Document: Order to rev. Johannes Ernestus Gutwater, to quit the province and return to Holland

Whereas the director general and councilors observe that their orders of [ ] and 16 October last year, which in writing were handed to Johannes Ernestus Gutwater, Lutheran minister in Amsterdam in N: Netherland, as he styles himself (and is styled by some others), and by which orders he was ordered to depart with the ships then ready, were not observed and fulfilled by the aforesaid Johannis Ernestus Gutwater, but with contempt for the high government of this province were neglected, for which he certainly deserves some punishment.

Therefore, the aforesaid director general and councilors order said Gutwater hereby once more and for the last time, to transport himself from here to the fatherland with the first departing return ship, on pain of being properly punished if he will be found in this city or any other place within this province, wherever it may be, without exception. This, because the director general and councilors judge it necessary for the promotion of the reformed religion and the calm, peace, and harmony among the people of this place. Dated as above.