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FEBRUARIE

2
3    1. Thurs. we supped at Smalmans 12^d. At nyght was

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4playd cats and dogs and plumping and other wawling
5sport.
6
7    2. Fri. Purification. Doctor James preched in the forenoon
83 to the Philipians: I pray God that your love may increase.
9After noon in Alhallows Doctor Mathew did as he doth al
10things excellently of Simeon in the 2 of Luke which
11signifieth the hearer, concluding that yf he cold never
12fynd the Saviour but in the temple, we must not absent
13our selvs from church and yet hope to fynd hym. We
14supt at Smalmans 12^d.
15
16    3. Sat. Slater and Davis and Waring and I went to
17Tytimans and eat fresh sprats and muskels. I herd that my
18Lord vicownt Bindon was dead on Sun. last in
19Dorsetshire, that the mownseur was gone and the queen
20to accompany hym to Dover and that the Lord of Lester,
21the Lord Charles Haward, the Lord Hunsden and others
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23taken his wyfe agayn and that my Lord treasurer shold
24mary a second daughter to my Lord Wentworth desyring
25rather a man than money. God send them al to do for
26the best.
27
28    4. Sun. Knyght of Corpus Christi preched and did wel.
29M. Den, Lankford, Pryce and Short dyned with us at
30nyght. We had musycians and went up with them and
3120 clubs to Carfox.
32
33    5. Mon. I wrot to London to Peter Pory. Ther was an other
34lybel fownd with Dodwels man abowt Campion. We
35wer comaunded to keep the gates shut til 8 but to what
36end I se not.
37
38    6. Tues. was presented Sir Buckfowld of Brasenose, the
39least batchler I think in Europe. I dyned with doctor
40Mathew. He spake frendly of M. Screven. Ther was

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41doctor Culpeper and his wyf and Thom Furs and his
42wif and Allen of Gloster Haul. Doctor Mathew told how
43old doctor Baily took 8^li. of M. Tuchiner for bringing in
44his ... which Tuchiner being scholmaster had taken for
45bringyng // yn hym before in to the howse. Wil
46Breach came to town and was sory for the going away of
47Robyn. He browght me a letter from John Trus ... to
48place Phillip Breach at Wollerhanton with my brother
49and to that end did I wryt to my brother. We supt at
50Smalmans, spent 6^d. I gave hym a payr of spectacles with
51the case 6^d.
52
53    7. Wed. I packt up my stuf ynto the lytle study and took an
54ynventory of al my books. I payd Sherburn a mark
55horsehyre which is reconed in the last yere.
56
57    8. Thurs. my study was new plastered. News came that
58Anwerp was yelded to the prince of Parma who kept yt
59with 10,000 men, that the prince of Orenge was taken,
60that the mownser began to be a fearful suspicion to the
61king his brother and that the supply of Hugonets which
62cam owt of Franse to fortifie mownsewr in the Lowe
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64to slaughter and that therfore the mownsewr was returned
65to England but the last point was fals how ever the first be.
66
67    9. Fri. I supt at Smalmans, spent 12^d.
68
69    10. Sat. I had a warant from M. Screven for an acre of
70wood to me and Smalman. I had 9^s of M. Lyster
71for Jenyns wif 8 WORDS FROM had TO wif INITIALLY IN CIPHER .
72
73    11. Sun. Septuagessima . M. Robinson preched 2
74Philipians. He shewd owt of racionale divinorum that the
75papist thowght not superfluity of word or ceremonyes to
76hurt, as if one wold say baptizo te in nomine patris et filii et
77spiritus sancti et Diaboli and owt of Scotus the 9 distinctio
78lib. 4 de ... sententiarum that yt is agaynst scripture to
79beleeve transubstantiation and owt of Lactantius that
80ymages or remembrances of absent frends be necessary,
81but God is always present and therfore we need noe
82ymage. Slater, Davis and I walked to Wolvercot and had
83cyder at Besse Jenyns. Lawghern told me that his brother
84Clark had a benyfyce of an hundred pound for hym and
85shewd me Tolderburyes letter therin.

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8612. Mon. I dyned with M. Anthony Sherloe at the principals
87chamber of Herthal and had good cheare and supt with
88M. Thornborowe of Magdalens at Gilberts wher was my
89brother, Procter, Bis and Ynkforbye. M. Thornboroes
90wif is doctor Bolds dawghter of Salsbury. She plays wel
91upon the lute and virginales. //
92
93    13. Tues. having a letter from my cozin Nicholas that our
94viage was lyke to hold, I prepared my self to be redye.
95
96    14. Wed. I spoke with M. Marten of Weymowth and had
97commendations from Dorchester. I wrote bye hym to
98M. Green. I had aproved me by my lord of Lesters letters
99to the officers a cause for 3 yere besyde my ordinary days
100with al profyts rising in the howse the mean season as yf I
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102Wygnole and James wer very ernest for my chamber and
103my study beyond the cumpase of any desert shewd unto
104mee. Spent 12^d.
105
106    15. Thurs. I resigned my office in the convocation howse
107to M. Beamunt, being therunto commended by my Lord
108of Lecester. I had of M. Beamunt therfor twenty
109marx 7 WORDS FROM had TO marx INITIALLY IN CIPHER . I had also a lycens to preach in al the world. I
110gave M. Slater my ox and my tynker, M. Beamunt my
111black pot, had a new key for my study and an other for the
112dore 10^d, M. Dabb my belloes.
113
114    16. Fri. I wrot to my brother by Hortons man and sent
115books and other things. I payd 6^d for the cariage and spent
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117nobles and 30^s to M. Thomson and gave John 8^d so that I
118am wholy even with hym, and the burser and his tutor
119have 3^li3^s4^d before hand. I gave my man Thomas 10^s
120and put hym to M. Beamunt. M. Davis and I supt at
121Robert Cavies. M. Kirpie cam from London with
122M. Steenton whom he wold have bestoed in owr viage. I
123locked up al my things and made a deed of gift to my
124brother of al.
125
126    17. Sat. I took leave only with Beamunt, Dow, Davis and
127Wood and so rode to London. Met Lepye at Wykam.
128M^rs Waynwryght sent me my supper.
129
130    18. Sun. Sexagessima. M. Hearn preched at the Crosse
131but I was not ther. Wee dyned at M^rs Waynwryght with
132M. Hunton of Hampshire. M. Torpurley cam to mee. I
133met M. Web of Henley who bestoed the wyne. M.
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13519. Mon. M. Torpurley and I walked to Ratclif. M. Norman
136shewd me how the strenth of his lodestone was increased.
137We cam to Francis Yomders and had ther good chere.
138
139    20. Tues. Lepye cam up. Huet wrot to me that
140Norwod sayd my dealing abowt the colector was shamful
141and paltry. I did answer him home and yet with charity.
14220 WORDS FROM Norwod TO charity INTIALLY IN CIPHER
143
144    21. Wed. I wrot to Jacson, to Huet, to my very hard frend
145M. Norwood, to M. warden for a longer cause, to M.
146Davis, to M. Owyn Glyn to whom I sent a dosen of very
147good blew sylk poynts. I hard that the mownsewr was
148wel receved and my Lord of Lester at Flushing, at
149Mydleboroe, at Antwerp, that a fat ox ther was 30^li, a
150wether 40^s, a capon 10^s, wyne 16^d, and bear 8^d the quart,
151and that my Lord of Lester was sent for home. I bowght
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15322. Thurs. we went to the theater to se a scurvie play set
154owt al by one virgin which ther proved a fyemarten with
155owt voice so that we stayd not the matter. I had a cassock
156of Ashley which stood me in 20^s and venetians a mark.
157Lepee had also a cassock which stood me in 11^s6^d but
158it is all cownted afterward.
159    A gentilman trayning a yong servingman bad hym syt
160down when he was byd but ever to be a dysh behind
161hym so the master sytting at the boord in Wales had
162nothing els but oten kakes wherupon his man being byd
163sytt down fet a bottel of hey and layd it on the table
164saying that hey was the next dysh under otes. M.
165Torpurley.
166    Henshaw of Christchurch comyng into a howse with
167a low dore knoct his head shrewdly to the post. Why,
168how now, quoth on that cam behind, can not ye see?
169Yes, quoth he, but yt is good maner to knock before ye
170enter. Idem.
171    A yong mayd going to a feast with hir mother wher
172she was to meet hir lover was instructed at all tymes
173hir mother twynkt nodded on hir to lay hir hand on hir
174brest, to ryse up, and curchye. Hir mother espying hir
175gnawing a bone nodded on hir wherupon she puld down
176hir hands to hir wast and leaving the bone a crosse hir
177mowth lyk a butchers knife made a very fayr curchye.
178Pain.
179    Now truly, quoth an old gentilman to a yong feloe,
180ye ar far to blame to mislyke your aunt for she may do you
181pleasure and I wold God I had such an aunt. Fy, quoth he,
182wold I had your land on condicion you had xx^ty such
183aunts. M. Cornwal. //
184    The alewyf and hir husband having long drunk owt the
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186nether shold have a stope tankard of the best withowt
187money; the man being drie was content to lay down a
188gally halfpeny for watring his throt and began pledged to
189his wyf but swapt drank al of. I pledge you sir, quoth she,
190and going to fil more. Na, quoth the man, pay for yt
191first, wherupon she was driven to pay back the halfpeny
192to hir goodman which afterward was cowrsed exchanged
193to and froe so long til that one halfpeny had drawn drie
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195    2. Wed. yn Gods name somwhat tymely we hoysed with a
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197the purposes playd before us by which syghne and by the
198cawseles workyng and swelling of the sea I dowted fowl
199wether and indeed when we were thwart the Nields the
200wynd cam to the sowthwest which caused us to fawl back
201agayn to Yermowth, wher we supt with Capten Ward
202aboord the Edward and our general gave to al the ships
203very necessary instructions for the viage.
204
205    3. Thurs. rayn and rugh wynd. Capten Ward dyned with
206us. We set Will Wylshire a shore because he was syck and
207did presse a tynker and 2 carpenters to go with us.
208
209    4. Fri. fowle and rugh. We tawlked of Yrland and M.
210Capten Parker concluded that he which cold endure the
211Yryshe service and pleaz my Lord of Aburgeny myght go
212for a soldier and a servingman in any place of Yngland. At
213nyght we sorted our men and I being the 4 person of
214necessytie must be a larbord man. We cam back agayn
215to the Cows because the tyde sets rugh at Yermowth.
216
217    5. Sat. we fel a romeging arranging chests and I for
218example was content to let the musicians have myne cause
219they wer apoynted 4 to a chest, but I cold se none do so
220els but my self.
221
222    6. Sun. 3 after Easter. Our generaul dyned in the
223Elsabethe. The master and I walked a shore. He told me
224how Furbusher delt with hym, very headyly sure, and
225how that Furbusher was not the mariner he was taken to
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227viceadmyral also, wher Capten Skevington made us good
228chere but he is a lytle syke of the sextayns evil which
229thinketh noen in the parysh can chyme the bels lyke hym.
230Our lieftenent with M. Cotton went to Newport which
231is 3 myle sowth fro the Cows whether ther runeth a fyne
232ryver.
233
234    7. Mon. very fayr and hote but wynd stil sowth west.
235M. Brown and M. Baker prechers with the baylys of
236Newport cam to us. M. Banester hunting for the
237votes of the most vain masses with dinner expenses and
238gifts of worn-out clothing 17 WORDS FROM hunting TO clothing EDITOR'S TRANSLATION FROM LATIN had drawn owt a sheet of paper
239for to be set on the mayn mast with prayers for morning
240and evening and sygnes to knoe when they shold be syck
241which besyde yt was unmeasurably beyond al modesty,
242the conceyt was also so grosse that yf a mans head had but
243Aked he wold put them in fear of the frensy, the pestilent
244fever, // the palsey, the pocks, the plage, the scurby, the
245bubo and such lyke beastly stuffe, which he browght to
246me to correct as he sayd, but when I had altered some and
247stryken owt other some he cold not endure to have yt soe
248and therfore when I see that I plade as A BLANK IN THE EDITION in Arte
249Poetica. He told me thus: yonder surgion in the other ship
250althoe he speak mee faire yet I knoe he loveth mee not for he is
251verie vaine gloriows and hopeth that I will die that hee may take
252my place, but now sir he hathe noe skil in physique, and
253therfore I wil send hym this copie and he shal paie one of my
254men 12^d for writing of yt , wher indeed the other is a good
255modest feloe and hath more lerning than John Banesters
256farwel to Nottingham. Now sir the sport was that whylst
257I stood in a studye being wery of his taulk and thowght in
258my self, surely this is a very vayngloriows asse, he clapt me
259on the sholder and sayd, yt is true man.
260    M. Parker lykened a servingman that caried a hauk
261abowt but had no other good qualytie unto a haukes
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263lyberawl mynded and one that thinketh modestly of hym
264self.
265
266    8. Tues. the wynd cam up to the est but breesed abowt
267with great uncertaynty. Notwithstanding we cold have
268wayd betymes but our men were a shore, some drunk and
269some in dette. Hear lost we agayn our tynker and a
270carpenter and I knoe not whom els, so that I muse why the
271masters that with such feloes have so oft byn synged wil
272suffer any to go ashore.
273    M. William Haukyns kept lyberawl chere for al saylers
274in Newport. Yt cost hym 20 nobles very nye, because of
275good mynde he wold have had our men to have saved ther
276own money, but al wold not bee. M. Cotton left
27720^s to pay whyl he wold also hav bin cownted prodigayl.
27814 WORDS FROM M. TO prodigayl INITIALLY IN CIPHER
279    We hard that the A BLANK IN THE EDITION , M. Owtreads ship which he
280sent to the Yles of Pyckery had geven such a salt to a
281Frenchman as made hir beshrew hir own self, so that now
282she lay wonded at Dartmowth.
283
284    9. Wed. we lay stil at Yermowth. M. Whood and M.
285Blacollar our pylates cam and sayd they wer chased by
286pyrates. //
287
288    10. Thurs. M. Capten Parker and I wer aboord the
289Edward wher Banester with his Robynhood rymes made
290us good sport. M. Lewys gave me a box of marmylad.
291We wayd and cam up agayn to the Cows and in waying
292the larbord cat broke and strok down Cyprian Boorman
293ynto the water but God be thanked he was recovered
294withowt any great hurt but had not Gods favowr stood
295between, that hap myght have slayn 20 men. Lykewyse
296one May day waying, the starburd cathook brake.
297
298    11. Fri. the wynd was lowd at the sowth with rayn. We
299had a generaul communion. Capten Skevington told the
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301receave because of the viceadmyral, wherfore I was sent to
302perswade hym but when I came thither I fownd that al was
303nothing els but only the fydle fadle superfynes of Capten
304Skevingtons curiosytye. I had Reynoldus Tables of Tobias
305to correct wher in some places they were false printed.
306
307    12. Sat. the wynd began to groe toward the westnorth-west
308but yt heald not.
309
310    13. Sun. 4 after Easter. M. Smyth was aboord us and
311M. Homes of Hampton sent us a hogshead of Claret.
312M. Capten Ward supt not with us and M. Banester and I had
313almost fawlen owt reasonyng de pinquedine , I saying that
314the overfatting of any thing cam by cold and he by heate.
315
316    14. Mon. I went aboord the Edward and fro thence went
317with M. Walker, M. Lewys, and M. Tobias to Newport.
318We dyned and lay at M. Creswels of the Bel who made
319unto us many a substancial lye. He is M. Symberbs
320cozyn. After wer we so encumbred with shorehaunters that
321aboord we cold not get al nyght. M. Walker told mee how
322his wyfe and he wer parted by consent althoe not dyvorsed.
323He told me of many that he had ocupid. 9 WORDS FROM He TO
324ocupid INITIALLY IN CIPHER
325
326    15. Tues. I gote up betymes and gote them ashore for we
327spent Tobias money. M. Reynolds and M. Caplet
328browght us an other hogshead of wyne from M. Homes.
329They told me that M. Cooke of Brazenose and M. Brown
330of Christchurch were procters and that Lycens of New
331Colledge had lost yt wherby I perceave the canvase of
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333    Sir Edward Horsey having complayned to our generawl
334that the King of Portingales ship which lay at Meedhole
335was lykly to be stolen away by the knaves in // hir whom
336Peryn ther master cold not rule requested us to fet hir
337nyer, which we dyd so that she gave at hir comyng a
338gallant volley of shot for an homage. We hard that
339Capten Lawndrey and the French had taken St.
340Mychaels, one of the Azores in behalf of the King of
341Portingal.
342
343    16. Wed. we al dyned and supped aboord the Elsabeth
344wher Capten Skevington bade us as great welcom as that
345lytle hart cold any wyse conceave, so that Walker sayd,
346curiows feloes wer good yf yt wer for nothing but to make
347cheere. Luk Ward and Lewes and Walker and I were on
348the shore we puld down 4 gats. 5 WORDS FROM we TO gats INITIALLY IN CIPHER
349    M. Colman who was M. Wolleys man cam with a
350broad seal to stay M. Boze tuching some conveance of
351Land made amysse to Sir William Pellam. The cumpany
352in the Edward was glad to be ryd of so grosse a man and so
353great a chest. M. Colman told me that Sir William
354Pellam wold prefer hym to be my Lord Chauncelors
355secretary and therfor I wrot by hym to M. Screven,
356but I hear that the feloe indeed can do very wel but is
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35817. Thurs. M. Haukins of Plymmowth ryding to London
359cam to us. He told that the King of Spayn had sent 8
360ships to the Moluccas and 5 were cast away on the cost of
361Barbarye.
362    The wynd straglyng abowt the east, we set sayl from the
363Cowse at 2 a clock and 30 mynuts in thafter noone, but
364yt was so weak that we cold not stem the tyde, yet when
365the eb cam we fel down to Yermowth and ther anchored -
366the 4^th tyme.
367
368    18. Fri. we hoysed our boat aboord very tymely. Ther was
369a smal comete which I sawe 8 days ago in the brest of
370Erychtonius, but I cold never see yt more than one nyght
371to judge of his way. M. Baynam the merchant which had
372been long syck of an ague and was fawlen into the black
373jaundyce, now despayring of his health returned agayn. //
374When the wynde contrary to our hope began to blow
375rughly at the sowth we retyred back agayn and cam to the
376Cows but the vyceadmiral rode yt owt at Yermowth.
377
378    19. Sat. Capten Skevington made a pyttiful complaynt to
379our generawl of Julian Sawnders his cooke that had geven
380hym the lye, so that the pore feloe was put into the
381bilboes, he being the fyrst upon whom any punyshment
382was shewed for hytherto not so much as a boy felt any
383correction more than my Lord Awmes, and John Hawlle
384whom the master combd over for losyng his sownding
385lead at Hurst Castle when we fyrst went owt. And Captain
386Skevington was the fyrst that sowght to bring anye
387quarel to the ripping up, so that dyvers of our saylers were
388much offended and sayd, set a begger on horsbacke and he
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39020. Sun. after Easter 5. Ther cam overnyght 2 sayles
391wherof one caried the Spaynish imbassador Antonio de
392Castilio, the other was the bark Bur. They both laded
393corne to Spayn and because they cam prowdly in our loofe
394and wold nether stryke flag nor top, our master went with
395comyssion to the Unitye of London wher the Embassador
396was and fet away Thomas Cleye the carpenter, but Stephen
397Muns of Lee ther papisticaul master cam with the
398ymbassadors man to have hym released and shewd us ther
399passport for hym self and al his company, but we answered
400that this belonged to the company of Spayniards and no
401more. We did also sharply rebuke Muns the master for his
402unloyal pryde and because he went abowt to discorage
403some of our men from the viage.
404    Wee dyned in the Frances with Capten Drake wher we
405had good chere and good frendly welcom withowt
406curiosyty of words. At 12 the east wynd began to fresh up
407which caused us to way upon the eb, but before we wer
408passed a lege yt faynted and we wer fayn to cast Anchor.
409    I wrote to M. William Barns of the drye melch lowing
410Cows and of M. Banesters anotomy of an eg shel and how
411we spent the day and wrot to M. Reynolds to whom
412M. Banester sent a poticary bil for M. Homes that such
413physique shold bring a man from magnificat to nunc
414dimittis . // My lord Foster being a lytle dronk went up to
415the mayn top to fet down a rebel and 20 at the least after
416hym, wher they gave hym a cobkey upon the cap of the
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41821. Mon. before the change the wynd was wel harted at E.
419northeast so that we set sayl a quarter before 8 in the
420mornyng upon the half flud, and we tooke a lyer accordyng
421to the order, for he that telleth the fyrst lye on a
422Mon. must se mustard made and the ship swept al the
423week after. When we wer come to Hurst Castle the
424Elsabeth being behind shot of a peece and stroke sayle
425which put us in a dowtful mervel, but when we had
426stayd yt was M. Boze was now come agayn and desyred
427the pynysse to stay for his chest which was comyng to
428Yermowth by water, but our general wold suffer noe
429stay wherfore he was set on shore in the Wyght and when
430he was ther he cried unto the botsging to take pytty on
431hym and to take hym back withowt his chest but they
432refused. Good Lord, the man that had even with very
433ydlenes spent more than wold set furth 2 of thes viages
434doth now desyre to have a bad rowme hearin and can not
435be herd. See what it is to be good for nothing. Wel because
436we had no chasing driving wynd to stem the tyde we lay
437a hul at an anchor athwart al the flud.
438
439    22. Tues. The next ebbe we cam down to Lulworthe and
440ther rode yt owt and the next as far as Abbotsebury. The
441wether was very fayr but in maner noe wynd styrring but
442small changeable breezes from every quarter.
443
444    23. Wed. morning we fownd our selves afront Lyme and
445the next tyde afront Exmowth.
446
447    24. Thurs. Ascension we wayd Anchor in hope to have
448wethered the Stert but when we cold not (the wynd being
449ful west) we turned to Dartmowth and rod in the Range
450at 15 fadome almost a ... myle fro shore. Hear we sent
451our boat to furnysh our watering. // The master
452told me that had he supposed the viag wowld have turned
453to pilfering which now he suspected he wowld not hav
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455    At supper we tawlked of tatlers and cownted Hearle that
456betrayd Madder but a knave as is Nychols the Jesuyt and
457Bodnam of the holy hows in Spayn no better for
458he sendeth letters to the cownsel 16 WORDS FROM Bodnam TO cownsel INITIALLY IN CIPHER . We taulked of Richard

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459Grafton of whom yt was spoken una voce that he was a
460cosonyng merchant and yt was feared lest he had doen
461much hurt in our provision for he had bowght green
462billet, which sweating and working in the close hold did
463heat al the hold wonderfullye.
464
465    25. Fri. the wynd being at the west we lay stil in the range
466northeast from the Start and sowthwest from the rock
467and sowtheast and by east from the castle: sending our men
468a shore to mend our boat, at nyght Blancher and his felo
469carpenters wer missing and whils the rest sowght for them
470they wer al taken by the watch and layd up. Nether wold
471M. A BLANK IN THE EDITION the mayr delyver them til our general wrot to
472hym. I wold al harboroes wold hunt aboord thes shorehaunters
473soe.
474
475    26. Sat. M. Capten Skevington having browght the
476newes of this matter, who never lyghtly cometh withowt
477some complaynt, our general sent the master with a letter
478and M. Haukins also went to whom the mayr delyvered
479the men, but hear was one Nycholas, mariner, a bankrowt
480cookhold, which being dronk had made comparisons in
481the superlative degre and so catcht a box in the posytive,
482wherfore he was browght a boord and clapt in the
483bilboes wher had yt not been for Olyfer Knox of Melchom
484which intreated for hym he might have smarted. At
485mydnyght M. Hoode cam from Plymmowth and browght
486me commendations from Sir Fraunces Drake. He browght
487also some ropes wherof dyvers complayned that we did
488want but spetiall Ferdinando. He told lykewyse a great
489wonder that a horse bot his wyfe by the sholder and that
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491Many chests were staved stowed in the hold and we cam
492to Torbaye. //
493
494    27. Sun. after Easter 6 Rob Lyddington was sent to
495Plymmowth for 2 cables but he had a sweet day, for yt
496rayned pel mel and blew hilter skilter.
497    Torbay as I suppose hath his name of a great work which
498standeth lyke a towr in the sea at the north of yt and yt is a
499fayr bay open to the eastnortheast.
500
501    28. Mon. ther cam an Yrysh man of my Lord of Bedfords
502with a king Harry face both to us and to the Edward and
503so freely took his drink that he was slung down into the
504skyf. John Case desyred me to be his frend to ryd hym
505owt of the Elsabeth for Capten Skevington was so
506curiows that noe man can yndure hym.
507
508    29. Tues. I took a purgation but yt wroght not with me and
509therfor I mean to take no more unlesse I have the better
510physicions.
511    Frye was set in the bilboes for lying a shore
512which was il taken. The master towld me Alderman
513Barnes thowght our generaul but a folish flattering
514fretting creeper and so I fear he wil prov. 26 WORDS FROM which TO prov INITIALLY IN CIPHER
515
516    30. Wed. we lay stil in Torbay and dyd nothing.
517
518    31. Thurs. Capten Ward was aboord us and had a cobkey,
519and he catcht our lord and caried hym home and hanged
520hym on the shrowds so had we good sport. Capten
521Hawkins went to Plymmothe. I wrot by hym to sir
522Frances and wold have gon also but our governowr
523wold not permit, becaus he feareth lest any wis comendashon
524shold go to Sir Fraunsis. 24 WORDS FROM Frances TO Fraunsis INITIALLY IN CIPHER
525    At nyght the wynd feared veered to the nornorthwest
526so that we set sayle and by morning had gote past the
527Stert. //

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5281. Fri. when some wold willingly have goen to
529Plymmowth, some, as namely M. Whood, desyred that at
530least the Frances myght turne in thither and fet M.
531Hawkins, the generawl wold not in any case suffer yt,
532which made men thynk that he wold more gladly have
533goen withowt hym than to have had his cumpany that
534M. Parker myght have been leiftenent. Wherupon great
535stomack was taken as the effect did declare, but the wynd
536fawlyng to the west sowthwest cawsed us in despyte to go
537to Plymmowth, wher we anchored in the sownd which is
538a very fayr place.
539    Plymowth stands in the breech of 2 fayr ryvers, for yt
540hath Cat Water on the east syde, and Saltash Water on the
541west, and ech of them yeld harboroe for 200 great ships to
542come furth of the harboro comodiowsly with any wynd.
543M. Walker and I went thither purposing to have walked
544only, but M. leiftenent which was now come from Sir
545Fraunces Drake at Bucland had us to M. Whoodes howse
546wher we supt with M. Whyticars that hath maried M.
547Hawkins syster, and after we returned to the Edward
548wher we discoursed with the viceadmirall of many mens
549maners and many matters, advising how love myght best
550be maynteyned and good order kept, but wher overweening
551pevishnes is once planted, and myxed with a kynd of
552creeping dissimulation, yt is hard ther to setle the seeds of
553any good advice, for now beginneth the hydden poyson
554to breth owt.
555    Whil M. Hawkins supposed that consydering Sir
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557endevowr in this viage, yt had been a poynt of curtesy to
558have doen Sir Francis that honowr as to have come to
559Plymmowth. M. Fenton on the other syde fownd smal
560musique on this string, because he supposed that what
561water cam to M. Hawkins myl was lost from his owne,
562and besydes also, I knoe not how, he had as leif go by sir
563Frances howse thirsty as cawl and drink. Whether he
564lacked money or noe I can not tel, and yet Luk Ward told
565me he boroed 20^li of Sir Edward Horsey at the Cows, and
56610^li of Sir Frances hear, and had withowt any advice of one
567or other sent a bil of a C^li to London, which I ymagin
568wil be yl welcom, for alderman Barnes befor hand did
569beseech hym to tak head therof. //
570
571    2. Sat. In the morning the wynd at northwest, the generall
572wold needs begon, althoe Sir Frances did send us word
573that this morning he wold se us. The master desyred that
574he myght send the pynnyse ashore for the leiftenent and
575the pilat and others but the general wold not agree, yet
576did the master send yt. Yn mean season the generaul
577comanding to wey anchors, the mariners utterly refused,
578saying that they ventured for the thirds and wold not
579therfore go withowt the pilats. The general hearat storming,
580the master bad them way and after he wold ply for
581ther comyng, so did they. This whyl I was in the Edward.
582Wel away went the gallion and the Edward after and the
583Frances was under sayl, but abowt noone Capten Ward
584and I went to the gallion wher we fownd them in a great
585murmuring for that some thowght the Frances upon this
586discurtesy wold stay behynd. Then dyd we enter in to a
587close consultation (for every impudent boy leaned over our
588sholders) whether yt wer better hold on our cowrse or
589turn yn agayn. When the master had desyred to go back,
590the generaul blamed hym for sending back the boat and
591sayd that what if you lead me back againe to reise a
592mutinie ageinst mee. Thes words the master took yl and
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594shore agayn. Some aledged the want of a gret meyny of
595men, but the general sayd he wold to Famowth and
596take us as many as were left. Now al the quarel hearhence
597did spring that M. Whood and Blaccollar, the 2 pilats, sayd
598they wold not return til they knew how they shold be
599used. When every man pel mel and spent his mowth with
600as smal discretion for hym self as attendance for the hearer,
601Capten Ward at last sayd that althoe our lat speed
602hytherto and the fayr wynd presently dyd wysh hast and
603althoe yt had been reason thes men shold have attended us
604and not wee them, for on thes 3 poynts the general stood,
605yet becawse they wer al comended by the cowncel, and
606because we myght have more wynd but now cold have noe
607more men, he wyshed us to stand back, so did we, and
608when we had stood to the eastward 2 howrs, the Frances
609was come // but thorow a quarel risen at Plymowth Henry
610Kyrkman was left behinde for the leftenent had receved
611abuses by hym. The general took yt il and espetially
612M. Parker but some thowght us wel quyt of a pykthank
613talebearer . To cowncel agayn wher we cauld and now
614was every man affrayd of other and those that wold have
615eaten the backsyde of mowntayns wold not now byte
616the fore part of a molehil. After muche adoe we were al
617frends and so knyt up. In this discowrs I noted the
618generaul colorik and bas, joined with some craft, M.
619Haukins open and glorios but very childish, M. Parker
620fine and folish and lordly conseeted, Capten Ward a good
621rownd wis felo, M. Whood hob glorios. 41 WORDS FROM In TO glorios INITIALLY IN CIPHER
622    We had a fayr wynd and abowt xi a clock at nyght wer
623thwart the Lysard and by morning as far as Ushant,
624holding our cowrse west sowthwest.
625
626    3. Whitsondaye we held on our cowrse sowthsowest and
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6284. ran 30 leags, on Mon. 40, on Tues. 30, on
6295. Wed. 30 and I think on Thurs. we wer thwart Cape
6306. Fenester, but far to the west of yt, for the pole was
6317. 46 degres.
632    Dyvers of our men wer syck and M. Banester had nether
633skil nor medycine so that I wold advice such as shal
634hearafter apoynt such a viag to prepare good provision of
635holsom cumforts and ordynary salves and let them ly in
636the hands of some honest merchant and let the surgion be
637prepared to use the salve when need is and some good clean
638cooke to mynister the other cherishings and so shal xli go
639further and do more good than a C^li in such wyse as owr
640money is bestoed. All this whyl I was seasike, and no
641mervel having changed at once both ayr, exercyse and diet.
642Rumatique I was and exceding costyve, and trobled with
643hartburning which be appendixes of the sea, wherfore I
644cold advice hym that is to appoynt such a viag that he
645have of violet flowrs, borage flowrs, rosemary flowrs, and
646such lyke which he may gether in Yngland, caphers made
647to cumfort hym, and barberis sed, and rosemary and tyme
648to make a lytle broth in a yerthen pipkin. Thes things ar
649lesse costly but far more holsom than al the suckets and
650paltry confections. //
651
652    8. Fri. we held on our way. The wether was al this space
653myld and somwhat clowdy and a resonable gale of
654northwynd.
655
656    9. Sat. Athwart the Burlings we had espied a sayle which
657our men sayd was a French man of war but al was to have a
658quarel to his goodes. M. Capten Parker both because he
659had mynd to the booty and because he wold pleaz the
660people wold needs have capten Ward to fet hym yn
661which he dyd but he was a Flemmysh hulk merchantman
662so that thorow my words hear and M. Walkers in the
663Edward the man had no hurt at all.
664
665    10. Trinyty Sonday I took occasion at service to speak ageinst
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667pytty set upon the spoyl. After noone Capten Ward and
668M. Walker cam to us and told how greedy they wer and
669espetially M. Banester who for al his creping ypocrysy
670was more ravenowsly set upon the pray than any the most
671beggerly felo in the ship, and those also which at the shore
672dyd cownterfet most holynes wer now furthest from
673reason affyrming that we cold not do God better service than
674to spoyl the Spaniard both of lyfe and goodes, but indeed
675under color of religion al ther shot is at the mens mony.
676
677    11. Mon. St. Barnabyes day the carpenters boy having stoln
678a shirt was hoysed to the yerd arme to have been ducked,
679but I begd his pardon. I shewd them that because we
680caried felonyows harts, therfore God sent us felons among
681our selves, as in the xi of Wysdom.
682
683    12. Tues. we kept our cowrse due sowth stil and passed
684before the wynd with our mayn yerd a crosse al the way,
685abowt 30 legs comonly or more in 24 howrs, and dyvers
686say they never cam this way with so fayr a passage.
687
688    13. Wed. I wrot letters by M. Austyn of the Bridget to
689my syster, to M. Aty of al things and Banesters
690hypocresy and our bad headpeeses 12 WORDS FROM M. TO headpeeses ORIGINALLY IN CIPHER , to M. Wylliam Barn
691that Banester was an hypocrit 4 WORDS FROM Banester TO hypocrit INITIALLY IN CIPHER and sent verses in
692comendations of John Banesters works. We wer hear at 34
693and he went sowthwest to Tenarif. We held due sowth. //
694
695    14. Thurs. by Ferdinandos direction we kept sowthsowest
696on purpose to have goen between Barbary and
697
698    15. Launcerot to make purchase of gotes or I knoe not what
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70016. on Sat. morning we wer fawlen to west of yt and so
701wer forsed to leave yt and Forta Ventura on the larbord
702and so sayl sowthwest before the wynd.
703
704    17. Sun. 1 after Trinity we fel yn to west of the Graund
705Canarie leaving Fortventura on the larboord and so
706passed between yt and Tenarif which ar both very hygh
707lands espetially the pyke of Tenarif which we espied above
708the clowds for being hazie we cold not se the foot of yt.
709Hytherto we had not one hot daye altho we be within 5
710degrees to the ILLEGIBLE PASSAGE for the Graund Canarie wher is made the
711best sugar lyeth in 28 to the northe. Yt is inhabyted by
712Spaniards. Hear is very good marmaled and great store of
713fyne suckets. Luke Ward ran yn with the Elsabeth but
714what he did I knoe not but our general was angry. Dyvers
715told us what plenty of bonettoes and dolphins we shold
716have al this way, but hytherto we smackt no byt of fresh
717fysh. The lyke they told of gurnet and whyting in the west
718but our hookes cold catch none, and therfor I perceave men
719must not go to sea withowt vytals in hope to have flying
720fyshes to break ther noses agaynst the bunt of the sayle.