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A12458	Advertisements for the unexperienced planters of New-England, or any where. Or, The path-way to experience to erect a plantation With the yearely proceedings of this country in fishing and planting, since the yeare 1614. to the yeare 1630. and their present estate. Also how to prevent the greatest inconveniences, by their proceedings in Virginia, and other plantations, by approved examples. With the countries armes, a description of the coast, harbours, habitations, land-markes, latitude and longitude: with the map, allowed by our royall King Charles. By Captaine Iohn Smith, sometimes governour of Virginia, and admirall of Nevv-England.	Smith, John, 1580-1631.; Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, engraver.	1631 (1631)	STC 22787; ESTC S121885	31,468	55

among the natives till he had learned their language then he perswaded them to become Christians shewing them a Testament some parts thereof expounding so well as he could but they so much derided him that he told them hee feared his God would destroy them whereat the King assembled all his people about a hill himselfe with the Christian standing on the top demanded if his God had so many people and able to kill all those He answered yes and surely would and bring in strangers to possesse their land but so long they mocked him and his God that not long after such a sicknesse came that of five or six hundred about the Massachusets there remained but thirty on whom their neighbours fell and slew twenty eight the two remaining fled the Country till the English came then they returned and surrendred their Countrey and title to the English if this be not true in every particular excuse me I pray you for I am not the Author but it is most certaine there was an exceeding great plague amongst them for where I have seene two or three hundred within three yeares after remained scarce thirty but what disease it was the Salvages knew not till the English told them never having seene nor heard of the like before CHAP. 4. Our right to those Countries true reasons for plantations rare examples MAny good religious devout men have made it a great question as a matter in conscience by what warrant they might goe to possesse those Countries which are none of theirs but the poore Salvages Which poore curiosity will answer it selfe for God did make the world to be inhabited with mankind and to have his name knowne to all Nations and from generation to generation as the people increased they dispersed themselves into such Countries as they found most convenient And here in Florida Virginia New-England and Cannada is more land than all the people in Christendome can manure and yet more to spare than all the natives of those Countries can use and culturate And shall we here keepe such a coyle for land and as such great rents and rates when there is so much of the world uninhabited and as much more in other places and as good or rather better than any wee possesse were it manured and used accordingly If this be not a reason sufficient to such tender consciences for a copper kettle and a few toyes as beads and hatchets they will fell you a whole Countrey and for a small matter their houses and the ground they dwell upon but those of the Massachusets have resigned theirs freely Now the reasons for plantations are many Adam and Eve did first begin this innocent worke to plant the earth to remaine to posterity but not without labour trouble and industry Noah and his family began againe the second plantation and their seed as it still increased hath still planted new Countries and one Country another and so the world to that estate it is but not without much hazard travell mortalities discontents and many disasters had those worthy Fathers and their memorable off-spring not beene more diligent for us now in those ages than wee are to plant that yet unplanted for after-livers Had the seed of Abraham our Saviour Christ Jesus and his Apostles exposed themselves to no more dangers to plant the Gospell wee so much professe than we even we our selves had at this present beene as Salvages and as miserable as the most barbarous Salvage yet uncivilized The Hebrewes Lacedemonians the Goths Grecians Romans and the rest what was it they would not undertake to inlarge their Territories inrich their subjects and resist their enemies Those that were the founders of those great Monarchies and their vertues were no silvered idle golden Pharisies but industrious honest hearted Publicans they regarded more provisions and necessaries for their people than jewels ease and delight for themselves riches was their servants not their masters they ruled as fathers not as tyrants their people as children not as slaves there was no disaster could discourage them and let none thinke they incountered not with all manner of incumbrances and what hath ever beene the worke of the best great Princes of the world but planting of Countries and civilizing barbarous and inhumane Nations to civility and humanity whose eternall actions fils our histories with more honour than those that have wasted and consumed them by warres Lastly the Portugals and Spaniards that first began plantations in this unknowne world of America till within this 140. yeares whose everlasting actions before our eyes will testifie our idlenesse and ingratitude to all posterity and neglect of our duty and religion wee owe our God our King and Countrey and want of charity to those poore Salvages whose Countries we challenge use and possesse except wee be but made to mar what our forefathers made or but only tell what they did or esteeme our selves too good to take the like paines where there is so much reason liberty and action offers it selfe having as much power and meanes as others why should English men despaire and not doe so much as any Was it vertue in those Heros to provide that doth maintaine us and basenesse in us to doe the like for others to come Surely no then seeing wee are not borne for our selves but each to helpe other and our abilities are much alike at the howre of our birth and minute of our death seeing our good deeds or bad by faith in Christs merits is all wee have to carry our soules to heaven or hell Seeing honour is our lives ambition and our ambition after death to have an honourable memory of our life and seeing by no meanes wee would be abated of the dignitie and glorie of our predecessors let us imitate their vertues to be worthily their successors or at least not hinder if not further them that would and doe their utmost and best endevour CHAP. 5. My first voyage to new England my returne and profit TO begin with the originals of the voyages to those coasts I referre you to my generall history for New-England by the most of them was esteemed a most barren rocky desart Notwithstanding at the sole charge of some Merchants of London and my selfe 1614. within eight weekes sayling I arrived at Mo●ahigan an I le in America in 43. degrees 39. minutes of Northerly latitude Had the fishing for Whale proved as we expected I had stayed in the Country but we found the plots wee had so false and the seasons for fishing and trade by the unskilfulnesse of our Pylot so much mistaken I was contented having taken by hookes and lines with fifteene or eighteene men at most more than 60000. Cod in lesse than a moneth whilest my selfe with eight others of them might best be spared by an houre glasse of three moneths ranging the coast in a small boat got for trifles eleven hundred Bever skins beside Otters and Martins all amounting to the

they saw our miseries and all things so cleane contrary to the report in England yet must I provide as well for them as for my selfe CHAP. 2. Needlesse custome effect of flatterr cause of misery factions carelesse government the dissolving the Company and Patent THis the Mariners and Saylers did ever all they could to conceale who had alwayes both good fare and good pay for the most part and part out of our owne purses never caring how long they stayed upon their voyage daily feasting before our faces when wee lived upon a little corne and water and not halfe enough of that the most of which we had from amongst the Salvages Now although there be Deere in the woods Fish in the rivers and Fowles in abundance in their seasons yet the woods are so wide the rivers so broad and the beasts so wild and wee so unskilfull to catch them wee little troubled them nor they us for all this our letters that still signified unto them the plaine truth would not be beleeved because they required such things as was most necessary but their opinion was otherwayes for they desired but to packe over so many as they could saying necessity would make them get victuals for themselves as for good labourers they were more usefull here in England but they found it otherwayes the charge was all one to send a workman as a roarer whose clamors to appease we had much adoe to get fish and corne to maintaine them from one supply till another came with more loyterers without victuals still to make us worse and worse for the most of them would rather starve than worke yet had it not beene for some few that were Gentlemen both by birth industry and discretion we could not possibly have subsisted Many did urge I might have forced them to it having authority that extended so farre as death but I say having neither meat drinke lodging pay nor hope of any thing or preferment and seeing the Merchants onely did what they listed with all they wrought for I know not what punishment could be greater than that they indured which miseries caused us alwaies to be in factions the most part striving by any meanes to abandon the Country and I with my party to prevent them and cause them stay But indeed the cause of our factions was bred here in England and grew to that maturity among themselves that spoyled all as all the Kingdome and other Nations can too well testifie Yet in the yeare 1622. there were about seven or eight thousand English as hath beene said so well trained secure and well furnished as they reported and conceited These simple Salvages their bosome friends I so much oppressed had laid their plot how to cut all their throats in a morning and upon the 22. of March so innocently attempted it they slew three hundred forty seven set their houses on fire slew their cattell and brought them to that distraction confusion within lesse than a yeare there were not many more than two thousand remaining the which losse to repaire the company did what they could till they had consumed all their stocke as is said then they broke not making any account nor giving satisfaction to the Lords Planters Adventurers nor any whose noble intents had referred the managing of this intricate businesse to a few that lost not by it so that his Majesty recalled their Commission and by more just cause then they perswaded King Iames to call in ours which were the first beginners without our knowledge or consent disposing of us and all our indevours at their pleasures CHAP. 3. A great comfort to new England it is no Iland a strange plague NOtwithstanding since they have beene left in a manner as it were to themselves they have increased their numbers to foure or five thousand and neere as many cattell with plenty of Goats abundance of Swine Poultry and Come that as they report they have sufficient and to spare to entertaine three or foure hundred people which is much better than to have many people more than provision Now having glutted the world with their too much over-abounding Tabacco Reason or necessity or both will cause them I hope learne in time better to fortifie themselves and make better use of the trials of their grosse commodities that I have propounded and at the first sent over and were it not a lamentable dishonour so goodly a Countrey after so much cost losse and trouble should now in this estate not bee regarded and supplied And to those of New-England may it not be a great comfort to have so neare a neighbour of their owne Nation that may furnish them with their spare cattell swine poultry and other roots and fruits much better than from England But I feare the seed of envy and the rust of covetousnesse doth grow too fast for some would have all men advance Virginia to the ruine of New-England and others the losse of Virginia to sustaine New-England which God of his mercy forbid for at first it was intended by that most memorable Judge Sir Iohn Popham then Lord chiefe Justice of England and the Lords of his Majesties Privy Councel with divers others that two Colonies should be planted as now they be for the better strengthening each other against all occurrences the which to performe shal ever be in my hearty prayers to Almighty God to increase and continue that mutuall love betwixt them for ever By this you may perceive somewhat what unexpected inconveniences are incident to a plantation especially in such a multitude of voluntary contributers superfluity of officers and unexperienced Commissioners But it is not so as yet with those for New-England for they will neither beleeve nor use such officers in that they are overseers of their owne estates and so well bred in labour and good husbandry as any in England where as few as I say was sent me to Virginia but these were naught here and worse there Now when these shall have laid the foundations and provided meanes beforehand they may entertain all the poore artificers and laborers in England and their families which are burthensome to their Parishes and Countries where they live upon almes and benevolence for want of worke which if they would but pay for their transportation they should never be troubled with them more for there is vast land enough for all the people in England Scotland and Ireland and it seemes God hath provided this Country for our Nation destroying the natives by the plague it not touching one Englishman though many traded and were conversant amongst them for they had three plagues in three yeares successively neere two hundred miles along the Sea coast that in some places there scarce remained five of a hundred and as they report thus it began A fishing ship being cast away upon the coast two of the men escaped on shore one of them died the other lived