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A53222	America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the new vvorld containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither, the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru and other large provinces and territories : with the several European plantations in those parts : also their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers : their habits, customs, manners, and religions, their plants, beasts, birds, and serpents : with an appendix containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the arctick region : collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures / by John Ogilby ...	Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.; Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683. Nieuwe en onbekende weereld.	1671 (1671)	Wing O165; ESTC R16958	774,956	643

Canada which if the English had again in their possession as they had in the Years 1628. and 1632. they might give a Law to all foreign Kings and People interested in any of the parts of America and a Protection to all the English Plantations upon that Continent whereby great security comfort and profit would arise to the Nation and People of it whereas on the contrary if the French Spanish or Dutch should possess themselves of the said Plantation they would not onely deprive this Nation of all the Advantages aforesaid but would also derive to themselves so great a Power to prejudice all the Plantations of the Coasts of America belonging to this Nation that the Inconveniences thereof are scarce to be imagin'd or express'd ●●ppa AESTIVARVM Insularum ●●●s BARMVDAS dictarum ad Ostia Mexi●●i astuarij jacentium in latitudine Graduum 32 Minutorum 25. Ab Anglia Londino Scilicet versus Libonotum 3300 Miliaribus Anglicanis et a Roanoack qui locus est in Virginia versus Euronotum 500 Mill. accurate descripta Nomina fortunae bona submittentium in quaestus Virginiani alea A. j622 quam fieri potuit accuratissims expressa numeris corum portiones quam proxime in agrorum divisione referentibus quae portiones illic Separatim distinguntur in regione ipsa quemadmodum hic lineis ob oculos ponuntur Hammilton alias Har rington Tribe 1 To Lord Marq. Hammilton Shares 6 1 Si. Edward Harwood Shares 4 2 M. Iohn Delbridge Shares 3 3 M. Iohn Dike Shares 3 4 M. El. Robert Shares 2 5 M Rob. Phipps Shares 2 6 M Ralph King Shares 2 7 M Quicks heires or assignes Shares 2 8 M ●illiam Canning Shares 4 8 M. Will. Canning Shares 1 8 M. Will. Webb● Shares ● 9 M. Iohn Barnard Shares 2 10 Si. Tho. Huggia Shares 2 11 M. Iohn Gearing Shares 2 12 M. Cleoph Smith Shares 2 13 Robert Earle of Warwick Shares 4 14 M. Tho. Cowell Shares 3 15 M. Greenwels heires or assig Shares 1 16 M. Cley Shares 1 17 M. Poulson Shares 2 18 M. Iohn Dike Shares 1½ 19 Common ground Shares 13 acres 20 M Iohn Dike Shares 1½ 21 M. Geo. Thorpe Esquire Shares 1 Smiths Tribe 1 Si. Dudley Digge Since M. Geo. Sandys or his assig Shares 2 2 M. Rich. Edwards Shares 2 3 M. Will. Payne Shares 4 4 M. Rob. Smith Shares 2 5 M. Geo. Berkleys assignes Shares 5 6 Si. Sam. Sandys Shares 7 7 M. Autho. Pennistone Shares 4 8 Si. Edwin Sandys Shares 1 9 Si Tho. Smith Shares 5 10 M. Rich. Morer Shares 4 11 M. Henry Timberly Shares 4 12 Rob Iohnson Alderman Shares 5 13 M. Iohn Wroth Shares 3 14 M. George Smith Shares 4 Devonshire Tribe 1 M. Antho. Pennystone Shares 2 2 M. Iohn Dike Shares 1 3 M. Iohn Dike Shares 1 4 M. Iohn Barnard Shares 2 5 Robert Earle of Warwick Shares 2 6 M. Francis West Shares 2 7 Will. Lord Cavendish Shares 3 8 The said W. Lord Cavandish Shares 2 8 Will. Earle of Devonshire Shares 5 9 M. Edw. Lukin Shares 5 9 M. Edward Ditchfield Shares 1 10 M. Edw. Ditchfield Shares 4 11 M. Will. Nichols Shares 2 12 M. Edw. Ditchfield Shares 1 13 M. Iohn Fletcher Shares 2 14 M. Gideon Dolawne Shares 2 15 M. Anthon. Pennistone Shares 3 16 M. Best Shares 2 17 M. Edw. Lukin Shares 2 18 M. Rich. Rogers Shares 2 19 M. Will. Shares 4 Pembroke Tribe 1 M. George Smith Shares 4 2 Gleabland Shares 2 3 M. Nicholas Hide Esquire Shares 1 4 Si. Laurence Hide Shares 2 5 M. Thomas Ladwin Shares 2 6 William Earle of Pembroke Shares 10 7 M. Richard Edwards Shares 1 8 M. Harding Shares 1 9 M. Richard Edwards Shares 1 10 M. Ward Shares 1 11 M. Richard Edwards Shares 2 12 M. Iacobson or his assign Shares 1 13 M. Iohn Farrar Shares 1 14 M. Iohn Farrar Shares 1 15 M. Nichol. Farrar Shares 1 16 M. William Canning Shares 2 17 M. Richard Martine Esq Shares 2 18 M. Morris Abbot Shares 2 19 M. Rich. Caswell Shares 1 20 M. Rich. Caswell Shares 2 21 M. Rich. Caswell Shares 1 22 M. Rich. Edwards Shares 2 23 M. Rich. Edwards Shares 2 24 M. Rich. Caswell Shares 2 25 M. Rich. Edwards Shares 2 26 M. Geo. Sandys or his Assig Shares 2 27 M. William Payne Shares 2 Pagets Tribe 1 M. Iohn Chamberlaine Esq Shares 5 2 M. Thomas Ayres and Shares 4 2 M. Rich. Wiseman Shares 4 3 Rich. Wiseman Shares 1 4 William Lord Paget Shares 10 5 M. William Palmar Shares 4 6 M. Bagwell Shares 5 7 Iohn Ball Shares 1 8 M. Thomas Wheatley Shares 1 9 M. Christopher Barron Shares 4 10 M. Iohn Woodall Shares 1 11 M. Iohn Woodall Shares 1 12 M. Lewes Shares 2 13 M. Geo. Etheridg Shares 4 14 Incognira Shares 2 15 Si. William Wade Shares 1 16 M. Iohn Bernard Shares 1 Warwick Tribe 1 Captains Daniel Tucker Shares 1 2.3.4.5.6 M. Ioseph Man Shares 5 7 M. Step. Sparrow Shares 1 8 M. Francis Meuerell Shares 1 9.10 M. Sam. Tickier Shares 2 11.12.13 M. George Smith Shares 5 14.15 M. George Smith Shares 5 16.17.18 Robert Earle of Warwicke Shares 5 19.20 Robert Earle of Warwicke Shares 5 21 M. William Felgate Shares 1 22.23 Capt. Daniel Tucker Shares 2 24.25 M. Rich. Wheatly Shares 2 26 Capt. Daniel Tucker Shares 2 27 Iohn Faucet Shares 1 28 Doct. Anth. Hun. ton or his Assign Shares 2 29 Doct. Anth. Hun. ton or his Assign Shares 2 30 M. Francis Meuerell Shares 1 31 M. Rich. Poulson Shares 1 32 M. Mathew Shepheard Shares 1 to 42 M. Geo Tucker Shares 10 43 M. Christ Cletheros Shares 1 44 M. George Swinhow Shares 2 45 M. George Swinhow Shares 2 46 M. Richard Tomlins Esq Shares 1 47 M. Francis Meuerell Shares 1 48.49 Sir Iohn Walter Shares 2 50 M. Martin Bond Shares 1 Southampton Tribe 1 Capt. Tucker Shares 1 2 Capt. Tucker Shares 1 3 Capt. Tucker Shares 2 4 M. Iohn Britton Shares 1 5 M. Rich. Chamberlaine Shares 3 6 M. Leo. Harwood or his assig Shares 1 7 M. Iohn Bankes Shares 1 8 Sir Nathaniell Rich. Shares 12 9 Robert Earle of Warwich Shares 3 10 M. Rich. Morer Shares 6 11 M. George Scot Shares 6 11 M. Edmund Scot Shares 6 11 M. Antho. Abdy Shares 6 12 Heary Earle of Southamton Shares 4 12 M. Arch. Bromefield Shares 2 13 M. Henry Timberly Shares 2 14 S. Thomas Hewet Shares Shares 2 15 M. Peirces Shares 1 16 S. Ralgh Winwood Shares 2 Refiduum Quid hoc Refiduum sit et cor hic apposition apparet libro Geodesae Societati exhibito 1 Captaine Tucker Parts 3 2 Gleabe-land Parts 2 1 Sandys Tribe Parts 2 Sandys Tribe 3 M. Geor Barkley or his heires Shares 5 4 S. Edwards Sandys Shares 5 5 M. Ierom Heydon Shares 10 6 M. Tho. Melling et M. Iohn Cusse Shares 2 7 M. Rich. Chamberlaine Shares 2 8 M. Abraham Chamberlaine Shares 2 9 M. George Smith Shares 2 10 M.

extent mention'd in the beginning The first Colony to be undertaken by certain Knights Gentlemen and Merchants in and about the City of London The second to be undertaken and advanc'd by certain Knights Gentlemen and Merchants and their Associates in or about the City of Bristol Exon Plymouth and other parts At the first Colonies Request in the seventh year of the same King a second Patent was Granted to several Noblemen and Gentlemen including Sir Thomas Gates and some of his former Fellow-Patentees bearing Date May 23. 1610. whereby they were made a Corporation and Body Politique and stil'd The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the first Colony of Virginia And by this Patent there was Granted to them their Successors and Assigns two hundred Miles to the Southward from a Cape of Land in Virginia call'd Point Comfort and two hundred Miles to the Northward of the said Cape along the Sea-shore and into the Land from Sea to Sea And on March 12. 1612. the said King in the ninth year of his Reign Grants them a third Patent of all Islands lying in the Sea within two hundred Miles of the Shore of that Tract of Land on the Continent granted to them by the said former Patent Jac. 7. In the Year 1615. Captain Smith procur'd by his Interest at Court and the King's Favor a Recommendation from His Majesty and divers of the Nobility to all Cities and Corporations to Adventure in a standing Lottery which was erected for the benefit of this Plantation which was contriv'd in such a manner that of 100000. Pounds which was to be put in 50000. onely or one half was to return to the Adventurers according as the Prizes fell out and the other half to be dispos'd of for the Promotion of the Affairs of Virginia in which though it were three years before it was fully accomplish'd he had in the end no bad Success In the eighteenth Year of the said King's Reign at the Request of the second Colony a Patent was Granted to several Noblemen and Gentlemen of all that Tract of Land lying in the parts of America between the Degrees of forty and forty eight of Northerly Latitude and into the Land from Sea to Sea which was call'd by the Patent New England in America For the better Government whereof one Body-Politick and Corporate was thereby appointed and ordain'd in Plymouth consisting of the said Noblemen Gentlemen and others to the number of forty Persons by the Name of The Council establish'd at Plymouth in the County of Devon for the Planting Ruling Ordering and Governing of New England im America The Patent of Virginia made void The Miscarriages and Misdemeanors of the aforesaid Corporation for the first Colony of Virginia were so many and so great that His said Majesty was forc'd in or about October 1623. to direct a Quo Warranto for the calling in of that former Patent which in Trinity Term following was legally Evinc'd Condemn'd and made Void by Judgment in the Court of the then Kings-Bench as also all other Patents by which the said Corporation claim'd any Interest in Virginia Thus this Corporation of the first Colony of Virginia was dissolv'd and that Plantation hath been since Govern'd and Dispos'd of by Persons Constituted and Impower'd for that purpose from time to time by immediate Commissions from the Kings of England The Patent of Mary-land granted to the Lord Baltem re In the Year of our Lord 1631. the Right Honorable George Lord Baltemore obtain'd a Grant of King Charles the First of Great Britain c. of part of that Land to the Northward which is now call'd Mary-land but this Patent of Mary-land was not perfected till 1632. as you may understand more fully by the precedent Discourse of Mary-land which by express words in the said Patent is separated from and thereby declar'd not to be reputed for the future any part of Virginia The Patent Carolina granted to several Noble Persons And in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second of Great Britain c. on March 24. 1663. Edward Earl of Clarendon then High-Chancellor of England George Duke of Albemarle William now Earl of Craven John Lord Berkley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett Knight and Baronet Sir William Berkley Knight and Sir John Colleton Knight and Baronet obtain'd a Patent from His Majesty of the Province of Carolina which lies to the Southward of Virginia in which is included some part of that Land which formerly belong'd to the said dissolv'd Company of Virginia So that Virginia at present extendeth it self onely and is situated between thirty six and thirty seven Degrees and fifty Minutes or thereabouts of Northern Latitude and is bounded on the North by Mary-land on the South by Carolina on the East by the Ocean and on the West by the South-Seas The Entrance by Sea into this Countrey is the same with that of Mary-land between Cape Henry and Cape Charles plac'd on each side of the Mouth of the Bay of Chesapeak Rivers of Virginia on the West side whereof you first meet with a pleasant and commodious River call'd James-River about three Miles wide at its Entrance and Navigable a hundred and fifty Fourteen Miles from this River Northward lies York-River which is Navigable sixty or seventy Miles but with Ketches and small Barques thirty or forty Miles farther Passing hence to the North you discover a third stately River call'd Rappahanock which is Navigable about a hundred and thirty Miles from whence following the Shore to the North you enter into Patomeck-River which is already describ'd in the precedent Discourse of Mary-land to which Province this River belongs whose Southerly Bank gives Bounds to that part of Virginia and Mary-land To these Rivers many other Inland Branches and Rivulets are reduc'd the chief of which are hereafter specifi'd Nature of the Countrey The Countrey is generally even the Soil fruitful the Climate healthful and agreeable with English Constitutions especially since the increase of Inhabitants and accommodation of good Diet and Lodging which the first Planters found great want of heretofore For many years till of late most New-comer● had the first Year in July and August a Disease which is call'd A Seasoning whereof many died like to what is mention'd before in the Description of Mary-land though more mortal and common than in Mary-land because Virgina is a lower Countrey and somewhat hotter insomuch that formerly divers ill of that Distemper have come purposely from Virginia to Mary-land to recover their Health but now since the Countrey is more open and clear from Wood few die of it and many have no Seasonings at all This Countrey affordeth generally all such Roots Herbs Gums and Balsoms as are express'd before in the Relation of Mary-land All sorts of Trees for Building and Husbandry Trees Fruit-Trees Vines c. are found in both Countreys equal in goodness

whose Principles not being corrupted with Learning and Distinction are contented to follow the Dictates of right Reason which Nature has sufficiently taught all Men for the well ordering of their Actions and enjoyment and preservation of humane Society who do not give themselves up to be amus'd and deceiv'd by insignificant Terms and minding what is just and right seek not Evasions in the Niceties and Fallacies of Words Carolina granted by Patent to several Noble Persons by His Majesty The same is to be said of the first discovery of this Countrey as hath been formerly said of Virginia and Florida of both which it partakes but as to the present Interest and Propriety the English besides all Virginia intirely have also so much of Florida as makes up this considerable Province of Carolina which soon after the happy Restauration of His present Majesty King Charles II. from whom it receives Denomination was granted by Patent to Edward Earl of Clarendon L. Chancellor of England George Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carteret Vice-Chamberlain of His Majesty's Houshold Sir William Berkley Knight and Baronet and Sir John Colleton Knight and Baronet The Lords-Proprietors of this Countrey for the better Settlement of it according to their Patent granted unto them by His Majesty and for the enlargement of the King's Dominions in those parts of America have been at great Charge to secure this so rich and advantageous a Countrey to the Crown of England to whom of ancient Right by the Discovery of Sir Sebastian Cabott in the time of Henry the Seventh it doth belong and for its Situation Fertility Neighborhood to our other Plantations and several other Conveniences of too valuable consideration to be negligently lost By the Care therefore and Endeavors of those Great Men Their care for Setling and Improving of this Plantation it hath now two considerable Colonies Planted in it the one of Albemarle on the North side bordering on Virginia where are some hundreds of English Families remov'd thither from New England and some of our other Plantations in the West-Indies and another towards the middle of the Countrey at Charles-Town or Ashley-River a Settlement so hopeful for the healthiness of the Land and convenience of access by a large deep Navigable River and so promising in its very Infancy that many of the rich Inhabitants of Barbados and Bermudas who are now crowded up in those flourishing Islands and many in our other American Plantations are turning their Eyes and Thoughts this way and have already remov'd part of their Stock and Servants thither Nor is it to be doubted but that many following the Example of those who went to Albemarle will be drawn to this better Plantation at Ashley-River from New-England where the heat of their Zeal and the coldness of the Air doth not agree with every Man's Constitution and therefore it is to be thought that many well temper'd Men who are not much at ease under such Extreams will be forward to remove hither Fair Terms propos'd to whomsoever shall remove thither The Lords-Proprietors for the comfortable subsistence and future enrichment of all those who shall this Year 1671. Transport themselves and Servants thither allow every Man a hundred Acres per Head for himself his Wife Children and Servants he carries thither to him and his Heirs for ever paying onely one Peny an Acre as a Chief-Rent which Peny an Acre is not to be paid these nineteen years and those Servants who go along thither with their Masters shall each also have a hundred Acres upon the same Terms when he is out of his Time But though these Conditions are very advantageous and the Countrey promises to the Planter Health Plenty and Riches at a cheap Rate yet there is one thing that makes this Plantation more valuable than all these and that is the secure possession of all these things with as great certainty as the state of humane Affairs and the transient things of this Life are capable of in a well continu'd Form of Government wherein it is made every Man's Interest to preserve the Rights of his Neighbor with his own and those who have the greatest Power have it limited to the Service of the Countrey the Good and Welfare whereof whilest they preserve and promote they cannot miss of their own the Lords Proprietors having no other aim than to be the greatest Men in a Countrey where every one may be happy if it be not his own fault it being almost as uncomfortable and much more unsafe to be Lord over than Companion of a miserable unhappy and discontented Society of Men. With this Design the Lords-Proprietors who are at great Charge for carrying on this Plantation have put the framing of a Government into the Hands of one whose Parts and Experience in Affairs of State are universally agreed on and who is by all Men allow'd to know what is convenient for the right ordering Men in Society and setling a Government upon such Foundations as may be equal safe and lasting and to this hath a Soul large enough to wish well to Mankind and to desire that all the People where he hath to do might be happy My Lord Ashley therefore by the consent of his Brethren the rest of the Lords Proprietors hath drawn up to their general satisfaction some fundamental Constitutions which are since by their joynt approbation confirm'd to be the Model and Form of Government in the Province of Carolina the main Design and Ballance thereof according to the best of my memory having had a Copy thereof in short is as followeth The Model drawn up by the Lord Ashley for the Government of Carolina 1. EVery County is to consist of forty square Plots each containing twelve thousand Acres Of these square Plots each of the Proprietors is to have one which is to be call'd a Signiory Eight more of these square Plots are to be divided amongst the three Noble-men of that County viz. a Landgrave who is to have four of them and two Casiques who are to have each of them two apiece and these square Plots belonging to the Nobility are to be call'd Baronies The other twenty four square Plots call'd Colonies are to be the Possession of the People And this Method is to be observ'd in the Planting and Setting out of the whole Countrey so that one Fifth of the Land is to be in the Proprietors one Fifth in the Nobility and three Fifths in the People 2. The Signories and Baronies that is the hereditary Lands belonging to the Proprietors and Nobility are all entirely to descend to their Heirs with the Dignity without power of alienation more than for three Lives or one and twenty years or two Thirds of their Signiories and Baronies and the rest to be Demesne 3. There will be also some Mannors in the Colonies but none less than three thousand Acres in a Piece which like the

Degrees and some odd Seconds where they easily went on Shore In the Year 1608. the Commander of the Colony deceasing and not long after him the Lord Chief Justice who had been the chief that had furnish'd them with fresh Supplies they return'd for England in those Ships that had been sent them with Succours At which unexpected return the Patrons of the Design were so offended that for a certain time they desisted from their Enterprizes In the mean while the French making use of this occasion Planted Colonies in divers places when Sir Samuel Argal from Virginia disturb'd their Designs and brought away Prisoners all he could lay hold on Suddenly after Captain Hobson and divers others were set out with very great Preparations and with them two of the Natives which had been detain'd for some time in England whom they thought to have made use of the better to draw the rest of the Natives to their Commerce but because a little before twenty four of them had been treacherously dealt with by one Hunt they contracted from thence so great an animosity towards the English that Captain Hobson was constrain'd to return without effecting any thing In the Year 1614. Captain John Smith being sent to Fish for Whales and seek after Mines of Gold and Silver Landed upon the Island of Monahiggan where he found some store of Whales but not such as those by whose Oyl they use to make so much profit About the same time two of the Natives being recover'd Erpenow of Capawick that had escap'd from Captain Hobson and Assacumet of Pemmaquid one of those that had been taken Prisoners with Chaloung Captain Harly with Necessaries convenient for such a Voyage was dispatch'd away by Sir Ferdinando Gorges the Earl of Southampton favouring the Design and furnishing him with some Land-Soldiers under the Command of Captain Hobson who not discourag'd with his former ill Success resolv'd upon a second Adventure In the Year 1615. Sir Richard Hakings undertook a Voyage into those Parts by authority of the Council of the second Colony but by reason of the great Wars among the Natives his Observations could not be such as might give any farther light than what had been already receiv'd Soon after which Captain Dormer coming for England from New-found-Land and Landing at Plymouth apply'd himself to the Governor by whom he was dispatch'd away with Direction to meet Captain Rocroft sent away a little before but Rocroft being dead by that time Dormer could come after him to Virginia where he heard he was he returning to Capawick was there set upon by Erpenow the foremention'd Salvage and other Indians that were Conspirators with him and within a short while after at Virginia whither he went to be cur'd of the Wounds he receiv'd in that Assassination he fell sick and died About the Year 1623. Captain Robert Gorges newly come out of the Venetian War was employ'd by the Council of New Englands Affairs as the Lieutenant-General to regulate the Abuses of divers Fisher-men and other Interlopers who without License frequented those Coasts for which Service he had assign'd to him all that part of the main Land situate upon the North-East side of the Bay of the Messachasets By these several Colonies sent so thick one after another both a full Discovery of the Countrey came to be made and a large gap open'd to the free possession thereof yet in regard of the many disappointments and misfortunes the several Companies sent over met with and counting the vast Charges their setting forth cost the Undertakers which would have been still increas'd by the need of continu'd Supplies in all probability New England would have been but thinly peopled to this day had not a great Tide of People possess'd with an aversion to the Church-Government of England and fled into Holland for Liberty of Conscience eagerly taken hold of this opportunity to make themselves Masters of their own Opinions and of a Place where they might erect a Government suitable thereunto and though at first there were some Exceptions taken as if this Countrey was to be made a Receptacle of Sectaries and such as condemn'd the Ecclesiastical Government of the Nation insomuch that Sir Ferdinando Gorges to whom they apply'd themselves desiring him to mediate for them to the Council of New Englands Affairs when they perceiv'd the Authority they had from the Virginia Company could not warrant their abode there had enough to do notwithstanding his Apology That these things hapned contrary to his expectation to wipe away the jealousie which was entertain'd of him it being Order'd that no more should be suffer'd to pass into New England but such as should take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy yet at last there was little notice taken who went perhaps upon consideration that the vast resort of People thither would be of greater advantage to the Plantations than their different Opinions at so remote a distance could be prejudicial so long as they acknowledg'd Obedience to the King and Civil Power However Sir Ferdinando to clear himself the better mov'd those Lords that were the chief Actors in the Business to resign their Grand Patent to the King and pass particular Patents to themselves of such part of the Countrey along the Sea-Coast as might be sufficient for them To this Motion there being a general Assent given by the Lords and a Day appointed for the conclusion thereof an Act was made for the Resignation of the Patent alloting to each Man their several Bounds From the uttermost parts began the Limits of the Lord Mougrave and ended at Hudson's River To the Eastward of which River for the space of sixty Miles in length was plac'd the Duke of Richmond's Assignment Next to him was setled the Earl of Carlile Next him the Lord Edward Gorges Next the Marquess of Hamilton Then Captain John Mason And lastly his own which extended to the great River Sagadehoc being sixty Miles and so up into the Main Land a hundred and twenty Miles which he was pleas'd to call by the Name of The Province of Main The Landing of the English in Plymouth Plantation was very much facilitated by the great Mortality that hapned amongst the Indians about that time amongst the Pecods Narragansets Nianticks Tarantines Wippanaps and those of Abargini Agissawang and Pockanekie their Powwows or Doctors seeing with amazement their Wigwams or Streets lie full of dead Bodies and in vain expecting help from Squantam their good or Abbamoch their bad God Not long before that blazing Comet so much talk'd of in Europe apppear'd after Sun-setting in their Horizon South-West for the space of thirty Sleeps for so they reckon their Days They Landed at first with little or no resistance a handful of Men onely being sent before to keep possession for their Companions who arriv'd eight days after when the Natives appearing with their Bowes and Arrows let flie their long Shafts amongst them whereupon one Captain Miles Standish with his Fowling-piece

which stood on the Altar to the Priests Cells who by that time were to have Fasted five days this done the People came all to the Temple again to be present at the end of the Feast then a Slave who had represented the Idol a whole year appear'd to whom every one having shew'd Reverence the chief Priest cutting open his Breast tore the Slave's Heart reaking out of his Body and shew'd it to the Sun then the Consecrated Youths and Maids made a great noise with Drumming Singing and Dancing about the Body till Sun-set after which the Virgins going up to the upper Chappel plac'd Bread and Fruit made up like dead Mens Bones and Heads before the Idol where after it had stood a little while the Servants went up and fetch'd it down whilst the Youths and Maids went to their several Cloysters Much after the same manner and with such like brutish Ceremonies not worth mentioning was also celebrated the Feast of Quetzatcoalt In the inner part of the Temple stood a Stage on which upon Festival Days the People Acted Drolls in which they sometimes feign'd themselves deaf blind lame and the like and begg'd to be cur'd of their Idols sometimes were dress'd like Serpents Adders Crocodiles or other ravenous Beasts in which postures they fought one with another Computation of Time amongst the Mexicans Those Feasts were all kept on certain times according to the Mexican Almanack in which the Year was divided into eight Moneths and each Moneth into forty five Days which together made three hundred and sixty The five remaining Days to compleat the Year they kept apart on which all Affairs whatsoever were laid aside as Selling Buying Offerings c. nothing else being thought on but Feasting one another for the passing away of the time The first Day of their Year was on the twenty sixth of February Each Moneth had a peculiar Name and Sign Moreover they divided the Year into four parts by as many Representations viz. a House a Rabbet a Cane and a Flint to strike Fire with and Figur'd it out by a Wheel with four Spikes jutting out round about it colour'd green red blue and yellow and in the middle thereof a Sun each Spike signifi'd thirteen years wherefore it had thirteen Divisions distinguish'd by the four fore-mention'd Representations At each Division of the Wheel they set down what remarkable things should happen that year by certain Characters as a Man in red Apparel typifi'd that Year when Ferdinand Cortesius clad in Red conquer'd Mexico When the Wheel was fill'd with fifty two years Prognostication then on the last Night they broke all their Pots and Vessels in pieces and blew out their Candles because they believ'd that at the end of the said fifty two years the World would be at an end and therefore they had no need of Housholdstuff or ought else But so soon as the Day appear'd again they play'd on Pipes Trumpets and Drums rejoycing that God had deferr'd the destruction of the World fifty two years longer then they bought new Utensils and Candles and made solemn Processions Art of Writing Concerning the Art of Writing amongst the Inhabitants of New Spain Joseph Acosta tells us That some old Books containing ancient Passages the Course of the Heavens nature of Beasts and Plants were found in Jucatan according to the Relation of a Learned Indian but were all burnt by Command of a Spanish Bishop because he suppos'd them to be full of Matter touching the Black Art Their Histories they describ'd with the Representations of the Things Rhetorick and Poetry the Children were taught by Rote in the Schools so that they never forgot what they had once learnt But at present they use Spanish Letters or Characters Ancient Government Moreover the Government of Mexico hath ever been kept in a good Order the King's Power being exactly limited that nothing might be lost of the common Priviledges The fourth King Icoath made Earls who next to the Lords of Tezcuco and Tacuba had right to the Crown which was like a Mitre turn'd up behind and rising before with a Point According as they increas'd in Power so they advanc'd in Royal Dignity in which Muteczuma the Second exceeded all others And to manifest his splendor his House for all sorts of Creatures and many other things might serve for a sufficient testimony for in it he kept Sea-Fish in salt Water River-Fish in fresh Water and all manner of Beasts in peculiar places The Birds were kept in great Aviaries surrounded with golden Rails Next to the Kings follow'd four Earls call'd Atlacohecalcatl which signifies Princes of the Throne Launces a Weapon much us'd amongst the Mexicans The next in Degree were the Tlacatecatl or Man-cleavers Esauahuacatl or Blood-shedders Tsallancalqui or Lords of Blackness without all which the King durst not take any Business in hand High and lesser Courts of Judicatory where Matters of Life and Death were try'd were in most Cities and other Courts also for petty Quarrels Controversies and the like The Collectors brought their Revenues to the Court every Moneth The chief thing which preferr'd both Rich and Poor to Places of Honor consisted in Valour and heroick Exploits Their Arms were chiefly sharp pieces of Flint made fast to a Stick with which they could at one Blow chop off a Horses Head They also us'd Pikes Clubs and Lances and sometimes Slings For defensive Armour they had Helmets and Shields made of Tygers Leopards and Lyons Skins They always fell upon their Enemies unawares their Design being generally to take Prisoners rather than to kill them for they reserv'd them for Offerings to their Idols Muteczuma made several Commanders over his Armies giving them a Power one above the other which were to be distinguish'd by several Marks for the chiefest ty'd the Hair on the top of their Heads with a red String betwixt which stuck a brave Plume of Feathers at the end whereof hung as many Tassels as they had done noble Exploits To this Order belong'd also the King who wore one of the same Marks with which King Muteczuma and his Son stand Carv'd on a Rock The Ayulas or The Order of the Eagle consisted of valiant Men. The Grey Knights were of less Quality and wore Collars which reach'd up to their Ears the lower part of their Body being naked Persons of greater Dignity when going to the War were Arm'd from Head to Foot Which Order was also permitted to wear Cotton-Clothes and Shoes richly embroider'd with Gold and Silver they us'd painted Vessels and had Lodgings provided for them at Court Their Education of Youth Moreover it is worthy of obesrvation what great care the Mexicans took in the bringing up of their Children to which purpose they had Schools near to their Temples in which Youth was taught to Sing Dance Morality Obedience and also Martial Discipline Children of noble Extract had Learned Men for their Tutors Their Punishments for Transgressions were very severe the

himself to Avalon to inspect his Concerns there in Person from whence returning the same year he Embarqu'd himself again together with his Lady and all his Family except his eldest Son for Avalon the year following at which time there being then War between England and France he redeem'd above twenty Sail of English Ships which had been taken there that year by French Men of War whereof one Monsieur De la Rade had the chief Command and shortly after took six French Fishing Ships upon that Coast and sent them the same year with a great many French-men Prisoners into England Coming thence he left a Deputy there and continu'd the Plantation till his Death which was in April 1632. After whose Decease it descended of right to his Son and Heir Cecil now Lord Baltemore who thereupon sent one Captain William Hill as his Deputy thither to take possession thereof and to manage his Interest there for him Captain Hill according to his Commission shortly after repair'd thither and liv'd some years at the Lord Baltemore's House at Ferryland above mention'd In the thirteenth Year of King Charles the First of England c. about the Year of our Lord 1638. Marquess Hamilton Earl of Pembroke Sir David Kirk and others under pretence that the Lord Baltemore had deserted that Plantation obtain'd a Patent of all New-found Land wherein Avalon was included and shortly after dispossess'd the Lord Baltemore of his Mansion House in Ferryland and other Rights there and during the late Rebellion in England kept possession but His now Majesty King Charles the Second immediately after his most happy Restauration in the Year 1660 upon the now Lord Baltemore's Petition thought fit to refer the whole Matter to be Examin'd by Sir Orlando Bridgeman then Lord-Chief Justice now Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal of England and others to report the true state thereof to His Majesty together with their Opinions thereupon The Referrees accordingly upon full hearing of Council on both sides certifi'd That they conceiv'd the said Patent to Sir George Calvert to be a good Patent in force and not avoided by the later to Sir David Kirk and others and that the Title and Interest to the said Province did therefore belong to the Lord Baltemore Whereupon His Majesty on the twentieth of March in the same Year Order'd the Possession thereof to be re-deliver'd to his Lordship which was accordingly executed Since which time his Lordship has peaceably enjoy'd the possession thereof and continues the Plantation to this day by deputing Lieutenants there from time to time for the better Government of that Province the rest of New found Land remaining still to the aforesaid Proprietors claiming by the Patent of 13 Car. 1. The Commodities that are either by Art or Nature produc'd there are the same with those of the remainder of New-found Land The Winter there is extream cold the Summer very hot but withal pleasant and during that Season there is great plenty of Pasture for Cattel The Coast of this Province is very safe and as well furnish'd with variety of bold and pleasant Harbors as any other part of New-found Land where the English likewise Fish for Cod the lesser sort whereof is call'd Poor-John which is there caught in great abundance especially at Ferryland and in the Bay of Bulls Besides these two there are divers other excellent Harbors on the Eastern Shore of Avalon as Capling Bay Cape Broyle Brittus Isle of Spears Barrom Cove Whitburns Bay and Petit Harbour above mention'd On the West are the Bay of Placentia and several other good Harbors There are no Indians in Avalon and but few English by reason of the excessive Cold in Winter though Sir David Kirk and his Lady and also his Family liv'd in the Lord Baltemore's House at Ferryland for the space of ten years and upwards The Soil seems to promise great store of Mines which probably may in time be disover'd The late Lord Baltemore took accidentally a piece of Oar up that lay there upon the surface of the Earth and brought it with him into England which was found upon trial to yield a greater proportion of Silver than the Oar of Potosi in the West-Indies but hitherto no Mine of it hath been discover'd there The Trade of Fishing being of so great concernment to the Nation of England the same if it be well manag'd in this Island of Terra Nova will employ every year above two hundred Sail of English Ships and ten thousand Mariners besides the great benefit which may accrue unto the Nation by Imposition upon Strangers there which would amount to several thousands of Pounds per Annum with which those Coasts may be Guarded and Ships Trading thither secur'd besides the great Customs by the Ships call'd The Sacks being commonly in great numbers every year who carry Fish from New-found Land into the Straights France Portugal and Spain and who bring their Returns into England as Bullion and all other native Commodities of those Countreys If the Island were well fortifi'd we might Command all those of other Nations that come to Fish in New-found Land to pay Contribution in Fish or otherwise for their Priviledge to Fish there the said Island being first Planted by English and pertaining to the Kingdom of England or if occasion should require they might be utterly debarr'd of Fishing there The Trade of Fishing is of so great concernment to France Spain Portugal the Straights and other Parts that they cannot well be without that yearly Supply in Fish which comes from that Island Neither can the Hollanders Spaniards or Portuguese well set any Ships to the West-Indies without New-found Land Fish there being none that will endure to pass the Line sound and untainted but the Fish of that Countrey salted and dry'd there And so long as the Act continues still in force That no Fish be Transported from the said Island but in English Bottoms it will contribute very much to our encrease of Shipping there and by consequence of the employment of Mariners and the Fishing of that part of the Island will be solely appropriated to the English Nation to whom of right it belongs which will prove the greatest Ballance of Trade in that part of the World and that whereas above two hundred Sail do Trade thither yearly to Fish if a thousand Sail come if there be but Fisher-men enow they may all have Fraughtage there The French if once the Island be fortifi'd will be depriv'd of their Nursery of Mariners this being the onely place besides Canada and one or two adjacent Coasts where they come for supply of Fish with which that Nation cannot be furnish'd so well from other Parts By well Planting and Fortifying New-found Land the Trading to Virginia New England and those Parts would be much encourag'd New England having had of late great Traffick with New-found Land where they vend the Growth of their Plantation Besides New-found Land is a Key to the Gulf of

fifteen hundred in number inhabited twenty Leagues of Land in length Forts built upon the Bermudas On the longest Island call'd St. George for the Bermudas consists of several Islands great and small they built Warwick and Dover Forts with other Fortifications and Towers which had their Denominations from those Noble-men and Gentlemen that were Undertakers in this Plantation as Cavendish Paget Herbert c. from the Earl of Devonshire the Lord Paget the Earl of Pembroke and others ●orts and Havens Amongst the Havens the eminentest are Southampton the Inlet Harrington and the Great Sound All these Islands lying together resemble a Half-Moon and are surrounded with Rocks which appear at Low-water and at High lie but shallow for it seldom Ebbs or Flows above five Foot The Shore for the most part Rocky and hardned by the Sun and Wind receives no damage by the Waves which continually beat against the same Nature of the Soil The Ground it self differs for in some places it is sandy or clayie and in others partly black and partly white or Ash-colour'd Earth which last is accounted the worst and the black the best Three Foot deep under the Ash-colour'd Earth lie great Slates and under the black a white spungie Stone like the Pumice in whose moist Crevises Trees take root The Pits or Wells though they Ebb and Flow with the Sea yet produce a wholsom and sweet Water Temperature of the Air. The Skie is generally serene but when over-cast with Clouds is subject to Lightning and Thunder yet the Air is of a good temper being neither exceeding cold nor excessive hot for which reason the European Fruits grow better there than in their natural Soil Their Harvest is twice a year for that which they Sowe in March is ripe and gather'd in June then what they Sowe again in August they gather in January Productions of the Countrey These Islands breed no hurtful Creatures nay the yellow Spider which spins silken Cobwebs is free from Poyson The Plant Nuchtly which bears speckled Pears grows betwixt the Rocks which are drench'd with Sea-water The Hogs which above a hundred and fifty years since swam ashore out of the Spanish Wrack are exceedingly increas'd there but because of their poorness are scarce eatable they feeding onely on the sweet Berries which fall from the Palmito-Trees About the white and red Mulberries which grow plentifully there breed thousands of Silk-worms which spin Silk according to the colour of the Mulberries The Sea produces some quantity of Pearls and Ambergreece From the beginning of the year till May the Whales are seen to swim not far from the Shore A strange sort of Sea-Fowl breed in Holes like Rabbets and amongst other Birds here are also store of Cranes The Tobacco which the English have planted here grows very well Tortoises Laying of Eggs. Here are likewise great Tortoises which Lay their Eggs in the Sand on the Shore where they are Hatch'd by the Beams of the Sun and are taken after this manner In the Night some are set to watch where they Land and whilest they are digging a deep Hole in the Ground are thrown on their Backs and not being able to get upon their Legs again they lie and groan very pitifully some of them having above two Basons full of Eggs in their Bellies which being about the bigness of a Tennis-Ball have a thin Shell which incloseth a Yolk and White If these Eggs lie buried six years then the young Tortoises breaking the Shell come out of the Sand and instantly creep into the Sea Their Flesh is not onely wholsom but toothsom The Oyl made of them is not inferior to Butter Cedars of an excellent kind Moreover the Bermudas produce Cedars the like of which are not to be found in the whole World The Leaves are douny and prickly at the ends almost like those of the Juniper Tree The Wood hath a sweet smell and the Berries which are like the Myrtle of a pale Red inclose four white Kernels the outermost Skin whereof is sweet the innermost which covers the Kernel sharp and the Pulp tartish The Trees are always flourishing being at the same time full of Blossoms green and ripe Fruit The Berries when grown ripe begin to gape and fall off in rainy Weather leaving a round Stalk on the Boughs which loses not its Rind till two years after half which time the Berry requires before it attains to its perfect ripeness which generally happens in the Winter The Boughs shoot straight upwards and become in time so heavy that they cause the Body of the Tree to bend This most excellent Wood grows in divers places of the Bermudas We shall conclude with the resolute Exploit of five Sea-men Anno 1616. who to the great admiration of all People set Sail from thence in an open Vessel of three Tun through the main Ocean and after having suffer'd terrible Tempests arriv'd in the space of seven Weeks safe in Ireland These Islands are remarkable for divers sorts of Plants unknown in other Parts as the Prickle Pear Poyson Weed Red Weed Purging Bean Costive Tree Red Pepper and the Sea Feather Also several strange Birds as the Egg Bird Cahow Tropick Bird and the Pemlico which presageth Storms CHAP. XIII Hispaniola THe Islands call'd De Barlovento by which are understood Hispaniola Cuba Jamaica and Boriquen as also the Lucaies with the Caribes and lastly the Isles call'd De Sotavento viz. Margareta Cabagua and Tabago are by some comprehended all under the general Name of The Isles Antilles though others reckon the Antilles to be the same with the Caribes onely But leaving this Controversie undecided we shall begin with the Isles De Barlovento the chief whereof is Hispaniola Bounds and Description of Hispaniola Hispaniola or Little Spain as Columbus nam'd it is though not the largest yet the fairest and goodliest of all the American Islands call'd by the Natives anciently Hayti and Quisqueia It lieth about fifteen Leagues Westward of Porto Rico and distant from the main Land of America about one hundred and twenty 't is of a triangular form the sharpest Point whereof is that towards Porto Rico which they call Cabo de Enganno that towards the West inclines to a Semi-circle containing a good and convenient Bay betwixt the two Points viz. St. Nicholas to the North and Cabo de Donna Maria towards the South It is not thought to be less than a hundred and fifty Leagues in length and in breadth from threescore to thirty and to contain in the compass of the whole four hundred Leagues at least lying betwixt eighteen and twenty Degrees of Northern Latitude having an Air somewhat infested with the Morning Heats but well cool'd again in the Afternoon by a constant Wind from the Sea which they call there Virason It is for the fertility of the Soil one of the richest and most flourishing Countreys in the World the Trees and all things else there continually