and Islands of Fredrik Houtman

EN EIJLANDEN VAN FREDRIK HOUTMAN

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    1 sailor to the reef on 2. empty leaguers

    3. persons with the Catte marauw at the reef

    14th: after the noon the sailor Jan de Bruijn came to voluntarily present to the ship council, to go under God’s Blessing to the shore, with 2. empty leaguers, lashed together, if, so it were possible carry a lead-line to the vleet however being eased out from the rear he could not get at it but was as such done by the sailor Sanders Sandersz: who after much trouble came with it at the reef, but with hauling in filed the lead-line in pieces because of the sharp coral ground so that we could therewith work nothing more and the said Sanders had to stay at the vleet without that we could provide him with any help a while thereafter came again 3. persons by name Jacob Stelle rigger’s mate Pieter Fransz: and Dirk Theunisz: sailors who wanted to visit it with the katte marauw which we had made therewith they likewise came also at great trouble to the reef with a lead-line but the same broke also in pieces to the regret
    of us all because by that all means to save ourselves seemed to be taken away, at night the wind at N:N:W: to S:W: topS: breeze, good weather, with heavy breaking seas the said 4 mates had to remain on the vleet at the reef and we anxious to death spend the night over in God’s name on the wreck

    vervolg van den 14e:

    1 matroos na 't rif
    op 2. ledige leggers

    3. personen met de
    Catte marauw aen 't
    riff

    na de middag quam de mattroos Jan de Bruijn vrijwillig aen den
    scheepsraed presenteeren, om onder godes zegen na de wal
    te gaen, met 2. ledige leggers, aen malkander gesort, om zoo
    't mogelijk waer een loodlijn aen de vleet te brengen dog agteruijt
    gevierd zijnde konde hij daer niet aen komen dog wierd zulx door
    den matroos sander sandersz: uijtgevoerd die na veel moeijte daer
    mede aen 't riff quam, maer in 't aenhalen vijlde de loodlijn aen
    stucken door de scherpe Corael grond zoo dat wij daer omtrend
    niet meer konde uijtwerken en moest gem: Sanders op de vleet blijven
    zonder dat wij hem eenige hulp konden toebrengen een wijl daer na
    quamen weder 3. persoonen met namen Jacob Stelle Schiemans maet
    Pieter fransz: en Dirk Theunisz: matroosen die het met de katte marauw
    die wij gemaekt hadde, wilde besoeken gelijk zij ook daer mede met
    groote moeijte aen 't riff quamen met een loodlijn dog brak hetselve
    mede aen stuck tot ons aller leedwesen dewijl hier door alle middelen
    scheen benomen te zijn om ons te salveeren, 'Snagts de wind van ' N:N:W:
    tot Z:W: marsZ: Coelte, goed weer, met sware storting moesten
    gem: 4 maats op de vleet aen 't riff blijven en wij in doods benaudheijd
    op 't wrak in godes naam overnagten

    Sondag