sis ^Df tfs e cots tTefrosn Cotijim to 
fadome dcepc, from Chale t o Panane are 9^ 
miles m the fame cotirfc, and from Pan an e 
to Co chi in are 16. miles, the courfe bceing 
fouth , foutfeeaff, ano at itoelue % ten fadome 
oeepe, tohich is ajood leap. 
The 17. Chapter, 
Thecourfe or Nauigation from Cochin to 
Portingall,written by the laid 
Rodriges de Lagos. 
g| 3 e totone of Cochiin lieth fen# 
demine degrees, and| rather 
leffe than mo?e, and Departing 
cut of Cochiin totoardslpo?# 
ttngall, pou mull holD pour 
courfe lURcft ano as much $o?tb fill pou 
come 30. miles from Cochiin , anDbeing 
there pou fljal! fo fet pour rourfe,that as pou 
paffethough theSinauDcs of Maldiua anD 
Mainaie 5 pcuitjapcomcfotheheight of 8, 
c? eight Degrees anD \ not to fall feppon ante 
gfiands, although the fea card in this courfe 
hath ceffame Ufiandes, pet fo fap truth there 
are none. &feofe3!flandes being paff, it is 
gooD to fake pour courfe &>Qufbtocff,tiU pou 
come to fourc Degrees, anD from thence fouth 
foutf)tocff,to thjee degr&s, on the fouth Coe 
of the equinoctial L from Cochiin all the 
Snap afojefatd to this place. 2 Cfee compaffe li# 
cth no?tfetoeff a firike anD a fealfe,bceing fen- 
Der th?ec Degrees on the fouth fide of the Une, 
then pou begin to baue the thunDer out of the 
toeff,and no?tbtoeft,toitb a ffiffe totndc, ano 
from thence pou ttjall holD fouth anD fouth, $ 
bp toeft,to ten 0? ttoeluc Degrees, in tobteb 
pou (bal haue the totno foutbeaff fender thefe 
itoelue Degrees, the compalfe boldetb no?tb- 
toefftoara a ff rtke anD 4 parts, but t|all not 
therfo?e be male anp abatement in pour rec# 
Zoning:fo?it is often found that the loafer 
0? fireame Doth there run fo the toeff, tobteb 
toeuid then be ttoo faults: fo? that as 31 fen- 
derffand if in this courfe, pou mutt account 
all that is faiD the ffjip hath gone,becaufe pou 
fl?all lihetoife fine ttreames that o?ato f0 the 
foutbeaff being at 12 Degrees, (as 31 faiD be# 
fo?e)ttl pou be fender 1 y .Degrees,the pou haue 
the tomoe fomettmc fouth foutheatt,then pou 
mutt not lie toefitoard fo? it is not gooD, but 
rather ruune eatt anD eatt foutheatt,altoa(es 
keeping good toatch to the eighteenth Degree, 
fender the tobteb Iteth the d?ougbtes called os 
Baxios dos Garagiaus, andbauingafoutb- 
Caff lBinD,tben it is good to hold pour c ourfe 
foutbtoeff, fenttll poudifeouerthe Blflandof 
Diego Rodnges , anD if it lieth right befo?e 
pemtben pou (hall fife Tome of the birdes cal# 
led Alcarrafes, and fome hearbes called Sa- 
ragbflb d?iuing in the loafer, and there the 
rompaffe goeth no higher, but begmnetfj 
The 3, Books, 
from thence againe to mmtoiffj o?Icffcn, 
token pou are paff this pattd 0? the point 
thereof,tben ramie fouthloett,anD foutbtoeff, 
and bp toeff to 2^.Degrees, fender the tobidj 
height lieth the firff point of the 3!fiand of & . 
Laurence , f as foone as pou are fender this 
height, the:: pou ffjall holD pour courfe toeff, 
fouthloettto 29, Degrees, and from thence 
toeff and toeff ano bp fouth , anotoknoto 
token pou are no?tb and bp fouth toith the 3 f 
Hand Of &>mt Laurence, that is toith the 
middle of the feftermott land onthefouth fide, 
then marke the compaffe toelUnd if pou bee 
bp the countrp afo?efatd, then pour compaffe 
toilibceaffrike and .l one from the other, 
ne?tbtocff toaro, from thence pou fball holo 
pour courfe, as toinde and toeafber ferueth, 
foi being from about the iy -of 2lp?tll, till the 
latt of S9ap,tt is ncccttarp to haue the 5?inne 
land on boarde : fo? that there, aLthofe 
times pou haue the totndc $o?tb, and no?tb* 
toeff and being in the monthes of 5fcb?ttarie 
and inarch, then the toinde is eatt and fouth, 
tohere pou mntt rule pour courfe as the totnd 
ferueth,and being right toith the land no?tb, 
$ fouth, then the compaffe (hall leaue a ffrike 
rather mo?e than leffe fo the $o?tbtocff, 
tohich is a cerfaine figne to bee right again® 
tt,buf if it be mo?e,tben atture pour felfe pou 
are not bp the land, then beeing 30,0? 40. 
miles from thence,and though pou be but 30 
miles from the land, pou ttjall fee greene toa- 
ter,buf pou finde no ground ♦ SChe compaffe 
that 31 fpeake of (hall be fire, and euen at the 
Cape das Agulhas , toith fhofe fhatmahe 
themleanenojtheatttoard in Portingall , a 
halfe ttrifce rather leffe then moje, and totmi 
pou come to the Cape das Agulhas,and he^ 
thertoards, as long as pou haue not muddte 
ground, pou are not at the Cape das Agul* 
has: toherefo^efpare not often to caff pour 
lead,fo? it toill befo? pour otone good, faf¬ 
fing the Cape das Agulhas to the cape de 
Bona Speranza, it IS not g'CDd fO fatle noith# 1 
toett,aslongaspou haue ground, fo? that 
theretoith pou ttjoulo not paffc the Cape de 
Bona Speianza^but being pattit,then rurme 
nojthtoett, til pou come to 16,degrces, fender 
the tohich height the 3 fland of ^amtHele* 
na doth lie,e? to 16,degrees and l and tohen 
pou come f 0 that height, then run toeff and 
fometohat foutherlie, 0? the firffmeale tide 
toeff,and bp fouth, becaufe of the compaffe of 
thefcatnfomefireamcs, fo? 31 tbinfcc pou 
(hall finde no mo?eheights, although pou 
Ihould faple toed, and bp fouth , and fspling 
on that eourfc.pou ffyall cominne iff ©.miles 
further,but no mo?e,and tohen pou pcrcetue 
the Ifland and cannot reach if bp dap, then 
ffrike all pour fmall faples, holding about 5. 
miles 
