Translation
RECEIPT for a quantity of provisions from Jan Harmensen Prins, skipper of the Diemen
I, the undersigned, acknowledge to have received in the Company’s magazine from Jan Harmensen Prins, skipper of the ship Diemen, in the presence of the ensign Jan Jacobsen Bruyn and Frans Pietersen, first mate of the yacht Ouwerkerck, commissioned thereto by the honorable lord director, these following goods, on the 29th of August 1658 on the island of Curaçao in Fort Amsterdam:
1837 pounds of meat in four barrels
1897 pounds of bacon in eleven barrels
200 skipples of wheat
100 skipples of peas
200 planks
one barrel of flour
one hogshead of French wine
one cask of butter one hogshead of mum[1]
Which aforesaid goods, together with the meat and bacon, arrived here on land in good condition. In testimony thereof I have signed this in the presence of the aforesaid witnesses.
Done as above.