XlieCottrfefwm €{)otl)un fopajtmgall. 317 
snile« from thence, in fucbnuttncr, that in Guinea, 31 fet this oofime here, teufe jj 
tljc night time pou Ijolo toeft, and toelf, ana 
bp no?tb , there tbe compaffe bearetb full 
nortbeaff fjaife affrihe, anD as pou make 
pour retiming iucll in pour courfe from the 
tape dc Bona Speranza.tO this 3fland,toitb 
tbe aduantage of tbe compare as it ought to 
be,pou (ball find that it tietb aboue feauentie 
miles mo_:e toeftfijardjtben it ffanoetb in tbe 
£>ea Card,departing from tbts 31land to faile 
to Portingali,and tofatbe31landcalled Af- 
cention,pou ff)allrurt no?tbfijett,and nojtb* 
toeff ,and bp toeft fo? 7° . milesrtben pou fl^al 
goefometobat Caffcrnlpas fomedoe>fben it 
toil be needful to faile / 00 .miles no?tbtoeff, 
andbptoefrandfromtbenee noitbtoeft, bn* 
till pou come bp tbe generall toind, but come 
no nearer bnto tbe land, fo? then pou fljould 
not mafic a good boiage, and although the 
fbutb toinde doth continue longer in this 
courfe, tohicb b?ingetb pou to ttoelue $ four- 
teem degrees, on tbe north fide, pet leaue it 
notfo? tbat,neptber put clofe finder the coatt 
of Guinea, tnben pou baue tbe general toind 
although pou might mo?c uieft ernlp,neptber 
leaue off therefore to folloto pour courfe, fo? 
it totll be large enough, although fometintes 
it fcantetb.becaufe pou are clofe bp the land. 
is good to fi&pe 1 a 0,0? 200 . miles from 
tbecoalftfoj although thatbpthefeacaroes 
pou finde pour felfe to bee ttoo hundred miles 
from the land, nottoithttanding pou are a 
ged toap nearer, the reafon tohereof is, that 
pou faple from the point of the 3 fad of 
Hclena,tohich lieth in the fea carde, and not 
from the aland that lieth 70 , miles toeff* 
toard,asafo?cfaid,and although the pointes 
fioeaffuredlplietotoards the31flano Flores, 
It therfoje maheth no reafon that it is not fo, 
as 31 Tap, fo? that in the courfe though the 
fea,tobere pou finde the bearbe Sargoflb, tbe 
toinde being there altoaiesnortheaff, tbe fea 
ojttreame runneth to the Antilhas , o?fo?e 
3 iland of the ^panifh Bllandes, toberebp 
theibips doe fo little multiplie in the courfe 
of Sargoflb, $ if tbefe toatersand ftreames 
doe chance to mecte the ffjips tohen tbepare 
in the courfe of Sargoflb, it happeneth often 
times that the Ifiips bearetto Icofetoard, but 
berpfeldome, and it bappenefb oftentimes, 
that bp Guinea the frreame runneth nojth* 
toard , and being fometohatneerethe land, 
fben the toater djatocth pou p?efentlp to the 
land, alfo the toinde commtngmoff out of 
the nojthtoell and nojth, tohicb lettetb poti 
from fabling no?thtoeft , and being to £>ea- 
toard pou Ibal rather haue a nojtheaif toind, 
and although pou haue manp rneanes to 
hope pou from going clofe bnder the coaft of 
^Thc^.BookeA 
haue noted it mp felfe: fo? that all the ffjfps, 
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coaft of Guinea, being in the courfe of Sar¬ 
goflb, thephaue no full toinde, but onelie 
no?theaft toindes, and fometimes talmes; 
tohicb failing to lee toard pou find not,tohere 
pou haue the toinde ealf, and ealf foutheaff, 
M the Ibippes that come from the Antilhas 
0 ? ^pamfij 311andes, fhefcarfeff toindes 
that thep finde are out of the Calf, tobere* 
bp pou map finderffand , that tohen pou 
hold farre off from Guinea, if is no caufe of 
hauing a longer mapage: but pou (ball the 
foner finde a better and fuller toinde, and fo 
tohen pou come finder ttoentie Degrees, and 
that the compaffe fieepetfi ffeedie to ttoentie 
fiuc degrees, then pou are not to lee toard, 
there pou beginne to fee the bearbe Sargofso, 
toberebp that bearbe is called Sargofso, and 
mafie no reclining of being too lofetoardo? 
tcolffitoard,fo? there is rio certainfie thereof: 
fo tohen pou faile no?tb and no?theafr, and 
that the needle of the compaffe lieth not no?tb> 
toetttoard, the be toel affured that the 31land 
Flores is right befo?e pou, continuing To till 
pou come to the 31land of Fayael, (tohicb is 
one of the tflemmtfb glands called as llhas 
dos Alcores*)2Dhe compaffe that toithin 
Helena toas full halfea ffrifte #o?tbeatt- 
toard,toillbefullifpou marfie it toell, and 
tohen pou come finder thirtieff re, 0 ? thirfie 
nine degrees, and j then pou ffjaU fee the 31- 
land Flores, toitb feme Co?teaup in the toa* 
ter, and being fo?tie miles from tbe 31land 
Flores, totoardes thecoaff, then poulhallf© 
thebirdes Garagiaus and Duckcrs, and the 
compaffe toill in a manner be enen, and if 
tbere be anp difference, it toil! bee fometohaf 
no?tbeaft toardtfo? from the 3 !land Flores to 
the 3!land Fayael, the compaffe is full as fij^ 
as 3 faid befo?e. 
The 8 , Chap ter. 
The courfe and Nauigaribn from 
India, to the Cape de Bona ^pea 
ranza* fet downe by another 
Portingall Pilots 
C $ pou depart from Gw 
c hi in, to faple fo? Portingall^ 
pou muff doe pour beft to 
get finder ienne degrees 
