AD THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1586. 



which houres Zamorano readeth unto them, and in the 



Their dispute- other they aske one another many particulars concerning 



tiomofthcart ^^ ^^^ ^f navigation in the presence of the said kings 



before^lT^ reader : and him that answereth not to the purpose the 



Kings reader sayd reader instructeth more perfectly, and telleth him 



who is their how everything is. And this exercise continueth two 



moderatour. moneths, during which time the examinates must not 



faile to bee present twise in a day, as is aforesaid. 



And having heard the kings reader those two moneths, 



The hall of they resort then unto the hall of examination which is 



examination. '^^ ^^^ Contractation house, where there are assembled 



the Pilot major and divers other pilots, to the number of 



25 at the least; who all sitting there in order, the Pilot 



[III. 867.] major demandeth of him that would be examined, of 



The maner oj ^j^^^- p^j-t of the Indies he desireth to be examined : 



pilotTe'xa- Whereto the examinate answereth, that he would bee 



mination. examined concerning Nueva Espanna, or of Nombre 



de Dios and Tierra Firma. And others that are not 



experienced in those partes, crave to be examined of 



Santo Domingo, Puerto rico, and Cuba. 



Then the Pilot major commandeth the examinate to 

 spread a sea-chart upon the table, and in the presence 

 of the other pilots to depart or shewe the course from 

 the barre of Sant Lucar to the Canarie-Islands, and from 

 thence to the Indies, till he come to that place whereof 

 he is to bee examined, and then also to returne backe 

 to the barre of Sant Lucar in Spaine, from whence he 

 departed. Also the Pilot major asketh him, if when he 

 saileth upon the sea, hee be taken with a contrary wnnd, 

 what remedie he is to use, that his ship be not too much 

 turmoiled upon the sea } And the examinate answereth 

 him aswell as he can. 



Then one of the other pilotes opposeth him about 

 the rules of the Sunne and of the North-starre, and how 

 hee ought to use the declination of the Sunne at all 

 times of the yeere : whom the examinate is bound to 

 answere in every thing that hee demandeth. Then 

 another asketh him of the signes and markes of those 



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