A RUTTIER FOR THE WEST INDIES 



in summer, thou shalt goe Northeast untill thou be in 



39. degrees and J, which is the height of Flores: and 



thou shalt goe to the Northward of Bermuda. And if La Bermuda. 



thou thinke good to go in more degrees, to have the 



seawinds, thou shalt goe by the same height, as I have 



sayd; and if thou shalt finde the winde off the sea, 



thou hast no neede to goe in more heights : and from 



thence thou shalt goe East and by South : and thou 



must goe thus because of the variation of the Compasse. The variation 



And thus thou shalt find the isles of Flores and Cuervo, ^^^^ 



which stand in 39. degrees J, and in 40. large. These ^ 



markes be these.* 



Thou mayest goe from betwixt Flores and Cuervo, Flores and 

 and must goe East Southeast, and so thou shalt have ^^^^^^• 

 sight of the Island of Sayles, which is the Island of S. Saint George. 

 George. And beeing at the land thou shalt goe along 

 it, and when thou hast doubled a certaine litle Headland 

 that lyeth in the East poynt, then thou shalt stirre East 

 and by North, and East. And thus going, thou shalt 

 have sight of Terzera, which is in 39. degrees. The Terzera. 

 markes bee these.* And behinde a certaine blacke land 

 something high, which is called el Brasil, standeth the 

 Citie called Angra. Going from Terzera, thou shalt 

 runne East Northeast, untill thou bring thy selfe North- 

 west, and Southeast with the Cape of Saint Vincent. The Cape of 

 And thou mayest worke thus being in summer : for ^' ^^^^^^^• 

 alwayes thou shalt have the windes at Northwest. And 

 beeing Northwest and Southeast with this Cape, thou 

 shalt stirre Southeast and by East, and thou shalt so fall 

 with the land 6. or 7. leagues to the windward off the The windes 

 Cape on the coast, which lyeth North and South : then %[f^l^^l"-^ 

 thou shalt goe along the coast to the South, untill thou ^^^ summer. 

 see the Cape. And the Cape standeth in 37. degrees: The markes of 

 the markes be these. It is a Cape not very hie, and is CapeS. 

 blacke, sloping to the sea. And from thence thou shalt Vincent. 

 double the Asagresal Southeast : and so running, thou ^^ , 

 shalt then goe East unto the Cape of S. Mary: and The Cape of 

 from this Cape goe East Northeast, and so thou shalt Saint Mary. 



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