The 2 Lords day, a fayre day, an orderly wind & prosperous.
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On Monday a fayre frummegale, ye wind South S: W:
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Tewsday about 10 of ye clocke in ye morning, whilest we were at prayers a strong and sudden blast came fro ye north, yt hoysed vp ye waues & tossed vs more then euer before & held vs all yt day till towards night & then abated by little & little till it was calme. This day Mr Goffes great dogg fell ouer board & could not be recouered.
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Wednesday, ye wind still no: & calme in ye morning, but about noone there arose a So: wind, wch encreased more & more, so yt it seemed to vs yt are land men a sore & terrible storme; for ye wind blew mightily, ye rayne fell vehemently, ye sea roared & ye waues tossed vs horribly; besides it was fearfull darke & ye mariners maid was afraid; & noyse on the other side wth their running here & there, lowd crying one to another to pull at this & yt rope. The[May 27] waues powred ymselues ouer ye shippe yt ye 2 boates were filled wth water, yt yy were fayne to strike holes in ye midst of ym to let ye water out. Yea by ye violence of ye waues ye long boate coard wch held it was broken, & it had like to haue bene washed ouerboard, had not ye mariners wth much payne & daunger recouered ye same. But this lasted not many houres; after which it became a calmish day. All wch while I lay close & warme in my cabine, but farre fro hauing list to sleepe wth Jonah; my thoughts were otherwise employed as ye tyme & place required. Then I saw ye truth of ye Scripture Psal. 107, fro ye 23 to ye 32. And my feare at this tyme was ye lesse, when I rememberd what a loving friend of myne, a minister accustomed to sea stormes said to mee yt I might not be dismayed at such stormes, for yy were ordinary at seas, & it seeldome falls out yt a shipp perisheth at storms if it haue sea-roome, wch I ye rather wryte yt others as well as my selfe by ye knowledge hereof may be encouraged & prepared agt these ordinary sea-stormes.
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Thursday So: wind: calme at night: On fryday a boistrous wind blowing crosse, but was allayed towards night wth a showre of rayne. Saturday So: w: wind, but faire & quiett.