iA-6 mMt liefettin 3vm^Lmt^tUn beittstfjcte. 
Viceroy and the arthbifljop,to ccrfifie them 
bf thecaffing abiap of the admiral £>atnt Ijw 
go, t!>af fet out of |3o?tingaU tlje pearc be* 
foie being Anno 15 Sy.Ujfjcreof 31 fpahebe# 
fe?e, fije teas calf atoap in this manner.&he 
fbtp being come mith a gob fpadp minde and 
tDCther, from tlje Cape de Bona Speranza, 
Hereto Mofambique, thep had patted (as 
ttjep thought)all Dangers, fo thatthep naoed 
not fo feare anp thing: pet it is gooD fo? the 
Spalfct s ethers to be careful anD keepe gob 
toatrh > anD not to ffanotm much bpon their 
stone cunning $ conccites, as thefeDiD,tahich 
luas the principal caufeoftheir calling amap 
anD fo thep faplcdbctbjane the 3 lland ^aint 
Laurence anD the jfirme land, that runneth 
bp the coaffto Mofambique, mhichlpeth 
son the left hanD, f the 3la«D Of £>. Laurence 
on the right hanD, betmane the mhieb BflanD 
anD the faff lanD, there are certain Ihallotoes 
called the India, fiftie fepanilh miles Oiltant 
from the 3 land of £>, L.iurence,ano feuentie 
miles from the jfirme land, rightagainft the 
tountrie of Softala, bnDcr 22 . Degrees ,~ on 
the £>outh fiDe of the CSquinoctiall, anD from 
thence to Mofambiqueis 90. miles. SChofc 
ffjallotoesaremoff ofeleare Coirale, ticrie 
fharpe, both of blackc, mhite, anD greene co¬ 
lour, mhichis Det ie Dangerous: therefore it 
Isgcodreafon thep IhoulD fljunne them, and 
ftirelp the pilots ought to haue great care, 
fpeciallpfuchasarein the Sindian lhips,fo? 
that the mholeffjip anD fafetie thereof Ipeth 
tn their hanDs, andisonelp ruled bp them, 
anD that bp erp?effe commaunDemcntfrom 
the fting,fo that no man map contrarpthem. 
SEhep being thus betmeene the lanDs, anD bp 
allp£>ap!o?s Judgements harDbpthe diolm 
tbes ofiudia, the pilot take the height of 
thc^tmne, anD maDe his account that thep 
Sucre paff the ffjallotoes, commaunDing the 
gaffer to make all the faple bee could, and 
tralp to faple to Afofambiquc,U)ithout anp 
let o?ffap. ^nD although there tuereDiuers 
^>apIo?s in the fhippe, that liheluife haD their 
Cardes, feme to learne, other fo? their plea# 
Cures, asDiuers Officers, the spatter anD the 
cbiefe Boatmapne,tbat faiD it teas better to 
ktepeakoffe, fpeciallp bp night, anD that it 
mould be good to hold gcod match, fo?g thep 
found thep haD not as then patt the ffjal* 
loluest pet the pilot faiDe the contrarp, anD 
mould needes Ihelu that he onlp haD (kill, 
anDpotuer to commaunDe: (as commonlp 
thepoifingales bppjiDe Docattthemfelues 
aluap,becaufe thep toil foloto no mans coun# 
fell,anD be bnder no mans fubiection,fpeciaIlp 
mben thep haue authout(e)as it happcneD to 
this pilot,that mould beare no man fpeaUe, 
no? take anp counfell but &ig otome, $ there# 
The i.Booke. 
fo?ecommaundeo that thep IhoulD Doe ashe 
appointeD them, thereupon thep hopffeD all 
their Naples, $ fapIcD in that fo?e till it mas 
miDmght,both toitb g ©0 mind $ fairetoetber 
but the speone not ttjming, thep fell full bpms 
the ^hallomcs, being of cleare mhite Co# 
rail, anD fo lharpe, that mith the fojee of 
mpnD anD mater that o?aue the ttjippe bpon 
them, it cut the ttjippe in tmo paces, as if it 
haD beenefameD in funDer: fo tbatthe kale 
anD tmo £>arlops lap ttill upon the ground 
anD the bppempart being ojiuen fornemhat 
further, attbelaffffuckfaff, the matte b®- 
Ing alfo b?oken , mheremitb pou might 
haue heard fo great aerie, [that all fheaire 
Did found theremtfh, fo? that in tlje ttjippe, 
(being admiral) there mas at the icaff fpue 
hund?eth perfons^mong the mirh mere 3 o; 
momen, mith manic Sefuites and ifrpers, 
fo that as then there mas notbingelfetobee 
done, but euerp man to fijrifte, bidding each 
other faremel,and afking al men fo?giuenes, 
mith msping and crpfng, as it mapmellbe 
thought ^he^Dmirallcalled Fernando dc 
Mendofa , the spaiffer, the $Jplof, and ten 
0 ? tmduerno?e, p?efentlie entred into the 
fmall boate,beeping it mith naked ftapiers, 
that no mo?e fijoulo enter,taping thep mould 
goefa, if there mere anieD?ie place in the 
fijaliotues, mhereonthep might mo?ke,fo 
make a Boate of the peeces of the b?ohe» 
fhippe, therein to faple bnto the ffjo?e, and fo 
to faue their hues, mhercloith thep put them 
that mere behind in fome fmall comfo?t, but 
not mucb.But mhen thep had romeD about, 
andSndingno D?ie place, thepdurtt not re# 
turne again bnto the fhippe, leaff the boate 
mould haue bcene ouerladen.and fo D?omned, 
and in the fhippe thep looked fo?nohelpe, 
mherefojeinfpne thep concluded fo romto 
land, hauing about 12 bores of Marmalade, 
mith a pipe of mtne,and fome Biikct, mhicfr 
in haff thep had th?omn into the boat, mhichi 
thep Dealt among them,as need reqnired,and 
fo commending themfelues to <25oD , thep 
robed fo?mardes tomards thecoaff, and afc 
ter thep had bane 17 Daies bpon thefea,thep 
fell mtth great hunger,thirtt and labo? on the 
land,mhere thep fauedthemfelues. 2DherelE 
that ttaped in the fhip, feeing the boatecame 
not againe, it map mel be thought mhat cafe 
thep mere in. at the laff one fide of the bpper 
part of the fljip>betman both the bpper £)ar# 
lops,mhere the great boat Iap,burtt out, and 
the Beate being halfe burtt^ began to come 
fo?th .* but becaufe there mas fmall hope fe 
be had, and feme of them had little mill ta 
P?oucmafferpes, no man lapo hand there# 
on, but euerie man fate looking one bpots 
another, at the lattan Bltaliai^caUed Cy# 
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