A RUTTIER FOR BRAZIL 



degrees and a quarter, and Fernambuck standeth in 

 eight degrees. And this course is to be understood to 

 be observed and kept, if thou depart from Lisbon in 

 October or November. 



Take this advise, that if thou depart in February or 

 March from Lisbone, then thou shalt goe to beare In what height 

 with the land in nine degrees, because that from ^^0' ^^^^^ 

 March forwards raigne most commonly Southeast and ^fl f fl 

 Southwest windes. And if by this height and course from Lisbon 

 thou bring thyselfe nigh to the shore, feare not to in February 

 bring thy ship into 1 8 or 20 fadomes, for all the °^ March. 

 coast is cleane : and there are no more dangers, but 

 such as the sea doth breake upon. 



And if after thy fall with the land thou have occa- 

 sion to goe to the Northward, and so going seest 

 certaine sholdes, doubt not to come for the North, and ^0^ ^° ^^^^ 

 thou shalt see the cape of Saint Augustine, which lyeth ^J!^ ^f^^ ^ 

 as It were sloaping to the seaward, and hath as it were 

 a Whales head, and hath upon it a round hill, with many 

 hilles round about it. And if thou come along the sea 

 coast much about the depth above mentioned, thou shalt 

 see a little Island called Saint Alexio : And from this ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^° 

 Island to the cape of Saint Augustine are foure leagues, ^ ^^^°- 

 and it standeth in eight degrees and three quarters. 



The course that a man must keepe to the bay 

 called A Bahia de Todos os Santos, that is 

 to say, The bay of all Saints, which lieth 

 on the foresayd coast of Brasil. 



F thou goe for Bahia de Todos os Santos, thou 

 must keepe the course which I have already set 

 downe, and shalt observe the time from March 



forwards, as also from October forwards. Thou shalt The height of 

 understand that the Bahia de Todos os Santos standeth ?^f!^^f 

 in 13 degrees and J: and if thou goe in October or slnmln i-i 

 after October, then goe to fall with the land in 12 degrees and 

 degrees or 12 and a halfe. one third part. 



And take this for a warning, that when thou seest a 



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