ORIGINAL

JOOST v. d. VONDEL DE JONGE AAN ZIJN VADER

1656, 28 Sept.

Aen Joost van de Vondel d’Oude tot Amsterdam. Vader gelieft te betaelen aen Sr. Hendrick Barents, viertigh guldens de waerde alhier van Sr. Moretus ontfanghen in brabants ghelt.

BALTHASAR MORETUS II AAN HENDRICK BARENTZEN

1656, 28 September.

Laus Deo. Adi 28 September 1656 in Antwerpen.

Eersaemen, discrete Sr ende vrient, door U.L. Laeste schrijven is mij leet geweest te verstaen dat d’eere niet en sal hebben van iemanden van uwe familie teghen de Professie van uwen socne te moghen sien: d’welck hope nogh op andere tijden sal geschieden.

Daerentusschen seynde V.L. hier mede eene assignatie van Joost van den Vondel de Jonghe te laste van sijnen vader Sr Joost van den Vondel d’Oude, om aen V.L. ghetelt te worden de somme van veertigh guldens, dewelcke ick hem tot syn versoeck in Brabantsch gelt ghetelt hebbe. Hij heeft mij ghetoont het briefken van synen vader (dwelck hier mede seynde) waer mede den selven mij versoeckt aen synen soone twalf guldens te tellen: doch alsoo hy my verclaerde dat op het schip van Rotterdam hem vijf ducaten ghestolen waeren, ende dat hy nu terstont geerne op Brussel zoude verreysen, soo wille verhopen dat het den vader niet onaenghenaem sal wesen, dat men hem de somme van veertigh guldens die hy my versocht heeft, gheaccomodeert hebbe, hier van sal gheerne het bescheyt weten ende V.L. beneffens syne familie den Almoghenden in ghenade bevelen.

TRANSLATION

JOOST v. d. VONDEL THE YOUNGER TO HIS FATHER

September 28, 1656

To Joost van de Vondel the Elder in Amsterdam. Father, please pay Mr. Hendrick Barents forty guilders, the value of which I received here from Mr. Moretus in Brabant currency.

BALTHASAR MORETUS II TO HENDRICK BARENTZEN

September 28, 1656

Praise be to God. On September 28, 1656, in Antwerp.

Honorable, discreet Sir and friend, I was saddened to learn from your last letter that you will not have the honor of seeing anyone from your family at your son's profession. I hope this will happen at another time.

In the meantime, I am sending you an assignment from Joost van den Vondel the Younger, charged to his father Mr. Joost van den Vondel the Elder, to pay you the sum of forty guilders, which I have given him in Brabant currency at his request. He showed me the letter from his father (which I am sending along), in which his father requested me to give him twelve guilders. However, he explained to me that five ducats were stolen from him on the ship from Rotterdam, and that he urgently needed to travel to Brussels. I hope it will not be displeasing to the father that I have accommodated his son's request for forty guilders. I would like to know your decision on this matter and commend you and your family to the grace of the Almighty.

Metadata

  • Sender: Balthasar Moretus II
  • Recipient: Hendrick Barentzen
  • Subject: Payment of forty guilders on behalf of Joost van den Vondel de Jonge
  • Send Date: 1656
  • Location: Antwerpen
  • Geolocation: 51.2194, 4.4025
  • Language: nl
  • Summary: Balthasar Moretus II informs Hendrick Barentzen that he has paid forty guilders to Joost van den Vondel de Jonge on behalf of his father, Joost van den Vondel d'Oude. He also mentions that Joost van den Vondel de Jonge had some money stolen and needed the funds urgently for a trip to Brussels.