The States of Zeeland authorized on 9 August 1588 councillor Eustaes Adriaensen van Planen with the assistance of the council of Vlissingen, Netherlands to enlist all available captains and sailors to serve on board of the ships suitable to act against the [Spanish] enemy.
Source
Gedrukte notulen Staten van Zeeland no. 5. (Municipal archives Vlissingen, Netherlands inventory 453).
