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DEPARTURE FROM SPAIN
 On Monday morning, August X, St. Lawrence’s Day,
in the year above said, the fleet, having been supplied
with all the things necessary to the sea, (and counting
those of every nationality, we were two hundred and
thirty-seven men), made ready to leave the harbor of
Siviglia… From Siviglia to this point (i.e, San Lucar), it
is 17 or 20 leagues by river.
Some days after, the captain-general, with his
other captains, descended the river in the small
boats belongings to their ships. WE remained
there for a considerable number of days in
order to finish (providing) the fleet with some
things that it needed.
Every day WE went a shore to hear mass in a
village called Nostra Dona de Baremeda (our Lady
of Barrameda), near San Lucar. Before the
departure, the captain-general wished all the men to
confess, and would not allow any woman to sail the
fleet for the best of considerations.
 WE left the village, by name San Luchar, on
Tuesday, September XX of the same year, and took a
southwest course. On the 26th of the said month, we
reached an island of Great Canaria, called Teneriphe,
which lies in a latitude of 23 degrees, (landing there)
in order to get flesh, water, and wood…
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