AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



.578. 

 September. The 6. day of September we entred the South sea at 



the Cape or head shore. 



The seventh day wee were driven by a great storme 

 from the entring into the South sea two hundred leagues 

 and odde in longitude, and one degree to the Southward 

 of the Streight : in which height, and so many leagues 

 to the Westward, the fifteenth day of September fell out 

 the Eclipse of the Moone at the houre of sixe of the 

 clocke at night : but neither did the Eclipticall conflict 

 of the Moone impayre our state, nor her clearing againe 

 amend us a whit, but the accustomed Eclipse of the Sea 

 continued in his force, wee being darkened more then the 

 Moone seven fold. 



From the Bay (which we called The Bay of severing 



of friends) wee were driven backe to the Southward of 



x^-j . Degrees the streights in 57. degrees and a terce : in which height 



and a terce of ^^ came to an anker among the Islands, having there 



Mtude^ fresh and very good water, with herbes of singular vertue. 



Not farre from hence we entred another Bay, where wee 



found people both men and women in their Canoas, 



Botero writeth naked, and ranging from one Island to another to seeke 



that another ^j^^jj. nieat, who entered traflique with us for such things 



hath found this ^, 1 j 



place all ^^ ^^1 ^^^* 



Islands. We returning hence Northward againe, found the 3. 



of October three Islands, in one of which was such plentie 



of birdes as is scant credible to report. 



M. Winter The 8. day of October we lost sight of one of our 



separated and Consorts wherein M. Winter was, who as then we sup- 



returned. posed was put by a storme into the streights againe, which 



at our returne home wee found to be true, and he not 



perished, as some of our company feared. 



Thus being come into the height of The streights 



againe, we ran, supposing the coast of Chili to lie as the 



generall Maps have described it, namely Northwest, 



^he trending which we found to lie and trend to the Northeast and 



of the coast of Eastwards, whereby it appeareth that this part of Chili 



^^'^^' hath not bene truely hitherto discovered, or at the least 



not truely reported for the space of 12. degrees at the 



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