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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

Wensday 26:

26 May 1630

Frydaye 28.

28 May 1630
May 1630 Thursday 27.
Winthrop, John

1630-05-27

The winde N: W: a handsome gale, faire weather. about noone it came about to the S: w: and at night rayne, with a stiffe gale, and it continued to rayne verye hard till it was neere mid night. This daye our skiffe went aboard the Jewell for a hoggeshead of meale which we borrowed, because we Nowell*1 could not come by our one, and there came backe in the skiffe the master of the Jewell and mr. Revell 2 so our Capt stayed them dinner, and sent for Capt Lowe. and about 2: howers after dinner they went aboard their owne shippes our Capt givinge mr. Revell 3: shott, because he was one of the owners of our shippe.

We vnderstood now that the 2: which dyed in the Ambrose, were mr. Cradockes servantes, who were sicke when they came to sea and one of them should have been lefte at Cowes, if any hoast would have received him.

In the Jewell also one of the sea men dyed, the a most profane fellowe, and one who was verye iniurious to the passingers, thoughe muche against the will of the master.

At noone we tacked about and stood w: and by n: and so continued most part of that daye and night followinge, and had muche rayne till midnight.

1.

This name, followed by an asterisk three times repeated in the margin of this page, is written in a later hand.

2.

See supra, page 215, note 5 216, note 2 .