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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17595	A relation of the successefull beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's plantation in Mary-land Being an extract of certaine letters written from thence, by some of the aduenturers, to their friends in England. To which is added, the conditions of plantation propounded by his Lordship for the second voyage intended this present yeere, 1634.; Declaratio coloniae. Selections. English	White, Andrew, 1579-1656.	1634 (1634)	STC 4371; ESTC S116699	9,472	18

A RELATION OF The successefull beginnings of the Lord BALTEMORE'S Plantation in Mary-land Being an extract of certaine Letters written from thence by some of the Aduenturers to their friends in England To which is added The Conditions of plantation propounded by his Lordship for the second voyage intended this present yeere 1634. Anno. Dom. 1634. A Relation of the successefull beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's plantation in Mary-land ON Friday the 22. of Nouember 1633. a small gale of winde comming gently from the Northwest we weighed from the Cowes in the I le of Wight about ten in the morning and hauing stayed by the way twenty dayes at the Barbada's and fourteene dayes at S t. Christophers vpon some necessary occasions wee arriued at Point-Comfort in Virginia on the 24. of February following the Lord be praised for it At this time one Captaine Claybourne was come from the parts where wee intended to plant to Virginia and from him wee vnderstood that all the natiues of those parts were in preparation of defence by reason of a rumour some had raised amongst them of sixe ships that were to come with a power of Spanyards whose meaning was to driue all the inhabitants out of the countrey Wee had good letters from his Maiesty to the Gouernour and Councell of Virginia which made them fauour vs and shew vs as noble vsage as the place afforded with promise that for their cattell and Hoggs Corne or Poultry our plantation should not want the open way to furnish our selues from thence they told vs likewise That when his Lordship should bee resolued on a conuenient place to make himselfe a seat they should bee able to prouide him with as much Bricke and Tile as he should haue occasion to imploy vntill his Lordship had made of his owne Also that they had to furnish his Lordship with two or three hundred Stocks ready grafted with Peares Apples Plummes Apricotes Figgs and Peaches and some Cherries That they had also some Orange and Limon trees in the ground which yet thriued Also Filberds Hazel-nuts and Almonds and in one place of the Colony Quince-trees wherewith they could furnish his Lordship And in fine that his Lordship should not want any thing that Colony had On the 3. of March wee came into Chesapeake Bay and made sayle to the North for Patoemeck riuer the Bay running betweene two sweet lands in the channell of 7. 8. and 9. fathome deepe 10. Leagues broad and full of fish at the time of the yeere It is one of the delightfullest waters I euer saw except Potoemeck which wee named Saint Gregories And now being in our owne Countrey wee began to giue names to places and called the Southerne Point Cape Saint Gregory and the Northerly Point Saint Michaels This riuer of all I know is the greatest and sweetest much broader then the Thames so pleasant as I for my part was neuer satisfied in beholding it Few Marshes or Swampes but the greatest part sollid good earth with great curiosity of woods which are not choaked vp with vnder-shrubbs but set commonly one from the other in such distance as a Coach and foure horses may easily trauell through them At the first looming of the ship vpon the riuer wee found as was foretold vs all the Countrey in Armes The King of the Paschattowayes had drawen together 1500. bowe-men which wee our selues saw the woods were fired in manner of beacons the night after and for that our vessell was the greatest that euer those Indians saw the scowtes reported wee came in a Canow as bigge as an Iland and had as many men as there bee trees in the woods Wee sayled vp the riuer till we came to Heron Ilands so called from the infinite number of that fowle there The first of those Ilands wee called Saint Clements The second Saint Katharines And the third Saint Cecilies Wee tooke land first in Saint Clements which is compassed about with a shallow water and admitts no accesse without wading here by the ouerturning of the Shallop the maids which had beene washing at the land were almost drowned beside the losse of much linnen and amongst the rest I lost the best of mine which is a very maine losse in these parts The ground is couered thicke with pokickeries which is a wild Wall-nut very hard and thick of shell but the meate though little is passing sweete with black Wall-nuts and acrons bigger then ours It abounds with Vines and salletts hearbs and flowers full of Cedar and sassafras It is but 400 acres bigg and therefore too little for vs to settle vpon Heere wee went to a place where a large tree was made into a Crosse and taking it on our shoulders wee carried it to the place appointed for it The Gouernour and Commissioners putting their hands first vnto it then the rest of the chiefest aduenturers At the place prepared wee all kneeled downe and said certaine Prayers taking possession of this Countrey for our Sauiour and for our soueraigne Lord the King of England Here our gouernour had good aduice giuen him not to land for good and all before hee had beene with the Emperour of Paschattoway and had declared vnto him the cause of our comming which was first to learne them a diuine Doctrine which would lead their soules to a place of happinesse after this life were ended And also to enrich them with such ornaments of a ciuill life wherewith our Countrey doth abound and this Emperour being satisfied none of the inferiour Kings would stirre In conformity to this aduice hee tooke two Pinnaces his owne and another hired at Virginia and leauing the ship before Saint Clements at Anchor went vp the riuer and landing on the south-side and finding the Indians fled for feare came to Patoemeck Towne where the King being a child Archihau his Vncle gouerned both him and his Countrey for him Hee gaue all the company good wellcome and one of the company hauing entred into a little discourse with him touching the errours of their religion hee seemed well pleased therewith and at his going away desired him to returne vnto him againe telling him hee should liue at his Table his men should hunt for him and hee would diuide all with him From hence they went to Paschattoway All were heere armed 500 Bow-men came to the Water-side The Emperour himselfe more fearelesse then the rest came priuately a boord where hee was courteously entertained and vnderstanding wee came in a peaceable manner bade vs welcome and gaue vs leaue to sit downe in what place of his kingdome wee pleased While this King was aboard all the Indians came to the Water-side fearing treason whereupon two of the Kings men that attended him in our shippe were appointed to row on shoare to quit them of this feare but they refusing to goe for feare of the popular fury the interpretours standing on the deck shewed the King to them that he was in safety where-with they were satisfied In this iourney the