i66 tIje#o?ttngalegp^e* 
feamen,attb the Cache tttittng o? fearcbing 
of the ffjtps,to fee if tbep bee fit to faple, anD 
bane all tbtnges tbat tbep leant* 
215 p fbefe anb fucb lihe meancs the fipps 
ace baplp loff,as in other places bp ecamples 
anDtruetottrtcffes 3 ibaue alreabp beclarcb, 
anb as tbe fame plot that firft founee this 
nets toap,btb toed appjoue ano berifie to bee 
irue,in tbe »>atnt Thomas, that the Mantis 
o? 31 flanbs bis him no hurt, bnt onelp tbe o- 
uerlabing of her 5 tobcretottb tbe fbtp bias bp 
tbe Cape burtt in paces, as hereafter 3 tottl 
fbeto * $ottottbffanbfog this leap is riot 
therefore to bebifliheb, although it bee fome* 
inbat further about.but it is a beep gcob leap 
anb tobollp out of all banger of Panics anb 
33flanbes 9 loberebptbep boe auotb tbe Bflanb 
of Maldiua,iuitb other bjongbtes anb fanbs 
about the fame. 
2Cbe 3 0. bap of Bianuarie in tbe nigbf,toe 
paffeb tbe CqninoctiaU line, anb tberiert bap 
after toe biferieb a fbippe, tobicb toe thought 
to bee the ^>aint Thomas, anb the fame bap 
one of our 15 opesfcdoncrboars, tobometo 
fane toee mabe all the belle toee cculb to get 
out our fmall boate, but becaufe it ftoob full 
$ftbtnges,toe coulb not fofoone get it fojtb, 
but that intbemeane time tbe bop bias call 
at tbe lealt ttoo miles bebinb bs, anb fo loos 
tootoneb* 
%ije tbirb of BFeb?uarte tbe fl^tpCtoe fab)) 
came dofe bp bs, anb then toee hneb) it to be 
tbe ^aint Thomas, toberetoftb toee rnabe 
totoarbsittofpeahetoitb tbent: bnttoben 
tbep began to hnob) our fbippe bp tbe ropes, 
that toere all tobite, mabe of Binbian Cairo, 
anb hnotoing that toe toere left bebinb them 
at Cochim,anb tbinhing loben tbep befcrieb 
fcs,toee bab banc one of tbe ftjippes that firft 
fetfaile,as alfo that ttjeir ffjtp loas accountcb 
one of tbe beft fo? faple in all the fleete: fo? 
berp pjibe anb high ftomache tbep toouib 
wotffapfofpeahe toitb bs, but mabe from 
bs againe: tobicb our officers pereeiutng,bib 
lihetoife toinbe from them, euerp one boing 
fMsbcffto get before tbe other. 
IBptbis and fucb lihe fignes of p?tbe, tbe 
po?t(ngales bo often caff tbemfelues atoap, 
ano as it map bee coniectureD, it toas one of 
tbe cbiefecaufes of tbe Ioffe of tbe faint Tho? 
jmasjfo? that tbep bfeb all the meanes tbep 
could to faple toell,anb thattbep might paffe 
tbcCape befoje bs, toberof tbep bfe to b?ag, 
boberitbepmeefeattbe 3 flandof£mtnt He? 
3 eha,as if it toere bone bp tbefr totfebome: 
fojfoit fell out toitb tbe g>aint Thomas, 
that comming to tbe cape deBona Speran? 
za, ft baba conttarietoinbe, toberebp tbep 
ftruchealltbeirfades, anb folapbjtumga- 
gairift the toaues of the fea, tobicb boe there 
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fall againft a fbippe, as if it ftrohe againft a 
l)td: fo tbat if tbe £>btppes toere of barb 
ftones, pet in tbe enbtbcp toouib b?eaheiti 
paces,much mo?e fucb Shippes as are mabe 
oftooob, anbftjisiscommonlp tbeir man# 
ner, tberebp the fooncr to paffe tbe Cape; 
tobicb our fbippe could netbeare, fo that toe 
put bache againeTmtb the Toinbe, pet as UU 
fie as toemigbt, tberebp to auotdc the fo?ce 
of tbe Tea as much as toe coulb: but bccaufe 
tbe pilot of tbe faint Thomas truffeb ouer* 
much in her ffrengtb, f bib pnrpofelp meane 
to be befo?e bs all,tberebp as bee thought for 
toin tbe p?atfe,tbe fbip bib fas it toed appear 
reb) he ffill anb bjiue toitboiit anp fades, 
tobicb tbep cad Payrar, ano fo bp tbe great 
fo?ce anb ftrengtb of the fcas, together toitb 
the ouerlabing.toas ffrihen in paces,! ftoal- 
lotoeb in the fea,botb men anb ad that toas 
toitbmbcr, as toee might toed pcrceiue com* 
mmgtoito tbe Cape, bptbeftoimmingof 
tobole cbefts,fats, balles, paxes of maffs,f 
beab men tied Unto bo?bs,anb fucb lihe fcare- 
fudtohens: tbe other ffjips alfo that ariueb ui 
tbe Biland of ^>aint H clena, tolb bs Uhetoife 
tbat tbep bab fane the lihe, moft pittifud 
fights, tobicb toas no fmad Ioffe of fo great 
treafure,and fo manp men: fo that toe tobicb 
bcbelb if,tbQugbt our felnes not fra from tbe 
lihe banger. Blttoasoneoftbcricbcft ffjips, 
that in manp peaces bab fapleb out of In¬ 
dia,! onlp bp reafon of the gwd report it bab 
to be fo gcod of faple,being but neto,fe? as tbe 
it toas but her feccnb bopage: fo that eucrie 
man deftred to goe,and to lobe tbeir toares in 
her. Bin tbe fame fljiptocnt Don Paulo de 
Lyma Pericra , that ratfed the fiege before 
Malacca,^ bab fcrueb tbe hing 30. peaces in 
India, t bab obfaineb manp b?aue bitto?ies, 
tbinhing as tbe to be in tbe fop of bis bottoj, 
anb to be much abuanceb bp the hing. i£e aP 
fo carrieb toitb him a great treafure in Bleto* 
els anb otber riches,as alfo bis toife,cbdb?en 
anb one of bisbjetben, toitb manp otbe& 
gentlemen anb foulbiers that bare him com»> 
panp, tbinhing to bauegoob fortune in tbeir 
tdoiage:there toerelihetoife 10,10? 12.gen* 
tletoomen/ome of the bailing tbeir bufbanbs 
in the fbtp, others tobofc bufbanbes toere in 
Portingall,fo that f o conclube,it toas full of 
people,anb moft of the dDcntilitie of Indian 
tnall our Ibips there toere manp that faing 
hs in batmger toouib fap tbep might baue 
gone fafelp in tbe ^>aint,Thomas tbinhing 
it hnpoffible that it fboulb bee caff atoaie, 
srbcrefoje it is mantfettlp fane, that all the 
toojhs anb nauigationoofmenarc but mar 
tomtties, anb that toee muff onclpput our 
truft in ©ob, fo? that if Cob be not toitb tos 
incur actions, all our labour is in tonne. 
