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the_o
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commodity_n of_o that_o colony_n virginia_n be_v discover_v by_o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n anno_fw-la 1584._o have_v its_o name_n from_o our_o virgin_n queen_n it_o lie_v in_o height_n thirty_o five_o degree_n north_n latitude_n and_o extend_v to_o thirty_o eight_o and_o a_o half_a be_v plant_v by_o the_o english_a only_o from_o 37_o to_o 34_o degree_n under_o the_o protection_n and_o supreme_a authority_n of_o his_o majesty_n of_o great_a britain_n &_o have_v the_o bay_n of_o roanoake_n and_o cape_n florida_n to_o the_o southward_n and_o mary-land_n to_o the_o northward_o the_o main_a entrance_n out_o of_o virginia_n into_o the_o sea_n be_v about_o 10_o league_n the_o country_n be_v full_a of_o navigable_a river_n store_v with_o fish_n and_o some_o of_o they_o abound_v with_o oyster_n crab_n and_o sturgeon_n many_o of_o the_o river_n be_v 7_o 8_o 9_o or_o 10_o mile_n over_o run_v 140_o and_o 150_o mile_n up_o in_o the_o country_n so_o that_o ship_n anchor_n with_o great_a security_n no_o trade_n be_v permit_v but_o with_o england_n so_o that_o as_o soon_o as_o any_o vessel_n arrive_v the_o master_n or_o captain_n resort_v to_o the_o governor_n to_o give_v he_o a_o account_n from_o whence_o he_o come_v his_o residence_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n at_o jame_n city_n lie_v 40_o mile_n up_o jame_n river_n and_o round_o about_o the_o english_a colony_n the_o indian_n inhabit_v who_o treachery_n prove_v too_o often_o fatal_a to_o our_o countryman_n as_o the_o several_a massacree_n they_o have_v make_v can_v testify_v their_o court_n of_o judicature_n chief_o consist_v of_o 4_o quarterly_a court_n the_o governor_n and_o his_o council_n be_v judge_n to_o try_v and_o determine_v as_o well_o in_o matter_n criminal_a as_o suit_n between_o man_n and_o man_n and_o every_o year_n once_o a_o assembly_n meet_v in_o imitation_n of_o our_o parliament_n to_o settle_v weighty_a affair_n their_o law_n be_v the_o same_o with_o we_o as_o likewise_o what_o money_n they_o have_v be_v of_o english_a coyn._n the_o soil_n be_v everywhere_o fertile_a and_o the_o wood_n abound_v with_o oak_n of_o divers_a sort_n black_a walnut_n chess-nut_n ash_n pine_n day-wood_n cedar_n saxafras_n mulbury_n small-nut_n wild_a grape_n and_o the_o like_a the_o wether_n be_v much_o like_o we_o only_o in_o the_o summer_n continue_v a_o month_n long_o hot_a and_o be_v trouble_v with_o flash_n of_o lightning_n dismal_a clap_n of_o thunder_n and_o now_o and_o then_o a_o hurricane_a the_o day_n be_v about_o a_o hour_n and_o a_o half_o short_a in_o summer_n and_o so_o much_o long_o in_o winter_n all_o sort_n of_o english_a fruit_n and_o cattle_n thrive_v there_o and_o their_o chief_a commodity_n among_o themselves_o be_v horse_n ox_n sheep_n hog_n turkey_n goose_n &_o duck_n corn_n of_o which_o they_o have_v store_n and_o their_o wood_n abound_v with_o hair_n roacoon_n possum_n squirrel_n wild-cat_n fox_n bear_n wolf_n elk_n and_o in_o remote_a part_n some_o lion_n be_v find_v their_o corn_n 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