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Thirdly : no one shall presume to leave his company or 

 rank, without consent from his Captain or Lieutenant ; on 

 pain as above. 



Fourthly : no one shall commit any arson without orders 

 from his officers ; on pain as above. 



Fifthly : no one shall hurt or cut down any fruit trees or 

 other trees, except with the consent of his officers ; on pain 

 as above. 



Thus done and resolved in the ship " Wesel " in the road- 

 stead before Negumbo, date as above. (Signed) Francois 

 Caron, Jan Thy sen, Will em van der Beecq, Marten Vinck, 

 Reyndert Weybrantsz, Steven Pietersz, Pieter Vinckboous, 

 Johannes Burgers. 



Sunday, January 10, 1644 A.D. 



MS.foL 134. 



Whereas yesterday, through the efficient help of God, the 

 fortress of Negumbo has a second time 1 fallen into our hands, 

 and various officers have been killed and wounded in battle ; 



It has been resolved and approved that the vacant places 

 shall be filled by the persons hereunder following, who shall 

 be provisionally appointed on the same terms on which the 

 deceased were formerly appointed and installed by the Lord 

 Governor-General at Batavia ; to wit : 



Adriaen Reyniersz Verheul of Gorcum, Ensign, is 

 appointed Lieutenant, instead of his Lieutenant Pieter 

 Timmerman, deceased. 



Willem de Man of Cuylenburch, sergeant, is appointed 

 Ensign, instead of Adriaen Reyniersz afore-mentioned. 



Hans Jurgen Visscher of Brin, corporal, is appointed 

 sergeant, instead of Willem de Man afore-mentionecl, 



Anthony Rogie of Moucham, sergeant in the company of 

 Hans Philipsz of Warrenstad, is appointed Ensign, instead 

 of Mathys van den Berge. 



1 Negombo was first captured by the Dutch under the Director-General 

 Philippus Lucasz, on the 9th February. 1640, but was soon after surprised 

 and retaken by the Portuguese. 



