[several lines lost] and interrogation [ ] each separately: Pieter Adriaensz alias Sooghemakelyck and Adrian Jansz alias Appel.[i]
PieterAdriaensz; 36 years of age; fromAmsterdam, in Renselaerswijck.
Regarding no. 2, in New Netherland.
Regarding no. 3, at the 5th kil; no thousand rods from the fort.
Regarding no. 4, yes, that he was aware of this.
Regarding no. 5, no.
Regarding no. 7, he replies, yes, three different times.
[ ] further citations were issued, but he did not appear, as is shown.
Regarding no. 10, yes, it is the truth.
Regarding no. 11, the lord general and councilors on the one hand and Renselaer on the other.
Regarding no. 12, he answers that he considers the director general and councilors as the chief lords of the country, but as long as he serves Renselaer that he must be faithful to him.
13. Whether he took the loyalty oath as others and promised to be loyal and obedient to them?
Yes, that he took the oath in the presence of the lord general.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
He was asked further whether he had anything else to submit in his defense?
He answered that he had nothing to say other than that the lord Renselaer had promised to free him of anything concerning this matter.
He was also asked whether he had sold his wine and beer for less because he was paying no excise tax as others did?
He answered, no.
Adriaen Jansz van Leyden having been questioned at the aforesaid interrogation, responded as follows:[ii]
To the 1st [ question ] he answered: Adriaen Jansz van Leyden, about 30 years old;
to the 2nd: In Rensselaerswijck in New Netherland;
to the 3rd: Beyond the markers placed between Fort Orange and the colony, but within the thousand rods from the fort;
to the 4th: [several lines lost] to the 5th: Yes;
to the 6th: As long as he lived within the jurisdiction of the director general and councilors, he paid the excise. However, now that he has lived outside of the markers for about a year, he has paid no excise;
to the 7th: Yes; to the 8th: No;
to the 9th: Yes, that he was issued further summons; to the 10th: Didn’t know whether he was there or not; the 11th: the point wasn’t asked;
to the 12th: Yes;
to the 13th he answers: Yes, as long as he was under the jurisdiction of the general and councilors;
to the 14th: It was done by order of the lord Johan van Renselaer; to the 15th he answers: No.
to the 16th: No;
to the 17th: Does admit to have said, there sits our master, but didn’t say, we know otherwise none; he was also asked by the honorable lord director general and councilors whether he sold his wine and beer for less than did other innkeepers who paid the usual excise?
[several lines lost] asked whether he had anything to present in his defense or for his innocence.
He answers to have nothing to say than that he was innocent in the matter and that what had happened was the result of orders of the lord Renselaer.
Thus done at a session of the director general and councilors held in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 5th of August 1656.
