The winde S: S: W: muche winde and rayne. our sprit sayle1 layed so deepe in as it was splitt in peeces with a head sea: at the instant as our Capt was goeinge forth of his Cabbin verye early in the morninge to give ordere to take it in: It was a great mercye of God  May that it did splitt, for otherwise it had endangered the breaking of our borespritt and toppe mastes at least, and then we had had no other waye, but to have returned for Englande, except the winde had come East: about 10: in the morninge, in a very great Freatt2 of winde, it chopt suddainly into the W: as it had doone diverse tymes before, and so continued with a small gale, and stood n and b: w. About 4: in the afternoone there arose a suddain storme of winde and rayne, so violent, as we had not a greater, it continued thicke and boysterous till well cancelled and dotted for deletion all the night.

About 7: we descryed a sayle a head of vs towardes the n: and b: E: which stood towardes vs: our Capt supposinge it might be our viceadmirall hoysed vp his maine sayle, which before was stroucke downe aborde, and bare vp to meet her, when we drewe neere her we putt forthe our Ensigne, Auntient is cancelled and Ensigne substituted and she Luffed vp to gett the winde of vs, but when she sawe she could not, she bare vp, and hoysing vp her fore sayle, stood awaye before the winde, yet we made all the signs we could, that we ment her no harme, but she would not trust vs; she was within shott of vs, so as we perceived she was a small Frencheman, which we did suppose had been driven off the Bancke: when she was cleere of vs she stood her Course again and we ours.

This daye at 12: we made observation, and were about 43: but the storme putt vs farre to the n: again. still Colde weather.