Sentence:  Many Iſlands there lie all over that ſea : but one above the reſt, and moſt renowned, is Tazata : for thither all the ſhipping from out of the Caſpian ſea and the Scythian Ocean, doe bend their courſe and there arrive : for that all the ſea coaſts doe <WSD>affront</WSD> the Levant, and turne into the Eaſt. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To meet or encounter face to face.