Tunnes Master vnder God Iohn Robins, as by their Charter parties may appeare: which you may require to see for diuerse causes.
Wee perceiue you haue bought and haue in a readinesse one hundred and fourtie tunnes of oyles, and that if neede bee you may haue more store.
And because we perceiue that balast is hardly to be had at our lading place there with you, we would you shoulde haue in a readinesse 100 tunnes of the white stones whereof you sent vs home an example two yeres past.
We mind to send you in our shippes 100 tunnes of salte.
Three Tunnes (as I take it), opposite to the smyth's shop.
Written at first 'Three Tunnes (quaere William Aubrey)': and then changed when W.
The Tyger also tooke out of the smaller hulke sixe or seuen tunnes of wine, one hogshead of Aquauitæ, and certeine rozzen, and two bases he tooke out of the great hulke.
The Tobie of London a ship of 250 tunnes manned with fiftie men, the owner whereof was the worshipful M.
The Christopher tooke out, Ten tunnes of wine, and one hogshead.
So we tooke out of them for vs foureteene tunnes and a halfe of wine, and one tunne we put into the pinnesse.
By this Negro we were aduertised of a small Barke of some thirtie tunnes (which the Moores call a Iunco) which was come from Goa thither laden with Pepper for the Factorie and seruice of that kingdome.
Sir Iohn being very glad of this newes, stayed no longer on shore, but presently imbarqued himselfe, hauing onely in company a small barke of threescore tunnes belonging to one M.
Whereupon we examined them straightly, and first the Purser of the Vnicorne, which was the smaller shippe, confessed that they had two and thirty tunnes and a hogs-head of a French mans.
This ship was laden with 80 tunnes of Canary-wine, which came not vnto vs before it was welcome.
The very next morning we had sight of one other; to whome in like maner wee sent our boat: but their gunner made a shot at her, and strooke off a propper yoong mans arme; yet we inforced her to yeeld, and found 40 tunnes of wine in her.
Mooneshine, and a pinnesse of tenne tunnes named the North starre.
May, I departed from the port of Dartmouth for the discouery of the Northwest passage, with a ship of an hundred and twentie tunnes named the Mermayd, a barke of 60.
Tunnes of beere for the Victory, but it proued like a present purgation to them that tooke it, so that we chose rather to drinke water then it.
Foure or fiue of the shippes were of nine hundred and 1000 tunnes a piece, some fiue hundred, and some foure hundred and the least of two hundred tuns.
Tunnes and the other the Mary Sparke of Plimouth of the burthen of 50.
Which prise is sent backe to this Port by those of the sayd shippes, with upwards of fortie tunnes of Traine.
Whereupon we presently put to sea againe: and the next day we arriued at Caplen bay, where we remained by extremitie of foule weather, and to mend a pinnes of 7 or 8 tunnes (which was giuen vs at Farrillon by M.
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