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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

Thursday 20:

20 May 1630

Saterday 22.

22 May 1630
Fryday 21.
Winthrop, John

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 about 40: and had sould them and manye more to some other servantes we Caused his handes to be tyed vp to a barre and hanged a baskett with stones about his necke and so he stood 2: howres.