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j^l Having made this point C which by eilimate they thought 
might be done about the 20^^ of Septemh.') the further direftion 
was, that, according to\the condition of the feafon, fiiips,and men, 
they Ihould after mature deliberation undertake one of the two 
following wayes, for further difcovery. 
1 4* The opte, by taking their courfe from the point aforeraid(the 
feafon and wind permitting) back to the Weft- ward, cruifing from 
the 37?^ to the 3 5/^ degree, to make themfelves fure, whether that 
defired Ifland lay in this way, or in the way of thofe Iflands that 
are faid to lye between 30 and 36 degrees, fome i ^oor 200 miles 
'Ez^ofjapan^ where 'tis held for certain that divers 7^/>i;^-veffels 
have been found, and thence carried Silver for Japan : But meet- 
ing neither with the one nor the other, that then they fliould fail 
more South-weft- ward to Formofa. 
1 5. The other ^ in cafe the Weftern wind (Lould not permit them 
to return to "Jafan by cruifing in the propos'd Latitude, that then 
from the aforefaid point they fliould fteer a Northern courfe to the 
South-weft coaft of Jmerica^zbove Cap de Parfellespr Mendojim, 
to come in fight of Capo del Agin on the Coaft Irijla ; and, if con- 
veniently they could, get to an anchor ineither Bay, vvhere-about 
Svc thorn. Cafjdijh in the year 1587. in 38 degrees had beenar an- 
chor, and named the Land Nova Albion ; where he took notice,tbat 
aimoft no Earth there could be taken up, but there was an appear- 
ance of Silver or Gold in it : That therefore they fliould endeavor 
to make this Land by the by, to learn fomething of the condition 
thereof, and torefrefii theSeamcB , and to take-in necefiary pro- 
vifion ; vvhichdone,they fliould with a North-eaft-wind, which 
in all probability would ftifly blow there in the latter part of the 
year, fail South- weft- ward as near as they cou'd, and fo in a right 
courfe come to difcovcr the wiflic for Gold-I£!and, or any of the 
Silver-Iflands, between 30 and 36 degrees, fome 100 or 120 miles 
Eaft of Japan ; and ia cafe they mifled, they Qiould again, as was 
direfied in ihefirft way, direft their courfe to Formoja, 
I L But,becaufe they had great hopes, they fliould difcover the 
Gold-Ifland by an Eajlerly courfe, or at leaft one of the Silver- 
Iflands, by one of the two wayes defcribed ; they gave further in^ ^ 
ftfuflion, what they fliould do, in cafe of good fuccefs, for the Ser- 
vice of the Company ; which,forthepiain, fliould be like to what 
hadbeendirededontheoccafionof But befides, that they \ 
fljoulc} take notice, that thefe Iflands, | iri their' opinion, would be { 
befl met with on the Soiithreaft-fide j v^ere, the Gold-Iflarid, toge- 
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