latitude twentie three degrees, thirtie eight minutes, and longitude from the Cape of Good Hope twentie three degrees, of a great Circle. We left it on the twelfth: and the thirteenth wee had Westminster Hall (which is a flat Hill, lying North-east by North from the Road of Saint Au∣gustine) South-east by South nine leagues off, being in latitude three and twentie degrees, varia∣tion seuenteene degrees and twentie minutes, North westing. On the fourteenth and fifteenth, we found that the Current had set vs to the North, of our account, sixe leagues.
On the eighteenth, by obseruation of the Sunne at noone, wee found the eleuation of the South Pole to be seuenteene degrees and twentie sixe minutes. The three and twentieth, wee descried the land of Ioanna.
The second of September, we passed the Line: the ninth, wee anchored in Delisha Road on the North side of Socotora, in twelue degrees and thirtie fiue minutes, variation eighteene degrees [ 10] and thirtie minutes, longitude eleuen degrees and twentie minutes, of a great Circle to the East of Saint Augustine.
Their anchoring, and what passed at Swally, yee had before in Captaine Downton. The second of March, we left the Road of Swally. On the fourth, we were as low as Damon, and saw the Vice-roy with his Paderosa Armada, which chased vs till the sixt at noone, and then left vs. The night before wee came in sight of Damon, wee had many Whirlewinds, the weather being cleere, as if the two Monsons had beene striuing for victorie. The sixteenth, Cochin bare three leagues off East halfe North. It stands in ten degrees close by the waters side; the Land so low that we could see nothing but Trees: but vp in the Countrey are Mountaynes: variation fifteen degrees North North-easting, this euening. [ 20]
The nineteenth, at noone being Sunday, there was an Eclipse of the Sunne, the end whereof by my obseruation, continued till one in the afternoone and fortie fiue minutes. The distance of the Sunne from the Zenith, was twentie seuen degrees and thirtie minutes, iust as the Eclipse was ended. Munday, by obseruation of the Crosiers we were in sixe degrees, and by the Starres of the great Beare also. Tuesday, at fiue in the morning, we descried the Coast of Seyloan fiue leagues off, which neere the water side riseth full of small Hummocks, and vp in the Countrey are Mountaynes, whereof one like a Friers Cowle. Friday, Punta de Galia North-east halfe North eight leagues off, wee perceiued that the Current set westward. By obseruation of the Starre in the great Beares backe, we were in fiue degrees and thirtie minutes.
The fourth and fift of Aprill, we perceiued the Current had set vs fiue leagues and two third [ 30] parts to the North, being in one degree and fiftie minutes, when by our way wee should haue been in one degree thirtie three minutes. We found a like Current on the ninth. The two and twentieth, wee found that the Current had carried vs in foure dayes thirteene leagues to the South of our computation. The third of May, at noone, wee were in foure degrees and thirtie minutes, and found that since the former noone the Current had carried vs foure leagues South of our computation. We had sight of Sumatra. The like we found at noone the next day. Wee saw the Ile of Enganio, the North point bearing South-west eight leagues off. The sixt, at noon, we were in fiue degrees and thirtie seuen minutes, caried to the South of our accounts fiue leagues by the Current. We saw the South point of Sumatra East South-east low by the water.
On the seuenth, we were at noone in sixe degrees and ten minutes, the Current hauing set [ 40] vs sixe degrees and an halfe to the South of our accounts.
This morning we saw the Salt Ile, which is in the entrance of the Straights of Sunda, bea∣ring East, two third parts North. The tenth of May, the South-east winds began to blow fresh, onely now and then a gust which would sometimes alter it, and that about the change or full of the Moone, or else we had it alway betweene the South South-east, and the East South-east: but most commonly at South-east. On the tenth, the Generall (wee being able to doe no good the other way) thought best to beare vp to the North of the Salt Iles, where vn∣der the North end of the Northermost, wee anchored in twentie fadoms oaze, within three quarters of a mile of the shoare, finding the like depth all alongst the North end of this Iland in that distance. Betweene the high Salt-Ile and this, is Pumicestone-Ile, which alwaies burneth, [ 50] and casts forth Pumicestones like to Fuego. The Northermost we called Coco, of the fruit found there. These Pumicestones we cast into the water, which swam like Corke. The twelfth, the Pinnasse was sent to Pulo-Beced for water: it was brackish. On the sixteenth, our men found a Pond of fresh water, on the North end of the Salt Ile, in the flat ground by the waters side, and filled water there. We set saile thinking to haue gotten to the South of the Salt Ile, the winde being at North-east, but could not preuaile against the Currant. The nineteenth, we were in sixe degrees, fiue minutes of South latitude.
The twentieth, the Current North North-west and North-west, whereas before for ten de∣grees it had set directly West betweene those Ilands. [ 60]
After much contending with the weather and Current, hauing had very good water from Palmeto Ile, halfe a mile within the East point in a sandy Coue.
The first of I••ne, we set saile and stood to the South, making a South-west way by meanes of the Current that sets West South-west, alongst the shoare. On the three and twentieth of Iune,