The winde W: S: W: thicke foggye weather and in the afternoone rayny raynye: we stood w: and by S: and after W: and by N: about 5: leagues a watche, we were in 44: ½. the sunne sett n: w: and by n: ⅓ northerly. and towardes night we stood w.

The winde westerly all this daye faire weather, we tacked twice, to small purpose

as the 15. was.

The winde at S: a fine gale and faire weather we stood w: and by S: we sawe a great drifte, so we heaved out our skiffe, and it proved a firre Logge, which seemed to have been many yeares in the water, for it was all ouergrowne with Barnacles, and other trashe. we sounded heere, and fond no grounde at 100: fathom and more: we sawe 2: whales

May Teusday 18. About 9: at night the winde grewe verye stronge at S: W: and continued so with muche rayne till one of the Clock then it seased rayninge, but the winde came to the w: with more violence in this storme, we were forced to take in all our sayls, save our maine sayle, and to lowre that so muche as we could: in

In the morninge the winde slacked, but we could stande no neerer our Course then n: and we had muche winde all this daye. in the afternoone we tacked and stood S: by E: towardes night (our reeradmirall beinge neere 2: leagues to Leeward of vs,) we bare vp, and drawinge neer her, we descryed descryed some 2: leagues more to Leeward 2: shippes, which we conceived were those 2: of Capt Kirks, which parted from vs in the storm may 2: we had still Cold weather.

The winde SS: W: closse and raynye little winde we tacked again and stood w: but about noone the fu winde came full W: a verye stronge gale, so we tacked again and stood n: by E: and at night we tooke of our maine bonett,1 and tooke in all our sayles, save our maine Course and mysen. we were nowe in 44: 12: m: and by our accompt in the midd waye betweene the false Banke and the maine bancke:2 All this night a great storme at w: b: n.

The storm continued all this daye the winde as it was and raynye in the forenoone we carried our foresayle, and stood W: S: w. but in the afternoone we tooke it in, the winde encreasinge and the sea growne verye highe: and lyinge with the helme a weather, corrected from Lee we made no waye, but as the shippe drove. we had still cold weather.

☞ faste In the great Cabbin at 9: at night etc., and the next daye again etc. The storme continued all this night.