That very day that we intended to set sayl, we were all merry at my house with the _Bannian_, and promising that the next day we would pay him what was in arrears, and also lay out five hundred peices more ready money; he seem’d highly pleas’d, leaving him, we shew’d our selves through the whole Factory with much Gallantry. The reason that we did not take in our whole loading in this Port, was the great number of _Dutch_ Vessels which lately came into the road, and more daily expected, which we knew would not only obstruct our Credit, but raise the Commodities of that place. We were fain to scuffle hard among our Country-men for what we had already, there being at that time at Anchor in the harbour several ships. And having ready money pretty store we resolved to take in the rest at _Surrat_, which place would secure us well enough, and what we had deceitfully got. Having spent most part of the day in shewing our selves in the Town, about Three of the Clock in the afternoon, it being the fourteenth day of _July_, we got aboard, as if we intended to feast it, for there was none of the whole Factory, or our _Bannian_ especially would think us so indiscreet to set sayl with half our fraught, that was my policy, and being unsuspected upon that account we might with the greater facility and security march off. Getting all our Anchors aboard in a trice, we loost our Sayls away we steer’d between the Main and _Paulo pan jan_, all the next day till six in the Evening, being then athwart the _South-salt-hill_, we steered _South-west_ and by _west_, and _west_ and by _south_, but from that hill we steer’d _west south west_, having the wind for the most part at _East south east_ with much rain, which afflicted me grievously, for my fears of some pursuing us would not let me quit the Decks till I thought we were out of all danger in being followed. The sixteenth of this moneth at noon we espy’d _Hippins_ Island _Eastward_ ten leagues off, having steer’d all night _West south west_. Latitude about 6 Degrees 38 and Longitude from _South-salt-hil_ 6 Degrees 44 _West_, the wind at _south-east_ with the help of a Currant for twenty four hours, from the sixteenth to the twenty ninth of this month, we had the winds between the _south-east_, and _east north east_, with most intolerable rains at Noon, being in latitude 11 degrees 59 _south_, and longitude 20 Degrees 35 _West_, the variation about 12 Degrees 35 _Westerly_; we sailed this month on several Courses, four hundred ninty six miles. Mistress _Dorothy_ being indifferently well recovered though a bad spectacle to look on by reason of the skin of her body all coming off with her nails, such was the malignity of the Venome; I say, speaking as well as she could, desired me to write some lines on her dearly beloved dead Comrade, knowing that my fancy did ever incline to measure lines, and so to please my self, more than to give her satisfaction, I composed these Verses.