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officers, who were to go with them, were never suffered 

 to rendezvous, or see together till they came to Barba- 

 does, where they arrived January 29, 1 654-5. Here they 

 found them to want 500 of the number promised, being* 

 but 2500 men in all, and not above half of those well 

 armed. And though they had been assured they should 

 find 1500 arms at Barbadoes, yet they could not there 

 make up 200 arms ; and all the help they had was to 

 make half-pikes, wherein, and in fixing those arms they 

 had, they met with some difficulty, their smith's tools 

 being on board their store ships, which were not yet 

 come to them. For those ships took in their provisions 

 at London, and they were promised should meet them 

 at Portsmouth, and there they were told that they 

 should reach them at Barbadoes ; which yet they did 

 not, nor till at least six months after. So that much of 

 the provision, which was defective at first taking in, 

 was by that time grown very corrupt. 



While they staid at Barbadoes it was plainly dis- 

 covered that not only the inhabitants there were against 

 the general design, but that the seamen bandied against 

 the land-men, and gave them not that assistance and 

 furtherance which was in their power. Notwithstand- 

 ing the land-soldiers great want of arms, Penn and the 

 sea-officers would not be prevailed with to furnish them 

 with any, nor so much as to lend them a pike or a 

 lance ; though he had above 1200 of the former to 

 spare, and great numbers of the latter were put aboard 

 on purpose for the army to kill cows with. At their 

 leaving that place, the seamen had their full allow- 



