%io XDetigDttoKetiSoftfjeCapea^coirniles. 
de Bona Speranza to Jtoingal is ixitttjout land, at tbirtcene oj fourteen fadomed&pe^ 
Hanger to the equinoctial!, foj that pan al* 
luaies find a ^outbeaff inind, and from the 
line to J0o?tingall it is daplp fapled, foherebp 
fit is commonlp knoinneto euerie fimple 13 t> 
lot, pet fuel) as are acinous to knoin it, map 
tec it in this Bcoke, ioberett ts fet aoinne,as 
alfo in mine oinne t&iage from India to 
potfingafl inhere if is par ticularlp declared 
iiU pou come to the toinne of Lisbone. 
The 10. Chapter. 
Of the right tokens and knowledge of the 
Cape Das Correntcs and the Hands as 
Ilhas Premciras and of all the Hauens 
and coafls of Mofarabique* 
« 1 pe bankes of Soffala begin 
at the Cape de S. Ballian, 
ana reach to tbeBilanas Pri* 
I meras all along the coaff, 
f antJ the coaff Ipeth #oftb 
=S and ^outh to Soffala, and 
bath fominbat ofjjio^th ana Wltft, $ £>outb 
and Caff ,herein arc fomc rpuers, but oitelp 
St fo? fmall fbippe&tbe rpuer calico Mataca, 
oj Monemone ipeth buder a 1. degrns and 
a halfe, it is a fmall rpuer, beeing at high 
inater ioithtn the l^aucn but tb?cc ifadome 
deepe, and foj a marke hath a high free San¬ 
ding on the ^outh fide, and along the fljoje 
feme ^andie dounes, inbicb in fight fijein 
like glands Without trees, on the $o?tb fide 
lie cerfaitie ftjalloine0,pou enter into the 
acn #03tbtoeff on, that is on the fide inhere 
the trass Hand, and there as pon are initbin 
the point pon map Sinker &t fine and fire fa* 
Home deepe. Quiloan oj Quiloane Ipeth bn* 
Her 'i o.degrees and a halfe,and on the £>outb 
fide hath a high ^alme tm , and the land on 
the fame fide is like a b©ke, and if pou oefire 
to put into Quiloane,although it toere initb 
a Stppe of fourc bunded ’funnes, pou map 
Snell doe it, being high ioater, but pou muff 
takchecdcof a Djougth, Iping th?ae mples 
from the l^auen. l^anen at high to 
ter ts fiue jfadome daepe, and ioben pou are 
in hard bp the point of the rpuer pou find fiue 
o? fife jfadome Inater, initb muddie ground, 
pou enter therein Meff, ^outbineff, and 
&>outbineff and bp Meff ,ana the d?ougfhes 
afojefaide lie Caff, £>outbeaff and Meff 
^•OUthibeff like Quiloane. 5 from Mataca 
Hi Monemone td Quiloane pou l|all fee 
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and beeing bnder 21 degrees and 60 fadome 
deepe, then pou (hall be fifteen mples from 
the land,f ftjall find Co^all bpon the ground, 
and from thence ininard fmall fanos, fapling 
from .Quiloane to Soffala pou muff runne 
$o?tb and noffb and bp Caff, foitbout the 
popnto:hoke,tilpoubeat 12 oj 13 fadome 
deepc,ana till pou fee Soffaiajand if pou defire 
to ffap there, then runne til! pou be bnder 
ci 7+ fadome,b)hich is 6 .01 7o miles from the 
land: the ^auen of Soffala changeth euerie 
peare,therefo?e pou can not put into it tnith* 
out one of the counfrte piots,and it hath foi 
a marke a companie of palme trees Handing 
together on the noffb fide:f failing fro thence 
to Mofambiquc, pou muff runne Caff, till 
pou come to fourtp fadome inater, and from 
thence Caff nojth eaff, running fifteene 01 
fiftanemples from the 3 !Iandes Primeiras, 
pou Ojall alinates in theft countries all along 
the coaff,find fmal,fS3imte,blacke fano,mireO 
initb the earth, although pou faple clofe iti 
fight of the land. Soffala lieth bnder tinentie 
degrees, and the f^auen called Bango bnder 
npnteene and |, ’and the riucr of Cuama bn* 
dec eigbteene and fand pou runne along the 
Coaff from Soffala to Cuama, $QJtb Caff 
ano £>outb Mleff, beeing tbfrtte mples, and 
ifpsuhaue occafion to enter into the Hiuer 
of Cuama, to take in frefij inater, pou muff 
enter tob a fmall Boate, fo? totthin it is 
aUfrelhbJatcr,from Cuama to the' 31 landes 
of Piimeiras, pou rnnnealong the coaff eaff 
and Meff,ano fomelnhat Caff and bpnojtb 
and Meft and bp ^outh. Sphere are tino 
fights ofland, and beeing bnder efghteene 
degrees, pou finde thertie fpue fadome deepe 
in fight of land, foj the Bankes in thofe 
Countriesare bertefmall: thecourfeisfif- 
tiemiles. 2 DheKiuer called Dos Bonis Si* 
nais oj of go)d tokens Ipeth bnder feuentoene 
degrees and J, and hath thefe markes, that 
is bppon the #o?tb eaff fpde: at the mouth 
of the i^auen there ffandeth an heap of tr^s, 
and on the fouth fpde it hatha fandte'ff rand, 
and bppon the furtheff popnt outluardes, 
there is a fand pH 0? Dotones jinhich farre 
off ffjetoetb like an 31 land. the entrie is on the 
£>outbfl®leff fpde, along bp the fand: the 
f^auen at the mouth toith loine inater is 
tino fadome, and beeing inithin it pou map 
Ip at 6.0? 7. fadome inater: pou can not fee 
the entrie as pou [are inithout, but on the 
^o?tb Well fpde pon fee >fbe begpnning 
of the land, that hath a heape of trees ffan* 
ding bppon it,inhich a farre off fijoine like 
the spaffe of a ftjippe, and the neerer pou 
d?aine to the land, the leffe pou fte thereof, fa 
that 
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