WILLIAM TOWERSON ad. 



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 and without any toppe sailes abroad, so that in every 

 two dayes sailing they would have hindered us more then 

 one ; and besides that (the winde being Easterly) we 

 should not be able to seaze the coast with them : besides 

 all this the losse of time when we came thither was to 

 be considered, whereupon I thought it not good to carry 

 them any further. 



And as for carying them into England, although the 

 winde had bene good, as it was not, considering what 

 charge we had of our Masters, to shift us out of the 

 way for feare of a stay by reason of the warres, I held 

 it not in any wise convenient. 



But notwithstanding all this, certeine of our company 

 not being herewith satisfied went to our Master to know 

 his opinion therein, who made them a plaine answere, 

 that to cary them into any place, it was not the best The French 

 way nor the profit of their Masters. And he tolde ™'™ 8>°& 

 them further, that if the time were prolonged one moneth time f the 

 longer before they passed the Cape, but a few men warre u pon 

 would go the voyage. All these things considered, we the losse of 

 all paused, and determined at the last, that every man Cales - 

 should take out of the hulks so much as he could well 

 bestow for necessaries, and the next morning to conclude 

 what should be further done with them. So we tooke 

 out of them for us foureteene tunnes and a halfe of 

 wine, and one tunne we put into the pinnesse. 



More we tooke out one hogshead of Aquavitas. 



Sixe cakes of rozzen. 



A small halser for ties : and certeine chesnuts. 

 The Christopher tooke out, [II. ii. 45.] 



Ten tunnes of wine, and one hogshead. 



A quantity of Aquavitse. 



Shall-lines. 



Chesnuts. 



Sixe double bases with their chambers. And their 

 men broke up the hulks chests, and tooke out their 

 compasses, and running glasses, the sounding leade and 

 line, and candles : and cast some of their beefe over 



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