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BOUT
the
Year
1484,
acertain
Pilot, Native of
Hflvainth~
Cóúnty.. of
Niehla,
call~d
Alonfo Sanche~,
ufüally Tráded
iri
a fmall
Veffel from
S¡ain
to the
Canaries
;
and there Lading the Commo–
dities of that Countrey, failed
to
the
Madera,,
and thence freigh-
.
tecfwith Sugar and Conferves, returned home into
Spain
;
this was
·.
;
nis
coníl:ant courfe and ttafick, when in one of theíe Voyages mee.:
ttñg
with a
moíl: viole11t
Tem:peíl-.
and notable to bear
fail,
he was forced to puc
-before rheWind for the fpace of
28
or
2
9
days, noc
kuvvvins where
Ol"-Whither
he werit, for in all that time he was not able to take an obfervation of rhe height·
of the Sun.; ~d
fo
grievous wasthe fiorm, that the Mariners cquld with no c9n–
ve.nience éil:her eat _or fleep; Ar length, after fo many long áµd teadious days, che
Wind abating, they foun·J themfelves near an Iíland, which it \3/as, is not cer–
rainly known , but i~ is believed to ~ave-been St.
Dotningo,
becaufe rhat lyes juft
Weíl: from the
Canaries,
whence a fiorm at Eaíl: had driven the Ship, which
is
t,he more firange; becaufe the Eaíl:erly Winds feldom blow hard in chofe Seas, and
rather.make
fait
weather; than tempeíl:uous. Bue God, who
is
all-füfficient, in–
tending to beíl:ow his mercies, can make cauf es produce effeéts contrary to their
natu"re; as when he drew water from the Rock, .and cured che blind with Clay;
in like manner his immenfe goodnefs_and_ compaffion defigning to tranfinit the
light of the true Gofpel into the new World, fuade úfe of thefe unufual me¡¡ns
to convect them from the Idolatry of Gentiliü-i:t , and fi:om their foolilh and dark
. .
fuperíl:iti~ns, ·as íhall be related in the fequel of this Hiíl:ory.
.
. The,Maíl;er landing on the fhore
1
obferved the height of the Sun, and fo no–
ted:parr~rulqr1Y.
iB.
writing what he had feen, and whac had happened in this Voy–
-agereur:''ati&hoine~-:'and having fupplied himfelf wich freili water and wood,
hé
put
tó
Se;(¿gám\'but
having not well obferved his courfe thither, his way
ro
return was the more difficult,'and made his Voyage fo long, chat he began to want
boch water and pr?vi~ons,.which being added
to
their forni~r fufferings, the ped·
ple .fell fick, and d1ed mthat manner, that of
17
perfons which carne out of
Spain,
there remained but five onely alive, when they arrived at the
Tercew,
of which
tbe Maíl:er was one. Thefe carne all to lodge at the Houfe of that famous
Gé·
,noe(e,
called
Chriftppher
*Colon,
becaufe they knew him to be a great Seaman and
"'or
Co/um·
Coúnographer, and
.one who made Sea-cans to
fail
by; and for this teafon he
hu,.
received chem wich
mu.ch~indnefs, and treaced them with all things neceífary,
that
fo
he might !ear
n fromchem the particulars which occurred, and ene difcoveries
they had made in this laborious Voyage: bue in regard they brought a languiíliing
diílernper wich them, caufed by their Sufferings at Sea, and of which they could
not be recovered by the kind ufage of
Colon,
they ali happened tó dye in his·houfe,
l~aving their labours for his iühericance; the which 11e improved witb füch readí-
nefs of mind, that he uriderwent more, and greater, than
they,
ín regard than.they
.
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laíl:ed