and Preparation to go away, 85 , . 
Portuguefe Ships thither B6und ; 
had Orders to be ready to Sail by the'"'^^ 
twentieth of May. He defir’d me to car- 
ry a Letter for him, directed to his Suc- 
ceffor, the new Vice- Roy ofGtJ-*: Which 
I did ; fending it thither afterwards by 
Captain Hummondy whom I found n.ear 
the Cape of Good Hope. The RefreHl- 
ing my Men, and taking in Water, was 
the main alfo of my Bufinefs here ; be- 
fide the having the better opportuni- 
ty to compofe the Diforders amdng my 
Crew : Which, as I have before relat- 
ed, were grown to fo great a Heighth, 
that they could not without great Dif- 
ficulty be appeafed : However, finding 
Opportunity, during my ftay in this Place, 
to allay in fome meafure the Ferment 
that had been raifed among my Men, 
I now fet my felf to provide for the car- 
rying on of my Voyage with more 
Heart than before , and put all Hands 
to work, in order to it, as fall as the 
backwardnefs of my Men would per- 
mit ; who fliew’d continually their um 
willingnefs to proceed farther. Befides, 
tijcir Heads were generally fill’d with 
ftrange Notions of Southerly Winds 
that were now fetting in (and there 
had been already fome Flurries of them) 
G ^ which, 
