1 ^ecourfefmtt£ 0 alaccato S 0 acatitnCfnji& 339 
map chance to lofe an anHer bp tfje b?atoing 
ano fljaHing of p ttjip, 0 ? that pou ttjulb bjiue 
anb rtmnc bpon the fanb: at ttjts roab pou are 
right oner againtt a ttranb, inhere pou finbe 
frettj toatcr tohenab required),® being out of 
the-ftralgbUn manner as afo?efaib,pou fljal 
take pour courfe along bp the lanb, bpon the 
right hanb, altoaies catting out the leab, anb 
not putting lotocr the fcarce 4 fabom,neither 
to the lanb,no? totoaros the fea,anb tube pou 
are patt half toap to the ttranb comming out 
of the ttraight, pou thal hauc no mo?e but ful 
4 ,fabombeep,ana being patt this firft ttranb 
toith a houell anb diffes,tfjatttanb at the ena 
thereof,anb a fanbie bap Iping againtt the ho* 
ud,being half map fro the other honeI,tohich 
ftanbeth on the enb ofthe afo?efaib fanbp bap, 
behinb the tohich, that opening tohich is in § 
ff raight,commeth out again: then holb pour 
courfe cafttoarb, at 4 -fabome,not turning to 
the one no? the other fibe, fo? pou fijoulo p?e- 
fentlie Enb both bjougthes $ fanbs: the chan* 
nei is mubbp grounb, anb pou mutt ftill haue 
the ileabe in peurhanb, bntill pou finbe 
other bepth,tohich toil not continue lcng,anb 
fo; mo?e fecuritie it is bett to run before toith 
$1 feute to trp the channel,fo? it toill ITjefei pou 
both the channels, tohe pou are at 12 . 0 ? 1 y. 
fabome:tbe betoare ofthe fouth fibe,bntil pen 
be aboue a mile beponbthe ttraight, fo? from 
1 5 .pou thal come to 1 o,fabome,® fro thence 
to b?p lab,fo? if is al riffes $ fanb:this ttraight 
hath 6 . |lanbs Iping at the enb of the lanb of 
Ian tana , tohich ts the $o?th fpbc, anb 
pou run along eatt f toett, it is in bittance a* 
bout 8 miles,but pou mutt not patte bettoan 
itthe lanb: the fea bp it about halfe ample 
£>outhfoarb is al fairc $ gob grounb, at 1 /. 
fabom fanbp groubun the mibble of this toap 
from the ttraigbt,to the 33lanbs,o?litle mo?e 
m lette,lietb the rtucr of Iantana,tobicb hath 
a great mouth,the entrp thereof being along 
the lanb on the eatt fibc,tohere great Ihippes 
haue manp times entreb,$ on the Weft fioe, 
inhere there ttanbeth a houell of reb earth: it 
hath a Banfce of harb fanb oner the mouth of 
the riuer, reaching about half a mile into the 
fea, bpon the tnhich manp ffiips hauc fallen, 
toberfo?e take hceb of it:from the point of the 
31lanb abcuefaib, Iping at the enb of the lanb 
of Iamana, there runeth a riffe eattnojtheatt 
into the fea,toell 2 .great miles,anb tohe it ts 
calme toethcr pou cannotfe the toater bjeah 
bpon if,onlp that it hath a certain tohite fhin 
cucr it, tobich is pjefentlp fen anb bifeerneb: 
anb tohen it is rough toethcr,then the toatcr 
bjeafeefh all ouer.- bettoane this riffe anb the 
Bllanb runneth a great Channell, all ttontc 
groiibj anb the (hallotoeff place that 31 founb 
therein,toas $ .fabome,® 4, anb then to 7 * fa* 
borne $ 4* anb thenagaine31 founb 6,oj 8.fa* 
borne 14, anb is in bjeabth about the ttjot of 
a great pace, right ouer, if pou toill patte 
this Channcll, pou mutt rtuine half ample 
of from the 3 lanb,f come no narer to if,fo? if 
pou ttjoulb pou tooulb run on grcnnb:it tocre 
gob that great (hips ttjulbnotpatte though 
tt,bnlcffetbcp toerecompelleb thereunto,as 
it happeneb to Francifco Daginar. , that 
there ranne on grounb, anb toas hi banger ts 
hauc eatt atoap fits fljtppc, becaufe he ranne 
to nar the Wittes, anb that the toinb fcanteb: 
ttoo mples from tbefe 3 lanbes, ^outhfoutb* 
eatt, Ipcth Pedra Branca, (that is White 
ttone) tohichis an 3 lanb of tohite ttone* 
roefees anb diffes, anb harb bp it there are 
other rocHes anb diffes, on the £>outb fibe 
thereof, on the tohich fibe liHetoifc ipeth the 
3!lanb of Bmton,tohich is herielong: in the 
mibble toherc 9 f there is a high houcl, tohere* 
bpon there is bape grounb, but not gooo to 
anker fo? fuch as come from China : rountt 
about Pedra Branca, anb clofe bp it, there 
are <5 .fabome bape, goob grounb, but pou 
mutt take heeb of the diffes anb riffes Iping 
bp it. 31 haue alreabte tolb pou, that in pafr 
fing through the ttraight (tohen pou are 0 * 
uerthefanbes, at 13 fabome, in manner as 
afo?efaib)pou mutt faple Catttoarb, totoar- 
besthellanocs, tohich pou fhall pjefentlie 
fee, asfoone as pou are patt the Uiucr of 
Iantana: anb tohen pou begin to come neere 
tbenr.tbe pou (hall Ifep totoarbs Pedra Bra^ 
ca,anb Icohc that pou Hap half a mile from it 
faking heebei pou come not neere the fpbe 
of the 3 ! lanbes, fo? ttoo caufcs, the one be^ 
caufethetoinbes at that tpme, tohen pot* 
faple to China, bee altoaies bloto off from 
the fpbe of B inton, tohich is the Monfon 
thatcommeth out of the ^outh fouthtoett, 
anb if the toinbe ttjoulb fcant, anb fall into 
the £>cutheafi,as often tpmes in thofc coum 
tries it happened), being on the fpbe of the 
38 lanbes, poucoulbnotpaffe bp the Hiffcs, 
toherebp pou ttjoulb beecompellebto patte 
through the channell that runneth bettoane 
Pedra Branca, anb the 33lanbes, 0? els pou 
ttjoulb fpenb fo much tpme in ttaping there, 
anb thatfhe Monfon (that is the tpme of 
pour bopage^to China tooulb bee fpent: 
the other is, that if pou chance to bee there 
toith a Goto toinb anb tpbe,o? toith feto failes 
fp?eb,then the ttreames tooulbbjiue pou bpo 
the diffes, before pou coulb auopbe them, 
as ithappeneo to the thippe of Don Diego 
de Mencfes , toljofe pilot toas Gonfalo 
Viera, toho bp the toater toas bjiue bpo 1 o» 
fabome, tohere he atihereb,anb then after he 
came to 7 -fabom, tohere he fpent 3 bapes bp 
anhering to get out againe: fo? the tohich 
2 caufes 31 abuife pou to Heepe on the fibe of 
Pedra BrancajO? the cliffesafoiefaib : 
