[2] In the original no mention is made of any proclamation. [↑]

[3] Een mercklijcke somme—a considerable sum. [↑]

[4] Als schipper ende comis van de comanschappe, Jacob Heemskerck Heijndricksz.—as captain and supercargo of the merchandize. [↑]

[5] Jan Cornelisz. Rijp. [↑]

[6] The Vlie passage is frequented by ships bound northward which do not draw much water. [↑]

[7] De stroom verliep—the tide ran out. [↑]

[8] Raeckte aen de grondt—ran a-ground. [↑]

[9] Aen de oost zyde vant Vlie-landt—on the east side of Vlielandt: the island at the entrance of the Vlie, between it and Texel. [↑]

[10] De eylanden van Hitlandt ende Feyeril. Hitlandt is the Dutch name for the Islands of Shetland, anciently called Hialtland. Feyeril is Fair Isle, between Shetland and Orkney. [↑]

[11] Waeyde een topseijl—it blew a top-sail breeze. [↑]