[44] The southern extremity of a great shoal near the mouth of the Zuider Zee, northeast of the island of Wieringen. "Under the Vlieter" would mean at the east side of this shoal, in the Tesselstroom or channel to the Texel.
[45] Sluyter.
[46] A village on the east side of the Texel.
[47] I Peter v. 6.
[48] Near the middle of the island.
[49] Or Mennonite. Their sect, largely Dutch, were followers of Menno Simons (1492-1559), refraining from military service, oaths, and public office. It sprang from among the Baptists of the Reformation period, and had much in common with the Society of Friends in the period of the present book.
[50] Still another Oosterend, at the east point of the Texel.
[51] The main channel past the Texel.
[52] Jan is not otherwise known to us, though apparently he had, or had had, some connection with the Labadist community which made his name familiar to their agents.
[53] Falmouth, England.