i74 X|j e Befm'pttoi ottp 
tfecg toould grotoe tocil in that land, becanfc and mafic great p?ofit fterefctoljift fte &:ng 
of ftc gcod temperature of tbe ap?e, befides bearing, caufed him p?cfcntlp to bee b?ougbt 
this, tbep baue fo great abundance of from thence into pc?tingall. jUketoife bpoii 
round about tlje 3 land,ftat it fametb atoon- a ccrtainc time ttoo Ca tfares o? biacke pro¬ 
per to?otigbf of < 0 od;fo? toitb creoked naplcs, 
tbep map take as mucb 5 ?ift as tbep toiil, fo 
ftat all fte ftippes fioe p?ouide ftcmfclues of 
Jftft, of all fo?ts in that place, tobicb Is ban* 
gefi bp anti d?ted, anti is of as geed a tafic anti 
ffauo?, as anp ifift that euer 3 eatetand this 
seuerp man that bafi) bene there,afftnuetb to 
|je true. 0 nd ftc better to ferue tbelr tnrncs, 
■fcpon tbe &oekes ftep find falt,tobicb feruetb 
them fo? their ncceffatie p?cuificns,fo that to 
conclude# Is an earftlp paradife fo? y po?* 
ttngall ftlppes, anti feemetb to bauc bom mb 
raculouflpdifcomred fo? tbe refreftingano 
feruice of tbe fame, connecting tbe fmalncffe 
and btgbneffe of tbe lano, Iplng in tbe middle 
of tbe 2 Dcean feas, and fo far from tbe firme 
lanfi 0? anp other glands, -that it fesmetb to 
be a Bope,placcd in tbemlfile of tbe ^panift 
^eas: fo? if tbls Bilanfi toere not, it lucre im* 
pofliblefa?tbe ftippes to make anp good 0? 
P?ofpersus tSJiageifo? it baft often fallen out, 
that feme ftippes tobicb bane miffed thereof, 
baue enfiureD the greateft mlferie In p iuo?lD, 
anti lucre fo?cefi to put Info tbe coatt of Gui* 
nea, there to ffap tbe falling of the rame,anb 
fo to get freft boater, anti aftertoardes came 
balfe Dead and fpopled Info ^o?fingall. Sltis 
ftc faftlon,tbat all tbe fiefce pcrfons,tbat are 
In tbe ftippes,and can not luel faplc In them, 
are left there tit the 3Iand,totft feme p?cuift- 
onofUtcc, Bffket, £Dple, anfi fome Apices, 
fo? iflft anfi fleft tbep map bauc enough, 
fo?lubentbelblps arc gone, then all tbe 
beafies (tobicb bpreafonoftbegreat man* 
her of people flp Into fte mountames) come 
Sotone agalne Into the ballepes, Inhere tbep 
map take them toitb tbetr banDes anfi bill 
them as tbep lift, ftofe ficke men ftap there 
till the nert peare, till other fttps come the*- 
X her, lobteb fafec them toift them, tbep are 
commonlp fame healed In that 3iland, as be¬ 
ing a berie found anfi pleafant cotmfrte: anfi 
it Is beriefelfiomc feme , that anp of them tip- 
eft there, becaufe tbep baue altoaies a tem* 
pcrateap?e, anficoolc ininfie, anfialluapes 
fruite throughout the lubole peare.SEbe king 
toiil not fuSer anp man to filocll in tt,becau(e 
%hep ffjoulo not deffrope $ fpople tbe countrie, 
and bolfie if as tbetr olune, but tuill baue it 
common fo? euerie man to tafee lubaf be bath 
juefie of* 3 n time pail there Dtoeltan Cermet 
tnfte 3 fle,tobo continued there fo?certainc 
peares, tinfierp?etence of Doing penance,anfi 
to bpboifi tbe Church, bee hilled manp of tbe 
spates anfi Buckcs/o that euerie peare bee 
fold at fte leaff fine 0? fire bundled fktnncs ? 
The T f Bookep 
pie of A/ofambique., anfione Iauer, totft 
ttooluomcn fiaucsttoalcoutof fte ftippes, 
anfi bid ftcmfclues in fte Roches of this 1 * 
lanfi, lubicb are bene high anfi toildc,toherc* 
bp men can bardlppaffe them. SCbep lined 
there together, anfi begot cbtls?cn, fo that in 
tbe enfie tbep lucre at tbe leaft ttoentteper* 
fons, lubo luben fte fttps lucre gone, ran 
tb?cugbcut the 3 llanfianfi Did mucb burt,ma* 
king tbeir boufes f dtoeltng places beftoeene 
fome of fte bilies. Inhere not anp of ftc po?* 
tingale0 bad borne, no? pet couifi eafilp come 
at them: anfi therein tbep bid tbemfelues bn- 
ttli tbe ftippes lucre gone,but in ftc end tbep 
lucre percciucfi, anfi the } 3 o?tingales bfefi all 
tbe mcanes tbep could to take them, but tbep 
hnelnfotnell boluto bide and defenfiftem* 
felues, that in manp pcarcs tbep could not be 
taken: tn the end, fearing that tbep might in 
time be burtfull bnto them, and binder them 
mucb > bp erp?clTe ccmmaundcment of tbe 
lung, after long and great labour^bep take 
them all and b?ougbt them p?ifoners into 
po?tmgall: fotbat at this p?cfent no man 
dtuellctb therein, but onelp tbe fickc men, as 
3 told pou bcfo?e. Mben tbe ftips come tbe- 
tber, euerie man maketb bis lodging bnder u 
tree getting a Cent about it ;fo? that fte trees 
ate there fo tbicke, that it p?cfentlp femetb a 
littletolune 0? an armie Ipinginfte SelDe. 
Cuerie man p?ouidcft fo? bimfelfe, both fie ft 
fift, friiife and to code, fo? there is enough fo? 
them all: and enerie one toafteft 2 Unnen, 
SCbcre tbep bold a generall falling and p?a* 
per,toitbSl 3 aire euerie dape, tobicb is dene 
toitb great dcuotion, toitb p?orelTton,anO 
fbankefgiuing and other ^imnes, thanking 
©odftaf bee bath p?eferucd them from fte 
danger Of the Cape de Bona Speranza, and 
b?cugbt them to that 3 !Iand in fafetie. SDbere 
tbep bfe oftentimes to Carue tbeir names, 
and markes in trees $ plants fo? a perpef uall 
memo?ie: tobeieofmanp bund?eft are there 
tobefeund, tobicb letterstoift ftegrotoing 
of tbe trccs,doe alfo groto bigger and bigger, 
toe found names that bad been there Knee tbe 
peare of fte 3 Lo?d 1 y 1 o. $ 1 y 1 y. and euerie 
peare o?dcrlp follotoing, tobicb names Me 
Upon jFigge trees, euerp letter being of tbe 
bignefib of a fpanne, bp reafon of tbe age and 
grotoing of the ftmSChis ftal fuffice fo? the 
defcnptton of fte 3 land of ©aint Helena. 
2 Dbc 2 1. of £f 5 ap, being §>atnf Helenas 
dap,and Mbitfundap, after toe bad taken in 
all our freft toater, and other necelfartes,toe 
fc£ faple altogether in ccmpanie, and directed 
our 
