$nwmm tmms y 
%ptbaf paffetheCapefotbemonth oflto' mojecomberfome, foj fhatcommonlp fbep 
ip,map tocllgoeto Moflambique, bccaufe areficheofftoolenleggeSjifo^ebeI!ies,anD o? 
tbep bane time inougb there to refreflE) them* tber Difeafes. %bt 3 o,of 3 !ulp, toce toere a* 
felues,anDto take in frefli toater anD other gatnft the point of the cape calleo Das Co* 
fcittuate, anD fo to lie at anker ten 0; ttoelue rentes, tohich are 130, miles Dtft ant from 
Dapes together, but fuch as palfe the cape in Terra Donatafano Uethbnoer z^oegra 
the month of auguff,boe comet© late, anD g>oufhtoarDe, there thep beginto pafife be* 
mutt faple about touiarces Cochin, therebp timxnc tbe SIlanDs, 
to l©fg no time, petit fe Dangerous c much 
TheltecMadagafcar > otherwife called Saint Laurence * 
(The Hand of S. Laurenfo, is by Mar- 
eusTaulus named the great Hand of Ma- 
gafiarjoy tsindre* Thettet it is called Mas 
dagaficar , and is the greatcftofallthe 
Ealt Ilandes , for it is greater in 
compafle then eyther of the lying* 
domes of Cafiile or Fortingale , and li- 
eth on the other fide of Africa as we pafle 
the cape de'BonaSperanz.a, itcontaineth 
in length (isTheuet defcribeth) 72 de- 
grees,and in bredth eleauen degrees, and 
is in copafle (as fome hold opinion) 3000 
Italian miles , and as fome write 4000* 
which fhould bee fixe or eight hundred 
Dutch miles. This Hand is iudged to be 
very temperate,and therefore well peop¬ 
led , butbcleeuein Mahomet k Marcus 
P^«/«jfayeth,that the Hand is gouerned 
by foure ancient men , it is full ofwilde 
beads and drange foules,whereof he wri# 
teth many fables,not worthie the rehear* 
fall.This Hand hath Elephants & all kind 
of beads which haue but one horn, wher* 
of one is called an Indian ade,with whole 
feet vncloue,an other is called Ora^with 
The 1, Booke, 
clouen feet:it hath many fnakes,efftes,& 
greatdoreof woodesof redde Sandale, 
which are there little efteemed for the 
great abundance , there the Seayeeld* 
eth much Amber: it aboundeth alfo in 
Rice,Barley 3 Oranges, Lemons, Citrons, 
8c Millons,which are fo great that a man 
can hardly gripe them,both red,white,& 
yellow, andbetterthen'ours, and much 
ginger which they eategreene , Hony & 
Sugar in fuch abundance, that they know 
not whether to fend it. Saffron, many 
medicinable hearbs, and Indian nuts* It 
likewifeyeeldeth Siluer, and hath manie 
Riuers,beautifull Fountaines, and diuers 
//auens,whether many Sara fins & Mores 
doe bring their Marchandife, as clothes 
of gold & Siluer s Liflncnmadeofcotton a 
wooll,and fuch like*) 
Ifrom £a>. LaurenfofO Moffambique, 
tohich lietb from the firme lanD cf Das Co¬ 
rentes 12o.miles,anDisan31lanD of 
miles long, ffretebing nojth $ fouth, anD in 
tocaoth 70* miles, beginning from the ftrtt 
point s bntill pou come at the cape in 26. De* 
315 4 g ' 
