The winde still at n: n: w: but lesse faire weather, but lesse winde then the daye and night before, so as our shippes made but litle waye.

At noone our Capt made observation by the Crosse staffe1 and founde we were in 47 deg: 37 mint n: lat

All this forenoone our viceadmirall was muche to Leeward of vs, so after dinner we bare vp towardes her, and havinge fetched her vp and spoken with her, the winde beinge come to S: w: we tacked about and steered our Course w: n: w: lyeinge as neere the winde as we could. and about 4: of the Clocke with a stiffe gale we steered w: and b: n. and at night the winde grewe verye stronge, which putt vs on to the w: amaine About 10: at night 247the winde grewe so highe and rayne withall that we were forced to take in our toppsayle, and havinge lowred our maine saile and foresayle the storme was so great, as it splitt our foresayle, and tore it in peeces; and a knott of the sea washed our tubbe overbord wherein our fish was a wateringe the storme still grewe and it was dark with Cloudes (though otherwise moone light) so as (though it was the Jewells torne to carrye the light this night yet) least we should loose or goe fowle one of another, we hanged out a light vpon our apparently Winthrop began to write fore and cancelled the fo mezsen shrodes, and before mid night we lost sight of our viceadmirall;2

Our Capt and his so soone as he had sett the watche at 8: in the eveninge, called his men, and tould them he feared we should have a storme, and therefore Commanded them to be ready vpon the deck, if occasion should be, and himselfe was vp and downe the deckes all all is above a cancelled most tymes of the night.