WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



1556. 

 weights and measures : at his comming he offered us, 

 as he had done before, one Angell, and twelve graines 

 for foure elles, and more he would not give, and made 

 signes, that if we would not take that, we should depart, 

 which we did : but before we did indeede depart, 1 

 offered him of some rotten cloth three elles for his waight 

 of an Angell and twelve graines, which he would not 

 take, and then we departed making signes to him that 

 we would go away, as indeede we would have done, 

 rather then have given that measure, although the cloth 

 was ill, seeing we were so neere to the places, which we 

 judged to be better for sale. Then we went aboord our 

 ships, which lay about a league off, and came backe againe 

 to the shoare for sand and balaste : and then the Captaine 

 perceiving that the boats had brought no marchandize 

 but came onely for water and sand, and seeing that we 

 would depart, came unto them, making signes againe to 

 know whether we would not give the foure elles, and 

 they made signes againe, that we would give them but 

 three, and when they sawe that the boates were ready 

 to depart, they came unto them and gave them the 

 weight of our Angell and twelve graines, which we 

 required before and made signes, that if we would come 

 againe, they would take three elles. So when the boates 

 came aboord, we layde wares in them both, and for the 

 speedier dispatch I and John Savill went in one boat, and 

 the Master John Makeworth, and Richard Curligin, in 

 the other, and went on shoare, and that night I tooke for 

 my part riftie and two ounces, and in the other boate they 

 tooke eight ounces and a quarter, all by one weight and 

 measure, and so being very late, we departed and went 

 aboord, and tooke in all this day three pound. 



The seventh day we went a shoare againe, and that 

 day I tooke in our boate three pound 19 ounces, so 

 that we dispatched almost all the cloth that we caried with 

 us before noone, and then many of the people were 

 departed & those that remained had litle golde, yet they 

 made us signes to fetch them some latten basons, which 



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