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near three and twenty Degrees of South-Latitude, some Discontent began to ap-pear among the Men, which was soondown over: But proceeding to the Bayof St. Julian, in nine and forty Degreesof South-Latitude, where they wereforced to winter, the Mutiny grew sohigh, three of the Captains, and mostof the Men being engaged, and conspir-ing the Death of their General, thatMagellan , having in vain endeavouredto appease it by fair Means, was forcedto use his Authority. He executed twoof the Captains, with Lr/y.k de Mendo-za, their Treasurer, and set a third{John de Carthagena) with a Priest, whohad fided with them, on Shoar, amongthe wild Indians. This done, he erect-ed a Cross, in Token of Posleslion, andproceeded on his Voyage. On the twen-ty-first of OSlober 1520. having been outabove a Year, he discovered the Cape,which he called Cabo de las Virgines , orthe Virgin's Cape, because that Daywas the Feast of St. Ursula , and theeleven Thousand Virgins, and thereturned into the Streight he went inSearch of, which, from him, is to thisDay called the Streight of Magellan. Itlies in fifty-two Degrees of South-Lati-tude, is about a Hundred Leagues, orsomewhat more, in Length, in somePartsa League wide, in some more, in someless, but all narrow, and inclosed withhigh Land, on both Sides, some bare,some covered with Woods, and some ofthe loftiest Mountains with Snow. Hav-ing failed about fifty Leagues in thisStreight, they discovered another Branchof it, and Magellan sent one of his Shipsto bring him some Account of it: Butthe Seamen, being parted from him,took the Opportunity, and confiningtheir Captain, for opposing their De-sign, returned into Spain, being eightMonths on their Return.

Magellan having waited, beyondthe time appointed, and finding theydid not return to him, proceeded thro'the Streight, and came into the South-Sea, with only three Ships, having lostone in his Passage, but all the Men sa-ved, and another, as I said before, hav-ving deserted him. The last Land of theStreight he called Cabo Defeado, or thedesired Cape ; Because it was the End ofhis desired Passage to th eSouth-Sea •And the Entrance into that Sea henamed Mare Pacific urn. The Coldbeing something sharp, be thoughtfit to draw nearer to the Equi-

nodiial, and accordingly steered Weft- 2^19.North-Weft , it being the eight andtwentieth of November, 1520. In thisManner he failed, three Months andtwenty Days, without seeing Land,which reduced them to such Streights,that they were forced to eat all the old They are n-Leather they had on Board, and to duce <l t0 .drink stinking and putrifyed Water, of Dl ~which nineteen Men died, and near Jthirty were so weak, that they could dono Service. After fifteen HundredLeaguesSailing, he found a small Island,in eighty-eight Degrees of South- Lati-tude, and 200 Leagues farther, another,but nothing considerable in them ; Andtherefore held on his Course, till, in a-bout twelve Degrees of North-Latitude,he came to those Islands which he called r , ,De Jos Ladrones, or of Theives; Because Thieves Sthe Natives hovered about his Ships, intheir Boats, and, coming aboard, stoleevery Thing they could lay hold ossFinding no good to be done here, hefailed again, and discovering a greatNumber of Islands together, he gavethat Sea the Name of Archipelago de St.

Lazero, being those we now call thePhilippines. On the eight and twentiethot March, he anchored by the Island ofButhuan, where he was friendly receiv-ed by the Natives and their King,and got some Gold, which they siftedout of the Earth of the Mines, andfound in Pieces, some as big as Nuts,and others as large as Eggs. Fromthence they removed to the Isle of MeJ-Jana, at a small Distance from the others,and thence to that of Cebu. As myDesign is only to speak of the Discove-ries Magellan made, I pass by the friend-ly Reception he met with in thisIsland, and the Success he had in con-verting all the Inhabitants to the Christi-an Faith.

M a g e l l a n, having hitherto succeeded Mageliaaso well, stood over to the Island of Ma- killed,tan, where, not agreing with the Na-tives, he came to a Battle, and was kill-ed in it, with a poisoned Arrow, toge-ther with eight of his Men. After thisDisaster, the Rest failed over to the I-sland Bohol, under the Command of O-doardo Bar bafta, and being too weak to Bis Mencarry Home their three Ships, burnt burn one ofone of them, (the Conception ) aftertaking out the Cannon, and all thatcould be of Use to them. Being nowreduced to two Ships, they made awayto the South-ward, in search of the Mo-lucco- Islands, and instead of them fell

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