Document: Petition of burgomasters and schepens regarding the payment of their salaries

[several lines lost] [ ] lords [ ] respectfully to your honors, burgomasters, and schepenen of the city of Amsterdam in N: Netherland, how your honors were pleased to appoint them to the government of the jurisdiction of this city of Amsterdam, and although your honors were pleased to allocate an annual salary, we have neither seen nor enjoyed any fruits (at least the greater part thereof) from that so far. And whereas, because of the numerous affairs that they, especially the burgomasters, have in city and civil services, they often have to invent something for their own business while also implementing the civil government, and the allocated salary that was promised them long ago gets forgotten. We therefore request of your honors that your honors may please indicate from which monies they will receive their payment, so that henceforth, seeing the fruits thereof, they will serve with more interest and affection. Expecting hereupon your honors’ favorable disposition, remaining (lower stood) your honors’ servants, the burgomasters and schepenen, (below stood) by order of the lords burgomasters and schepenen (and signed), Johannes Nevius secr., (dated) Amsterdam in N: Nederlant, 22 January 1658.