Document: Sentence of Jan Warnarts and Gerrit Abel

[several lines lost] not [ ] made a quarrel [ ] taken up their quarters and a day [ later ] [ ] a little outside of the fort got into a sword fight with each other, as a result of which Jan van Deventer was hurt on his hand, and they probably would have wounded each other more had they not been separated by men who had guard duty, from which then more calamities, yes, manslaughter could have arisen. These are matters of very evil consequence, which can neither be tolerated nor suffered in a place where justice is being maintained, but deserve to be punished severely, as an example to others. Therefore, the director general and the stern council of war, having heard the prisoners’ own confessions and the claim of the fiscal, and having paid attention to whatever may be relevant in the matter, performing justice in the name of the honorable high and mighty lords States General of the United Netherlands and the honorable lords directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber Amsterdam, condemn the aforesaid prisoners, as they hereby condemn them each to a penalty of three months’ wages to be applied properly, and furthermore, that they will perform sentry duty for three consecutive months, during which time [several lines lost] 1/3 for the fiscal, 1/3 for the poor, 1/3 for the Company.