place betweene 

 54 and 55 de- 

 grees oflatl- 



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1587. 



beares, but durst not go on shore to them for lacke of a 

 good boat. This day we stroke a rocke seeking for an 

 harborow, and received a leake : and this day we were in 

 54 degrees of latitude. 



The 14 we stopt our leake in a storme not very 

 outragious, at noone. 



The 15 being almost in 52 degrees of latitude, and not 

 finding our ships, nor (according to their promise) any 

 kinde of marke, token, or beacon, which we willed them 

 to set up, and they protested to do so upon every head 

 land, Island or cape, within twenty leagues every way off 

 The fishing from their fishing place, which our captaine appointed to 

 be betweene 54 and 55 degrees: This 15 I say we shaped 

 our course homewards for England, having in our ship 

 lude. ' but litle wood, and halfe a hogshead of fresh water. Our 



men were very willing to depart, and no man more 

 forward then Peerson, for he feared to be put out of his 

 office of stewardship : but because every man was so 

 willing to depart, we consented to returne for our owne 

 countrey : and so we had the 1 6 faire weather, with the 

 winde at Southwest. 



The 1 7 we met a ship at sea, and as farre as we could 

 judge it was a Biskaine : we thought she went a fishing 

 Abundance of for whales ; for in 52 degrees or thereabout we saw very 

 f e f e s J nSz many. 



The 18 was faire, with a good gale at West. 



The 19 faire also, with much winde at West and by 

 South. 



And thus after much variable weather and change of 

 They arrive at w i n ds we arrived the 15 of September in Dartmouth 



D i^ftep. tke anno I 5 87 ' S ivin S thanks t0 God f ° r ° Ur Safe arrivalL 

 tember. 



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