Document: Further order in the case of Claes Bordingh

The prisoner, Claes Bordingh, once again questioned by the fiscal as to whether he will confess according to the order and decision of the director-general and high council yesterday the 8th of December, says he will now bear witness to the truth by confessing that which is known to him; namely, from whom he bought the confiscated contraband and from which ship it came.He requests a delay until the afternoon, which is granted him. Done in Amsterdam, 9 December 1653.

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