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 Captain ROGER BODENHAM.

Voyage to Scio in 1551 A.D.

[HAKLUYT'S Voyages, 1599.]

In the year 1550, the I3th of November, I ROGER BODENHAM, Captain of the bark Aucher, entered the said ship at Gravesend, for my voyage to the islands of Candia and Scio in the Levant. The master of my ship was one WILLIAM SHERWOOD

From thence we departed to Tilbery Hope, and there remained with contrary winds until the 6th of January 1551.

The 6th of January, the master came to Tilbery, and I had provided a skilful pilot to carry over [past] Land's End, whose name was Master WOOD. With all speed I vailed [dropped] down that night ten miles, to take the tide in the morning: which happily I did, and that night came to Dover and there came to an anchor. There I remained until Friday [the 9th]: meeting with the worthy knight Sir ANTHONY AUCHER, owner of the said ship.

The 11th day, we arrived at Plymouth. The I3th in the morning, we set forward on our voyage with a prosperous wind: and the 16th, we had sight of Cape Finisterre on the coast of Spain.

The 30th, we arrived at Cadiz: and there discharged certain merchandize, and took other aboard.

The 20th of February, we departed from Cadiz, and passed the straits of Gibraltar that night; and the 25th we came to the isle of Majorca, and were stayed there five days with contrary winds.

The 1st of March, we had sight of Sardinia, and the 5th of the said month we arrived at Messina in Sicily; and there discharged much goods, remaining there until Good Friday in Lent [27th of March, 1551].

The chief merchant [in London] that laded the said bark