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Buena Esperanza along the coast of Brasil, and so toward 

 the West Indies, for the most part setting away Northwest. 



The Tuesday night following, whereas before our 

 course was Westsouthwest, wee stoode away West and 

 by South : by reason whereof, and of the current that 

 set us to the Northward, wee were the next day by 

 noone twentie minutes further to the Northward then 

 the day before. So that then wee lay away Southwest, 

 because wee were loath to fall to the Northward of our 

 place intended : which if wee should bee put to leeward 

 of, there was small hope left to recover it. 



By Thursday wee were within one degree J of the 

 Equinoctiall line : therefore this day wee hailed away 

 West and by South, and West among. This night 

 wee sounded, but had no ground at 90 fathoms. 



The next day in the morning the colour of the water 

 began to change, and to bee more white, so wee made 

 another sound and had ground at thirtie fathoms, but 

 saw no lande, and in the afternoone wee hailed away 

 Westnorthwest, Northwest, and Northnorthwest. In the 

 night wee sounded divers times, and had twelve, ten, and 

 nine fathoms water. 



All Saturday wee had a thick red water, and had 

 seven and eight fathoms both day and night, and upon 

 Sunday morning by day being the seven and twentieth 

 of Februarie, wee made the lande which appeared lowe, 

 and trended neerest as wee fell with it. South and by 

 East, North and by West about two degrees ^ toward 

 the North. Right on head of us was a Cape or head 

 land, so that had wee beene shot a little further into the 

 bay, the winde being more Northerly, wee should hardly 

 have doubled it off. For with much adoe making many 

 boords, and stopping every tyde, it was the Tuesday 

 following before wee cleered our selves of the bay, and 

 recovered the Cape. Nowe the land trended Northwest 

 and by North, and Southeast and by South. And still 

 wee were faine to anker every tyde sometimes in foure 

 fathoms, and sometimes in three, as farre as wee could 



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