[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] First : having set sail from here and arrived about Durgerdam, without, yea, against our consent, he received and took on board the ship a quantity of gunpowder, notwithstanding private individuals are not permitted to trade in that article. Secondly : he did not proceed from this country to New Netherland, but to the Bermudas, and there broke bulk; and trucked, or sold, the greater part of his goods for, or against, West India hides, and a good many pieces of eight. Thirdly: on arriving afterwards in New Netherland, it was discovered that he had brought with him divers contraband and prohibited goods; though it was impossible to make so thorough an examination, because the said Simon Janssen had sailed from the Texel without taking with him any invoice from the Company. All which, coming to the knowledge of Cornells van der Hoyckens, the Fiscal, he prosecuted the said Skipper before the Director and Council. Duly instituting his action, agreeably to the signed contract, and concluding that the aforesaid ship and property should be declared forfeited and confiscated to the profit of the Company; the aforesaid Skipper answered thereto, and the Fiscal replied. Finally, the Fiscal's demand and conclusion were allowed by judgment of the aforesaid Director and Council, except the goods which belonged to the sailors, and paid the duties here.