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Blanco standing neere the Northerly latitude of 20. degrees on the coast of Barbarie, where some of our people went on shoare finding nothing to their content.

Within 12. dayes after our departure from this place The Delight, wherein I William Magoths was, lost the company of the other two great ships, and the two small pinnesses.

Howbeit we constantly kept our course according to our directions along the coast of Brasil, and by the Riuer of Plate, without touching anywhere on land vntill we came to Port desire in the latitude of 48 degrees to the Southward of the Equinoctial. Before we arriued at this place there died of our company by Gods visitation of sundry diseases 16. persons. Wee stayed in the harborough 17. dayes to graue our ship and refresh our wearied people, hoping here to haue met with our consorts: which fell out contrary to our expectations.

During our abode in this place we found two little springs of fresh water, which were vpon the Northwesterly part of the land, and lighted vpon good store of seales both old and young.

From hence we sailed toward the Streight of Magelan, and entered the same about the first of Ianuary. And comming to Penguin yland within the Streight we tooke and salted certaine hogsheads of Penguins, which must be eaten with speed: for wee found them to be of no long continuance: we also furnished our selues with fresh water.

And here at the last sending off our boat to the yland for the rest of our prouision, wee lost her and 15. men in her by force of foule weather; but what became of them we could not tel. Here also in this storme we lost two anckers.

From hence we passed farther into the Streight, and by Port famine we spake with a Spaniard, who told vs that he had liued in those parts 6. yeeres, and that he was one of the 400. men that were sent thither by the king of Spaine in the yere 1582. to foritfie and inhabit there, to hinder the passage of all strangers that way into the South sea. But that and the other Spanish colonie being both destroyed by famine, he said he had liued in an house by himselfe a long time, and relieued himselfe with his caleeuer vntil our comming hither. Here we made a boat of the bords of our chests; which being finished wee sent 7. armed men in the same on land on the North shore, being wafted on land by the