NO. 53—1902.] GALLE DUTCH RECORDS. 



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MS. page 106. 



Whereas As Egbertsz, of Campen, formerly an Adelborst in 

 the service of the United Dutch Incorporated East India 

 Company, in garrison at this town, at present their Worships' 

 prisoner, did on the 30th of January last, so far forget and 

 misconduct himself (which has become sufficiently evident), 

 that he, being drunk, entered uninvited the house of 

 Cornel is Jochumsen, constable, picked a quarrel with the 

 company there assembled, without having been molested 

 by any of them, and among other things taunted one Arent 

 Albertsz, of Amsterdam, Adelborst, with the fact that his 

 father had died on the gallows, on which the said Arent 

 having requested him to keep this secret he refused to hold 

 his peace, and went on insulting the aforesaid Arent Albertsz 

 more and more grievously, drew his hanger 1 and made a 

 thrust at him, so that the said Arent was compelled to make 

 his escape, on which the company aforesaid admonished the 

 said As Egbertsz to hold himself content, but instead of 

 listening to such good counsel, he went on in his mad 

 humour to call them all knaves, &c, saying that no one in 

 Galle was bold enough to come up against him, which 

 insolent word the constable being unable to put up with, 

 said to him, " Look here, here are two knives ; I esteem 

 you no more than myself"; which quarrel having been 

 made up by the persons present, he gave further vent to his 

 malicious rage and picked a quarrel with the Sergeant 

 Hendrick Claesz, insulting him with all sorts of invectives, 

 and finally drawing his sword against the said sergeant, 

 meaning, as it afterwards appeared, to run him through the 

 body, seeing that he twice ran the point of his sword through 

 his coat at the back ; the said sergeant, however, dodged the 

 sword and without drawing his own gave him a blow in the 

 face with his fist, after which the combatants were parted and 

 the sergeant helped out of the house by the constable, which 

 ought to have given contentment to the prisoner, 



1 Short sword. 



