152Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663-64.





               Liber B B                 Copia

                          Copia Vera
                       To all Poeple to whom this prnt writing shall Come, or who the
                     same shall reade, heare, or see, Wee Cornelis Van Kuick & Peter
                     de Backer merchants in Amsterdam, sole owners & Proprietors of
                     the good ship Called the St George of Bantrie in Ireland, of the
                     Burthen of ffowrescore Tonnes or thereabouts carrying Two peices
                     of Ordinance att present Lying att Anchor before this Citty Am
                     sterdam, send Greeting in our Lord God Euerlasting. Know Yee
                     tht Wee the sd Cornelis Van Kuick & Peter de Backer for & in the
                     Consideraon of the sume of Three Thowsd Gilders, each Gilder of
                     Twenty Styuers Holland money to us well & truly payd in this sd
                     Citty Amsterdam before the signing & sealing hereof, the Receipt
                     whereof wee well & truly acknowledge by these prints, Haue graunted
                [p. 205] Bargayned sold & confirmed, & by these prnts doe fully freely abso
                     lutely & irreuocably graunt bargaine sell & confirme unto Colonell
                     George Walters of Bantree aforesd att prnt in sd Citty Amsterdam,
                     Daniel Arthur merchant of London in England, John White ffitz
                     Jasper merchant of this sd Citty Amsterdam, & Jacob Direxen Wilre
                     master & allso mariner of Amsterdam aforesd & Company, their &
                     euery of their heyres, Exequutors Adthistrators & assignes for euer
                     the aforesd ship the St George, Together wth all & euery the masts,
                     Sayles, Yards, Ankors, Cables, Boate, Ropes, Guns, Ammunition,
                     & all manner of Implements whatsoeur to the sd ship belonging, or
                     in any wise apperteyning, And Likewise all the Estate, Right, Tytle,
                     Interest, Property, Possession, Clayme, & Demand whatsoeuer of us
                     the Cornelis Van Kuyck & Peter de Backer, our & euery of our
                     heyres, Exequutors & Admistrators, or any bf them, eyther euer haue
                     had, might, should or could pretend to haue in or to the sd ship, or
                     any the premises, or any part or parcell thereof. To haue & to hold
                     the sd ship, & all & singular other the prmises wth the Appurteflces
                     aboue mentioned to bee graunted & sold & euery part & parcell thereof
                     unto the sd Colonel George Walters, Daniel Arthur, John White
                     ffitz Jasper Jacob Direckson Willree & Company, & to & for the
                     only proper use & behoofe of them the sd Colonel George Wa1ters
                     Daniel Arthur, John White ffitz Jasper, Jacob Direckson Willree &
                     Company, their & Euery of their heyres, Exequutors, Admistrators
                     & assignes for euer, And wee the sd Cornelis Van Kuick & Peter
                     de Backer doe Couenant promise & graunt by these prnts to &
                     the sd George Walter, Daniel Arthur, John White ffitz Jasper, Jacob
                     Direckson Wilre & Company, & euery of them their heyres, & euery
                     of their heyres Exequutors & Admistrators That wee the sd Cornelis
                     Van Kuyck & Peter de Backer are the true, sole & Law full Owners
                     & Proprietors of the aforesd ship, called the St George, & all other
                     the afore bargayned premises, wth the appurteñces & euery part &
                     parcell thereof, And haue now good Right, full power, & Lawfull