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 Sunne going downe thou haue sight of the land, and so thou must do being in the chanell, vntill thou bring thy selfe into the middest of the chanell: and thou must lye off from the going downe of the sunne, vntill the ende of the first watch with thy coarses alone, without any more sayle; and from midnight for-*wards cast about, and lye the other way with the like sayle vntill day: and thus thou must doe vntill thou bring thy selfe into the chanel.

And if being in the Chanel thou finde the winde large, thou shall stirre Northeast, with a care to goe cleane off the sholds of the Mimbres or the Osiars. And if being in the Chanel thou meete with the wind at North, then thou must turne with a little saile 4. glasses one way, and 4. another, as thou thinkest good. And if thou canst not beare sayle, then thou mayest goe with all thy sayles downe, except when thou wouldest cast about, thou mayest loose some small sayle to winde thy ship.

I aduise thee, that when thou art come out of the Chanel, thou shalt be in 28. degrees.

And if it be in Summer, thou shalt goe Northeast vntill thou be in 39. degrees and 1/2, which is the height of Flores: and thou shalt goe to the Northward of Bermuda. And if thou thinke good to go in more degrees, to haue the seawinds, thou shalt goe by the same height, as I haue sayd: and if thou shalt finde the winde off the sea, thou hast no neede to goe in more heights: and from thence thou shalt goe East and by South: and thou must goe thus because of the variation of the Compasse.

And thus thou shalt find the isles of Flores and Cueruo, which stand in 39. degrees 1/2, and in 40. large. These markes be these.

Thou mayest goe from betwixt Flores and Cueruo, and must goe East Southeast, and so thou shalt haue sight of the Island of Sayles, which is the Island of S. George.

And beeing at the land thou shalt goe along it, and when thou hast doubled a certaine litle Headland that lyeth in the East poynt, then thou shalt stirre East and by North, and East.

And thus going, thou shalt haue sight of Terçera, which is in 39. degrees. The markes bee these. And behinde a certaine blacke land something high, which is called el Brasil, standeth the Citie called Angra. Going from Terçera, thou shalt runne East Northeast, untill thou bring thy selfe