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^[1] [ Noble Sir. ]

[ May it please you to understand, that we have Received yours by hand of youre Deputed and authorized agents viz your Secretary and Ensigne vnto whose relations wee have ] and doe acording to you[ r request give Credence and withall con ]venient [ sp ]eede indevor [      ] your plesure declared [ chiefly in the Instructions you sent by them ] thence for our Considera[ tion, who incontinently made choyce ] cheefe of [ 5 ] of [ us ] to conferr with your [ aforesaid agents: further that ] so the Might have the mor[ e light af ]ter serious Considerations to returne a plenarie [ answer ] to you: sume grounds were given unto your agentst [ and you may ] plese to understand that wee are not [ so well versed ] in such maters of high Consernment as to give [ a prese ]nt resolution besids sum of our Neiybors are absent [ whose ad ]vise wee desire to Concure with us at [ whose return ] shall withall Conuenient [ sp ]eed indevor it; soe with due respects [ andthankful ] acknowledgment of your well wishinges and [ well indeuors ] for our good wee Humbly take leave and [ Rest. ]

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[ ADDRESSED: ]

[ To ] our honerd gouern[ or ]
Pet[ er ] Stevysand derector
Generall of the Province
Newnetherland, [ Curacao ]
these present.

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