ew them to be our
company, which made vs to reioyce, for we had been asunder the space of a
whole Month, and so we helde together and sayled homeward, holding our
course Northwest: for as yet our men were well and in good health, and we
found a good Southeast winde, and had water enough for foure or fiue
monthes.

The 27. 28. 29. and 30. of May wee had a Southeast winde, with faire
weather, and the 27. day we were vnder 14. degrees. The first of Iune we
were vnder 6. degrees, with a Southeast wind, holding our course North
West, but by means of the Compasse that yeelded North eastward, we kept
about Northwest and by North. The 6. of Iune wee were vnder one degree on
the South side of the line, there wee founde that the streame draue vs fast
into the West, and therefore wee helde our course more Northernely and
sayled Northwest and by North, with an East and South East wind. [Sidenote:
They passed the Equinoctiall line.] The 7. of Iune wee past the
Equinoctiall line, with an East winde, holding our course North Northwest.

The 10. of Iune in the euening we were vnder 5. degrees and a halfe on the
North side of the line, and then we began again to see the North star,
which for the space of 2. years we had not seene, holding our course North
Northwest, there we began to haue smal blasts, and some times calmes, but
the aire all South and South east.

The 11. of Iune we had a calme, and yet a darke sky, that came
Southeastwarde.

The 12. of Iune wee had a close sky with raine, and the same euening our
fore top maste fell downe.

The 13. we strake all our sailes and mended our ship.

The 14. we had the wind Northward, holding our course West Northwest as
neare as we coulde, but by reason of the thick sky wee could not take
height of the Sun. The 15. of Iune we had the wind North, and North
Northwest.

The 16. of Iune wee had the height of 9. degrees and 10. minutes, the winde
being Northeast and North Northeast. The 17. the winde was Northeast with
fair weather, and we held Northwest, and Northwest and by North till after
noone. [Sidenote: They tooke a great fish.] The 15. we tooke a great fish
called an Aluercour, which served vs all for 3. meals, which wee had not
tasted of long time before.

The 26. we had still a Northeast winde, and sometimes larger, holding our
course North Northwest with large saile, and were vnder 17. degrees and
1/2.

The same day there came much dust flying into our shippe, as if we had p