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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

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16 April 1630

Sunday Apr: 18.

18 April 1630
Saterday 17.
Winthrop, John

1630-04-17

Blank of one and three-quarters inches, measured vertically.

The winde S: w: verye stormye stormye written above freshe cancelled and boystrous: all this tyme we bore no more sayle but our maine sayle, and foresayle, and we steered our Course w: and b: n:

This daye our Capt tould me that our lande men were verye nastye and slouenly and that the gunne deck where they lodged, was so beastly and noysome with their victualls, and beastlynesse as would muche endanger the healthe of the shippe: herevpon after prayer we tooke order and appointed 4: men, to see to it and to keepe that roome Cleane for 3: dayes, and then 4: other should succeede them and so forthe on.

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The winde continued all this daye at S: w: a stiffe gale, in the afternoone it cleered vp, but verye hasye. our Capt about 4: of the Clocke sent one to the toppe to looke for our viceAdmirall but he Could not descrye him, yet we sawe a sayle about 2: leagues to the leeward, which stoode towardes the n: E:

We were this eveninge (by our accompt) about 90 leages from Sillye Aprill. W: and by S: at this place there came a swallowe and lighted vpon our shippe.