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upon which they immediately ordered the corporal to put 

 another man in his place ; 



And forasmuch as the aforesaid is a matter on which 

 depends the safety of this dearly bought town and the well- 

 being of the Company's affairs in the Island of Ceylon, and 

 which, therefore, should not in the least be tolerated, but as 

 an example to others should be most rigorously punished, 



Therefore the aforesaid Council, having perused the docu- 

 ments and depositions against the conduct of the said 

 prisoner, having heard his defence there against, having 

 fully weighed whatever might be deemed pertinent to this 

 matter and has been allowed to move their Worships' minds, 

 administering justice 



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in the name of the Supreme Authority, have condemned 

 and sentenced the said prisoner, as they condemn and 

 sentence him by these presents, to be carried to the customary 

 place of public execution, to be there tied to a stake and 

 to be fired at with arquebuses until death shall ensue, with 

 confiscation of all his goods and of all the salary and monthly 

 pay still owing to him. 



Thus done and sentenced in the town of Galle this 2nd day 

 of J uly, 1641, and pronounced and executed on the 3rd follow- 

 ing. Jan Thysen, Marten Vinck, Walraven de Rivire, Gerrit 

 Moutmaker, Jacob Gans, Jan Symonsen Yerlaen. 



Although the Lord President and his Council had, by 

 their sentence of the 2nd July last, condemned Jeuriaen 

 Jeuriaensz, of Anchellam, soldier, for being asleep when on 

 guard, to be fired at with arquebuses until death should 

 ensue, yet their Worships, being more inclined to clemency 

 and mercy than to the utmost rigour of the law, have been 

 pleased, being partly moved by the humble intercession and 

 urgent instances of the Ensigns of this garrison and other 

 persons, as the Cingalese Sabandaer and certain Moedliaers, 

 and partly by the bodily weakness of the delinquent, to 



