AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1582. 



in the river of Plate, and from thence to go for the 

 streights, and there to ride, and water, and trimme our 

 ships. 



The 12 in the afternoone M. Maddox, M. Hall, 

 M. Bannister, and others came aboord to visite M. 

 Walker. After a time of abode with him, they 

 returned to the gallion all againe, except M. Maddox 

 who remained with M. Walker here aboord. 



This night M. Maddox and I, behelde many constel- 

 lations in the firmament, and set downe certaine newe 

 starres raised to the Southwards. All day and night 

 wee went South, and South by East among. 



The seventeenth day in the afternoone wee shot ofF 

 three peeces of ordinance in honour of our Queenes 

 Majestic. This day after dinner came master Maddox, 

 and Captaine Drake with others to take their leave of 

 Master Walker, as I with all my company had done 

 before, supposing him past hope of recoverie. At 

 \(^ degrees of foure of the clocke, finding our selves in nineteene 

 Southerly degrees to the Southwards of the line, and cleare of 

 the shoalds called by us Powles, wee went hence South- 

 southwest all night following. 



The 18 day being Sunday, after dinner the Generall, 

 M. Maddox, Captaine Parker, and many other came 

 aboord, and visited M. Walker : which done, they 

 dranke, and departed aboord againe. AH this day and 

 night, we went our course Southwest by South, with a 

 franke gale. 



The 19 day about noone, the Sun was in our Zenith, 

 being declined to the Southwards 21 degrees, and 33 

 minutes, where wee found the aire fresh and temperate, 

 as in England in June, when a fresh gale of winde 

 Cold evenings, doeth blow in the heate of the day, but the evening, 

 the night, and the morning are more fresh and colder 

 here, then it is in England either in June or Julie. 



The first of December, about sixe of the clocke in 

 the morning, wee sawe lande on the coast of Brasil, in 

 the height of 28 degrees or there abouts, which bare 



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