ABSTRACT
Document9 TheRecordkeptaboardtheShipLeicester,October1585to
March1586(BritishLibraryHarleyMS2202,fols.55-70v).3
[ThefragmentsofthejournalfromKnollys'sship,theLeicester, beginonfol.55,theninthpagebytheoriginalnumbering. Missingistheaccountofeventsbetweenthedeparturefrom Plymouthon14SeptemberuntilthevoyagefromtheSpanish coasttotheCanaries.Thefirstentry,accordingtothe calculationbydays,isthatforthepre-dawnwatch(4a.m.to 8a.m.)on14October.4Themarginalentriesonthelaterpages
Ii.e.judgmentpronounced. zMeaningquickness,perhaps;orwithoutfurtherdebate. 3ForadescriptionofthisdocumentanditsrelationshiptotheKnollysletterin
Document8,seep.n6,n.r. 4ThedatesfollowthoseestablishedbythedetailedrecordfromDocument6,and
inafewinstances,byotheraccounts.Exactreferencesinthisdocumenttoeventsfor certaindays,suchas14,19,and26October,and3November,havebeenuseful. Thefour-hourwatcheshavemadeitfairlysimpletofollowtherecordsforaday, andtheobservationsonlatitude,madeatmidday,arerecordedfortheI2noonto 4p.m.watch.Inafewcases,wheretheseveralaccountsdonotagree,theTigerjournal, withitsmorefrequentstatementondates,hasbeenpreferred.
