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command, Lieutenant Jan van der Laen as third, Ensign 

 Gerrit Gerritsz as fourth, and Constable Cornells Jochemsz 

 as fifth and last in command. 



Actum in the town of Sante Cruz de Galle, datum ut supra. 

 Jan Thysen, Dominicus Bouwens, Marten Vinck, Floris van 

 Castel, Gerrit Moutmaker, Jan van der Laen, Lambert Cam- 

 holt. Albert Claesz Hooghlancl, Secretary. 



Ultimo, December, 1641. 



MS. page 34. 



"Whereas this day there has appeared in this bay the 

 yacht "De Zeeusche Nagtegaal" from Batavia with a Persian 

 cargo consisting of thirty-three chests of cloth, four packets 

 of Bengal cloth, and 12,000 guilders' worth of rubies, bringing 

 letters and orders from the Lord Governor-General and 

 Council of India to the effect that, 



as their Worships, not without reason, fear that the aforesaid 

 yacht should not be able to defend herself if encountering 

 Malabar pirates or some other hostile craft on the Coast of 

 India, the aforesaid goods should be transhipped into 

 another well-armed vessel, whether it be " Limmen," 

 " Francker," " Bergen op den Soom," or some greater ship ; 

 which vessel should be sent without delay to Persia by way 

 of Surate ; 



The Lord President has submitted to the Council the 

 question whether it would be advisable to tranship — in con- 

 formity with their Worships' orders — the said cargo from "De 

 Zeeusche Nagtegaal " into another vessel lying at anchor in 

 the bay here, as for instance " Bergen op den Soom," "Arniuy- 

 den," " Francker," or " Bredam," and to send the said vessel 

 with it to Persia by way of Surate ; 



Or whether it would be better to send the said yacht " De 

 Zeeusche Nagtegaal " with all possible speed, as soon as our 

 letters can be in readiness, on the track of the yacht 

 " Ackersloot " bound for Persia, which, having set sail from 



