4Dftf)e Bliatft railed ttyt 
cm* courfc fotoarocs po?tmgall, leauiuga* 
bout fiftane ftche mm in the 3Iande, i fome 
flaues that raune out of tbe Ibips. Cbe 2 6* 
of Spap in the Cucnmg, toco fpakc toitb the 
£>aint Mary, and the nett Dap toitb tbe Gal* 
lion of Malacca: tbc fame 93o?nang and in 
the after name toitb tbo 3dmirall, tobo toil* 
!eD bs to folloto bim bnto tbo Bland of tbo 2 f* 
contiomSCbo fame daponeofourflauesfell 
ouer bo?d,$ although toe fifed all tbo meaner 
too could to fauo bim,pet too could not doc if, 
bp rcafon toee faplod bcfo?e tbo toinde. SEbe 
fame dap at nigbt tooo fato tbo 3 !fand of Af* 
ccntion, and lauerod all tbat nigbt, bocaufo 
too toould not paffo tbo Bland . Bin tbo spo?* 
mug the 28. cfypap, too faplod about tbo B* 
land,f 0 fee if tberc toerc anp ground to Met 
sn, becaufe tbo SdmiraU toas fo leake, tbat 
thee could no longer boldo out: and tbe men 
defiredthe ^Officers of tbe tbippo , tbattbop 
toould lap tbo gods on land, intbo 31 ianDof 
Afcention, and there loauo it toitb good 
toatcb and ncccffarios fo? them tbatkape it, 
andfofaplc toitb tbeemptio fipp to po?tm* 
gall: and there procure fomc other Ibtppe to 
fetch tbo gads, thinking it toas fufftetent to 
bane it toell toatebod and kept there, fo? that 
there commetb not a flpp in ttoentie peares 
into that Blland, becaufc there is nothing in 
it to be bad. We toent clofe but0 it, bp a be* 
rictobiteand faire £>and, toberetbe^dmt- 
rall and afi tbe tbippes calf out tbe 2lead,and 
found from ctgbtie 10 fiftie,and4o.ifadomes 
toater: and although tbep might bane gone 
clofer to tbe laud, pet tbe Officers ercufed 
tbemfe!ues,fapmg, that tbep coulde not goe 
itarer y and that it toas fm dape and fierte 
dangerous fo? them to ^nher there. Which 
tbep fat'd to pacific tbe men,defiringtbat tbep 
might bejoto ttoo pumpes mo?e of the other 
tbippes, and fo toitb out doubt tbep tooulde 
b?ing tbe ibtppe fafe bnto po?tingall, and al* 
tbougbtt toouldbee great patnc and labour 
fo? them fo doe it, pet tbep muff offo?ce con* 
tent tbemfelncs: fo? that tbe admiral! and all 
tbe gentlemen that toerc in the Cbtppe,pum* 
ped both dap and nigbt, as their furncs came 
about, as toeli as the meanetf in the Ibtppe, 
onelp to encourage tbe people,2Ebepbo?oto-' 
edonepumpeof tbe^aint Mary, andfent 
fo defirc bs to lend them another, and al* 
though our ibip toas none of the belt among 
the jFlat,toe tocre of opinion not to lendbim 
anp, as not knotoing tobaf nadc toee f^etild 
bane our felucs,bautng fo long a toap to faple 
pet in the end faing the great neccflttie tbep 
tocre in,toe lent them one.tbe rather becaufe 
tbep fapd, that the Admirals meaning toas, 
if it tocre calme toefber, to difebarge fome of 
tbeir toares info* other ibippes, tberebpto 
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lighten tbemfelues, but it fell not out as tbep 
thought, fo that toitb great miferie and labo? 
tbcpouercame their iouraie* 
The 95. Chapter; 
*>Of the Hand called the Afcention* 
m Bland toas dtfeouereb 
bpon Afcentihn dope, and 
in fbeto fametb as great as 
the Blland of ^>aint Heller 
na, but not fo bigb.Bjt is ful 
of billcs and dalcs,lping bn* 
dcr eight aegras and a balfe, on the g>outb* 
fide of tbe (fcquinoctiall line,and Ipetb $o?tb- 
toefidiffantfrom^ainf Helena, ipo.&pa* 
m(b miles, and from the CDqutnomall line 
140, miles. 2 Cbere is not anp frefl? toater in 
tbe Bland, no? one grane leafe 0? b?ancb. 3 f 
bath nvmp biiles of areddifb colour, tobtefe 
Ibeto like a certaine dearth in &>paiue called 
Almagro, andtsfull of Sonic billcs > andd?p* 
ed land, it is like a»at'nt Helena. aCbcte bath 
bane fome fljippes there, that miffed §>atn£ 
Helena, and fought fo? freib toater in tbat 
3 land, but could find none. 3 t bath certaine 
faire and tobite Landes about it, and great 
ffo?e of jfilb, tobercin it furpaOetb ^.Hele¬ 
na, but in it there are no beaSes at all, onelp 
bpreafon of tbe great quantise of Jfifbes* 
^ber are fo manp Birds in if $ if is grange* 
and tbep are of tbebtgnefTe ofpeung^afe, 
$ came bp tboufands Aping about our Ibips, 
crping and making great nopfe, andranne 
bp and dotone in the fl)tppc,fome leaping and 
fitting 01? our (boulders and armes, not once 
fearing bs, fo that toee tmkcmanp offbeat, 
and to?nng of tbeir neckcs, but tbep are not 
gcod fo eate, becaufe tbcptatfe mo?ifb . 31 
tbinke the canfe tbep are to tame is, becaufe 
tbep fa but feto men, and fome defire to goe 
to them, ^bouttbat Bland and the 3 iand of 
£>atnt Helena, bnto the Cquinoctiallltne, 
there arc Aping ifitljejs,as great as Iperings 
tobicbfiiebp great fiockes together, ttooo? 
tb?a jfademe aboue the toater, and fife in 
that manner at tbe leatt a quarter of a mile, 
bntill tbeir toings 0? finraes be d?ie, and then 
tbep can fiie no longer, but fall into the toa¬ 
ter , and there met tbemfelues, and then 
fiie againe aboue the toater, caufe 
tobp tbep fiie in that fo?t is, becaufe tbep are 
chafed bp the great fifbes,tbat eate tbem,and 
to cfcape from them, tbep fiie aboue the toa¬ 
ter, and fomc times info the tbippes: fo? ma« 
np of them fell into onr Ibip, tobteb fleto too 
high, fo? tobe tbeir toings arc d?ie tbep mull 
needes fall, 
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