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Jfrcm tljat 33 flaitD of Afcention the fljippcs 
telD their courfe $o?tttoeff atie bp Mcft,ti! 
tbep be a Degree paft the CqthncdiaU line cn 
the$o?tb fsDe, 4 »tjcre there Ipetb a diffe 
called Penedo de 5 am Pedro, tobicb ttianp 
times tbep fa, anD to if from the 3 fiance of 
Afcention are 300, miles, SEbe 5.of June 
toe pafleD againe tbe Cquincctiail line, anD 
then again began toe to fee tbe $ o?tb ft acre, 
tobicb toe bab loft bnDer fen degrees, on this 
Jibe Cochi in,anci noto began to lofe tbe figbt 
of tbe * 3 >outb ftarre, ants there toe ban tbe fun 
in tbe £>outb at ttoclue of tbe cloche at none, 
in tobicb on the other ftfce of tbe Ime at tbe 
fame time is in tbe #o?tb- Ebe 8. of June 
being 4, Degrees in the ^o?tb 5 toe (eft our gc* 
tterall £>outb eaft totnDe, that baD fcrucD bs 
from the Cape de bona Speranza tbctber, $ 
then began tbe raines anD calmesjfb? as then 
toe began to come neare tbe coaft of Gui¬ 
nea, tobicb continued) to 9, Degrees. Ebefe 
ralmes anb raines belDe bs fill 11, Dcgras, 
being tbe 2 o, of June, toberebp tbe ftjips fc> 
perateDthemfelues, bpreafon oftbeealmes 
tobicb mabe them not able to fteerre: anb in 
tbe 11. Degrees tbep met againe, anD there 
toebaba#o?tbeaff toinD, tobicb is calico 
tbegcneralltoinDc, becaufeitflotoetb ccnth 
nuallp in tbofc Countries,am bolDctb to 3 o, 
anD 3 2 .Degrees,beginning manp times at 5 . 
anD 7, Degrees: but tore baD if not till toee 
toere bnDer 1 1 . Degras.Ebio toinDisfome* 
tobatfeant, fojtoce muftoffojcefaileiiifbe 
toinD, bccaufe our cbiefe courfc is $o?tbtoeft 
anDbp$o?tb 
Ebe 2 3 ♦ of June toe pafieD tbe point of 
Capo Verde, tobicb isbnfccr 15-. Degrees, 
anD the 2 6 , of tbe fame month toe paffcD the 
JflanDsof Capo Verde, tobicb are ten in 
number, Ebep begmne bnDer ij. Degrees, 
anDcnDtn / 9. Degrees, anD are Diffant from 
tbe firmc lanD of Capo Ver de, from 70. to 
i6o,mtIestntoarDs to tbe fea, Eben toee 
cnireD into tbe fea, calleD Sergaffo, tobicb is 
all concrcD tottb bearbes, fo that it fermetb to 
be liheagreeneftelDe, ifotbichetbat a man 
can not fee tbe toafer, neptber can fbe fbips 
pafle fb?cugb them, but totfb great labour, 
bnlefie tbep baue a ftrong toinD. Ebe bearbe 
is lihe |Tampcr,but pelloto of colour, $ batb 
berries lihe Ccofe berries, but nothing in 
tbem. Ebe pojtingalles call it Sargaffo, 
bccanfr it is lihe tbe berbes tbat grotoetb in 
tbeir toellcs in Portingal), calico 5 argafIo t 
toberebpon tbat fea is calleD Sargaffo. Jt is 
not hnctone froth tobcncc it ccmmetb: fo? 
there is nolanD no^JfiauDtbatishnotonefo 
bee neare tbat fea, but tbe coaft of Africa, 
tobicb is at tbe Icaff mo?e then 400. miles 
ircmtbence. Jt is thought it ccmmetb from 
%%t Caitatfe JWants. 
from tbe grouno, ano pet there is no grcimD 
in that place to bee fctmDe ? anD in faplmg to 
India,tbe f^tppes rente netinto tbat fea (fo? 
then tbep liape clofer to tbe Ojo?c, fotbaf 
it is not once fane) anD it is not fotmD in anp 
place but there, beginning at 20. Degrees, i 
continuing fo 3 4. Degrees, fo tbiche, anD fo 
full as if tbep toere tobole Jfianbes, meft 
ftrange to bcbclDe. Jn that countrep it is as 
colD in totntcr, as it is here toitbbs tobenit 
frafetb not, tobicb tbe pojtingalles eftame 
a great colD, anD death tbcmfelucs againft it 
astoeDoeinamigbtie great froft. Ebe laft 
of June toee toere bfiDer 2 3. Degrees, being 
right bnDer fbe&unne: fo?$ the gmn tons 
then in the fame height, anD toe aifo bnDer $ 
Eropifee of Cancer, tobicb is the fmtbcft 
part that the ^unne goetb jlto?tbtoarDc,an& 
then if turnefb againe toito the equinoctial 
line, anD from tbence into tbe £>outh. Mice 
paffcD § line of Tropicus Capricorni ttlHCC, 
once on the &>outb floe, bp tbe enDe of tbe 3 * 
fianD of §). Laurence, anD~then againe bnDer 
2 3, Degrees,after toe baD pafteD tbe Cape dc 
bona 5 peranza. Ebe 2. of Julp toee toere 
bnDcr tbe height of the Jflantsof Canarie, 
tobicb lie bnDcr 2 8. anD 2 9. Degrees, anD are 
Diftant from tbe coaft of Barbarie anD Afri* 
ca from 3 o, f 0 8 o. miles,tobicb JfianDcs lap 
on our right banDe: anD becaufe in there J- 
flanDes there are rnanp things that are too?- 
tbie tbe noting,tbcrefo?c J thought it cornier 
silent to mahe a b?iefe Defcripficn of them. 
Theptf. Chapter, 
A briefe defeription of the Iflands 
of C^naiia. 
I^e JfianDCS of Canaria 
are feuen, tobicb in times 
paft toere calleD tbe For- 
tunadas, anD at this Dap 
bp tbe »>paniarDs are cai- 
IcDtlje Canaries, bprea- 
fon of the great numbers of Doggcs tobicb 
tbep founbe in them, toben tbep toere firft 
DifcouereD, Ebe names of the JfiauCs are, 
great Canarie, Tenerife, LaPiilma, La 
Gomera,El , Hierrp,Lanfarotte,anD Fuer- 
te Ventura. Jn the JflanD of Tencriffe 
there is a bil calleD Pico de Tcrraira,tobid) 
is thought to bee the higheft bill that cucr 
toas fcuttD, fo? it map eafilp bee fane at the 
leatf tb?afcc?e miles into the fea, befo?etbep 
come at if. Jt cannot be dimeD but in the 
tocnibes of Julpauo ^uguft*.fo? all the other 
montbes 
