continuation of the 15th: together prayed God Almighty for a favourable outcome and became also aware of His divine assistance, because in the after-night the weather and seas abated somewhat, and ere it became day the wind blew from the S:S:E: at a topS: breeze

the 16th: in the morning and forenoon the wind S:E:
topS: breeze with lessening of the breakers see the 4: mates still on the vleet at the reef after thanksgiving done to God for His merciful preservation during last night, resolved together since the breaking of the rope to which the schuijt had been made fast and the same had drifted away to the N:E:, to set out the boat therefore had beforehand three spars put together fared out from the rear of the fo’c’sle and our spare topS: yard besides the main topgallant mast in front of the half deck balustrade and with suitable ground ropes provided as also a bed of 2. half anchor stocks under at the belly of the boat to hitch up with took 4 trossen to one another with a paardelijn* attached to try if the same could get made fast to the vleet, thus under God’s blessing got the boat with great trouble overboard with the upper steersman and 12 men in there and were with the surf immediately from the