Nov. 15

About midnight the wind and tempeft began to ceafe, 1653and blow north-weft, fayre for Gothenberg; att which Whitelocke cheered his company; and he had gott much into their affection, and into the favour of the officers and marriners by his kindnes and familiarity, and by being much on the deckes, and drolling with them, and difcourfing; especially by affording them now-and-then a dowfe in the neck, or a kick, in jeast, seeing them play; and then giving them fome of his own tobacco, wine, and ftrong waters, as there was occafion: which demeanors please those kind of people.

About four a'clocke in the morning, Whitelocke commanded to fire two guns, for warning to his fhips to weigh anchor and fayle with him; and about fix a'clock he was under fayle, though much troubled to weigh his anchor, the fame having dragged that night, by the violence of the stormes, about a league from the place in which it was lett fall; and the anchor of the Adventure was fo faftened, that they were five howers in weighing of it, nor could they then have done it, without great help, wherin Welch and his lufty fellowes did good service.

These two fhips followed Whitelocke to the coast of Norwey, to the Pater Nofter Rockes, fo called for that the dreadfullnes of them putts the passengers in mind of faying their prayers; and furely that coaft, and countrey, being full of huge, tall, craggy, numberlefs company of rockes, especially att that time of the year, and fcarce any thing else to be seen, yielded a prospect full enough of dread and

terror.

Their ftories of monstrous fishes in this fea, fome in the fhape of gyants, rifing to the top of the water, and comVOL. I

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The wind being fayre and large, Whitelocke hafted, and came, by twelve a'clock att noon (bleffed be God) in fafety to the port of Gothenbergh; having no pilot from the fhoare, as fhips ufually have, butt his own pilot adventured. (and it was adventure enough) and by the goodnes of God, brought him fafely into their long defired harbor.

Welch and the Adventure followed Whitelocke, and getting pilots from the fhoare, where they watch to be im-ployed, they also (through God's goodnes) arrived fafely in the fame port; and fo did the Elizabeth and the Fortune, with their dutch prize, the fame day, following Whitelocke thither.

And although the dayes before, every one of his fhips was fcattered, and gone from him, by the terrible stormes; and this day he came in himselfe alone to this harbour: yett it pleased God, that heer every one of his fhips came. in the fame day to him; to the rejoycing of them all, in the goodnes of their guide.

Att Whitelocke's first comming thither he found two english men of war there, who had bin fent a convoy to fome marchantmen; thefe expreffed much joy att Whitelocke's arrivall, faluting him by their cannon, and by the fhouts and acclamations of their men..

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Being come into the brade water, Whitelocke lett fall 16531 his anchor, about cannon fhot from the castle; butt would not come neerer to it. He faluted the caftle with eleven guns, and a little moving his flagge, and putting it up agayne; the castle made no returne to him; yett White> locke fent fome of his people, who fpake dutch, and Mr. Berkman, who came with Whitelocke all his voyage; he now went with Whitelocke's fervants to the caftle, to falute the governor, and lett him know, that Whitelocke was come thither ambaffador from England to the queen of Sweden; wherof he thought fitt to give the governor notice: butt they not finding him in the castle, mett with him in the town, and there delivered their message to him; who returned a civill anfwer, that he was glad of the am baffador's fafe arrivall, and if he pleased to come to the town the next day, that the governor would fend boates to attend him, and be ready to give him intertainment with all due respect.

Whitelocke fent for the officers, and all the gentlemen in the other fhips, to come on board to him; where they went to prayers togither, to returne thanks to their most gratious God, who had, in fo much mercy, preferved them in fo many and imminent daungers, and to bring all of them in fafety and comfort to their defired harbour.

Having fent fome of his fervants before to the towne, to make provisions for his comming thither; he was earnestly intreated, by his gentlemen and people, to goe on fhoare that night, and to difpence with the ceremonies of his reception att the towne, which might be performed after his landing. Whitelocke pittyed them, being extreame fick, and weather-beaten att fea, and their provisions and spirits almost spent; he yielded to their requeft, and, in the even

1653. ing, he, and most of his company, tooke the fhip boates: to goe on floare. As they paffed by, the caftle faluted Nov. 15. him with two guns, and no more; the like did the men of

war, and marchantmen in the river : wherof he inquiring the reafon, was informed, that their conftant cuftome was,. and a strict commaund uppon them, to give butt two guns uppon any occafion, which they call a Swedes leasing; and the example for faving of powder may providently be followed.

Att his landing, he was received by a tall man in reddə clothes, whom they then termed the major of the town forces; who was very civill, and conducted Whitelocke to, his inne, hard by, through a multitude of fpectators..

Shortly after his being landed, there came to vifit him the landtfhere, or landtzheued, that is, the lord or head of the land, or territory, who is governor of the town, and of a precinct about it; he was accompanied by lieutenant collonell Sinclere, a scotsman, who interpreted for him to this. effect:

"The landtzhere prayes you to excufe your not being " received with that folemnity which was fitt, bicause they "did not expect him comming till. to-morrow morning "butt you are heartily wellcome: and it is the queen's "pleasure, that all respect be given to you; which the: "landtzhere is ready to performe, and to ferve you in any thing within his power."

Whitelocke returned thanks for the queen's favour, and for the landtzhere's civility; and spake in english, bicause the landtzhere fpake in swedish.. After him came Martin Thysen, the queen's vice admiral,, a dutchman, to bid

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Whitelocke wellcome; who wondered att his compliments, 1653. in falling then into difcourfe about the war between England and Holland, magnifying the actions and fucceffes of Nov. 15. the Dutch, and undervaluing the English: butt he was roundly answered by Whitelocke, and told, that fueh were the fucceffes of the Dutch, that the English, in this war, had taken 1200 dutch ships, and not loft 100 english ships, and had worsted them in every ingagment.

With this, Martin Thyfen feemed much difpleased, and afterwards complained to fome, that Whitelocke had dif paraged the dutch nation; Whitelocke answered, that Thylen, being a Dutchman, began the difcourfe, and difparaged the English, which he could not, nor would not. beare; and, after this, Thyfen difcourfed no more on that. fubject..

Collonel Nerne, a fcotfman, who commanded the regi ment of foot in the town, gave Whitelocke a visit, and. fome complements.

Whitelocke's goods could not be permitted to be brought on fhoare to him this night; it being the order of this town;, that in the evening they shutt the Boome, which is a great barre of timber, fo fett, that it may easily be moved forward and backward; and locked it is brought croffe that place in the river left for passage, and being shutt, all paffage is stopped by water; and they will not open it till the morning, for the fafety of the town, and preventing stealing of custome..

Whitelocke fent to have it opened for his goods to passe;. butt it was not done, which he tooke ill; and the landtzhere afterwards excufed, that he knew not of his fending, to have it opened..