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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

Saterday 22.

22 May 1630

Tuesday 25.

25 May 1630
Lordes day 23:
Winthrop, John

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 munday 24 verye Colde we stood S: w. about noone we had occasion to lye by the Lee, to streighten our misen shroudes and the reeradmirall and Jewell one letter cancelled beinge bothe to windward of vs, bare vp and came vnder our Lee, to enquire if any thinge were amisse with vs, so we heard the Companye were in healthe in bothe the shippes the Jewell, but that 2 passingers were dead in the Ambrose and one other Cowe: