Document: Petition of Jacob Hendrix to be allowed to engage Peter Jansen van den Berch as assistant

[several lines lost] Jacob Hendricx [chirurgijn here in this] country [ shows ] that, on account of the increase of [ the number of inhabitants ] he [ finds it harder to ] walk to and take care of [ people as he did ] before, and whereas he, petitioner, here in this country never [ ] had any help from [ a ] deputy chirurgijn, and he, petitioner, is getting older every day and is unable to walk everywhere as easily as before; and whereas with the Bruijnvis one Pieter Jansen vanden Berch arrived here in the service of the honorable Company, who has a reasonable understanding of the trade of a chirurgijn and who could sufficiently serve as deputy chirurgijn, he, petitioner, turns to your honors with the respectful request that [ he ] may use the aforesaid Pieter Jansen vanden Berch as his deputy chirurgijn in the service of the honorable Company under such a contract as your honors will please to grant him on behalf of the honorable Company. Which doing, I remain (lower stood) honorable, your very subservient subject and servant (was signed) Jacob Hendricx.

Having received and read the above request it is resolved, that the director general and councilors judge a deputy barber to be very much needed; therefore the petitioner is allowed to [ hire ] the person in [ question as deputy barber. ] [several lines lost] [remainder of the page is blank]