A.D. 



1583. 



M. Walker 

 the preacher 

 dieth. 



Variation of 

 the Compasse. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The 5. day about 10. a clocke in the forenoone M. 

 Walker died, who had bene weake and sicke of the 

 bloodie flixe 6. dayes, wee tooke a view of his things, 

 and prised them, and heaved him over bord, and shot 

 a peece for his knell. 



The 14. day I called into my cabbin the two marchants, 

 the Master and the Pilot, shewing them our wants of 

 victuals and other necessaries : whereupon they and I con- 

 cluded, that it was best for us to returne to our countrey, 

 with as litle losse of time and expense of victuals as 

 might be, being without hope of reliefe upon this coast, 

 and yet to keepe the coast of Brasil to friend for feare 

 of extremitie. 



The 17. day in the morning having much raine, wee 

 saved above two tunne of water, of which we were very 

 glad. 



The 18. day I observed the variation of the compasse, 

 which varied one point, and a halfe to the Southwards, 

 by our ordinary compasse of London. 



The second day of March the Master, Pilot, & I 

 agreed to fetch the yle of Fernando Loronha. 



From the 3. day to the 10. day we went West, and by 

 South, and ran in for the shoare. 



The 10. day we saw the land, which was sandie hilles 

 with woods on it. 



The 1 1 . day seeking to goe a shoare, wee sawe foure 

 men, which weaved to us with a white shirt, and we 

 weaved to them with a flagge of truce : At length one of 

 them swamme to our boats side, and there lay in the Sea 

 talking with us, almost an houre : in the ende, being 

 partly perswaded by Pinto, who talked with them in the 

 Indian-tongue, and partly entised with such trifles as I 

 shewed him, hee came into our Skiffe, and called to his 

 companions on shoare, who came abord swimming: wee 

 delivered them certaine barricos to fetch us them full of 

 fresh water : after, there came downe 40. Indians, boyes, 

 women, and men, and with them a French boy, but the 

 former Indians deceived us of our barricos. Whereupon 



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