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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

Teusday 6:

6 April 1630

Thursday 8.

8 April 1630
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Wensday 7:
Winthrop, John

1630-04-07

Faire weather, the winde easterly in the morninge a small gale, but in the afternoone it came about to the S: this afternoone our other Consortes came vp to vs, and about 10: or 12: fleminges and all Anchored by vs. and the master of the Jewell and of the Ambrose came aboard vs and our Capt and they went on shoare.

towardes night there came from the west a fleminge a small man of warre, with a Brazill man which he had taken prize: came to an Anchor by vs.