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and Uiere in great hope to patte toe Cape, fo 
that toe men began to be in better comfort, 
bptcafonoftbeffgues to j bane fiene.ailtbat 
dap toe fato grdene toater, till tbc z 2 of %?. 
bpon tobtcb dap ttoice, and in the night fol? 
lotoing, toe caff outtoeJLeao, and found no 
ground, tobicb is a gtoo Ogne that toee bad 
paired tbc Cape called das Agulhas, 0; tbc 
tape of needles .tobicb lictb wider 3 / Degrees, 
arte is about 20 miles from tbc Cape de be 
na Spcranza,tobicb Itetb bnder 3 4 0CgC®S f 
a half. 8nd becaufe that about this cape Das 
Agulhas, tbere is ground found, at tbc leaff 
3 o 0? 40 miles from tbe land, toe kneto toee 
toerc patt it: as alfo bp tbe colour of tbe to a* 
ter, and toe birds,tobteb are altoaies found 
in tbofe countries, and tbc better to atture bs 
thereof, tbe great f bigb fea left bs, that bad 
folougto?mcntedbs, and then toe found a 
tmotber toater, much differing from tbe fo?? 
mer: fo tbat as tbe toefeemeo to be come out 
of bclltnto paradicc, toitb fo great top, tbat 
toe thought toe toere toitotn toe fight offome 
bauen,and tottballbad a good toinde,though 
fometobat cold. 
Che z 3 of p?tll toe paired the Cape dc 
Bona Speranza , toitb a great andgenerall 
gladnes, it being as then 3 months andtb?ee 
tiapes after toe fet faplefrora Cochiin, not 
once feeing anp land 0? fand at all, but onelie 
toefeaffured tokens of the fato Cape, tobteb 
happened berp feldomcffo? that tbc pilots doe 
altoaies We tobat meanes tbep can to fee the 
capc,and to knoto the land, tberebp to knoto 
certainlte that tbep are pad it: fo? then their 
degrees mutt leffen, and tbere tbep map as 
fmnemake totoards Mofambiquc,asto the 
3llan0 of ^.Helena; fo? although tbep can 
toell pcrceiue it bp § toater,pet is it neceffarp 
fo? them to fee the land, tbe better to fet their 
rourfe bnto s>. Helena, tobereintbep mntt 
altoaies keepe on tbe left band; otbertoife it 
toere impofftble fo? them to come at tt,tf tbep 
leaue that courfeffo? if tbep once paffe itffbep 
can not come to it again,beeaufe there bloto- 
etb continuallpbut one l..ho of toind, tobicb 
is ^outb eatt: and thus bautng patted the 
Cape,toe got beftue tbe toind. 
STbe 2 4 of ap?ill tbc pilot totllcd bs to 
gtue the Bona viagen bnto tbe Cape de Bo, 
na Speranza ) acco?ding to the cuttottie, toitb 
great iop and gladnes of all that toere in tbe 
totppe: fo? that as the tbep affure tbcmfelues 
that tbep faplto Portingal,and not to turne 
againeinto India(fo? fo long as tbep are not 
patt the Cape,tbep are altoaies in doubt)and 
as then toe toere about p* mifesbepond tbe 
Cape. 2T.be Sgites and tokens toberebp tbep 
knoto tbcntfclucs certainlp to baue patted the 
Cape, are great bcapes anop&ces of thicks 
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r®des,toat altoaies thereabouts,d?fuc bppon 
the toater, atleatt 10? 20 miles from tbe 
land:as alfo certaine birds bp the ipajtingate 
called Fcyfoins^ fometobat greater then 
fea metoes, being tobite $ full ofblackcfpots 
oner altbetr bodies,* berp eafie 10 be knoton 
from al other birds. STbefeare certain ftgnes 
toberebp the piotes doe certainlp perftoade 
tbemfelues that tbep are patt the Cape, and 
bauingpatteoit, tbep fet tbeircourfe fo? 
Helena $o?totoeff,* $io?totoeff f bp toeff . 
SCbe 2 7 of toe toere right in tbe toind, 
and fo continued till the nejrt dap,and the toe 
bad a calm,being bndcr 3 o degrees on Por- 
tmgal fiae.Cbe 2 9 of &p?.toe got befo?e tbe 
toind, tobicb is the general! toind £ altoaies 
blotoetb in tbofe countries al tbe tobole pere, 
bntill § come to the Cgutnottial ltne,and is a 
^outoeatt toind •• fo £ tbep map toel let their 
faples ttand,i lap them doton to fl®p,fo?m § 
greatett toind^ blotoetb there, tbepn®a not 
ttrike their matne pard abouc half the matt. 
2Tbc x 2 ofCpap,tntbem3?ntng betimes, 
toedifeouered tbe 3lao of a. Helena, tobere? 
at tbere toas fo great top in tbeffjfip, as if toe 
bad bene in beauentf as then toe toere about 
2 miles from § lano,tbe llano Iping from bs 
tK&eff, foutb toett; toberennto toefapledfa 
clofe,toat toitb a calitscrlhot toe might reach 
bnto the tow* being bard bp it,toe fapled a- 
bout a co?ner of the land, that from bs lap 
$o?totoeff, tobteb bauing compared toee 
fapled clofe bp the land, Mt ett, Jfc o?tb toett: 
tbe land on that fide bteing fo high and ff ill, 
tbat it feemeo to be a toall that reached bnto 
tbe fkpes. 3nd in tbat fo?t toe fapled about a 
mile and a half, and compaQcD about p other 
co?ner that lap toetttoarD from bs, tobicb 
co?nerbeeing compaffed, to*ep?efentlte per? 
cctued toe fhippes that lap in tbe road,tobtcb 
toere tbofe Chips tbatfetfaple befo?c bs out of 
India,lping about a fmall half mile from the 
foeefatd co?ner, clofe bnder the land, fo that 
the land as then lictb £>outb eatt from them.* 
and bp reafon of the high land the fljippcs lie 
there as fafe, as if thep toere in a bauem fo? 
tbep map toell bearc the toind tobittle on 
tbe top of tbeir maine pards, but lotoer it 
can not come: and tbep lie fo clofe bnder tbe 
land, tbat tbep map almott eatt a ttone bpon 
the ll)o?c. STbere is good ground tbece,at 2 > 
and 3ofadomesdcep , but if tbep chance to 
put further out, 0? to patte bepond it, tbep 
muff goe fo?toaro, fo? tbep can get no 
mo?e bnto p land; and fo? this caufe toe kept 
fo clofe to the fl)o?e, that the height of tbe lad’ 
tajk the toind fro bs,f tbc Ihtp tocld notttccc 
toitbout toind,fo tbat it d?aue bpon toe land, 
toberbp our bo?cfp?it touched p too?e, fiber? 
toitb toe thought that ffjip?e f goods bad alt 
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