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where the Town had been attacked formerly 

 by the EngUjb^ under the Condud of the 

 Earl of Ejfex in the Reign of Q. ElUabeth. 

 Plays are ufually here, as in other parts of 

 Sfain^ afted on a Sunday. During the time 

 of our ftay, was reprefented the Hiftory of 

 the Patience of Job^ the Devil brought upon 

 the Stage, tempting Job's Wife in a drolling 

 way, which caufed great Laughter and Mer^ 

 riment among the Spedators. At Malaga^ 

 as the Merchants told us, the Sunday before 

 we arrived there, was aSed the Schifm of 

 England m the time of Ring Hsnry the Eighth, 

 whom the Spaniards will not yet forgive, for 

 Divorcing himfelf from Q: Catherine^ their 

 Country-Woman » 



9. We failed from Cadiz.. 



10. This Afternoon we were forced to An^ 

 chor, not far from Cape Sf artel or Sprat ^ as 

 the Seamen call it, not being able to wea^ 

 ther the Point. 



11. This day we came to an Anchor ia 



T* rngkr-^ay^ with Sir "Thomas Allen'' % Squa-^ 



dron. 



Tangier lies within the Entrance into the 

 Strait of the Mediterranean^ in the Latitude 

 of about 35*^, 3(S'. It is fituated in the bottom 

 of a Bay, and is built on the fide of the Hill, 

 overlooking the Sea,, encompafled with high 

 Walls to the Land-ward, and commanded by 

 a ftrong Caftie. The Heats would be very • 

 troublefomc but for the Sea-breezes which 

 cool and fan the Air. In the Caftie I met 

 with a Roman Monument, errefted to the 

 Jionour of P. J?e//w/, a great Officer and 

 IJouldier in Traja-a's tini^i who^ among his 



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