ibemfelues, as Iptng lerp fitlpfo?tbaf put* 
pofc •• fo that all tf?c inhabitants Doe tberebp 
ncblte maintaine tbcmfducsjanofcll at ttjcir 
loares,as tuell bauDlc ‘mo?Ks as bittuals bn* 
to tijofe Ihippes; ano all ttje JlanDcs rounD a* 
bout Doc as then come Into Tercera loitb 
their tuares, to fell it there, f o? the tuhich 
caufetbe <£nglifhmen ano other Grangers 
Ktepcconfinuallp about thofe 3 UanDes, b&* 
mg affurcD that all ihippes fo?tuanf of re* 
freGjfngmuG of fo?ce put into thofe 3 !Ian* 
Des, although at this time manie ihtppes 
Doe atioiD thofe llanDes, to the great Dtfcom* 
mooitie oftheilanosanD the fhippcs. 
from Tercera <a>outbeaG, about 27 * 
0 ? 28 .miles, Ipeth the 31 lanDofs>.Micha* 
el, tuhich is about 20 tuples long, ano is 
ItKeloife full of ‘Colours ano Mages 
inhabiteD bp $o?tingalles, fo? ap?e ano 
all other thinges liUe bnto Tercera, SEbe 
chief SEoiune is calico Punta del Gada, 
Inhere there is great traffique of Cngliffj, 
£>cof 3 ,ano french men, onlie (as in T erce* 
ra) becaufe of the tuoao, lohich is mo?e 
abunoant in that 3 lanoe, then in all the 
reft of them : fo? that euerie peare there 
is maDe aboue tloo hunD?eth thoufanD 
©uintalles of WoaD . 3 !t hath Uhetuife 
great ahunbance of Co?ne,fothat thep hclpe 
fo bictuail all thejlanoes that are rounD a* 
bout themjt hath neither l£auens no?&P 
wers, but onlie the b?oao fea, ano hane leffe 
fafegaro anD Defence then thofe tuhich are 
of Tercera: but there thep Ip notbnberthe 
commanDcment of anpfo?t: fothat manp 
fet faple fuitb all the fuinoes, anD put to 
fea, lohich in the roaD of Ter cera thep map 
not Doe: anD therefo?e the Grangers Ihippes 
baD rather faple to S. Michaels , fo? there 
then can not be conffrapneD to Doe anie 
thing, but tebat thep loill fbemfelues to 
Doe. Sbhere is alfo a cotnpanp of £>pamarDs 
tn a CaGle that GanDetb bp the 2Cotune of 
Punta del Gada , lobicb is mace bp the 
^pamarDsfo?the Defence anD maintenance 
ofthe fame to tone, 
from the 3llan0 of S. Michaels ^outb* 
toaroes tloelue mples , Ipeth the SflanD 
Santa Maria, tobteb is about ten 0 ? tloelue 
mples compaffe, anD hath no traffique 
but onlie of pot earth, tobicb the other 31* 
ianos fetch from thence. St hath no WoaD, 
but is full of all bictualles lifee T ercera, anD 
inhabiteD bp the po?ftngalcs. SDhere are 
no^paniarDes in it: becaufe it is a Gome 
Countrie, Ithe Tercera j anD barD to bo?D; 
ioherebp the inhabitantes tbcmfelues are 
fufficienf anD able enough to DefenD it 
While 31 remaineD in Tcrccra, the dearie of 
The i.Booke* 
Comberland came tbetber, f 0 falte in fre$ 
boater, anD fome other bttftfals .• but the in* 
habitants luoulD not fuffer him to haue it, 
but tuounoeD both himfelf anD Diuers of his 
men, Ioherebp thep lucre fo?ccD fo Depart 
toithout hauing anp thing there. 
from Tercera $o?tb nojtbtocft a* 
boutfeuen 0 ? eight mples, Ipeth the little 3 * 
lano called Gratiofa, $ is but y. 0 ? 6 ,mile 1 in 
compaffe,a fcerp pleafaunf, anD fpne 3flanD 3 
full of all fruites anD all other lictuailes,fo 
that it not onlep feeheth it felf, but alfo Ter* 
cera anD the'other 3ifianDes about it, anD 
hath no other hinDe of merebanoife: it is loelf 
built anD inhabiteD bp pojtingales, ano 
hath no folDiers in it , becaufe it is not able 
to bcare the charge.SEbe dearie of Comber* 
land tohtle 3 lap in Tercera, came tnte 
that 3lanD, tobcrebimfdf tn perfon, toitfe 
feuen 0 ? eight in his companp toent on lano, 
afhtngcerfainebeaGes, Rennes, anootbee 
Himials,toitb lopne anDfreih loafer, tuhich 
thep loillinglie gauehtm,anD tbcreloitbhee 
DeparteD from thence, toithout Doing them 
anie hurt: fo?tbe lohich the inhabitantes 
fbanheo him, ana commenDeD him fo? his 
curtefie,anD hoping of htsp?omife. 
from Tercera WeG $o?tb Weft* 
eight 0 ? npne miles, Ipeth the 3lanD of 
George. $t is about ttoelue mples long,but 
not aboue; 2 . 0 ? 3 . mples at the furtheGiti 
b?eaDth- it is toooDDie ano full of biUcs*. it 
hath no fpcciall traffique, but onclie fome 
WoaD, anD pet Deric little oflt. She inha^ 
bitants line moG bp Caftell ano tilling of 
tbeianD, anD b?tng muchlictuals to fell in 
Tercera : it hath likeluife manp CeDar 
trees, anD other Kinoes of locoD, that from 
thence are b?ought Into Tercera, ano fold 
Into tlje 3 opners, tuhich fo?thaf occafioi? 
Dloell onlie in Tercera. 
from S. George WcG £>oatbtocff 7 * 
miles, Ipeih the3!lanD calleD Fayael, lohich 
is 17 . 0 ? 18 . miles in compaffe: it is one of 
the beGBjlanos nertlnfo Tercera, anD 
Michaels: it abounDefb in all fo?fs oflictu* 
ailes, both flell) anD fiGj, fo that from this 3* 
lanothcmoG part ofliffuailes anoneceffa* 
riescommethhpluhole Cartels tmto Ter* 
cera ” it hath Ithetoifc much W oaD, foiha^ 
manp CBnglilh Ihippes Doe traffique thether* 
2Che p?inripall roaD ano place is the totune 
calico Vitra dorra: there the Ihips lihclotfe 
Doe lie in the open fea Inoer the lano, as thep 
Do befo?e al p other 31aDs:bp this fotnn there 
Ueth’a fo?treffe,but of fmalimpo?tance:# be¬ 
caufe the inhabitants of tbcmfelues Do offer 
f 0 DefenD the 3!IanD again# all enemies, the 
folDiers loere DifchargeD from theme* tobich 
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