In this poser, taken from a letter of the Baillies of Anstruther to the Privy Council of Scotland, 1620, we asked what was the ship's cargo and why was the crew anxious to land.
Answers: The cargo was lint, hemp and other wares ( lint hempe and wther w[e]ar[is]) and the crew was anxious to land because the ship was leaking and they were not able to keep to sea with her (Becaus (as they say) sche is so lek they ar nocht habill to keipe the sie with hir).
Transcription
Ther hethe ane schippe of our toun of anstruther arrivit this
bypast nicht within the firthe q[uhi]lk schippe cam leadint with
lint hempe and wther w[e]ar[is] From queinisbrig vpon the secund
day of Julij Instant And becaus we hard yo[u]r L[ords] hed
maid ane ordinance that no schippes cwming from the eist
cwntrie sould be ressavit till ane tryell war taken of ther
esteat We haiff therfoir stayit them to land till your L[ords]
sett doun ane ordo[u]r how they sall be ressavit, The haill persones
in the schippe ar in guid helthe and nowayes suspect[is] them selffes
Bot desyres that they may haiff libertie to turn to the schoir
with ther schippe Becaus (as they say) sche is so lek they ar
nocht habill to keipe the sie with hir And sua attending
yo[u]r L[ords] resolution quhat sall be done heirin We co[m]mit yo[u]r
L[ords] to the protectioun of god almichtie
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