ABSTRACT
The Proem. Taking Ship at Gravesend, and falling down to the Buoy in the Nore. Number of our Ships, with Letters of Mart. War with Holland. The reason of going over the Flatts. Stay at the Downs. The Massenberg disabled. Leaving the Lizzard, we met with Ships from Cales. We cross the Bay of Biscay to the Main Atlantick. Why this Sea is always troubled. The St. Helens Fleet stand for the Madera. Little Credit to be given to the Log-board. Hercules-Pillar. We drop our Companions by degrees. The Island of Madera the largest in the Atlantick Ocean. The Advantage of understanding the Trade-Winds and Azimuth. The Meteor Castor and Pollux. The St. Helens Fleet overtake us. We cross the Tropic of Cancer. A Guinea Ship took leave of us last. We draw near the Sun. Flying Fishes, and their Pursuers. Sharks and Pilot-Fishes. The Men of War out-sail us. The Island Beunavista. Cape-Verd Islands, Nine in Number. Isle of Maio. Arriving at St. Iago. Found three Anchors slipped in the Bay. The Natives accost us with their Wares. A stately Garden. Of the Coco-Tree. Other Fruits. Their Militia. Their Asses sure-footed. Their manner of Entertainment. A Rural Chappel. The Nature of the Island; and Inhabitants. Del Fogo.
