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landing and the storming of the fortress of Negumbo, the 

 following provisional resolutions have been assented to • 

 First, that out of the sailors of this fleet there shall Men, 

 be formed two companies of 55 men with their 

 officers, the said men to be armed with long 

 pikes and cutlasses ... ... 110' 



The first company to be commanded by the 

 persons following : 



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Dirck Gerritsz of Amsterdam, skipper of the ship 



" Wesel," Captain ; Claes Drydyck, ex-skipper 



of the ship " Grol," as Lieutenant. 

 Joris Ardiliaen, Undermerchant on the ship 



" Provintie," as Ensign. 

 The second company to be commanded by 



Harmen Arentz, skipper of the ship " De 



Engelsche Hoop," as Captain. 

 Manuel Albertz, first mate in the fluytschip 



" De Engel," as Lieutenant. 

 Daniel van Hoogstraten, Undermerchant in the 



said fiuyt, as Ensign. 

 The artillery and further instruments and tools, 



to wit : 



1 small metal mortar 

 1 wooden do. 



4 field pieces, besides hand grenades, gun- 

 powder, lead, matches, spades, pickaxes, 

 pikes, mattocks, scaling ladders, &c, shall be 

 led by the Commissioner of the Ordnance 

 Adriaen de Widt,the Constable-Major Chris- 

 tiaen Paulusz, the master bomb maker 

 Juriaen Jansz, and the other constables 

 appointed to the train, for the dragging, draw- 

 ing, and carrying of the whole of which are 

 assigned 175 sailors and musketeers, armed 

 with sabres... ... ... 175 



Total 



285 



