FRANCIS WILLUGHBY. 49 



It is not known where Mr Willughby received 

 the first part of his education. His character in 

 youth, and throughout his life generally, is thus 

 depicted by his most intimate friend and faithful 



day ; and that day, in the morning, we went from Black- 

 wall and came to Woolich by nine of the clocke, and 

 there remained one tide ; and so the same day unto 

 Heyreth." " The 18th from Heyreth to Gravesende, 

 and here remained until the twentieth day, that day being 

 Saterday; and from Gravesende unto Tilburie Hope, 

 remaining there until the twentieth day." 



The fleet appears to have encountered adverse winds 

 during its whole passage down the river: and this is, 

 perhaps, partly the reason why they are recorded to have 

 cast anchor almost as regularly as the evening came. 

 Similar impediments seem to have opposed themselves, 

 after they had ventured into the sea, frequently occasion- 

 ing them to put back to land. 



The following is the extract for July 30 : " Stanfew 

 harber, Lofoot, Leynam, and Finmark ;" and for the 2d 

 of August, " From that day came winde and terrible 

 whirle-winds, so that we were not able to bare in, but by 

 violence were constrained to take the sea again ; and our 

 pinnesse being unshipped. We sailed north and by east, 

 the winde encreasing so sore, that we were not able to 

 beare any saile ; but took all in, and lay adrift, to the end 

 to let the storme pass over. And that night, by violence 

 of winde and thicknesse of mists, we were not able to 

 keepe together within sight ; and then, about midnight, 

 we lost our pinnesse, which was a great discomfort to us. 

 As soone as it was day, and the fogge ouerpast, we looked 

 about, and at the last we descried one of our shippes to 

 leeward of us, when we spred an hullocke of our foresaile, 

 and bare roome with her, which was the Confidence, but 

 the Edward we could not see." 



The diary thenceforward consists of little more than an 

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