a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1584. 



they cannot come thither that monson, and if they 

 have not then fet the coast of India, they shall with great 

 perill fetch S. Thomas. 



The first monson from Goa for Malacca. 

 The ships depart betwixt the 1 5 and last of September, 

 and arrive in Malacca about the end of October. 



The second monson from Goa to Malacca. 

 The ships depart about the 5 of May from Goa, and 

 arrive in Malacca about the 1 5 of June. 



The first monson from Malacca to Goa. 

 The ships depart about the 10 of September, and come 

 to Goa about the end of October. 



The second monson from Malacca to Goa. 

 The ships depart from Malacca about the 10 of 

 February, and come to Goa about the end of March. 

 But if the said ships should stay till the 10 of May, 

 [II. i. 280.] they cannot enter into Goa, and if at that time also 

 they should not be arrived at Cochin, they are forced 

 to returne to Malacca, because the winter and contrary 

 windes then come upon them. 



The monson from Goa for China. 

 The ships depart from Goa in the moneth of April. 



The monson from China for Goa. 

 The ships depart to be the 10 of May in Goa, and 

 being not then arrived, they turne backe to Cochin, 

 and if they cannot fetch Cochin, they returne to 

 Malacca. 



The monson from Goa to the Moluccaes. 

 The ships depart about the 10 or 15 of May, which 

 time being past, the shippes can not passe over the 

 barre of Goa for the cause abovesaid. 



The monson of the ships of the Moluccaes arrivall 



in Goa. 

 The ships which come from the Moluccaes arrive upon 

 the bar of Goa about the 15 of April. 



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