Complex sentence: Saartje (Sara in English) was born at the Dutch trading base on the island of Hirado and in 1629, aged 12, was living at Batavia in Java under the protection of Jan Coen, governor of the Dutch East Indies.
Split into simpler sentences: Saartje (Sara in English) was born at the Dutch trading base on the island of Hirado. In 1629, aged 12, was living at Batavia in Java under the protection of Jan Coen, governor of the Dutch East Indies.