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Winthrop Family Papers

Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2Note: you've followed an index reference to a note that, due to changes between the print and digital editions, may no longer be on page 254. Please look at all notes at the end of the document or documents on page 254.

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Fryday 14.
Winthrop, John

1630-05-14

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.
Saterday 15.
Winthrop, John

1630-05-15

The winde westerly all this daye faire weather, we tacked twice, to small purpose
Lordes day 16.
Winthrop, John

1630-05-16

as the 15. was.
munday 17
Winthrop, John

1630-05-17

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
Tuesday 18:
Winthrop, John

1630-05-18

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.
Wensday 19.
Winthrop, John

1630-05-19

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.

 1.

A strip of canvas laced to the foot of a square sail. Removing the bonnet was equivalent to reefing a modern square sail.

 2.

The False Bank is now called the Flemish Cap; the Main Bank is the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, XII. 195–196.
Thursday 20:
Winthrop, John

1630-05-20

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.

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