[9] Under Spanish law, at this time, cases of prizes taken on the high seas fell under the jurisdiction of the intendente general de marina for the nearest district, with appeal to the council of marine.
[10] It is probable that the original read "dollars of exchange", in which Spanish reckonings were sometimes made. They were inferior dollars, worth only about four-fifths as much as the standard Spanish or Mexican dollar. "Eight royals of plate" means eight reals of silver.
[11] Appears also in [doc. no. 142], as do also Dufourd and the notary Joseph Vianes de Salas.
[12] Lees.
[13] Vidonia, a dry canary.
[14] A payment which owners of goods made to the master, in proportion to their consignments, for his care of the goods.
[15] The Dutch governor of Curaçao.
[16] Malvasia (Gr. Monemvasia) was a town on the southeast coast of Greece. The term malvasia wine, or malmsey, was originally used of a wine coming from that locality, but afterward, as here, of certain madeiras.
[17] Employ.
[18] December. All these dates written in Teneriffe are new-style dates.