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thdr Prince and the People themfelves did delight mi and there- 
upon to enter with them into a treaty of friendihip and trade, 
lo. Thatj thefe. things being difpatch't InT^mry, they {bould, 
about the end of* Jji^ly or the beginning of Augajl^ take leave theie 
with all refpedt and kindnefs, and fet fail,taking their courfe crofs 
the TarcarianSea, South Eaft-ward, to the Longitude of the Eaft- 
end of Japm^ or the Weft-coaftof the Amerm iHcog^ita^ about the 
Cdbos de Fortum^ Corrientes^ot Me^dojim Falji^ which Land /if the 
weather and wind would fuffer them, they fliouid labour co difco- 
ver: And from thence they fliould purfue their courfe diredly 
South-ward to the Eaft corner of ^^/^/j5;?,making that land at about 
37^-deg5 where they made account they could be about the zotk 
or 2 ofjugujl. And here they hoped they would difcover the 
Ifland fo rich in Gold and Silver, the deteftion of which had been 
endeavoured, though in vain, by Captain Kvpafl^ A. 1639 ; the 
fubftanceof whofe Journal (which might ferve them to avoid his 
errors)together with the writings of the Merchant that was with 
him,reprefenting the condition and thedifcovery of thefaid Ifland,. 
was, as follows; 
ir. Thatin theSouth'fea,at the 37i-deg. Northern Latitude, 
and about 400 Spanlfli, or 343 Dutch, miles, that is,2 8deg. Longi- 
tude Eaft of Jafa?^^ there lay a very great and high Ifland,inhabited 
by a white, handfom, kind and civilized people , exceeding opu- 
Jent in Gold and Silver, as had been experimented many years fince 
by a SpaniOi Ship failing from the Mmilles to New Sfaine ; info- 
much that the King of 5/»^/^ in the Year i6 ro;or f 611, for further 
difcovery, and totakepofTeffionof the fame, fetouta Ship from 
AcapnlcoiQjdffm''^ which by ill conduft proved fueceflefs: fince 
-Which time the profecution of that difcovery had been deglefted. 
12. And forafmuch as thefe Direfiors were from this and other 
Informations perfuaded, that the faid Ifland was fcituate about the 
above-alledged diftance Eaft of J^/'^/jf, they order'd, that on this 
occafionof the I'^mrZ-voyage they fhouldrefumethe endeavours 
of this difcovery, fteeringtheir courfe from the Eaft-corner of 
joffan, upon the parallel of sy^degreeSjdireftly Eaft ward for the 
Jpaceof 3 5omiles, making what fail they could in the day-time, 
and leflTening their fails at night, that fo they might not mifs of it 
in the dark ; adding, that if they met not with the faid Ifland in 
,that diflance, they Ihould advance 10© miles further to the Eaft, 
that, if fo they met not with it, they might be affured, it was not to 
be found in the Latitude above-expreflred,but either more South or 
j jinore Northward. Dd 12. Having 
