of Codfish it is well knowne vnto you Salmons Eeles Mackarell Herrings Lance Caplin Dog fish Hollibuts Flowkes Lobsters Crabs and Muskles All and more then all these are here in great plentie very good and sweet meat The wild fruit and berries are small Peares Cherries Nuts Resberries Strawberries Barberries Dewberrics Hurtleberries with others all good to eate Many faire Flowers I haue seene here which I cannot name although I had learned Gerrards Herball by heart But wild Roses are here both red and damaske as fragrant and faire as in England All our Corne and Seedes haue prospered well and are already growne almost to perfect maturitie c. THE SECOND PART OF THE TENTH BOOKE CHAP. X. Diuers Warlike Fleets set forth to Sea against the Spaniards by our English DEBORA Queene ELIZABETH of Glorious memory Her manifold Deliueries and Victories LOI the Man whose Mâ—se 〈…〉 s'd on Plantations New England Virgin Bermude Newfound-landed Lawrell for oliue take and make Relations Of Armes Harmes Fights Frights Flights Depopulations Romes Buls Spaines broyles Irelands 〈◊〉 Traitors branded GOD Angels Winds Seas Men Elizas Glory Conspire Shee outlines Death â—n Heauen in Story HAile greatest of English Names Glorious ELIZABETH Nor may wee after thy voyage and peregrination out of this World vnto thy true and heauenly home Country forget the great Acts of thy earthly Pilgrimage Thou wast indeed the Mother of English Sea-greatnesse and didst first by thy Generalls not salute alone but awe and trrrifie the remotest East and West stretching thy long and strong armes to India to China to America to the Peruvian Seas to the Californian Coast and New Albions Scepters Thou mad'st the Northerne Muscouite admire thy Greatnesse Thou gauest name to the North-west Straits Meta Incognita and the Southern Negros and Ilands of the South-vnknowne-continent which knew not humanitie were compelled to know Thee Thou imbracedst the whole earthly Globe in thy Maritime Armes thou freedst England from Easterlings and Lumbards borrowed legs and taughtst her not onely to stand and goe without helpe but become helpe to our friends and with her own Sea forces to stand against yea to stand vpon and stampe vnder feet the proudest of her foes Thou wast a Mother to thy Neighbours Scots French Dutch a Mirrour to the remotest of Nations Great Cumberland twelue voyages before recited are thine and the fiery vigor of his Martiall Spirit was kindled at thy bright Lamp quickened by the Great Spirit of ELIZABETH Drake Candish Iohn and Richard Hawkins Raleigh Dudley Sherley Preston Greenuile Lancaster Wood Raimund Leuison Monson Winter Frobisher Daâ—â—es and other the Star-worthies of Englands Sphere whose Planet-courses we haue before related acknowledge ELIZAS Orb to be their First and highest Mouer How many Royall Fleets did shee set forth In the yeeres 85. and 87. those vnder Sir Francis Drake before mentioned as that also in 95. vnder him and Sir Iohn Hawkins another Fleet 1590. vnder Sir Iohn Hawkins and Sir Martin Frobisher to the Ilands also 1591. the Iland Fleet vnder the Lord Thomas Howard now Earle of Suffolke that 1592. by Sir Iohn Burroughs and Sir Robert Crosse when the Madre de Dios was taken and another Carrike burnt An. 1594. Shee sent forth a Fleet to Brest where Frobusher was slaine Another 1599. vnder the Lord Thomas Howard A. 1600. vnder Sir Richard Leuison a Fleet to the Ilands 1601. another to Ireland A. 1602. vnder Sir Richard Leuison and Sir William Manson and another vnder the same Commanders 1603. as bequeathing in her fatall extreames Marine Actions and Glory to her Successour These and other her Sea-glories I purpose not here to dilate hauing already handled some of them but haue singled from the rest the actions of 88. 89. 96. and 97. praemising somthing as a Preface of the great deliuerances which God vouch safed that Virgin Queen That Church which is mystically called The woman drunken with the bloud of Saints had begun to persecute her from her birth Pope Clement the sixt decreeing against her Mothers mariage and Pope Paul the third thundring a terrible sentence against her Fathers Soueraigntie And although King Henry had first enacted against his daughters and after for them by Parliamentary authoritie yet when King Edward which vsed to call her his sweet sister Temperance was dead there wanted not some which extruded both the sisters and obtruded another succession Queene Mary dispersing that storme raised another wherein shee was exposed to the columnies of fairesoule-mouthed sycophants which would haue stained the reigne of that Queene otherwise branded as short bloudy vnfortunate with the slaughter of that Royall Virgin Story and others saying That in vaine the boughs of Heresie were lopped off if the Root were suffered to continue Long and straight imprisonment shee indâ—red and was forced by them to Masse Confession and externall profession of that Romish Catholiâ—â—sme which perhaps had not diuerted her enemies designe had not the peruersâ—st of her enemies Gardiner beene auerted by his owne death and had not also King Philip with the Spaniards enuied to the French so rich an Inheritance as by Queene M 〈…〉 death without â—ssue which could scarsly from her sicke and aged body be expect was likely to fall vpon Queene Mary of Scotland betrothed to the Dolphin of France whereby the Spanish greatnesse already embroyled enough was likely to bee ouermatched by the French increased with addition of three mightie Kingdomes Queene Mary dying and Cardinall Poole with many Prelates as it were attending her exequies with their owne with generall applause Shee was acknowledged Queen Her first care was to restore Religion notwithstanding the dangers thence incompassing her shee also reiected the mariage with King Philip whereof hee had treated with her by the Earle of Feria his Embassadour promising to procure thereunto the Popes dispensation neither admitted shee the offered match of Charles sonne to Ferdinand the Emperour and when Henry the French King by the Guisians was perswaded to challenge England to his sonne and daughter in law causing them to vse her title Francis Mary by the Grace of God King and Queene of Scotland England and Ireland and prepared Warres against her God tooke him out of the world being s 〈…〉 e at a Talt sport The new King and Queene continued their former challenge Title and Ensignes which gaue no small occasions of those euills which afterwards inuolued her breeding a great d 〈…〉 gust betwixt those two greatest Ladies which Christendome had both Heires to an absolute Souereigntie Shee expelled the French out of Scotland stablished the affaires of Ireland procured armour and weapons out of Germany caused much Artillery to bee cast of Brasse and Iron new Mynes of Brasse being sound at Keswicke and the stone Calammaris vsefull for Brasse-workes found here also prouision for Gunpowder was first at her commandement made here at home Barwicke fortified the Nauie furnished the Sea Townes imitating her example and increasing
1624. Frenchmen baptize Indians 1644. French yearely repaire to the New-found Land for Traine-oyle 1884. French Kings wrongs to England 1892. French Ambassador plotteth with Moody about the death of Queene Elizabeth 1893. Frenchmen displanted from Uirginia by Captain Argall 1808 1809. Frenchmen seise on part of the King of Spaines Armada 1910 Fresh-water-springs in the New-found Land 1886 Fryer Marco de Niza accompanied with diuers other their voyage into New Mexico and the adioyning coasts and lands 1560 1561 seq Fryers that shewed more charity to the Indians then some mariners of our English nation 1828 Captaine Frobisher his 〈◊〉 and prosperous conflict with the Spanish Armada in 88 and rewarded with the order of Knighthood 1907 Fruits poisonous 1213. Good fruits how discerned from the bad in the Indies 1379. Fruits gathered 3 times in the yeare 1527 Fuego one of the Ilands of Gape Verde the fruitâ— therein fiery â—â—ll and naturall fortification 1371 Funerals among the Indians of Wiapoco 1264 Furres very good bought for kniues 1â—â—2 Furres rich and sweetest of any thing 1505 Fyall or Fayall a towne in the Azores the fertilitie bignesse dwellings and taking thereof by the Lord of Cumberland 1143 G. GAboretho an Indian towne 1364 Gachepe a high land neere the entrance into the riuer Canada 1606. The description and bignesse thereof 1616 Galliaces in number 4 in the fleet in 88 vnder the command of Dom Vgo de Moncada 1900. They are described 1901 Gallies and their power in fighting 1183. Gallies of Anda-luzia seise on a Barke of Plimouth 1925 Gallions comming to the West Indies were cast away on the I le Guaddopâ— 1833. Galleons of the Fleet in 88 described 1901. A Gallion burnt in the Portingall voyage 1918 Games vsed among the Massasoyts 1852 Garcillasco de la Voga his relation of the ancient Kings and Lawes of Peru before the Spanish conquest 1454 seq Gardens of Gold 1465 1466 Garone a riuer in Florida 1603 Gates viz. Sir Thomas Gates his ariuall in Virginia 1732 Gates his Bay in the Bermudas 1739. Sir Thomas Gates wrack and redemption on the Iland Bermudas largely related 1734 seq His endurance of a grieuous storme 1734 1735 1736. Ariuall at the Iland 1737. His care for the Virginian Colonie sending Rauens there and care and toyle to furnish Pinaces for a voyage 1742 1743. His punishment and pardon of mutinies and conspiracie against him 1743. His crosses by a second mutiny 1744. By a third ibid. His punishing of a factious fellow 1745. His Letters to Sir George Summers containing his desire of furthering a Plantation and reclaiming the factions 1745 1746. His religious orders in Bermudas 1746 and possessing it for the King of Englands with good rites and ceremonies ibid 1747. His setting sayle for Virginia and ariuall there 1748. His miserable welcome ibid. His assuming the Presidâ—â—cy there 1749. His speech to the distressed Company with its acceptation 1749. his proposing orders to the Colony 1749. His aliotting times of labour 1750. Purpose to leaue the Country 1751. Resigning the Presidency 1754 vnto the Lord De la Ware ibid. His returne for England 1756. His testimonie vnder oath of the state of Virginia 1757 1758 Gawaâ—ba the north west point of Port-Ricco somewhat dangerous for nauigation 1170 A Generall should bee couragious in fight and courteous in victorie 1411 The Generals authority among the Spaniards 1413 Geneuera Riuer 1416 Gentlemen in what manner made knowne and styled among the Brasilians 1297 Sir George Carow his valour in the voyage to the Azâ—res Iles 1840 Master George Pâ—rcies relation of the south colony of Virginia 1685 et se qu. He is Deputy Gouernor in the absence of the Lord De la Ware 1763 Master George Thorpe too courteous to the Sauage-Uirginians cruelly repaid 1789 Saint George one of the Ilands of the Azores the situation and description thereof 1672 S. George one of the Bermudas or Sommer Ilands 1794 George Fenner his valorous encounter with the Spanish Armada 1906 Georges Fort a plantation neere the riuer Sagadoâ— in Mawooshen 1874 Giboya a great land Snake without poyson in Brasile 1303 Gilbert viz. Sir Humfrey Gilbert his ariue at the New-found land 1882. Lost one of his Ships at the Iles of Canady and returning for England was ouerwhelmed in the Sea ibid. Captaine Bartholmew Gilbert his voyage to Uirginia with the occurrents therein 1656 1657 et seq He is slaine and foure men more by the Indians 1658 Gilbert-point on the coast of the New-found Lands 1648 Ginge a towne of Sauages in the Indies 1364 Ginoloa an Indian Prouince the description and situation thereof 1563. The fruitfulnesse thereof commodities inhabitants and their workmanship and apparell their long haire tall stature great valour and weapons 1563 1564 readinesse in them to heare the Gospell their Baptisme and Ca 〈…〉 sme subiection to the Deuill and familiarity with him their houses ingenuity and adoration of Castles with Mats and couerings of Reeds 1564. Their formes of maâ—iages and Polygamy education of children fashions in making Knights adopting sonnes manner of burialls ibid. et 1565 Ginger plentifull in Port-Ricco 1171 Ginger how it groweth 1178 Gironde a riuer of Florida discouered by the French 1603 Glasses sold deare 1232 Guamanga a City in the south sea 60 leagues from Lima 1416 Gnats 1359 Goauar Riuer 1248 God acknowledged by the Aethiopians and called Cari-pongoa 1233. by the Brasilians Tupan 1290 Godwin-sands 1149 Gomeribo a mountaine in Guiana very fruitfull possessed by the English 1278. deliuery thereof to an Indian as tenant to the King of England 1279 Gomora one of the Canary Ilands 1833 Iohn Goodmans voyage and distresse in New England 1848 Gold which is strange very much dispraised 1814 1815. Gold in Port-Ricco 1165 1170. In Topimo 1560 Gold-getters shall haue many corriuals ibid. Gold ready tried of great valew in the Riuers of Port-Ricco 1170 Gold in no valew 1189 Gold among the Topinaques 1229 among the Pories store 1229. Gold 1230 1231 1232 1358. In Affrica 1237. The manner of purifying it in the Indies 1242. and plenty there ibid. Gold in Guiana how and how pure 1249 1261. Gold in shew 1255. in the Riuer Aracow 1263. Gold how greedily desired 1277. Gold store in the mountaine Oraddo and plaine of Mumpara 1284. Gold gathered two wayes 1395. Plenty of gold ibid. Gold procureth trechery 1415. Gold great store 1419. Gold shipped from Cartagena for the Spaniard euery yeare how much 1420 Gold is not alwaies the greatest eleuation of the Country where it is 1814 1815 A Gold-desirer how serued by the Indians 1391. The desire of gold makâ—th Christians infamous among Pagans 1449. Gold called by them the Christians god 1450. Gold not valued 1526 Golden Country 1231 A golden chain of incredible weight and bignesse 1480. Infinite store of gold in Perâ— 1490. 1491 1494. A gold-wâ—dge the greatest that euer was naturally found lost in the Sea 1571 Gosnols voyage to Uirginia their resolution to plant
bee seene thirty leagues into the Sea 1434 Moyemon a large towne in the River Marwin 1283 Muccambro an Iland and Mountaine in Guiana 1272 Mumpara a plaine abounding with graines of gold 1284 Murther how punished in Guiana 1272. In Brasile 1342 Murther punished by the Indians with present death 1870 Muskitoes their venemous stinging 1556 Muso a towne in new Granada the exceeding benefit thereof to the King of Spaine 1420 Muske of a Crocodiles Cod 1228 Muske-Snake a sweet smelling Serpent of Brasile 130â— Mutinie like to receiue its deserved reward 1201 Mutinie the ouerthrow of a voyage 1260 Mutiny among the Spaniards 1436 Among the French in Florida 1603. Among the English in Virginia 1729 1730. In the Bermudas 1743 Mutinga aboundeth with Myues 1203 Mutton-Port 1620 N. NAguatex a towne in Florida 1553 Namaschet a towne vnder Massasoyt 1851. The Namaschets courteous entertainment of the English ibid. Names encreased according to the number of persons slaughtered among the Indians 1226 Names altered amongst the Indians according to their acts and disposition 1869. Names of certaine Englishmen assistants in the Plantation of the New-found-land 1888 Names of the English Knights fighting at the siege of Cadiz 1933. Names of the Captaines and chiefe officers in the Voyage to Azores 1939 Nansamund a River in Virginia 1692 Nanohiggansets threaten the English 1853. Their great superstition in doing sacrifice to their god Habbamoqui 1868 Naruaez his voyage ariuall at Dominica Saint Iago The Trinitie his shipwracke there his comming to the land of Marles 1500 1501 1499. His taking possession of a towne in Florida for the King of Spaine 1501. His ariuall at Apalachen and entertainment there his surprisall by other Indians his comming to Ante 1502 1503. His distressed successe 1504. And losse of men by the Indians ibid. His misery by thirst 1505. His companies extreame weaknesse 1509. With insufferable famine and mortalitie 1508 Napetuca a towne in Florida 1533 Naragooc a towne in Mawooshen 1875 Nations that are barbarous licenced by the Popes Bull to be subdued by violence 1602 Nauarre ouerthroweth the forces of the French King at the battell of Courtras 1942 Nauy of Queene Elizabeth sent to the Azores 1939 Navigation the advancement of Nations 1820 Nauigators instrâ—â—tions 1368 1373 Nausets a company of the Savages in new-New-England a hundred strong 1849 Nebamocago a towne bordering on the River Aponeg in Mawooshen 1874 Negligence like to endanger the losse of a great prize 1145 The Portingals for the West Negro's rebelling against the Spaniards 1434 Neguiwo an I le neere the River Sagodohoc in Mawooshen 1874 Nepios certaine inhabitants of Trinidad 1247 Niewoc an Ile in Mawooshen 1874 Neredoshan a towne on the River Aponeg 1874 Nets made to carie travelling strangers from towne to towne in Brasile 1242 New-France a great part of it thought to be sandie ground as far as Virginia 1634 1635. New-Frances commodities presented the King of France 1641. The inhabitants when first christened 1644 New-France inhabited by the Frenchmen because they hope to get a passage thence to China 1642 1644. The manner of trading in New-France 1626 New-Frances diseases how they may be escaped 1624 1625. New France the bounds thereof 1603. The probabilities of gold Mines there 1621. Diamonds Turkie stones there 1621. Grapes Fish and Cedars 1622 New-Mexico the towns thereof and building the inhabitants and their worshipping the Deuill 1561 Capt Newports voyage to Virginia and returne for England 1186 1705 1706. His supposed preiudice to the English plantation there 1717. His opposing Capt. Smith ibid. His proceeding to discouer Monacan in Virginia and successe 1778 New-England the New-found-land discouered and implanted by the English 1827. The climat very temperate agreeable to the bodies of the English making them liue longer then in other countreys the soyle fertile variety of nourishing hearbs and roots the coast full of commodious harbours and havens many Iles fit for plantation wood of all sorts in abundance 1831. The people haue our English Nation in good estimation and are tractable in trading the Sea is stored with all kind of Fish diuersity of wild foule Doues in great aboundance in time of Strawberries abundance of rich Furs 1831 1832. Great shews of Amber-greece and Pearle store of Whales in the Sea thereabout ibid. New-England described 1870. English corne and cattle prosper there 1878 New-found-land described the fertility of the soyle the temperature of the aire conueniencie of the Baies the inhabitants their nature and customes 1885. Herbs and flowers pleasant and medicinable great increase of corne store of Deere and other beasts great store of land and water-foule 1885. Store of trees fit to build with 1886. Great probabilitie of Mynes and fish in great abundance ibid. New-Plimmouth abounding with divers commodities of great worth and very necessary for mans sustenance Timber of all sorts diuers Mines of vnknowne worth store of fish Beauers and others 1840 Nicaragua Province 1446 1576 Saint Nicholas Bay 1146 Nicholas Sanders his slanders against Q. Elizabeth Hee obtaineth to be the Popes Nuncio entereth Ireland winneth Desmon runneth mad and dyeth miserably 1893 Nicorago a River 1185 Nilco a Province or territory in Florida one of the richest in all that country the townes inhabitants and commodities thereof 155â— Noblemen imployed in the voyage to the Azores 1939 Noble Personages voluntaries in 88. vnder the King of Spaines banner 1901 Nondacao a province in Florida wel inhabited the commodities thereof 1553 Norrack a Province neere the River Arwi in Guiana 1271 Gen. Norris his materiall education Generall of all the English Forcesâ— Martiall in the field vnder Conte Hohenlo Martiall of the field in England Generall of the Army in Frisland Lord President of Munster in Ireland 1916. Winneth great honour fame by his wel ordered retrait in the service before Gaunt 1962. His death 1968 Mr Norwoods relation of the Bermudas and the English plantation there 1797. seq Noert a famous Navigator among the Dutch 1191 Norumbega River and the fabulous narrations thereof 1625 Nose lost in cold weather 1â—05 Noua Galitia 1526 Noua Scotia a prosperous plantation by the dexterity of Sir Samuel Argall 1828. Noua Scotia a plantation in America 1871. Abundance of Strawberries and all kind of wild foule and very pleasant countrey 1873 Nunnez his relation of the Fleet which Pamphilo Naruaez was gouernour of in India 1499. seq His shipwracke 1500. His disastrous fortune by famine sicknesse labour and nakednesse amâ—ng the Indians 1509 1510. His comming after divers perils to the Indians-Auauarez 1514. His mishaps there and dangerous escaping of burning 1515. His curing the sicke by prayer and raising one from the dead 1516. His comming to the Harbudaos and the hungry shifts hee made there 1517 1518. His repute among the Savages their feare and admiration of him 1521 1522 1323. His travell to the South Sea and occurrents 1524 c. His meeting with his country-men 1526. His ariuall at Compostella and Mexico 1528
Nunno de Guzmans his expeditions 1556. seq His taking possession for the King of Spaine in the River of Purification his erecting crosses killing and converting Indians burning hereticks 1556 1557. Travels and discoveries of divers Provinces bickerings with Indians comming neere the South Sea and purpose touching the Amazons 1558 1559 Nutmeg-trees 1309 Nuts in the ground 1650 O. OAres of what fashion among the West-Indians 1158. Oares of the Indians of the New-found-land 1880 Oaths and Blasphemie against God and our Lady forbidden in the Spanish Armado 1902. Oâ—ths how punished among the English in Virginia 1719 Ocagna a place in America where is abundance of gold 1419 Ocawita a pretty bigge Iland in Orenoque 1248 Ochete towne 1534 Ochus a Floridan Province 15â—5 Ocoa a towne in Hipaniola 1186 1418 Ocute a towne in Florida 1556 Oecope a high mountaine 1â—48 Offrings amongst the Indians to the Diuell by the intercession of their Priest Powah 1868 Olmoleigh River 1254 Olynda a towne in Brasile 1238 Olypho a mount in the Indies 1253 Omitlan a Province of the greater Spaine in America the description of the countrey soyle and noisome serpents the discoverie and taking possession thereof by the Spaniards 1559 Opechankanow a great King amongst the Indians taken by an Englishman in the midst of his armie 1841. And in his own house 1723 172â— His plots and perfidie against Captaine Smith hansomely repelled ibid. Opâ—ortunities neglected 1196 Oraddo a moâ—ntaine plentifull for gold 1284 Oranges their soveraigne vertue 1378. Good against the scuruie 1763 Order observed in the Spanish Fleet 1â—05 Ordnances best for Ships whether long or short pieces 1403 Orenâ—que a Riuer in Americâ— described 1156 1247 1248 1249 seq Organs a place in the West-Indies abounding with gold mines 1222 1242 Orillano a Spanish Captaine his discoveries 1415 Oâ—ange a strange kinde of disease 1671 Ostriches as tall as a man 1189 Ouercharging pieces of Ordnance and other pieces how preiudiciall 1397 1398 Ouigondi a towne of Savages in the Northerne America 1638 Oxenhams voyage to the West-Indies his attempts and travels to the South Sea his prizâ—s and misfortune 1180 1414 Oxen woolled like sheere in Florida 1550 Oxen Bunch-back'd and very strangâ— descriâ—ed which are meat drinke 〈◊〉 houses fire vessels 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mâ—â—sters whole substance 1561 Oxâ—◠〈◊〉 by their name in in T 〈…〉 like men 1â—69 1670 Oxefi 〈…〉 1313 1314 Oyste 〈…〉 g 〈…〉 t and havâ—nâ— Pearlâ—s in thâ—m 131â— Oysteâ—s the 〈◊〉 sustenance of om 〈…〉 I 〈…〉 〈◊〉 for a quarter of a yeâ—râ— together 1â—09 P. PA 〈…〉 〈◊〉 E 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 his Acts Temple 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1471 1472 Pacaba Province 1549 Pafallaya Province 1644 Paâ—embos or Piembos an Indian Savage Nation 1â—53 Palisema Province 1â—49 Palma one of the Canary Ilands 1833 Palmeto tree and the fruit thereof described 1173 1375 Palmes excellent to cure the Haemeroides 1332 Pamauâ—ke River 1692 Panaçe yuawe apacone a greâ—t Mountaine so called 1â—13 Panama the situation descriâ—tioâ— â—nd riches thereof 1180 1418 1444 Panâ—co a Province dispeopled by the Spaniards 1580 Panaguiri Indians â—f Bâ—aâ—lle 1â—00 Panobscot a towne vpon the River Ramassoc 1874 Paoo River 1248 Paps which certaine people haue reaâ—hiâ—â— vnder their wast and neere to thâ—ir knees 1299 Papayes a kinâ—e of fruit like an Apple of a waterish taste good against the Fluxe 1172 Papemena River 1248 Parabol River 1351 Paracuona River 1213 Paratee Port 1212 Paraeyua River 1209 1211 1213 1237 1242. Paramaree a towne in the River Marwin 1283 Paranapiacano a Mountaine full of Snakes and wilde beasts 1210 1212 Parker viz. Capt. William Parker his voyage and taking of Saint Vincent and Puerto Bello 1243 1244 1245 Parrats Parochettoes wonderfull plentifull 1172 1264 1304 1305 1372. A strange relation of a Parrat in America 1329 Parâ—y his treason against Queene Elizabeth in what manner reuealed 1893 Partridges as bigge as Geese 1329 Pasini a towne in the River Marwin 1283 Passaos Cape 1400 Patogones people of great stature like Giants 138â— Patoâ—a Prouince described 1536 Patawomeck a River sixe or seven miles in breadth and nauigable an hundred and forty miles 1693 Patent of the French King to Monseur de Monts for the inhabiting of the Countreys of La Cadia Canada and other places in New-France 1619 1620. New Patents thought on concerning the plaÌ„tation of new-New-England 1830 A patent for the plaÌ„tation of New-found-land An. 1610 1876 Patents granted by his Maiesty of England for Virginia's plantation 1683 1684 1787 1777 Pat xet a border of New-England inâ—abited by the English 1849 Painting much vsed by the Indians 1229 1358 Payen River 1285 Payta Iland how situate 1400 446 Peace Musicall signes thereof amongst the Indians 1533 Pearles plentifull 1419 1560 1661 1843. Pearle-fishing performed with incredible torture of the Indians 1586. Pearles of wonderfull bignesse 1411. The best Pearles where found and how knowne ibid. Pearles found in Muscles and Oysters 1205 1235 1315 1316 Pease which are venemous 1206 Pedro Sermiento a towne in the Straits of Magellane 1416 Pedro Ordonnes de Ceuallos a Spanish Priest his observations concerning the West-Indies 1420 1421. seq Peionas a Savage Nation 1363 Pemaquid River 1874 Pemptegoet 1625 Penguin Iland the situation and description thereof 1187 1191 1384 1385 Penguins described and how taken 1385 Pentecost Harbour 1660 People of the Kine certaine Indians so called their admirable proportion agilitie beauty behauiour c. 1523 People of Harts other Indians so called 1524 1525 Pepper hotter and stronger then the blacke Pepper vsed with vs 1173 Peritoqua a River that goeth to Saint Vincent Iland in Brasile 1241 Pert viz. Sir Thomas Pert his American travels 1177. seq Peru language and letters 1454 The originall lines conquests lawes and Idolatries of the ancient Kings of Peru. 1454 1455. seq The first voyage to Peru 1455. Names and traditions of Peru ibid. The wrongs which the inhabitants of Peru haue sustained by Spanish cruelty 1590. Spanish forces forts and townes in Peru 1418 1419. The discouery commodities and Provinces of Peru 1419 1443 1444 1445. Neuer any raine in some parts of Peru and the cause thereof 1444 The admired plenty of gold in Peru 1490. Peruan expeditions by the Spaniards and their successe in such enterprises 1450 1451. The Peruans their opinion of God and reverence in the very naming of him 1450 Petiuares or Petiwares certaine Savages in the Indies their nature stature region religion superstition diet rites of childbirth c. 1225 1226. Their man-eating butchering Captiues and the manner thereof 1226. Their language and how to trade safely with them 1237 Petutan River 1525 Philippina Ilands discouered 1446 Philiâ— and Iacob towne 1563 Physicke hath the same operation in England and vnder the Lâ—ne 1157. Indian Physitians their esteeme and manner of curing 1509 Piache towne and River 1542 Pianita towne 1211 Pico one of the Ilands of the Azores the description and commodities thereof 1672 1638. The high hill of Pico which is more then
PVRCHAS HIS PILGRIMES IN FIVE BOOKES The sixth Contayning English Voyages to the East West and South parts of America Many Sea and Land Fights Inuasions and Uictories against the Spaniards in those parts and the Spanish Ilands and Coast Townes on this side Plantations in Guiana and many strange aduentures of English-men amongst the Americans The seuenth Voyages to and about the Southerne America with many Marine Obseruations and Discourses of those Seas and Lands by English-men and others The eighth Voyages to and Land-Trauels in Florida Virgina and other parts of the Notherne AMERICA French Plantings Spanish Supplantings English-Virginian voyages and to the Ilands AZORES The ninth English Plantations Discoueries Acts and Occurrents in Virginia and Summer Ilands since the Yeere 1606. till 1624. The tenth English Discoueries and Plantations in New England New-found-land with the Patent and Voyuges to New Scotland Relations also of the Fleets set forth by Queene ELIZABETH against the Spaniards The Fourth Part. Unus Deus Una Veritas LONDON Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose 1625. TO THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD GEORGE Lord Archb. of Canterburie His Grace Primate of all ENGLAND and Metropolitan One of HIS MAIESTIES most HONORABLE PRIVIE COVNCELL His very good Lord. HAuing brought vnto your Grace the Sheafe of my first Fruits to bee waued before the Lord I am bold now also to offer not after 7. but aboue 77. weekes these waue loaues for my haruest that both may bee hallowed by the same Priestly hand in which respect your Graces Name which first honored my Pilgrimage hath the last place in these Pilgrime-Volumes that my All might be blessed by your gracious embracing the Alpha and Omega of my Dedications and might bee by your Fatherly benediction commended to vulgar vse The sutablenesse of the former worke to your Graces Place and recreations caused the former presumption but now the Author by frequent Dedications knowne and graciously acknowledged Yours how vnprofitable a seruant soeuer is guiltie not of single boldnesse beautifying the Frontispice with His Highnesse Name vnto your Graces entertainment especially in this time so many wayes Festiuâ—ll that your Graces Name and entertainment might so much more Entitle and Endeare the same to His Highnesse The authorising of Books in iustest order belongeth to your Grace as doth the Author also whose mistie conceits of ignorance or smokie vapours of ambition suffering the exhaling rayes of Princely heat and Highnesse hope in the Middle Region of your Gracious and vertuous moderation to be so mildly attempered that they shall neither fall short in vanishing dewes nor be reiected after a short blaze as falling Starres nor transcend into combustious Comets nor fall downe in furious Stormes but gently descend as fresh and fruitfull Showers on the thirstie Candid Readers Pardon farre-fetched similitudes to a Historie of farre-fetched rarities and the Elements of the world borrowed to patronise our world of literate Elements not being as the commendable labours of Others a Booke of Voyages and Trauels in the world but the World historised in a world of Voyages and Trauels Wherein our Ship hath beene longer in her Circum-Nauigation then any of the World-Compassers here related often in danger to be ouerset whiles the Authors impotent and impatient Genius filled all her sailes to the Top and Top-gallant beyond the proportion of her balast whereby some leakes of vnwitting errors happening in so new a course thorow so various Seas implore your Graces indulgence to the Ship and Pilot. Sir Francis Drake a Ministers sonne after a happy inuironing of the Globe feasted Queene Elisabeth aboord his Argo and then laid her vp at Deptford deuoting her Carkasse to Time Her or rather his exploits to Fame and Eternitie An English Minister beginneth and endeth his more then Circling Nauigation with the glorious Name of His Maiestie in poore but his best entertainment and returning thus manned and freighted humbly sueth to bee laid vp in the Liberties and Libraries of Saint Iames Yorke-house Westminster and Lambith Here also the Pilot further petitioneth that his Body being more leakie then his Ship your Grace to whom principally the promise was made will accept this Part of payment in satisfaction of the whole debt of his Europaean Peregrination and Christian Visitations But a long Epistle were injurie to your Graces more necèssarie imployments for the Church and State My selfe am the Epistle this Worke the Seale this Epistle but the Superscription these Pilgrimes all humble Sutors for your Gracious fauour to the worst of Your Graces SAMVEL PVRCHAS ENGLISH VOYAGES TO THE EAST WEST AND SOVTH PARTS OF AMERICA MANY SEA AND LAND FIGHTS INVASIONS AND VICTORIES AGAINST THE SPANIARDS IN those parts and the Spanish Ilands and coast Townes on this side plantations in GVIANA and many strange aduentures of Englishmen amongst the AMERICANS THE SIXTH BOOKE CHAP. 1. A briefe Relation of the seuerall Voyages vndertaken and performed by the Right Honorable GEORGE Earle of Cumberland in his owne person or at his owne charge and by his direction collected out of the Relations and Iournals of credible persons Actors therein THe first Voyage of this Right Honorable Earle was intended to the South Sea and begun from Grauesend Iune 26. 1585. with three Ships and a Pinnace the Red Dragon Admirall of 260. Tunnes with 130. men commanded by Captaine Robert Widrington the Barke Clifford Vice-admirall of 130. Tunnes with 70. men commanded by Captaine Christopher Lister he had beene taken prisoner in Barbarie at the battell of Alcassar in which King Sebastian was slaine the Roe Rere-admirall commanded by Captaine Hawes the Dorothee a small Pinnace of Sir Walter Raleighs This voyage being published at large in Master Hakluyts printed voyages I will here but briefly runne ouer Septemb. 7. they fell with the Coast of Barbarie haling in with the Road of Santa Cruce after that they anchored in Rio del Oro and searched vp the Riuer finding it fourteene or fifteene leagues vpward as broad as at the mouth some two leagues ouer The last of September they resolued for Sierra Leona from whence they departed the seuenth of Nouember The fourth of Ianuarie they fell with the American shoare in 30. degrees and 40. minutes South latitude the weather temperate Ian. 10. they tooke a little short of the Riuer of Plate a small Portugall ship and in her Abraham Cock of Leigh neere London married in that Country who was brought home by the Admirall They learned that in that Riuer were fiue Townes each of seuentie housholds or more Buenos Aeres fiftie leagues vp the Riuer the rest fortie or fiftie aboue each other Tuccaman the vppermost 230. leagues from the entrance In which was store of Corne Cattell Fruits but neither Siluer nor Gold In this Barke were fiue and fortie Negroes The next day they tooke another in which were fiue and thirtie Negro women foure
or fiue Friars one an Irishman Their Bookes Beades and Pictures cost aboue 1000. Duckets The Bishop of Tuccaman had sent for them to take possession of a Monasterie They learned of Master Iohn Drake who went in consort with Captaine Fenton cast away neere the Riuer of Plate his companie taken or slaine by the Saluages of which Iohn Drake and Richard Fairweather escaped with two or three others in a Canoa to the Spaniards and liued in those parts Here also they tooke Miles Philips left in the Countrey by Sir Iohn Hawkins After counsell taken they fell Aprill 3. with the Land of Brasil in 16. degrees and a Terse and watered in the Road of Camana They proceeded and anchored before the Towne of Baya and found in the Harbour eight Ships and one Caruell The next day they forced the Portugals to abandon foure of the best of those ships and towed them forth in despight of infinite store of great and small shot from the shoare and ships one Hulke hauing in her foure and twentie pieces of Ordnance The least of these prizes was 130. Tunnes After this they haled the Hulke and commanded the Master to follow them which he did together with a Caruell with fiftie Butts of wine They fetched reliefe from the shoare also in despite of innumerable Indians and all the enemies forces May 24. they tooke a ship of 120. Tunnes laden with Meale and Sugar But the voyage to the South Sea was defeated by some mens desire to returne in which Captaine Delamour tooke a small Pinnace The Fleâ—â—â—sish Hulke taken into the Fleet in stead of the George cast off furnished with her men suddenly tooke fire and perished Ship Men and Goods Septemb. 29. the residue reached the Coast of England after an vnprofitable and vnfortunate voyage IN the yeare 1587. when the Towne of Slewse was beseeged by the Duke of Parma Sir Roger Williams being Gouernour there the Earle put himselfe in person to make proofe of his valour in that seruice but at his arriuall found the Towne surrendred vnto the Duke the said Sir Roger being not able to hold out longer Anno 1588. amongst many of the Nobility which distributed themselues into diuers of her Maiesties Shippes vpon the approach of the Spanish Armada the Earle put himselfe aboord the Bonaduenture commanded by Captaine George Raymond when they wanne that honour that no Sea can drowne no age can weare out The Queene so accepted this Noble Earles resolution that she gaue him leaue the same yeare to goe as Generall and for his greater honour and ability was pleased to lend him the Golden Lion one of the Shippes Royall to be the Admirall which he victualled and furnished at his owne charge and aduenture hauing Commission to pursue his intended voyage towards the Spanish coasts vnder the broad Seale of England bearing date the fourth of October 1588. Attended with many braue Gentlemen he set forth about the end of October and in the Narrow Seas met with a Shippe of Dunkerke called the Hare laden with Merchandise for Spaine which after some fight he tooke and sent home But contrary windes first suspended and after that a storme which forced them to cut the maine Maste ouerboord depriued him of further hopes and ability to prosecute his true designes HIs spirit remaining neuerthelesse higher then the windes and more resolutely by stormes compact vnited in it selfe he procured a new of her Maiestie the Victory one of the Royal Nauie accompanied with the Meg and Margaret two small Ships and one Caruell which were set forth at his charges and manned with 400. Mariners and Souldiers the Admirall commanded by his Lordship and vnder him Captaine Christopher Lyster the Meg by Captaine William Mounson Viceadmirall the Margaret by Captaine Edward Careles alias Write Rereadmirall the Caruell by Captaine Pigeon The eighteenth of Iune they set forth from Plimmouth and within three dayes met with three French Ships Leaguers of New Hauen and Saint Maloes laden with New-found land fish two of them with the Margaret not able to endure the Sea were sent for England The thirteenth of Iuly his Lordship met with eleuen Dutch Ships which at first made shew to abide a fight and after a few shot yeelded and sent their Masters aboord shewing their Pasports from Hamborough Lubecke Bream Pomerland and Callice who confessed that they had goods aboord to the value of foure thousand fiue hundred pounds of a Iew of Lisbone which being deliuered and distributed his Lordship set saile for the Asores The first of August he had sight of Saint Michael and to disguise himselfe put forth a Spanish Flagge Espying foure Shippes in the Roade he resolued that night to cut their Cables and to bring them away which he accordingly performed before he was descried The Spaniards in three of them leaping into the Sea with much noise and outcry gaue the alarme to the Town which made many vaine shots at his Boate in the darke The fourth was the Falcon of London vnder the name of a Scottish Ship hauing a Scottish Pilot. The three Spaniards were laden from Siuill with Wine and Sallet Oyle The Pinnace tooke a small Shippe wherein was thirty tunnes of Madera wines same Wollen Cloath Silke and Taffata The Carracks were departed from Tercera eight dayes before He manned his Boates and obtained refreshing at Flores professing himselfe a friend to their King Don Antonio From thence rowing a shipboord the Boate was pursued two miles together by a monstrous Fish whose Finnes many times appeared about the gils aboue water foure or fiue yards a sunder and his iawes gaping a yard and a halfe wide not without great danger of ouerturning the Pinnace and deuouring some of the company but at the last they all escaped Here his Lordshippe met and accepted into consort Captaine Dauies with his Shippe and Pinnace a Shippe of Sir Walter Raleighs commanded by Captaine Markesbury and the Barke Lime Hauing intelligence that the Carracks were at Tercera he came vp to the road of Fyall the seuen and twentieth of August and descrying certaine Shippes at anchor close aboord the shoare he sent his Boates which boorded a Ship of 250. tunne armed with foureteene cast Peeces and continued fight till a supply of Boates came from the Fleete to second them and then recouered the prize The Spaniards except Iohn de Palma leapt all ouer-boord to swimme to the shoare which was so neere that the Ship was moored to the Castle from whence the great Ordinance plaied all the time of the fight onely it was not a play to the Master of the Caruell whose calfe of his legge was shot away This Shippe came laden from Port-Racco with Sugar Ginger and Hides The Ship-boates fetched also out of the Roade some other small Ships laden from Guinâ—ee with Elephants teeth Graines Coca nuts and Goate Skinnes most of which prizes he sent for England The
the Forefight without entring any one man tooke opportunitie to free her selfe And now both ships companies beeing entred into the Fore-cheynes the Fore-castle was so high that without any resistance the getting vp bad â—â—â—ne difficult But heere was strong resistance some irrecouerably falling by the boâ—rd aâ—◠〈…〉 ssault continued an houre and an halfe so braue a bootie making the men fight like Dragons till the Fore-castle being gained the Portugals stowed themselues in holds The English now hunted after nothing but pillage and were readie to goe to the eares about it each man lighting a Candle the negligence of which fired a Cabbin in which were sixe hundred Cartrages of Powder The rumour hereof made them all readie to forsake the Carrike when Captayne Norton with some others with buckets of water aduentured the quenching of that fire Feare of leake by the fight and neernesse of the shoare were great parts of his care All these dangâ—rs freed contention about so rich a pillage was welnigh kindling in the Commanders beeing so diuersly commanded and employed but Sir Iohn Burroughes pretending the Queenes name Captayne Norton yeelded that hee should take care of the Carricke which he accordingly repayred lands about eight hundred Negros on Coruo detaynes the ordinary Saylers commits the Gentlemen to a ship of the Eaâ—le of Cumberlands to goe whether they would who escaped not a second rifling by other Englishmen of warre which tooke from them thus negligently dismissed nine hundred Diamonds besides other odde ends The Earle of Cumberland had notice by a Pinnasse sent from Captayne Norton twentie dayes before the Carricke came into England and had Commission from the Queene for her safe harbouring Hardly she escaped the Rockes of Silly the Tigre also participating in that danger and came to Dartmouth being so huge and vnweldie a ship as shee was neuer remooued out of that Harbour but there laid vp her bones His Lordships share would haue amounted according to his employment of ships and men to two or three Millions but because his Commission large enough otherwise had not prouided for the case of his returne and substituting another in his place some adjudged it to depend on the Queenes mercie and bountie Neyther yet by reason of some mens imbezelling had her Majestie the account of the fifth part of her value and the Earle was faine to accept of sixe and thirtie thousand pounds for him and his as out of gift THe next yeere 1593. his Lorship procured two ships Royall the Golden Lion Admirall commanded by himselfe the Bonaduenture Vice-admirall and therewith employed the Backe Chaldon the Pilgrime the Anthonie and the Disconerie which three last when hee came to the Coast of Spaine hee sent for the West Indies Hee tooke from the protection of fourteene great Hulkes two French ships of Saint Malowes which then held for the league and vâ—â—re therefore reputed in state of Spaniards of great value one of which he carried with him and sent the other into England The Spaniards hauing intelligence set forth an Armada against him which waited for him at the Ilands and the Earle hearing of their beeing at Flores and within fiue leagues of them lighted on a ship which they had sent to descry which before shee could recouer her fleet he tooke He learning by these that the Spanish fleet trebled the force of his hauing kept company with them one day quitted them and kept tenne or twelue leagues distant from them three weekes In which space he fell sicke beyond hope of life without returne or refreshing from the shoare Captayne Monson with much hazard procured him some refreshing from Coruo and leauing the rest of the ships which tooke one Prize after hee returned for England this proouing the most gainfull Voyage which he made before or after THe Anthonie of one hundred and twentie tunnes commanded by Captayne Iames Langton Pilot Antonio Martino a Spaniard which had long liued in those Indies and wel acquainted with those Ports the Pilgrime of one hundred tunnes commanded by Captayne Francis Slingsbie Diego Petrus a Spanish Pilot and the Discouerie these three after fare well solemnely taken and giuen by shot on all hands shaped their Course for the Antillas and fell with the Iland of Saint Lucia there and at Matinnio refreshing themselues three dayes they concluded to attempt the taking of the Rancherias which are the Pearle-fishings of Margarita contayning sixe or seuen seuerall small Villages which for that purpose they inhabit but not aboue one of them at once when their fishing failes there remouing to another and so by course hauing emptie houses standing alway readie for that purpose The Pearles for more safetie are monethly carried to the Towne of Margarita three leagues from the waters side They kept out of sight all day for feare of discouerie and at night landed and visited two emptie Rancherias but taking a Spaniard which then came thither in a Boate with two Indians they made him their guide to the inhabited Rancheria fiue leagues off commanding the Boates to row along the shoare and not to double the point till euening The two Captaynes with eight and twentie men marched by land in the heat which with want of water much annoyed them They came thither in the beginning of the night and agreed to assault the place in three places at once notwithstanding their small numbers lest they should gather head any where The Spaniards at first thought it had beene some false alarme of the Gouernour and bid away with this iesting but finding it earnest hastily fled to the woods Thus did they take the Towne with some two thousand pounds value in Pearle besides what other pillage the Souldiers gate Their weapons they brake for feare of pursuite In the morning they went aboord the fishing Boats and tooke their Oysters gotten the night before and gate aboord their ships much in suspense for them not knowing of this sudden enterprize the fifth day after they had gone from them The shippes now comming before the Towne demanded ransome for their houses and Canoas to redeeme which from destruction they gaue two thousand Duckets in Pearle But Caruels of aduice hauing euery-where giuen intelligence of them at Cumana they found them on their guard and returned not without losse Thence they coasted Terra F 〈…〉 ma till they came to the Ilands of Aruba and Corresao where they landed and refreshed themselues Thence to Rio de Hache which they thought to haue taken but found the enemy ready for them with other intelligence that they had carried their goods into the Mountaynes They therefore set saile for Hispaniola came to Cape Tuberone and thence to the Bay of Saint Nicholas and thence to Fort Plat and others on the North side thence to Mona and so Sauona where they watered againe in this manner The Iland is low destitute of any Spring and to the Sea a small
to forgiue and true of word Sir Francis hâ—rd in reconciliation and constancie in friendship he was withall seuere and courteous magnaâ—imious and liberall They were both faultie in ambition but more the one then the other For in Sir Francis was an in sâ—tiable desire of honor indeed beyond reason He was infinite in promises and more temperate in aduersity then in better Fortune He had also other imperfections as aptnesse to anger and bitternesse in disgracing and too much pleased with open flattery Sir Iohn Hawkins had in him malice with dissimulation rudenesse in behauiour and passing sparing indeed miserable They were both happy alike in being Great Commanders but not of equall successe and grew great and famous by one meanes rising through their owne Vertues and the Fortune of the Sea Their was no comparison to bee made betweene their wel-deseruing and good parts for therein Sir Francis Drake did farre exceede This is all I haue obserued in the Uoyages wherein I haue serued with them R. M. A briefe recitall or nomination of Souldiers other Englishmens Voyages related at large in the printed Works of Master HAKLVYT OTher Voyages might here be inserted made by Englishmen into the Bay of Mexico as that by Captayne W. Michelson and William Mace of Ratcliffe in the Dogge 1589. which there tooke three shippes They held fight with a Spanish man of Warre who by fraud sought perfidiously to obtayne that which they could not by vnspotted Fortitude They put out a flagge of Truce and after kinde entertaynment aboord the English inuited them to their shippe where they assaulted them stabbing Roger Kingsâ—old the Pilot to the Heart staying others and forcing the rest to trust God and the Sea rather then the Deuill and the Spaniards thus swimming to their ship The valiant fight of the Content a small ship of Sir George Câ—reys Lord Hundsdon Lord Chamberlaine 1591. Iune 13. with three great Spanish ships each of six or seuen hundred and one small shippe and two Gallies farre more beeing slaine of the enemies then the English had to fight I leaue to Master Hakluyts report as also Captayne Christopher Newport his Voyage with three ships and a Pinnasse the same yeere which tooke and spoyled Yaguana and Ocoa in Hispaniâ—la and Truxillo besides other Prizes and in the way homeward were at the taking of the Madre de Dios. The next yeere Captayne Lane Gen. of Master Wats his fleete Captayne Roberts in the Exchange of Bristâ—ll and Captayne Beniamin Wood with foure shippes set forth by the Lord Thomas Howard Captayne Kenell of Lime-house and Captayne King of Ratcliffe Road with thirteene sayles before Hauana wayting for purchase Anno 1594. the Honourable Sir Robert Dudley set forth with two ships and two Pinnasses and made his Voyage to Trinidada and the Coast of Paria returning by the Iles of Granata Santa Cruez Santa Iuan de Puerto Rico Mona Zacheo and Bermuda In which Voyage he and his company tooke or sunke nine Spanish ships of which one was a man of Warre of sixe hundred tuns The particulars are related by himselfe in Master Hakluyt In him also the Reader may find the victorious Voyage of Captayne Amias Presten and Captayne George Summers both since Knights Anno 1595. in which the Iles of Puerto Santo and of Coche neere Margarita the Fort and Towne of Coro the Citie of Saint Iago de Leon were sacked and burnt the Towne of Cumana ransomed and Iamaica entred Sir Antonie Sherley Anno 1596. set forth from Hampton with nine ships and a Galley to Saint Iago Dominica Margarita Iamaica Bay of Honduras and homewards by New foundland This and Captayne Parkers Voyage 1596. to the same parts and Ports with his taking of Campeche the chiefe Towne of Iacatan and bringing thence a Frigat laden with the Kings Tribute Also the Voyages of Sir Walter Raleigh to Guiana and other intelligences of that Nation likewise Master William Hawkins his Voyages to Brasill and those of Reâ—iger and Borey Pudsâ—y Stephen Hare Sir Iames Lancasters taking of Fernambuc Fenton and Ward and Iohn Drakes Voyage after his departure from Fenton vp the Riuer of Plate and liuing fifteene moneths with the Sauages Anno 1582. All these I referre to the painfull labours of Master Hakluyt who hath well deserued of the English Nation and of these Neptunian Heroes that I mention not the many Voyages of others in those times of difference betwixt England and Spaine which here and there you shall finde mention of in these Relations Also Anno 1589. three ships were set forth by Master Chidlie and others for the Magellan Straites one of which arriued there and tooke there a Spaniard one of the foure hundred which had beene sent thither to inhabit which had long liued there alone the rest being famished They spent sixe weekes there with contrary winds and sixe only of their company teturned they also being racked on the Coast of Normandie as W. Magoths one of the sixe hath related These I doe but summarily mention as an Index rather to Master Hakluytâ— labours then with any intent to giue the discourse thereof But the strange fortunes of Peter Carder not hitherto published compell me to take speciall notice thereof which himselfe hath thus related CHAP. V. The Relation of PETER CARDER of Saint Verian in Cornwall within seuen miles of Falmouth which went with Sir FRANCIS in his Voyage about the World begun 1577. who with seuen others in an open Pinnasse or Shallop of fiue tuns with eight Oares was separated from his Generall by foule weather in the South Sea in October An. 1578. who returning by the Straites of Magellan toward Brasill were all cast away saue this one only afore named who came into England nine yeeres after miraculously hauing escaped many strange dangers aswell among diuers Sauages as Christians AFter Sir Francis Drake had passed the Straites of Magellan the sixt of September 1578. and was driuen downe to the Southwards in the South Sea vnto the latitude of fiftie fiue degrees and a terse with such accidents as are mentioned in his Voyage and returning backe toward the Straite againe The eight of October we lost sight of the Elizabeth one of our Consorts wherein Master Iohn Winter was who returned by the Straites againe as wee vnderstood afterward at our comming home into England according to his Voyage extant in print Shortly after his separation from our company our Generall commanded eight men to furnish our small Pinnasse or Shallop with eight men whose names were these my selfe Peter Carder aforesaid Richard Burnish of London Iohn Cottle and another both seruants to Master Iohn Hawkins Artyur a Dutch Trumpetor Richard Ioyner seruant to Vincent Scoble of Plimmouth Pasche Gidie of Salt Ashe and William Pitcher of London This company was commanded to waite vpon the ship for all necessary vses but hauing not passed one dayes victuals in vs nor any Card nor Compasse sauing only the
what it cost and suddenly cloue his head therewith which his brother perceiuing ranne for his Rapier but the Indian women had stolne it away before and so they killed him also with their Bowes and Arrowes and three or foure Negroes which seemed to resist them and thereupon flied to the Mountaines gathering a great company vnto him promising them that if they would aide him against the Spaniards in Coro he would giue them the Spaniards wiues and daughters in marriage But before they put this conspieacie in practise Captaine Peroso by a Policie tooke him feasting among his fellowe and women and tooke thirtie with him and brought them all to Coro where they were to suffer death with great torments to terrifie the rest And of some they cut off the thumbes and cut the sinewes of their two fore-fingers whereby they wanted the benefit of â—hooting Our entertainment there was such that we could not desire to part from thâ—m to come into our owne Countrey without offending them For a Frigat being readie at Coro 〈◊〉 goe for Carthagena foure of vs made intreatie for passage which were Philip Glastocke Richarâ— Garret William Picks and my selfe Iohn Nicols for all the rest were in the Countrey vpon plâ—sure some in one place and some in another And when the ship was readie to depart they perâ—â—aded the Gouernour not to let vs goe For they told him that there were many ships of Hollandâ—on â—on the Coast and that if we went all in the Frigate we would betray it vnto them causing the Fathers of their Churches to tell vs That if we would stay wee should be as themselues arâ— they would willingly bestow both their daughters and their goods vpon vs. Yet notwithstanding all their allurements our desire was for our owne Countrey and so three of vs procured meâ—es for to goe and William Picks was stayed by meanes his Master told the Gouernour that foâ—e were to many to venter in the Frigat Thus we departed from Core about the twentieth of Aprill leauing all those with whom wee dwelt very sorrowfull for our departure who gaue vs great store of prouision for our Voyage They were very loth to let vs go to Carthagena for feare we should be put into the Gallies And the Gouernour of Coro himselfe wrote vnto the chiefe men of Carthagena in our commendation as to Don Pedro de Barres who was his Sonne in Law but it tooke small effect By the way wee touched at Santa Marta and watered there Within three dayes after we arriued at Carthagena we were committed to Prison by the Teniente for the Gouernour was dead not three dayes before we came in Yet we brought our Letter from Coro from one Sennor Gasper Sanchio Contador or in our behalfe to one Sennor Antonio Cambero who prooued a speciall good friend vnto vs. For we had not beene an houre in Prison but hee came to vs and comforted vs and bade vs not to feare for wee should not want any thing So he went to the Teniente and proffered three of his Negroes to set vs at libertie and if we made an escape he should haue those Negroes for his owne vse The worst of those Negroes was worth three hundred Duckets But hee would not neither would he allow vs any victuals But this Cambero sent vs euery day at noone one very good meales meate Also there were three Englishmen who serued as Mariners in one of the King of Spaines Gallions which carrie his Treasure which after that they were at Sea were by forcible tempest driuen back againe to Carthagena in a great danger to be sunk for she had twelue foot water in her Some escaped to Hauana and fiue of the richest ships were sunke on the shoalds betwixt Carthagena and Hauana These three Englishmen did allow vs twelue pence a day so long as wee remayned in Prison Euery Saturday the Teniente with his Alcaldies doe sit in iudgement within the Prison where the Teniente commanded that we should be sent to the Gallies Then one Alcaldie who was alwayes found to bee a fauourer of Englishmen whose name was Sennor Francisco Lopez de Moralis called for our Examination which when hee had perused hee told him that hee could not with Iustice commit vs. Who answered againe Then let them remayne in Prison vntill the Gallions come from Spaine for the treasure Within two moneths after a Deputie Gouernour was chosen vnto whom we framed a Petition which was deliuered by Iohn Frendgam whose answere was to him that if wee could procure any Spaniards to bayle vs for our forth comming we should be at libertie Which Sennor Francisco Lopez and Antonie Cambero no sooner heard but they entred into bond of a thousand Duckets for our forth comming And at our deliuery the Teniente told vs that although by order of Law they could iustly haue put vs to death yet seeing God had so miraculously saued vs and that we had endured so many miseries to saue our liues and that we came to them for succour and reliefe they were content to set vs at libertie So Francisco Lopez brought a discharge from the Gouernour to the Iaylour for our deliuery out of Prison and brought vs all three to his owne house where was prouided for euery one of vs a seuerall bed For the Countrey is so hot that we cannot lie but one in a bed Our entertainment was very great and all our seruices in plate with great varietie of meates and of all the most delicious Indian fruits and yet he thought we neuer fared well enough without hee sent vs one extraordinary dish or other from his owne Table Also many Gallauts resorted to his house to play at Cards who would bee very liberall vnto vs at their winning and would giue vs sixe or seuen pieces of Eight at a time There we continued vntill the Gallions were readie to goe for Spaine with the treasure then hee procured vs passage euery one in a seuerall ship And the day before wee embarked which was about the first of August there came two more of our company from Coro which were Miles Pet and Richard Ferne who were both placed with Philip Glastocke in the shippe called Saint Baotholomew Richard Garret went in the ship called La Madre de Dios and my selfe in the Santa Cruz. So we were a moneth in sayling to Hauana where wee stayed another moneth to trimme the ships The Gouernour there was Don Pedro de Valdes Prisoner in England 1588. So we liued all on shoare with eighteene pence a day for our diet and about the end of September departed leauing that shippe wherein Philip Glastocke Miles Pet and Richard Ferne were with another ship called the Saint Vincent for want of prouision of bread We shot the channell of Florida in eight dayes against the winde and came along by the I le of Bermuda and were nine weekes in sayling betweene Hauana and the Coast of Spaine The tempests and stomes which
of them in a Pinnasse that was built by one named Howard the Keele whereof hee made of a Canoa which prooued a very fitting Pinnasse for those parts and Riuers This Pinnasse after our Generals death the Indians did breake a pieces because they thought wee would haue stolne away from them in her vnto the Spaniards And the rest of our company were placed in their Canoas all of vs furnished with our Caleeuers and so wee departed on our Iourney and Voyage on the sixe and twentieth of February on which day at night wee came to a place which wee named Mount Huntly where wee lodged in the Woods that night our Generall commanding vs to keepe a good watch which wee need not to haue done for the Indians themselues were very watchfull and wonderfull carefull of our Caleeuers and for to keepe our Powder drie after we had beene acquainted with them and very diligent for to please vs. The next day at night we came to a place called the Cou and there wee lodged and the next day following we came into the Riuer of Wia and there we found two or three of the Caribes Canoas but all their men were runne vp into the Woodes and from thence our Generall went vp farther into the Riuer where wee burned certaine of their houses not finding any people in them From whence our Generall purposed to haue gone farther into the Riuer of Caliane But the Indians did aduertize him that there was an English ship there whom the Generall knew to bee one Iohnson of Plimmouth that had beene some fourteene dayes before at Wiapoco and came thither in the way of Trade But our Generall would not suffer him so to doe for that he would not hinder himselfe and his company which our Generall at that time called to minde and therefore thought it not good to proceed in the Riuer because hee doubted that there would haue risen contention betwixt his company and Iohnsons and for that hee also misdoubted wee should haue wanted Bread and Drinke if hee should haue proceeded in his iourney and therefore returned to Wiapoco where we arriued all except one Canoa About the fourteenth day of March. Our Generall sent with foure of our Nation named Blake Owen Goldwell William Crandall and Henry Powell with commodities vp into the Countrey some thirtie leagues to a place called Urake to the Inhabitants there named Arwakes to trade with them And after our iourney by reason of such Raine and foule weather as wee had in the same most of our company fell sicke and for that they had no comfortable drinkes nor any comforts thaâ— sicke persons doe want diuers of them died of the Fluxe which the Indians as also the Disease called the Calenture know right well for to cure yet concealed it from our Generall But vnto vs after his death they did reueale which sicknesse amongst the company caused no small griefe vnto our Generall and chiefly to see such wants amongst them wherefore hee resolued with himselfe to goe for England which hee acquainted the company with promising them to returne as speedily as hee could with prouision Presently after he had shipped his prouision and such Commodities as hee had gathered together in the Countrey and was in a readinesse to depart for England he sickned of the Fluxe and died aboord his ship and was by Captaine Huntly secretly buried on the Land the twentieth of March whose death was so secretly kept by the Captaine and the Master of the ship that most of the company knew not thereof The reason was because there was prouision too little for them which were shipped and others of the company if they had knowne thereof would haue pressed to haue come with them Wherefore Captaine Huntly with Master Tederington our Preacher and others set saile from Wiapoco towards England on the second of Aprill 1605. promising a ship to returne vnto vs within seuen moneths God not hindering their intents which had happened for Sir Olaue Leigh to his great charge had prouided a great Fly-boat of the burthen of one hundred and seuenty tunnes furnished for to haue come for Wiapoco as I haue heard since my being here in London before Captaine Huntly his arriuall in England but it pleased God that she neuer came to Wiapoco so that we had no comfort of her being in number left at Captaine Huntlies departure out of the Countrey thirtie fiue persons of whom one named Richard Sacksie was by Captaine Leigh in his life time appointed to bee chiefe amongst vs who shipped himselfe into a ship of Middleborough who came into the Riuer about the first of May 1605. and fourteene more of our company with him and more that Zelander would haue carried if Sacksie would haue suffered him such was his kindnesse towards our Nation Hee gaue vnto vs such wine and other comforts as he had vnto our great reliefes His comming vnto vs to Wiapoco was to haue sold vnto our Generall Negroes whose kindnesse we did requite in helping him to such commodities as wee had and did get the Indians to prouide Cassaui and Guinea Wheate for bread with Potato Roots for his Negroes to eat who departed on the one and twentieth of May after he had bin some three weekes in the Riuer of Wiapoco for Point de Ray where he shipped of our company into his Countrimens ships some in one ship and some into others for Holland of which ships we heard that some of them were taken by the Spaniards and they were cast ouer-boord with the Hollanders The same day the Hollander departed which was the one and twentieth of May came vnto vs a French ship of Saint Mallors who dealt very kindly with vs wherefore wee did suffer him to trade with the Indians who did remayne there some two moneths vnto whom many strange Indians did bring their commodities and at his departure hee shipped ten of our men hee tooke Powder and other commodities of vs which we had for their passage into France leauing tenne of vs behind him of which two died before the ship was out of ken of vs Nicholas Wilkins and Andrew Vnderhill But within some fourteene dayes after two of those foure which our Generall had sent to trade vnto Urake came vnto vs not expecting euer to haue seene them the other two were drowned by the way These two named Owen Goldwell and William Candall which came to vs reported they had beene some fortie miles vp into the Land in a very plaine pleasant Countrey and brought commodities hereafter written of About the middle of Iuly our number of ten were all in good health spending our time in planting of Carow called Flaxe whereof we planted about twentie English Acres of Land and some Tabacco obseruing the manners and conditions of the people the nature of the Land and what commodities it yeeldeth and what commodities of ours are in most request with them
Garonne Gironde Belle Grande and after that Belle a Voire and Port Royal. In this last they anchored the Riuer at the mouth is three French leagues broad hee sayled vp many leagues and erected another like Pillar of stone Ribalt hauing built a Fort and furnished it with prouisions called it Charles Fort and left a Golonie there vnder Captaine Albert. These found great kindnesse with their Indian Neighbours till dissention happened amongst themselues the Captaine for a small fault hanging a Souldier and exercising seueritie ouer the rest which thereupon in a mutinie slue him and hauing chosen a new Captaine they built a Pinnasse and furnished it as well as they could to returne for France but surprized in the way with calmes and expence of their prouision they first did eare their shooes and Buffe Ierkins and yet continuing famished they killed one of their fellowes called La Chere and made cheere of him and after met with an English Barke which releeued them and setting some on Land brought the rest to Queene Elizabeth The cause of their not releeuing according to promise was the Ciuill warres which beeing compounded the Admirall procured the King to send three ships to Florida vnder the command of the Author Rene Landonniere which see saile in Aprill 1564. He went on shoare at Dommica in which Iland his men killed two Serpents nine foote long and as bigge as 〈◊〉 legge The two and twentieth of Iune they landed in Florida ten leagues aboue Capo Francois and after in the Riuer of May where the Indians very ioyfully welcommed them and the stone Piller 〈…〉 rected by Ribalt was crowned with bayes and baskets of Mill or Moiz set at the foot and they kissed the same with great reuerence One of Parâ—coussy or the King his Sonnes presented 〈◊〉 Captain with a wedge of siluer With another Parcâ—ussy they saw one old Father blind with age but liuing and of his lomes sixe generations descended all present so that the Sonne of the eldest was supposed two hundred and fiftie yeeres old They planted themselues on this Riuer of May and there built a Fort which they called Carolina of their King Charles Landonniere sent Outigni his Lieutenant to search out the people called Thimogoa whence that siluer wedge had comne and there heard of a great King Olata Ouae Utina to whom fortie Kings were vassals Saturioua was said to haue thirtie and to be enemie to Vtina A fearefull lightning happened which burned fiue hundred acres of ground and all the fowles after which followed such a heat that as many fish were dead therewith at the mouth of the Riuer as would haue laden fiftie Carts and of their putrifaction grieuous diseases The Sauages had thought the French had done it with their Ordnance He got some prisoners of Vtinas subiects which Saturioua had taken and sent them to him some of his men assisting Vtina in his warres against Potanou one of his enemies and returning with some quantitie of Siluer and Gold Whiles things continued in good termes with the Sauages Mutinies and Conspiracies fell out amongst the French some conspiring to kill the Captaine others running away with the Barks one of which robbed by Sea and after was driuen by famine to seeke to the Spaniards at Hauana and when two other Barkes were a building a third Conspiracie seized on the Captaine detained him Prisoner and forced him to subscribe their passe with these two Barkes Away they went and the next diuision was amongst themselues one Barke departing from the others One of them after diuers Piracies came backe and the chiefe mutinies were executed Francis Iean one of the other Barke was he which after brought the Spaniards thither to destroy them The Indians vse to keepe in the Woods Ianuarie Februarie and March and liue on what they take in hunting so that the French neither receiuing their expected reliefe from France nor from the Sauages which had no Corne hauing before sold them what they had suffered grieuous famine they resolued to build a vessell able to carrie them into France the Sauages making aduantages of their necessities according to the wonted perfidiousnesse of those wilde people whereupon they tooke King Vtina Prisoner with his Sonne to get food for his ransome The famine was so sharpe that it made the bones to grow thorow the skinne and when the Maiz by the end of May came to some ripenesse food it selfe ouercame their weake stomacks Some reliefe they had by Sir Iohn Hawkins who came thither with foure ships guided by a man of Deepe which had been there in Ribalts Voyage who also offered to transport him and set them all on land in France This he refused but made good aduantage hereof with the Sauages telling them that this was his brother which brought him great reliefe and plentie whereupon all sought his friendship His men at last generally fearing to continue in that misery wanting both apparell and victuall and meanes to returne so wrought with him that not daring to giue the Siluer and such things as he had gotten in the Countrie which might bring an English Plantation into those parts he bought a ship of Sir Iohn Hawkins who partly sold and partly gaue them prouisions also of apparell and victuall for their returne and as Laudonniere acknowledgeth like a charitable man saued their liues Whiles thus they were preparing to set saile Captaine Ribalt came into the Riuer with seuen saile foure greater and three lesse whom the Admirall had sent hearing that Laudonniere lorded and domineered in tyrannicall and insolent manner and was solemnely welcommed in the end of August 1565. A while after when as the Indians had filled Captaine Ribalt with golden hopes of the Mynes at Apalatci some proofes whereof were found to be perfect gold sixe great ships of Spaniards came into the Riuer on the fourth of September and made faire shew to the French which trusted them neuer the more but let slip their Anchors and fled being no way matchable but in swiftnesse of saile whereby they escaped the pursuite of the Spaniards and obserued their course sending word thereof to Captaine Ribalt The High Admirall Chastillon also had in his last Letters written to Ribalt that he had intelligence out of Spaine of Don Pedro Melendes his Expedition to Florida iust before his comming from France Captaine Ribalt embarkes himselfe the eight of September pretending to goe seeke the Spaniards which soone after came to seeke the French at their Fort guided by Francis Iean before a Mutiner now also a Traytour who shewed the Captaine to the Spaniards Notwithstanding their assault Laudonniere made an escape with some others ouer the Marishes into the ships and so returned first into England and after into France Captaine Ribalt was surprized with a Tempest which wracked him vpon the Coast and all his ships were castaway himselfe hardly escaping drowning but not escaping the
for discouering and peopling of vnknowne parts not actually possessed by any Christian Prince dated March 25. A. Reg. 26. The 27. of Aprill 1584. he set forth two Barkes vnder the command of Master Phillip Amadas and Master Arthur Barlow which arriued on that part of America which that Virgin Queene stiled Virginia and thereof in her Maiesties name tooke possession Iuly 13. and hauing taken view and liking of the Countrey and had conference and trade with the Sauages obseruing aboue foureteene seuerall sweete smelling timber trees and many other commodities they returned with two of the Sauages Wanchese and Manteo and arriued in England in September Aprill 9. 1585. Sir Richard Greeneuile was sent by Sir Walter Raleigh with a fleete of seuen saile which landed in the I le of Saint Iohn Port Ricco May 12. and there fortified themselues and built a Pinnace The Spaniard promised to furnish them with victuals but did not whereupon they tooke two Frigates In Hispaniola they had friendly greetings and trade Iune 26. they anchored at Wocokon where by the vnskilfulnesse of Fernando the Master their Admirall strooke on ground and sunke In the 25. of Iuly the Generall returned for England and tooke a Spanish Ship of three hundred tunne richly Iaden by the way boording her with a Boate made of the boords of Chests which as soone as hee had boorded her fell in sunder and sunke at the Ships side In the Countrie was a Colonie left vnder the gouernment of Master Ralph Lane viz Master Phillip Amadas Master Hariot Master Acton Master Edward Stafford Master Prideox Captaine Vaughan and aboue a hundred others Master Lane writ from his new Fort in Virginia that if Uirginia had Kine and Horses in reasonable proportion no Countrie in Christendome were comparable to it They discouered from Roanoak to the Chesepians aboue one hundred and thirty miles to Chawanock North-West as farre The Sauages conspired against the English the principall was Pemisapan who lost his head in the quarrell in the beginning of Iune 1586. and Sir Francis Drake comming thither from the sacke of diuers Spanish Townes to visite the Colony on the nineteenth tooke the Colony with him in his victorious Fleete and brought them into Englaâ—d The same yeere had Sir Walter Raleigh prepared a ship of a hundred tun fraught with prouision for the Colonie which setting forth late arriued at Hartoraske immediatly after the departure of the Colonie which hauing sought in vaine she returned with her prouisions for England About a fortnight after her departure Sir Richard Greeneuile Generall of Virginia accompanied with three Ships arriued there and neither hearing of the Ship nor of the Colonie which he had left there the yeare before after long and vaine search he left fifteene men to hold possession of the Countrie in the I le of Roanoak furnished for two yeares and returned by the way making spoyle on the Townes of the Azores and there taking diuers Spaniards Master Thomas Hariot writ a large History of the Men Beasts Fishes Fowles Plants and Commodities of Virginia subscribed also by Master Ralph Lane extant in Master Hackluit his third Tome In the yeare 1587. Sir Walter Raleigh continuing his purpose of Plantation sent another Colonie of one hundred and fiftie persons vnder the gouernment of Master Iohn White to him he appointed twelue Assistants vnto whom he gaue a Charter and incorporated them by the name of Gouernour and Assistants of the Citie of Raleigh in Virginia These arriued on Iuly 22. at Hatoraske where they went on shore to seeke the fifteene men left there the yeare before with intent after to plant at the Bay of Chesepiok according to Sir Walter Raleigh his directions there to make their feate and Fort. By Manteo they learned how the Sauages had secretly assalted the fifteene English and slaine some the other being forced to flee it was not knowne whither Manteo was Christened and by Sir Walter Raleighs direction made Lord of Roanoak Mistris Dare the Gouernours daughter was deliuered of a daughter which was baptised by the name of Uirginia The Company were very important with the Gouernour to returne for England to supply their defects to which with much vnwillingnesse he yeelded Aug. 27. and Octob. 16. arriued in Ireland and after in England Anno 1590. the said Master Iohn White put to Sea with Ships and two Pinnaces with purpose for Virginia where they anchored at Hatorask in 36. 20. Aug. 15. They found some of the goods such as the Sauages could not make vse of and tokens as if they were at Croatoan but the winds violence permitted no further search and they returned to the Azores and after to England arriuing at Plimmouth Octob. 24. Master BARTHOLOMEVV GOSNOLDS Letter to his Father touching his first Voyage to Virginia 1602. MY duetie remembred c. Sir I was in good hope that my occasions would haue allowed mee so much libertie as to haue come vnto you before this time otherwise I would haue written more at large concerning the Countrie from whence we lately came then I did but not well remembring what I haue already written though I am assured that there is nothing set downe disagreeing with the truth I thought it fittest not to goe about to adde any thing in writing but rather to leaue the report of the rest till I come my selfe which now I hope shall be shortly and so soone as with conueniency I may In the meane time notwithstanding whereas you seeme not to be satisfied by that which I haue already written concerning some especiall matters I haue here briefely and as well as I can added these few lines for your further satisfaction and first as touching that place where we were most resident it is in the Latitude of 41. degrees and one third part which albeit it be so much to the Southward yet is it more cold then those parts of Europe which are scituated vnder the same paralell but one thing is worth the noting that notwithstanding the place is not so much subiect to cold as England is yet did we finde the Spring to be later there then it is with vs here by almost a moneth this whether it hapned accidentally this last Spring to be so or whether it be so of course I am not very certaine the latter seemes most likely whereof also there may be giuen some sufficient reason which now I omit as for the Acornes we saw gathered on heapes they were of the last yeare but doubtlesse their Summer continues longer then ours We cannot gather by any thing we could obserue in the people or by any triall we had thereof our selues but that it is as healthfull a Climate as any can be The Inhabitants there as I wrote before being of tall stature comely proportion strong actiue and some of good yeares and as it should seeme very healthfull are sufficient proofe of the
for they had lost in fighting and by drowning aboue foure hundred men and of the English were slaine about a hundred Sir Richard Greenfield himselfe being wounded in his braine whereof afterwards he died He was borne into the Sâ—ip called the Saint Paul wherein was the Admirall of the Fleete Don Alonso de Barsan there his wounds were drest by the Spanish Surgeons but Don Alonso himselfe would neither see him nor speake with him all the rest of the Captaines and Gentlemen went to visite him and to comfort him in his hard fortune wondring at his courage and stout heart for that he shewed not any signe of faintnesse nor changing of coloâ—r But feeling the houre of death to approach he spake these words in Spanish and said Here dye I Richard Greenfield with a ioyfull and quiet minde for that I haue ended my life as a true Souldier ought to doe that hath fought for his Countrey Queene Religion and honour whereby my Soule most ioyfull departeth out of this body and shall alwayes leaue behinde it an euerlasting fame of a valiant and true Soldier that hath done his duetie as hee was bound to doe When he had finished these or such other like words he gaue vp the Ghost with great and stout courage and no man could perceiue any true signe of heauinesse in him This Sir Richard Greenfield was a great and a rich Gentleman in England and had great yearely reuenewes of his owne inheritance but he was a man very vnquiet in his minde and greatly affected to warre in so much as of his owne priuate motion he offered his seruice to the Qâ—eene He had performed many valiant acts and was greatly feared in these Ilands and knowne of euery man but of nature very seuere so that his owne people hated him for his fiercenesse and spake very hardly of him for when they first entred into the Fleete or Armado they had their great saile in a readinesse and might possibly enough haue sailed away for it was one of the best Ships for saile in England and the Master perceiuing that the other Ships had left them and followed not after commanded the great saile to be cut that they might make away but Sir Richard Greenfield threatned both him and all the rest that were in the Ship that if any man laid hand vpon it he would cause him to be hanged and so by that occasion they were compelled to fight and in the end were taken He was of so hard a complexion that as hee continued among the Spanish Captaines while they were at dinner or supper with him hee would carouse three or foure Glasses of Wine and in a brauery take the Glasses betweene his teeth and crash them in peeces and swallow them downe so that often times the bloud ran out of his mouth without any harme at all vnto him and this was told me by diuers credible persons that many times stood and beheld him The Englishmen that were left in the Ship as the Captaine of the Souldiers the Master and others were dispersed into diuers of the Spanish Ships that had taken them where there had almost a new fight arisen betweene the Biscaines and the Portugals while each of them would haue the honour to haue first boorded her so that there grew a great noise and quarrell among them one taking the chiefe Ancient and the other the Flagge and the Captaine and euery one held his owne The ships that had boorded her were altogether out of order and broken and many of their men hurt whereby they were compelled to come into the Iland of Tercera there to repaire themselues where being arriued I and my chamber-fellow to heare some newes went aboord one of the Ships being a great Biscaine and one of the twelue Apostles whose Captaine was called Bertandono that had bin Generall of the Biscaines in the fleete that went for England He seeing vs called vs vp into the Gallery where with great curtesie he receiued vs being as then set at dinner with the English Captaine that sat by him and had on a sute of blacke Veluet but he could not tell vs any thing for that he could speake no other language but English and Latine which Bartandono also could a little speake The English Captaine that he might come on land with his weapon by his side and was in our lodging with the Englishman that was kept prisoner in the Iland being of that ship whereof the sailers got away as I said before The Gouernour of Tercera bad him to dinner and shewed him great curtesie The Master likewise with licence of Bartandono came on land and was in our lodging and had at the least ten or twelue wounds as well in his head as on his body whereof after that being at Sea betweene Lisbone and the Ilands he died The Captaine wrote a Letter wherein he declared all the manner of the fight and left it with the English Merchant that lay in our lodging to send it to the Lord Admirall of England The English Captaine comming to Lisbone was there well receiued and not any hurt done vnto him but with good conuoy sent to Sentuual and from thence sayled into England with all the rest of the Englishmen that were taken prysoners The Spanish Armie staied at the Iland of Corus till the last of September to assemble the rest of the Fleete together which in the end were to the number of one hundred and forty sayle of Ships partly comming from India and partly of the Army and being altogether ready vnto saile to Tercera in good company there sodainly rose so hard and cruell a storme that those of the Iland did affirme that in mans memory there was neuer any such seene or heard of before for it seemed the Sea would haue swallowed vp the Ilands the water mounting higher then the Cliffes which are so high that it amaseth a man to behold them but the Sea reached aboue them and liuing fishes were throwne vpon the land This storme continued not onely a day or two with one winde but seuen or eight dayes continually the winde turning round about in all places of the compasse at the least twice or thrice during that time and all alike with a continuall storme and tempest most terrible to behold euen to vs that were on shore much more then to such as were at Sea so that onely on the Coasts and Clifts of the Iland of Tercera there were aboue twelue Ships cast away and not onely vpon the one side but round about it in euery corner whereby nothing else was heard but complaining crying lamenting and telling here is a ship broken in peeces against the Cliffes and there another and all the men drowned so that for the space of twenty dayes after the storme they did nothing else but fish for dead men that continually came driding on the shore Among the rest was the English ship called the Reuenge that was cast away vpon
sufficient Curats Pikes Swords and Morions more then men the Sauages their language and habitations well knowne to one hundred well trained and expert Souldiers Nets for Fishing Tooles of all sorts to worke Apparell to supply our wants sixe Mares and a Horse fiue or sixe hundred Swine as many Hennes and Chickens some Goates some Sheepe what was brought or bred there remained but they regarded nothing but from hand to mouth to consume what wee had tooke care for nothing but to perfit some colourable complaints against Captaine Smith for effecting whereof three weekes longer they staied the sixe Ships till they could produce them That time and charge might much better haue beene spent but it suted well with the rest of their discretions Now all these which Smith had either whipped punished or any way disgraced had free power and libertie to say or sweare any thing and from a whole armefull of their examination this was concluded The Mutiners at The Falls complained he caused the Sauages to assault them for that he would not reuenge their losse they being but one hundred and twentie and hee fiue men and himselfe and this they proued by the oath of one hee had oft whipped for periury and pilfering The Dutch-men that hee had appointed to be stab'd for their treacheries swore he sent to poison them with Rats-bane The prudent Councell that he would not submit himselfe to their stolne authoritie Coe and Dyer that should haue murdered him were highly preferred for swearing they heard one say he heard Powhatan say That hee heard a man say if the King would not send that Corne hee had hee should not long enioy his Copper Crowne nor those Robes hee had sent him yet those also swore he might haue had Corne for Tooles but would not The truth was Smith had no such Engines as the King demanded nor Powhatan any Corne. Yet this argued he would starue them Others complained hee would not let them rest in the Fort to starue but forced them to the Oyster Bankes to liue or starâ—e as hee liued himselfe For though hee had of his owne priuate prouisions sent from England sufficient yet hee gaue it all away to the weake and sicke causing the most vntoward by doing as he did to gather their food from the vnknowne parts of the Riuers and Woods that they liued though hardly that otherwayes would haue starued ere they would haue left their beds or at the most the fight of Iames Towne to haue got their owne victuall Some propheticall spirit calculated he had the Sauages in such subiection he would haue made himselfe a King by marrying Pocahontas Powhatans daughter It is true she was the very nonparell of his Kingdome and at most not past thirteene or fourteene yeeres of age Very oft she came to our Fort with what shee could get for Captaine Smith that euer loued and vsed all the Countrey well but her especially hee euer much respected and shee so well requited it that when her father intended to haue surprized him she by stealth in the darke night came through the wild Woods and told him of it But her marriage could no way haue entitled him by any right to the Kingdome nor was it euer suspected he had euer such a thought or more regarded her or any of them then in honest reason and discretion he might If he would be might haue married her or haue done what him listed For there was none that could haue hindred his determination Some that knew not any thing to say the Councell instructed and aduised what to sweare So diligent they were in this businesse that what any could remember he had euer done or said in mirth or passion by some circumstantiall oath it was applyed to their fittest vse yet not past eight or nine could say much and that nothing but circumstances which all men did know was most false and vntrue Many got their Passes by promising in England to say much against him Instead of accusing him I haue neuer heard any giue him a better report then many of those witnesses themselues that were sent only home to testifie against him Richard Pots W. P. The day before the Ships departed C. Davis arriued in a small Pinnace with some sixteene proper men more to those were added a company from Iames Towne vnder the command of Captaine Ratcliffe to inhabite Point-Comfort Martin and Master West hauing lost their Boats and neere halfe their men amongst the Sauages were returned to Iames Towne For the Sauages no sooner vnderstood of Captaine Smiths losse but they all reuolted and did murder and spoile all they could encounter Now were wee all constrained to liue onely of that which Smith had onely for his owne company for the rest had consumed their proportions And now haue wee twentie Presidents with all their appurtenances for Master Persie was so sicke he could not goe nor stand But ere all was consumed Master West and Ratliffe each with a Pinnace and thirtie or fortie men well appointed sought abroad to trade and vpon confidence of Powhatan Ratliffe and his men were slaine onely Ieffery Shortridge escaped and Pochahuntas the Kings daughter saued a boy called Henry Spelman who liued many yeeres after by her meanes amongst the Patawomekes Powhatan still as bee found meanes cut off their Boats and denied them trade And Master West finding little better successe set saile for England Now we all found the want of Captaine Smith yea his greatest maligners could then curse his losse Now for corne prouision and contribution from the Saueges wee had nothing but mortall wounds with Clubs and Arrowes As for our Hogs Goats Sheepe Horse or what liued our Commanders and Officers did daily consume them some small proportions sometimes wee tasted till all was deuoured then Swords Arrowes Peeces or any thing we traded to the Sauages whose bloudy fingers were so imbrued in our blouds that what by their crueltie our Gouernours indiscretion and the losse of our Ships Of fiue hundred within sixe moneths after there remained not any more then sixtie most miserable and poore creatures It were to vild to say what wee endured Life was now preserued by Roots Herbs Acornes Walâ—uts Berries now and then a little Fish and Starch by such as had any A Sauage slaine and buried is said to haue beene taken vp by the poorer and eaten which is reported also to haue hapned to others of their owne A report was that one slew his wife and had eaten part of her this is by others denied the murther acknowledged and he iustly executed for that parricide The occasion of these miseries was onely our owne for want of prouidence industrie and gouernment and not the barrennesse and defect of the Countrey as is generally supposed for till then in three yeeres for the numbers were landed vs wee had neuer landed sufficient prouision for sixe moneths such a glutton is the Sea and such good fellowes the Mariners wee as
long Boat was the care which hee tooke for the estate of the Colony in this his inforced absence for by a long practised experience foreseeing and fearing what innouation and tumult might happily arise amongst the younger and ambitious spirits of the new companies to arriue in Virginia now comming with him along in this same Fleet hee framed his letters to the Colony and by a particular Commission confirmed Captaine Peter Win his Lieutenant Gouernour with an Assistance of sixe Counsellours writing withall to diuers and such Gentlemen of qualitie and knowledge of vertue and to such louers of goodnesse in this cause whom hee knew intreating them by giuing examples in themselues of duty and obedience to assist likewise the said Lieutenant Gouernour against such as should attempt the innouating of the person now named by him or forme of gouernment which in some Articles hee did likewise prescribe vnto them and had faire hopes all should goe well if these his letters might arriue there vntill such time as either some Ship there which hee fairely beleeued might bee moued presently to aduenture for him or that it should please the right honourable the Lordes and the rest of his Maiesties Councell in England to addresse thither the right honourable the Lord Lawar one of more eminencie and worthinesse as the proiect was before his comming forth whilest by their honourable fauours a charitable consideration in like manner might bee taken of our estates to redeeme vs from hence For which purpose likewise our Gouernour directed a particular letter to the Councell in England and sent it to the foresaid Captaine Peter Winne his now to bee chosen Lieutenant Gouernour by him to bee dispatched which is the first from thence into England In his absence Sir George Summers coasted the Ilands and drew the former plat of them and daily fished and hunted for our whole company vntill the seuen and twentieth of Nouember when then well perceiuing that we were not likely to heare from Virginia and conceiuing how the Pinnace which Richard Frubbusher was a building would not be of burthen sufficient to transport all our men from thence into Uirginia especially considering the season of the yeare wherein we were likely to put off he consulted with our Gouernour that if hee might haue two Carpenters for we had foure such as they were and twenty men ouer with him into the maine Iland he would quickly frame vp another little Barke to second ours for the better fitting and conueiance of our people Our Gouernour with many thankes as the cause required cherishing this so carefull and religious consideration in him and whose experience likewise was somewhat in these affaires granted him all things sutable to his desire and to the furthering of the worke who therefore had made ready for him all such tooles and instruments as our owne vse required not and for him were drawne forth twenty of the ablest and stoutest of the company and the best of our men to hew and square timber when himselfe then with daily paines and labour wrought vpon a small Vessell which was soone ready as ours at which wee leaue him a while busied and returne to our selues In the meane space did one Frubbusher borne at Graues end and at his comming forth now dwelling at Lime House a painefull and well experienced Shipwright and skilfull workman labour the building of a little Pinnace for the furtherance of which the Gouernour dispensed with no â—rauaile of his body nor forbare any care or study of minde perswading as much and more an ill qualified parcell of people by his owne performance then by authority thereby to hold them at their worke namely to fell carry and sawe Cedar â—t for the Carpenters purpose for what was so meane whereto he would not himselfe set his hand being therefore vp earely and downe late yet neuerthelesse were they hardly drawne to it as the Tortoise to the inchantment as the Prouerbe is but his owne presence and hand being set to euery meane labour and imployed so readily to euery office made our people at length more diligent and willing to be called thereunto where they should see him before they came In which we may obserue how much example preuailes aboue precepts and how readier men are to be led by eyes then eares And sure it was happy for vs who had now runne this fortune and were fallen into the bottome of this misery that we both had our Gouernour with vs and one so solicitous and carefull whose both example as I said and authority could lay shame and command vpon our people else I am perswaded we had most of vs finished our dayes there so willing were the maâ—or part of the common sort especially when they found such a plenty of victuals to settle a foundation of euer inhabiting there as well appeared by many practises of theirs and perhaps of some of the better sort Loe what are our affections and passions if not rightly squared how irreligious and irregular they expresse vs not perhaps so ill as we would be but yet as wee are some dangerous and secret discontents nourished amongst vs had like to haue bin the parents of bloudy issues and mischiefes they began first in the Sea-men who in time had fastened vnto them by false baits many of our land-men likewise and some of whom for opinion of their Religion was carried an extraordinary and good respect The Angles wherewith chiefely they thus hooked in these disquieted Pooles were how that in Uirginia nothing but wretchednesse and labour must be expected with many wants and a churlish intreaty there being neither that Fish Flesh nor Fowle which here without wasting on the one part or watching on theirs or any threatning and are of authority at ease and pleasure might be inioyed and since both in the one and the other place they were for the time to loose the fruition both of their friends and Countrey as good and better were it for them to repose and seate them where they should haue the least outward wants the while This thus preached and published each to other though by such who neuer had bin more onward towards Virginia then before this Voyage a Sculler could happily rowe him and what hath a more adamantiue power to draw vnto it the consent and attraction of the idle vntoward and wretched number of the many then liberty and fulnesse of sensuality begat such a murmur and such a discontent and disunion of hearts and hands from this labour and forwarding the meanes of redeeming vs from hence as each one wrought with his Mate how to diuorse him from the same And first and it was the first of September a conspiracy was discouered of which six were found principals who had promised each vnto the other not to set their hands to any trauaile or endeauour which might expedite or forward this Pinnace and each of these had seuerally according to appointment sought
Port Royall where his Boate was split presently in peeces and he made shift to climbe so steepe a Rocke by night as would haue troubled the strongest man in 〈…〉 le to haue done by day He discerned in the morning where he was and without other refreshing then water which he tooke temperately or might else haue drunk his last he got in halfe a day to a friends house He was liuing Anno 1622. Some treasure in Dollers to the value of twentie pounds was found the remainder of some Wrack The Company sent M. Daniel Tucker to be Gouernour hee set saile in the George accompanied with the Edwin some preparation was made to resist but he at last was receiued and acknowledged in May 1616. Somewhat hee had to doe to bring them to their workes which yet he effected their day worke till nine in the morning and then staying till three in the afternoone they began againe continuing till sun-set Besides meat drinke and clothes they had for a time a certaine kind of brasse Money with a Hog on the one side in memory of the Hogs there found at first landing Hee by Master Richard Norwoods helpe laid out the eight Tribes in the Mayne which were to consist of fiftie shares to a Tribe each share twentie fiue Acres He began to plant some of the Colony on speciall shares and appointed Bailiffes to each Tribe Hee held a generall Assise in his second moneth at Saint Georges where for sedition Iohn Wood a Frenchman was hanged He sent the Edwin to Trade with the Natiues of the West Indies for Cattel Corne Plants which had it been continued might happily haue bin more beneficiall to the Plantation then the Magazines from hence She returned with Figs Pines Sugar-canes Plantans Papawes and diuers other plants which were presently replanted and since haue increased by the Gouernours commendable husbandry Seuerity by the conceit thereof produced an admirable fact Fiue men which could by no meanes get passage for England resolued to aduenture an escape viz. Richard Sander Mariner chiefe plotter William Goodwin a Ship Carpenter Tho. Harison a Ioyner Iames Baker Gentleman and Henry Puet These insinuated to the Gouernour that they would build him a Boat of two or three Tuns with a close Deck fit to fish in all weathers Hee glad to see them so obsequious furnished them with necessaries whatsoeuer they could desire Shee was fitted and gone the euening before hee sent for her to see as was reported how shee could saile This was most true and Botelias his aduenture from Goa in the East Indies to Lisbon was not so admirable a triall Barker had borrowed a Compasse Diall of M. Hughes leauing a Letter to him to haue patience for that losse whereby their aduenture was intimated The Gouernours threats were not in that remotenesse so terrible as the two present swelling Elements whom yet they found more gentle then a French Pickaroone who in stead of succour which they desired tooke from them what they liked leaning them not so much as a Crosse-staffe to obserue with and so cast them off They continued their course till their victuall began to faile and the knees of their Boat were halfe hewed away for fire wood They at last arriued in Ireland where the Earle of Tomund entertained them and caused the Boat to be hanged vp for a Monument hauing sayled 3300. miles thorow the Ocean by a right line without sight of any Land This fortunate Sanders in the rifling of a Ship taken in the East Indies bought a Chest for three or foure shillings but would for want of a Key haue sold it againe for lesse But one day hauing little to doe hee broke it open and found therein 1000. pounds sterling or so much gold as bought him in England a good estate which leauing with his wife he returned againe to the East Indies The Company sent Captaine Powell in the Hopewell after he had landed his passengers in Summer Iles to trade in the Indies who by the way fell foule on a Brasillman and afterwards a Frenchman on him but hee got safe to the Ilands and told what he had done The Gouernour kept his second Assize and made a proclamation against the killing of coheires Powell is againe sent to the West Indies from thence with thirteene or fourteene men Hee made triall but in vaine for the Whale-fishing for which and to which purpose the Company soone after sent the Neptune In the beginning of his second yeere he called the third azise in which one was hanged two others condemned but reprieued The Rat Tragedy was now terrible some Fishes haue been taken with Rats in their bellies catched as they swam from I le to I le One Henry Long with sixe others being on fishing a sudden storm arose with terrible thunder and the Boat was tossed ouer the Rocks the fiâ—h tossed ouer-boord and Long with two others escaped the rest drowned one of the three being demanded what he thought in the present perill answered hee said nothing but Gallowes claime thy right which within halfe a yeere fell out accordingly Powell returned with three Frigats laden with Meale Hides and Munition The Master and Gouernour contending both were dispossessed by a stronger power Waters with twelue men were sent to Virginia and would no more returne to Summers Iles. A. 1618. arriued there the Diana with men and prouision and the first Magazine a course I heare not much applauded by the Planters here or in Virginia the companies honest care seeming by some others dishonestie frustrate This Ship fraught with 30000. weight of Tobacco gaue by the good sayle thereof encouragement to the Aduenturers The Gouernour building a house of Cedar in the best Land appropriated it to himselfe to the griefe of others there of whom Master Hughes could not by threats nor imprisonment be so pacified but that here to the Company hee approued his cause Two men and a Gentlewomen thinking to make their escape in a Boat to Virginia were neuer heard of after Sixe others attempted the like but were apprehended araigned condemned and one of them hanged The Gouernours hard dealings so much complained of caused him in the Blessing to returne to excuse himselfe and to get that house assured him leauing Captaine Kendall to supply his place The Gilli-flower and the Treasurer were sent By the Sea-flower which went to Virginia a Preacher was sent to the Ilands and newes of a new Gouernour Captaine Kerby came in with a small Barke from the West Indies A Dutch Frigot was cost away on the Westerne shoare the people saued by the English Captaine Butler the new Gouernour arriued in the Warwicke the twentieth of October 1619. The Redoubt a platforme of the Kings Castle at the same time whiles the New Gouernour and old Planters were feasting aboord accidentally was consumed with fire The next month came in the Garland which had come
that yeerely fish about Yarmouth where they sell their Fish for Gold and fifteene yeeres ago they had more then 116000. Sea-faring men The fishing shippes doe take yeerely two hundred thousand Last of fish twelue barrels to a Last which amounted to 3000000. pounds by the Fishermens price that fourteene yeeres agoe did pay for their Tenths 300000. pound which venting in Pumerland Sprussia Denmarke Lefland Russia Swethland Germany Netherlands England or else-where c. make their returnes in a yeere about 7000000. pounds and yet in Holland they haue neither matter to build ships nor Merchandize to set them forth yet by their industrie they as much increase as other Nations decay But leauing these vncertainties as they are of this I am certaine That the Coast of England Scotland and Ireland the North Sea with Ireland and the Sound New-found-land and Cape Blanke doe serue all Europe as well the Land Townes as Ports and all the Christian shipping with these sorts of Staple fish which is transported from whence it is taken many a thousand mile viz. Herring Salt-fish Poore-Iohn Sturgion Mullit Tunny Porgos Cauiare Buttargo Now seeing all these sorts of fish or the most part of them may be had in a Land more fertile temperate and plentifull of all necessaries for the building of ships Boates and houses and the nourishment of man the Seasons are so proper and the fishings so neere the habitations we may there make that New England hath much aduantage of the most of those parts to serue all Europe far cheaper then they can who at home haue neither Wood Salt nor Food but at great rates at Sea nothing but what they carrie in their ships an hundred or two hundred leagues from their habitation But New Englands fishings is neere land where is helpe of Wood Water Fruites Fowles Corne or other refreshings needfull and the Terceras Mederas Canaries Spaine Portugall Prouance Sauoy Sicilia and all Italy as conuenient Markets for our dry fish greene fish Sturgion Mullit Cauiare and Buttargo as Norway Swethland Littâ—ania or Germany for their Herring which is here also in abundance for taking they returning but Wood Pitch Tarre Sope-ashes Cordage Flaxe Waxe and such like Commodities we Wines Oyles Sugars Silkes and such Merchandize as the Straits affoord whereby our profit may equalize theirs besides the increase of shipping and Mariners And for proofe hereof With two ships sent out at the charge of Captaine Marmaduke Roydon Captaine George Laâ—gam Master Iohn Buley and W. Skelton I went from the Downes the third of March and arriued in New England the last of April where I was to haue stayed but with ten men to keepe possession of those large Territories Had the Whales proued as curious information had assured mee and my Aduentures but those things failed So hauing but fortie fiue men and boyes we built seuen Boates thirtie seuen did fish my selfe with eight others ranging the Coast I tooke a plot of what I could see got acquaintance of the Inhabitants 1100. Beuer skinnes a hundred Martines and as many Otters Fortie thousand of dry fish wee sent for Spaine with the Salt-fish traine Oyle and Furres I returned for England the eighteenth of Iuly and arriued safe with my Company the latter end of August Thus in sixe moneths I made my Voyage out and home and by the labour of fiue and fortie got neere the value of fifteene hundred pounds in those grosse Commodities This yeere also one went from Plimmouth set out by diuers of the I le of Wight and the West Countrie by the directions and instructions of Sir Ferdinando Gorge spent their victuals and returned with nothing The Virginia Company vpon this sent foure good ships and because I would not vndertake it for them hauing ingaged my selfe to them of the West the Londoners entertained the men that came home with me They set sayle in Ianuary and arriued there in March they found fish enough vntill halfe Iune fraughted a ship of three hundred tunnes went for Spaine which was taken by the Turkes one went to Uirginia to relieue that Colonie and two came for England with the greene fish traine Oyle and Furres within six moneths In Ianuary with two hundred pounds in cash for aduenture and six Gentlemen well furnished I went from London to the foure Ships was promised prepared for mee in the West Countrey but I found no such matter notwithstanding at the last with a labyrinth of trouble I went from Plimoth with a Ship of two hundred Tunnes and one of fiftie when the fishing was done onely with fifteene I was to stay in the Countrey but ill weather breaking all my Masts I was forced to returne to Plimoth where rather then lose all reimbarking my selfe in a Barke of sixtie Tuns how I escaped the English Pyrats and the French and was betrayed by foure Frenchmen of War I refer you to the description of New England but my Vice-Admirall notwithstanding the latenesse of the yeere setting forth with me in March the Londoners in Ianuary shee arriued in May they in March yet came home well fraught in August and all her men well within fiue moneths odde dayes The Londoners ere I returned from France for all their losse by the Turkes which was valued about foure thousand pounds sent two more in Iuly but such courses they tooke hy the Canaries to the West Indies it was ten moneths ere they arriued in New England wasting in that time their seasons victuall and health yet there they found meanes to refresh themselues and the one returned neere fraught with Fish and Traine within two moneths after From Plimoth went foure Ships onely to Fish and Trade some in February some in March one of two hundred Tuns got thither in a moneth and went full fraught for Spaine the rest returned to Plimoth well fraught and their men well within fiue moneths odde dayes From London went two more one of two hundred Tuns got thither in sixe weekes and within sixe weekes after with fortie foure men and boyes was full fraught and returned againe into England within fiue moneths and a few dayes the other went to the Canaries with dry fish which they sold at a great rate for Rials of eight and as I heard turned Pyrats I being at Plimoth prouided with three good Ships yet but fifteene men to stay with me in the Countrey was Wind-bound three moneths as was many a hundred saile more so that the season being past the Ships went for New-found-land whereby my designe was frustrate which was to me and my friends no small losse in regard whereof here the Westerne Commissioners in the behalfe of themselues and the rest of the Company contracted with me by Articles indented vnder our hands to be Admirall of that Country during my life and in the renewing of their Letters Patents so to be nominated halfe the fruites of our endeuours theirs the rest our owne being thus ingaged now the
lesse pleasant then wholsome and profitable no place hath more Goose-berries and Straw-berries nor better Timber of all sorts you haue in England doth couer the Land that affords Beasts of diuers sorts and great flockes of Turkies Quailes Pigeons and Partridges Many great Lakes abounding with Fish Fowle Beauers and Otters The Sea affoords vs as great plentie of all excellent sorts of Sea-fish as the Riuers and Iles doth varietie of wild Fowle of most vsefull sorts Mynes we find to our thinking but neither the goodnesse nor qualitie wee know Better Graine cannot be then the Indian Corne if we will plant it vpon as good ground as a man need desire Wee are all Free-holders the rent day doth not trouble vs and all those good blessings we haue of which and what wee list in their seasons for taking Our company are for most part very religious honest people the Word of God sincerely taught vs euery Sabbath so that I know not any thing a contented mind can here want I desire your friendly care to send my Wife and Children to mee where I wish all the Friends I haue in England and so I rest Your louing Kinsman William Hilton From the West Countrey went ten or twelue Ships to Fish which were all well fraughted those that came first at Bilbow made seuenteene pounds a single share besides Beauer Otters and Martins skins but some of the rest that came to the same Ports that were already furnished so glutted the Market their price was abated yet all returned so well contented they are a preparing to goe againe There is gone from the West of England onely to fish thirtie fiue Ships and about the last of April two more from London the one of one hundred Tuns the other of thirtie with some sixtie Passengers to supply the Plantation with all necessary prouisions Now though the Turke and French hath beene somewhat too busie would all the Christian Princes but bee truly at vnitie as his Royall Maiesty our Soueraigne Lord and King desireth seuentie saile of good Ships were sufficient to fire the most of his Coasts in the Leuant and make such a guard in the straits of Hellespont as would make the Great Turke himselfe more afraid in Constantinople then the smallest Red Crosse crosses the Seas would be either of any French Piccaroun or the Pyrates of Argere An Abstract of Letters sent from the Colony in New England Iuly sixteene 1622. Since the newes of the Massacre in Virginia though the Indians continue their wonted friendship yet are wee more wary of them then before for their hands haue beene embrued in much English bloud onely by too much confidence but not by force Here I must intreat a little your fauours to digresse They did not kill the English because they were Christians but for their weapons and commodities that were rare nouelties but now they feare we may beat them out of their Dens which Lions and Tygers would not admit but by force But must this be an argument for an Englishman or discourage any either in Virginia or New England No â—or I haue tried them both For Virginia I kept that Countrey with thirtie eight and had not to eate but what we had from the Sauages When I had ten men able to goe abroad our Common-wealth was very strong with such a number I ranged that vnknowne Countrey fourteene weekes I had but eighteen to sâ—bdue them all with which great Army I stayed sixe weeks before their greatest Kings habitations till they had gathered together all the power they could and yet the Dutchmen sent at a needlesse excessiue charge did helpe Powhatan how to betray mee Of their numbers wee were vncertaine but those two honourable Gentlemen Captaine George Percie and Captaine Francis West two of the Phittiplaces and some other such noble Gentlemen and resolute spirts bore their shares with me and now liuing in England did see me take this murdering Opechankanough now their Great King by the long lock on his head with my Pistoll at his breast I led him among his greatest forces and before wee parted made him fill our Barke of twentie Tuns with Corne. When their owne wants was such I haue giuen them part again in pitty others haue bought it again to plant their fields For wronging a Souldier but the value of a peny I haue caused Powhatan send his own men to Iames Town to receiue their punishment at my discretion It is true in our greatest extremity they shot me slue three of my men and by the folly of them that fled tooke me prisoner yet God made Pocahontas the Kings Daughter the meanes to deliuer me and thereby taught mee to know their treacheries to preserue the rest It was also my chance in single combate to take the King of Paspahegh prisoner and by keeping him forced his subiects to worke in Chaines till I made all the Countrey pay contribution hauing little else-whereon to liue Twice in this time I was their President none can say in all that time I had a man slain but for keeping them in that feare I was much blamed both there and heere yet I left fiue hundred behind mee that through their confidence in sixe monethes came most to confusion as you may reade at large in the description of Virginia When I went first to those desperate designes it cost me many a forgotten pound to hire men to goe and procrastination caused more runne away then went But after the Ice was broken came many braue Voluntaries notwithstanding since I came from thence the Honorable Company haue beene humble Suters to his Maiestie to get Vagabonds and condemned men to goe thither nay so much scorned was the name of Virgnia some did chuse to be hanged ere they would goe thither and were yet for all the worst of spite detraction and discouragement and this lamentable Massacre there are more honest men now suters to goe then euer haue been constrained knaues and it is not vnknowne to most men of vnderstanding how happy many of those Callumners doe thinke themselues that they might bee admitted and yet pay for their passage to goe now to Virginia and had I but meanes to transport as many as would goe I might haue choice of ten thousand that would gladly bee in any of those new places which were so basely contemned by vngratefull base minds To range this Countrie of New England in like manner I had but eight as is said and amongst their bruite conditions I met many of their silly incounters and without any hurt God be thanked when your West Countrie men were many of them wounded and much tormented with the Sauages that assaulted their Ship as they did say themselues in the first yeare I was there 1614. and though Master Hunt then Master with me did most basely in stealing some Sauages from that coast to sell when he was directed to haue gone for Spaine yet that place was so remote from
Capawuck where Epenew should haue fraughted them with Gold Ore that his fault could be no cause of their bad successe howeuer it is alledged for an excuse I speake not this out of vain glory as it may be some gleaners or some was neuer there may censure mee but to let all men be assured by those examples what those Sauages are that thus strangely doe murder and betray our Coâ—ntrie men But to the purpose What is already writ of the healthfulnesse of the ayre the richnesse of the soyle the goodnesse of the Woods the abundance of Fruits Fish and Fowle in their season they still affirme that haue beene there now neer two yeeres and at one draught they haue taken one thousand Basses and in one night twelue hogsheads of Herring They are building a strong Fort they hope shortly to finish in the interim they are well prouided their number is about a hundred persons all in health and well neere sixtie Acres of ground well planted with Corne besides their Gardens well replenished with vsefull fruits and if their Aduenturers would but furnish them with necessaries for fishing their wants would quickly bee supplied To supply them this sixteenth of October is going the Paragon with sixtie seuen persons and all this is done by priuate mens purses And to conclude in their owne words should they write of all plenties they haue found they thinke they should not be beleeued For the twentie sixe sayle of Ships the most I can yet vnderstand is M. Ambrose Iennens of London and Master Abraham Iennens of Plimmoth sent their Abraham a Ship of two hundred and twentie Tuns and the Nightingale of Porchmouth of a hundred whose Fish at the first penie came to 3150 pounds in all they were fiue and thirty saile and wherein New found Land they shared sixe or seuen pounds for a common man in New England they shared foureteene pounds besides six Dutch and French Ships made wonderfull returnes in Furres Thus you may see plainely the yearely successe from New England by Virginia which hath bin so costly to this Kingdome and so deare to me which either to see perish or but bleede pardon me though it passionate me beyond the bounds of modesty to haue bin sufficiently able to foresee it and had neither power nor meanes how to preuent it By that acquaintance I haue with them I may call them my children for they haue bin my Wife my Hawkes my Hounds my Cards my Dice and in totall my best content as indifferent to my heart as my left hand to my right and notwithstanding all those miracles of disasters haue crossed both them and me yet were there not one Englishman remaining as God be thanked there is some thousands I would yet begin againe with as small meanes as I did at the first not for that I haue any secret encouragement from any I protest more then lamentable experiences for all their Discoueries I can yet heare of are but Pigs of my owne Sowe nor more strange to me then to heare one tell mee he hath gone from Billings gate and discouered Greenwich Grauesend Tilberry Quinborow Lee and Margit which to those did neuer heare of them though they dwell in England might be made seeme some rare secrets and great Countries vnknowne except the Relation of Master Dirmer But to returne It is certaine from Cannada and New England within these sixe yeares hath come neere 20000. Beuer Skins Now had each of those Ships transported but some small quantitie of the most increasing Beasts Fowles Fruites Plants and Seedes as I proiected by this time their increase might haue bin sufficient for a thousand men But the desire of present gaine in many is so violent and the endeuours of many vndertakers so negligent euery one so regarding their priuate gaine that it is hard to effect any publicke good and impossible to bring them into a body rule or order vnlesse both authority and money assist experiences It is not a worke for euery one to plant a Colony but when a House is built it is no hard matter to dwell in it This requireth all the best parts of art iudgement courage honesty constancy diligence and experience to doe but neere well your home-bred ingrossing proiectors shall finde there a great difference betwixt saying and doing But to conclude the Fishing will goe forward if you plant it or no whereby a Colonie may be transported with no great charge that in a short time might prouide such fraughts to buy of vs there dwelling as I would hope no Ship should goe or come empty from New England The charge of this is onely Salt Nets Hookes Lines Kniues Irish Rugs course Cloath Beades Glasse and such like trash onely for fishing and trade with the Sauages beside our owne necessary prouisions whose endeuours will quickly defray all this charge and the Sauages haue intreated me to inhabite where I will Now all these Ships till this last yeare haue bin fished within a square of two or three leagues and not one of them all would aduenture any further where questionlesse fiue hundred saile may haue their fraught better then in Island New found Land or elsewhere and be in their markets before the other can haue their fish in their Ships because New Englands fishing begins with February the other not till mid May the progression hereof tends much to the aduancement of Virginia and the Bermudas whose emptie Ships may take in their fraught there and would be a good friend in time of neede to the Inhabitants of New found Land c. CHAP. IIII. A Relation or Iournall of a Plantation setled at Plimoth in New England and proceedings thereof Printed 1622. and here abbreuiated WEdnesday the sixt of September the Winde comming East North-east a fine small gale we loosed from Plimoth hauing bin kindely entertained and curteously vsed by diuers friends there dwelling and after many difficulties in boisterous stormes at length by Gods prouidence vpon the ninth of Nouember following by breake of the day we espied Land which we deemed to be Cape Cod and so afterward it proued Vpon the eleuenth of Nouember we came to an anchor in the Bay which is a good harbour and pleasant Bay circled round except in the entrance which is about foure miles ouer from land to land compassed about to the verie Sea with Oakes Pines Iuniper Saffafras and other sweete Wood it is a harbour wherein 1000. saile of Ships may safely ride there wee relieued our selues with Wood and Water and refreshed our people while our Shallop was fitted to coast the Bay to search for an habitation there was the greatest store of Fowle that euer we saw And euerie day we saw Whales playing hard by vs of which in that place if wee had instruments and meanes to take them we might haue made a verie rich returne which to our great griefe we wanted Our Master and his Mate and others experienced in fishing professed wee might haue
dayly in Nauall forces answered by Martiall Spirits for Land and Sea seruice Thus did God blesse her that had glorified him in establishing his Truth notwithstanding the pouertie of the State at her entrance deepely indetted by her predecessours and the saint friendship or professed enmitie of Rome and all her disciples Thus shall it bee done to the Woman God will honour and more then thus for what was all the time of her reigne but vicissitudes of Treasons Warres and manifold externall and internall broyles and yet in an admirable working of Diuine Grace when had England so long and flourishing peace at home or glory and renowme abroad as if hee which brought light out of darknesse would permit all such contrary workings to bee the object of his goodnesse the fewell and materialls of her greatnesse Arthur Poole the fourth yeere of her reigne abused the greatnesse of his bloud with other conspirators to the Guisâ—â—n purposes but taken and sentenced receiued not bloudie reward from her mild and mercifull hand Pope Pius the fift denounceth her excommunicate discharging her Subiects from loyaltie and alleageance and arming them against her Ridolfi a Florentine playes the Merchant of Popish wares the Earles of Northumberland and Westmerland take armes the Duke of Norfolke is entangled the French and Spaniard are perswaded by the Pope who promised also if need were to ingage to this purpose all the goods of the Sea Apostolike Chalices Crosses and holy Vestments Uitellius is commanded to inuade England with an Army from the Low-countries but God protected ELIZABETH and her Enemies abroad were disappointed the Traitors at home falling into their owne pit About the same time Edmund and Peter brethten to the Earle of Oâ—â—ond were busie in Ireland to inflame which rebellion Mendoza came out of Spaine but before it brake forth into any great combustion it was extinct Don Iohn of Austria enters next vpon the Stage for I omit Barues and Muthers Sir Henry Percie the B. of Ross his attempts and other Acts and Arts sauouring more of the Foxe then the Lion and pretended a peace whiles hee intended the deliuerance of the Scottish Queene and marrying her to make himselfe King of England and Scotland by helpe of fugitiues and fauour of the Pope and Guisians and in the midst of his warlike preparations suddenly dieth When Pius his impious curses had thus proued blessings hee deceaseth and Gregory his successour in the Papacie and malice to Queene ELIZABETH the great Founder of Seminaties gaping for no lesse then a Kingdome to his base sonne Iames Boncompagnâ— treateth with the Spaniard who had swallowed England also in his conceit Thomas Stukley an English fugitiue promiseth Ireland to the Popes bastard who in recompence giues him the titles of Marquesse of Lagen Earle of Wexford and Caterlough Vicount of Morough and Baron of Ross all places of note in Ireland and made him Generall of eight hundred Italian Souldiers the King of Spaine paying their wages But Sebastian King of Portugall which should haue conducted the Spanish forces against England being intangled with an African Expedition procured Sâ—â—cley to goe thither with him where both lost their liues And the Spaniard was now diuerted from English designes to those neerer of Portugall there imploying the forces intended against vs. Doctor Nicolas Sanders playeth the next part who hauing written in defence of the Popes visible Monarchy Ecclesiasticall and belched out the fowlest slanders of Queen ELIZABETHS parentage that Hell could deuise would make his writings visible by his deeds and with Iames Fitz Moricâ— an Irish Traitor hauing obtained to be the Popes Nuntio with a banner consecrated at Rome and some forces out of Spaine entreth Ireland there fortifieth and winneth Desmond to his partie San Ioseph 〈…〉 followeth with seuen hundred Italians and Spaniards with Armour for fiue thousand Their Fort is taken Fitz moricâ— first and after the Earle with many others slaine Sanders runnes mad and wandering vp and downe in the Woods and Mountaines dieth miserably the Country is pacified and ELIZABETH preuaileth The Seminaries Schooles of Treason were now erected at R 〈…〉 and Rhemâ—â— to become worse then that Troian Hoâ—se Cells of desperate Eâ—issaries incâ—ndaries of their owne Countrey Campion and others suffer seditious Bookes are written against the Queene whereby S 〈…〉 râ—ill was instigated to kill her Mendoza the Spanish Embassadour was commanded to depart out of England hauing practised with Throckmorton and others about an inuasion of the Land and to remoue the Queene About the same time in manner miraculously traiterous projects came to light by certaine papers of one Creighâ—â—â— a Scottish Iesuite who being taken by Dutch Pirates tare them and threw them into the Sea which would not bee accâ—ssary to Iesuiticall plots but by the helpe of the winde brought them backe to the Ship which being deliuered to Sir William Wade were ioyned again and reuealed new plots of the Pope the Spaniard and Guisians to inuade England Whereupon an Association was made by many thorow the Kingdome binding themselues by their hands and seales to prosecute all such to death as should attempt any thing against the life of the Queene Cardinall A 〈…〉 for the English Catholikes Ecclesiasticall Inglefield for the Larkes the Bishop of Rosse for the Queene of Scots were said to haue agreed to depriue the Queene and to disinherite King IAMES as a fauoâ—â—er of Heresie c. A. 1585. Doctor Parry whom Queene ELIZABETH had before pardoned his life being heartned by Ragazonius the Popes Nuntio in France and absolued in the Popes name by the Cardinall Comensis vndertooke to kill the Queene being thereunto incouraged by Allens booke teaching that excommunicated Princes may bee dispoyled of liues and Scepters His partner reueales him and his mischiefe lighted on himselfe Henry Earle of Northumberland brother of Thomas before executed at Yorke slew himselfe in the Tower and the Lord Chancellour three dayes after in the Starre Chamber declared that he had beene committed for traiterous deuises against the Queene and State the particulars whereof were then opened by the Atturney Popham seeking to set free the Queene of Scots to destroy the Queene and the Religion to haue dealt with Charles Paget termed Mope about these things with the inuasion of England c. The Burkes rebellion in Ireland fell out that yeere and many broyles which cost three thousand their liues at one time the title Mac-William in Connagh extinguished and the insolence of the Ilanders betwixt Scotland and England repressed The Spaniard arrested the English Ships in his Ports whence the Expeditions of the Earle of Cumberland and Sir Francis Drake before mentioned tooke their beginning and the Warres betwixt the two Kingdomes A. 1586. that prodigions plot of Sauage Balard Babington and the rest of that bloudy crue conspiring to kill the Queene was detected and the plotters were executed In 87. the French Embassadour a Guisian conferred
the Towne to beate vpon the same with their artillery In the afternoone were sent three hundred vnder the conduct of Captaine Petuiâ— and Captain Henry Poure to burne another Village betwixt that and Bayon called Borsis and as much of the Countrie as the day would giue them leaue to doe which was a very pleasant rich Valley but they burnt it all houses and corne as did others on the other side of the Town both that and the next day so as the Countrey was spoiled seuen or eight miles in length There was found great store of Wine in the Town but not any thing else for the other daies warning of the ships that came first in gaue them a respit to carry all away The next morning by breake of the day the Colonell generall who in the absence of the Generals that were on boord their ships commanded that night on shoare caused all our Companies to be drawne out of the Towne and sent in two troupes to put fire in euery house of the same which done we imbarked againe This day there were certaine Mariners which without any direction put themselues on shoare on the contrary side of the Riuer from vs for pillage The same day the Generals seeing what weake estate our Army was drawne into by sicknes determined to man and victuall twenty of the best ships for the Ilands of Azâ—res with Generall Drake to see if he could meete with the Indian Fleet and Generall Norris to returne home with the rest And for the shirting of men and victuals accordingly purposed the next morning to fall downe to the Ilands of Bayon againe and to remaine there that day But Generall Drake according to their appointment being vnder saile neuer strooke at the Ilands but put straight to Sea whom all the Fleet followed sauing three and thirty which being in the Riuer further then he and at the entrance of the same finding the winde and tide too hard against them were inforced to cast ancre there for that night amongst whom by good fortune was the Foresight and in her Sir Edward Norris And the night following Generall Norris being driuen from the rest of the Fleet by a great storme for all that day was the greatest storme we had all the time we were out came againe into the Ilands but not without great perill he being forced to turst to a Spanish Fisher-man who was taken two dayes before at Sea to bring him in The next morning he called a counsell of as many as he found there holding the purpose hee had concluded with Sir Francis Drake the day before and directed all their courses for England tarrying there all that day to water and helpe such with victuall as were left in wonderfull distresse by hauing the victuals that came last carried away the day before to Sea The next day he set saile and the tenth day after which was the second of Iuly came into Plimmouth where he found Sir Francis Drake and all the Queenes ships with many of the others but not all for the Fleete was dispersed into other harbours some led by a desire of returning from whence they came and some being possessed of the hulkes sought other Ports from their Generals eye where they might make their priuate commoditie of them as they haue done to their great aduantage Presently vpon their arriuall there the Generals dissolued all the armie sauing eight companies which are yet held together giuing euery Souldier fiue shillings in money and the armes he bare to make money of which was more then could by any meanes be due vnto them for they were not in seruice three moneths in which time they had their victuals which no man will value at lesse then halfe their pay for such is the allowance in her Maiesties ships to her Mariners so as there remained but ten shillings a moneth to be paid for which there was not any priuate man but had apparell and furniture to his owne vse so as euery common Souldier discharged receiued more in money victuals apparell and furniture then his pay did amount vnto CHAP. XIII A briefe and true report of the Honorable Voyage vnto Cadiz 1596. of the ouerthrow of the Kings Fleete and of the winning of the Citie with other accidents gathered out of METERANVS Master HACKLVYT and others AFter that Callis had beene taken by Cardinall Albert Archduke of Austria which afterwards by Papall dispensation married the Lady Isabella EugeniaClara Infanta who yet gouerneth the Belgians which acknowledge the Spaniard Queene Elizabeth thought it fitter to inuade the Spaniard at home then to expect his forces here The said Cardinall and Archduke of Austria had planted his vnexpected siedge before Callis and begun his vnwelcome battery on Wednesday the 17. of April 1596. and the Towne desired truce for foure and twenty houres which was reiected whereupon they yeelded themselues presently vpon condition of life and goods saued and sixe dayes cruce to be giuen them with liberty either to stay in the Citie or to goe to the Castle and if the King of Nauarre Henry the fourth the French King did not in that space relieue them they were to yeelde the Castle Most of them betooke themselues to the Castle and left their empty houses to the Conquerours The night before the truce expired they began to shoot at the Spaniards who had now made so fatall preparations that the next day Aprill 24. before noone they had beaten downe the wals and entered the Gouernour of the Towne and diuers others being slaine Queene Elizabeth meane while had prepared aide and the Souldiers and Ships at Leigh in Essex were detained by the windes which then were Easterly and instead of carrying the English thither brought hither the terrible thunders of the Spanish Ordnance insomuch that I haue heard that they shooke the looser glasse out of the windowes in Douer and filled the shoares of Essex Kent with the hideous reports of Calis her vnauoidable ruine And thus in so short time the Cardinall won that ancient Port by Strabo called Itium by Piolorâ—ey Gessoriacum as Meteranus collecteth which had cost the English eleuen moneths siedge before they vnder Edward the third tooke it An. 1346. They held it 202. yeers at which time Francis Duke of Gâ—â—se in the vnhappy daies of Queen Mary and by reason of her vnluckie ioyning with the Spaniards in their warres against the French recouered it in a few dayes vnlooked for battery to the French and therewith tooke not that Towne alone but the ioy of life also from that vnfortunate Queene both which seeming disasters were the price of Englands faire purchases both gaine and liberty in the dispersing of that Spanish cloud which from the time of the match had houered ouer vs and of the concomitant Antichristian Papall Mists which was a smoake from the bottomlesse pit to them which receiued it and a fire to them which refused it of what degree soeuer and in
French is they deserued 1605 Spanish irregularitie in the Indies derided by a French Catholike 1621. Spaniards arrest English Ships 1893. Spanish preparation against England Anno 1588. p. 1895. Spanish policy 1897. The Spanish A 〈…〉 ada setteth faile is discomfited by a tempest is at last descried by an English Pirat 1903 Spaniards vaine opinion concerning the English Fleet 1907 Spaniards fire their owne ships 1931. Span Armada's cut their Cables 1908. They fly for to saue their liues 1910. They suffer miserable shipwracke on the Irish Sea They seize on some Scottish Fisher-boats ib. Spanish plagues and miseries by the English 1680 There flight for feare of the English 1932. Spanish Fly-boats molest the English about the coasts of Cornwall 1698. Spanish Caruels dispersed 1698. Spanish ships at Sea for the discoverie of the state of Virginia's Colony 1773. Spaniards hated by the Portingals 1952. Spaniards variety of dispositions in various fortunes 1954. Their nature in generall ibid. Sparries relations of the I le of Trinidad Guiana and the River Orenoco 1247 1248 seq Spices excellent good hot and comfortable in the Magellane straits 1390 Spiders with silken webs and little eggs like Quick-siluer in the Bermudas 1899. Not found to bee venemous ibid. Spignard wherof is a precious oyntment made 1264 Spilpergen a famous Navigator among the Dutck 1191 Spirito Santo a Port in the West-Indies neerè the Liue 1190 1196. It s description and fortification 1197 Spleene how cased 1315 Squanto a Savage of the company of the Massasoyts very helpfull and commodious to the English 1851 Squasachin wife to the great gouernour of the Savages 1861 Squirrels flying in Virginia 1695 Capt. Standish his training vp his men in New-England to military affaires 1854. His iourney to the Masacheuasets 1863. Hee encountreth with a Savage and putteth him to flight 1865 teth him to flight 1865 Stars obserued by the Indians 1870 Stately Statues in the Indies 1463 Steering a ship requireth exquisite care 1378 1379 Stills set on worke for want of water 1967 Stingeray Ile so named of a stinging Raye 1714 Stomaccace a strange disease its cause and cure by scurvie-grasse 1624 The Stone how and with what cur'd 1310. An approued medicine for it 1312 Stones like Chrystall 1216 Rich Stones 1276 Stones transparent 1284 No Stones in some part of Florida 1504 Stones medicinable 1509 Stones how necessary in new France 1624. The benefit of them ingenerall ibid. Straits of Magellane how dangerous a passage 1439 Strawberies of rare bignesse in Virginia 1686 A Stratagem of the Indians 1442 1443 Peter Strosse in his desperate brauery taken by the Spaniards to the losse of his nauy 1962 Tho. Stukâ—ley an English fugitine his faire promise to the Popes bastard 1893 Stuesia an Indian riuer 1362 Sturgeon store in Virginia 1758 Suboris certaine Indians so called 1364 Earle of Suffolkes setting forth a Fleet 1186 Sugar-Canes 1171 Sulphry smels issuing from raine 1157 Cap. Summers voyage 1186 Sun and Moone worshipped 1233 1464. 1465. Suppayas certaine Indians inhabiting Wiapoco riuer their description 1263. Their nakednesse painting child-birth Funeralls c. ibid. Supply to the Plantation in Virginia by the English 1841. Supply to the plantation of New-England 1867 Superstition among Savages 1226 Surarer a towne of Savages called Araccaws in America 1283 Sarcucuses a Savage nation their commodities 1356 Susolas-Indians 1516 Swearing forbidden amongst the Inhabitants of Peru 1451 Swearers punished in the King of Spaines Armada 1902 Swearing and blaspheming its ill euent 1805 Sweating vsed by the Indians to expell diseases 1624 Swine with holes in their backs 1326 Sword-fish 1266 Symamios Savages in the West-Indies so called 1364 Symarons fugitiue Negroes in the West-Indies 1414. Their habitation called St. Iago de los Negros ibid. T. TAbaga Iland 1415 Tacâ—ia Savages 1299 Tagrona one of the richest valleyes in the Indies 1434 Tali a Floridan Towne 1540 Tamgara a dancing bird troubled with some disease like the falling sicknesse 1305 Tamos a populous Prouince 1562 Tamkings a peece of wood of great moment for shooting in peeces of Ordnance 1413 Taminna a mountaine in America signifying the mountaine of gold 1217 Tapatu a Floridan riuer 1552 Tapecuia Savages 1299 Tapetijwason a strange beast in in Port-famine in the streights of Magellane 1233. Portugals call them Gombe 1233 Tapati a Brasilian beast that barketh like a dog 1393 Tapia taken by Sir Francis Drake 1183 Tapuyas certaine Savages so called 1213. Many Nations vnder that name 1298 seq Their speech cannot bee vnderstood 1299. The seuerall nations ibid. Tapyrousoa au Indian beast whose skin makes Targets 1325 Taragauig Brasilians that fight w th enuenomed arrowes 1299 Tar or Taroo a place neer Orenoco 1249 Targets of Cow hides 1560 Targets made of Buff-skins eaten 1214. Targets beneficiall against Savage arrowes 1716 Tarcaluca-Prouince 1541 Taru a beast of Brasil that hath scales like plates on her back which no arrow may enter 1302 Tatalacoya a towne of the Indians in Florida surprized by Spaniards 1549 Tatarcax a rich King in America 1561 Tauparamunni a towne inhabited by Caribes in the riuer Marwin 1283 Taymayas the name of some Indian Savages 1211 1213. Tamoyes description their infinite store of gold and precius stones their nature and civilitie 1231 Tecoantepeck the first Towne in New Spaine 1177 Teeth shedding by drinking a kind of water neere the River Rhine 1622 Teixo a wood as hard as stone 1670 Temples couered with straw in Topira 1560. Temples to the Sun Moone and Stars richly adorned in the ancient City Cozco of Peru which women might not enter 1465 A horrible Tempest 1175. Extreame Tempests 1193 1194 1223 1500. Frequent Tempests 1502 A dreadfull Tempest neere Tercera throwing fishes on the ground ouer exceeding high cliffes its pittifull effects 1679 1680. An extreame Tempest brauely related 1735 1736 1737 Tenaserea a Mountatine in the East-Indies where Diamonds are found 1271 Teneriffa an Iland in the Canaries it s exceeding high mountaines great riches store of Sacke 1156 1369 1370 Tepique a Prouince neere New-Spaine taken possession of by Spaniards 1559 Tercera one of the Azores Ilands 1143. The description thereof its forts fortification mountain and sudden discouerie of ships its chiefe Towne wines prouision fruits 1668. The chiefe trafficke woad 1669. Its birds seasons Stones ibid. Corne Uines Oxen called by names like men ibid. Subiect to earth-quakes strange fountaine and wood Inhabitants are all Portingalls or Spaniards 1670 its strange diseases strong windes and other villages 1671. Whence so called and the store of Oade growing there 1938 Terra-Australis incognita its description at large 1423 seq its bignesse situation diuersity of inhabitants their manner and disposition described 1423. its commodities of fruits beasts fishes filuer pearle probability of gold spices c. 1424 Riuers and other commoditie at large its possession for the King of Spain 1425 1426 Terra Firma 1146. it hath on the coast 70 Ilands 1434 the publication of God there after the Spaniards manner
and benignity 1717. Virginians in want and pouerty 1725. a Virginian Sauages his Oration to Captaine Smith 1727. a Virginian smothered at Iames towne and recouered lunaticke and restored 1726 1727. Virgina Sauages offer to fight vnder English banners 1729. Virginian Sauages brought perforce to peace with the English 1769 1770. Virginia Sauages religion and disposition 1771. their countries described seasons climate beasts birds fishes and other rarities 1771 1772 1773. Virginian account of yeares 1774. Virginians kill some English ibid. their trecherous and bloody nature 1788 1789. Virginians worship the Deuill but loue him not 1790. their fearing the shadow of a Piece or Musket with their sowing gunpowder ibid. Virginians possesse some Pieces with munition after the massacre destroyed cattell ibid. Virginian plantations Presidency assumed by the Lord De la Ware its first successe 1754. 1755 1756. in what case it was left by the said Lord and the cause why he left it 1763. its commodities ibid. 1764. Virginias plantations benefit of corne by Captaine Argall 1765. its rarities ibid. Virginian affaires variety by the approach of diuers Captaines there 1766 1767 1768. its commodities vnworthy English inhabitants ibid. chiefe places the Bermuda City and Henrico ibid. its Forts 1768. Virginias eleuation aboue many countries 1770. Virginian affaires Anno 1617 1618 page 1774. Anno 1619 page 1775. the profits that may bee deriued thence ibid. Anno 1619 et 1620 page 1775 1775. the supplies from England in that time ibid. with Ships men and their employments there on what commodities for trading 1776 1777. Virginian benefactors 1777. Virginian affaires in the yeare 1621 page 1783. with the supply of men goods and Ships then sent with other accidents ibid. 〈◊〉 1784. and supplies with relation of matters of trading there 1784. Virginia's praises farther related 1717 w th the hopes to paxss thense to China 1786. Virginia's state before the massacre 1788. The massacre it selfe the plot and execution 1788 1789 1790. 1347. The Englishmen basely murdered in it ibid. A Virginian conuerted discovers the plots 1790. Virginiaes plantations necessaries without which it may not so wel be effected 1791 Virginiaes massacre supposed caâ—se seconded by a sicknesse 1792. It s authors end ibid. The supply thereof by King Iames 1793. Virginia commended and discommended according to mens diuers humours discovered in Letters 1806 1807. Virginia planted by French men 1807. They afterwards displanted by Sir Samuel Argall 1808. Virginia's possession and plantation by the English soundly and largely proved to be lawfull by a naturall and nationall right 1809 1810 1811. Virginia's first discouerie and discouerers 1812. Virginia rightly possessed by the English by acknowledgement of the Prince there 1813. By buying selling cession forfeiture ib. Virginiaes plantation advanceth Gods glory 1817 1818. Virginia's want of good exeused 1814 1815. Virginia-plantations losse by the massacre 1816. The number there since ibid. Virginia's plantation to the prosecuted and for what reasons 1826. seq As first Religion honour of the Nation c. 1816 Virginia deserues plantation for the profit 1817. For disburdening multitudes 1818. For a temperate climate ibid. For largenesse ibid. Commodious Rivers whose sliding embracements of the earth are fiuently described ibid. Siâ—kes Wines Mines drugs c. ibid. Materials for shipping 1820. Fishâ—ng 1821. Tobacco trading ibid. Hopes of passage to the South Sea 1822. For other reasons advantages 1824. For being a refreshment to ships tired with long voyages ibid. 1825 Virguano a towne inhabited by Savages in America neere Marwin 1285 A Vision 14â—8 Visitation of the sicke among the Indians the horrible hideous noise vsed by those miserable comforters 1860 Vitachaco a town in Florida 1534 Vlissingers take one of the Portingal Gallions 1909 Vllibaholi a walled towne of the Indians in Florida and the fashion of those walls 1541 Vndermining of townes 1919 Vnicornes horne saveth many from poison 1213 Vno a River 1223 Vomiting to death 1214. Vomiting procured by what Plants in Bermuda Ilands 1801 Vna a mountaine in the West-Indies 1285 A Vnicorne with a strange horne 1560. With haire as bigge as a finger ibid. Vnthankfulnesse in Spaniards towards their Indian Benefactors 1526 Voyages are commonly ouerthrowne by the Captaines giving way or too much yeelding lenity 1389. Voyages by the Lord of Cumberland 1141. 1142 seq Voyages by Sir Sebastian Cabot Sir Thomas Pert 1177. By Sir Iohn Hawkins Sir Fran. Drake ibid. seq Voyages by Capt. Michelson Capt. Newport Earle of Suffolke Sir Robert Dudley ibid. Voyages by Captaine Preston Capt. Summers Sir Anthony Sherley Capt. Parker Sir Walter Raleigh Mr Will. Hawkins ibid. Capt. Parker 1243 1244 seq Mâ—ddleton 1246 1247. Voyages by Reniger Borey Pudsey Steuen Hare Fenton Ward and Iohn Drake 1186. Voyages by Captaine Candish and Capt. Dauies 1191 1192 c. By Sir Richard Hawkins 1367. c. By Pamphilo Naruaez Spaniard 1500 1501 seq By Francisco Pizarro 1489 seq Voyages by Nunno de Guzman Spaniard 1556. seq Soto his Voyages and discoveries of Florida 1530. at large in seq Voyages by the the French and discoueries of Florida and Canada 1603. seq Voyages by Monseur de Montz 1620. seq Voyages from England the ships being furnished with two hundred pounds in Cash 1838. From Plimmouth to Bilboa with dry fish 1839. A voyage of seven sayle from the West-country 1839. Voyages to Virginia furnished by Sir Walter Raleigh 16â—5 1646. Voyage of Captaine Gosnol to Virginia Anno 1602. pag. 1647. seq Voyage by Mr Pringe to Virginia 1654. seq By Captaine Gilbert to the same 1656. seq By Capt. Weymouth to Virginia 1659. seq Avoyage to the Iâ—e of Azores by the Right Honorable Rob. Earle of Essex 1935. Voyages by Sir Thomas Gates 1734 seq By Captaine Argall 1758. Voyages to Sommer-Iland by the English 1793. seq An admirable voyage from the Bermudas to Ireland in a small boat 1803 Vparason a River nauigable in Brasile 1â—40 Vpanason a River in the Indâ—â—s very commodious for watering 1223 Vpsegon a towne in Mawooshen vnder the Lord Bashabes 1874 Vrarino towne a towne of Aâ—waccas and â—aâ—awogoto Savages in America 1283 Vraâ—itan an Iland in Brasile called by the Portingals Alqua 〈…〉 1241. It s description for Navigators ibid. Vrapo and Arieppo two Indian woods 1251 Vrine drunke for want of water 1188 Vrokere Indians so called 1286 Vrquam River 1364 Vtinama a Floridan towne 1533 A Vulcan a most dreadfull thing casting forth fire stones as great as a house causing vnwholsomnesse of thence-issuing waters 15â—9 Vupanqui his raigne ouer the inhabitants of Peru his acts and conquests his making a bridge of Oziers beautifying the Sunnes temple extent of his dominions transplantation of countries 1463 1464 Vzela a towne in Florida in America 1534 W. VVAbocâ—â—yaway an Arwacca towne in America 1286 Wacarimock mountaines neere the riuer O. enoco 1248 Walnuts thirty Ilands of thâ—m 1612 Wancoobanoua a valley abounding with gold-grains wasâ—ed from the
ariuall at seuerall Floridan towns or cottages his weaknesse and losse of his company 1550. his hinderance by the losse of Iohn Oâ—tiz his dangerous passages ouer riuers and snowes his courteous entertainment by the Inhabitants of Nilco 1551. his distresse griefe sicknesse death praise titles and substituting Luis de Moscoso in his roome 1552 Soory-soory a towne inhabited by Sauages neere Marwin in America 1283 Soule the Brasilians opinion thereof 1290. the opinion of the Indians of Canada 1610 South-sea passage hoped through Uirginia 1822 South Sea discouered more largely then heretofore 1566 Souricoua a riuer in Canada passable with Canoas 1616 1617 Soynoone a towne of the Indians neere Marwin riuer 1285 Spaine is said to yeeld the King the King himselfe Dukes Marquises and F 〈…〉 rle with their retinue excepted 〈◊〉 from 18 〈…〉 re old to 50 but 1125390 men pag 1817 Spaniards how esteemed of by the Floridans 1524 Spanish pretended cures of the sicke in the Indies 1515. Spanish possession of Peru and its wealth 1495 1496. they eate one another 1512. Spaniards vnspeakable treasure in Peru 1487 Spaniards preaching to the Indians 1485. Spaniards Ecclesiasticall reuennues in the Indies want of Bishops holding Councels the Kings reuennues yearely out of the Indies twelue Millions and whence it issueth 1422. Spanish destruction of some Indians from off their country altogether 1415 Spanish Fleet for the Indies and shipwracke 1440. Spaniards trecherously circumuent the inhabitants and King of Peru 1445. Spanish cruelty to their prostrate slaues 1448. Spaniards came to the Indies for conuerting but not of Indians but gold to their owne vses 1449. Spanish ciuill disagreements in Peru 1453. vsage of the inhabitants 1453 1454. Spaniards called by the Indians Vitacochie that is Sea-froth supposing such could not bee borne of a woman 1454. Spaniards losse of foure ships 1142. Spanish Galleons taken 1144. Spaniards assault and repulse 1149. Spaniards yeela to the English 1164. their enuy or desperatenesse 1166 Spaniards best ruled with seuerity 1168 their vngratefull trechery 1177. their perfidious insulting cruelty 1178 and abuse of the English in Mexico ibid. et 1179. Spanish distresse in Chili 1476 1477. Spaniards very rich in the Indies 1242. Spanish attempts defeated 1475. they are called in Triaidada Conquerabians 1247. Spaniards dare not but by stealth trafficke with the English the best things for trafficke with them 1266. they are molested by the Caribes 1281. their taking Lampere an Indian fortified towne 1352. Spaniards like to be deuoured by the Indians 1354. their fight and ouercomming them 1355 1356. they striue to discouer the Amazons 1359. Spanish cruelty and trechery towards the harmlesse Indians 1354 1360 1361. they destroy the Indians called Mapais 1362 1363. Spoyles of Spaniards in Peru 1478. Spanish ciuill disagreements in the Indies 1364. Spanish periurie 1378. a trecherous and vngratefull Spaniard issue 1394. Spanish light with the English vnequally 1404 Spanish discipline in fights by sea their seuerall offices and authoritie their prying and imitating English orders 1404. their carefulnesse in being armed 1408. wherein they onely ouercome the English ibid. a noble Spaniard 1410. Spaniards carelesnesse for good Surgeons in fights 1412. Spanish intelligence by trecherous Englishmen 1415. Spanish forces how strong or weake in seuerall places of Peru and thereabout their treasure when where and whence conueyed into Spaine 1419 1420. the Spaniards liues and gouernment in the Indies 1421. their courtesie and conuersion of them as they call it 1448. their hatred of gold 1449 1454. Spaniards why called Viracoche 1458. Spaniards ransacking of our English ships putting the men to most cruell bondage 1834. the Spaniards cruelty to the dead carkasse of an Englishman holding him to hee a Lutheran 1835. They deny to doe iustice are very willing the English should serue their state ibid. They betray and take prisoner the men of Captaine Legat 1836. Spanish pride and its issue in an Indian Gouernour 1677. Spanish ships of great worth sunke neere Tercera comming from the Indies 1673. another ship of good strength sunke by an Englishman of a great deale smaller force ibid. Spanish ships taken by the English ibid. Spanish ships riches and shipwracke of some 1673. Spanish Fleet cast away great and rich 1674. Others taken ibid. Spanish cowardise and insulting cruelty 1675. Spaniards smart for the crueltie and dissention with the English 1676. Spaniards queld by the English 1677. Spanish shipwracke a iust plague vpon them 1679 1680. Spanish infidelity worse then Pagan 1527. Spanish manner of preaching to the Indians with the issue thereof 1528. Spaniards eate dogs in Florida and there dye like dogs for want of victuals 1536. Spaniards thinke it a worke meritorious to conuert the Indians that is with the sword 1558. Spaniards contest each with other for superiority in discouering forraine Countries 1560. Spaniards first discouery of the Indies and possession thereof their cruelty and couetousnesse related by a Fryer the Millions of Indians slaine by them for their gold 1569 1570. Spanish cowardise and cruelty in broyling burning drowning and twenty wayes else murdering them of Hispaniola 1570. seq Spanish torturing vndeserued by the harmlesse Indians hauing not committed any thing against them punishable by the law of man 1572. Spanish slaughter of a million in St. Ihon and Iamaica 1573. Spanish inuention to dispeople those Nations ibid. The Spaniards god 1574 Spaniards kill many in Cuba men women and children 1573 1574. Spaniards dispeopling Terra Firma 1576. They murther in the Prouince of Nicaragua 500000 men 1576 1577. Spaniards kill two or three millions in Noua Hispanis and its seuerall Prouinces 1577 1578. an infinite number in Guatimula 1576. Spanish Anthropophagi 1580. Spanish torturing and destroying the Indians in Panucha Machuachan and Xalisco 1580 1581 of Yucatan 1581 1582 1583. Spaniards sell the Indians Idols 1583. deuoure the Indians of S. Martha ibid. 1584. as also of Cartagena 1584 of the Coast of Pearles the Coast of Paria and the I le of Trinitie 1585 1586 1587. Indians how vsed at Sea by Spaniards and at landing 1586. at the fishing for Pearles 1587 Spanish gluttony 1588. Cruelty in Yuiapari and Venesula to the ruine of foure or fiue millions of Indians 1587 1588. in Florida Riuer de la Plata and the kingdomes of Peru 1589 1590 1591. Spanish conuersion of the Indians how weakely followed 1594. their diuers feats of cruelty and inhumanity to the poore Christians of New Granado and the seuerall prouinces thereof 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595. Spanish gold thirstinesse and thence issuing blood-thirstinesse of the Indians 1596 1597. Spanish reformation of cruelties and wrongs in the Indies ought to bee performed and vpon what reasons 1598 1599 1600 1601 1692. a repetition of sundry butcheries ibid. Spanish reasons mouing them to a possession of the Indies 1603. Spanish crueltie hath kild and destroyed in all the Indies 20 millions ibid. Spaniards massacre the French in Florida and plant themselues 1604. are massacred again by the