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it having been considered that there were other skippers in 

 the said fleet who had still some time to serve, 



The Council has resolved as follows : 



The said Pieter van de Camer shall be transferred to the 

 frigate " De Liefde," Skipper Frans Maetsuicher to the ship 

 " Bergen op den Soom," and Skipper Hendryck Yckesz from 

 the ship " Bergen op den Soom " to the yacht " De Kleyne 

 Star," the more so as before this time he has also been 

 employed on this coast, and is well acquainted with these 

 waters. 



The Council having considered the petition of Eoemert 

 Roemertsz, of Enckhuysen,at present first mate in the yacht 

 "Limmen," in which he sets forth that he, the petitioner, 

 then skipper of the yacht " Venlo," did on the 23rd November 

 of last year, his ship being in the company of the said yacht 

 "Limmen," encounter certain Portuguese Castila frigates 

 about 4 or 5 miles from Ceylon ; that the aforesaid 

 Limmen " got into fight with the said frigates, and that he, 

 petitioner, would fain have done his utmost best to capture 

 the same, but that he was dissuaded and outvoted by his 

 Supermerchant Antony Boey and others of his officers who 

 had been longer in India, whereas he, petitioner, was a 

 newcomer still unacquainted with the usances of this 

 country ; 



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whereby he had been frustrated of his good intention, for 

 which reason he had been deprived of his office and pay by 

 the Council in the fleet before Goa, and had been appointed 

 first mate in the yacht " Limmen " without any share in the 

 profits ; which place he had filled during a considerable time; 



And as the petitioner deeply regrets his mistake committed 

 through listening to bad counsels, and would fain amend 

 it in every possible manner ; 



Therefore he humbly requests the Council to reverse the 

 said sentence considering his age, and his wife and children, 

 and to reinstate him in his former office and pay ; 



