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Lord President and his Council ;; and the said legatees have 

 humbly requested that the said goods might be given up to 

 them, seeing that none of the aforesaid persons are forth- 

 coming, His Honour has submitted to his Council the 

 question whether it were advisable to let them have the said 

 goods forthwith, or to wait a few days more, until [it should 

 indubitably appear that the afore-mentioned persons are] 

 dead ; 



Upon which the Council, having [duly] weighed the 

 letter from Columbo received here [ - ], in which 



among other matters is narrated the encounter which our 

 men have had with a body of [the enemy], without, however, 

 mentioning any prisoners made by the said enemy ; from 

 which it may be safely concluded that the aforesaid persons 

 are dead ; 



have unanimously approved, resolved, and determined 

 to give up the said goods as soon as possible to the legatees, 

 lest the same should spoil by lying too long, said legatees 

 being bound to give receipts for the same according to custom* 

 Jan Brandenburch, of Elfeneur (Elsinore, Helsingor), who 

 arrived here in 1638 in the ship " Emilia" as an Adelborst 1 on 

 10 guilders per month, having since the 14th November of 

 A. P. 2 done corporal's duty, and duly acquitted himself 

 therein, is, at his request on this consideration, and since 

 the place of Caspar Homan is vacant, promoted to the 

 post of full sergeant of this garrison, at a salary of 

 20 guilders per month, the increase being held to begin on 

 the 10th of August last. 



MS. page 3. 



Claes Egbertsz, of Campen, who arrived fl in India in 1638 

 in the ship " Rynsburch " as an Adelborst on a salary of 10 

 guilders per month, is, considering his good and valiant 

 services, notably in the late combat of a body of our men 

 with the enemy, at his request, and on account of his 



1 Gentleman cadet. 2 Anno passado, last year. 



