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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

Wensday 2:

2 June 1630

Frydaye. 4.

4 June 1630
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Thursday 3:
Winthrop, John

1630-06-03

The winde still S: by w: a good steddy gale, and we stood w: and b: n: the fogge continued verye thicke, and some rayne withall. we sounded in the morninge and again at noone, and had no grounde. we sounded again about 2: after noone, and had grounde about 80: fath oms a fine grey sande:1 so we presently tacked and stood S: S: E: and shott of a peece of ordinance, to give notice to our Consortes, whom we sawe not since last eveninge.

the fogge continued all this night, and a steddy gale at S: w:

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The Arbella at this time must have been almost directly south of Halifax, N. S.