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undertake_v a_o enterprise_n so_o difficult_a and_o full_a of_o danger_n sect_n xx._n from_o the_o tropic_a of_o cancer_n to_o three_o or_o four_o degree_n of_o the_o equinoctial_a the_o breze_n which_o be_v the_o north-east_n wind_n do_v reign_n in_o our_o ocean_n sea_n the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o year_n except_o it_o be_v near_o the_o shore_n and_o then_o the_o wind_n be_v variable_a in_o three_o or_o four_o degree_n of_o either_o side_n the_o line_n the_o wind_n hang_v southerly_a in_o the_o month_n of_o july_n august_n september_n and_o october_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o year_n from_o the_o cape_n bona_fw-la esperança_fw-la to_o the_o land_n of_o azores_n the_o breze_n reign_v continual_o and_o some_o year_n in_o the_o other_o month_n also_o or_o calm_n but_o he_o that_o purpose_v to_o cross_v the_o line_n from_o the_o north-ward_n to_o the_o southward_o southward_o the_o best_a and_o sure_a passage_n be_v in_o the_o month_n of_o january_n february_n and_o march_n in_o 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