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mast overboard, and presently after cut both her 

 cables, and committed ourselves to God s mercy. But 

 it pleased God we run on a part of the sand called 

 Cockram Sand, near to Pillen, but she struck many 

 times before she came near any shore ; but at the last 

 we recovered shore, but had neither anchor nor cable 

 to hold her, so she did [lie] all a-dry, and as soon as 

 she did ebb a-dry all the great men went away that 

 were papists, and are got to some garrison under the 

 king s command. But one Mr. Nutterfield and his 

 wife, and one Mr. Argent and his daughter, and one 

 Mr. Collour and his wife, and myself, went to Pillen 

 with some few men more, to comfort ourselves with the 

 fire and to refresh ourselves. And the next moniing 

 being Saturday, Mr. Collour and one Mr. Hambleton and 

 myself hired horses from Pillen to go to the governor 

 of that place to make him acquainted with our 

 landing. His name is Colonel George Doddinge, 

 and when we came to him and told him our 

 cause, he said he could not do any less than commit 

 us to Lancaster, where now I am, at a very good place, 

 one Capt. Rippendshoupe s. The Colonel was pleased to 

 remove me out of the Castle to his house, a very good 

 place, where I am well used ; but it has pleased the 

 Colonel to seize on all my corn, and to take it from me, 

 so that I cannot tell what course to take ; for all our 

 names are sent up to the Parliament, and the Colonel 

 cannot release any till he receives an answer, how we 

 must be disposed of. The best course that you can take 

 to have me released will be to make some friends to 

 Sir Win. Brereton and Colonel More, and to procure 

 their answer to Colonel Doddinge, and to inform him 

 where I lived, and that I never took up any arms on 

 either side, but have lived in Ireland this ten years. 

 And so I hope that will be answer to procure my en- 



