The fifteenth hereof we departed from Flushing with two ships in Consort, the Lion and Lionesse: the Lion being foure hundred tuns, had in her a hundred three and twentie persons: the Lionesse two hundred and fiftie tuns, had a hundred persons. Mushrom, Clark, and Monef of Middleborough, Owners and only Adventurers thereof. Cornelius Howteman, chiefe Commander of both ships, having a Commission from Grave Maurice, by the name Generall. The two and twentieth we anchored in Tor bay with bad winds.

The seventh we set saile, the twentieth we had sight of Porto Santo, the three and twentieth we fell with Palma : the last hereof we came with the Islands of Cape Verde.

The first we anchored at Saint Nicholas, one of the said Ilands in latitude sixteene degrees sixteene minutes. Here wee watered the seventh, wee departed the ninth, wee fell with Saint Jago.

The ninth we fell with the Coast of Brasill, in seven June, degrees of South latitude, not being able to double Cape Saint Augustine : for being about the Line we had very unconstant weather and bad windes; being in this desperate case, we shaped our course for a small Ile named Fernando Loronha, in foure degrees of South latitude, the fifteenth we anchored upon the North-side thereof in eighteene fathomes. We found in this Iland twelve Negroes, eight men, foure women.