forgotten the name; and on Tuesday the 19th, we went to Plymouth,
where, within six miles of the town, we were met by some of the chief
merchants of that place, and of the chief officers of that garrison,
who all accompanied us to the house of one Mr. Tyler, a merchant.

Upon our arrival, the Governor of that garrison, one Sir John Skelton,
visited us, and did us the favour to keep us company, with many of his
officers, during our stay in that town. Sir John Hele, as soon as he
heard of our being there, sent my husband a fat buck; and my cousin
Edgcombe, of Mount Edgcombe, a mile from Plymouth, sent him another
buck, and came, as soon as he heard we were there, from a house of his
twelve miles from Mount Edgcombe, to which he came only to keep us
company. From whence, the next day after his arrival, he with his
Lady, and Sir Richard Edgcombe, his eldest son, and others of his
children, came to visit us at Plymouth; and the day after we dined at
Mount Edgcombe, where we were very nobly treated. At our coming home,
they would need accompany us over the river to our lodgings. The next
day the Mayor and Aldermen came to visit my husband; and the next day
we had a great feast at Mr. Seale's house, the father of our landlord.
Our being so well lodged and treated by the inhabitants of this town
was upon my father's score, whose deputies some of them were, he being
one of the Farmers of the Custom-house to receive the King's customs
of that port.

On Sunday the 30th, the wind coming fair, we embarked, accompanied by
my cousin Edgcombe and all his family, and with much company of the
town, that would show their kindness until the last. Taking our leave
of our landlord and landlady, we gave her twenty pieces of gold to buy
her a ring, and they presented my children with many pretty toys.
Thus, on Monday, at nine o'clock in the morning we were received on