[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] When I arrived in the harbor of Cura(,ao, I offered my service according to the Instruction to attend to the Company's rigiits in discharging the ships, the Gruote Geriit and the rrinca which his Honor did not permit, though there was no oilier Fiscal there, saying : You are no P'iscal of Cura5ao; refusing me there free access and seat, as long as we remained, and keeping me in the ship some three weeks, ere I was permitted to go ashore, notwithstanding all the other officers, nay, even the soldiers had leave immediately on their arrival. In New Netherland he admitted me and gave me a seat according to his pleasure, not hesitating to exclude me from Court for the space of 29 months, afterwards detaining me a prisoner in my house 4 days, with a sentinel before the door who had express orders not to permit any person to speak to me, and then releasing me when his hastiness was over and his passion had abated.