A.D. 



1555- 



The lie de 

 Flores. 



The lie of 

 Corvo. 



IVhere they 



lost the sight 



of the North 



starre. 



How the com- 



passe doeth 



varie. 



pi. 



11. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Cape verde Eastsoutheast of us, we judging our selves 

 to be 48 leagues off. And in 20 and 21 degrees, we had 

 the winde more Easterly to the Southward then before. 

 And so we ran to the Northwest and Northnorthwest, 

 and sometimes North and by West and North, untill 

 we came into 31 degrees, where we reckoned our selves 

 a hundred and fourescore leagues Southwest and by 

 South of the Island de los Flores, and there wee met 

 with the winde at Southsoutheast, and set our course 

 Northeast. 



In 23 degrees we had the winde at the South and 

 Southwest, and then we set our course Northnortheast, 

 and so we ran to 40 degrees, and then we set our course 

 Northeast, the winde being at the Southwest, and having 

 the Isle de Flores East of us, and 17 leagues off. 



In the 41 degrees we met with the winde at North- 

 east, and so we ran Northwestward, then we met with 

 the winde Westnorthwest, and at the West within 6 

 leagues, running toward the Northwest, and then we 

 cast about, and lay Northeast, untill we came in 42 

 degrees, where we set our course Eastnortheast, judging 

 the He of Corvo South and by West of us, and sixe and 

 thirtie leagues distant from us. 



A remembrance, that the 21 day of May we com- 

 muned with John Rafe, and he thought it best to goe 

 Northeast, and judged himselfe 25 leagues Eastward to 

 the Isle de Flores, and in 39 degrees and a halfe. 



Note, that on the fourth day of September, under nine 

 degrees, we lost the sight of the North starre. 



Note also, that in 45 degrees, the compasse is varied 

 8 degrees to the West. 



Item, in 40 degrees the compasse did varie 15 degrees 

 in the whole. 



Item, in 30 degrees and a halfe, the compasse is varied 

 5 degrees to the West. 



Be it also in memory that two or three daies before 

 we came to Cape de 3 puntas, the pinnesse went alongst 

 the shore, thinking to sell some of our wares, and so 



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