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and_o remedy_v doubtless_o whosoever_o shall_v be_v the_o author_n of_o this_o reformation_n will_v gain_v with_o god_n a_o everlasting_a reward_n and_o of_o his_o country_n a_o statue_n of_o gold_n for_o a_o perpetual_a memory_n of_o so_o meritorious_a a_o worke._n sect_n xliiii_o a_o league_n or_o better_a before_o a_o man_n discover_v this_o bay_n to_o the_o southward_o bay_n lie_v a_o great_a rock_n or_o small_a island_n near_o the_o shore_n under_o which_o for_o a_o need_n a_o man_n may_v ride_v with_o his_o ship_n it_o be_v a_o good_a mark_n and_o sure_a sign_n of_o the_o port_n and_o discover_v the_o bay_a a_o man_n must_v give_v a_o good_a birth_n to_o the_o point_n of_o the_o harbour_n for_o it_o have_v perilous_a rock_n lie_v a_o good_a distance_n off_o it_o neither_o eb_v nor_o flow_v in_o this_o port_n nor_o from_o this_o till_o a_o man_n come_v to_o guayaquill_n which_o be_v three_o degree_n from_o the_o equinoctial_a line_n to_o the_o southward_o let_v this_o be_v 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carry_v with_o she_o a_o spare_a rudder_n rudder_n and_o they_o have_v they_o to_o hang_v and_o unhange_v with_o great_a facility_n and_o beside_o in_o some_o part_n of_o the_o ship_n they_o have_v the_o length_n breadth_n and_o proportion_n of_o the_o rudder_n mark_v out_o for_o any_o mischance_n that_o may_v befall_v they_o which_o be_v a_o very_a good_a prevention_n ten_o league_n to_o the_o north-ward_n of_o this_o harbour_n be_v the_o bay_n of_o quintera_fw-fr quintera_n where_o be_v good_a anchor_a but_o a_o open_a bay_n where_o master_n thomas_n candish_n for_o the_o good_a he_o have_v do_v to_o a_o spaniard_n in_o bring_v he_o out_o of_o the_o strait_o of_o magellan_n where_o otherwise_o hispanum_fw-la he_o
profit_n themselves_o of_o their_o labour_n and_o travel_n and_o recompense_v they_o bad_o they_o be_v in_o worse_a condition_n than_o their_o slave_n for_o to_o those_o they_o give_v sustenance_n houseroom_n and_o clothing_n and_o teach_v they_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n but_o the_o other_o they_o use_v as_o beast_n to_o do_v their_o labour_n without_o wage_n or_o care_n of_o their_o body_n or_o soul_n sect_n xlviii_o thwart_v of_o ariquipa_n the_o ship_n we_o bring_v with_o we_o from_o balparizo_n be_v very_a leak_n and_o my_o company_n satisfy_v that_o their_o hope_n to_o find_v any_o thing_n of_o worth_n in_o she_o be_v vain_a have_v search_v she_o from_o post_n to_o stem_v condescend_v to_o fire_v she_o and_o the_o rather_o to_o keep_v our_o company_n together_o which_o can_v not_o well_o suffer_v any_o division_n more_o than_o of_o mere_a necessity_n so_o by_o general_a accord_n we_o ease_v ourselves_o of_o she_o and_o continue_v our_o course_n alongst_o the_o coast_n till_o 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ship_n and_o so_o to_o forsake_v she_o although_o by_o the_o event_n in_o that_o occasion_n this_o prove_v good_a notwithstanding_o i_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v reprove_v where_o the_o enemy_n be_v far_o superior_a in_o multitude_n and_o force_n and_o able_a to_o come_v and_o board_n if_o he_o list_v and_o that_o the_o sure_a course_n be_v to_o fortify_v the_o principal_a the_o best_a that_o may_v be_v and_o to_o cutof_a all_o impediment_n where_o a_o man_n be_v force_v to_o defence_n for_o that_o no_o man_n be_v assure_v to_o have_v time_n answerable_a to_o his_o purpose_n and_o will_n and_o upon_o doubt_n whether_o the_o other_o in_o hope_n to_o save_v themselves_o will_v not_o leave_v he_o in_o great_a extremity_n sect_n xlix_o we_o present_o put_v ourselves_o in_o the_o best_a order_n we_o can_v to_o fight_v and_o to_o defend_v ourselves_o our_o prayer_n we_o make_v unto_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o battle_n for_o his_o help_n and_o our_o deliverance_n put_v ourselves_o whole_o into_o 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