Ronseling is, it's usually involuntary, recruiting people. Ronselarij is used to "solve" a shortage of soldiers or sailors, especially in times of conflict and war.
A well-described literature, described in much of the literature, is as follows: A robber searches a suitable candidate in a pub and waits until the victim is drunk. When the victim wakes up from his roar, he is in a barracks or aboard a ship.
Rotors for the United East Indian Company were also referred to as "public shareholders", "sellers or soul sellers" and "soul buyers". These soul sellers often sheltered homeless strangers and provided them with a naval equipment. The soul seller or ronselaar received a debt letter (also called ceel) that was met by the VOC after the beneficiary had earned enough to pay the debt. An example of the practices of these soul sellers was recorded by the soldier Johann Conrad Raetzel, describing how and his brother Johann Joachim and he were in the hands of a ringleader in September 1694. Possession of a debt certificate was not without risk, as many seamen died or deserted before their debts were repaid. Soul sellers sold the letters to speculators again. Also see
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