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Igitur vt dixi ab Olyſippo. vnde digreſſi ſumus: qd̓ ab linea equinoctiali diſtat gͣdibꝰ trigintanoueꝫ ſemis nauigauimus vltra lineā eqͥnoctialē ꝑ qͥnqͣginta gͣdus qui ſi mul iuncti efficiūt gradꝰ circiter nonagīta: q̄ ſūma eā quartā partē obtineat ſummi circuli ẜm verā menſure rōnē ab antiqͥs nob̓ tradi­tam. manifeſtū eſt nos nauigaſſe quartā mūdi partē. Et hac raitōe nos Olyſippum habitātes circa lineā equinoctialē gradu trigeſimo nono ſemīs in latitudine ſeptētrionali ſumꝰ ad illos qui gͣdū qͥngen teſimo habitāt vltrā eandē lineā in meridionali latitudīe angularit̉ gradꝰ qͥnqꝫ in linea trāſuerſali: et vt clariꝰ intelligas: Perpēdicularꝭ linea/ quā dū recti ſtamꝰ a puncto celi imminēte vertici nr̄o depēdet in caput noſtꝝ: illis depēdet in latꝰ ⁊ in coſtas. Quo fit vt nos ſimꝰ in linea recta: ipſi vero in linea tranſuerſa. et ſpecies fiat trianguli or thogoni. cuius vicem linee tenemꝰ cathete. ipſi aūt Baſis et hipote­nuſa a nr̄o ad illoꝝ ꝓtendit̉ verticē: vt in figura patꝫ. Et hec de Coſ­mographia dicta ſufficiant. Hec fuerūt notabiliora que viderim in hac mea vltima nauiga­tione quā appello diē tertiū. Nam alij duo dies fuerūt due alie naui gatiōes qͣs ex mādato Sereniſſimi hiſpaniaꝝ Regꝭ feci verſus occi dentē. in qͥbꝰ ānotaui mirāda ab illo ſublimi oīm creatore deo nr̄o ꝑfecta reꝝ notabiliū Diarium feci. vt ſi qn̄ mihi ociū dabit̉ poſſim omnia hec ſingl̓aria. atqꝫ mirabilia colligere. et vel Geographie: vel Cōſmogͣphie librū ꝯſcribere: vt mei recordatio apd̓ poſteros viuat. ⁊ oīpotentꝭ dei cogͦſcat̉ tā īmēſum artificiū in ꝑte priſcis ignotū. nob̓ aūt cognitū. Oro itaqꝫ clemētiſſimū deum/ ꝙ mihi dies vite ꝓroget. vt cū ſua bona gr̄a/ atqꝫ aīe ſalute huiꝰ mee volūtatꝭ optimā diſpoſi­tionē ꝑficere poſſim. Alios dn̄os dies in ſanctuarijs meis ſeruo: ⁊ re ſtituēte mihi hoc ſereniſſimo Rege diem tertiū patriā ⁊ quietē repe­tere conabor. vbi ⁊ cū peritis ꝯferre: ⁊ ab amicꝭ id opus ꝑficiendum confortari/ et adiuuari valeam. A te veniā poſco Si nō vltimā hanc meam nauiga tionē ſeu potiꝰ vltimū diē tibi nō tranſmiſi: vti poſtremis meis lr̄is tibi pollicitꝰ fuerā. Cauſam noſti qm̄ necdū ab hͦ ſereniſſimo rege Archatipū habere potui. Mecū co­gito adhuc efficere qͣrtū diem/ ⁊ hͦ ꝑtracto: ⁊ iā mihi duaꝝ nauiū cū ſuis armamētis ꝓmiſſio ſcā eſt: vt ad ꝑqͥrendas nouas regiōes ꝟſus meridiē a latere orientꝭ me accingā ꝑ ventū qui Africus d̓r. In quo die multa cogito efficere in dei laudē. ⁊ huiꝰ regni vtilitatē ⁊ ſenectu tis mee honorem. et nihil aliud expecto/ niſi huius ſereniſſimi Regꝭ conſenſum. Deus id ꝑmittat/ quod melius eſt. quid fiet intelligest