[186] Opt ys om te ververschen—upon the ice, to freshen. [↑]
[187] Maer het bequam hem als de hondt de worst—but it agreed with her as the pudding (sausage) did with the dog. This is a Dutch proverb, made use of when any undertaking turns out badly; because the dog is said to have stolen a sausage, and to have been soundly beaten for his pains. [↑]
[188] Loerden op hem of hy oock wederom comen soude—and watched for her coming back. [↑]
[191] Ende drie bleven byt hout om dat te behouwen, soo werdet so veel te lichter int slepen—and three remained behind with the wood, to hew it, so that it might be the lighter to draw. [↑]
[192] Verde—far. The distance which, on the 16th September, they had estimated at nearly one Dutch mile. [↑]