a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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with us all night, because we might knowe that they 

 would also come to us the next day. The 27 day in 

 both our shippes we tooke 8. li. one ounce, three quarters 

 and halfe a quarter of golde. The 28 we made sales 

 for the companie, and tooke one pound and halfe an 

 ounce of gold. The 29 day in the morning we heard 

 two calievers shot off upon the shore, which we judged 

 to be either by the Portugales or by the Negroes of the 

 Portugales : we manned our boates and armed our selves 

 and went to shoare, but could finde nothing : for they 

 were gone. The 30 day we made more sales for the 

 companie and for the Masters. 



The 31 we sent our boate to shoare to take in sand 

 for balast, and there our men met the Negroes, with 

 whom they had made sale the day before a fishing which 

 did helpe them to fill sand, and having no gold, sold 

 fish to our men for their handkerchiefes and nightker- 

 chiefes. 



Februarie. The i. day of February we wayed and went to another 



place, and tooke 1. li. 9. ounces 3 quarters of gold. The 

 2 day we made more sales : but having viewed our 

 victuals, we determined to tarie no long time upon the 

 coast, because the most part of our drinke was spent, 

 & that which remained grew sowre. The 3 and 4 dayes 

 we made some sales, though not great, and finding the 



They retume wind this 4. day to come off the shoare, we set saile and 



fir England. ranne a } ng the shoare to the Westwards: upon this 

 coast we found by experience that ordinarily about 2 of 

 the clocke in the night the winde comes off the shoare 

 at Northnortheast, and so continueth untill eight of the 

 clocke in the morning : and all the rest of the day and 

 night it comes out of the Southwest : and as for the 

 tide or currant upon this shore, it goeth continually with 

 the winde. The 5 day we continued sayling and thought 

 to have met with some English ships, but found none. 



[II. ii. 36.] The sixt day we went our course Southwest to fetch 

 under the line, and ranne by estimation 24 leagues. 

 The 13 day wee thought our selves by our reckoning 



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