INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PURSERS a.d. 



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persons from any person or persons, other then such 



as bee the companies goods, and that under their 



marke, you shall before the ship doeth depart, declare 



the same truely to the sayd Agent, and to some of the 



other merchants to him adjoyned, as it is before declared. 



4 Also when the shippe is ready to depart, and hath 

 the master and the whole company aboord, you shall 

 diligently foresee and take heede, that there passe not 

 any privie person or persons, other then such as be 

 authorized to passe in the said ship, without the 

 licence and warrant of one of the Governours and of 

 the assistants, for the same his passage, to be first 

 shewed. And if there be any such person or persons 

 that is to passe and will passe without shewing the 

 same warrant, you shall let the passage of any such to 

 the uttermost of your power : And for that there may 

 no such privie person passe under the cloke and colour 

 of some mariner, you shall upon the weying of your 

 ships anker, call the master and the mariners within 

 boord by their names and that by your bookes, to the 

 ende that you may see that you have neither more 

 nor lesse, but just the number for the voyage. 



5 Also you must have in remembrance, that if it 

 shall chance the shippe to bee put into anie harbour in 

 this coast by contrary windes or otherwise in making 

 the voyage, to send word thereof from time to time 

 as the case shall require, by your letters in this maner. 

 To master I. B. Agent for the company of the New 

 trades in S. in London : If you doe hier any to bring 

 your letters, write that which he must have for the 

 portage. And for your better knowledge and learning, 

 you shall do very well to keepe a dayly note of the 

 voyage both outwards and homewards. 



6 And principally see that you forget not dayly in 

 all the voiage both morning and evening, to call the 

 company within boord to prayer, in which doing you 

 shall please God, and the voiage will have the better 

 successe thereby, and the company prosper the better. 



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