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of_o water_n call_v in_o latin_a if_o i_o mistake_v not_o typhones_n vortices_fw-la but_o we_o pass_v through_o they_o without_o any_o hurt_n or_o damage_n october_n the_o twenty_o first_o after_o many_o day_n of_o contrary_a wind_n which_o driv_v we_o in_o vain_a about_o the_o gulf_n of_o settaglia_n at_o length_n it_o become_v favourable_a the_o pilot_n and_o other_o mariner_n say_v they_o descry_v land_n afar_o off_o which_o some_o take_v to_o be_v candia_n other_o rhodes_n but_o whatever_o it_o be_v we_o soon_o lose_v sight_n of_o it_o again_o and_o the_o same_o night_n the_o wind_n grow_v strong_a we_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o other_o ship_n which_o be_v in_o our_o company_n nevertheless_o we_o continue_v our_o voyage_n alone_o and_o at_o evening_n descry_v land_n on_o the_o northwest_n which_o the_o mariner_n say_v be_v the_o island_n scarpanti_n subject_n to_o the_o venetian_n and_o that_o the_o good_a wind_n continue_v we_o shall_v soon_o discover_v candia_n but_o about_o 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