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they were thus anchored at this island, there came to them two paráos, and brought them fowls and cocoa nuts, and told them that they had already seen there other men like them, from which they presumed that these might be Lequios or Mogores;[1] a nation of people who have this name, or Chiis;[2] and thence they set sail, and navigated further on amongst many islands, to which they gave the name of the Valley Without Peril, and also St. Lazarus,[3] and they ran on to another island twenty leagues from that[4] from which they sailed, which is in ten degrees,[5] and came to anchor at another island, which is named Macangor,[6]which is in nine degrees; and in this island they were very well received, and they placed a cross in it.[7]This king conducted them thence a matter of thirty leagues to another island named Cabo,[8]

    because here we found two springs of excellent water, and the first signs of there being gold in the country." Lisbon Ac. note.

  1. Paris MS. Guoroos. Lisbon Ac. note.
  2. Paris, "Chinas."
  3. Paris MS.: "To which they gave the name of Archipelago of St. Lazarus." We suspect there is some error of the copyist here in our text, not only on account of the novelty of the name Val Sem Periguo but also on account of its impropriety. The Paris MS. says simply Archipelago of St. Lazarus. Pigafetta also says, "They gave the name of Archipelago of St. Lazarus," as they arrived there on the 5th Sunday of Lent, which is named of Lazarus. Now, these islands are named Philippines, which was given them in the year 1542, in honour of D. Philip of Austria, son of Charles V, and afterwards King of Castile. They are between 225 deg. and 235 deg. W long. of Ferro, consequently between 195 deg. and 205 deg. from the line of demarcation. Lisbon Ac. note.
  4. Paris MS.; "They ran a matter of 25 leagues from that."
  5. Madrid MS., 9 degrees.
  6. Paris MS., Maçaguoa. Madrid MS., Maquamguoa.
  7. It appears this cross was set up in the island of Massana, where Mass was celebrated on the last day of March, which in this year was Easter Sunday. The island is set down by Pigafetta in 9 deg. 40 min., and the editor puts it in 192 deg. W. long. from the line of demarcation.
  8. This island, which is named and written Cabo in both MSS., is the island Zebu, one of the Philippines, which others write Cabu, Zabu, Subsuth, Zubut, Cubo, Subo, and Zubo, for it is found in all these forms in different writings. Lisbon Ac. note.