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Anímase don Eduardo a pedir la mano de Matilde a don Pedro, quien gustosísimo se la concede, pero en el momento de convenir en tan deseado enlace, sabe la heroína que don Eduardo no es pobre, nota que no hay en esta boda los obstáculos que en las de sus novelas ha leído, desama de pronto a quien tanto amó y despide a don Eduardo.
Rivalry between the crowns of Castile and Portugal Magalhaens, a Portuguese, offers his services to the Emperor Charles the Fifth of Spain, to find a passage through America into the Pacific Associated with Ruy Falero Offer accepted The squadron, consisting of the Trinidad and four other ships, leaves Seville the 10th of August, 1519 Long detained by calms Enters harbour in the Brazils Proceeds farther south Winter season Enters Port Saint Julien Visited by a gigantic native dressed in skins Terror at seeing himself in a mirror Brings off a guanaco Two natives captured Attempt to take two more defeated Natives called Patagons Possession of the country taken for the crown of Spain Mutiny discovered Ringleaders executed One of the squadron wrecked Squadron sails south Entrance to the straits discovered Ships advance through them The crews, alarmed, desire to return Two ships missing Smoke seen Land to south called Tierra del Fuego One of the ships deserts Cape Deseado reached The Pacific appears Squadron steers north-west Two small islands seen Fearful sufferings from hunger The crews attacked by scurvy The Ladrones reached, so-called from thievish natives Some natives killed Island of Good Signs Arrive at the Philippines Natives friendly Anchor off the Island of Mazaqua The Rajah Colamba The Admiral plants a banner with a cross, and invites the natives to worship it Two officers dine with the Rajah, who gets tipsy The ships sail The Rajah accompanies them Reach Zebut Tribute demanded by the Rajah Refused How Magalhaens converted the Rajah and all his people to the Romish faith.
They entered another bay on the 1st February, which they called Popish bay, probably owing to some cross erected on its shore, and in which they were exposed to much danger. On the 27th, they saw at a distance a huge mountain of ice in Penguin bay. The 28th they passed Cape Deseado, or Desire, into the South Sea, bidding adieu to the many dismal prospects of the Straits of Magellan.
He there found the air very cold, with great islands of ice, and found no bottom with a line of 100 fathoms. From thence, finding the land turn eastwards, he coasted along it, discovering all the bay and river named Deseado , to see if it passed on to the other side of the land.
We passed Cape Deseado into the South Sea on the 6th September, 1578, and run to the N.W. about 70 leagues, when the wind turned directly against us, with extremely foul weather, as rain, hail, snow, and thick fogs, and so continued for more than three weeks, during which time we could bear no sail, and were driven into the latitude of 57° S. On the 15th September, the moon was eclipsed, beginning to be darkened immediately after sun-set, about six in the evening, being then the vernal equinox in this southern hemisphere.
What must have been his joy, when about ten leagues more had been made good, on the 28th of November, 1520, as rounding a point to which he gave the name of Cape Deseado, he saw the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean spreading out to the westward.
These three additional islands probably were successively, Marigalante, Petite Terre, and Deseado or Desirade. The origin of this may have been one of the people saying he had seen a pan or vessel of a substance like iron, while in the progress of the story to the admiral the qualifying circumstance of resemblance was omitted. The meaning of this passage is quite inexplicable.
While in this extremity of distress, the sun suddenly shone out clear, by which the captain and master were enabled to ascertain the latitude, and thereby knew what course to steer, so as to recover the straits. Next day, the 11th October, we saw Cape Deseado, being the southern point of the entrance into the straits, for the northern point is a dangerous assemblage of rocks, shoals, and islands.
On the title-page stood a characteristic motto from his favourite Horace: ab ipso ferro. Possibly at this moment Luis de Leon looked forward to a period of learned leisure: O ya seguro puerto de mi tan luengo error! o deseado para reparo cierto del grave mal pasado, reposo dulce, alegre, reposado!
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