6 '%l)t feting of tDeft mips 
the calmcs astb ft o?mes, ans aUo not to bolD 
tco farre of tbcrebp to paffe the jflats % fyal* 
lotoes/tobereto confiftetb tbe tx>t)e!e Indian 
®opage. 
Cbeif. of m? being about CSftie miles 
feeuonD the CqumocttaU line $o?tbtoarDes, 
toe efptcD a jfreneb fbip, tobicb put to all in 
great feare, bp reafon that molt of our men 
Sucre fteke, as it commonlp bapnetb in tbofe 
countries tb?ougb tbe erecting beafe: $ fur* 
tber tbep are fo? t be moft part fucb as neuer 
bane borne at &>ea before that time, fo tbat 
tbep are not able to Do much, pet toe Dtfcbar* 
gebrerfalnc great fbot at bfnt, toberctoitb 
be left bs ,(after be baD plapeD toitb bs fo? a 
final timc)anD p?efentlp loft tbe figbt of bim, 
toberctoitb onr men toere in better comfojt. 
2 Dbe fame Dap about euentng, toee DiftrieD a 
great ftjip}, tobicb toee iuDgeD to bee of our 
5 fl&t, as after toee perceiueD, fojitmaDc 
totoar&s bs to fpeake toitb bs, anD tt tons 
tbe ^amt Frandfco, toberetoltb toee toere 
glao. 
SCbe i6. of Spap, toee pafteD tbe <£qui* 
nortiaUline tobicb runnetb tb?ougb tbe mtD* 
Dleoftbe» 3 ilanDof ^ainf Thomas , bp tbe 
coaff of Guinea, auD tben toee began to fa? 
tbe foutb ffar,anD to Icofe tbe nojtb ffar, ano 
founDe tbe funneat ttoelue of tbe clocfee at 
ncone to be in tbe no?fb, ano after tbat toee 
bas a foutb eaft totnD,calleD a general toinD, 
tobicb in tbofe partes blotoetb all tbe peare 
tb?ougb* 
Cbe 29 . of Spap being OTitfonoap, 5 fbe 
ftpps of an ancient cuftome. Doe bfe to ebufe 
an Cmperour among tbemfelues, anD to 
change all tbe officers in tbe fi?ip 3 anDto bolD 
a great feaft ,tobicb continued? tb?® 0? foure 
Dapcs together, tobicb toee obferuing cbofe 
an (Emperotir, anD being at our banket, bp 
meanes of ccrtainc too?Ds that pafteD out of 
fome of their moutbes, there fell great ft rife 
anD contention among bs, tobicb p?oceeDes 
fo farre, that tbe tables toere tb20tone Dotone 
anD lap on the grounD,anD at tbe leaff a bum 
to eD rapiers D?atone, toitbout rejecting tbe 
Captaine 0? anp other Jo? be lap bnDer forte, 
anD tbep troD bpon him, anD baD killeo each 
otber,anD tbercbp baD caff the fbip atoap, if 
the Hrcbbilbop baD not come out of bis cbm 
ber among them, toillingtbem fo ceafe, 
tobertoitb tbep ftapcD tbeir banDs,tobo p?e* 
fentipcommaunDeD euerp man on paine of 
Death, that all tbeir Napiers, IPopnparDes, 
anD other toeapons IboulD bee brought into 
bis cbamber,tobicb toas Done, toberebp all 
tbinges toere pacifieD,tbe firff anD p?fncipall 
beginners being punifbeD * lapD in irons, bp 
tobicb meanes tbep toere quiet 
SCbe 12« of 3 une toe ^afteb beponD them 
Thei.Booke, 
fo?e faiD flats anD] ffjallotoes of Brafillia f 
tobereof all our men toere ercoeDing giaD,fo? 
tberebp toe toere affureDfbat toe fttoulD not 
fo? that time put backe to Portmgale a# 
gaine, as manp Doe, anD then the general! 
toinD ferueD bs, bntill toee came to tbe nuer 
of Rio de Plata , tobere toee got befoje the 
toinD,tO the cape deBonaSpeiranza. 
i She 2 o.of tbe fame montb,tbe £>.Fram 
fifeus that fo long baD kept bs copanp, toas 
agatne out of fight: anD tbe eleauentb of 3 m 
Ip after, our gaffer iuDgeD bs to bee about 
f o.miles from the Capede Bona Speranza? 
toberefo?e be toas DefireD bp the $rcbbtff>op 
to ka>pe in toitb the lanD, that toee might fee 
tbe Cape. 3 t toas then miffietoeatber, fo 
that as toe baD maDe toitb tbe IaD about one 
boure e? mo?e, toee pcrceiueD lanD right be¬ 
fore bs,anD toere toitbin ttoo miles thereof, 
tobicb bp reafon of the Darke anD miff p toea* 
tber toe coulD no foner perceiue, tobicb put 
bs in great feare, fo? our iuDgemenf toas 
cleane conirarie, but tbe toeatber beginning 
f 0 clearc bp,toe hneto the lanD, fo? it toas a 
part 0? bank of tbe point called Cabo Falfo, 
tobicb is about fiftcene miles on this fiDe tbe 
cape de Bona Speranza,totoarDS Moflam* 
bique the cape de Bona Speranza liefb 
bnDer 3 ^Degrees foutbtoarD, there toee baD 
a calme anD faire toeatber,tobicb continuing 
aboutbalfea Dap, in tbe meane time toitb 
our lines toe got great ffo?e of filbesbppon 
tbe fame lanD at teno? ttoelue faDoms toa* 
ter, it is an excellent fiff? much like to l$aD> 
Docks, the po?tingaIescall them Tefcados. 
SDbe ttoentp of the fame month toee met 
agatne toitb ^aint Frandfco , anD fpake 
toitb her, anD fo kept companp together fill 
tbe 24, of |une, toben toee loft her againe. 
%be fame Dap toee ft robe all our faples, be* 
caufe toee baD a contrarie toinD^ano lap ttoo 
Dapes fftll D?iuing bp anD Dotone, not fo Icofe 
anie toap,meane time toee toere againff tbe 
high lanD efTarradonatal, tobicb beginnetb 
in 3 2. Degrees,anD enDetbtn 3 o. anD is Di* 
ftailt from Capo de Bona Speranza 150^ 
miles,in this place tbep comonlp bfe totaka 
counfell of all the officers of tbe ibip, tobe* 
tber it is belt fo? the to faple fb?ougb toitbin 
the lanD of ^.Lauren fo, 0? toitbout ft, fo? 
that toitbin the lanD tbep faple to Moftam^ 
bique, anD from thence fo Goa, anD fapttng 
toitbout it tbep cannot come at Goa, bp rea* 
fon tbep fal Doton bp meanes of tbe ffreame, 
anDfomuftfaplebnto Cochin, tobicblietb 
1 oo.miles lotoer then Goa,anD as the Jbips 
leaue the cape, tben if is not gooD to make 
totoarBs Mozambique, becaufe tbep cam 
not come in time to Goa, bp reafon of the 
great calmes that are toitbin the lanD, but 
tbep 
