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A20784	The vvorld encompassed by Sir Francis Drake being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios formerly imprinted; carefully collected out of the notes of Master Francis Fletcher preacher in this imployment, and diuers others his followers in the same: offered now at last to publique view, both for the honour of the actor, but especially for the stirring vp of herock spirits, to benefit their countrie, and eternize their names by like noble attempts.	Drake, Francis, Sir, d. 1637.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver.; Fletcher, Francis, 16th cent.	1628 (1628)	STC 7161; ESTC S105366	81,588	115

besides other necessaries bound for Brasill with many gentlemen and Marchants in her As we passed by with our fleet in sight of 3. of their townes they seemed very ioyfull that wee touched not with their coast and seeing vs depart peaceably in honour of our fleet and Generall or rather to signifie that they were prouided for an assault shot off two great peeces into the sea which were answered by one giuen them againe from vs. South west from Saint Iago in 14. deg 30. min. about twelue leagues distant yet by reason of the height seeming not aboue three leagues lyeth another Iland called of the Portugals Fogo viz. the burning Iland or fierie fornace in which riseth a steepe vpright hill by coniecture at least six leagues or eighteene English miles from the vpper part of the water within the bowels whereof is a consuming fire maintained by sulphury matter seeming to be of a maruellous depth and also very wide The fire sheweth it selfe but foure times in an houre at which times it breaketh our with such violence and force and in such maine abundance that besides that it giueth light like the Moone a great way off it seemeth that it would not stay till it touch the heauens themselues Herein are ingendred great store of pumice stones which being in the vehement heate of the fire caried vp without the mouth of that fiery body fall downe with other grosse and slimy matter vpon the hill to the continuall increasing of the same And many times these stones falling downe into the sea are taken vp and vsed as we our selues had experience by sight of them swimming on the water The rest of the Iland is fruitfull notwithstanding and is inhabited by Portugals who liue very commodiously therein as in the other Ilands thereabout Vpon the South side about two leagues off this Iland of burning lyeth a most sweet and pleasant Iland the trees thereof are alwaies greene and faire to looke on the soile almost full set with trees in respect wherof it s named the Braue Iland being a store-house of many fruits and commodities as figges alwayes ripe cocos plantons orenges limons cotton c. from the bancks into the sea do runne in many places the siluer streames of sweet and wholsome water which with boats or pinnaces may easily be taken in But there is no conuenient place or roade for ships neither any anchoring at all For after long triall and often casting of leades there could no ground be had at any hand neither was it euer knowne as is reported that any line would fetch ground in any place about that Iland So that the top of Fogo burneth not so high in the aire but the roote of Braua so is the Iland called is buried and quenched as low in the seas The onely inhabitant of this Iland is an Heremit as we suppose for we found no other houses but one built as it seemed for such a purpose and he was so delighted in his solitarie liuing that he would by no meanes abide our comming but fled leauing behind him the relicks of his false worship to wit a crosse with a crucifix an altar with his superaltar and certaine other idols of wood of rude workemanship Here we dismissed the Portugals taken neere Saint Iago and gaue to them in exchange of their old ship our new pinnace built at Mogadore Feb. 1 with wine bread and fish for their prouision and so sent them away Febr. 1. Hauing thus visited as is declared the Ilands of cape Verde and prouided fresh water as we could Feb. 2 the second of Febr. we departed thence directing our course towards the straights so to passe into the South sea in which course wee sayled 63. dayes without sight of land passing the line equinoctiall Feb. 17 the 17. day of the same moneth till we fell with the coast of Brasill the fift of April following Apr. 5 During which long passage on the vast gulph where nothing but sea beneath vs and aire aboue vs was to be seene as our eies did behold the wonderfull workes of God in his creatures which he hath made innumerable both small and great beasts in the great and wide seas so did our mouthes taste and our natures feed on the goodnesse thereof in such fulnesse at all times and in euery place as if he had commanded and enioyned the most profitable and glorious works of his hands to waite vpon vs not alone for the reliefe of our necessities but also to giue vs delight in the contemplation of his excellence in beholding the variety and order of his prouidence with a particular tast of his fatherly care ouer vs all the while The truth is wee often met with aduerse winds vn welcome stormes and to vs at that time lesse welcome calmes and being as it were in the bosome of the burning zone we felt the effects of sultring heat not without the affrights of flashing lightnings and terrifyings of often claps of thunder yet stil with the admixture of many comforts For this we could not but take notice of that whereas we were but badly furnished our case considered of fresh water hauing neuer at all watred to any purpose or that we could say wee were much the better for it from our first setting forth out of England till this time nor meeting with any place where we might conueniently water till our comming to the riuer of Plate long after continually after once we were come within foure degrees of the line on this side viz. after Feb. 10. and till we were past the line as many degrees towards the South viz. till Feb. 27. there was no one day went ouer vs but we receiued some raine whereby our want of water was much supplyed This also was obseruable that of our whole fleet being now 6. in number notwithstanding the vncouthnes of the way and what euer other difficulties by weather or otherwise wee met withall not any one in all this space lost company of the rest except onely our Portugall prise for one day who March 28. was seuered from vs but the day following March 29. shee found vs againe to both here owne and our no little comfort shee had in her 28. of our men and the best part of all our prouision for drinke her short absence caused much doubting and sorrow in the whole companie neither could shee then haue been finally lost without the ouerthrow of the whole voyage Among the many strange creatures which we sawe we tooke heedfull notice of one as strange as any to wit the flying fish a fish of the bignes and proportion of a reasonable or middle sort of Pilchards hee hath finnes of the length of his whole body from the bulk to the top of the taile bearing the forme and supplying the like vse to him that wings doe to other creatures By the helpe of these finnes whē he is chased of the Bonito or great mackrel whom the Aurata or dolphin likewise