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under command of Lieutenant Jan van der Laen (to fetch 

 which soldiers it has been resolved to send thither the yacht 

 " Limmen " to-morrow) we shall put a little farther out to sea 

 and sail towards Negumbo out of sight of Columbo, and try 

 to surprise the said fortress of Negumbo, as there is little 

 likelihood of success if we resort to open violence ; 



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always understood that we shall act according to circum- 

 stances and the experience of those in command ; 



As respects the town of Columbo, it was agreed on all hands 

 that under the present circumstances its power was strong 

 and our forces inferior, in consequence of which no attack 

 shall be made on the said town, in order to prevent eventual 

 disasters as far as in us lies, and to preclude injury that 

 might ensue to the damage of the General Company. 



Thus resolved in the ship " S'Hartogenbosch," in the roads 

 before the town of Columbo, datum ut supra. Jan Thysen, 

 Cornells Leendersz Blaeuw, Dominicus Bouwens, Pieter 

 Sybrantsz Croes, Coenraet Salomons, Pieter Paets, Cornells 

 de Potter, Willem Gerritsz, Hendrick Yckes, Marten Gerritsz 

 de Vries, Aryaen Aldercsz, Cornells Laurensz, Frans Maet- 

 suicher, Harmen Arcusen, Abraham Bouwens, Pieter Alberts, 

 Albert Hagenaer, Albert Claesz Hooghland, Secretary. 



Monday, February 17, 1642. 



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Whereas the Lord President Jan Thysen, in the meeting 

 of the full Council of all the ships and war yachts, now 

 lying together, assisted by the provisional Captain Jan van 

 der Laen, has proposed to the gentlemen and friends and 

 submitted to their judgment and deliberation — 

 Seeing that we have completely settled our business with 

 the Dessave or Royal Governor here on shore, that we have 



