evening, provided that they would be assisted by 10 soldiers and a corporal, provided that they also bring 10 to 12 live sheep, to be handed over to them upon meeting the said crew, to serve as refreshments afterwards.

Thus arrested at the Castle of Good Hope, date above.

[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.

[Signed:] J. CRUSE.

[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Sects.

[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.

Original Dutch transcription

De Heer Commandeur den Raadt Extraordinarij tegens den avondt hebbende doen convoceeren, heeft den leeden van dien gecommuniceert hoe dat den sargeant Hans Michiel Callenbach,86 van ‘t Robbeneijlandt gecomen sijnde, heeft gerelateert dat sij op ‘t gemelte eijland in N.W. in zee gisteren en vandaegh verscheijde enkelde canonschooten waeren gedaen, in voegen hier oock eenige van deselve schooten waeren gehoort, nae de manier van ‘t gemelte schieten niet anders connen begrijpen off ‘t zelve sijn nootschooten geweest van een schip, dat mogelijck de wal in ‘t gesicht en door veelvoudige dooden en impotenten niet machtigh is de tafelbaaij te connen bestevenen, waar beseijde in aanmerckinge is genoomen dat ons door die van de jonghst hier aen geweest sijnde Engels . scheepen, genaemt de Prudent Mary en d’ Charles dat sij op drij graaden benoorden de linie Equinoctiael hadden versprooken seeker Nederlants schip, nae herwaerts tendeerende, genaemt de Purmer , mitsgrs. noch naeder door den schipper van ‘t fluijtie Baeren op den … courant87 van ‘t Eijlandt Mauritius hier aengecomen sijnde, dat hij twee daegen voor sijn aenkomst alhier voor de wal hadde versprooken seeker Engels schip, gent …,88 en naer Mocha gedestineert, welckers capt. hem meede hadde verhaelt ‘t voorn. jacht de Purmer voor eenige weijnige daegen ontrent 200 mijlen van de Caap hadde versprooken, sijnde ons oock op gisteren door de vrije Saldaniavaarders g’rapporteert dat sij den 12 deser maent een schip ontrent ‘t Dasseneijlandt hebben gesien, dat sijn uijtterste debvoir aenwende om ‘t gemelte eijlandt te besteevenen, doch de wint hem gants niet dienstigh sijnde, van de wal aff weder ‘t zee was gesteeken, sonder naederhandtbij haerweder te sijn gesien, en onaengesien de wint nu al eenige daegen favorabel heeft gewaeijt, blijft ‘t voornoemde schip noch al tardeeren, sulcx wij daar uijt niet anders connen vermoeden, dan dat het met den voorn. boodem qualijck is gestelt ende voorn. gehoorde canonschooten tot een seijn bij hem sijn gedaen, Soo is op de voorstellinge van den Hr. Commandeur ter vergaederinge gedaen om ‘t fluijtie Baaren van sijn Mauritieuse landingh89 eenemael ontlost sijnde, en sonder ondienst van de Comp. connende gemist werden, goet gevonden en verstaan noch desen avont daer op voor de wal te laeten gaen cruijsen, mitsgrs. te assisteeren met 10 soldaeten nevens een corporael, mitsgrs. oock meede te geven 10 a 12 levendige schaepen om bij ontmoetinge van gemelte boodem daer aen over te geven om voor aff tot verversinge te dienen.

Aldus g’arresteert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum ut supra.

[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.

[Signed:] J. CRUSE.

[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en Sects.

[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.