NO. 53. — 1902.] GALLB DUTCH RECORDS. 357 



to the prisoner Pedro de Conje, while De Conje against that 

 time was to come to the place where the said Revere was to 

 mount guard, with a certain rope which they had deemed 

 serviceable for their purpose ; the said De Conje 



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was to keep himself concealed there until the prisoner 

 Antonio Revere should cough, which was to be a sign to the 

 said Conje to come forth without fear ; then being together 

 there they were to put the aforesaid rope through one of the 

 loopholes of the wall, with a stick at the end, to keep it 

 fixed at the back of the wall, and to let themselves down by 

 the aforesaid rope on the other side of the wall, and when 

 arrived at the bottom to take themselves off ; 



Which wicked and [ ] intent the said prisoners had 



resolved to execute on the night of the 12th of this month, 

 if it had not come to light and they had not been prevented 

 from doing so ; 



And forasmuch as the aforesaid matters may entail very 

 dangerous consequences, seeing that by this means not only 

 may the enemy be strengthened, and our circumstances and 

 position in this town may be made known to the enemy, 

 but also that such desertion is often mixed up with treacher- 

 ous projects, so that it might prove the ruin of a town, 

 and chiefly of this town of Galle, for which we have paid so 

 dear, for which so many brave soldiers have ventured their 

 lives, and in which the East India Company is so deeply 

 interested ; nay, might cost a great many lives ; 



All which ought therefore not in the least to be tolerated, 

 but should as an example to others be most rigorously 

 punished ; 



Therefore the said Council, having seen the documents 

 and the evidence against the conduct of the said prisoners, 

 having heard their free confession, and furthermore fully 

 weighed all that might be deemed pertinent to this matter 

 and has been allowed to move their Worships' minds ; 



