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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10725	Nevves from Virginia The lost flocke triumphant. With the happy arriuall of that famous and worthy knight Sr. Thomas Gates: and the well reputed & valiant captaine Mr. Christopher Newporte, and others, into England. With the maner of their distresse in the Iland of Deuils (otherwise called Bermoothawes) where they remayned 42. weekes, & builded two pynaces, in which they returned into Virginia. By R. Rich, Gent. one of the voyage.	Rich, Richard, fl. 1610.	1610 (1610)	STC 21005; ESTC S122506	2,819	16

A The lost Flocke Triumphant With the happy Arriuall of that famous and worthy Knight S r. Thomas Gates and the well reputed valiant Captaine M r. Christopher Newporte and others into England ¶ With the maner of their distresse in the Iland of Deuils otherwise called Bermoothawes where they remayned 42. weekes builded two Pynaces in which they returned into Virginia By R. Rich Gent. one of the Voyage LONDON Printed by Edw Allde and are to be solde by Iohn Wright at Christ-Church dore 1610. To the Reader REader how to stile thee I knowe not perhaps Learned perhaps vnlearned happily captious happily enuious indeed what or how to tearme thee I know not only as I began I will proceede Reader thou dost peraduenture imagine that I am mercenarie in this busines and write for money as your moderne Poets vse hyred by some of those euer to be admired Aduenturers to flatter rhe world No I disclaime it I haue knowne the Voyage past the danger seene that honorable work of Virginia I thanke God am arriud here to tell thee what I haue seene don past if thou wilt be lieue me so if not so to for I cannot force thee but to thy owne liking I am a Soldier blunt and plaine and so is the phrase of my newes and I protest it is true If thou aske why I put it in Verse I prethee knowe it was onely to feede mine owne humour I must confesse that had I not debard my selfe of that large scope which to the writing of prose is allowed I should haue much easd my selfe and giuen thee better content But I intreat thee to take this as it is and before many daies expire I will promise thee the same worke more at large I did feare preuention by some of your writers if they should haue gotten but some part of the newes by the tayle and therefore though it be rude let it passe with thy liking and in so doing I shall like well of thee but how euer I haue not long to stay if thou wilt be vnnaturall to thy country-man thou maist I must not loose my patrymonie I am for Virginia againe and so I will bid thee hartily farewell with an honest verse As I came hether to see my natiue land to waft me backe lend me thy gentle hand Thy louing Country-man R R. Newes from Virginia OF THE HAPPY Ariuall of that famous worthy knight Sir Thomas Gates and well reputed and valiant Captaine Newport into England IT is no idle fabulous tale nor is it fayned newes For Truth herselfe is heere arriu'd because you should not muse With her both Gates and Newport come to tell Report doth lye Which did deuulge vnto the world that they at Sea did dye T is true that Eleauen monthes and more these gallant worthy wights Was in the Shippe Sea-venture nam'd depriu'd Virginia's sight And brauely did they glyde the maine till Neptune gan to frowne As if a Courser prowdly backt would throwe his ryder downe The Seas did rage the windes did blowe distressed were they then Their Ship did leake her tacklings breake in daunger were her men But heauen was Pylotte in this storme and to an Iland nere Bermoothawes call'd conducted then which did abate their feare But yet these Worthies forced were opprest with weather againe To runne their Ship betweene two Rockes where she doth still remaine And then on shoare the Iland came Inhabited by Hogges Some Foule and Tortoyses there were they onely had one Dogge To kill these swyne to yeild them food that little had to eate Their store was spent and all things scant alas they wanted meate A thousand hogges that dogge did kill their hunger to sustaine And with such foode did in that I le two and forty weekes remaine And there two gallant Pynases did build of Seader-tree The braue Deliuerance one was call'd of seauenty Tonne was shee The other Patience had to name her burthen thirty Tonne Two only of their men which there pale death did ouercome And for the losse of those two soules which were accounted deere A Sonne and Daughter then was borne and were Baptized there The two and forty weekes being past they hoyst Sayle and away Their Ships with hogs well freighted were their harts with mickle ioy And so vnto Virginia came where these braue Souldiers finde The English-men opprest with greife and discontent in minde They seem'd distracted and forlorne for those two worthyes losse Yet at their home returne they ioyd among'st them some were crosse And in the mid'st of discontent came noble Delaware He heard the greifes on either part and sett them free from care He comforts them and cheeres their hearts that they abound with ioy He feedes them full and feedes their soules with Gods word euery day A discreet counsell he creates of men of worthy fame That noble Gates leiftenant was the Admirall had to name The worthy Sir George Somers knight and others of commaund Maister Georg Pearcy which is brother vnto Northumberland Sir Fardinando Wayneman knight and others of good fame That noble Lord his company which to Virginia came And landed there his number was One hundred Seauenty then Ad to the rest and they make full foure hundred able men Where they vnto their labour fall as men that meane to thriue Let 's pray that heauen may blesse them all and keep them long aliue Those men that Vagrants liu'd with vs haue there deserued well Their Gouernour writes in their praise as diuers Letters tel And to th' Aduenturers thus he writes be not dismayd at all For scandall cannot doe vs wrong God will not let vs fall Let England knowe our willingnesse for that our worke is good Wee hope to plant a Nation where none before hath stood To glorifie the Lord t is done and to no other end He that would crosse so good a worke to God can be no friend There is no feare of hunger here for Corne much store here growes Much fish the gallant Riuers yeild t is truth without suppose Great store of Fowle of Venison of Grapes and Mulberries Of Chesnuts Walnuts and such like of fruits and Strawberries There is indeed no want at all but some condiciond ill That wish the worke should not goe on with words doe seeme to kill And for an instance of their store the noble Delaware Hath for a present hither sent to testific his care In mannaging so good a worke two gallant ships by name The Blessing and the Hercules well fraught and in the same Two ships are these commodities Furres Sturgeon Cauiare Blacke-walnut-tree and some deale-boords with such they laden are Some Pearle some Wainscot and clapbords with some Sassafras wood And Iron promist for t is true their Mynes are very good Then maugre scandall false report or any opposition Th' aduenturers doe thus deuulge to men of good condition That he that wants shall haue reliefe be he ofhonest minde Apparell coyne or any thing to such they will be kinde To such as to Virginia do purpose to repaire And when that they shall thither come each man shall haue his share Day wages for the Laborer and for his more content A house and garden plot shall haue besides t' is further ment That euery man shall haue a part and not thereof denaid Of generall profit as if that he twelue pounds ten shillings paid And he that in Virginia shall copper coyne receiue For hyer or commodities and will the country leaue Vpon deliuery of such coyne Vnto the Gouernour Shall by exchange at his returne be by their Treasurer Paid him in London at first sight no man shall cause to grieue For 't is their generall will and wish that euery man should liue The number of Aduenturers that are for this Plantation Are full eight hundred worthy men some Noble all offashion Good discreete their worke is good and as they haue begun May Heauen assist them in their worke and thus our newes is done FINIS