io 
gr^mt tbe $a?fb fisc oftlje Cquinoctiall, 
fipontbiS CCaft bcttOCiae Afofl'ambic|ue, 
and the Cape dc Guardafum, Ipetb tbefe 
toVunes, Quiloa, in time patf calico Rapta 
cJT^ombafsa, tobicb is a totonc fituate in a 
little SJfland of the fame name, tobicb fibeto? 
etb a facre off to be high fandie dotones, and 
bath a bauen iuitb ttoo fojtes to Defence it, 
{J^felinde,Pate, Braua, anD cJl/dgadoxo, 
each being a kingdome of it felfe,bolcing tbe 
latoe of cJWahomet; ttje people ace tome* 
tobat of a fallotoer colour then tbofe of Mob 
farabiquc, toitb fining bapje, gouerning 
tbefr Citties after the manner oftbe Arabia 
ansj, anD Other Mahomctancs. CbtS COJ? 
ner oj Cape of Suardafum is the ence oftbe 
toaft of Abex o? Melindc,anc bp this cape 
Caff ^o^tbealf 4o« miles toitbin tbe £>ca 
Ipetb tbe rich 31 Sand called Socotora,tobere 
tbep fine aloes, tobicb tafeetb tbe name of 
tbe Blflance being callec Aloe Socotorina, 
and is tbe fierie beff, being clofe ano faff, ano 
from tbence is it carried ano conuepeo into al 
%t)t oefcripttonof^ofambtqiile 
Bp this comer ano Bfifland beginnetb tbe 
meutb oj enterance oftbe Eftreito de Med? 
ka, fo? that toitbin tbe fame fipon tbe coaff 
of Arabia ipetb tbe citie ofMccka, tobere 
tbe boop of Mahomet bangetbin tbe ap?e 
in an iron cbeft, finder a skp maoe of 3 da? 
mant If one, tobicb is greatlp fougbt Onto, f 
fiifited bp manp Curkcs ano Arabians, 
2Dbis enterp is alfo calico tbe reooe fes, not 
that tbe toater is reooe, but onelpbecaufe 
tbere are certain reooe btUes Iping about tbe 
fame, that paid reooe marble (tones: ano be? 
raufe tbe fano in fome places is reooe,it is tbe 
fame fea tobicb 4-^oyfes tottb tbe children 
of Slfrael paired tbmugb on top land. 
jfromtbebflkeoj capede Guardafum, 
tobicb leflenetb,ano is narroto intoaroes to? 
toardes Sues, in time pafi called Arfinoe, 
(tobicb is tbe fittermott toton tobere tbe nar? 
rotoneffeojffraigbt enoetb) are 360.miles, 
ano from tbence ouer land to tbe Speotterra? 
Mean fea in Italie are 9 o. tuples, tbe ff raigbt 
0; narrotones is in the entrace,* alfo toitbin 
tbe bmudeff place 40/miles, and in fome 
places narrotoer:it batb alfo diners Bflanos, 
and on tbe one fide intoarde bp Sues #ojfcb? 
toaro Arabia deferta,on tbe other Goe foutb 
Uiaro iEgipr,tobere the riuer Nilus batb ber 
tbe reooe fea, toitb tallies that are Grade in 
Sues, anoooe much hurt anotmurtefippon 
the coaff of Abex 0? Me lindc, as toben 
time feruetb toe fball Declare. 
©aufng againe palled the line,tee bad the 
fight of the $o?tb£>tar, tobereof fipon the 
coaff Of Guinea, from the 35 flanO Of ^Tho¬ 
mas fintill this tpme, teeebao loff the fight 
Cbe4- of September toee efpped a fljippe of 
our otone flrete,and rpakc toitb bint: it teas 
the Francifco, tobicb fa pled toitb tiS till 
the 7« oap,ano then left fis.Cbe 13. ofjsep? 
tember toee fate an other fljippc tobicb teas 
tbe £>.Iacob, tobicb failed out of fight again 
andfpakenottofis* 
Cbe 2 o. of September toe pcrcetued ma» 
np Snakes ftoimming in tbe fea, being as 
great as (Seles, and other tbinges like the 
feales offiflj tobicb the Ipotfingals call Vin= 
tijns, tobicb are balfe Upalles of filuer, ^oj? 
tinaallmonep, bccaufe tbep are like Onto it: 
there fmimme ano o?iue Upon the fea in great 
quantittcs,tobtcb is a certain fign $ token of 
the Indian coaff. 
jjlot long after toitb great top toe deferieb 
land, ano found ground at 47* fadome deepe, 
being the land of Bardes,tobtcb is tbe fitter? 
mod endeand comer of the enterie of tbe Ui? 
ner Goa,of being about ttore miles from the 
Citie: it is a high land tobere tbe fbippes of 
India do anker and finlade, and from tbence 
bp boates their toares are carrpeo to the 
totone. Chat dap toe ankered in the 
tea about tb?re miles from the land, becaufe 
it toas ealme, and tbe fluooe toas patt-, pet it 
is not toitboatdanger,ano hath round about 
a fatre and faff land to anker in,foj as then it 
begsmte in tbofe places to be fummer. 
2Cbe z 1 .being p nejrt dap,tbere came finf 0 
fisdiuers boats called Almadias, tobicb bo;? 
ded fis,b;tngtng to tbe all mancr of frefij fitc? 
tuailes from the land, as frefb bjead $ fruit, 
fome of them toere Indians that are cb;ittc? 
ned: there came liketoife a€>alleptofetcb 
tbe 3 rcbbifi?oppe,anD bjougbtbim to a place 
called P angijn, tobicb is in tbe middle toap, 
bettorene Goa and the roade of Bar dcs, and 
Ipetb bpon tbe fame Kiuer: faere bee toas 
toelcommed and fiifited bp tbe (Slice Kop of 
India, named Don Francifco Mafcarcni- 
as, and bp all the looses and gentlemen of 
tbe counfrep, as toell fpirituallas tempo? 
courfe, and fometobat lotoertotoardestbe rail: ‘CbeSpagiffrafes of tbe totone Defired 
Indian feas Arabia Felix % and on the Other 
fide right againff it, tbe countrep of Abexy? 
ncs, 0? ‘Prcfter Iohns land, fipon the bfflke 
0? comer of Arabia Fclix,tbe pojtingals in 
time palf belde a fojt called Aden, but notoe 
tbep baue none, tobercbp at this pjefent tbe 
*&urks come out of tbe If raigbt 0; mouth of 
The x P Books# 
him to Cap tbere ten m ttoelue dapes, tobile 
p?cparationmigbtbee made to receiue him 
toitb triumph into tbe citfiejas tbeir manner 
is, tobicb bee granted them. SCbe fame dap 
in tbe afternrene toe entred the ffiiucr, into 
the roade finder tbe lande of Bardes, being 
tbezi* of September Anno 1/83.being 
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