WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



1556. 



elles and a halfe. In fine we concluded the 8 part for one 

 angell and 20 graines, and before we had done, they 

 tooke mine owne weight and measure. 



The 16 day I tooke 8 li. 1 ounce of gold: and since 

 the departure of the Hinde I heard not of her, but when 

 our pledge went into the countrey the first night, he said 

 he saw her cast anker about five leagues from this place. 

 The 17 day I sold about 17 pieces of cloth, & tooke 4. li. 

 4 ounces and a halfe of gold. The 1 8 day the captaine 

 desired to have some of our wine, and offered halfe a 

 ducket of gold for a bottell : but I gave it him freely, and 

 made him and his traine drinke besides. And this day 

 also I tooke 5 li. 5 ounces of gold. The 19 day we sold 

 about 18 clothes, and tooke 4 li. 4. ounces and one 

 quarter of golde. 



The 20 day we tooke 3 li. sixe ounces and a quarter of 

 golde. The 21 we tooke 8. li. 7. ounces and a quarter. 

 The 22. 3. li. 8. ounces and a quarter. And this night 

 about 4 of the clocke the Captaine who had layen all this 

 while upon the shoare, went away with all the rest of 

 the people with him. 



The 23 day we were waved a shoare by other Negroes, 

 and sold them cloth, caskets, knives, and a dosen of bels, 

 and tooke 1. li. 10. ounces of gold. The 24 likewise 

 we sold bels, sheetes, and thimbles, and tooke two li. one 

 ounce and a quarter of gold. The 25 day we sold 7 

 dosen of smal bels and other things, and then perceiving 

 their gold to be done, we wayed and set sayle & went to 

 leeward to seeke the Hinde, and about 5 of the clocke at 

 night we had sight of her, and bare with her, and under- 

 stood that shee had made some sales. The 26 day wee 

 received out of the Hinde 48 li. 3 ounces and one eight 

 part of golde, which they had taken in the time that we 

 were from them. And this day upon the request of a 

 Negro that came unto us from a captaine, we went to 

 shoare with our marchandize, and tooke 7 li. and one 

 ounce of gold. At this place they required no gages of 

 us, but at night they sent a man aboord us, which lay 

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