Zeijde dickmaels waerom wij nu aende Zeecant woonde, niet na Iapan sochten
said often why we now on-the seaside living, not for Iapan sought

te gaen, daer op altijt tot antwoort gaven, dat den Co: ons niet wilden
to go, there upon always to answer gave, that the king us not wanted

licetentieren, dat wij den wegh niet en wisten, en ooc geen vaertuijgh hadden, om
licentiate [(meant is) give permission], that we the road not and knew, and also no vessel had, to

wech te loopen, gaf ons daer op tot antwoort, offer aende Zeecant geen
away to run, gave us there upon as answer, if-there on-the sea-side no

vaertuijgen genoeg en waren, waer op wij Zijn excellentie op diende, dat ons die
vessels enough and were, where upon we his excellency on served, that us those

niet toebehoorde, jndien ons misluckte dat ons den Co: niet alleen om ons
not belonged, if us failed that us the king not only for our

wegh loopen, maer mede omdat wij een andermans vaertuijg genomen
away running, but also for we an other-persons vessel taken

hadden, soude straffen, dit seijde wij om geen agterdocht bij haer soude sijn
have, would punish, this said we in-order-to no suspicion with her would be

waer Zijn excellentie (soo dickmaels sulcx zeijde) altijt seer lachte, wij nu eenige
where [upon] his excellency (as often such said) always very laughed, we now some

cans siende, deden alle devoir, om een vaertuijg te becomen dog costen
chance seeing, did all efforts, to a vessel to beget however could

noijt een becomen, daer te crijgen, door dien den coop altijt van eenighe
never one beget, there to get, [door dien =] because the sale always by some

wangunstige menschen wiert omgestooten, den vertrocken gouverneur had omtrent
envious people was knocked-over, the left governor had around

ses maenden in sijn bedieninge geweest, worde door last des Co:s opgehaelt
six months in his service been, was by order of-the king fetched

om sijn straffe regeeringe verschoonde edele nog onedel, lietse om een
for his severe government spared noble nor un-noble [=common men], had-them for a

geringe sake soo slaen daer van sij aen haer doot quamen, wiert daer over
small matter thus beaten there from they to her death came, was there about

bij den Co: met 90: slagen opde scheenen gestraft, ende voor sijn leven
by the king with 90 blows on-the shins punished, and-the for his life

wegh gebannen
away banished
 
 

Int laetste van 't Iaer sagen eerst een, ende daer nae twee sterren met staerten
In-th' last from th' year saw first one, and-the there after two stars with tails

d'eerste int Z:O: die wel twee maenden gesien worde, de ander int Z:
th' first in-th' South East which [wel] two months seen could-be, the other in-th' South

weste, met de staerten na malcanderen (gesien worden)(scratched out) toe gaen verthoonende
west, with the tails to each-other (seen were) towards going showing

twelcq sulcken verslagenheijt aen 't hoff veroorsaeckten dat den Co: alle
't-which such consternation at th' court caused that the king all

Zeehavens, en oorlogh Ioncken wel liet versorgen, als mede alle vastigheden
sea-harbors, and war junks well had maintained, as well-as all enforcements

van victualie en ammonitie versien, de ruijters en soldaten daghelijcx
of life-stock and ammunition provided, the horsemen and soldiers daily

oefenen, niet anders denckende, dan dat haer d'een of d'andere opden
practice, not differently thinking, than that her th' one or th' other on-the

hals comen soude, verboot mede bij avont geen licht 't sij inde huijsen
neck come would [= to be expected], forbid also at night no light, 't be in-the houses

ofte op 't land aan de Zeecant leggende te branden, den gemeenen man
or on th' land to the seaside laying to burn, the common man

maeckten haer goetjes meest op, behielden meest soo veel om tot
made her goods mostly up [op maekten = finished], kept thus as much in-order-to to

aanstaende rijs snijden te mogen leven, te meer doordien eer dan den tarter
coming rice cutting to be-possible [to] live, the more since before than the tarter

het land Innam, diergelijcke teekens aanden hemel hadden gesien, gelijck
the country took, similar signs in-the heaven had seen, like

mede doen den Iappander met haer In oorlogh quam, ende daer nog bangh
also when the Iappander with her at war came, and-the there still afraid

voor waren, d' grooten ende cleijne vraeghden ons gestadigh waer dat wij
for were, th' great and-the small asked us steady where that we

quamen, wat men seijde in ons land, als sulcx gesien worde, seijde daerop
came, what one said in our country, if such seen was, said there-upon

dat sulcx bij ons een teeken tot straffe vanden hemel gehouden wiert
that such with us a sign as punishment from-the heaven kept was

ende gemeenelijck wel oorlogh, dieren tijt, en quade siecte beduijde
and the generally [wel] war, dire [=difficult] times, and malicious decease meant

't welcke sij met ons affineerden
't which they with us affinity <affirmed, felt the same>