Cape Council of Policy
77
1655-10-27
Minute details
- Entry number
- 77
- Date
- 1655-10-27
- Year
- 1655
English translation
The Commander of this fortress having sailed aboard the ship Arnhem; as well as the subsequent resolution of yesterday evening, having the bowsprit of the aforementioned ship inspected more closely, not only by the ship's timbers, but also by the skippers and the other naval officers of the common ship and galley Nightglass, and having found by the same that the common bowsprit could still be fitted with cheeks and hulls in such a way that it would be able to hold out to Batavia, as is the case with the aforementioned. The Commander and ship's authorities, after careful deliberation and proper consultation, respectively determined and decided to have the bowsprit properly fitted with cheeks, as described above, in order to also cause less waste of time, which, by installing a new one, would be free to elapse, and the voyage to India would be bravely delayed, as well as consequently remaining frustrated to serve again this year as a return ship to the homeland, where (arriving early in Batavia) it apparently could well be employed, especially since the E. Commander Kemp225 with the ship Amersfoort, as well as the ships Salmander and West Vriesland, have not yet thundered on, are indeed full of sickness and will therefore be in need of assistance. Refreshment of the same is still to be laid here in a good state of repair.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year of the month.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1655.
[Signed:] MANGNUS HENDRICKSZ.
[Signed:] JAN JACOBSZ.
[Signed:] ISAAEQ TOPANDER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN, Secrets.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year of the month.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1655.
[Signed:] MANGNUS HENDRICKSZ.
[Signed:] JAN JACOBSZ.
[Signed:] ISAAEQ TOPANDER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN, Secrets.
Original Dutch transcription
Den Commandeur deser fortresse na ‘t schip Arnhem aen boort gevaren sijnde; mitsgaders achtervolgende resolutie van gister avont de boeghspriet van voorhaelde schip wat nader hebbende laten visiteren niet alleen van de scheepstimmerl. maer oock door de schippers en de vordere scheepsovericheijt des gem. schips ende galijot Naghtglas , Ende door deselve bevonden sijnde dat de gem. boeghspriet met wangen ende woelen noch wel soodanigh sal cunnen worden versien, dat het tot Batavia soude cunnen uijthouden, soo is bij den voors. Commandeur ende scheepsovericheden respective na rijpe deliberatie ende goet overlegh vast gestelt ende besloten deselve boeghspriet in manieren als voren met wangen behoorlijck te laten versien: om oock te minder spillinge van tijt te causeren welcke door ‘t insetten van een nieuwe, vrij soude staen te verloopen, ende daer door de reyse na India dapper geretardeert worden, mitsgaders ingevolge wel gefrustreert blijven om desen jare weder tot een retourschip na ‘t vaderlant te dienen, daer ‘t (wat vroegh op Batavia comende) apparent wel toe mochte worden g’emploijeert, te meer dewijle d’ E. Commandeur Kemp225 met ‘t schip Amersfoort als oock de scheepen Salmander ende West Vrieslant tot heden noch niet op donderende, wel vol siecken ende dierhalven genootsaeckt sullen wesen tot ververssinge van deselve hier noch een goede wijlete226 leggen.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage ende jare uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1655.
[Signed:] MANGNUS HENDRICKSZ.
[Signed:] JAN JACOBSZ.
[Signed:] ISAAEQ TOPANDER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN, Secrets.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage ende jare uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1655.
[Signed:] MANGNUS HENDRICKSZ.
[Signed:] JAN JACOBSZ.
[Signed:] ISAAEQ TOPANDER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN, Secrets.