By this Account Five hundred it is surmised left in the hold of the ship from the Bay of Luanda the ship was old it was noted was on its way to Bahia Todos les Sanctes apparently was captured with ease it seems 250 were transferred it was noted from the old ship top heavy hold heavy along with sufficient water for six weeks and some food the voyage was most eventful someone adds even before the Portuguese ship was sighted coming from Angola and chased and captured and relieved of the best of its cargo and abandoned in no shape to sail or be escorted as was noted the voyage was most eventful someone added even before the ship was sighted coming from Angola the ship’s cook and the ship’s boys committed venus monstrosa a category of acts deemed deviant a capital offence it seems unnatural sexual love a category including sodomy, self masturbation, sexual acts between women, and sexual acts between infidels and Christians a pregnant woman was discovered disguised as a sailor who subsequently gave birth to a baby girl that died six weeks later as was diligently reported 500 it is surmised left the Bay of Luanda headed for Brazil 250 were transferred by all accounts from the old ship to the Amersfoort VOC ship Chamber of Amsterdam ship 250 were the salvageable cargo it was declared mostly children as the Commander reported Six days food and water left aboard the old ship that was in no shape to sail or be escorted was duly recorded 250 captives remaining in the hold can only be surmised 76 who went overboard en route were precisely counted sick, moribund or dead 170 who arrived at the Cape (Cape of Good Hope some call it Cape of Torments others say) were recorded in the Commander’s daghregister and conveyed by way of letter to the Heeren XVII but every day others died it seems so minus 32 minus 40 who were sent to Batavia by some accounts 90 by other accounts the best of the salvageable cargo by all accounts minus 7 who absconded ran away escaped were the healthiest and most energetic allegedly and were never recaptured apparently it seems then by this account that 22 of those who occupied the hold of the Portuguese ship that sailed from Luanda remained Lost Volumes. I. A Tale of Ships
