daer in meest haer geleertheijt bestaet, in alle steden Is een huijs, daer alle Iaeren
since in most her learnedness exists, in all cities is a house, where all years

voorde overicht ende den genen die om de regeringe om hals ofte van cant
for-the [overicht = onderricht=] education and-the [den gene =] those who because-of the government "around neck or off side" [= killed or died]

geraect sijn, geoffert wort, in dit huijs oeffent den adel haer int lesen
attained are, sacrifice are-done, in this house practices the nobility her in-th' reading

en wort altijt van haer bewaert, daer wort alle Iaeren in ijder provintie in
and is always by her kept, there are all years in each province in

2: a 3 steden bijeencomste gehouden, ende bij de stadthouder ijder in sin provintie
2 to 3 cities meetings kept, and-the by the stadholder each in his province

gecommiteerde gesonden, soo wel inde militie als politie, om haer 't examineren
examiner send, as well, as well in-the militia as [in the] police, in-order-to examine

die in Zijn studie voltrocken Is, wort den stadthouder bekent gemaect, ende
who in his study completed is, is the stadholder known made, and-the

nader voor hem gexamineert, soo hij den selven bequam vint om eenige
further for him examined, so he the same competent finds to some

regeringe waer te nemen, schrijft 't selve aan 't hoff, daer Iaerlijcks van 't geheele
government in to fill, writes th' same to th' court, where yearly from th' whole

lant een comste gehouden wort, om nader door de Co: gecomitteerde
country a meeting kept is, to further by the kings examiner

gexamineert te worden, op dese vergaderinge comen alle d' grootste van 't landt
examined to be, on these meetings come all th' great of th' country

soo wel die in eenige bedieninge geweest, ende tegenwoordig sijn, alsoo d'eene
as well those in some service [having] been, and-the present are, thus, th' one

inde politie, ende d'ander in de militie Is gepromoveert, om in beijde hare
in-the police, and-the th'other in the militia is promoted, in-order-to in both her

promotie te crijgen, om daer sij geordonneert worden bequam te sijn
promotion to get, in-order when they sorted-out are competent to be

den brief van promotie crijgen Zij van den Co: dit promoveeren
the letter of promotion get they from the king this promoting

maeckt meenigh Iongh edelman tot een out bedelaer, door dien sij haer middelen
makes many-a young nobleman to an old beggar, [door dien] because they her means

die somtijts weijnigh sijn, daer mede vernielen, door de groote oncosten, schenkagen
which sometimes little are, there with destroying, because-of the big expenses, donations

ende gastmaels die sij moeten doen, de ouders voor haer kinderen geven, ende
and-the host-meals which they have-to do, the parents for her children give, and-the

haer leven eijndigen sonder in eenige bedieninge te geraken, 't is haar
her life end without in some service to attain, it is her

wel als't maer de naem heeft hebben datse gepromoveert sijn, d'ouders
well if it only the name has have that-they promoted are, th' parents

houden veel van hare kinderen, gelijck mede de kinderen van haer ouders
love much of her children, like also the children of her parents

doen, omdat wanneer d' ouders eenige misdaet begaen hebben ende 't selve
do, because when th' parents some crime committed have and-the th' same

ontlopen, moeten de kinderen daer voor instaen gelijck mede d'ouders voorde
escape, must the children there for be-responsible like as-well-as th' parents for-the

kinderen moeten doen, de slaven ofte diergelijcke nemen weijnigh regaert
children must do, the slaves or the-like take little regard

op hare kinderen, door dien deselve soo drae eenigen arbeijt connen doen,
on her children, [door dien =] because the-same as soon some labor are-able-to do,

de meesters haer nemen, alle kinders moeten over haer vader, overleden
the masters her take, all children must over her father, deceased

sijnde, drie, ende over d' moeder twee Iaeren rouw dragen, eeten niet anders
being, three, and-the over th' mother two years mourning wear, eat nothing else

dan d' papen, mogen geen bediening waernemen, Imand t' sij groot ofte
than th' papists, are-allowed no service hold, some-one 't be great or

cleijn, in bedieninge sijnde, en een van Zijn ouders comt te sterven
small, in service being, and one of his parents come to die

moet terstont daer uijt gaen, mogen bij geen vrouwen slapen, en Indien sij Indie tijt
has-to immediately there out go [= has to quit], are-allowed with no women [to] sleep, and if they in-that time

kinderen comen te procureeren, worden d' selve voor hoere kinderen geacht
children come to produce, are th' same for whore's children considered

vermogen niet te kijven noch te vechten, of droncken drincken, dragen den
are-allowed not to quarrel nor to fight, or drunken drink, wear the

lange rocken van hennip linden gemaect, onder sonder soom, sonder nettjes
long skirt of hemp lime <cotton, cloth>  made, below without seam, without neat [being]

op, om 't lijf een gorlos van hennip gedraeijt, als een Cabeltouw
on, around th' body a belt <girdle> of hemp twisted, as a cable-rope

wel een mans arm dicq, ende dergelijck touw wat dunder om 't hooft
[wel] a mans arm thick, and-the similar rope some thinner around th' head

met bamboese hoetjes op, een dicke stock ofte bamboes inde handt
with bamboo heats on, a thick stick or bamboo in-the hand

waeraen sij kennen off d' vader off moeder doot Is, alsoo de bamboes
from-which they know or th' father or mother dead is, thus the bamboo

d' vader ende d' stock d' moeder beduijt, wassen of reijnigen haer selden
th' father and-the th' stick th' mother signify, wash or clean her seldom