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so because since our latest letters sent to their Worships at 

 Batavia with fluytschip Capelle " on the 18th of November 

 last, little or nothing has happened worth mentioning, except 

 that the enemy encamped hereabouts with his army, has 

 broken up his camp and transferred it to the river Galeture, 1 

 about 4 miles from Columbo. 



Actum on board the war yacht " Francker " sailing off 

 Columbo, datum ut supra. Jan Thysen, Dominicus Bouwens, 

 Floris van Castel, Coenraet Salomons, Cornells Laurensz 

 Stanbroeck, Dirck Harmans, Abraham Bouwens, Albert 

 Hagenaer, Albert Claesz Hooghland, Secretary. 



January 10, 1642, 



MS. page 38. 



The Lord President having by due signals convened the 

 plenary Council of the various ships and war yachts 

 " Bergen op den Soom," " Armuyden," u Bredam," 

 " Lief de," " Lecq," " De Star," and " De Zeeusche Nagtegaal, 1 ' 

 together with the chief military officers as Lieutenants and 

 Ensigns, 



has proposed to the saicl Council and submitted to their 

 consideration what follows : — 



Forasmuch as they were now lying at anchor in the Roads 

 of Columbo with the said armament, and — seeing the great 

 costs of the said fleet— it would be very necessary and pro- 

 fitable that, even before the appearance of the Commander 

 Mathys Quast, they should, for the benefit of the East India 

 Company, undertake something likely to bear fruit, whether 

 by an attack on Columbo or Negumbo, by which great 

 advantage might be obtained [ ] ; 



What it would be advisable to undertake with the said 

 vessels under the present circumstances, in order to harass 

 the enemy, benefit the cause of the East India Company, and 

 reap honour for ourselves ; 



Kalutara. 



