Tewsday wind so: w: as little helpfull as y^e former & blowing uery weake. This day y^e m^r of o^r ship, my selfe & another went aboard the Lions whelpe, where M^r Gibs made vs welco̅e w^{th} bountifull entertayne^{mt}. And this day towards night my daughter grew sicker & many blew Spots were seene vpo̅ her breast, w^{ch} affrighted vs. At y^e first wee thought y^y had bene y^e plague tokens; but we found afterwards y^t it was onely an high measure of y^e infectio̅ of y^e pockes, w^{ch} were strucke agayne into y^e child, & so it was Gods will y^e child dyed about 5 of y^e clocke at night, being y^e first in o^r shipp y^t was buried in the bowells of y^e great Atlanticke Sea; w^{ch} as it was a griefe to vs her parents, & a sorrow to all y^e rest as being y^e beginning of a contagious disease & mortality: so in y^e same judge^{mt} it pleased God to remember mercy in y^e child, in freeing it fro̅ a world of misery wherein otherwise shee had liued all her daies. For being about 4 yeares ould a yeare since, wee know not by what meanes, sweyed in y^e backe, so y^t it was broken & grew crooked, & y^e joynts of her hipps were loosed & her knees went crooked pittifull to see. Since w^{ch} tyme shee hath had a most lamentable payne in her belly, & would oft times cry out in y^e day & in her sleep also my belly, w^{ch} declared so̅e extraordinary distemper. So y^t in respect of her wee had cause to take her death as a blessing fro̅ y^e Lord to shorten her miserie. [Sidenote: [May 20]] Wednesday a wett morning, y^e wind was W: S: W: & in y^e afternoone N: W: & by W: both being contrary to o^r course, w^{ch} was to saile W: & by S: Thus it pleased god to lay his hand vpo̅ vs by sicknes & death & contrary winds; & stirred vp so̅e of vs to make y^e moto̅n of humbling o^r selves vnder y^e hand of God by keeping a solemne day of fasting & prayer unto God, to beseech him to remooue y^e continuance & further increase of these evills fro̅ vs. w^{ch} was willingly condescended vnto as a duty very fitting & needfull for o^r present state and condic̅o̅n. [Sidenote: [21]] Thursday, there being 2 ministers in y^e ship, M^r Smith & my selfe, we endevoured together w^{th} others to consecrate y^e day as a solemne fasting & humiliac̅o̅n to almighty God, as a furtheraunce of o^r present worke. And it pleased God y^e ship was becalmed all day, so y^t we were freed fro̅ any encumbraunce: And as soone as we had done prayers, see & behould y^e goodnes of god, about 7 a clocke at night y^e wind turned to n: e: & we had a fayre gale y^t night as a manifest evidence of y^e Lords hearing o^r prayers. I heard so̅e of y^e mariners say, y^y thought this was y^e first sea-fast y^t euer was kept, & y^t y^y neuer heard of y^e like perfourmed at sea before. [Sidenote: [22.]] [Sidenote: [May]]