438 XI)e f oaft from Cabo 6c Hopo dSonfaUtastoCoKso, 
atiD 9.fadome dapc toaterdotnards tbe land, 
teg all ground likcfand of fand topers, all 
ibjougb tbe country, except it be bp tbe point 
Cabo dc Catarina, tobere pou baue great 
fand i fome ft ones: if pou Mlmake anp ball 
being Upon this CoaGand Uopage,tben euerp 
slight pou muff anker. till pou bane tbe Ter* 
remtios(tobicb are tbe toinds blotoing from 
off tbe land)bo!othg pour courfe in that man* 
sier,till pou baue tbe Viracoms(tobicb arc p 
Sninds out of tbe fea)tbertmtb again to make 
totoaits tbe land,Until it be calme, o? that § 
are at i o.fadom Dap, tbe pou muff anker til 
tbe comming of (be lano into, inbicb come 
Oaplp at tbeir times,as afo?efaid:if tbe ffr&t- 
wies run to tbe toind.tbe pou maptoind from 
tbe onebougb totbe other .bolding tolatoard 
m afo?cfatt>: tbe contunction o? time inbe tbe 
Greames run initb tbe into, is toitb a nein 
^ame,about z.oapes before o? after, and 3. 
bapes befo?e it is fukifpoudcfire to run from 
one bongb to tbe other, p muff rule pour felfe 
In fucb maner,tbat pou be euerp meaning bp 
tbe coaff ,to get before tbe Into tbat as tben 
Sjloto off tbe land; tbe marks of tbe long land 
are tbefe, it batb certain great tbicke boucls, 
CalleD As Sierras de Canto Efpirito, tbat IS, 
tbe ijtljs of tbe bolp CtyoG, and fominbat fur* 
tberpcubaue 2 other heuels,tobicb are Uerp 
eafp to be knotone: in tbts countrp pou baue 
muddp ground! further fojinaro pou fbal foe 
a high bill initbtn the cr&k,eallco /’almella, 
fo? tbat it is like to Palmeia, tbe inbicb 
Ipetb bettoane Lisbon ano Setuvakpou fbal 
likeinife f k fomeinbat further in tbe crake,a 
land inbicb ff retebetb #o?tb 1 foutb, as pou 
liaffe along bp it: clofe bp tbe Grans it batb a 
fbicke flat bouel, inbicb is called Cafcais,be* 
taufeit is like Cafcais bp Lisbon: pou muff 
&nderGand,tbat before pou bopfe bp anker in 
that conntrte, pou muff let fal pour faples,to 
fee if the fbippe map get out, and if it cannot 
get out, tben lie Hill till pou baue the V ira* 
^oinstbatbtoinoutoftbefea, fo? in tbofe 
countries tbe ffreames runne berp ffronglie 
out of the riuer of Congo into the fea,tobcr* 
fop tbeffoippe canbardUegetouf, tobenpou 
are fo far as tbe place called a Palmeirinha, 
that is tbetosods of palme trees, then let 
pour beff anker fall,fo? tbe grottos in this 
croffe inap is Giffe muddp ground, inberebp 
tbe ankers oftentimes foillbardlpbolde faff 
but flip out againe. 0nd inben pou are in the 
riuer of CongOjbcing at the Depth of 3°* 0? 
40 fadome:tbcn pou Iball loofe tbe ground,! 
then pou Iball tume pour botoneglaffe, anD 
inben it is runne out tben caff out pour leaD, 
ano pou (ball find 1 o 0? 12 faoome toafer 
on tbe other flDe oftbe riuer of Congo anD 
pen fbal faple about tbe length of a ff one caff 
from t&elano ano tfoe beff courfe is clofe bp 
tbe lanD, fo? otberinife pou coulD hot get info 
tbe riuer, bp mcanes of the great fe?ce oftbe 
ff reames,inberbp manp men are much frott* 
bleD,as being the greateff 1 Grogefi Greams, 
that are foun&in anp place, anD run aboue 
1 z.miles into tbe fea. Sapling from Congo 
to Angola in mancr afo?efaid,and being 3 e. 
miles on pour toap,pou fbal tee a bigb bill,bp 
tbe inbicb tber liefb an 3 lad called A liha dc 
Loanda, but if poube not berp clofe bpp lad, 
pou Ibal not fa the 31 land,fo? it is berp lob) $ 
flat: if pou chance to be bp tbe land at 6 4 7. 
deg.tben pou Ibal be at fbemottfb of tbe riuec 
of Congotand 1 o .tuples to featoard from if, 
pou fbalfa manp tokens $ lignes thereof, as 
great Greames,tb«ke rads,herbs,toitb ma* 
up cutle bones,and tube pou are bp tbe land, 
at 74 3 .dcgr.f 4, then pou Iball fa a flat land 
toitb tras al oner it: and in this counfrp in e* 
uerp place at 184 zoffadome, pou fbal baue 
grod ground 5 from 2 do ttoo miles and a balfe 
from tbe land 4 on the fea fide pou baue tobite 
dotones, inbicb f^eui like fanop Grandes, f 
the ground bp it is fandp toitb fome Gones, 
that is from 7, to 8,deg.and pou muG Under* 
Gand tbat tbe land from 5 deg. foutbtoarde, 
ts altogether bigb,all the ground being mud* 
dp,and a mile from it,it is 3 o. and 3 * fadom 
decpe,good ground,being a cleare and faire 
coaff, tnifb caufe of feare of mo?e tben is fan 
befo?e pour oapes, that is from 7 to 9 deg* 
and tbe land from 8 * degrees foutbtnard, is 
Ueriebigb,ifpou come out of tbe fea, to the 
land, Under 7- dcgr.and ~,tben pou Ibal fa 7* 
bils 0? i^ouels. tnblcb Gcefcb #o?tbtoeG and 
foutbeaffjcalled As fete ferras,tbat is,tbe 7* 
bilsttf pou come f 0 tbe land Under 8 ,degr4 
then pou fball fee a hie land, Iping eaff tnarde 
from pou, this point in Ibetn hath tbe fo?me 
of cape S* Vincent in tbe coaff Of spaine, f 
comming to tbe lar.d not full under 9 degras 
tben no?Gj 0? no?tbeaft,pou fbalfa tbeafo?e 
faid point, bauing Under it fome inbG dotons 
that Grike fometnbat out info tbe fea, but 
pou need not feare tbem,fo? it is faire and 
dearetand tberefo?e pou map fralp go neere 
tbe land, tbe better fo knots it,being Under 
the bight afo?efaid of fcarcc 9 dcg.tbeneaG- 
toardeto land,pou fbal fee a round bil called 
monte A.if<quai, toben the point afo?efaid is 
no?tbeaG from pou,tben the other land fball 
Gtetcb foutbtucG,tobicb is tbefurtbeG land 
Iping toitbout the Jland of Loanda, tbe land 
that Ipetb foutbuiarde from ponis a greatc 
tbickeland.attbe foot thereof bauing fome 
red and tobite dotones, toitb certaine final! 
trees,Upponit,tobicb fbotodike flggefrees 
of Algaruen in Spainemoto to runne mitbirt 
f land of Loan da ponmuG bold pour courfe 
right Upon the land, that Ipetb foufbtoardtfo 
pom 
