The winde one letter cancelled S: about 4: in the morninge we 259sounded and had grounde at 30: fath oms and was somewhat Calme, so we putt our shippe a stayes and tooke, in lesse then 2: howers, with a fewe hooks, 67: Coddfishe most of them, verye great fishe some 1: yd and ½ long and a yd in Compasse. this came verye seasonably for our salt fishe was now spent, and we were taking care for victualls this daye (beinge a fishe daye.1

After this we filled our sayles, and stood w n: w: with a smale substituted for handsome cancelled gale. we hoysed out a great boate to keepe our sounding the better The weather was now verye Colde: we sounded at 8: and had 50: fath oms and being Calme we heaved out our hookes againe and took 26: Coddes, so we all feasted with fish that daye.

A woman was deliuered of a Childe in our shippe still borne: the woman had diverse children before, but none liued, and she had some mischance now which caused her to come neere a monthe before her tyme, but she did verye well.

At one of the Clocke we had a freshe gale at n: w: and verye faire weather all that afternoone, and warme but the winde failed soone.

All the night the winde was w: and by S: a stiffe gale, which made vs stande to and againe, with smale advantage.