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May 23
stay was grievous unto us, when wee
considered how most of this time the windes were easterly and served directly
for us; But or ship was not ready : so ill did or owners
deale with us.
Going aboard ye ship in King roade the 23d of May, wee found
things very unready, and all on heapes, many goodes beeing not stowed, but lying
on disordered heapes, here and there in the ship. This day there came aboard the
ship 2 of the searchers, and viewed a list of all or names,
ministered the oath of allegiance to all at full age, viewed or
certificates from the ministers in the parishes from whence wee came, approved
well thereof, and gave us tickets, that is, Licenses under their handes and
seales, to passe the seas, and cleared the ship, and so departed. When wee came
to King roade (which is a spacious harbor of 5 or 6 miles broad, and 4 or 5
miles distant from Bristoll) wee found neere or ship another ship of
Bristoll, called the Diligence, bound for New-found-land, riding at ancre.
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The 24th beeing the Lorde's day, the wind was strong
in the morning, and yeship daunced, and many of or women
and some children were not well; but sea-sicke, and mazy or light in their
heades, and could scarce stand or go without falling, unlesse they tooke hold of
something to uphold them. This day Mr. Maud was excer-cised in the forenoone,
and I in the afternoone. The wind still easterly.
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The 25th, wee that were passengers would faine have
had ancre weighed, and sayle set, yt wee might have
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may have beene gone. But ye mariners would insiste
that they could not stirre till ye goodes were stowed and the hatches
or deck above cleared, &c. So wee were forced to sit still, and fall in hand
with the goodes; wch stay was a greater griefe unto us, because the Diligence,
yt lay within 2 or 3 stones cast of us did this morning go out in
orsight.
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The Tuesday morning the wind
beeing easterly and the decke somewhat cleared, the mariners began to addresse
themselves for going. But about nine of the clocke, when they had taken up one
of their ancres, and were in a manner ready to set forward, the wind turned
directly agt us, unto the west, so yt wee were forced to cast ancre
againe, and sit still. This evening the Diligence, yt went out
ye day before, came in againe, and cast ancre about the place where
shee lay before ; and found us riding at ancre where shee left us; and another
ship also bound for New England came unto us, which other ship was called the
Angel Gabriel.
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On Wednesday the wind continuing still at
ye west, wee having sent some of ormen a shoar to fech
more bread and victuals and more water for the cattell; our Master Captayne
Taylor went aboard the Angel Gabriel; Mr. Maud, Nathaniel Wales, Barnabas Fower,
Thomas Armitage and my selfe accompanying him. When wee came there wee found
divers passengers, and among them some loving and godly Christians that were
glad to see us there. And soone after wee were come aboard there, there came
three or four
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