Sea-custom at Back van Ra. Session of the High Court at Bergen. Bishop Anders and Henning Henningsen. Bergen and itschurches. The garper or German merchants. Return voyage and mishap tomain-mast.

The first evening we proceeded up the Sound with farms on either side and dropped anchor. The King’s ship lay furthest forward and then the other ships in their proper and customary order. It so happened that our captain quitted the ship in a small boat, such as is to be found on each vessel, and repaired to the St Anna where one of the Council was on board, namely Gabriel Kruse. But when he came back there was a great dispute on our ship between our captain and the King’s guards. The captain challenged them to a duel ashore, any who were willing to venture, and the guards in their turn spoke high and were refractory, so that matters looked like manslaying, had not Gabriel Kruse come on board and made peace between them and silenced the King’s guards; but he had to promise them six barrels of Rostock ale.