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_\feveral plots and Land{capes which they had formerly taken upon 
- |tow,Seas,) by whichthey were well ‘aflured where they -were 5 for 
ling Billowes of the Bay of Bifkey : but chiefly to ftand aloof from 
| Spain, and Barbary; andas we paftalong, I perceiv'd a difference in 
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doubts in the Seamen in that fhort paflage, thaninall the voyage af- 
tet. But, the weatherclearing up, the Mafter and Mates drew out 
the Coaft of France and England, (whichare of great ufe in the nar- 
jthere they feldome ufe Loggline, or Back{taff, but attend onely the 
Tydes, Compals, and Card 5. noris there any ufe of other directors in 
fo natrow: ig ye Wee a (as Tremember Jabolit\16 dayes 
lfailing to Fal#outh, andhad with us 2 {mall fhip of about 180 tunns, 
calledthe Nonefuch; of which Captain A#ddleton wasowner, avery 
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he next day we put to Sea, and continued our courfeto the South-. 
weft, (with fomewhat a Scant wind,) partly to avoid the high go- 
Pirats and Pickaroones : which are very frequent upon the Coa/ts of 
the way of our Ships : ‘for in flack winds , our confort the. Nonefuch. 
would run us out of fight in four or five hours fail, but in 
ftronz and ftiff winds, we did the like with hers So that [ 
guefs'd the larger the fails, the fwifter the way; provided, they 
werealike built in the model of their keeles: but I leave that to be 
tefolved by the Seamen , or that AdmirableArchiteG@-of Moving 
} Horfes, Mr. Petts cetseg PSOAES eg Sa di . is é =F 2-2. 
_. About theLatitude of 45 degrees, we met with’ a. Ship coming 
from Guinny, but bound for Loxdozs the Captains name was Blague, 
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got of about 4oo'tuns, her Lading Gold and Elephants teeth; the Man 
was exceeding civil to us, and gave toevery Gentleman of our Com- 
pany, a prefent offich rarities ‘as he brought from Gunny, and Binny. 
and almoft no wind at all; in the evening, a frefh breefe began to 
other with our Ordnance we took Teaver ern 
About this time, our Confort the Nosefuch parted with us, the 
dire@ly for the Carabby lands, - we for St. ‘Fago, one of the Tflands of 
Gape Verd ; where we were to trade for Negroes, Horfes , and Cattle; 
twhich we were to fell atthe Barbadoes. -So, keeping our courfe about | 
8o-Leagues from the Coaft-of Spaim and Barbary, the firft land we 
difcovered, wasthe Ile of Porto Santo; vvhich lyethin 33 degrees to 
the Norward 3 vvhich ve left of our Larboard fide : When prefently 
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* than: a{mall Hathorn; and very fevv of thofe. Between 
|red to uslike the tops of large vbuildingss. no unevennef$ or rifings 
| burnt worte than the othet +. fo: that inftead of: the frefth and lively | 
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called theDeferts, which appea- 
and failings, ‘butlevel as the top of a large Church or Barn; but 
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good Seaman, and a Planter in Barbadoes : but him{elfthenremain- | 
avery civN Gentleman, whohal’d us, came‘aboard us, and invited | 
divers Gentlemen. that were there aboard his {hip : which was aFrig-| 
We ftayed together almofta whole day,the weather being very calm, | 
blow,..which ferv’d us bothimeour feveral wayes, and fo faluting each } 
after, vy gt as, vvhich we faild clofe by, and had| 
. }afull vievvoftheplace; foRocky, and Mountainous,:and the ground } | 
|fomi(erably burnt vvith the’Sua., as vvé could perceive no part of it 
| either Hill or Valley, that had the lea{tappearance of green, nor any } 
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