£)ftfjeMieBmit^df#cttoriiOfdM mb&o?m. m 
bcaffs. SCtjc ancient Ml liters thought the 
riuer Niius to ijauc her off fp;ing tn the hite 
fiftlje fpone, fo that manp to this Dap are 
liketotfe oftlje fame opinion. 3|n this tjtlto^ 
foaroes thetoeatt liettja fmall lake calleo 
Gale, out of ttjclutjictj lake floiucth the Hit 
Her Camilla, bp thcportingalcs calico the 
frefl) riuer, Vnljict) about the cud of ttje falce 
capede BonaSperanza runnes into the fea* 
K\)is l^tDbe is calleo tljc falfe o; bnright 
Cape, bccaufe the fl}tps that faile from In¬ 
dia to Pomnga'e, Doefirff otfeouer a great 
cornerojtjmbof lano calico Deiii Agugiic, 
aiio after that this fmaller h©ke, ano" there? 
fo ;c call it llj e jFalfe Cape, bccing feperate0 
from tt;e right ano great Cape * SDpe fpace 
bettoeenc thcfetino^aikes 0? Capes ts 20 
SDutcb miles, tobict} bearing out like flora 
homes,make an mtcrcourfco.:gulfc inhere 
thc^oztingales at times take in toater out 
of the frefl} riuer afo;efaioe: ano the people 
Duelling about this riuer areblackc (al? 
though the pole antartike is there at 3 5 oc? 
gross) as alfo tbofe that Oinell in the eoloe 
hiUes of the 9 pQme,fo that it is not the heat 
of the £>unne, but the nature of the Coun? 
trep that maketh them blacke. ano btcaufe 
this is the greateff hake 0.: cape, ano that 
reachcthfurtheff into the fea of anp Cape 
tohaf foeuer in al the too;lo,ano berp oaun? 
gcrous to paffe (as al other Capes are) as 
alfo becaufe that in this place the fea makes 
a molt fearful nopfc,j that the lank Intnoes 
lemming ootonc,makc the fea thereabouts 
molt rough anotroublcfome, inhcrcbpfo 
manp ^o^tingalc ttppo haue there bin caff 
alnap: ano bccaufe bp ancient fpiffo;togra? 
phers fo title hath bin faio therof,before ano 
ftncethclDO 'tmgaiesDifrouereo the fame, 
3f fhtnkeif grab in this place to fet oobone, 
the meato ano certatne knolnleogeofthe 
greatneffe of the ^ojtingales bopage to? 
Inaros the Indies , fo; thattijcrearcabout 
tfoco.^talian miles to faile before pou com 
to compas ttjisgreatcapc,fo; that from the 
riuer of Fernando Poo, inhere the hcao firff 
beginneth to iut into the fea, to the furtljcff 
point* t»hich(as 3 i fa*®) wcalico Dclli A- 
guglie, that is, the neeoles, the coaff from 
horthto founts accounte0 22oo, Bjtalian 
miles, ano on the other floe of the fame 
h©keo; comer, fo the point o’capeGuarda 
tuv, Iping oueragainftthellano Soeotora* 
the coaff from fouthlo no;th is accountco 
3 3co^talianmiies,bjhereof i0G0.3jtali? 
an miles make 20©, $>utch miles, ano is 
660 , Dutffrmiles, fo that from Lisbon fai? 
ling about the coaff of Affi ka, $ the cape oe 
Bona speranzato thekmgoomecfGoa,are 
about 15000, Italian miIes,ano thence to 
Thc2*Booke, 
Malacca, $ China,is ag much agameffo that 
riot anppccplciit tI;eb}o;looio euermake 
fo Dangerous a bopage, as the $o;tmgalcs 
baue Done, ereeptbttthinfhefefeto pearcs, 
certain Cnglitt) gentlemen, that not oneiie 
haueperfo?meo this bopage buttjauefaps 
leo rouno about the foortoe* QLtys heao is 
CalleO the cape de Bona Spcranza, tpat is, 
heao of gmo fope, fo; that al the ff>tps that 
faile to India. 0; from India to Porungale, 
Do fcare the patting oflljis cape,thinking tf 
thep paffe it, to haue paffeo al Danger* 
ilioiu fo returneto our matter touching 
the coaff of Affrica, hauing paffeo the cape 
delh Agughe, there are oiuers grao hauens 
fo; fl}ips to harbo; in, firff Seno Formoio, f 
ii Seno del Lago, becaufe in that place the 
fea makes a gulfe 0; entrance, luhercin are 
ccrtaine Jlanos ano hauens t aittle further 
the riuer calleo S. ChniloFer runs into the 
fea, in the mouth tuhercof licti) Hi, Bilanos: 
ano fomelnhat further there comes a riuer 
out offlje lano (tohich the Porwngaks call 
Terra della Nariuira, thafis, f^C latlD flf 
Chriffs birth, bicaufc it boas oifeouereo on 
tl;e fame oap) oobmc to the cape cic la Pci- 
cheria, bctfocen this cape $ the riuer Mag- 
nice, lieth thekingoome of Bunua, iuhich 
reacheth to thehtls of the $$ cone, ano fo to 
this riuer foiaaroes the north, Inhere the 
countrp of Monomorspa lieth, ano on ff;e 
lneft Coe to the riuer Bauagu 1. this court 
trp are manp golobcines, the people being 
altogether like the men of Monomotapa ; f 
patting in this maner bp the coaff, pou fee p 
riuer of Magnice, bp the iobich begins the 
ktngOomc of Sofala, the countrp of Mono 
motapa. is riuer fp;ingeth cut of the 
fame lake Inhere Niius ittueth foztti, $ run? 
neth into p fea,in the miooie of tl;c entrance 
betlncene ttuo co;ners cflano, one calleo 
Della Pefchcna, ti;eOther Deiii Corrcnci, 
lipngbnoer2 3. Degrees ' onthefcKthfiOe 
ofthepolc, bnocr Tropicus Cancri. 3 ,nto 
this riuer not far from the fea, run th;ce 0? 
ther riuers,lnhereof one is calico S.Chntfo- 
phe r, ano bp the inhabitants of the countrp 
calico Nagoa : the fcceno hath h^r name of 
a particular man callcO Lorenzo Marchos 
(becaufe he founo it firff) ano in that conn? 
trp Toroa.-thcfc lino tffue out cf the tjtijs of 
the spomeffhethfro is calico Arroe fpjing^ 
mg out of the other floe of the , bp the 
goloe mines ofMoncmotapa: infomepla? 
ces of this rtucr thep ttnoe goloe as fmall as 
fano. SLhefeth;© rtuers,togetherb3iththe 
riuer of Magmce running into the fea, caff 
forth greatabunoance oflnater, ano from 
the mouth of thefeth;a3Kiuersffrctcheth 
the kingoome of Sofala, to the riuer of 
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