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 20 The prouince of Canton hath 40 great cities, and 7 small, and 77 townes and castles, and a city that putteth forth hundreds of ships for the keeping of Cauchinchina, and is 280 leagues in breadth, and hath 483384 great houses which pay tribute, and 39400 men of warre.

21 The port of Cauchinchina standeth in the latitude of sixteene degrees and a halfe to the Northward.

22 The citie Champa standeth in foureteene degrees to the Northwards of the Equinoctiall.

23 The prouince of Enam hath 7. great cities, and 13. small and 90. townes and castles, and is 88. leagues broad, and hath 589296 great houses that pay tribute, and 15100. souldiers.

Horsemen 454528. Footmen 7459057. The totall summe 7923785.

A briefe relation of a voyage of the Delight a ship of Bristoll one of the consorts of M. Iohn Chidley esquire and M. Paul Wheeler made vnto the Straight of Magellan: with diuers accidents that happened vnto the company during their 6 weekes abode there: Begun in the yeere 1586. Written by W. Magoths.

The fift of August 1589. the worshipfull M. Iohn Chidley of Chidley in the county of Deuon esquire, with M. Paul Wheele and Captaine Andrew Mericke set forth from Plimmouth with three tall ships, the one called The wild man of three hundred tunnes, wherein went for General the aforesaid M. Iohn Chidley and Benjamin Wood as Master, the other called The white Lion, whereof M. Paul Wheele was captaine and Iohn Ellis Master, of the burthen of 340. tunnes: the third The Delight of Bristoll, wherein went M. Andrew Merick as Captaine, and Robert Burnes Master, with two pinnesses of 14. or 15. tunnes a piece. The Generall in his ship had 180. persons: M. Paul Wheel had 140, in our owne ship we were 91. men and boyes.

Our voyage was intended by the Streight of Magellan for The South Sea, and chiefly for the famous prouince of Arauco on the coast of Chili. We kept company together to the yles of the Canaries and so forward to Cape