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31. Betimes in the Morning we failed by the Rock of 
Lisbon^ at fbme diftance, which was fcarce difcernible 
by realbn of the cloudinefs of the Weather. Two Turks 
Men of War are now plying to the Windward of us; 
but dare not come up to fpeak with us, perceiving that 
we are only laden with Powder and Bullet. 
September i. In the Morning we made Cape St, Vin- 
cent. I went on fliore with the Lieutenant and fcveral 
others in our Pinnace, which we drove into one of the 
Coves 5 and were forced to climb up a Rock , the 
a(cent of which was very dangerous and trouble- 
fome ; and made niore fo by the Rays of the Sun,which 
were refledted with that vehemence, that the Heat was 
almoft intollerable. Having gained the top, we were 
met by an Officer and fome Soldiers, who had us into 
the Caftle, the middlemoft of the three, which are built 
along that Promontory for the Security of the Coafts, 
and entertained us with Wine, Grapes, and Marmalade. 
They told us, that a Squadron of EngUJh Men of War 
failed by the Day before. We here met with two Ve(- 
&\sbdoT)g\rigto Dartmouth^ laden with Fifli from New- 
found' landt bound for Allicant. All along the Coafts, 
at the diftance of about two or three Leagues , are feve- 
^al Watch-towers built to give notice of Pyrates. 
JBecalmed for the moft: part thcfe two or three days. 
5. In the Morning we weathered the Point of Cadiz^ 
and came to an Anchor in the Bay of Bulls , about half 
a League from the great Porgoe ; and in the Afternoon 
went on fliore. We were entertained by the Engltfh 
Conful, and carried by him to view the Fortifications, 
which are efteemed to be as regular as any in Chrifien- 
Mm ; built in the ftm€ place where the Town had been 
attacked formerly by the Englifh^ under the Conduft of 
the Earl of Ejfex in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth. Plays 
are ufually here, as in other parts of Spain, afted on a 
