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isle_n yet_o not_o without_o some_o care_n because_o divers_a shoal_n lie_v near_o the_o coast._n the_o eighteen_o be_v saturday_n van_n campen_n set_v sail_n with_o his_o squadron_n the_o wind_n nor-nor-east_n and_o laveer_v it_o between_o campen_v point_n and_o the_o forementioned_a isle_n between_o seven_o and_o thirteen_o fathom_v water_n gravelly_a ground_n they_o discover_v the_o old_a zajer_n isle_n east-nor-east_n four_o or_o five_o league_n distant_a in_o twenty_o seven_o degree_n and_o fifteen_o minute_n northern_a latitude_n and_o about_o noon_n come_v to_o a_o anchor_n in_o ten_o fathom_v water_n gravelly_a ground_n in_o the_o night_n set_v sail_n again_o they_o run_v the_o next_o day_n about_o noon_n behind_o campen_v bay_n where_o they_o be_v force_v to_o lie_v till_o friday_n the_o twenty_o four_o by_o contrary_a wind_n tide_n and_o calm_n towards_o night_n the_o finch_n come_v also_o to_o a_o anchor_n there_o friday_n the_o twenty_o four_o the_o ship_n go_v to_o sea_n 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behind_o the_o isle_n without_o make_v the_o reason_n thereof_o know_v the_o next_o day_n force_v by_o storm_n to_o come_v to_o a_o anchor_n again_o in_o ten_o fathom_v water_n he_o be_v drive_v from_o two_o anchor_n towards_o the_o seven_o rock_n a_o little_a southward_n of_o zwatia_n not_o without_o great_a danger_n of_o shipwreck_n the_o city_n zwatia_n lie_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o river_n near_o the_o sea_n and_o also_o ruin_v zwathia_n by_o the_o tartar_n be_v inhabit_v by_o mean_a and_o poor_a people_n which_o be_v very_o slow_a in_o rebuild_v the_o same_o opposite_a to_o the_o nor-west_n side_n of_o the_o river_n lie_v a_o village_n call_v zwatho_n whither_o most_o of_o the_o citizen_n flee_v it_o be_v not_o lay_v waste_n by_o the_o tartar_n the_o first_o of_o january_n van_n campen_n conclude_v upon_o advice_n of_o the_o ship_n council_n by_o force_n of_o a_o storm_n out_o of_o the_o nor-east_n and_o by_o east_n to_o set_v sail_n again_o to_o get_v from_o the_o shore_n so_o that_o he_o drive_v down_o sou-west_n and_o by_o south_n to_o brest-island_n and_o in_o the_o afternoon_n come_v to_o a_o anchor_n in_o the_o bay_n behind_o campen_v point_n in_o nine_o fathom_n the_o other_o frigate_n and_o the_o finch_n lay_v still_o at_o anchor_n contrary_a to_o their_o order_n the_o three_o the_o ankeveen_n frigate_n command_v by_o jacob_n swart_a have_v be_v busy_v about_o get_v his_o anchor_n aboard_o come_v and_o ride_v by_o the_o vice-admiral_n the_o four_o in_o the_o afternoon_n they_o spy_v in_o the_o sou-sou-west_n between_o seventy_o and_o eighty_o fisher-jonks_a and_o other_o vessel_n stand_v towards_o the_o north_n which_o they_o let_v all_o pass_v about_o the_o evening_n they_o stand_v to_o and_o again_o yet_o be_v get_v out_o of_o sight_n next_o morning_n on_o which_o the_o captain_n auke_n pieters_n be_v command_v to_o go_v ashore_o with_o fifty_o man_n to_o gather_v sallad-herb_n and_o potato_n to_o refresh_v their_o people_n the_o six_o in_o the_o evening_n the_o four_o other_o ship_n come_v to_o a_o anchor_n near_o van_n campen_n have_v before_o lie_v behind_o the_o isle_n northward_o of_o the_o river_n zwatia_n the_o eight_o in_o the_o morning_n they_o spy_v six_o jonk_n fish_v in_o the_o sou-east_n and_o by_o east_n behind_o the_o breast-isle_n and_o in_o the_o afternoon_n two_o ship_n in_o the_o sou-east_n in_o the_o bay_n of_o pakka_n and_o also_o hear_v the_o report_n of_o several_a cannon_n shot_n from_o thence_o whereupon_o a_o council_n be_v call_v harmans_n symonsz_n commander_n of_o the_o high_a land_n frigate_n be_v send_v thither_o with_o order_n that_o when_o he_o come_v to_o they_o he_o shall_v fire_v five_o gun_n one_o after_o another_o if_o he_o need_v van_n campen_n assistance_n if_o not_o to_o fire_v none_o but_o come_v back_o to_o the_o fleet._n against_o the_o evening_n the_o high-land_n frigate_n come_v to_o a_o anchor_n south-west_n and_o by_o south_n three_o league_n
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degree_n of_o capricorn_n which_o never_o fail_v to_o shoot_v forth_o in_o a_o short_a time_n for_o they_o have_v either_o observe_v by_o experience_n or_o learn_v from_o the_o ancient_n from_o time_n to_o time_n that_o only_o this_o day_n be_v fit_a for_o that_o business_n viz._n that_o if_o a_o sprig_n of_o what_o tree_n soever_o be_v plant_v or_o set_v in_o the_o ground_n on_o that_o day_n it_o will_v very_o sudden_o become_v a_o fruit_n bearing_n tree_n plant_n divers_a sort_n of_o strange_a herb_n tree_n root_n cane_n and_o flower_n grow_v in_o the_o country_n of_o china_n some_o of_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o china_n only_o other_o again_o common_a to_o that_o with_o other_o country_n especial_o india_n most_o of_o the_o province_n yield_v each_o of_o they_o many_o herb_n which_o be_v of_o a_o strange_a sovereign_a virtue_n in_o the_o seven_o county_n kingyangfu_n in_o the_o province_n of_o xensi_fw-la grow_v a_o herb_n kinsu_fw-la in_o manner_n like_o a_o tuft_n of_o yellow_a 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