Thursday wind full w: & contrary to vs. This day a notorious wicked fellow y^t was giuen to swearing & boasting of his former wickednes bragged y^t hee had got a wench w^{th} child before hee came this voyage & mocked at o^r daies of fast railing & jesting ag^t puritans, this fellow fell sicke of y^e pockes & dyed. Wee sounded and found 38 fathom, & stayed for a little to take so̅e codfish & feasted o^rselves merily. [Sidenote: [19]] Fryday wind west still, a very fayre cleare day. About 4 a clock in y^e afternoone so̅e went vp to y^e top of y^e mast, & affirmed to o^r great co̅fort y^y saw land to y^e north eastward. [Sidenote: [20]] Saturday wind So: w: a fayre gale: we sounded & found 40, 30, 22, & a little after no ground. [Sidenote: [21]] Sabb: being y^e 6^{th} Lords day; wind westerly but fayre & calme. [Sidenote: [22]] Monday wind Easterly a fayre gale. This day wee saw a great deale of froth not farre fro̅ vs: wee feared it might bee so̅e breach of water ag^t some new qvote.[2] Therefore y^e m^r of o^r shipp hoised out y^e shalop & went w^{th} so̅e of y^e men to see what it was; but found it onely to bee a froath carried by y^e streame. [Sidenote: [June 23]] Tewsday y^e wind n: E: a fayre gale. This day we examined 5 beastly Sodomiticall boyes, w^{ch} confessed their wickednes not to bee named. The fact was so fowle wee referred y^m to bee punished by y^e governor when we came to new England, who afterward sent y^m backe to y^e co̅pany to bee punished in ould England as y^e crime deserued. [Sidenote: [24]] Wednesday wind no: E: a fayre day & cleare: about 9 a clocke in y^e morning we espied a shipp about 4 leagues behind vs; w^{ch} prooued y^e lions whelpe, w^{ch} had bene a weeke separated fro̅ vs. we stayed for [blot (her)] co̅pany. This day a child of goodman Blacke w^{ch} had a co̅sumpc̅o̅n before it came to shipp, dyed. This day we had all a cleare & co̅fortable sight of America, & of y^e Chap Sable y^t was ouer ag^t vs 7 or 8 leagues northward. Here we saw yellow gilliflowers on y^e sea. [Sidenote: [25]] Thursday wind still no: Ea: a full & fresh gale. In y^e after noone wee had a cleare sight of many Islands & hills by y^e sea shoare. Now we saw abundaunce of makrill, a great store of great whales puffing vp water as y^y goe, so̅e of y^m came neere o^r shipp: their greatnes did astonish vs y^t saw y^m not before: their backs appeared like a little Island. At 5 a clock at[3] night the wind turned S. E. a fayre gale. This day we caught mackrill. [Sidenote: [26]]