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deputed to said office) shall join the expedition, together 

 with 20 soldiers, in order that, if the said Governor 

 should send a person of rank on board of the ships to 

 negotiate about the transfer, everything should be done 

 with proper ceremony • and if, as aforesaid, the Governor 

 shall not be disposed to give up the prisoners, the said 

 yachts shall return hither as expeditiously as possible, seeing 

 that the fluytschip has no time to lose in order to reach 

 Batavia before the departure of the return vessels. 1 



In consequence of the demise [ ] of Skipper 



Hans Arentsz of the frigate " De Lief de," it has been deemed 

 expedient to appoint Skipper Frans Maetsuycker master of 

 the said frigate, and to appoint the first mate Adriaan 

 Lourensz [ ] of the said frigate (who is already 



in receipt of the same pay which Hans Arentsz got while 

 living, and Maetsuycker now gets) skipper of the yacht 

 " Lecq " to take command of it. 



It has furthermore been resolved to distribute among the 

 men of the garrison the clothes, shoes, &c, sent hither by 

 the Lord Governor Arent Gardenys per yacht " Lecq " and 

 fluytschip " Capelle " as half advance account for the East 

 India Company, according to custom. 



Resolved and approved in the town of Galle, datum ut 

 supra. Jan Thysen, Marten Vinck, Cornells Claix, Gerrit 

 Moutmaker, Jan van der Laen, Lambert Camholt. 



Thursday, November 7, 1641. 



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Whereas we have seen from the letter of the Lord Governor- 

 General and the Council of India, handed us on the 5th of 

 this month per yacht " Limmen " arrived here from Batavia 

 and bound for Goa ; 



that on the 18th of July last their Worships had sent out 

 under command of Mathys Quast and destined for the 



1 The return fleet to Europe. 



