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of Fernando de Loronha, when thou commest to 8 

 ♦ Of Souther- degrees, or 8 and ^* then thou shalt go West and 

 ly latitude. beare with the land. Thou must take this for a warning, 

 that if going West in 8 degrees thou see land, then 

 looke to the Northward, and thou shalt see certaine 

 white clifFes. Then I advise thee that thou goe well 

 to the Southward. And this is to bee understoode from 

 October forward, for then the time is most subject 

 to Northeast and Eastnortheast winds. And if thou hnd 

 thy selfe in the sayd height above mentioned, and seest 

 cliffes, and seest a Cape to the Southward, and seest 

 no more land to the South, then make accompt that 

 thou art at Capiguoari : and from thence to Fernambuck 

 thou hast sixe leagues, and hast a good port. 



Thou shalt take this for a warning, that if in 8 degrees 



and a halfe thou see land lying all flat, thou mayest 



goe neerer it, and be bold till thou come in tenne or twelve 



fadomes : And then thou shalt see a great grosse land 



along the sea-coast which is called Capitagua : And being 



East and West with this land, and, as I have sayd, 



in tenne or twelve fadomes water ; and the time being 



from October to Februarie, then thou needest not 



to feare any thing : but looke to the South and thou 



shalt see the cape of S. Augustine : and looke to the 



North and thou shalt see a point, and to the Southeast 



a point called Punta de Olinda, where Aponiquay 



standeth. And the land from the cape to the poynt 



called Punta de Olinda lieth North and South. 



[III. 720.] I advise thee that if thou be East and West with 



the cape of Saint Augustine, thou shalt see within the 



land an high hill, having as it were a saddle upon it 



like to a camel : And thou shalt see to the Southwards 



three hilles along the sea, and then presently thou 



shalt see the coaste to lie Northeast and Southwest. 



The height of Thou shalt understand that from this cape of Saint 



'^Au^usth^' ^^g^stine, to the towne of Olinda, thou hast nine 



of Olinda ^ leagues to the North. And this cape standeth in eight 



Fernambuck. degrees and two third parts, and Olinda standeth in eight 



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