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 sicke ; and sixe of them died. And here we could have 

 no traffique with the Negros but three or foure dayes in 

 the weeke, and all the rest of the weeke they would 

 not come at us. 



The 3 of May not having the pinnesse sent us with 

 cloth from the other ships, as they promised, we solde 

 French cloth, and gave but three yards thereof to every 

 fuffe. 



The 5 day the Negros departed, and told us they 

 would come to us againe within foure dayes, which we 

 determined there to tary, although we had divers of our 

 men sicke. 



The 8 day, all our cloth in the Minion being sold, 

 I called the company together, to know whether they 

 would tary the sale of the cloth taken in the prise at this 

 place or no : they answered, that in respect of the death 

 of some of their men, and the present sicknesse of twenty Sicknesse. 

 more, they would not tary, but repaire to the other ships, 

 of whom they had heard nothing since the 27 of April: 

 and yet they had our pinnesse with them, onely to cary 

 newes from one to another. 



The 9 day we determined to depart hence to our 

 fellowes, to see what they had done, and to attempt what 

 was to be done at the towne of Don John. 



The 10 day in the morning we sat saile to seeke the 

 Christopher and the Tyger. 



The 1 1 day the captaine of the Christopher came to 

 us, and told us that they could finde small doings at the 

 places where they had bene. 



The 12 William Crompton and I in our small pinnesse 

 went to the Tyger and the Christopher at Perenine. 



The 13 we sent away the Tyger to Egrand, because 

 we found nothing to doe at Perenine, worth the tarying 

 for. 



The 14 our great pinnesse came to us, and presently 

 we put cloth into her, and sent her backe to Weamba, 

 where she had bene before, and had taken there ten 

 pound of golde. 



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