34« XDe centre ftom^ian to Cjjtoa 
3 (ri enfcrp a Is 8.9* and/o. fadome 
d&pe.and tf pou come ttjetf^cr at the ebbe of a 
fp?mgtide, the ftreame runneth fo ftrong? 
ttlffe,tbat no inind teill ferue to get Up: tber* 
fo?elt is beft to anker there teitb all pour 
topics Up,Unttll pou foe It floln running along 
bp the roin of Hands that lie on the eaft floe, 
«fo ininard, Running a roche Iplng clofe bp 
fhofe llanos ahoue the inater,putting to fea* 
Inard,fo? that pou cannot pafie bettoeene It, 
and the llanos inftb anp (hip, alfo pou (hall 
finde another Cllffe Upon the toeft fide,being 
In the middle toap, $ feeing right before pou a 
fmall ano loin 3]tono, Iplng In the fame rotee 
of 3Ilandes,ln the ©aft as pou goe, then pou 
are bp the mouth 0? entrep of the fecono eba- 
tiell that runneth to Macau. SDhls enterp 
reacheth ©aft and Mcff,and map be about 
amtleb?oad, pou muft maUe to that final 31 * 
land, ano leautnglf Upon the $o?tb Coe, pou 
muft holo pour courfe betteame It ano the 0- 
ther llanos, ano fo put In, alteales beeping 
neareft to the fmall llano, Inhere the depth 
totll begin to leflen, ano much mo?c tebe pou 
are paff It: fo? there pou haue a banhe of 2 8 
fpannes oftoatcr offoftmuooie ground, the 
lano Iptng Upon the fouth ftoe of the channell, 
is fourc 0? hue llanos clofe one bp the other, 
inhlch reach eaft ano toeft, ano thep haue on 
the no?tb doe a great ano high llano, inhlch 
runneth to the hauen Inhere the pojtlngales 
Inhablte,ano hath a creeke 0? bap that ftrcch* 
eth#o?thlnarO,at the mouth of thin l^auen 
Ileth a great ano high llano clofe bp the lano 
on the no?tb Coe, bettoome tobicb ano the I- 
iano It Is d?te ano (halloln ground, ano before 
pou come to this |land, there Ipeth Uppon the 
fide of the no;tb llano a Cllffe Under the tea# 
ter,to featearo totearos the middle of the eba* 
nell: therefore pou (hall hold off from this 
nojth land ano put nearer to the fouth 3 ano 
toben pou being fodtfeouer the pojtlngales 
totone, Intth the $auen Inhere the Ihlppes 
lie at anher,tbe pou (hal put to the eaft b©ke 
oftbe entrepotthis (£aucn, beeping clofe to 
ft till pou be ln,tehere pou (hall find foure fa# 
Dome and 0? j. fadome Oeepe,Chunntng the 
teeft fide, fo? there ft is all ouer, bankes ano 
fanOs,anO along bp the point pou finde mud# 
Op ground,this point 0? booke is a high (and, 
ano from thence Intearo, about the (hot of a 
great pace further lieth another point of fad, 
ano from the loin lano runneth a banke of 18 
fpannes of lnater,reachmg ctoffe ouer to the 
other fide as far as the firff houfes,and befo?e 
pouccmetoft. In themlddleof the IRiuer 
therelletha Ulffe: therefo?e pou muft hold 
Upon the eaft (foe, and runne along bp ft till 
pou anker,lt is good muddle ground at foure 
faoome and ideepe» 
The 3, Booke, 
The 2 1 .Chapter. 
The courfe from the KingHomc of Sion, 
to China, with the fituadon of the pla# 
CCS. 
©parting out of the hauen 
0? rluer of the totene of Si# 
on 0? Sian, pou (haUholde 
pour courfe OTefitoarD, 
ano commlng to It, pou 
(hall findea ftiffe Iplng on 
the no?th ftoe of the coaff l^auen called Ban# 
col ea ttoo miles from the lano,ano bettomte 
ft ano the lano there Is a channell of foure fa# 
dome Oape,nottefthftandmg pou muff paflfc 
lnlthout ft, as farre aboue tt as pou can,this 
hauen of Bancofea iteth intth the (£auen of 
Sion no?theaff and fouthtoeft,anoromelnhat 
no?theaff and bp eaft, andfouthtoeff and bp 
lneff,ano being agalnft the coaft, pou (hall 
btepe along bp tt fo? tt Is all g®o ground, and 
inhen pou haue paff the Kiffe afo?efato. 2Che 
Coaft Upon the fljo?e is loin lano,bautng In- 
lnaroa&nallhouell, ffretchmg #o?tfc and 
fouth 4' mtles from Bancofea ^outtjinarO. 
SEhls loin lano makefb a point reaching out* 
lnard,lplngUnder 14. degress ano {from 
thence fo?toaro pou fball fee a great tbicke 
land, tobicb femeth to runne inboard to the 
fea: but befo?e pou come at It there Is a rluer 
called chaon, at the mouth lobereof ffand 
certatne trees like palme trees,and commlng 
tothcafojefaldland, pou (hall fee another 
great thlche land inhlch (heteethto lie eaft, 
and ineft Inlnaros to the land, batting mante 
ftjarpe rockes, there the land mahetb a pome 
o?end, Inhlchis commonlp called the point 
of Cuy,tbetberto the lande reacheth ^outh* 
eaft, this point ofCuylicthUnder /2. 0e* 
grees and |, and betlneene ft and the afo?e* 
told tbicke land that lieth behind pou, pou 
(hall finde / / . and 12, fadome deepeintth 
geod groundjinhen pou are paff 0? about this 
point of Cuy, then poulhall hold pour courfe 
fouth foutheaff fo? the fpace of 2 /. mlles,and 
then pou muff faple fouth eaft,and foutheaff, 
and bp fouth,inherebp pou lhall fee an Hand 
inhlch a far offlbofnefb like 3. Hands,being 
long 1 fiat,fu! of frees,? lieth ful Under 1 o.de* 
grceSjinhich telll be on the eaft fide, all this 
inap.pou muft fake care not fofall ttolee* 
board,and being bp this Hand afo?efald«, poa 
(hall run foutheaff,and rather hold aioofe to 
the fouth,then to fall f0 the ineft, becaufe of 
the ftjarpe tolnce inhlch pou commonlp finde 
in that part, and in this courfe pou fball fee 
another Hand greater then the firff , and 
reacheth ©aft and < 3 Meft bectng on the 
toppe tbicke and flatfe land. 2Ebe mett 
pointe a great thicks boofee pointed 
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