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A14624	The mariners mirrour wherin may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds and ebs, risings of lands, rocks, sands and shoalds, with the marks for th'entrings of the harbouroughs, havens and ports of the greatest part of Europe: their seueral traficks and commodities: together wth. the rules and instrume[n]ts of navigation. First made & set fourth in diuers exact sea-charts, by that famous nauigator Luke Wagenar of Enchuisen and now fitted with necessarie additions for the use of Englishmen by Anthony Ashley. Heerin also may be understood the exploits lately atchiued by the right Honorable the L. Admiral of Engla[n]d with her Maties. nauie and some former seruices don by that worthy knight Sr. Fra: Drake.; Spieghel der zeevaerdt. English	Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 5-1606.; Ashley, Anthony, Sir, 1551-1628.; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, engraver.; Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, engraver.; Ryther, Augustine, engraver.	1588 (1588)	STC 24931; ESTC S122236	118,075	186

24 16 6 24 22 23 24 22 53 24 17 30 24 7 31 24 4 27   24 15 13 24 22 21 24 22 47 25 16 14 25 5 19 25 5 38   25 16 23 25 22 30 25 22 48 25 17 14 25 7 9 25 4 50   25 15 32 25 22 29 25 22 40 26 15 56 26 4 56 26 6 20   26 16 40 26 22 36 26 22 42 26 16 58 26 6 46 26 5 13   26 15 50 26 22 26 26 22 33 27 15 38 27 4 33 27 6 42   27 16 56 27 22 42 27 22 36 27 16 42 27 6 24 27 5 36   27 16 8 27 22 43 27 22 26 28 15 19 28 4 10 28 7 4   28 17 12 28 22 48 28 22 29 28 16 26 28 6 2 28 5 59   28 16 26 28 22 49 28 22 18 29 15 0 29 3 46 29 7 26   29 17 28 29 22 53 29 22 22 29 16 8 29 5 39 29 6 22   29 16 44 29 22 55 29 22 10 30 14 41       30 7 ●8   30 17 44 30 22 58 30 22 15 30 15 41 30 5 16 30 6 45   30 17 1 30 23 0 30 22 1 31 14 22       31 8 10         31 22 3       31 15 34 31 4 53         31 17 18       31 21 52 TO FINDE OVT THE NEVV MOONE AND THE AGE OF THE MOONE at any time according to the auncient computation without eyther Calender or Ephemerides FIrst you must learne perfectly by the former Tables the Golden number and the Epact of that yeere and their difference But know this that the Golden number alwayes beginneth in the Calendes of Ianuary and euery yeere increaseth one vntill the circle of the Moone be ended which then returneth to 1. 2. 3. But the Epact beginneth in the Calendes of March and increaseth euery yeere 11. and endeth at 30. VVherefore when it exceedeth 30. by casting away the whole circle the remainder is the Epact to which euery yeere is added 11. as is aforesayd Now if you will know what day of euery moneth the new Moone doth happen take the number of the Epact of the present yeare and adde therevnto the number of the moneths past from the beginning of March reckoning also the moneth present And if these numbers beeing added together amount not aboue 30. then asmuch as you want of 30. is the day of the new Moone of that moneth But if you looke for the age of the Moone adde the dayes that are past of the moneth present to the Epact and the moneths since March and the number remaining after the substraction of 30. declareth the age of the Moone But if being added together it be vnder 30. that selfe same telleth how olde the Moone is But you may perceaue these things more plainly by examples The example of the first I would know the new Moone of the moneth of Iune Anno 1588. The Epact of this yeere is 12. wherevnto I adde 4. for the 4. moneths beginning at March which being put together make 16. Now this number is lesse then 30. and therefore I substract 16. from 30. and there remaineth 14. so that the new Moone was the 14. of Iune The other example I demaund how olde the Moone shall be the 24. of August of this same yeere 1588. The Epact is 12. to it I adde 6. for the moneths past they make 18. wherevnto I adde 24. the number of the dayes of August and then haue I 42. which exceedeth 30. by 12. which sheweth the age of the Moone and therefore the 24. of August the Moone shall be 12. dayes old If you will find the Epact without any booke begin to recken 10. at the lowest ioynt of your thombe at the other 20. at the third and last 30. which done count the Golden number vpon the ioynts of your thombe reckoning from the lowest to the highest vntill you come to the end of it And if your account shall ende on the lowest ioynt of your thombe where I haue set 10. adde ten to the Golden number which being both put together doe make the Epact for that yeere But if the reckoning shall end vpon the second ioynt adde 20. to the Golden number and both the numbers together doe shew the Epact But if it end on the third the Golden number and the Epact shall be one As for example The question is what the Epact is Anno 1588. the Golden number is 12. which in numbering endeth on the third ioynt where stand 30. which being added make 42. of which 30. being cast away the remaynder is the Epact which beginneth alwaies the first of March as the Golden number doth the first of Ianuary OF THE FIXED STARRES AND THEIR VSE FIrst it is necessary for you to know that the obliquitie or declination of the fixed starres is of two sortes to wit Northward and Southward which in the Catalogue of the fixed starres are marked with these letters N and S. If you will seeke the height of the Pole in any place by the helpe of any fixed starre set downe in the Table following take her Meridian altitude by the quadrant or Crosse staffe Then by the Table following seeke out her North or South declination which you must adde to the altitude if the declination be southerly or substract it if it be northerly and it will shew you the altitude of the Aequator which beeing deducted from 90 expresseth the height of the Pole As you shall perceiue more plainely by familiar example In the yeere 1583. on the 10. day of Ianuary about fiue a clocke in the morning Wagener tooke at Enchuysen the Meridian altitude of Spica virginis with the Crosse staffe in 28. degrees and 15. minutes The Table sheweth that her Southward declination is 8. degrees and 55. minutes which being added to the Meridian altitude declareth the Aequator to be 37. degrees and 10. minutes high which being substracted from 90. there remayneth 52. degrees and 50. minutes which is the altitude of the Pole for Enchuysen Another example is that the 11. day of Ianuary in the same yeere about 8. of the clocke towardes the euening Wagener tooke the Meridian altitude of Palilicium or Oculus Tauri of 53. degrees and 4. minuts The Table teacheth that his Northward declination is of 15. degrees and 54. minutes which you must take from the altitude because it is Northward and leaue 37. degrees 10. minutes for the altitude of the Aequator when you haue substracted these numbers from 90. that which remayneth being 52. degrees and 50. minutes is the height of the Pole as aforesaid If you will learne the true houre of the night by the fixed starres marke well some one of the fyxed starres which you know standing in the South then looke for the same in the Table and take the houres and minutes from the declination And

6 27 21 21 23 20 1 1 2 57 4 56 7 4 9 3 10 58 12 50 14 45 16 56 19 10 28 21 25 23 23 1 5 3 1 5 0 7 8 9 7 11 1 12 54 14 49 17 0 19 15 29 21 29   1 8 3 4 5 4 7 12 9 10 11 5 12 57 14 53 17 5 19 19 30 21 33   1 12 3 8 5 8 7 16 9 14 11 9 13 1 14 57 17 9 19 24 31 21 37   1 16   5 12   9 18 11 13   15 1   19 28 CERTEINE FIXED STARRES WHICH best fit the Crosse staffe calculated as touching their declination for the beginning of the yeare 1586.       Mag. Declin Deg. Mi.   * This fixed starre is euer in the Meridian when the Guards are aloft in the South-east part of the heauen Alhabor or great Dogge The South starre 1 15. 55 S The Haruest starre * This is in the Meridian when the former starres are in the East part of heauen Alphard The brightest of Hydra 3 5. 3 S The Winter starre * This is in the Meridian when the Guards are North and by East Azimech The Virgins spike 1 8. 53 S A Winter starre * This is in the Meridian when the Guards are in the North-west Antares The Scorpions heart 2 26. 27 S The Spring starre * This is in the Meridian when the Guards are in the West and by North. The brightest in Sagittaries brest 3 26.27 S A Summer starre * This is in the Meridian when the Guards are in the South-west Deneb kaytos The Whales tayle 3 19.48 S A Summer starre THE VVAY TO FINDE OVT THE HEIGHT OF THE POLE BY THE STARRES WHICH ARE WITHIN the Tropicks declining from the Aequator FIrst you haue the South star called Alhabor or the great dog which declineth from the Aequator 15. deg 55. min. to the Southwardes Take his distance from the Zenith and substract from it the degrees and minuts of the declination because it is Southerly the remainder sheweth the height of the Pole But if the Poles height must be sought for by Orions right shoulder ad to his distance from the Zenith 6. deg 19. minutes of the declination because it is Northward and you shall finde that you seeke for But if you will finde it out by Orions left foote substract from the distaunce thereof to the Zenith 9. degrees 10. minutes of the declination because it is Southward the rest sheweth the height of the Pole And in like maner shall you proceede by the first of Orions girdle For substracting from the distaunce thereof to the Zenith one degree 16. minutes of Southerne declination the residue is the Poles height So may you doe with all the starres which are within the Tropicks declining from the Aequator so that their declinations both Southerne and Northerne in the iust degrees and minutes be first knowne vnto you For if the declination be Southward it must be subducted from the Zenithes distance but if Northward added and then the whole some or the remainder will demonstrate the height of the Pole The meridian height of the Starre is taken by the crosse staffe or other fit instrumentes and being deducted from 90. degrees sheweth you the distance from the zenith The Poles height may also be found by the starres which turne about the Pole within the Arcticke circle and euery 24. houres passe the meridian twise vnder and ouer the Pole so that you may take them twise in one day if occasion serue for example The middle starre of the Guardes in Vrsa minor declineth from the Acquinoctiall 75. degrees 40. minutes distant from the Pole both aboue and vnder 14. degrees 20. minutes Take his meridian height and adde to it the degrees of the Poles distance if it be aboue or substract it if it be vnder the summe or the remainder wil shew the eleuation The same way must you worke by the stars of Vrsa maior which are more in number so that you certainly know their distances from the Pole being vnder or aboue by adding as is sayd the degrees of the distance to the Altitude which you finde if it be aboue the Pole or subtracting if it be vnder So may you worke with the rest of the starres which can be seene and applied to vse by Nauigatours A DECLARATION OF THIS instrument which followeth IN the compasse and borders of the vttermost circle there is set down the circulare course of the Guardes in Vrsa Minor as they turne in al the 8. points of the instrument or compasse about the North starre which haue also certeine numbers assigned both to be added and substracted so that when the said starres come in any of those pointes you must adde or substract the number which is there marked You must also know that all the stars do passe the meridian but euery one in a seuerall declination from the Aequator The other compasse or circle which moueth hath the chiefest of these starres which enuiron the Pole or are caried round within the Tropikes of Cancer and Capricorne The Northerne stars serue to finde out without difficultie the houres of the night at any time of the yere especially the Guardes in Vrsa Minor which on the 30. day of Aprill at midnight stand North aboue the Pole and then is it 12. a clocke at after midnoone And after 15. dayes the said stars remaine in the same place at eleuen a clock at night and at the ende of May at ten a clock so that in euery 24. houres by 4. minutes of an houre they preuent the same place and in euery 15. dayes one houre sooner they become North aboue the pole which if any man do rightly mark he may easely find out the houre of the night at any time But if you will fitly apply to this purpose of the South starres the greatest part whereof do moue within the Tropikes of Cancer and Capricorn you shal turne about the vppermost round circle or the moueable wheele wherein the Guardes of Vrsa minor are purtraied taking the same point in this circle you shal set it right vpon the Southeast poynt of the compasse where you shal beginne Then the Southerne starre which is called Canis Maior and Alhabor will stand in the Meridian about 16. degrees from the Aequator Three houres after when the said stars are in the East point Lucida hydrae which is also called Alphard standeth in the Meridian and right aboue it is placed the Maunger or Nebulosa Cancri But when the same stars are North northeast and North by East then Spica virginis standeth in the Meridian and about 4. houres after when those Guardes or watchers of Vrsa minor being mounted higher possesse the N. w. region of the firmament Cor Scorpii standeth in the Meridian declining from the Aequator almost 25. degrees But when the sayd stars beare west and by North then Lucida Sagittarii keepeth the Meridian but when you

3● 1 3● 20 2● 29 19 38 29 7 48 1606 11 24 8 46 22 22 23 21 13 3 21 1 41 19 13 28 18 23 43 1588 12 13 2 58 11 16 38 10 5 32 9 17 7 8 4 16 7 14 50   13 2 31 1 ●6 ●7 3● 30 10 58 29 2 7 28 16 38 27 5 24 26 17 1   14 20 20 23 19 11 29 18 4 0 17 21 29 16 14 8 16 5 8   15 10 2 11 8 14 23 7 5 0 6 21 26 5 15 59 5 10 25   16 28 23 41 25 10 18 26 23 38 24 15 50 23 10 25 23 5 46   17 17 15 10 15 22 51 14 8 25 13 20 28 12 11 33 12 5 10   18 7 8 3 5 15 38 3 23 14 3 8 21 1 19 22 1 ●1 ● 1 ●6 5 1595 19 26 7 38 24 16 3 23 0 44 22 9 41 20 20 4 20 6 57 A VVAIE TO FINDE OVT THE LEAPE YEERE WITHOVT eyther Calender or Ephemerides DIuide the yeeres of our Lord by 4. and if nothing remayne after the diuision that yeare is Leape yeare but if the number of 1. 2. or 3. shall remaine it signifieth what yeere it is after the Leape yeare As for example Take the yeare since the Natiuitie of Christ 1588. which beeing diuided by 4. nothing remayneth wherefore it is Leape yeare And the yeere 1589. the first after the Leape yeere The yeare 1590. the second the yeare 1591. the third But the yeare 1592. shall bee a Leape yeare againe and so forwards OF THE DECLINATION OF THE Sunne and the vse thereof FOr asmuch as for many and waighty causes ten daies are once for euer cut off from the yeare by certaine Monarchs of Europe as needlesse that thereby the Equinoctiall or Solstitiall pointes might bee brought to the same dayes of the moneth as of olde time they were in the time of the Nicene councel and so the 4. seasons of the yeare viz. the Spring Summer Haruest and VVinter begin on the same dayes as they were wont And furthermore as the appearances and suppositions of the 8. sphere do shew a manifest inequality in the greatnes of the sunne so in continuance of time as apparant an alteration is perceiued in his greatest obliquation For by the obseruations of Erarosthenes Hipparchus and Ptolomy of which the two first liued a little before the beginning of the Romaine Empire and the third a little after the greatest obliquation of the sunne was found to be almost euen with his vtmost declination so that in the time of Iulius Caesar and the beginning of the Romaine Empire the greatest was of 23. degrees and 52 minutes But afterward it decreased by little and little as plainly appeareth by the obseruations of Albaregnius and since by Arzahel the Spanyard Almeon Almanzor Prophatius the Ievve and many others which for this last hundred yeares by the diligent study and obseruing of George Purbachius Iohannes Regiomontanus Vernerus Copernicus c. is yet found still decreasing so that at this time it is well neare vpon the last and farthest poynt viz. in 23. degrees and 28. minutes or at least wanting a few seconds Therefore VVagener thought it not impertinent to set downe the table of the declination of the Sunne for the behoofe of all Pilots Shipmasters and all kinde of Saylers aswell according to the right course of the sunne as this apparant obliquation of our time hoping that he should doe therein that which should be acceptable and not vnprofitable vnto them But it hath since beene thought fitter for vs in England to follow our auncient and accustomed stile not acknowledging any such perfection of the Gregorian reformation ❧ OF THE VSE OF THE Table following for the Sunnes declination FIrst you must know whether it be a Leape yeare or the first second or third yeare after the Leape yeare and when you vnderstand the same entring the Table of that yeare you shall seeke out your purposed moneth and day in the toppe and side titles for the common Angle will shew the declination of the sunne for the same day northward from the 10. of March to the 13. of September and southward from the 13. of September to the 10. of March and these dayes are marked thus ✚ Now if you desire to knowe the latitude of any countrey or height of the Pole take the meridian height of the sunne by your Astrolabe or Crosse staffe and it will shewe the distance of the sunne from the Zenith or highest poynt And if the declination of the sunne be Northward the same day adde it to the distance of the sunne from the Zenith But contrarywise deduct it againe if the declination be Southward and you shall haue the latitude of that place or the altitude of the Pole As for example VVagener in the yeere 1583. the 21. of Ianuary tooke by Astrolabe at Enchuysen the meridian altitude of the sunne about 20. degrees and 50. minutes wherefore the distance thereof from the Zenith is neare 69. degrees and 10. minutes In the Table of the declination of the Sunne the third yeare after the Leape yeare hee found the same day after his accoumpt the obliquation of the sun in 17. 20. minuts southward which being deducted from the distance of the sunne from the Zenith because it is Southward there remaine 52. degrees and 50. minuts which is the latitude or altitude of the Pole of the Citie of Enchuysen In the yeare 1588. the 8. of Iuly at London the meridian altitude of the Sunne was obserued 59. degrees 28. minuts VVherefore his distaunce from the Zenith is 30. degrees 32. minuts In the Table of the Sunnes declination for the Leape yeare I find for that day the Suns Northren Obliquation 21. degrees 2. minuts which added to the Sunnes distance from the Zenith because it is Northerly maketh the whole 51. degrees 34. minuts which is the true latitude of the place or altitude of the Pole for the Citie of London ❧ THE DECLINATION OF THE SVNNE for the first yeere after the Leape yeere Ianuarie Februarie Marche   Aprill May. Iune Iuly August Septēber   October Nouem Decemb. Da. De. Mi Da. De Mi. Da. De. Mi.   Da. De. Mi Da. De. Mi Da. De Mi. Da De Mi. Da. De. Mi Da. De. Mi. Da De. Mi. Da. De. Mi. Da. De. Mi 1 21 43 1 13 48 1 3 30   1 8 27 1 17 55 1 23 6 1 22 9 1 15 21 1 4 36 1 7 2 1 17 31 1 23 3 2 21 33 2 13 28 2 3 7   2 8 49 2 18 10 2 23 10 2 22 1 2 15 3 2 4 13 2 7 25 2 17 47 2 23 8 3 21 23 3 13 8 3 2 44   3 9 11 3 18 25 3 23 14 3 21 53 3 14 45 3 3 50 3 7 48 3 18 3 3 23 12 4 21 12 4 12 48 4 2 20   4 9 32 4 18 40 4 23 17 4 21 44 4

seeke also for the day of the yeere in the next Table to the Catalogue and substract the houres and minutes which you finde there from the houres and minutes which are alotted to the starre and that which remayneth signifieth the houres and minutes of the mid-day last past But if it shall happen that the starre shall haue lesse houres and minutes then a naturall day hath then adde 24. houres to those of the starre and substract as aforesaid It will appeare more plainely by this example Wee haue before marked Spica virginis vppon the 10. of Ianuary and therefore must we seeke out the houre of his obseruation In the Catalogue right against this starre are 13. houres and 3. minutes and in the Table of the dayes the 10. day of Ianuary hath 20. houres and 10. minutes Wherefore we adde 24. houres to the houres of the starre and they make together 37. houres and 3. minutes Substract from hence 20. houres and 10. minutes and there remaine 16. houres and 53. minutes which are the houres from the last midday And therefore the obseruation was made at 4. a clocke 53. minutes in the morning or after midnight An other example is Wagenar saw the 11. day of Ianuary aforesaid Palilicium or Oculus Tauri In the Catalogue you shall finde hard by the starre 4. houres 12. minutes Likewise the Table of the dayes about the 11. day of Ianuary giueth you 20. houres 14. minutes And because the houres of the starre are fewer then those of the day he added 24. houres which being put together make 28. and 12. minutes Hee substracted from them 20. houres 14. minutes and there remayned 7. houres and 58. minutes And therefore the time to marke the starre was at 7. a clocke and 58. minutes in the afternoone I will also shew a third example The 17. of March Anno Domini 1583. Wagenar tooke the Meridian altitude of the starre called Rostrum Corui that is the Rauens byll the houre thereof hee gathered after this manner In the Catalogue where this starre is mencioned you haue 11. houres 48. minutes In the Table of the dayes you finde 17. dayes of March houres 0. minutes 24. which beeing deducted from the houres of the starre are 11. houres and 24. minutes remayning Wherefore this obseruation was taken the 11. houre 24. minutes after midday And so proceed with other fixed starres The Dodecatemories in the Zodiacke are partly Northerly and partly Southerly The North signes are Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo for the Summer season the Southerne are Libra Scorpius Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces which are the signes for the Winter To euery seuerall signe are appoynted particular moneths March Aprill May Iune Iuly August are assigned for the Summer and September October Nouember December Ianuary February for the Winter A CATALOGVE OF THE MORE FAMOVS FIXED STARRES WITH THEIR LONGITVDE DECLINATION RIGHT ASCENSION CONVERTED INTO HOWERS AND MAGNITVDE RECTIFIED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEERE 1588.     Longitude Deg. Min. Declin Deg. Min.   Right as Ho. Min. Mag. * Cornu Arietis praecedens The Rains horne ♈ 7 58 17 35 N 1 33 3 * Dexter humerus Cephei Cepheus right shoulder ♈ 7 58 61 11 N 21 10 3 * The vtmost of Eridanus ♈ 21 28 40 36 N 2 53 1 * Scheder Andromedas shoulder blade ♈ 16 38 28 57 N 0 19 3 * Mirach Andromedas girdle ♈ 25 8 33 57 N 0 48 3 * Pegasus wing or shoulder ♈ 3 28 12 49 N 23 52 2 * Pegasus legge Caput Andromedae ♈ 9 8 27 19 N 23 49 2 * The Whales belly ♈ 16 18 12 3 S 1 31 3 * The Whales necke ♈ 28 58 7 13 N 1 54 4 * The Whales brest ♈ 23 18 13 43 S 2 3 3 * Menkar The Whales snowf ♉ 8 58 2 47 N 2 42 3 * Schedar Cassiopeas brest ♉ 2 8 54 24 N 0 17 3 * Cassiopeas chayre ♉ 7 58 58 32 N 0 31 3 * Algenib Perseus right side ♉ 16 8 48 9 N 2 55 3 * Rasalgol Medusaes head ♉ 20 58 40 1 N 2 43 2 * The first and Northermost of the Pleiades ♉ 23 28 23 1 N 3 19 5 * The hinder Southermost of the Pleiades ♉ 23 48 23 16 N 3 20 5 * The vtmost of the Pleiades ♉ 24 58 24 12 N 3 25 5 * Trapezium The least of the Pleiades ♉ 23 58 23 43 N 3 21 5 * Succule The first of the Hyades ♉ 29 58 14 33 N 3 56 3 * Aldebaran Palilicium The Buls eye ♊ 3 58 15 54 N 4 12 1 * Bedelgeuse Orions right shoulder ♊ 23 18 6 19 N 5 34 1 * Elgeuse Bellatrix Orions left shoulder ♊ 15 18 5 15 N 5 4 2 * Rigel Orions left foote ♊ 11 38 9 10 S 4 53 1 * The first of Orions girdle ♊ 16 38 1 16 S 5 11 2 * The middlemost of the belt ♊ 18 38 1 46 S 5 19 2 * The last of Orions girdle ♊ 20 38 2 18 S 5 26 2 * The Wainmans right shoulder ♊ 24 8 43 19 N 5 30 2 * Alhaiot His left shoulder The goate ♊ 16 18 45 7 N 4 48 1 * Alrucaba The North Pole starre ♊ 21 28 86 31 N 0 21 3 * Canopus The South starre ♋ 8 28 51 38 S 6 14 1 * Alhabor Syrius The great Dogge ♋ 8 58 15 55 S 6 29 1 * Algomeisa Procyon The lesser Dogge ♋ 20 28 5 52 N 7 20 1 * Rasalgeuse Geminies head ♋ 14 38 32 16 N 7 8 2 * Hercules The other Twins head ♋ 17 58 28 28 N 7 21 2 * The Souther guarde ♌ 8 28 75 35 N 14 0 2 * The Norther guarde ♌ 17 28 72 54 N 14 43 2 * Alphard The cleerest of the Snake ♌ 21 18 5 3 S 9 9 2 * Pectus Cancri The Maunger ♌ 1 38 20 29 N 8 16 Neb. * Dubhe The great Beares shoulder ♌ 11 58 62 27 N 10 46 2 * The great Beares nauill ♌ 13 28 58 7 N 10 33 2 * The great Beares tayle ♌ 24 23 59 9 N 11 46 3 * The great Beares left hinder legge ♌ 25 18 55 14 N 11 31 2 * Calb eleced Basiliscus The Lyons heart ♌ 23 48 13 46 N 9 45 1 * The Lyons necke ♌ 23 28 21 43 N 9 55 2 * The Lyons loynes ♍ 5 28 22 11 N 10 51 2 * Alioth The first of the great Beares tayle ♍ 3 28 57 29 N 12 33 2 * The middlemost of his tayle ♍ 9 18 56 49 N 13 1 2 * Elkerd bennenaz The last of the Beares taile ♍ 21 8 51 6 N 13 29 2 * The vtmost of the Virgins winge ♍ 20 18 9 22 N 11 34 3 * Deneb eleced The Lyons tayle ♍ 15 48 16 29 N 11 27 1 * Fundus Crateris Crater The Cupps bottome ♍ 17 38 16 15 S 10 38 4 * Praeuindemiatrix The Vintager ♎ 3 28 12 31 N 12 37 2 * Spica

N.E. and by E. From Derley to Cape de la Hague it falleth S.S.E. From Cape de la Hague to Aldernay N.E. In the Rasse of Blanquert it falleth N.E. From Dierley to the Caskets it falleth E. and w. From Garnsey to the Caskets it falleth a quarter of a tide East Southeast and the rest N.E. At the Sept Iles the flood falleth E. and by S. From the Sept Iles to S. Pol alongst the shoare E. by S. From S. Pol to the Fourne it falleth E. and by S. From the Fourne to S. Mathews poynct S. and by E. In the Bresont betweene Vshant and the Seames E.N.E. In the Ras of Fontenay the flood falleth thwart ouer the Rocke called the Emperesse and maketh a very great noyse and tumbling on the banke called the Calfe Furthermore vpon all the coastes of Poictou Gascoyne Biscay Gallicia Portugal and Spayne it falleth alwaies right of and on to and fro FOrasmuch as of late dayes many skilfull and experienced nauigators and shipmaisters haue most earnestly trauayled to finde out a sure and perfect way whereby with the help of some certayn signes or instruments aswell the Longitude of the place from East to West as the Altitude of the Pole betweene South and North might in sayling be secretly known yet haue brought nothing to light more then what long agoe was well knowne to our auncestors that is to say the vse of certaine instrumentes which in this thing are vncertayne though very good and perfect in that vse to the which they were first made and seeing that by them all there is not discouered any hidden way in the firmament by the which the Longitude of the place might certeinly be obserued and vsed I will not at this time make any mention thereof but deferre it till a fitter and more commodious time that I may then discouer to all men what I know therein Wherefore I would intreate all those that happily might finde this strange in a matter of such weight and importance not to be greeued thereat but paciently expect that which remaineth An exact description of the depths and soundings neere the diuers prouinces of our nauigation and first of Gascoigne Poictou and Brittayn WIthout Garumna the riuer of Bourdeaux there is 14. fatham depth but when you come within sight of Cordam tower but 30. fatham Ouer against the coast of Poictou 16. leagues without Oleron you haue 25. fath depth but comming neere the land of Poictou 8. leagues from the shoare you haue 35. fatham In the channell betweene Porthuis and Heys it is 30. fatham deepe and asmuch in the channell of Heys as also betweene Heys and Belile is the same depth VVithout the channell it is 35. fatham deepe but within are 25. fatham onely without Heys two Kenninges off there is found 45. fatham 22. Leagues Southwardes of Belile you haue 70. fatham but nyne leagues from the Northwest point of that Island towardes the Southwest is 60. fatham depth And ouer against the midst of Belile in 40. fatham depth you shall see land In your course betweene Belile and the Seems you may come no neere then 50. or 45. fatham If you sayle from Belile west and by North when you are against Gloyland you shall finde 60. fatham depth without and within the rocke which standes off Gloyland to the seawardes you haue 40. fatham water In 65. fatham depth without the west Penmarques you may saile Northwest and by west without the Seems but by night come no neerer then in 55. fatham for the ground is grosse and red sand full of round flints halfe a league west Southwest of the Seems is a ledge of rocks where you haue 7. fatham depth but betweene the Seems and the rocks there is 50. fatham water In the chanell betweene the Seems Heissand called Vshant you haue 55. fath depth the ground is grosse red sand mingled with little round stones red and black neere to Vshant there is 45. fatham but within it is of an vnequall and variable depth Southwestwardes almost six leagues off Vshant you haue 70. fatham and the ground is fine white sand mingled with litle white shelles and other small thinges like needles and then is Vshant East from you but if the sand be grosse and white mingled with great and white shels then is it Southeast to you But if you doubt of these grounds go Northerly if your sound be deeper then you are towardes the Seems if not so deepe then are you in the chanell almost North of Vshant Betweene vshant and Obeurac in the trade it is 60. fatham deepe betweene vshant and the Isles of Silly or sorlinges in the midst of the chanell there is 70. fatham depth If you sayle betweene the Seems and Vshant in 70. fatham water the ground will be of little blacke stones easie to be broken and of yellow earth or clay but if you finde red and hard sand goe Northward till you happen on white sand mingled with long strakes and then without doubt you sayle in the channell If setting from Cizarga you sayle N. northeastward in the Spanish seas towardes Vshant and finde your selfe in 80. fatham ye are 14. or 15. leagues off Vshant but comming neerer you shall haue 70. fatham water and be 10. leagues distant of Vshant But if you find the ground to be yellow shels little black stones then are you towards the Seems wherefore you must with the tide beare off northward to shunne Vshant vntill you finde white sand and thinges like needles for such are the groundes of the channell Betweene Vshant and the I le Base when you sayle at 4. fatham water you are 4. leagues off the shoare but by night come no neerer then 25. fatham when you are two leagues off Obcurac you shall finde 25. fatham depth but 8. leagues off the Sept Ilandes you haue 55. fatham A league without the rockes of Obeurac there is a blind or hidden rocke So that if you are to sayle vpon a boord betweene the Fourns and Obeurac come no neere that blinde rocke then 40. fatham but Eastwardes you may sayle in 30. or 25. fatham If a ship sayling west Southwest and Southwest and by west of the Isles of Sylly or Sorlinges at 80. fatham water be found by the crossestaffe or the Astrolabe to be vnder 49. degrees and 15. minutes of Altitude she is 26. leagues from land and must goe East and by North till she get 66. fatham water For then certeinly she is in the chanell betweene the Isles of Sylly and Vshant and then if she be bound for England she must sayle more Northward and betweene the lands end and the Lilard she shall haue 55. fatham depth A diligent description of the soundinges and groundes betweene Ireland England and Normandy THree leagues without the Iles of Dorsey vnder Ireland it is 45. fatham deepe In the chanell betweene Dorsey and Cape cleere is 42. or 43. fatham The chanell from Cape Cleere to the