By and by they had, done, and
called us down from the quarterdeck; and there we find they do
sentence that the gunner of "The Defyance" should stand upon "The
Charles" three hours with his fault writ upon his breast, and
with a halter about his neck, and so be made incapable of any
service. The truth is, the man do seem, and is, I believe, a good
man; but his neglect, in trusting a girl to carry fire into his
cabin, is not to be pardoned. This being done, we took boat and
home; and there a good supper was ready for us, which should have
been our dinner. The captains, desirous to be at London, went
away presently for Gravesend, to get thither by this night's
tide. And so we to supper, it having been a great snowy and
mighty cold, foul day; and so after supper to bed.
26th. Up, and with Middleton all the morning at the Docke,
looking over the store-houses and Commissioner Pett's house, in
order to Captain Cox's coming to live there in his stead as
Commissioner. But it is a mighty pretty house; and pretty to see
how every thing is said to be out of repair for this new man,
though 10l.
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