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go by, is not fit to returne with : for in the fca beyond 

 the Tropicke,and within the burning Zone,theEafter- 

 ly windes raine continually , not fuffering their con 

 traries. In the which region , there are two ftrangc 

 things 3 theoneis,that in that Zone, (being thegreateft. 

 of the five, into the which the world is divided,) the 

 Eafterly windes (which they call Brifes) do raine, not 

 fuffering theWefterne or Sotithcrne, (which they call 

 lower vvindes,) to have their courfe at any feaibn of 

 theyeere : The other wonder is , that thefe Eafterly 

 windes never ceafe to blow , and moft commonly in 

 places neereft to the line, ( where it feemcs that calmes 

 (hould be more frequent, being apart of the world, 

 moft fubied ro the heate of the Sunne, but it is con- 

 trarie,for you fliall hardly finde any calmes there, and 

 the winde is cold and continues longer, which hath 

 been found true in all the navigations of the Indies. 

 This is the reafon, why the voyage they make from 

 Spaitte to the Weft Indies is fliorter,more eafie,and more 

 afliired,then the returne to Spaine. The fleetes parting 

 from SfaxkjKaNt more difficultie to pafle the Canaries, 

 for that the gulph ofYegttcs or of 'Mares, is variable, be 

 ing beaten with divers windes , but having pafled the 

 Canaries, they faile with a wefternc winde vntill they 

 come to the burning Zone,where prefently they finde 

 an Eafterly winde,and fo they faile on with full windes, 

 fo as they have fcant any necde to touch their failes 

 in the whdle voiage : for this reafon they called this 

 great gulph, the gulph of Donees for the calmenes and 

 plcafantncs thereof. Then following their courfe^they 

 come to the Hands &wtdcfop& Dominique , Define^ 

 Marigiiai.wte y and the reft , which in that place,be as it 

 were, the fuburbs of the Indies. There the fleetes fepe- 



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