notwithstanding this hard beginning, it fell out so luckily, that i found in the roade a great shippe called the caualla of venice, wherein after agreement made with the patron, i shipped my selfe the 24. of may in the said yere 1553. and the 25 by reason of the winde blowing hard and contrary, we were not able to enter the straits of gibraltar, but were put to the coast of barbarie, where we ankered in the maine sea 2. leagues from shore, and continued so vntill two houres before sunne set, and then we weighed againe, and turned our course towards the straits, where we entered the 26 day aforesayd, the winde being calme, but the current of the straites very fauourable. the same day the winde beganne to rise somewhat, and blew a furthering gale, and so continued at northwest vntill we arriued at legorne the third of iune. and from thence riding ouer land vnto venice, i prepared for my voyage to ierusalem in the pilgrimes shippe. [sidenote: the ship fila cauena departeth for ierusalem. rouigno a port in istria.] i john locke, accompanied with maister anthony rastwold, and diuers other, hollanders, zelanders, almaines and french pilgrimes entered the good shippe called fila cauena of venice, the 16 of july 1553. and the 17 in the morning we weighed our anker and sailed towardes the coast of istria, to the port of rouigno, and the said day there came aboard of our ship the perceuena of the shippe named tamisari, for to receiue the rest of all the pilgrimes money, which was in all after the rate of 55. crownes for euery man for that voyage, after the rate of fiue shillings starling to the crowne: this done, he returned to venice. [sidenote: sancta eufemia.] the 19 day we tooke fresh victuals aboard, and with the bote that brought the fresh provision we went on land to the towne, and went to see the church of sancta eufemia, where we sawe the bodie of the sayd saint. [sidenote: monte de ancona.] the 20 day wee departed from rouignio, and about noone we had sight of monte de ancona, and the hilles of dalmatia, or else of sclauonia both at one time, and by report they are 100. miles distant from ech other, and more. [sidenote: il pomo.] the 21 we sayled still in sight of dalmatia, and a little before noone, we had a sight of a rocke in the midst of the sea, called in the italian il pomo, it appeareth a farre off to be in shape like a sugarloafe. [sidenote: sant andrea.] also we sawe another rocke about two miles compasse called sant andrea; on this rocke is only one monasterie of friers: [sidenote: lissa an iland.] we sayled betweene them both, and left s. andrea on the left hand of vs, and we had also kenning of another iland called lissa, all on the left hande, these three ilands lie east and west in the sea, and at the sunne setting we had passed them. [sidenote: lezina iland.] il pomo is distant from sant andrea 18 miles, and s. andrea from lissa ten miles, and lissa from another iland called lezina, which standeth betweene the maine of dalmatia and lissa, tenne miles. this iland is inhabited and hath great plentie of wine and frutes and hereagainst we were becalmed. [sidenote: catza. pelagosa.] the 22. we had sight of another small iland called catza, which is desolate and on the left hand, and on the right hand, a very dangerous iland called pelagosa, this is also desolate, and lyeth in the midst of the sea betweene both the maines: it is very dangerous and low land, and it hath a long ledge of rockes lying out sixe miles into the sea, so that many ships by night are cast away vpon them. there is betweene catza and pelagosa 30 miles, and these two ilands are distant from venice 400. miles. [sidenote: augusta.] there is also about twelue miles eastward, a great iland called augusta, about 14 miles in length, somewhat hillie, and well inhabited, and fruitfull of vines, corne and other fruit, this also we left on the left hand: and we haue hitherto kept our course from rouignio east southeast. [sidenote: meleda. mount sant angelo.] this iland is vnder the signiorie or gouernement of ragusa, it is distant from ragusa 50 miles, and there is by that iland a greater, named meleda, which is also vnder the gouernement of ragusa, it is about 30 miles in length, and inhabited, and hath good portes, it lyeth by east from augusta, and ouer against this iland lyeth a hill called monte s. angelo, vpon the coast of puglia in italy, and we had sight of both landes at one time. the 23 we sayled all the day long by the bowline alongst the coast of ragusa, and towardes night we were within 7. or 8. miles of ragusa, that we might see the white walles, but because it was night, we cast about to the sea, minding at the second watch, to beare in againe to ragusa, for to know the newes of the turkes armie, but the winde blew so hard and contrary, that we could not. [sidenote: ragusa paieth 14000. sechinos to the turke yerely.] this citie of ragusa paieth tribute to the turke yerely fourteene thousand sechinos, and euery sechino is of venetian money eight liuers and two soldes, besides other presents which they giue to the turkes bassas when they come thither. the venetians haue a rocke or cragge within a mile of the said towne, for the which the raguseos would giue much money, but they doe keepe it more for the namesake, then for profite. this rocke lieth on the southside of the towne, and is called il cromo, there is nothing on it but onely a monasterie called sant ieronimo. the maine of the turkes countrie is bordering on it within one mile, for the which cause they are in great subiection. this night we were put backe by contrarie winds, and ankered at melleda. the 24 being at an anker vnder melleda, we would haue gone on land, but the winde came so faire that we presently set sayle and went our course, and left on the right hand of vs the forenamed iland, and on the left hand betweene vs and the maine the iland of zupanna, and within a mile of that vnder the maine by east, another iland called isola de mezo. this iland hath two monasteries in it, one called santa maria de bizo, and the other sant nicholo