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The new Attradue. 

 gt is faib to be p*opo;tf onall 02 \3nif02m t , foben in tbe m« 

 creating 02 oecrealtng of a Degree of tarnation, tsfounO 

 one ccrtaine number of leagues 0; miles>goir»g,incre4fing 

 02 Decreasing in one paralell 02 JLatifuDe,bp UUe cquall 

 pjopojtton, uno tbat if tbe Variation be Doubles, going 

 bEoneparalelfoftjalU&e league* ojmiles alfo. X3ut tbis 

 tsnotfounotobefo. 



if 02 in going from Siliic fo Newfound-land, tobteb is f^S£ s 

 nofooo.&eagues, it is founo tbat tbe ijiecDleDoetbbarie N«eduth« 

 moje in 200. ileagues, lubeni?on come neeret&at Coun* tZ*tS, 

 frie.tbeu it ootb in 400 .iLeaguejet of ?ourfirftU)a?. #nD appoint iu 

 alfogoingtoM^ta Incognita, it banetbm32e in parte of JSlft 

 tbe laftof fbetoa^,tbeia ^ of tbe firtte : ansln tjjofe partes &»<]»&* 

 fttsfounDtobce faOaine-iFurtberitisfoana betteeene f^c tSKJ* 

 North Capeano Vaigitz torteffrangj, in recoiling ana found-iwd* 

 commingbac&eagaine totbetsaeftmarDes offbf pole 

 before it batb fullieaceompufyeD ttos poinfesof b*riati# 

 on in ibe compaffe . fcotbatat Vaigitz it barietb fo tbe 

 Weftloaroes,asitDotbat Newfound-land, 0nDfbis 

 camming bacbeagatne, before it batb aecompliujeofour 

 pointes off be Compacts, is bme UTange,an3agatufttbe 

 opinions of all that bane befb;: ii>;ttf en. 



Pedro de Medina (as 31 bans fato tn tbe feeonDe Cbap# 

 ter) toasooubffull of t&e Variation , facing: t&at if t£c 

 Compaffe did *?arie, t^t faultemigbt bee in tbe making 

 tbereof,tbe toiers 02 ^eeale not being tosllplacca pcfbe 

 tsasalearncDman, anoagfeatfraueller to tfje cotcft 

 Indies . 3i5ut it appearefb tjjaf b& bab no m32e regaro to 

 tfyt t&ariation.tben than? Mariners in tbefs oaics. 

 ^02tn 18,02 20. ^eares tbat 3 bane traueileo,tbefeas 

 bceingoj^eonuerfant toitbnungof t&em, ana Diligent 

 in enquiring of JEariation of t&e places , to'jere 1 bane 

 not beene mg felfe , Blcouloneuer finaetujiof tb«m in 

 onetraetb, ercepf fn t&u trauailes from bmce $o;tb> 

 toarDes,anb$Q2tb<2afttoarbes. iiSut 31 fu;?9fefbegrea> 

 tettoccslton thereof is bv laeae of epacte jnuVaawntes fto 



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