Mussaneekes young beasts or such like Commodities as to exchange them with the Saylers for Butter Cheese Beefe Porke Aquauitae Beere Bisket and Oate-meale and then faine that all was sent them from their friends And though Uirginia affoord no Furres for the store yet one Mariner in one Voyage hath got so many as he hath confessed to haue sold in England for thirtie pound And for all this riot and Newports boasting to leaue vs for twelue monethes though we had eightie nine by his Discouerie sicke and lame which by one man for a pound of Copper might much better haue beene done and hauing but a pint of Corne a day for a man we were constrained to giue him three Hogsheads of that Corne to victuall his ship homeward Those are the Saint-seeming Worthies of Uirginia that haue notwithstanding all this meat drinke and pay but now they beginne to grow wearie their Trade beeing both perceiued and preuented none hath beene in Uirginia that hath obserued any thing which knowes not this to be true and yet the scorne and shame was the poore Souldiers Gentlemen and carelesse Gouernours who were all thus bought and sold the Aduenturers coozened and the action ouerthrowne by their false excuses informations and directions by this let all the World Iudge how this businesse could prosper being thus abused by such pilfering occasions The proceedings and accidents with the second supply Master Scriuener was sent with the Barges and Pinnace to Werawocomoco where he found the Sauages more readie to fight then trade but his vigilancie was such as preuented their proiects and by the meanes of Namontack got three or foure Hogsheads of Corne and as much red paint which then was esteemed an excellent die Captaine Newport being dispatched with the tryals of Pitch Tarre Glasse Frankincense and Sope-ashes with that Clapboord and Wainscot which could bee prouided met with Master Scriuener at Point Comfort and so returned for England leauing vs in all two hundred with those he brought vs Those poore conclusions so affrighted vs all with famine that the President prouided for Nansamund tooke with him Captaine Winne and Master Scriuener then returning from Captaine Newport these people also long denied him Trade excusing themselues to be so commanded by Powhatan till we were constrained to begin with them perforce and then they would rather sell vs some then we should take all so loading our Boats with one hundred bushels wee parted friends and came to Iames Towne at which time there was a Marriage betweene Iohn Laydon and Anna Burrowes being the first Marriage we had in Virginia Long he stayed not but fitting himselfe and Captaine VValdo with two Barges from Chawopo VVeanocke and all parts there was found neither Corne nor Sauage but all fled being iealous of our intents till we discouered the Riuer and people of Appametuck where we found little that which they had wee equally deuided betwixt the Sauages and vs but gaue them Coppâ—r in consideration Master Percie and Master Scriuener went also abroad but could finde nothing The President seeing this procrastinating of time was no course to liue resolued with Captaine VValdo whom he knew to be sure in time of need to surprize Powhatan and all his prouision but Captaine VVinne and Master Scriuener for some priuate respects did their best to hinder their proiect But the President whom no perswasions could perswade to starue being inuited by Powhatan to come vnto him and if he would send him but men to build him a house bring him a Grindstone fiftie Swords some Peeces a Cocke and a Henne with Copper and Beads he would load his ship with Corne the President not ignorant of his deuices yet vnwilling to neglect any opportunitie presently sent three Dutchmen and two English hauing no victuals to imploy them all for want thereof being idle knowing there needed no better Castell then that house to surprize Powhatan to effect this proiect hee tooke order with Captaine Waldo to second him if need required Scriuener he left his Substitute and set forth with the Pinnace two Barges and sixe and fortie men which only were such as voluntarily offered themselues for his iournie the which by reason of Master Scriueners ill successe was censured very desperate they all knowing Smith would not returne emptie howsoeuer caused many of those that he had appointed to find excuses to stay behind THe nine and twentieth of December hee set forward for Werawocomoco In the Pinnace Master George Percie brother to the Earle of Northumberland Master Francis West brother to the Lord De-la-Ware William Phetiplace Captaine of the Pinnace Ionaâ— Profit Master Robert Ford Clerke of the Councell Michaell Phetiplace Geoffâ—ry Abbot Sergeant William Tankard George Yarington Iames Bourne George Burton Thomas Coe Gentlemen Iohn Dods Edward Brinton Nathaniell Peacocke Henry Powell Dauid Ellis Thomas Gipson Iohn Prat. George Acrigge Iames Reade Nicholas Hancocke Iames Watkins Anthony Baggly Sergeant Thomas Lambert Edward Pising Sergeant Souldiers Foure Dutchmen and Richard Sauage were sent by Land to build the house for Powhatan against our arriuall This company being victualled but for three or foure dayes lodged the first night at Weraâ—koyack where the President tooke sufficient prouision This kinde Sauage did his best to diuert him from seeing Powhatan but perceiuing hee could not preuaile hee aduised in this manner Captaine Smith you shall find Powhatan to vse you kindly but trust him not and be sure he haue no opportunitie to seize on your armes for he hath sent for you only to cut your throts the Captaine thanked him for his good counsell yet the better to try his loue desired Guides to Chowaâ—oke for hee would send a present to that King to bind him his friend To performe this Iourney was sent Michael Sicklemore a very honest valiant and painfull Souldier with him two Guides and directions how to search for the lost company of Sir Walter Rawleigh and Silke Grasse then wee departed thence the President assuring the King his perpetuall loue and left with him Samuell Collier his Page to learne the Language The next night being lodged at Kecoughtan sixe or seuen dayes the extreme wind raine frost and snow caused vs to keepe Christmasse amongst the Sauages where we were neuer more merrie nor fed on more plentie of good Oysters Fish Flesh Wild-foule and good Bread nor neuer had better fires in England then in the dry warme smokie houses of Kecoughtan But departing thence when we found no houses we were not curious in any weather to lie three or foure nights together vpon any shore vnder the Trees by a good fire The President Anthony Bagly and Edward Pising did kill one hundred fortie and eight Fowles at three shootes At Kiskiack the Frost forced vs three or foure dayes also to suppresse the insolencie of those proud Sauages to quarter in their houses and guard our Barge and cause them giue vs what we wanted yet were wee but
should seeme vnto me alwayes a greater care and respect how to keepe themselues from all kinde of great heate the how to prouide for any store of great roste It had in it by report of them that should know best it some foure thousand and moe of very good able fighting men and sixe hundred horsemen at the least No question but that they were well furnished of all things appertaining thereunto especially so many good ships lying there and being so well stored with all manner of munition shot and powder as they were Of what wealth this towne should be I am not able to resolue the asker but as it should appeare by the great pillage by the common Souldiers and some Marriners too and by the goodly furnitures that were deâ—aced by the baser people and thereby vtterly lost and spoiled as not worth the carrying away and by the ouer great plenty of Wine Oyle Almonds Oliues Raisins Spices and other such Grocery wares that by the intemperate disorder of some of the rasher sort were knockt out and lay trampled vnder feet in euery common high way it should appeare that it was of some very mighty great wealth to the first owners though perchance not of any such great commodity to the last subduers for that I iudge that the better part was most riotously and intemperately spent and consumed The Wednesday Thursday and Friday following the Lords Generall spent in counsell about the disposing of all matters as well touching the towne and prisoners as also concerning all other matters thought meete of them in their honourable wisdomes and in all that meane while did shew such honourable bounty and mercy as is not able to be expressed For not onely the liues of euery one were spared but also there was an especiall care had that all the Religious as well men as women should be well and fauourably intreated whom freely without any manner of ransome or other molesiation they caused to be safely transported ouer to Port Saint Mary a Towne in a manner as faire as Cadiz but at that time as the case did stand certainely knowne to be of no wealth in the world and it was some sixe or seuen miles distant ouer against Cadiz in a manner as Paules is against Southwarke on the other side of the Bay in a part of Andaluzia subiect to the territorie of the Duke de Medina Sidonia Moreouer at the same instant they did appoint that worthy Knight Sir Amias Preston and some others in some conuenient Barkes to transport ouer to the said Towne safely and in good order a hundred or moe of the better sort of ancient gentlewomen and merchants wiues who were suffered to put vpon themselues some of them two yea some three suites Apparell with some conuenient quantitie of many Iewels Chaines and other ornaments belonging to their estate and degree Vpon Saturday being the six and twentieth Sir Iohn Winkfield knight was buried in honourable and warlike manner so farre forth as the circumstances of that time and place could permit At whose funerals the Nauie discharged a great part of their Ordnance in such order as was thought meete and conuenient by the Lords Generals command The seuen and twenty day being Sunday in the Abbey the diuine Seruice was had and a learned Sermon was made there by one Master Hopkins the right honourable Earle of Essex his Preacher a man of good learning and sweete vtterance and euen there the same day something before the Sermon was made these worthy Gentlemen following were Knighted by the Lord Generall And here I am to signifie by the way that two of these were Knighted three or foure daies before and some three or foure moe were Knighted after that time vpon certaine occasions but yet I hold it best and I trust without offence to recite their names in this place altogether SIr Samuel Bagnal Sir Arthur Sauage The Earle of Sussex The Lord Harbert The Lord Burke Count Lodowick Sir William Howard Sir George D'Eureux Sir Henry Neuel Sir Edmund Rich. Sir Richard Leuen Sir Peter Egomort Sir Anthonie Ashley Sir Henry Leonard Sir Richard Leuison Sir Horatio Vere Sir Arthur Throckmorton Sir Miles Corbet Sir Edward Conway Sir Oliuer Lambert Sir Anthony Cooke Sir Iohn Townesend Sir Christopher Heydon Sir Francis Popham Sir Philip Woodhouse Sir Alexander Clifford Sir Maurice Barkley Sir Charles Blunt Sir George Gifford Sir Robert Crosse. Sir Iames Escudamor Sir Urias Leigh Sir Iohn Leigh alias Lee. Sir Richard Weston Sir Richard Waâ—â—man Sir Iames Wootton Sir Richard Ruddal Sir Robert Mansfield Sir William Mounson Sir Iohn Bowles Sir Edward Bowes Sir Humfrey Druel Sir Amias Preston Sir Robert Remington Sir Iohn Buck. Sir Iohn Morgan Sir Iohn Aldridg Sir Iohn Asshindon Sir Mathew Browne Sir Iohn Acton Sir Thomas Gates Sir Gilly Mericke Sir Thomas Smith Sir William Pooley Sir Thomas Palmer Sir Iohn Stafford Sir Robert Louel Sir Iohn Gylbert Sir William Haruie Sir Iohn Gray Don Christ. Prince of Portugall Sir Iohn Vanderfoord Admirall of the Hollanders Sir Robert Dudley 8. August Being in Cadiz attending vpon my most honorable good Lord I talked with certaine of the Religious men such as I found learned whereof indeede there were some though not very many I talked also with the Bishop of Cusco there a graue aged comely man and being of late chosen to that Bishopricke he was as then to haue gone to the Indies had not we then taken him prisoner and so staied his iourney for that time It pleased the Lords generall to deale exceeding fauourably with this said Bishop of Cusco for it was their good pleasure to giue him his free passage without any ransome and therewithall to let him to vnderstand that they came not to deale with Church-men or vnarmed men or with men of peace weaklings and children neither was it any part of their meaning to make such a voyage for gold siluer or any other their wealth and riches c. But that their onely comming was to meet with their dishonorable practises and manifold iniuries and to deale with men of war and valour for the defence of the true honour of England and to let them to vnderstand that whensoeuer they attempted any base-conceited and dishonorable practise to their soueraigne Queen their Mistresse that it should be reuenged to the vttermost c. In this meane space while the Lords generall continued at Cadiz there came to them certaine poore wretched Turks to the number of eight and thirty that had bin a long time gally-slaues and either at the very time of the fight by Sea or else immediately thereupon taking the opportunity did then make their escape and did swim to land yeelding themselues to the mercy of their most honorable Lordships It pleased them with all speede to apparell them and to furnish them with mony and all other necessaries and to bestow on them a Barke and a Pilot to see them freely and safely conueied into
seuen miles in circuit at the foot fashioned it is vpward like an Hiue and the top therof most commonly to be discerned within and aboue the clouds This Mountaine hath in it by report many great hollow Caues and deepe Vaults and it is credibly reported that oftentimes it breathes out flames and sparkes of fire as doth the Mountaine Aetna Also at the bottome of this Mountain towards the East there is a great Spring of Fresh-water which is seen many times to issue out flakes and stones of fire with great violence and of the number and bignesse of the stones that are throwne out by the force and source of this Spring and what huge workes they make of the multitudes of them they confidently doe tell strange wonders which I will neither affirme nor deny but leaue indifferent to credit as men list Fayall is so called of Faya which in the Portugues signifieth a Beech Tree wherewith that Iland is said to abound But yet I saw there more store of Iuniper and Cedar then of any other Wood or Timber For Aire and Soyle it is as pleasant and fruitfull as any of the other Ilands and in it are some fiue Townes with many pretie Villages and in this Iland there are yet remaining certaine families of the Flemish race Gratiosa is so called of the exceeding fruitfulnesse of the Soyle and pleasant temper of the Ayre Flores of the abundance of Flowers that grow in it Cueruo of the multitude of Rauens and Crowes breeding therein And that Iland doth also breed Horses Saint Maries Saint Georges and Saint Michaels were so called of those Saints names vpon whose dayes they were first discouered for such is the custome of many Nauigators and especially of the Spaniards and Portugues so to call those Landes that they first make by the Saints day and name wherein they are discouered And these three Ilands for temper and fruitfulnesse are suteable with the others But Saint Michael is the greatest of them all Tercera the strongest and Saint Maries the neerest to the Coast of Spaine But now as wee come neerer to our intended purpose for the better vnderstanding thereof I thinke it very necessary and pertinent somewhat to speake of the chiefe Commanders as well by Sea as by Land and also of the number of our Ships and Souldiers together with the proiect and designe of that iourney then vndertaken for the seruice of her late Maiestie and the Honour of our Nation It is therefore to be vnderstood that Robert Deuereux late Earle of Essex Master of the Horse and Ordnance and Knight of the Garter First commanded in chiefe as well Admirall of the Nauie by Sea as Generall of the Armie by Land His Vice-Admirall was the Lord Thomas Howard Knight of the same Order and second Sonne to the last Thomas Duke of Norfolke a Nobleman much honoured and beloued and of great experience in Sea seruice His Reare-Admirall was Sir Walter Raleigh Knight Captaine of her Maiesties Guard Lord Warden of the Stanneries and Lieftenant of Cornwall For the Land seruice his Leiftenant Generall was Sir Charles Blunt Lord Mountioy Knight of the Garter Gouernour of Portsmouth and a man in high fauour with her late Maiestie His Marshall of the Field was Sir Frauncis Vere Knight a great Souldier and Coronell Generall of the English Forces in the Low-Countries The Master of the Ordnance Sir George Carew Knight Leiftenant of the Ordnance of the Kingdome of England His Sergeant Maior Sir Ferdinando Gorges Knight Gouernour of the Forts of Plimouth The Coronell Generall of the Foot Sir Christopher Blunt Knight The Treasurer of the Armie Sir Hugh Biston Knight one of her Maiesties Receiuers Generall in the Principalities of Walles with all other Officers designed to places requisite that were needful by Land or Sea now too long to rehearse And yet of all the Noblemen I will as neere as I can record their names particularly but craue pardon if I faile in the precedencie of their places The Earles of Essex Rutland and Southampton the Lord Howard the Lord Audley the Lord Gray the Lord Mountioy the Lord Rich and the Lord Cromwell But the particular names of all the Land Captains that had charge I could neuer come to the knowledge of much lesse can I marshall them orderly in this discourse And therefore I will passe to the number of the Ships in generall and therein name some particulars of the chiefe and principall Vessells of the Royall Nauie with their Captaines The whole Nauie which was diuided into three Squadrons viz. The Admirall his Squadron The Vice-Admirall his Squadron and the Reare-Admirall his Squadron consisted of 120. sayle or thereabout whereof sixtie were good men of Warre and gallant Ships the rest Victuallers and Ships of Transportation Of her Maiesties owne Ships the number was eighteene or nineteene and these were their names The Merhoneur Admirall whereof Sir Robert Mansfield was Captaine The Due Repulse Vice-Admirall whereof Master Middleton was Captaine The Wast Spite Reare-Admirall whereof my selfe was Captaine The Garland the Earle of Southampton commanded The Defiance wherein the Lord Mountioy was shipped had for Captaine Sir Amias Preston The Saint Mathew to Sir George Carew Master of the Ordnance The Mary Rose to Sir Francis Vere Marshall whose Captaine was M. Iohn Winter The Dread-nought Sir William Brooke was Captaine of The Nonparellia Sir Richard Luson was Captaine of The Bonouenture Sir William Haruey was Captaine of The Antelope Sir Thomas Vauisâ—r was Captain of The Rainbow Sir William Mounson was Captaine of The Swiftsure Sir Gilly Mericke was Captain of The Golden Lion was sent after for a supply The Hope whereof was Captain The Foresight whereof Sir Carew Reignall was Captaine The Saint Andrew whereof Master Marcellus Throckmorton was Captain The Tramontana whereof young Master Fenner was Captain The Moone whereof Sir Edward Michelboorne was Captaine Besides that there were some other of her Maiesties small Pinnaces that attended the Fleet. The residue or the Fleet aforenamed consisted of the best shipping of London and other Port-Townes of the Kingdome with sundry stout Vestells belonging to some Lords and Gentlemen that were Aduenturers in this Voyage There were also added to this Nauie tenne sayle of good men of Warre sent from the States of the Low-Countries to attend her Maiesties Fleet in this seruice vnder the conduct of one Mounsier de Duneincorde well manned and furnished The Land Army besides Saylers that might be afforded and spared vpon occasion of landing consisted of six thousand able men well appointed with ten Peeces of Artillery for the Field and Battery with all necessary Vtensils fit for them The proportion of victuals was for four months at large allowance double apparell both for Souldier's and Mariners In this Armie there went Knights Captaines and Gentlemen voluntaries fiue hundred at the least as gallant parsonages and as brauely furnished as euer the
generall presently set vpon them and sorting out some such conuenient ships as to their honorable wisedomes seemed fittest for that times seruice they were driuen to take some other course then before had beene by them entended Wherefore vpon a graue consultation had by a select counseâ—l they concluded that the Vice-admirall the Lord Thomas Howard in the Non Pareille for that time and the Reare Admirall Sir Walter Raleigh in the Warspight associated with Sir Francis Uere the Lord Marshall in the Rainbow Sir George Cary Master of the Ordnance in the Mary Rose Sir Robert Southwell in the Lyon hauing with them some of the Ships of London and some of the Dutch squadron of reasonable burthen should lead the dance and giue the onset and that the two most noble Lords generall with some others of their companies should in their conuenient time and order second the maine battell The fight being begun and growne very hot the Lord generall the Earle of Essex being on Port Saint Mary side vpon a sudden and vnlooked for of others thrust himselfe among the formost into the maine battell The other most honorable Lord generall vnderstanding the most noble Earle to be in fight among them and perceiuing by the Master of his ship the Aâ—ke royall that for lacke of water it was not possible that he might put any neerer without further delay called presently for his Pinnace and in the same Pinnace put himselfe and his honorable son Lord William Howard aboord the Honor de la mer there remained in the fight till the battell was ended The fight was very terrible on all sides and so continued doubtfull till about one or two of the clocke in the afternoone about which time the Philip whom in very truth they had all most fancie vnto began to yeelde and giue ouer her men that remained aliue shifting for themselues as they were able aâ—d swimming and running ashoare with all the haste that they could possibly and therewithall at the very same instant themselues fired their ship and so left her and presently thereupon a great Argosie with another mighty great ship fired themselues in the like manner Immediatly hereupon the residue of the ships ran themselues on ground as far from vs as they could thereby purchased their owne safetie or rather breathing space for the time Of them all two faire ships onely were boorded and taken by our men with most part of their furniture in them the one called S. Matthew a ship by estimation of some twelue hundred tun and the other S. Andrew being a ship of not much lesser burthen The Gallies seeing this sodaine great victorious ouerthrow made all the haste they could toward tâ—e Bridge called Puente de Snaço and there shrowded themselues in such sort as our ships could not by any meanesâ— possible come nigh them for lacke of water The Spanish ships in all were fifty nine and as I said all tall ships and very richly furnished and well appointed whereof some of them were bound for the Indies and other fraighted and furnished for Lasbon as themselues affirme and had we not come that very time that we did wee had certainly mist of them all Of what great wealth and riches these ships were that I leaue to other mens iudgement and report but sure I am that themselues offered two millions and a halfe of ducats for the redemption of the goods and riches that were in them which offer of theirs albeit it was accepted of the Lords generall and should haue beene receiued yet we were defeated of it as hereafter shall be more at large declared In all this cruell terrible fight there were not either slaine or hurt by any manner of meanes many aboue the number of 100. of our men notwithstanding diuers of our ships were many times shot thorow and thorow yea and some of them no lesse then two and twenty times as I was enformed by credible report of the Captaines and Masters themselues I know not of any other hurt done sauing onely that Sir Robert Southwell who alwayes shewed himselfe a most valiant resolute knight in all this action making a little too much haste with his Pinnace to boord the Philip had there his said Pinnace burnt with the Philip at the same instant and yet by good care and diligence his men were saued One other mischance hapned thus One of the Flemmings Flie-boats who had in all the conflict before carried her selfe very well and valiantly about ten of the clocke while the fight continued sharpest chanced by great negligence and misfortune to be fired and blown vp by his owne powder who could not haue any fewer in him then one hundred fighting men by all supposall and so in the very twinkling of an eye both ship and men were all cast away excepting seuen or eight which by very good fortune and great care and diligence of some of the other ships were saued Immediately vpon this notable victory without any further stay in all the world the Lord generall the Earle of Essex put to shore landed about 3000 shot and pike men of the which number the one halfe was presently dispatched to the bridge Puente de Suaço vnder the conduct of Sir Christopher Blunt Sir Coniers Clifford and Sir Thomas Gerard with the other halfe being about fifteene hundred the most noble Earle of Essex himselfe being accompanied with diuers other honorable Lords namely the Earle of Sussex the Lord Harbert the Lord Burk Count Lodâ—uick of Nassaw the Lord Marshall Sir Francis Uere with all expedition possible marched on foote toward the towne of Cadiz which was about three English miles march That time of the day was very hot and faint and the way was all of dry deepe sliding sand in a manner and beside that very vneuen and by that meanes so tiresome and painfull as might be The enemie hauing reasonable companie both of horse and footemen stood in a readinesse some good distance without the towne to welcome vs and to encounter the Lord Generall But the most famous Earle with his valiant Troopes rather running indeede in good order then marching hastened on them with such vnspeakeable courage and celeritie as within one houres space and lesse the horsemen were all discomfited and put to flight their leader being strooken downe at the very first encounter whereat the footemen being wonderfully dismaied and astonished at the vnexpected manner of the Englishmens kinde of such fierce and resolute fight retyred themselues with all the speede possible that they could to recouer themselues into the Towne againe Which being done by them with farre swifter legges then manly courage our men were enforced to scale the wals which thing in very deede although it was not without great danger and difficultie to be performed yet such was the inuincible resolution and the wonderfull dexteritie of the English that in one halfe houre or thereabout the enemy was repulsed and
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
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
que por esto no seauisto permitirles ni darseles licencia paraque de aqui adelante puedan sin nuestra expressa y particular licencia nauegar tratar y contratar enla dicha carrera y que si lo hesieren demas de incurrir en las penas contenidas en nuestras leyes ordenanças cartas y prouisiones este pardon y gracia sea y ayadeser ninguno y de ningun valor y effecto y mandamos alos del nostro conseio delas Indias y alos nostros Iuezes y Officiales de la cas◠dela contratacion y a otras quales quier Iuezes y Iusticias que assilo guarden y cumplan fecha enel monastero de Sanct Lorenço el real a diez dias del mes de Agusto anno del Sennor de mill y quinien tos y setenta y vn annos YEL REY Por mandado de su Mag. S. Antonio Gracian V. Md. perdone a Iuano Aquins Ingles y a sus companneros le pena enque incurrienzo porauer nauegado y contratado enlas Indeas contra las ordenes de V. Md. CHAP. VII A briefe Relation of an Englishman which had beene thirteene yeeres Captiue to the Spaniards in Peru c. THe eleuenth of October 1602. we departed from the Citie of Lyma and that day wee set sayle from the Calloa in the Contadora Captaine Andrea Brocho The fifteenth of October wee came into Payta and there watered and tooke in fresh victuals and set sayle from thence the foure and twentieth of the same for Mexico 1602. The fourteenth of December we came to an anchor in Acapulca we were becalmed in 17. degrees and an halfe foure and twentie dayes and were set with the current into 23. degrees to the Northward we came all the coast alongst from Colyma and Nauydad to Acapulca The twentieth of December we came from Acapulca with sixe Mules and on Christmas Day in the morning we came to Zumpanga a Towne of Indians where wee remayned all that day being betweene this Towne and Acapulca thirtie leagues no Towne betwixt The last of December wee came to Querna vaca a Towne in the Marquesado of Hernan Cortes thirteene leagues from Mexico The first of Ianuarie we came into the great Citie of Mexico where we remayned vntill the seuenteenth at which time we came from Mexico in the euening and came two leagues that night The next day we came to Irazing which is seuen leagues from Mexico where wee remayned two dayes The fiue and twentieth of Ianuarie wee came to Pueblo de los Angelos passing in our way the Vulcan being from Mexico twentie leagues and thorow Chullula The thirtieth of Ianuarie I went to Atrizco where we were sixe dayes being fiue leagues from Mexico The sixteenth of Februarie we came from the Pueblo de los Angelos with fourteene Carts fiue or sixe temes of Oxen in a Cart for to come to the Citie of Vera cruz The seuenth of March 1603. wee came into the Vera cruz the new Towne where wee remayned vntill the eight of Aprill staying for a ship of aduise Tuesday the eight of Aprill we set sayle from Saint Iuo de Ullua in a Barque of aduise called the Saint Lazaro the Captaines name was Diego Garces being of the burden of thirtie tunnes the Pilot named Diego Vyedall we were eight and twentie persons 1603. The nine and twentieth of Aprill we had sight of the Martyrs and were in two fathomes water off them we saw no more nor no other while we fell with Alla Rocha in Barbarie which was the 14. of Iune The sixteenth of Iune wee had sight of Chiprone and Cales that night we came into S. Lucar The seuenteenth of Iune in the morning the Kings Officers came aboord of vs for the Kings Letters and the Letters of the Mexico Fleet where I heard newes of our good Queene Elizabeths death and our King Iames his comming to the Crowne in peace Heere I was discharged and had my libertie giuen me so I went to Syuill the nineteenth day where I remayned vntill the one and twentieth of September at which time I came to Wellua in the Condado The fift of Nouember I came from Wellua in the George of London Master Iuano Whary the ship was Master Hangers I arriued at the Reculluers the seuenth of December 1603. being since my departure from England thirteene yeeres and nine moneths of captiuitie for the which the Lord be praised and make me thankfull all the dayes of my life Amen CHAP. VIII The Relation of ALEXANDRO VRSINO concerning the coast of Terra Firma and the secrets of Peru and Chili where he had liued foure and thirtie yeeres THe first Towne inhabited of the Spaniards is Saint Iohn in the I le of Porto ricco it is a very poore Towne They haue no Bread but in stead thereof they vse a certaine Roote called Cazaue There is in the Towne about sixtie Spaniards and a Fort. In Saint Domingo there is a very strong Fort with aboue eightie great Peeces of Ordnance It is one of the fairest Cities in all the Indies there are aboue seuen hundred Spaniards in it It is a Bishoprike There is next the Towne of Monte Christo wherein there are about eightie Spaniards There is a small Fort. Then Ocoa which is a very good Port where the Fleete both comming and going doe put in for fresh water and wood and other necessaries Then Porto de Plata a small Towne with a little Fort about seuentie or eightie Spaniards Porto Reale a dishabited Towne but a very good Port. There is nothing else in the I le of Spagnola of any importance There are aboue 22000. Negros men and women slaues From Saint Domingo to Iamaica an hundred leagues in this I le there is but one Towne which standeth three leagues within the Land There are in it about fiftie Spaniards In all these places they make Sugar in great abundance but especially at Saint Domingo there are aboue eightie Ingenios or Sugar-houses They haue neither Siluer nor Gold They eate of the foresaid Roote for Bread in euery place The I le of Spaniola is inhabited onely by the Spaniards there is not one Naturall of the Countrey From Iamaica to Cartagena one hundred leagues This Cartagena is a faire Citie a very strong Fort in the Hauen mouth and Artilerie in three parts of the Towne A Bishoprike They haue neither Siluer nor Gold there are about 150. Spaniards Next to this is Tulu inhabited of the Spaniards about fortie or fiftie it is eighteene leagues from Cartagena alongst the coast Then Santa Martha a Citie with a small Fort about 100. Spaniards there they gather great quantity of Gold very fine they are a fierce people Santa Martha is fiftie leagues from Cartagena longst the same coast Vpon the same coast is Nombre de dios about seuentie leagues from Cartagena they haue no Fort but vpon the hauen
by West The eight wee kept the same course The ninth we kept still the same course The winde beganne to vere some thing to the Southward which had beene constant still from the Ilands of the Canaries vnto the Ilands of the West Indies And now began the winde to draw towards the West and then is it as constant there The reason I deferre to longer consideration The current setteth out of the Gulfe of Mexico and from the mayne shore Sunday the tenth we kept still the same course and had now but a small gale almost becalmed The eleuenth we continued the same course with the same small gale we went North. Tuesday the twelfth we kept the same course if any at all for for the most part we were becalmed Wednesday the thirteenth the calme continued the Sunne being extremely hot in the calme Thursday the fourteenth the calme continued as hot as before These dayes we ayred our Newland fish called Poore Iohn which proued ill done For after it was ayred it rotted the sooner being burnt in the same On Friday the fifteenth God sent vs a reasonable gale The sixteenth and seuenteenth the calme came againe Munday we had a good gale and went North and by West and North North-west The nineteenth twentieth and one and twentieth we had an excellent gale and ranne North North-west Then we cast out the Lead and looked out for land but found no ground nor saw no land and therefore we much doubted that the current had set vs very farre to the leeward of the place which wee were bound for being the Chesepian Bay but that could not be knowne till it pleased God to bring vs to land In the afternoone about sixe of the clocke we cast out the Lead againe and had ground in thirtie fathomes whereof we were glad and thanked God knowing we could not be farre from land Saturday the three and twentieth in the morning about eight of the clocke wee saw land in the height of 40. degrees and odde minutes very fine low land appearing farre off to bee full of tall Trees and a fine sandie shoare but a great siege we saw no Harbour and therefore coasted along to seeke one to the Northward the wind being at West Sunday the foure and twentieth the wind being about the North-east we beat hard to fetch an Head-land where we thought we saw an Harbour but when we came vp with it wee perceiued it was none and all our labour lost And therefore the wind beeing now more full in our teeth at the North-east wee considered it were better to put roome so that if the winde should stand then we should fetch the Bay of Chesepian which Master Gilbert so much thirsted after to seeke out the people for Sir Walter Raleigh left neere those parts in the yeere 1587. if not perhaps we might find some Road or Harbour in the way to take in some fresh water for now wee had none aboord On Munday the fiue and twentieth of Iuly at night wee came neere the mouth of the Bay but the wind blew so sore and the Sea was so high that the Master durst not put in that night into the Sea and so continued next day On Wednesday the seuen and twentieth at night the winde came faire againe and wee bare againe for it all night and the wind presently turned againe Thursday the eight and twentieth considering our extremitie for water and wood victuals and beere likewise consuming very fast we could no longer beate for it and therefore ran roomer determining for this time to seeke it no more Friday the nine and twentieth being not farre from the shoare which appeared vnto vs exceeding pleasant and full of goodly Trees and with some shew of the entrance of a Riuer our Captaine Baxtholomew Gilbert accompanied with Master Thomas Canner a Gentleman of Bernards Inne Richard Harison the Masters Mate Henry Kenton our Chirurgion and one Derricke a Dutchman went on shore in the Boate from the ship which lay aboue a mile from the land and with their weapons marched vp into the Countrey leauing two youths to keepe the Boate but shortly after the Indians set vpon them and one or two of them fell downe wounded in sight of our yong men that kept the Boat which had much a doe to saue themselues and it For some of the Indians roming downe to them would haue haled it on shore which notwithstanding they saued and with heauie hearts gat vnto the ship with the losse of their Captain and foure of their principall men Thus being but eleuen men and Boyes in all in the ship though our want of water and wood were great yet wee durst not aduenture the losse of any more of our small company in this place Therefore our Master Henry Sute tooke his course home for England by the Iâ—es of the Açores and fell first with the Pike and afterward entring into our Chanell had first sight of Portland and thence came vp the Riuer of Thames vnto Rateliffe about the end of September 1603. finding the Citie most grieuously infected with a terrible plague CHAP. XIII Extracts of a Virginian Voyage made An. 1605. by Captaine GEORGE WAYMOVTH in the Arch-angell Set forth by the Right Honorable HENRY Earle of South-hampton and the Lord TMOMAS ARVNDEL written by IAMES ROSIER VPon Easter day the last of March the winde comming at North North-east about fiue of the clocke after noone we weighed anchor and put to Sea from the Downes in the Name of God being very well victualled and furnished with Munition and all necessaries our whole companie being nine and twenty persons of whom I dare boldly say few Voyages haue beene manned forth with better Sea-men generally in respect of our small number Munday the thirteenth of May about eleuen of the clocke in the fore-noone our Captaine iudging we were not farre from Land sounded and we had soft oze in an hundred and sixty fathome at foure of the clocke after noone wee sounded againe and had the like oze in an hundred fathome From ten a clocke that night till three a clocke in the morning our Captain tooke in all Sayles and lay at hull being desirous to fall with the Land in the day time because it was an vnknown Coast which it pleased God in his mercy to grant vs otherwise surely we had runne our Shippe vpon the hidden Rockes and perished all for when we set sayle we sounded in an hundred fathom and by eight a clocke hauing not made aboue fiue or sixe leagues our Captaine vpon a sudden change of water supposing verily he saw the sand presently sounded and had but fiue fathome much maruelling because we saw no Land he sent one to the top who descried a whitish sandy Clisse which bare West North-west about sixe leagues off but comming neerer within three or foure leagues we saw many breaches still neerer the Land At last we espied a great
little tasted of those great proportions for their prouisions as they of our miseries that notwithstanding euer swayd and ouerruled the businesse though wee did liue as is said three yeeres chiefly of what this good Countrey naturally affordeth yet now had wee beene in Paradice it selfe with those Gouernours it would not haue beene much better with vs yet were there some amongst vs who had they had the gouernment would surely haue kept vs from those extreamities of miseries that in ten dayes more would haue supplanted vs all by death Thus you see the miserable ends of those vsurping Commanders for all their greatnesse Oratory and long being there and what is the want of owne man in Authoritie that is honest and valiant discreet and industrious and how easily that may also be blemished by ambitious indiscretion or what did binder them now in his absence they had not done much better then hee hauing all these aduantages But God that would not it should bee vnplanted sent Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Summers with one hundred and fiftie men most happily preserued by the Bermudas to preserue vs. But when those noble Knights did see our miseries being strangers in the Countrey and could vnderstand no more of the cause but by their coniecture of our clamours and complaints of accusing or excusing one another they imbarked vs with themselues with the best meanes they could and abandoning Iames Towne set saile for England But yet God would not so haue it for ere wee left the Riuer wee met the Lord de-la-ware then gouernour of the Countrey with three Ships exceeding well furnished with all necessaries fitting who againe returned them to the abandoned Iames Towne the ninth of Iune 1610. accompanied with Sir Ferdinando Waiâ—â—an and diuers other Gentlemen of sort Sir George Sommers and Captaine Argall he presently dispatcheth to repaire to the Bermudas to furnish them with prouision Sir Thomas Gates for England to helpe forward their supplies himselfe neglected not the best was in his power for the furtherance of the businesse and regaining what was lost But euen in the beginning of his proceedings his Lordship had such an incounter that after eight months sicknesse he was forced to saue his life by his returne for England In this time Argall not finding the Bermudas hauing lost Sir George Sâ—mers at sea fell on the coast of Sagadahock where refreshing himselfe he found a conuenient fishing for Cod. With a taste whereof he returned to Iames Towne from whence the Lord De-la-ware sent him to trade in the Riuer of Patawomeck where finding an English boy those people had preserued from the fury of Powhatan by his acquaintance had such good vsage of those kind Sauages that they fraughted his Ship with Corne wherewith he returned to Iames Towne and so for England with the Lord Gouernour yet before his returne the aduenturers had sent Sir Thomas Dale with three Ships men and cattell and all other prouisions necessarie for a yeere all which arriued the tenth of May 1611. Againe to second him with all possible expedition there was prepared for Sir Thomas Gates sixe tall Ships with three hundred men and one hundred Kine with other cattell with munition and all manner of prouision could be thought needfull and they arriued about the first of August next after safely at Iames Towne Sir George Somers all this time was supposed lost but thus it hapned missing the Barmudas hee fell also as did Argall with Sagadahock where being refreshed would not content himselfe with that repulse but returned againe in the search and there safely arriued But ouertoyling himselfe on a surfet died And in this Cedar Ship built by his owne directions and partly with his owne hands that had not in her any Iron but onely one bolt in her Keele yet well endured thus tossed to and againe in this mightie Ocean till with his dead bodie she arriued in England and at Whitchurch in Dorsetshire his body by his friends was honourably buried with mane volies of shot and the rites of a Souldier c. But thus much may serue as the argument of the discourses following and as the Prologue to the Virginian Scene where we will first produce M. Archer after whose succinct narration M. Strachies copious discourse shall feast you with the liuely expression of others miseries and Barmudas happy discouery in Rhetorickes Full sea and spring tide CHAP. V. A Letter of M. GABRIEL ARCHAR touching the Voyage of the Fleet of Ships which arriued at Virginia without Sir THO. GATES and Sir GEORGE SVMMERS 1609. FRom Woolwich the fifteenth of May 1609 seuenth saile weyed anchor and came to Plimmouth the twentieth day where Sir George Somers with two small Vessels consorted with vs. Here we tooke into the Blessing being the ship wherein I went fixe Mares and two Horses and the Fleet layed in some necessaries belonging to the action In which businesse we spent time till the second of lune And then wee set sayle to Sea but crost by South-west windes we put in to Faulemouth and there staying till the eight of Iune we then gate out Our Course was commanded to leaue the Canaries one hundred leagues to the Eastward at least and to steere away directly for Virginia without touching at the West Indies except the Fleet should chance to be separated then they were to repaire to the Bermuda there to stay seuen dayes in expectation of the Admirall and if they found him not then to take their course to Virginia Now thus it happened about sixe dayes after we lost the sight of England one of Sir George Somers Pinnasses left our company and as I take it bare vp for England the rest of the ships viz. The Sea Aduenture Admirall wherein was Sir Thomas Gates Sir George Somer and Captaine Newport The Diamond Vice-admirall wherein was Captaine Ratcliffe and Captaine King The Falcon Reare-admirall in which was Captaine Martin and Master Nellson The Blessing wherein I and Captaine Adams went The Vnitie wherein Captaine Wood and Master Pett were The Lion wherein Captaine Webb remained And the Swallow of Sir George Somers in which Captaine Moone and Master Somer went In the Catch went one Matthew Fitch Master and in the Boat of Sir George Somers called the Virginia which was built in the North Colony went one Captaine Davies and one Master Davies These were the Captatines and Masters of our Fleet. We ran a Southerly course froâ— the Tropicke of Cancer where hauing the Sun within sixe or seuen degrees right ouer our head in Iuly we bore away West so that by the feruent heat and loomes breezes many of our men fell sicke of the Calenture and out of two ships was throwne ouer-boord thirtie two persons The Viceadmirall was said to haue the plague in her but in the Blessing we had not any sicke albeit we had twenty women and children Vpon Saint Iames day being about one hundred
and fiftie leagues distant from the West Indies in crossing the Gulfe of Bahoma there hapned a most terrible and vehement storme which was a taile of the West Indian Horacano this tempest seperated all our Fleet one from another and it was so violent that men could scarce stand vpon the Deckes neither could any man heare another speake being thus diuided euery man steered his owne course and as it fell out about fiue or sixe dayes after the storme ceased which endure fortie foure houres in extremitie The Lion first and after the Falcon and the Vnitie got sight of our Shippe and so we lay a way directly for Virginia finding neither current nor winde opposite as some haue reported to the great charge of our Counsell and Aduenturers The Vnity was sore distressed when she came vp with vs for of seuenty land men she had not ten sound and all her Sea men were downe but onely the Master and his Boy with one poore sailer but we relieued them and we foure consorting fell into the Kings Riuer haply the eleuenth of August In the Vnity were borne two children at Sea but both died being both Boyes When wee came to Iames Towne we found a Ship which had bin there in the Riuer a moneth before we came this was sent out of England by our Counsels leaue and authority to fish for Sturgeon and to goe the ready way without tracing through the Torrid Zoan and shee performed it her Commander was Captaine Argoll a good Marriner and a very ciuill Gentleman and her Master one Robert Tindall The people of our Colonie were found all in health for the most part howbeit when Captaine Argoll came in they were in such distresse for many were dispersed in the Sauages townes liuing vpon their almes for an ounce of Copper a day and fourescore liued twenty miles from the Fort and fed vpon nothing but Oysters eight weekes space hauing no other allowance at all neither were the people of the Country able to relieue them if they would Whereupon Captaine Newport and others haue beene much to blame to informe the Counsell of such plenty of victuall in this Country by which meanes they haue beene slacke in this supply to giue conuenient content Vpon this you that be aduenturers must pardon vs if you finde not returne of Commodity so ample as you may expect because the law of nature bids vs seeke sustenance first and then to labour to content you afterwards But vpon this point I shall be more large in my next Letter After our foure Ships had bin in harbour a few dayes came in the Viceadmirall hauing cut her maine Most ouer boord and had many of her men very sicke and weake but she could tell no newes of our Gouernour and some three or foure dayes after her came in the Swallow with her maine Mast ouerboord also and had a shrewd leake neither did she see our Admirall Now did we all lament much the absence of our Gouernour for contentions began to grow and factions and partakings c. Insomuch as the President to strengthen his authority accorded with the Mariners and gaue not any due respect to many worthy Gentlemen that came in our Ships whereupon they generally hauing also my consent chose Master West my Lord de la Wars brother to be their Gouernour or president de bene esse in the absence of Sir Thomas Gates or if he miscarried by Sea then to continue till we heard newes from our Counsell in England This choice of him they made not to disturbe the old President during his time but as his authority expired then to take vpon him the sole gouenment with such assistants of the Captaines as discreetest persons as the Colonie afforded Perhaps you shall haue it blazoned a mutenie by such as retaine old malice but Master West Master Percie and all the respected Gentlemen of worth in Virginia can and will testifie otherwise vpon their oathes For the Kings Patent we ratified but refused to be gouerned by the President that now is after his time was expired and onely subiected our selues to Master West whom we labour to haue next President I cannot certifie you of much more as yet vntill we grow to some certaine stay in this our state but by the other Ships you shall know more So with my harty commendations I cease From Iames Towne this last of Angust 1609. CHAP. VI. A true reportory of the wracke and redemption of Sir THOMAS GATES Knight vpon and from the Ilands of the Bermudas his comming to Virginia and the estate of that Colonie then and after vnder the gouernment of the Lord LA WARRE Iuly 15. 1610. written by WILLIAM STRACHY Esquire §. I. A most dreadfull Tempest the manifold deaths whereof are here to the life described their wracke on Bermuda and the description of those Ilands EXcellent Lady know that vpon Friday late in the euening we brake ground out of the Sound of Plymouth our whole Fleete then consisting of seuen good Ships and two Pinnaces all which from the said second of Iune vnto the twenty three of Iuly kept in friendly consort together not a whole watch at any time loosing the sight each of other Our course when we came about the height of betweene 26. and 27. degrees we declined to the Northward and according to our Gouernours instructions altered the trade and ordinary way vsed heretofore by Dominico and Meuis in the West Indies and found the winde to this course indeede as friendly as in the iudgement of all Sea-men it is vpon a more direct line and by Sir George Summers our Admirall had bin likewise in former time sailed being a Gentleman of approued assurednesse and ready knowledge in Sea-faring actions hauing often carried command and chiefe charge in many Ships Royall of her Maiesties and in sundry Voyages made many defeats and attempts in the time of the Spaniards quarrelling with vs vpon the Ilands and Indies c. We had followed this course so long as now we were within seuen or eight dayes at the most by Cap Newports reckoning of making Cape Henry vpon the coast of Virginia When on S. Iames his day Iuly 24. being Monday preparing for no lesse all the blacke night before the cloudes gathering thicke vpon vs and the windes singing and whistling most vnusually which made vs to cast off our Pinnace towing the same vntill then asterne a dreadfull storme and hideous began to blow from out the North-east which swelling and roaring as it were by â—â—ts some houres with more violence then others at length did beate all light from heauen which like an hell of darkenesse turned blacke vpon vs so much the more fuller of horror as in such cases horror and feare vse to ouerrunne the troubled and ouermastered sences of all which taken vp with amazement the eares lay so sensible to the terrible cries and murmurs of the
waited on to his house in the same manner And thus inclosed as I said round with a Pallizado of Planckes and strong Posts foure foote deepe in the ground of yong Oakes Walnuts c. The Fort is called in honour of his Maiesties name Iames Towne the principall Gate from the Towne through the Pallizado opens to the Riuer as at each Bulwarke there is a Gate likewise to goe forth and at euery Gate a Demi-Culuerin and so in the Market Place The houses first raised were all burnt by a casualty of fire the beginning of the second yeare of their seate and in the second Voyage of Captain Newport which since haue bin better rebuilded though as yet in no great vniformity either for the fashion or beauty of the streete A delicate wrought fine kinde of Mat the Indians make with which as they can be trucked for or snatched vp our people do dresse their chambers and inward roomes which make their houses so much the more handsome The houses haue wide and large Country Chimnies in the which is to be supposed in such plenty of wood what fires are maintained and they haue found the way to couer their houses now as the Indians with barkes of Trees as durable and as good proofe against stormes and winter weather as the best Tyle defending likewise the piercing Sunbeames of Summer and keeping the inner lodgings coole enough which before in sultry weather would be like Stoues whilest they were as at first pargetted and plaistered with Bitumen or tough Clay and thus armed for the iniury of changing times and seasons of the yeare we hold our selues well apaid though wanting Arras Hangings Tapistry and guilded Venetian Cordouan or more spruse houshold garniture and wanton City ornaments remembring the old Epigraph We dwell not here to build vs Bowers And Hals for pleasure and good cheere But Hals we build for vs and ours To dwell in them whilst we liue here True it is I may not excuse this our Fort or Iames Towne as yet seated in somewhat an vnwholesome and sickly ayre by reason it is in a marish ground low flat to the Riuer and hath no fresh water Springs seruing the Towne but what wee drew from a Well sixe or seuen fathom deepe fed by the brackish Riuer owzing into it from whence I verily beleeue the chiefe causes haue proceeded of many diseases and sicknesses which haue happened to our people who are indeede strangely afflicted with Fluxes and Agues and euery particular season by the relation of the old inhabitants hath his particular infirmity too all which if it had bin our fortunes to haue seated vpon some hill accommodated with fresh Springs and cleere ayre as doe the Natiues of the Country we might haue I beleeue well escaped and some experience we haue to perswade our selues that it may be so for of foure hundred and odde men which were seated at the Fals the last yeere when the Fleete came in with fresh and yong able spirits vnder the gouernment of Captain Francis West and of one hundred to the Seawards on the South side of our Riuer in the Country of the Nansamundes vnder the charge of Captaine Iohn Martin there did not so much as one man miscarry and but very few or none fall sicke whereas at Iames Towne the same time and the same moneths one hundred sickned halfe the number died howbeit as we condemne not Kent in England for a small Towne called Plumsted continually assaulting the dwellers there especially new commers with Agues and Feuers no more let vs lay scandall and imputation vpon the Country of Virginia because the little Quarter wherein we are set dowee vnaduisedly so chosed appeares to be vnwholesome and subiect to many ill ayres which accompany the like marish places §. IIII. The Lord La WARRES beginnings and proceedings in Iames Towne Sir THOMAS GATES sent into England his and the Companies testimony of Virginia and cause of the late miseries VPon his Lordships landing at the South gate of the Pallizado which lookes into the Riuer our Gouernour caused his Company in armes to stand in order and make a Guard It pleased him that I should beare his Colours for that time his Lordship landing fell vpon his knees and before vs all made a long and silent Prayer to himselfe and after marched vp into the Towne where at the Gate I bowed with the Colours and let them fall at his Lordships feete who passed on into the Chappell where he heard a Sermon by Master Bucke our Gouernours Preacher and after that caused a Gentleman one of his owne followers Master Anthony Scot his Ancient to reade his Commission which intituled him Lord Gouernour and Captaine Generall during his life of the Colony and Plantation in Uirginia Sir Thomas Gates our Gouernour hitherto being now stiled therein Lieutenant Generall After the reading of his Lordships Commission Sir Thomas Gates rendred vp vnto his Lordship his owne Commission both Patents and the Counsell Seale after which the Lord Gouernour and Captaine Generall deliuered some few words vnto the Company laying many blames vpon them for many vanities and their Idlenesse earnestly wishing that he might no more finde it so least he should be compelled to draw the sword of Iustice to cut off such delinquents which he had much rather he protested draw in their defence to protect them from iniuries hartening them with the knowledge of what store of prouisions he had brought for them viz. sufficient to serue foure hundred men for one whole yeare The twelfth of Iune being Tuesday the Lord Gouernour and Captaine Generall did constitute and giue places of Office and charge to diuers Captaines and Gentlemen and elected vnto him a Counsell vnto whom he did administer an Oath mixed with the oath of Allegiance and Supremacy to his Maiestie which oath likewise he caused to be administred the next day after to euery particular member of the Colony of Faith Assistance and Secrecy The Counsaile which he elected were Sir Thomas Gates Kinght Lieutenant Generall Sir George Summers Knight Admirall Captaine George Percy Eâ—quire and in the Fort Captaine of fifty Sir Ferdinando Weinman Knight Master of the Ordnance Captaine Christopher Newport Vice-admirall William Strachei Esquire Secretary and Recorder As likewise the Lord Gouernour and Captaine Generall nominated Captaine Iohn Martin Master of the Battery workes for Steele and Iron and Captaine George Webb Sergeant Maior of the Fort and especiall Captaines ouer Companies were these appointed Captaine Edward Bruster who hath the command of his Honours owne Company Captaine Thomas Lawson Captain Thomas Holecroft Captaine Samuell Argoll Captaine George Yardley who commandeth the Lieutenant Generals Company Diuers other Officers were likewise made as Master Ralph Hamor and Master Browne Clarkes of the Counsell and Master Daniell Tucker and Master Robert Wilde Clarkes of the Store c. The first businesse which the Lord Gouernour and Captaine Generall after the
zeale by her to aduance Christianitie I was present when my Honorable Reuerend Patron the L. Bishop of London Doctor King entertained her with festiuall state and pompe beyond what I haue seene in his great hospitalitie afforded to other Ladies At her returne towards Uirginia she came at Grauesend to her end and graue hauing giuen great demonstration of her Christian sinceritie as the first fruits of Virginian conuersion leauing here a godly memory and the hopes of her resurrection her soule aspiring to see and enioy presently in heauen what here shee had ioyed to heare and beleeue of her beloued Sauiour Not such was Tomocomo but a blasphemer of what he knew not and preferring his God to ours because he taught them by his owne so appearing to weare their Deuill-lock at the left eare hee acquainted mee with the manner of that his appearance and beleeued that this Okee or Deuil had taught them their husbandry c. Powhatan was at this time of their comming gone Southwards for feare as some thought least Opachancanough his brother should ioyne with the English against him His age was not so great as some haue reported they reckoning euery Spring and Autumne for distinct yeeres Tomocomo was as wise in computation of his sailing reckoning each night when hee expected they should haue anchored by the shoare as another day Hee is said also to haue set vp with notches on a stick the numbers of men being sent to see and signifie the truth of the multitudes reported to his Master But his arithmetike soone failed and wonder did no lesse amaze him at the sight of so much Corne and Trees in his comming from Plimmouth to London the Uirginians imagining that defect thereof here had brought vs thither But let vs returne to Captaine Smiths Relations The new Gouernour applied himselfe to the readiest way of gaine in planting Tobacco and though Sir Tho. Dale had caused much Corne to be planted yet the new supplies easing them of that superfluitie hee sent to the Chickahaminies for the tribute Corne which Sir Thomas Dale and Captaine Argall had conditioned with them but receiued a bad answere Whereupon hee gathered a hundred men and twelue of them were slaine twelue others captiued and returned to Iames Towne with three Boats laden with corne of which one hasting to bring the newes was ouerset and eleuen men together with the goods drowned Captaine Spelman by his language did them good seruice This together with the league which they had with Opachankanough enemy to the former put them so in feare that ours followed their labours quietly and other Nations also brought them prouisions and would hunt for them Captaine Yeardly is taxed for suffering two of his Sauages to vse the Peece in their game and therein to grow expert a thing reported to haue beene practised by some others Yet whiles hee staied in the gouernment they liued quietly with the Sauages but grudges grew amongst themselues A. 1617. Captaine Yeardly returned for England after the arriuall of Captaine Argall sent thither to be deputie Gouernour Captaine Argall was sent in the George and with Capt. Hamor his Vice-Admirall in May 1617. arriued at Iames Towne where hee found things in much disorder which hee sought to redresse Their cattell were now well encreased and both of their owne growing and from the Sauages they had store of Corne A. 1618. happened a great drought and such a cruell storme of haile that it did much hurt to their Corne and Tobacco The Magazine that came in the George being fiue moneths in her passage proued badly conditioned To supply them the Company furnished and set forth in Aprill a Ship of two hundred and fiftie tunnes with two hundred people The Lord De-la-war went therein and at the Iland of Saint Michael was honourably feasted Departing from thence they were long troubled with contrary windes in which time many fell sicke thirtie died one of which was that honourable Lord of noble memory The rest refreshed themselues on that Coast of New England with Fish Fowle Wood and Water and after sixteene weekes spent at Sea arriued in Virginia The Ship called the Treasurer not long after came thither with fortie Passengers before the other Ship was gone They now had vsed the Plow and reaped good Corne and they writ for more Plow-haruesse to be sent them Richard Killingbeck with foure others going to trade secretly with the people of Chickahaminias either for reuenge of some before slaine in Captaine Yerdlyes expedition or for couetousnesse of their goods were assaulted by the Sauages one of which had a Peece furnished and therewith shot Killingbeck dead the rest also were all slaine stripped and spoyled Other murthers also were done by other Sauages which Opachankanough excused by ignorance and for the former hee sent a basket of earth in token of the gift and possession of that Towne where they dwelt to Captaine Argal desiring him not to reuenge the fault of a few which for feare of reuenge were fled to the Woods on their innocent neighbours Sam. Arg. Io. Rolfe Master Rolfe writ Iune 15. 1618. that Powhatan died in Aprill before Itopatan his second brother succeeded who with Opachanckanough had confirmed the league with the Colony May 11. happened at Iames Towne in the night a terrible storme which lasted about halfe an houre and poured downe hailestones eight or nine inches about A. 1619. Sir Edwin Sands being chosen Treasurer Captaine Yerdley was knighted and sent Gouernour into Virginia A little Pinnace had arriued some twelue dayes before him in which Captaine Argall returned leauing in his place Captaine Nathaniel Powel As for their digusts giuen the Company in their apprehension by Captaine Argall I am not fully informed or lust to bee the Informer Sir George Yerdly arriuing Aprill 18. filled the Colony with ioyfull hopes of better successe at his arriuall and I freely acknowledge the Treasurers great study and care was worthy had God so pleased of better enents then by vnexpected accidents haue since happened Captaine West Captaine Powel Master Pory Master Rolfe Master Wickam Master Macock were added to the Councell A Pinnace of Captaine Bargraue another of Captaine Lawnes and a third of Master Euans and the Marget of Bristol arriued Some scandalous Letters which laid a false imputation on the Countrey caused enquiry to bee made where by men of best experience was found that an industrious man not otherwise imployed may well husband foure Acres of Corne and one thousand Plants of Tobacco of which many to haue much neglect the goodnesse in suffering too many leaues to grow on one stalhe and many Tobaccomongers in England are said to sell the best of it in other names calling all their trash Virginian and so at once rob both England and Virginia Iune 25. the Triall came in with Corne and Cattell The Gouernour and Counsell caused Burgesses to be chosen in all places
boord two houres and a halfe good Lord what haste she made and how quickly were we diuided both great and small shot playing on both sides which lasted vntill the remotenesse was aboue a Caliuer shot and we discouered the vice-Admirall comming to her assistance who began a farre off to ply vs with great shot and put vs in minde we had another worke in hand Whereupon wee manned our Ship a new separating the dead and hurt bodies by themselues from vs and were so encouraged that we waued her and in a manner made toward her to fight a fresh For when we perceiued that the Admirall made not a shot more at vs we verily imagined that either she was preparing her selfe with a new supply or wanted men to make her seruiceable or resolued to goe away from vs considering shee had lost her Captaine yet loth to bee secure and imagining the Vice-admirall might come and boord vs finding vs play till the Admirall did make her selfe better readie we prepared our selues wondring yet that shee came no neerer vs then Falcon shot wherewith she plyed vs still on the Lee side vntill at last she receiued another payment from our Demie-culuering which shot her through and made her beare with the shore into smooth water where shee remayned till two of the clocke after midnight and so wee had time to reforme our disorders and make our selues better readie for the next dayes varietie By breake of day she came vp againe with the Admirall with her as if they determined indeed to deuoure vs at once but as it seemed it was but a Brauado though for the time they forsooke not our quarter within Musket shot for all that night and morning they were quiet Neighbours and kept vs company without any great annoyance with their Top-sayles downe not knowing as it should seeme what to doe with vs or else suspecting their owne hurts and Leakes they durst not trust themselues too farre from Land nor to the furie of another encounter All that night we had time and leisure to ouer-looke our losses and prepare for them the Admirall made shew of an encounter and we after Prayers were ended prouided to fight with them but suddenly wee perceiued the Vice-Admirall hang a sterne cutting her mayne sayle to come vp and stirring very ill At length the Admirall shooke in the wind and by apparant signes gaue vs notice of slacking her course whereby we might runne a head and follow the Seas at her pleasure so wee perceiued the Vice-Admirall with all her Sayles to make towardes an Iland called Sana which the Admirall either tooke notice of as knowing the danger she wasin or gaue directions accordingly considering there was no good to bee done with vs for presently she tacked about and lost vs bearing toward that Iland also Wee lost Doctor Bohune and seuen other were slaine out-right two died shortly after of their wounds and sixteene were shot through in some part or other of the bodie whose wounds Gods be thanked were recured and without mayme or further impeachment of health are now recouered and settled in Virginia according to our first entended purpose and Commission I reckon not such as are hurt with Pikes and other offensiue Weapons because there was no danger in their cures and the skilfull Surgeon shewed his art and good speed with facilitie How many they lost wee cannot tell nor what men of name were entertayned amongst them onely I am sure we saw many lie slaine on the Decke and more cast ouer-boord in the fight besides the Scuppers ran with bloud and the very Sea in their quarter was coloured with a Scarlet hue and looked fearfully vpon vs all The burthen of their Admirall was three hundred tunnes hauing two and twentie Peeces of Brasse and all prouision of a man of Warre indeed their Vice-Admirall three hundred tuns and sixteene cast Peeces nor much inferiour to her for trimming and correspondent Equipage and both to outward shew ouer-masterfull and daring for one poore Merchant and Passenger being but a hundred and sixtie tunnes hauing eight Iron Peeces and one Falcon ouer-loaden with Stuffe and Wares encombred with Passengers toyled with a storme tyred with a long Voyage affrighted with wants and euery way insufficient to answere any such enemie but as it in the Scripture it is all one to thee O God whether there be few or many and Gedeons three hundred shall slay many thousands of the Midianites as for deliuerances the people of Israell shall passe through the Red Sea dry foot Ionas shall bee cast safe on shoare out of the Whales belly and Paul shall escape shipwracke sauing his life with all his Passengers in the Iland of Malta For to conclude with the purpose in hand there is one thing most remarkable as an inducement to this our deliuerance that Captaine Chester embraced Doctor Bohune beeing mortally wounded and thus recomforted him saying O Doctor Bohune what a disaster is this the Noble Doctor no whit exanimated replyed Fight it out braue man the cause is good and Lord receiue my soule A Sea Fight Slaine out right Doctor Bohune Thomas Demeter Gentleman Th. Read William Garret Th. Vernam Gabriel Peses Dauid Bathering Raph. c. Died after Francis Annis Gentleman Ed. Nerobery Sayler Wounded yet cured William Bird Gentleman Alexander Bouâ—ntine William Bannington Gentleman William Ioyce Quarter Master Iohn Wakings Iohn Wilson Sayler George Tayler Sayler William Lucas Sayler Iohn Robbins Steward Phillip Durâ—ine Three Frenchmen Robert Lector Anthony Browne Gentleman CHAP. XV. Virginian affaires since the yeere 1620. till this present 1624. §. I. A note of the shipping men and prouisions sent and prouided for Virginia by the Right Honourable HENRY Earle of South-hampton and the Company and other priuate Aduenturers in the yeere 1621. c. with other Occurrents then published by the Company SHIPS AND PEOPLE 1 THe Elianor 30. tun in May 1621. with 10. persons 2 The George 180. tun in Iuly 120. 3 The Charles 120. tunne in Iuly 80. 4 The Marmaduke 100. tun in Iuly 80. 5 The Temperance 80. tun in Iuly 50. 6 The Warwicke 160. tun in August 100. 7 The Tigre 40. tun in August 40. 8 The Sea-flowre 140. tun in August 120. 9 The Flying Hart 200. tun in August 60. Men and 40. Cattell 10 The Discouerie 60. tun in Nouember 20. 11 The Bona Noua 200. tun in Noumber 50. 12 The Hope-well 60. tun in Nouember 20. 13 The God-speed 150. tun in Aprill â—1622 100. 14 The Gift of God 140. tun in Aprill 100. 15 The Prime-Rose 80. tun in Aprill 60. 16 The Charitie 80. tun in Aprill 30. 17 The Bonauenture 50. tun in Aprill 10. 18 The White Lion 180. tun in May 40 Men 40. Cattell 19 The Furtherance 180. tun in May 80. men 20 The Maâ—â—â—ret and Iohn 160. tun in May 80. 21 The Iames 120. tun in May 80. Summe of the persons 1300. Cattell 80. Sent also
vniforme agreement as was meete both shewed his gracious bountie in the gift of diuers Armes out of the Towre with further promises of his assistance and appointed Commissioners to examine the Causes of Virginias not answering to the care and cost in so long time bestowed on her I am no fit Relater of things ensuing and farre-vnfitter Vmpire in such differences I will now speake to God rather then men Quid enim nisi vota supersunt My Prayers shall be to the Almightie for Virginias prosperitie whose Dwarfish growth after so many yeeres convulsions by dissentions there and heere lamentations in the complaints of both sides a Plurisie Stich in her sides continuing after so much bloud taken from her weaknesse Sinne armes after such successions of armes and forces Tantalean staruings amidst both Magazines and fertilitie subuersions here and selfe-euersions there peruersnesse I mention not rather then conuersions of Sauages after so many learned and holy Dinines sent thither pouertie sicknesse deaths in so rich a Soyle and healthfull a Climate what should I say I can deplore I doe not much admire that we haue had so much in Virginia and haue so little the promises as probable as large and yet the premisses yeelding in the conclusion this Virginian sterilitie and meagrenesse rather then the multiplied issue and thrift of a worthy Matron and Mother of a Family answerable to her great Inheritance there and Iointer from hence But what doe I in plaints where some perhaps will complaine of my complayning I will expect better from God and his Maiestie and while my selfe meane-while in the better thriuing of the English Colonie in Bermudas or Summer Ilands CHAP. XVI English Voyges to the Summer Ilands HENRY MAYS shipwracke there 1593. The first Colonie sent 1612. IT is now time to leaue the Continent and visit Bermudas of Sir George Summers called Summer Ilands The occasion you had before related by Master Strachie and that some of their Company tooke vp their abode there This was not the first time that English eyes had seene those Ilands For in the yeere 1593. Henry May had beene there one of Captaine Lancasters Company which had beene in the East Indies and in returning had put ouer to Trinidad and thence to Puerto Rico and Hispaniola for refreshing where Captaine Lancaster desired a Frenchman Monsieur de Barbotiere to giue this Henry May passage home with him They departed from Laguna the last of Nouember and December the seuenteenth were wracked on the North-west part of Bermuda about midnight The Pilots making themselues at noone to be twelue leagues to the Southwards of the Iland certified the Captaine that they were from all danger and demanded their wine of height which they had thought they had beene cast away by the shore but were seuen leagues off by the helpe of their Boat and a Raft sixe and twentie of aboue fiftie were saued I saith May durst not presse in but stayed in the ship almost full of water till the Captaine being entred the Boat called me to him and I entred leauing the better halfe of our company to the mercie of the Sea We rowed all day till an houre or two before night yer we could come on Land towing the Raft with the Boat Hauing beene all day without drinke wee sought long and at last one digging among weeds found fresh water being only raine water which was all we found It pleased God that we had saued our Carpenters tooles and going roundly to worke we built a Barke of some eighteene tun for the most part with trunnels and a few nailes For tacklings we made a Voyage to our ship and cut downe her shrouds in stead of Pitch wee made Lime and mixed it with the Oyle of Tortoises assoone as the Carpenters had calked spreading it on with a sticke which was soone dried by the heat being in Aprill wee hasted away for feare of water failing vs. We made two great chists and calked them and stowed them on each side our maine Mast and so put in our prouisions of raine water and thirteene liuing Tortoyses for our food The Hogs were leane and there was store of Fowle Fish and Tortoyses There is also good fishing for Pearles The eleuenth of May we were cleere of the Land for our Voyage to New-found-land and on the twentieth fell with the Land neere to Cape Briton and thence to the Banke of New-found-land where a Barke of Falmouth tooke vs in wherein I had passage home and arriued at Falmouth in August 1594. Thus much for May. Let vs now heare the Relation sent from an English Colonie planted there vnder the gouernment of Master Richard Moore This following Discourse hath beene printed and was added to a Tractate of Master Siluester Iordan touching the wracke of Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Summers on the Bermudas which beeing deliuered more fully by Master Strachie sup cap. 6. I haue here omitted and proceed to the English proceedings in those Ilands Being bound for the Sommer Ilands in the Ship called the Plough wee imbarked the eight and twentieth of Aprill 1612. So passing downe to Grauesend wee anchored at Tilbery-hope vntill the fifth of May. The wind comming taire wee put forth and came to the Downes the sixth of May where we staied till the ninth And then setting forward wee had a faire and comfortable passage and by Gods blessing found so direct a course that on the eleuenth of Iuly in the morning betwixt nine and ten of the clocke wee descried our hoped and desired Ilands and in the afternoone of the same day about three a clocke wee arriued in a verie safe harbour neere S. Georges Iland there wee landed all our men and women and had beene at anchor aboue an houre before wee could heare of our three men which had beene left there As soone as wee had landed all our company we went all to praier and gaue thankes vnto the Lord for our safe arriuall and whilest wee were at praier wee saw our three men come rowing downe to vs the sight of whom did much reioyce vs so they welcomming vs and wee the like to them againe we sung a Psalme and praised the Lord for our safe meeting and went to supper The next day being the Sabbath day which wee dedicated to God in the best manner wee could wee abode still in the foresaid Iland with all the rest of our company till Munday morning being the thirteenth of Iuly Then we went vp with our Ship and company higher into the harbour to the place where these three men had planted themselues They had planted Corne great store of Wheat Beanes Tobacco and Mellons with many other good things for the vse of man Besides they had wrought vpon Timber in squaring and sawing of Cedar Trees for they intended to build a small Pinnace to carrie them into Virginia being almost out of hope and comfort of our comming because Cap. Dauies time was to haue beene with
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
that as throwes of a grieuous trauell they brought forth a Virgin both Truth to the Church and Queene to the State the one a fruitfull Mother to the soules the other to the wealth honour domesticke peace forraine victories and Nauall glorie of the English Nation This renowned Queene eight and thirty yeeres after vnable to alter that decree of the windes which now seemed themselues and forced Calis to become Spanish would try their windy fidelity in another expedition and prepared a strong Fleet to inuade the Spanish coast The charge whereof she committed to the Lord Robert Earle of Essex and the Lord Charles Howard Lord high Admirall of England who came vnto Plymmouth about the beginning of May 1596. being there accompanied with diuers other noble Peeres as the Earle of Sussex the Lord Thomas Howard the Lord Herbert the Lord Warden Sir Walter Raleigh the Lord Marshall Sir Francis Vere the Lord Burk Don Christopher yong Prince of Portugall yong Count Lodouick of Nassaw and the Admirall of the Hollanders Sir Iohn Vanderfoord besides many other most worthy Knights and Gentlemen of great worth attending vpon this most honorable Action It pleased them there to make their aboade for the time of that moneth aswell for the new furnishing and reuictualing of her Maiesties Royall Nauie as also for the expecting of some other ships which were to come from diuers places of the Realme and were as yet wanting Before their departure from Plymmouth it pleased their Lordships to publish in Print and make knowne to all the world especially to such as it concerned and that both in the Latine French Dutch English and Spanish tongue what were the true iust and vrgent causes that at this time prouoked her Maiestie to vndertake the preparing and setting forth of this so great a Nauie namely the King of Spaines preparations against her who had before whiles hee treated of peace Anno 1588. prepared to inuade her coast and now also to that purpose daily encreased his Nauie If therefore any should furnish the Spaniard with munition and prouisions they should expect what force could doe for all others of whatsoeuer Nation they aduised them to forsake the Spanish and Portugall Ports or to ioyne with the English for their owne security they hauing no quarrell in this designe but against the Spaniard Thus then all things being in a very good order and well appointed the most holy name of our Omnipotent God being most religiously and deuoutly called vpon ' and his blessed and sacred Communion being diuers times most reuerently and publikely celebrated being furnished with one hundred and fiftie good saile of ships or thereabout In the name of the most high and euerliuing God the first day of Iune they embarked themselues weighed Ancre and hoysed vp faile and put to Sea onward their iourney from the Sownds of Plymmouth to shew her Maiesties religious intendments in this exploit I haue thought good to adde here a Prayer made by her selfe as was reported and vsed as it was fitted for that designe MOst Omnipotent maker and guide of all our worlds masse that eâ—ely searchest and fadomest the bottome of all our hearts conceits and in them seest the true originals of all our actions intended thou that by thy foresight doest truely discerne how no malice of reuenge nor quittance of iniurie nor desire of bloudshed nor greedinesse of lucre hath bred the resolution of our nâ—w set out Army but a heedefull care and wary watch that no neglect of fees nor ouer-suretie of harme might breede either danger to vs or glory to them these being the grounds wherewith thou doest enspire the minde we humbly beseech thee with bended knees prosper the worke and with best forewindes guide the iourney speede the victory and make the returne the aduancement of thy glory the triumph of their f 〈…〉 e and surety to the Realme with the least losse of the English bloud To these deuout petitions Lord giue thou thy blessed grant The ninth of the same moneth comming something neere to the North Cape in a manner in the same altitude or not much differing which was about 43. degrees and something more yet bearing so as it was impossible to be descried from the land There it pleased the Lords to call a select Councell which was alwaies done by hanging out of a Flagge of the Armes of England and shooting off a great warning peece Of this select or priuie Counsell were no moe then these The two Lords Generall the Lord Thomas Howard the Lord Warden Sir Walter Raleigh the Lord Marshall Sir Francis Vere Sir George Cary Master of the Ordnance Sir Coniers Clifford and Sir Anthony Ashley Clarke of the said Counsell And when it pleased the Lords Generall to call a common Counsell as of tentimes they did vpon weighty matters best knowne to their honours then they would cause another kinde of Flag to be hanged out which was the red Crosse of S. George and was very easie to be discerned from the other that appertained onely to the select Counsell and so often as this Flag of S. George was hanged out then came all the Masters and Captaines of all the ships whose opinions were to be demanded in such matters as appertained vnto the said select Counsell It was presently concluded that our course in sailing should forthwith be altered and that we should beare more into the West for some purposes to them best knowne At that instant many Letters of instructions were addressed and sent to euery particular Master and Captaine of the Ships What the contents of those Letters of instructions were it was not as yet knowne vnto any neither was it held meete to be enquired or knowne of any of vs. But vnder the titles and superscriptions of euery mans particuler Letter these words were endorsed Open not these Letters on paine of your liues vnlesse wee chance to be scattered by tempest and in that case open them and execute the contents thereof but if by mishap you fall into your enemies hand then in any case cast them into the Sea sealed as they are It should seeme that these Letters did containe in them the principall place and meaning of this entended action which was hitherto by their deepe foresights kept so secret as no man to my knowledge eiâ—her did or could so much as suspect it more then themselues who had the onely managing thereof All this while our ships God be thanked kept in a most excellent good order being deuided into fiue squadrons that is to say The Earle of Essex the Lord Admirall the Lord Thomas Howard the Lord Warden Sir Walter Raleigh and the Admirall of the Hollanders All which squadrons albeit they did euery day separate themselues of purpose by the distance of certaine leagues as well to looke out for such ships as were happily vnder saile as also for the better procuring of Sea-roome yet alwayes commonly either that day or the next day toward euening they
time before they had carried all away Besides a great scorne and disgrace wee should doe our selues to enterprise nothing vpon them that had begun the warres shooting first at vs as we roade at ancor and then after their bringing downe to the water side so many Auncients did proudly as it were inuite vs to assaile them if we durst hauing withall hung out a red Flagge of defiance from the top of the high Fort. The hope of the wealth of this good Towne and the ransoming of Houses and Prisoners together with those brauadoes which they shewed did so set on fire all our Mariners and Souldiers as that they began to mutine and raile on the Reare Admirall and at all the Commanders there taxing them for these delaies as not daring to attempt the taking thereof Besides they were the more eagerly set vpon the spoile and gaining of this Towne and Fort for that they saw no great likelihood of benefit by this Voyage but what was gotten ashoare in the Islands In conclusion albeit we heard no newes of our Generall in two dayes more expectation yet at the counsell of Captaines which our Reare Admirall had assembled some of them varied much from the common desire and would by no meanes assent to the landing without my Lord Generall his knowledge And of this opinion was Sir Guilly Mericke Sir Nicholas Parker and some other Captaines Our Reare Admirall with Sir William Brooke my selfe Sir William Haruey and other Gentlemen and Commanders of our Reare Admirall his Squadron called to this consulation were of a contrary opinion iudging that my Lord Generall would repute vs but Idlers and Cowards to lye so long before so good a Towne with so many Ships and men and to doe nothing in his absence seeing them hourely before our eyes so fast to carry and packe away their goods and wealth And this was also 〈…〉 e common opinion and b 〈…〉 te as well of the multitude as of the Low Countrie Captaines But yet the violent and earnest perswasions of Sir Guillie Merricke did so preuaile with vs vrging our obedience and duetie to our Generall as that we staied from the Enterprise at that time and expected our Generals comming one day longer especially for that they perswaded vs if his Lordship came not the next day then themselues would also land with vs. Which when we had also expected in vain and the winde changing somewhat vnfit for that Roade our Reare Admirall and diuers of his Squadron and many other of the Ships following him weied and coasted about the point to the North-west side of the Island some foure miles further from the Towne then we were before and there let fall our ancors being then a better Roade then the first as the winde was changed But Sir Guillie Merricke with some fiue or sixe Ships of his consorts staied still in the first Roade and would not budge When we had in this sort changed our Roade and being now the fourth day of our arriuall before Fayall which was not aboue a daies sailing from the place from whence our Generall sent for vs wee might see before vs a very fine and pleasant Countrie full of little Villages and fruitfull fields and therefore we much desired to refresh our selues aland there with victuals and water as our Generall had promised we should doe when we came to Fayall and as diuers others had done before vs at Flores and as we had then but that we were called away to Fayall by Captaine Champernownes sodaine message from the Generall as was aforesaid And in truth we were in great want of fresh water which we had not renued since our setting out from Plimouth All these occasions considered and we being now retired from the Towne and Forts we all resolued that wee might without offence with a few of our owne men goe ashoare and refresh our selues and seeke for water whereupon we manned a Barge a long Boate and a Pinnace with threescore Muskets and forty Pikes rather to guard our selues in our landing and watering with discretion then expecting any encounter or resistance from the Towne or Forts on the other side of the Island But our men were no sooner placed in our Boates and all things ordered and we ready to put off from the Ships side but we might discouer sixe Auncients of foote and some dosen Horsemen comming on a speedy march from the Towne and Forts directly towards the place where wee were to make our discent for from one side of the high Fort on the Mountaine they might also ouerlooke vs where our ships roade and discouer all our preparation When we had a while aduised of this new Brauado that they went about and saw them still to come on faster with so many strong companies of men or at the least the bodies of men furnished with womens hearts and had made such haste as that they possessed themselues of the Trenches and Flankers where we were to land and there had placed their Companies and Collors attending our approach as they made shew by wauing their Swords and displaying their Auncients in great brauery for doubtlesse they thought we feard to land in their faces because we lay so long before the Town and neuer attempted any thing and were so shrunke aside off after they had prouoked vs so with great shot and many other affronts we seeing that pâ—â—portion of an hundred men prouided onely to guard our watering to be too few to assault and win a landing vpon so many in a place of so great disaduantage and yet disdaining to goe backe or make any shew of feare our Reare Admirall in his Barge rowed to Sir William Brookes Ship and to Sir William Harueyes and desired them and some other Sea Captaines to accompany him in landing with such men as conueniently they could furnish For said he seeing these Spaniards and Portugals are so gallant to seeke and follow vs and to keepe vs from watering wee will try our fortunes with them and either win our landing or gaine a beating Sir William Brooke Sir William Haruey and some others very willingly assented and presently there were made ready with shot and Pike one hundred and sixtie men more in Boates. And after this our Reare Admirall rowing by Captaine Bret Sidney White Berry and other Captaines of the Low Countrie Souldiers that were there abrood in other Ships they all cried out to take them and their companies with them assuring him that if he aduentured to land with Mariners and with his owne attendants without some Companies of Land Souldiers hee would receiue a disgrace He answered that he durst not take any of my Lord Generall his company of the Low Countries no knowing in what seruice he ment to vse them but he was resolued with the Gentlemen and company of his owne Squadron first to make a discent and then to call them and send Boates for them if he proceeded any further and that neither my Lord Generall nor
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
1524. Language words of Virginian Savages 1667. Language very copious and difficult 1870 La Pacheta a small Iland 1414 Laquedambaras Nut-trees among the Indians 1502 La para Iua a place in the Indies taken by French from the Spanish and repossessed by them 1438 Las Cabecas Iles so called 1244 Las Ilhas an American towne 1438 Layfield viz. Doctor Layfield his relation of Port-Ricco voyage 1155. seq His imployment vnder the Lord of Cumberland 1169 Leafe in Guiana called Kellette curing poisoned wounds and the headaâ—h 1276. Apparell made of leaues 1213 League betweene the Mussasois and the English 1850 Leakes how stop'd vnder-water without aboard 1394 Leagh viz. Sir Oliph Leagh the traiterous massacring of three score and seven of his men in an Iland of the West-Indies 1255 1256. seq Captaine Leighs voyage to Orenoque 1156. To Guiana and plantâ—â—ion there 1250 His comming to Wyapogo and Aracawa 1251 1252. his death the danger of his men 1621 1622 Leopards called by the Indians Iawarile 1229 Le Equille a River in New-France 1621 Lepos Tomienos a kinde of Canibals 1216 Lerius his relation of Brasile 1325. seq 1836 Letters sent from the Colony in New-England Anno 1622. 1840. From New-found-land 1889 Lice 1205 Leyhannos a Savage people of the West-Indies 1364 Lignum Vitae 1657 Lightening kils two men 1672 Lightening in a great tempest saues Mariners from shipwracke 1716 Light at sea seene on the Shrouds in a hell darke night conceits and names thereof 1737 Lima Indians of Peru 1365. Their City bignesse and inhabitants 1416 1421 Limbo-Iles in Virginia 1712 Lime made of Oysters 1315 Limo River 1248 Line how and when most safely to be passed 1377 Listers dangerous attempt 1143 Liver by what meanes corroborated and preserved 1310 Lizards eaten in America 1326 A monstrous Lizard 1327 Master Locks death neere the Line the onely friend of Captaine Candish in his last voyage 1201 Lomioo a town in the Indies inhabited by Arwacca Savages 1285 Londoners voyage to New-England Anno 1616. p. 1838. To the Canaries from London An. 1616. p. 1839. From London to New-England againe An. 1620 ouerthrowne by the rage of divers tempests to the losse of goods and men 1840 Long-Ile in New-France 1622 Long-reach a place in the Straits of Magellane 1389 Lopez de Agira a mutinous Souldier among the Spaniards his extreame cruelty and event 1436 1437. His plot to poison Queene Elizabeth 1894 Lopez Vaz a Portingall his voyage and Historie touching places and discoveries in America 1432 t seq Loquilla A hill famous for Mynes in Port-Ricco 1171 Lopos Savages in Brasile called by the Portingals Bilreros their houses wyldnesse harmlesnesse shamelesnesse beastlinesse women complexion 1230. Store of gold ibid. Lord de la Ware his happy ariuall at the distressed Colony in Virginia 1732. His presidency there 1754. his first Acts and the constitution of Officers his councell ibid. His sending Sir George Summers to the Bermudas for provision ibid. His wrongs by Powhatan and revenge with a message to him 1755. It s successe and his punishing an Indian 1756 His relation to the Lords and the Councell of Virginia touching his returne thence 1762. seq His sundry sicknesses ibid. 1763 His death in a voyage to Virginia 1774 Lord of Southampton Treasurer of Virginia 1783. His provision and supply of it ibid. His letters to the Colony touching silk-plants 1787 1788 Lotterie set vp in London for the Colony in Virginia 1773 Lots cast for euery mans severall logding in New-England 1848 Low-Countries supposed to have Ships great and small of all sorts 20000 1821 Saint Lucia 1146. The description and commodities thereof 1265 Lukes-Bay a pleasant harbour in New-Scotland 1873 Lutherans thought a title of ignominie to the Spaniards though they confessed God tooke part with them 1680 Luysa a towne neere Port-Râ—cco 1170 Luys de Moscoso made Gouernour of Cuba and Adelantado of Florida after Sotoes death 1552. His and his companies resolution to travell by Land West ward in that countrey his ariuall at seuerall Indian townes and entertainment 1553. His being in danger of losing himselfe and his company in the desert-countreys ibid. His vncomfortable travels in the deserts enduraÌ„ce of scarcity there his returning the same way hee came 1554. And taking passage downe a River to the sea the whole remainder of his company their dangerous storme and perill by the Indians in the River 1555. His ariuall at Panuco 1556 Lying how punished by some Indians 1451 Lyma a place in the West-Indies 1242 1393. The description of the Bay that leadeth to it 1394 Lyons in the West Indies 1211. They call them Iawarosou 1229. are worshipped in Peru 1457 M. MAcanao the westermost point of Margarita 1266 Mace his voyage to Virginia in a barke sent by Sir Walter Raleigh 1653 Machaseis a river in the West Indies 1265 Maccah a small River neere Orenoco and Guyana 1246 Macucagua a Bird resembling the Feasant and hath three skins one ouer another 1306 Macurio a River 1247 Macuerendas a Nation in the River Parana in the Indies populous and fierce their description 1350 Macuta Indians in Brasile 1299 Madalena a River in Florida 1504 Madera Ilands their description diuision and commodities 1369 Madera Ile discouered by Master Challons in his voyage to the North of Virginia 1833 Madiopuera a venemous plumme 1230 Magalines a Portingall Navigator 1191 Mâ—guana a Province in Hispaniola 1572 Magdalene River 1434 Magellane Straits described 1384. vide streights Magellane streights extreame winter 1193 Maguâ—y a tree yeelding Wine Vineger Honey beds threads needles tables and hafts of kniues besides many medicinable vses 1421 Maiz of two sorts the one like Rice the other like Ginny Wheat 1173 1851. Maketh strong drinke 1258 Malabrigo Port 1399 Manco King of Peru his distresse by the faithlesse Spaniards and the issue 1486 1487 Mammeis an excellent kind of fruit 1172 Manarippano an Iland in the midst of the River Orenoco 1249 Manilla Iland 1446 Mandioco the ordinary food of the inhabitants of Brasile which serveth for bread the strange effects thereof 1214 1309 1310. Wine made of the root Mandioco which preserveth the Liver 1310 Man-eaters vid. Canibals Mans inconstancie 1190 1191 Mapies certaine Indians so called their description countrey and commodities they are a very warlike Nation and treacherous 1362 1363. Their ouerthrow by the Spaniards ibid. Marble Rocke of halfe a mile in length 1761 Marchin-Bay how situate and why so called 1626 Marcomwin a village in the River Marwin 1283 Saint Maries Iland the situation and description thereof 1393 1143 1671 Mariages how vndertaken and solemnized by the Inhabitants of Peru 1457. Mariage forbidden to him that hath not taken his enemie 1290 Mariquites certaine Canibals so called their stature women dwellings religion language cloathing c. 1226 1227 Maroer a Brasilian Riuer 1242 Mariners their duty and disposition 1368 1403 Martha a Province in America very rich in gold and other commodities 1583. It is