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All which having been carefully weighed by the Council, 

 and it having been considered that in the roads of Goa the 

 yacht " Limmen" had got no more cordage and other outfit 

 than it urgently needed for itself, and, if it is to remain here 

 for some time longer, should by no means be stripped of its 

 necessaries ; 



furthermore, that we cannot know how long it may be 

 before the yachts promised us by 



MS. fol. 46. 



the Lord Commissioner Boreel shall appear here, nor what 

 anchors and cables they may bring with them, 

 item that it was not likely that anything important would 

 happen here before the arrival of the said yachts, so as to 

 necessitate the express despatch of an advice-yacht to Batavia 

 or elsewhere, and that if anything important should occur 

 and necessity should arise, we could easily under the present 

 circumstances of a truce with the Portuguese, use the yacht 

 " Limmen " for this purpose, 



It has been unanimously approved and resolved, to let 

 the proposal of the Lord President have effect, the more so 

 as the present circumstances do not allow us to let the 

 yacht " Rommerswael " remain here in her present condition, 

 and as besides it is much better that she should sail in com- 

 pany with another vessel, seeing that in case of need they 

 can afford each other aid and assistance. 



Furthermore it has also been resolved that the sixteen slaves 

 on board the aforesaid " Kleyn Rhynsburch," destined to be 

 sent on to Batavia, shall be landed and kept here, seeing that 

 we have only fifteen couple of chain-slaves here, able to work, 

 the rest having died or become incapable ; item that at the 

 present time, the Portuguese still maintaining possession of 

 the low-lying lands all about this town, we cannot get a 

 sufficient number of coolies, and the town-ditch, 1 the 

 ramparts, and other works are urgently in need of repair ; 



1 The inoat, on the side of the new gate, now filled up. 



