[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] On the 23'' March, 1649, did I, the undersigned, at the request of Cornelis Melyn, and in virtue of certain Mandamus granted by their High Mightinesses unto him, summon Jan Jansen Damen in the presence of Adriaen van der Donck, to appear by the first opportunity before their High Mightinesses at the Hague, there to hear such demand and conclusion, as Cornelis Melyn shall have occasion to institute. Whereupon the aforesaid Jan Damen gave for answer, that whenever Cornelis Melyn exhibited to him their High Mightinesses' order wherein his name appeared, that he then is perfectly ready to come whether by night or by day; provided he (to wit, Melyn) give security for the loss and damages to be incurred thereby. Thus done on the day and date aforesaid at the Manhattans in New Netherland, (Signed) Arnoldus van Hardenbergh. Adriaen van der Donck. 358 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. (Endorsed) Return of the service and summons made on Jan Jansen Damen, on the 23'' March, 1649, in virtue of their High Mightinesses' Mandamus in case of appeal from the sentence pronounced in New Netheriand, on 25"' July, 1G49, against Cornells Melyn.