FRANCIS WILLUGHBY. 
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it is not known where Mr WrIInghby 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 Woolicb by nihe of the clocke, and 
there remained one tide ; and so the same day unto 
Heyreth.” “ The 18th from Heyreth to Gravcsende, 
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 
barber, 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 sliippes 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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