WW fisttes of comfb?t tQe^fdtttft* uj 
33 ut returning to our matter, eaefj l^tppe 
did tbeir beff to be firff, tmtilt the feuentantb 
of tf ebzuarie that toe got before the S. Tho* 
mas, being in fbc £>outb bnacr feuen ae< 
gras* ana from that time foztoaras toe fato 
her no mo?e,but onelp thetokens of § catting 
ofberatoap about tbe Cape debonaSpe* 
ranza, tobicb after being at tbe 31 flano of S>, 
Helena, toas tolae bsmoje at large. l>be 
fame Dan toe baa a great ttojme of toina ana 
raiite, fo that tbe Hufber of our great matte 
bp fo:ce of tbe a>ea teas bjoken- Qlno from 
tbe line toe baa a j]lo?fb ana nojtbtoett toina 
toitb continuaU rapnes, ttozmes ana fotole 
toeatber, neuerceafingbntill toee came bn* 
ber 2 o. Degrees, tobicb toas bpon tbe 2 s • of 
tfeb?uarie, ana then toee baa a »>outbeatt 
toina, toitb fapzer toeatber (calleabp tbe 
pojtingalies tbe generall toina) tobicb tbep 
commonlpfinacauaiojHefoj tinaer 12. be* 
gras: but toe baa it not before toe toere bn* 
Der 20* Degrees: tbe caufe tobereof toee 
thought to be, fo? tbat toe baa put fo farre in* 
totbefea,out of tbe common toap, Cbis 
toina commonlpbolaetbbnto 27.0? 28, ae, 
gras tittle mo?e 0? lette, ana then tbep mutt 
loakefo? all kinoes of totnaes anatoeatbers, 
bntiU tbep come to tbe Cape debonaSpe- 
ranza, toitbout anp certaintp oftotnDs, 
SDbe s • of sparcb being bnaer 2 s .acgras, 
toebaDanCatttoinae, toitb a matt great 
ttoeme, ana creasing raine, fo tbat our Hu* 
tber^ttaffe b;ake, ana ttoo mo?e tbat toe baa 
fit tbe ibippe, one after tbe other being put 
bnto it bzoke likctotfe, toitb tbe ptnne ana £ 
topnt toberein tbe enDe of tbe father bung : 
ana toe toere foicco to lie anaanue toitbout 
If aring, bauingttricken all our faples, ana 
tbeftjippe fo toffeo bp tbe toaues on all Goes, 
tbat toee baa not one a?te place in all tbe Ibip. 
Bin this fotf toee lap a?iuing fo? tbe fpaceof 
ttoo aapes ana ttoo nigbts together, toitb a 
continuaU ttojme ana fotole toeatber toitb 
rapne. Sdbe fame night toe fato bppon tbe 
maine parse, ana in manp other places a 
certatne figne, tobtcb the ^o?tingalles call 
Corpo Santo, 0? the bolpboapof toother 
Peter Gonfalues, but the 5 a>pantarOscall it 
Elmo, ana tbe brakes (as ancient but¬ 
ters rebearfe, ana Quid among the rett) b* 
feD to call it Helle ana T’hryxus, MSbenfo- 
euer that figne Ibctoetb bpon tbe spatte 0? 
maine parae, 0? in anp other place, tt is com* 
monlp thought, tbat it is a figne of better 
toeatber: toben tbep firff percefue it,tbe mat* 
ttero? tbe cbtefe boteftoaine tobtftlctb, ana 
commaunsetb euerp man to falute it toitb 
a Salue corpo Santo^ atlOa mifericordia, 
toitb a berp great crp ana ercUmaftow.'Cbis 
conffellafion (as attconomersootojite) is 
Thcj,b©oke, 
ingena?ea of great moptture ana b 3 po?s,aitb 
fljetoetb like a canoletbat burnetb aimlp.anb 
skippetb from one place to anotber,neuer Ip - 
ing ttill We fato fiue of them together, all 
like the light of a canale, tobtcb maae mee 
toonDer,ana 31 OpaulD baue baralp belaueatt, 
but that 31 fato it, ana lakes berie earnettlp 
bpon it: ana although it toas fotole toeatber, 
toberebp 31 baa no great leafure to think bp* 
on fucb curious tbmges, nottoitbttanaing 31 
camepurpofelp from bitter tbe batches to 
note it. Cbofe fiue lights the po?tingals cal 
Cocoa denodaSenhora, that is, DarelLa* 
DtesCrotone, ana baue great hope therein 
toben tbep fee if. 0na tberetottbail our men 
being all in great feare ana beauines,anS al* 
mott out of hope, began agaiue to reutue ana 
to beglaa, astffberebp tbep baa banefullp 
attureo of better comfo?t. , 
ICbe feuentb of Search toee baa better 
toeatber, ana then toe take counfell bototo 
mena our Hutber: fome toere of opinion toe 
Ifioulae faile to Mofambiqur, ana rule tbe 
Hutber toitb a rope: others toere of contra* 
rp opinion, ana fato toe might mend it abo?& s 
ana fo perfozme our bopage: fo that at tbe 
latt toe pulled certatne paces out of the (hips 
fiae, (fo? toe baa not brought one toitb bs,as 
naae requires) but being pulled fo?tb, tbep 
toere all tin little, ana tooulae not feme. 3n 
tbe enae toeefouna it conuenienf to take one 
of tbe bodes in our fijippe, ana thereof to 
make an,3nutle, ana of ttoo £Dre bpaes a 
papjeofbellotoes, tobere toitb tocetoent to 
too.ike: ana of a pace of an olae bake o£ 
D?aggc, toeetajke ttoo 0?fb?aen'as,tobere¬ 
of but one tooulae ferae, ana that balfe bro¬ 
ken, ana the fplinters toee bonnae toitb an 
31 ron btope: ana fo being fitter to tbe Hu* 
fber, toeefetfo?toaras in the name of (0oa* 
2Cbis askea bs ttoo aapes too?ke befoje toee 
couia Dtfpateb it, $ the toe bopfeb faple agam 
toitb great iop, $ gaueatuersalmestoout: 
BLadp ana tbe^aintes, toitb manppzomt* 
fes of better life,as being in miferp men com* 
monlp 00.2Dbe aap after toe take the height 
of the smnne, ana fauna our felues to be bn* 
aer 2 8. Degrees ana ttoo tbiraes,being in the 
height oftbelanacalleD Terra Donatal^ al« 
though toee toere at tbeleatt 400. miles tof 
featoara from the lanae, ana there toee ba© 
gtoa toeatber toitb a ©outbeatt tomae* ^n 
this countrep called Terra Donatal (tobicb 
reacbetb to 3 2. aegras) ana at the Cape dc 
bona Speranza, ana is the baraett paffage 
that is fit all tbe bopage,ana oftentimes tbep 
feare the lana of Natal mo?e then the Cape t 
fo? there commonlp is ttojmp ana fotole 
toeatber, ana manp %ippes baue bane fpop* 
lea ana cattatoap ? as tbs p)?finpUes re* 
