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a_o month_n space_n and_o the_o trial_n of_o dartmouth_n arrive_v here_o before_o in_o sixteen_o day_n by_o reason_n of_o which_o day_n stay_v of_o the_o aforesaid_a bark_n nothing_o can_v be_v do_v to_o take_v any_o of_o the_o place_n desire_v all_o be_v possess_v before_o so_o that_o the_o ship_n that_o come_v whereof_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o news_n be_v to_o trust_v to_o the_o place_n here_o which_o be_v reserve_v for_o she_o which_o i_o hope_v will_v prove_v a_o good_a place_n some_o year_n as_o great_a a_o uoyage_n have_v be_v make_v here_o as_o in_o any_o place_n in_o this_o land_n god_n send_v she_o hither_o in_o safety_n i_o have_v not_o yet_o see_v any_o of_o the_o country_n to_o the_o southward_n or_o northward_o of_o this_o bay_n of_o conception_n since_o this_o spring_n because_o i_o expect_v daily_o the_o arrival_n of_o the_o bark_n and_o think_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o be_v absent_a herehence_a until_o she_o be_v arrive_v and_o dispatch_v but_o present_o upon_o her_o 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night_n to_o the_o harbour_n that_o we_o be_v in_o at_o our_o enter_v which_o we_o call_v flag-staffe_n harbour_n because_o we_o find_v there_o the_o flag-staffe_n throw_v by_o the_o savage_n away_o these_o savage_n by_o all_o likelihood_n be_v animate_v to_o come_v unto_o we_o by_o reason_n that_o we_o take_v nothing_o from_o they_o at_o savage_a bay_n and_o some_o of_o they_o may_v be_v of_o those_o which_o dwell_v there_o for_o in_o no_o other_o place_n where_o we_o be_v can_v we_o perceive_v any_o token_n of_o any_o abode_n of_o they_o etc._n etc._n chap._n viii_o captain_n richard_n whitbourne_v voyages_n to_o newfoundland_n and_o observation_n there_o and_o thereof_o take_v out_o of_o his_o print_a book_n it_o it_o well_o know_v that_o my_o breed_n and_o course_n of_o life_n have_v be_v such_o as_o that_o i_o have_v long_a time_n set_v many_o people_n on_o work_n and_o spend_v most_o of_o my_o day_n in_o travel_n special_o in_o merchandize_v and_o sea-voyage_n i_o have_v be_v 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lord_n of_o the_o privy_a counsel_n that_o the_o same_o be_v well_o satisfy_v which_o service_n be_v to_o be_v see_v record_v in_o the_o book_n at_o white-hall_n now_o to_o express_v some_o of_o my_o voyage_n to_o the_o newfoundland_n which_o make_v most_o for_o the_o present_a purpose_n my_o first_o voyage_n thither_o be_v about_o forty_o year_n since_o in_o a_o worthy_a ship_n of_o the_o burden_n of_o three_o hundred_o â—un_v set_v forth_o by_o one_o master_n cotton_n of_o southampton_a we_o be_v bind_v to_o the_o grand_a bay_n which_o lie_v on_o the_o northside_n of_o that_o land_n purpose_v there_o to_o trade_n then_o with_o the_o savage_a people_n for_o who_o we_o carry_v sundry_a commodity_n and_o to_o kill_v whale_n and_o to_o make_v train_n oil_n as_o the_o biscayne_n do_v there_o yearly_o in_o great_a abundance_n but_o this_o our_o intend_a voyage_n be_v overthrow_v by_o the_o indiscretion_n of_o our_o captain_n and_o faint-hartednesse_a of_o some_o gentleman_n of_o our_o 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