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who was only skipper before the demise of Commander 

 Quast, or second in command in case the Lord President 

 Thy sen should be absent ; 



Also that the flag was floating both in honour of the said 

 President Jan Thy sen and the said Commander Bouwens, 

 seeing that the Lord President Thy sen has only 



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gone to Galle to see how matters are getting on there ; 



It has been unanimously approved of and resolved not to 

 take down the aforesaid flag, but to let it stand ; the more 

 so as we have not been officially made acquainted with the 

 rank which has been conferred on Commander Blaeuw by 

 the said secret letters of the Governor-General and Council 

 of India. 



Actum in the ship " Bergen op den Soom" in the roads 

 before Columbo, datum ut supra. Dominicus Bouwens, 

 Coenraet Salomons, Cornelis Laurensz, Hendrick Yckes, 

 Abraham Bouwens, Albert Claesz Hooghland, Secretary. 



Tuesday, February 11, 1642 Anno. 



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Whereas, thanks be to God, yesterday there appeared here 

 before the roads of Columbo, safe and sound, the following 

 ships, forming part of the Goa fleet, under command of 

 the Commander Cornelis Leendersz Blaeuw, to wit, the ships 

 " S'Hartogenbosch," 44 Wasgenag," 44 Valckenburch," and 

 the yacht 44 Poinmerswael," in order to join their power with 

 that of the ships 44 Bergen op den Soom," 44 Arnemuyden," 

 44 Bredam," together with the yachts 44 Limmen," 44 Lief de," 

 44 Stasse," 44 Lecq," and 44 De Zeeusche Nagtegaal," cruising 

 on the roads of Columbo and Negumbo to harass our common 

 enemy, the Portuguese, 



and further to do whatever shall be deemed most suitable 

 according to experience and the present state of affairs ; 

 the Lord Jan Thysen, President of the fortress of Galle, and; 



