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:

About 4: in the morninge we tacked againe (the winde S: w.) and stood w: n: w: The fogge continued all this daye, so as we could not see a stones cast from vs, yet the sunne shone verye bright all the daye. we sounded everye 2: howres, but had no grounde.

☞At night we tacked again and stood S: In the great Cabbin fast.

In the morninge the winde came to N: E: a handsome gale and the fogge was dispersed, so we stood before the winde w: and by n: all the afternoone beinge raynye: at night we sounded, but had no grounde.

In the great Cabbin thanksgiving.

It rayned most parte of this night, yet our Capt kept abroad, and was forced to come in in the night to shifte his Clothes.

we sounded everye halfe watche, but had no grounde.

The winde n: E: and after n: a good gale, but still foggye at tymes, and Colde. we stood w: n: w: bothe to make cape Sable if we might, and also because of the Current, which neere the west shoare settes to the S: that we might be the more cleere from the Southerne shoales. viz of Cape Cod.1

About 2: in the after noone we sounded, and had grounde at about 80: fat hom and the miste then breakinge vp we sawe the shore to the n: about 5: or 6: leagues off. and were (as we supposed) to the w s: w: of cape Sable, and in 43: ¼. towardes night it calmed and was foggye againe, and the winde came S: and by E: we tacked and stood w: and by n: intendinge to make lande at Aquamenticus 2 beinge to the n: of the Iles of Shoales .

The winde one letter cancelled S: about 4: in the morninge we 259sounded and had grounde at 30: fath oms and was somewhat Calme, so we putt our shippe a stayes and tooke, in lesse then 2: howers, with a fewe hooks, 67: Coddfishe most of them, verye great fishe some 1: yd and ½ long and a yd in Compasse. this came verye seasonably for our salt fishe was now spent, and we were taking care for victualls this daye (beinge a fishe daye.1

After this we filled our sayles, and stood w n: w: with a smale substituted for handsome cancelled gale. we hoysed out a great boate to keepe our sounding the better The weather was now verye Colde: we sounded at 8: and had 50: fath oms and being Calme we heaved out our hookes againe and took 26: Coddes, so we all feasted with fish that daye.

A woman was deliuered of a Childe in our shippe still borne: the woman had diverse children before, but none liued, and she had some mischance now which caused her to come neere a monthe before her tyme, but she did verye well.

At one of the Clocke we had a freshe gale at n: w: and verye faire weather all that afternoone, and warme but the winde failed soone.

All the night the winde was w: and by S: a stiffe gale, which made vs stande to and againe, with smale advantage.