Poi nauigassemo aL maystrale dui mesi continui senza pigliare refrigerio alcuno in questo pocho tempo ne morseno vinti vno homo Quando li butauamo neL mare li xp̃iani andauão al fondo con lo volto in suso et li Jndij sempre cõ lo volto in giu et se dio non ne conduceua bon tempo tucti moriuão de fame alfine constrecti de la grande necesitade andassemo a le ysole de capo verde.
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Then we sailed northwest for two months continually without taking on any fresh food or water [refrigerio]. Twenty-one men died during that short time. When we cast them into the sea, the Christians went to the bottom face upward, while the Indians always went down face downward. Had not God given us good weather we would all have perished of hunger. Finally, constrained by our great extremity, we went to the islands of Capo Verde.
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