iqi Travels into the Levant. Part I. 
we fpread our Maintop-fail, and Ihortly after that, tlie Mizzain and Foretop- 
fail : After noon the Wind chopt about to North-weft, and blew fo frefli, that 
we were forced to furl our Foretop-faii, and fleered away Wefl-fourh-wefl 
till Wednefday Morning, the nineteenth of February^ when the Wind changing 
to North. north- wefl, we put abroad our Foretop-fail again, and flood away 
Wefl, and a little after, we fpread all our Sails. About two hours after day 
^[uxma. we made Cape Rafaxarra, in Earbary^ and flood in within almoft thirty Miles 
of it -, it is a very low Land, then we tackt about again towards the Goz.o of 
Candia. About two hours before night we were becalmed, and about two 
hours after Night was in, we had the long look'd for Eaft Wind, but it was 
eafîe; however with it we fleered ourcourfe Wefl- north- we 11 untilThurfday 
Morning, the twentieth of February^ when after a little Rain that feii, the 
Wind chopt about to South- fou th-eafl-, whilfl in the mean time we made 
all fail,and flood away North-north- wefl;a little after,we turned our Ships head 
to Weft-north-weft, running above eight Miles an hour upon a Wind, which 
we would have continued to do, had we not been aftaid to have been embeyed 
Hihul. within a bad Gulf, called Hihal^ that runs out into the Sea, and therefore v/e 
flood away before the Wind, till we had weathered it; all this while the 
Fore-fail and Sprit-fail did us no fervice. We ran at a great rate in this man- 
ner for the fpace of three hours, then the Wind turned Well, which brought 
us a Flurry, with a great feud of Rain, for half a quarter of an hour, but the 
main Wind was eafie enough, and with it we bore away North-wefl- in the 
evening the Wind frelbened a little, and we fleered the fame Courfe, till 
about ten or eleven a Clock at Night, that we tackt and flood away South- 
well. About midnight we had a fudden gufl of Wind, with Hail and Rain 
which was fo violent, that it laid the Ship on her fide, and if fhe had been a 
fmall Veffel, would certainly have overfet her ; it tore the Main- fail in pieces 
and blew fo very hard, that the Sea-men could not furl their Sails, but at 
length all Hands coming aloft, they madeafhift to furl them, till theflorm 
was over. They faw the Flurry a coming, and then they Ihould have minded 
their Sails, fo that we needed not to have feared any damage, but through 
Lazinefs, they let them alone, faying, that perhaps it might pafs over them. 
In fine, we fpent the Carnaval in this manner, dancing more than enough, in 
fpight of our Teeth, and without Mufick. When the florm was over we 
fpread all our Sails, and tackt about again Northwards, with the fame Welt- 
north-wefl Wind, until Friday the one and twentieth of February^ that the 
Wind turning Sonth-wefl, we bore away Wefl-north-wefl, till after Dinner 
that the Wind got into the North-north- wefl, and we flood away Wefl' 
This lafled till Saturday^ the two and twentieth of February, when we were 
becalmed, and in the Evening the Wind turned North-wéfl and by wefl but 
an eafie Gale, and we fleered South-wefl till Sunday, the three and twentieth 
of February, that the Wind turned Northerly, but fo gently, that it look'd 
like a Calm, and we fleered our courfe Wefl-north-weflward ; we were after- 
wards becalmed until Evening, when we had an eafie North-eafl Gale, which 
frefliened a little in the Night-time, and in flead of fleering away Wefl (which 
was our Courfe) we flood away North-north-wefl, to bear in with the Gulf of 
Venice, where we hoped to have found a North-wind, that would have carried 
us flrelght to Tunis. We kept that Courfe till Tuefday, the five and twentieth 
of February, when the Wind blew fo hard, that we made nine or ten Miles an 
hour, always North-wefl, for fear of being carried to far to the Leeward, 
and lofing the Wind: This Wind lafled all VVedmfday, the twenty fixth of 
February, and Thurfday morning, the twenty feventh we made Malta, which 
we left to the Starboard, running betwixt Tripoly and Malta, leaving L'ampedo/k 
j^j^gfy^ and Linofa to the Larboard ; Unofa is about feventy Miles diflanc from Malta. 
We faw them not, becaufe we paifed them in the Night-time. Our Lady of 
Lamfedofa is well known and Reverenced both by Turks and Chriflians ; and 
though 1 had not the fatisfadion to go alhoar there, yet 1 will fay tv/o or three 
words of it. 
CHAP, 
