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that night, we had either run a-ground, or 

 had been caft upon the Rocks near to Pwtche 

 in Portugal. The fault was mif-reckoning, 

 and haling in too foon to make the Southern 

 Cape : though the Seamen, to falve their Cre- 

 dit, and to excufe their Error, which had 

 like to have proved fo fatal to us, pretended 

 that we were fet in by a ftrong Current. 

 God make us thankful for this great Deliver 

 ranee. 



30. This Morning we were furpri^ed to 

 fee our felves within four or five Leagues of 

 the Shore, when we had thought that we had 

 been above twent/. In the Afternoon, the 

 Wind coming on frefh, we weathered the 

 weftermoll Ille of the Barlings. On the 

 greateft of which, beingas we guefled, above 

 half a Mile in length , the Portugftefe have 

 built a Fort to hinder the Barbary Pirates ^ 

 from careening their Ships there, or taking 

 in frefli Water. The Land of it very high, 

 and bore off us S. E. by E. By it lie feve-" 

 ral Rocks. ^ The other Iflands are dillant 

 about a League. I told five of them : the 

 greateft of whiph laft lie fomewhere inwai(| 

 to the Shore. 



For two Nights together about this time 

 (28 and 29) the Sky being vei-y ha*zy, th^ 

 Sun fet in a colour.as deep as Blood, whichi 

 was very aftonifting. We were then in the 

 Latitude of 40. 



31. Betimes in the Morning we failed by 

 the Rock of Lisbon^ at fome diftance, which 

 was fcarae difcernible by reafon of the clou^ 

 dinefs of the Weather. Two Turks Men of 

 War are now plying to the Windward of us^ 



