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JOURNAL. R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVII. 



Saturday, November 7, 1643. 



MS. fol. 97. 



The Lord President and the Worshipful Council of this 

 place 



having heard in their meeting the urgent and humble re- 

 peated request of Captain Paulus Doncq, the Ensigns 

 Burchardt Cocqs, Jan Brandenburch, and the provisional 

 Ensign Marcus Symonsz, of Cassel ; 



having a second time read and duly considered the letter 

 from the Lord Governor-General and Council of India, 

 addressed to the said Lord President and his Council, and 

 transmitted to us recently in the ships " Santvoort " and 

 "Heemstede," inter alia containing the sentences hereunder 

 following, to wit : 



" What has by us been resolved with respect to the 

 Captains Doncq and Van der Laen and the other members 

 of the Council of War at Biligam, on account of their incon- 

 siderate resolution and their acting contrary to your orders, 

 you will learn in detail from our resolution, of which we hand 

 you an extract, which extract we request you to bring to the 

 knowledge of the said persons, that they may be guided by it. 

 The general drift of our resolution is, that on receipt of the 

 present letter, the officers mentioned in the said resolution 

 shall continue suspended from their rank, pay, and rations 

 during your Lordship's and the Council's pleasure, until such 

 time as they shall by good conduct have made good the faults 

 by them committed ; and to give them an opportunity for so 

 doing it is understood that also while suspended the said 

 officers shall perform their accustomed duties ; until as afore- 

 said they shall have amended their misdemeanours by better 

 services, or your Lordship and the Council shall think fit to 

 reinstate them as before." 



It having further been considered that since it appears 

 from the above that their Worships at Batavia have been 

 graciously pleased to leave the case of the said officers to the 



