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 letters, before they could get them into the ship, they fell 

 into the Sea, and so all our labour and theirs also was 

 lost ; notwithstanding they promised to certifie our 

 departure at London, and so we departed, and the same 

 day we had sight of Silley. The 22. the wind was at 

 Northeast by East with faire weather, and so the 23. and 

 24. the like. The 25. we layd our ships on the Lee for 

 the Sunneshine, who was a romaging for a leake, they had 

 500. strokes at the pumpe in a watch, the wind at North- 

 west. 



The 26. and 27. wee had faire weather, but this 27. 

 the pinnesses foremast was blowen overboord. The 28. 

 the Elizabeth towed the pinnesse, which was so much 

 bragged off by the owners report before we came out of 

 England, but at Sea she was like a cart drawen with 

 oxen. Sometimes we towed her because she could not 

 saile for scant wind. 



The 31. day our Captaine asked if the pinnesse were 

 stanch, Peerson answered that she was as sound and 

 stanch as a cup. This made us something glad, when 

 we sawe she would brooke the Sea, and was not leake. 



June. 



THe first 6. dayes wee had faire weather : after that 

 for 5. dayes wee had fogge and raine, the winde 

 being South. The 12. wee had cleare weather. The 

 Mariners in the Sunneshine and the Master could not 

 agree : the Mariners would goe on their voyage a fish- 

 ing, because the yeere began to waste : the Master would 

 not depart till hee had the companie of the Elizabeth, 

 whereupon the Master told our Captaine that hee was 

 afrayd his men would shape some contrary course while 

 he was asleepe, and so he should lose us. At length 

 after much talke and many threatnings, they were con- 

 tent to bring us to the land which we looked for daily. 



The 14. day we discovered land at five of the clocke land descried. 

 in the morning, being very great and high mountaines, 

 the tops of the hils being covered with snow. Here the 



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