[1665]
State of undeclared war between Dutch and English continues. Great Plague in London.
Background
25/2 ... sold to the highest bidders 9 mares with 2 foals, and 5 young stallions ... total of fl. 814...
11/3 ... about noon came to the roads ... 9 ships, to wit Walcheren, Phoenicx, the Slot van Honingen, Diemermeer, Oyevaer, Rysende Son, Amstellant, Brederoode and Jonge Prins ... left Batavia on December 24 last year, 11 vessels in all, but on February 16 ... storm lasting for 3 days... two ships missing ... the Nooteboom and the Wapen van Hoorn ...
12/3 ... the large flute* the Wapen van Hoorn came in ...
10/4 ... came to anchor in the evening ... Zuytpolsbroucq ... left the Vlie November 22 and sailed northabout* ... as yet nothing definite as regards the English: they continually make preparations for [definite] war and have equipped many ships for it ...
14/4 Arrived ... one of the two afterships* the yacht* the Cogge ...
16/4 In the afternoon appears here also the yacht Nieuwenhoven, the thirteenth and last return-ship [arrival of Nooteboom not given]
21/4 ... between the Robben Island and the mainland lay at anchor ... Amersfoort, which had already lost 36 dead in the journey from the Fatherland ... more than 70 sick ...
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