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1630-05-20
The storm continued all this daye the winde as it was and raynye in the forenoone we carried our foresayle, and stood W: S: w. but in the afternoone we tooke it in, the winde encreasinge and the sea growne verye highe: and lyinge with the helme a weather, Lee
1630-05-21
The winde still n: w: litle winde and closse weather. we stood S: w: with all our sayles, but made litle waye, and at night it was a still Calme.
A servant of the C one of our Companye had bargained with a Childe, to sell him a boxe worthe 3d: for 3: biskettes a daye all the voyage, and had received abou
1630-05-22
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 GoMay
till well cancelled and dotted for deletion
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
This daye at 12: we made observation, and were about 43: but the storme putt vs farre to the n: again. still Colde weather.
The spritsail was a square sail rigged under the bowsprit; in the following century it was replaced by the handier jib.
A gust or squall; obs.,
N.E.D.
muche winde still westerly and verye Colde weather.
The winde n: w: by n: a handsome gale and close weather and and
256 substituted for cancelled but
reeradmirall and Jewell
bothe the shippes the Jewell, but that 2 passingers were dead in the Ambrose and one other Cowe: