[471] Met een betoghen lucht—with a cloudy sky. [↑]
[473] Donckere lucht—a dark sky. [↑]
[477] Daer my ons mede lyden moesten—wherewith we were forced to be satisfied. [↑]
[478] Namely, the sum of the sun’s elevation and southern declination, being fourteen degrees. [↑]
[479] With 7′,5 for refraction, and—7° 10′,8 for the sun’s declination, the above observation gives 76° 8′,7 for the height of the Pole. If no allowance was made at the time for the sun’s semi-diameter, 16′ will have to be deducted, which will make the true latitude to be 75° 52′,7. [↑]
[480] Twelck haer naemaels niet ten besten verghingh—which did them no good afterwards. [↑]