f The VOYAGES of Book I. 
who hats' a good round Family of Wives ; and the old Mari having performed fo perilous a Voyage as coll theiri near 
lives on nothing but the Milk, which he lucks from his Three Tears Time. 
Wives Breaks. Sailing hence, they faw a great Portuguese 1 3 . The Company, at whofe Expence General iwz Noort 
Ship of 6 oo Ton kick on the Shoals. She was going to had been fitted out, were extremely well pleafed with his 
Amboim , on a Defign of ingroffing ‘all that Trade to her- Conduit through the whole Affair, tho’ attended with no 
fell, and was thus flopped by the Way ; at leak, this was great Succefs to them ; for his Returns were far fhort of 
the Account the Portuguefe gave of her, tho’ the General what had aerued from former Expeditions j but the Glory 
fufpeited, that Ike actually put to Sea in order to cruife for of fliaring with the Spaniards , Portuguefe , and Englift , the 
them *, and therefore they v/ere the lefs concerned for her Honour of making new Difcoveries, and even of furround- 
Misfortune, and the lefs careful in affiking her Crew, con- ing the Globe, made the Butch better pleafed with General 
liking originally of 6 or 700 Men, of which many were van Noort , than with any of their Navigators : Yet it is 
kill on board her, and in Danger of perifhing. apparent, that he met with greater Difficulties, and performed 
17. February the 5th they paffed the Streights between his Voyage more (lowly, than our EngUfh Captains had 
Balamboa and Baty •, and, leaving Java North-eak from done, tho’ affiked by many Lights, Which they wanted, 
them, on the 1 ith they found themfelves in 13 0 South La- as well as much better furnifhed at his firk fetting out. One 
titude, and then directed their Courfe to the Cape of Good thing is extremely remarkable, which is the rigorous Di- 
Hope. On the 1 8th they had the Sun vertical at Noon, fcipline obferved throughout the Voyage, and which was 
being then in 11 0 20'. and here a Calm began that laked felt not only by inferior Seamen, for fuch Faults as either 
Eleven Days. March the 1 ith they came into 24 0 45' ; the Meannefs of their Temper might prompt, or the Sharp- 
ed the 24th into 28° 10'. April the ik they made 30° nefs of their Miferies excufe, but by the Second Perfon 
50 ; and the 19th (having been confiderably retarded be- in the Fleet, and who, in cafe any Accident had befallen 
tween c rolls Winds and Calms) they were forced to leffen the General, would have become the Firk of courfe. This 
their Meafures of Water *, but the 24th at Night they faw Adt of Jukice was performed with much Solemnity and 
a Light like Fire about Pour Miles to the North-wek, Circumfpedtion : He was proceeded againk for Breach of 
Land now being near ; whereas they reckoned themfelves the Articles ekablifhed and fworn to before they proceeded 
200 Miles from the Cape, and not being aware of their on the Voyage, had Time allowed him for his Defence, 
Approach to any other. The 25th they were in 34 0 35' ; and, on a fair Hearing, was condemned to be deferted in 
and now the Calms gave them Liberty to mend their Sails, the Streights of Magellan , having only a fmall Quantity of 
At Night they faw another Fire, and the next Morning Provifions put on Shore with him ; fo that he was quickly 
Land, bearing North-eakerly. The 27th they came into dekroyed by Hunger, or fell a Victim to the Rage of the 
34 0 40', and within Six or Seven Miles of the Land. May Savages, who were implacable Enemies to Foreigners, 
the 2d, they made 35 0 15'-, and the next Morning faw, The Dread of fuch a Punifhment keeps thofe within due 
Between the Eak and North, fomething like the End of an Bounds, whofe Errors are mok fatal in fuch Voyages. For 
Ifland, about Six Miles off, by which they fanfied them- want of a Power of this Nature, many great Undertakings 
felves near the Cape. And then they diredfed their Courfe have been overthrown, a Competition between Command- 
to St. Helena , where they arrived the 26th, and refrefhed ers being naturally attended with Factions in the Fleet ; and 
themfelves with good Water, Fifh, and fome Flefh* but no then the Gratification of private Ends is conkantly preferred 
Cabritos, nor Fowl, (which are both hard to be taken) nor to the Good of the Whole. 
Oranges, could they meet with here. They left this Ifland 19. We meet, in this Voyage, with an Account of Cap- 
the 30th, and June the 14th paked the Line the Fourth tain de JVeertN being found in the Magellanic Streights, 
Time. The 16th they met with Six Butch Ships bound and of his being left there by General van Noort , becaufe 
For the Eafi Indies , James Ileemshrk Admiral. Thefe had he found it im practicable, to kay for him. In the original 
fought Thirteen Spanijh Ships near the Salt Iflands, and had Account of this Voyage, we meet with frequent References 
lok both their Pinnace and Vice-admiral, the former taken to that of de JVeert’s , who was one of the bek Seamen in 
by the Spaniards , and the latter gone from them •, but they Holland , and lived to dikinguiffi himfelf by many more fuc- 
hoped fecure. July the 8th they came into 27 0 North La- cefsful Expeditions. It has been found neceffary therefore 
titude, and met with Store of the Weed Saragojfa floating by all who have attempted Colledions of this Sort, to add 
in the Water. The 13 th they were in 32 0 30', and then this Voyage of de Weert , tho’ he was no Circum-navigator, 
had Fifteen Days Calm, and a very weedy Sea. The22d to that of van Noort , and, I think, with good Reafon : 
they were driven to a very fhort Allowance of Bread, and Firk, becaufe it is certain, that Captain de Weert was fitted 
that worm-eaten too, their Stock being almok fpent. Au- out with an Intent, that he fhould have gone by the Streights 
gujl the ik they made 40° North Latitude, and left the of Magellan to the Indies ; and next, becaufe it is very dif- 
liland Flores , which comes about Forty-five Miles to Wek- ficult to find fo good a Defcription of thofe famous Streights, 
ward. The 18th Three Ships of Embden met them, and as he has given us. From thefe Motives, I have been led 
exchanged Bread and Flefh for Rice and Pepper with them, to the Purfuit of the fame Method ; and I perfuade myfelf, 
and withal fhewed them, that they were not fo near Eng- the Reader will be as well pleafed to fee the Firmnefs of an 
land as their Maker had told them, who had promifed to able Commander kruggling with a long Series of Misfor- 
make the Lizard the next Day. On the 26th of Augujl , tunes, as with the Felicity of other Captains, who have 
about Noon, they arrived fafely before the City of Rotter- atchieved, with lefs Difficulty, what, with equal Courage 
dam, where they were received with the utmok Joy, as and Conduct, was attempted by him. 
SECTION VII. 
The remarkable Voyage of Captain Sebald d e Weert to the South Seas, and the Streights 
of Magellan, intended as a Supplement to the former Se&ion . 
t. The Qccafion of this Voyage , and the Departure of the Five Ships from Holland June the iyth 1 798. 
%. Their Arrival at the Ifland of Brava. 3. Their Difputes with the Portuguefe Inhabitants of that 
Ifandi 4. The Death of their Admiral , and his Supercargo, y. The Regulations that enj’ued upon thefe 
Accidents . 6. Shape their Courfe for the Ifland of Annobon. 7. They proceed to the Coafl t?/’Guipey, 
where their Vice-admiral falls flck. 8. They land , and are well received by a Negro King ; but after- 
wards differ with him , and obtain Refrejhme? 7 ts by Force. 9. Their Arrival at the If and of Annobon, 
and the infirm State of their Men. 10. The Difficulties they met with there , and Difputes with the 
Portuguefe. 11. Proceed to the Coafl of Brafil, and from thence for the Streights of Magellan. 12. The 
Difficulties they met with there y and a ‘Defcription of the Coafl , 13. Their Difputes with the Savages. 
14. The 
