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A02655	A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. Discouered by the English colon there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the eere 1585. Which remained vnder the gouernement of twelue monethes, at the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh Knight lord Warden of the stanneries who therein hath beene fauoured and authorised b her Maiestie :and her letters patents: This fore booke is made in English by Thomas Hariot seruant to the abouenamed Sir Walter, a member of the Colon, and there imploed in discouering Cum gratia et priuilegio Caes. Matis Speciali	Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621.; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. America.; White, John, fl. 1585-1593, artist.; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.; Veen, Gijsbert van, 1558-1630, engraver.	1590 (1590)	STC 12786; ESTC S106427	39,246	83

A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants Discouered by the English Colony there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight In the yeere 1585. Which Remained Vnder the gouernement of twelue monethes At the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable SIR WALTER RALEIGH Knight lord Warden of the stanneries Who therein hath beene fauoured and authorised by her MAIESTIE and her letters patents This fore booke Is made in English BY Thomas Hariot seruant to the abouenamed Sir WALTER a member of the Colony and there imployed in discouering CVM GRATIA ET PRIVELEDIO CAESMA T IS SPECIA LI FRANCOFORTI AD MOENVM TYPIS IOANNIS WECHELL SVMITIRVS VERO THEODORI DE BRY ANNO CD D XC VENALES REPERIVNTVR IN OFFICINA SIGISMVNDI FEIRABENDII TO THE RIGHT WORTHIE AND HONOVRABLE SIR VVALTER RALEGH KNIGHT SENESCHAL OF THE DVCHIES OF Cornewall and Exeter and L. Warden of the stannaries in Deuon and Cornewall T.B. wisheth true felictie AMORE ET VIRTVE SIr seeing that the parte of the Worlde which is betwene the Florida and the Cap Breton nowe nammed Virginia to the honneur of yours most souueraine Layde and Queene Elizabetz hath ben descouuerd by yours meanes And great chardges And that your Collonye hath been theer established to your great honnor and prayse and noelesser proffit vnto the commonwelth Yt ys good raison that euery man euertwe him selfe for to showe the benefit which they haue receue of yt Theerfore formy parte I haue been all wayes Desirous for to make yow knowe the good will that I haue to remayne still your most humble seruant I haue thincke that I cold faynde noe better occasion to declare yt then takinge the paines to cott in copper the most diligent ye and well that wear my possible to doe the Figures which doe leuelye represent the forme aud maner of the Inhabitants of thesame countrye with theirs ceremonies sollemne feastes and the manner and situation of their Townes or Villages Addinge vnto euery figure a brief declaration of thesame to that ende that euerye man cold the better vnderstand that which is in represented Moreouer I haue thincke that the aforesaid figures wear of greater commendation If somme Histoire which traitinge of the commodites and of the said trye weare Ioyned with the same therfore haue I serve miselfe of the which Thomas Hariot hath lattely sett foorth and haue booth togither to be printed for to dedicated vnto you as a thinge which by doth allreadye apparteyne vnto you Therfore doe I creaue that you will keepe this little Booke and take yt In goode partte And desiringe that fauor that reccueme in the nomber of one of your most humble seruantz lord to blese and further you in all yours good doinges and actions and also to preserue and keepe you allwayes in good helthe And soe I comitt you vnto the almyhttie from Franckfort the first of Apprill 1590. Your most humble seruant Theodorvs de Bry. TO THE ADVENTVRERS FAVORERS AND VVELVVILLERS OF THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE INHABITTING and planting in Virginia Since the first vndertaking by Sir Walter Ralegh to deale in the action of discouering of that Countrey which is now called and known by the name of Virginia many voyages hauing bin thiter made at sundrie times to his great charge as first in the yeere 1584. and afterwardes in the yeeres 1585. 1586. and now of late this last yeare of 1587. There haue bin diuers and variable reportes with some slaunderous and shamefull speeches bruited abroade by many that returned from thence Especially of that discouery which was made by the Colony transported by Sir Richard Greinuile in the yeare 1585. being of all the others the most principal and as yet of most effect the time of their abode in the countrey beeing a whole yeare when as in the other voyage before they staied but sixe weekes and the others after were onelie for supply and transportation nothing more being discouered then had been before Which reports haue not done a litle wrong to many that otherwise would haue also fauoured aduentured in the action to the honour and benefite of our nation besides the particular profite and credite which would redound to them selues the dealers therein as I hope by the sequele of euents to the shame of those that haue auouched the contrary shal be manifest if you the aduenturers fauourers and welwillers do but either encrease in number or in opinion continue or hauing bin doubtfull renewe your good liking and furtherance to deale therein according to the worthinesse thereof alreadye found and as you shall vnderstand hereafter to be requisite Touching which woorthines through cause of the diuersitie of relations and reportes manye of your opinions coulde not bee firme nor the mindes of some that are well disposed bee setled in any certaintie I haue therefore thought it good beeing one that haue beene in the discouerie and in dealing with the naturall inhabitantes specially imploied and hauing therefore seene and knowne more then the ordinarie to imparte so much vnto you of the fruites of our labours as that you may knowe howe iniuriously the enterprise is slaundered And that in publike manner at this present chiefelie for two respectes First that some of you which are yet ignorant or doubtfull of the state thereof may see that there is sufficiēt cause why the cheefe enterpriser with the fauour of her Maiestie notwithstanding suche reportes hath not onelie since continued the action by sending into the countrey againe and replanting this last yeere a new Colony but is also readie according as the times and meanes will affoorde to follow and prosecute the same Secondly that you seeing and knowing the continuance of the action by the view hereof you may generally know learne what the countrey is ther vpon cōsider how your dealing therein if it proceede may returne you profit and gaine bee it either by inhabitting planting or otherwise in furthering thereof And least that the substance of my relation should be doubtful vnto you as of others by reason of their diuersitie I will first open the cause in a few wordes wherefore they are so different referring my selue to your fauourable constructions and to be adiudged of as by good consideration you shall finde cause Of our companie that returned some for their misdemenour and ill dealing in the countrey haue beene there worthily punished who by reason of their badde natures haue maliciously not onelie spoken ill of their Gouernours but for their sakes slaundered the countrie it selfe The like also haue those done which were of their consort Some beeing ignorant of the state thereof notwithstanding since their returne amōgest their friendes and acquaintance and also others especially if they were in compaine where they might not be gainesaide woulde seeme to knowe so much as no men more and make no men so great trauailers as themselues They stood so much as

their dances be ended and they goe to make merrye as is expressed in the 16. figure XIX The Tovvne of Pomeiooc The townes of this contrie are in a maner like vnto those which are in Florida yet are they not soe stronge nor yet preserued with soe great care They are compassed abowt with poles starcke faste in the grownd but they are not verye stronge The entrance is verye narrowe as may be seene by this picture which is made accordinge to the forme of the towne of Pomeiooc Ther are but few howses therin saue those which belonge to the kinge and his nobles On the one side is their tempel separated from the other howses and marked with the letter A. yt is builded rownde and couered with skynne matts and as yt wear compassed abowt With cortynes without windowes and hath noe ligthe but by the doore On the other side is the kings lodginge marked with the letter B. Their dwellinges are builded with certaine potes fastened together and couered with matts which they turne op as high as they thinke good and soe receue in the lighte and other Some are also couered with boughes of trees as euery man lusteth or liketh best They keepe their feasts and make good cheer together in the midds of the towne as yt is described in they 17. Figure When the towne standeth fare from the water they digg a great poude noted with the letter C. wherhence they fetche as muche water as they neede XX. The Tovvne of Secota Their townes that are not inclosed with poles aire commonlye fayrer Then suche as are inclosed as appereth in this figure which liuelye expresseth the towne of Secotam For the howses are Scattered heer and ther and they haue gardein expressed by the letter E. wherin groweth Tobacco which the inhabitants call Vppowoc They haue also groaues wherin thei take deer and fields vherin they sowe their corne In their corne fields they builde as yt weare a scaffolde wher on they sett a cottage like to a rownde chaire signiffied by F. wherin they place one to watche for there are suche nomber of fowles and beasts that vnless they keepe the better watche they would soone deuoure all their corne For which cause the watcheman maketh continual cryes and noyse They sowe their corne with a certaine distance noted by H. other wise one stalke would choke the growthe of another and the corne would not come vnto his rypeurs G. For the leaves therofare large like vnto the leaues of great reedes They haue also a seuerall broade plotte C. whear they meete with their neighbours to celebrate their cheefe solemne feastes as the 18. picture doth declare and a place D. whear after they haue ended their feaste they make merrie togither Ouer against this place they haue a rownd plott B. wher they assemble themselues to make their solemne prayers Not far from which place ther is a lardge buildinge A. wherin are the tombes of their kings and princes as will appere by the 22. figure likewise they haue garden notted bey the letter I. wherin they vse to sowe pompions Also a place marked with K. wherin the make a fyre att their solemne feasts and hard without the towne a riuer L. from whence they fetche their water This people therfore voyde of all couetousnes lyue cherfullye and att their harts ease Butt they solemnise their feasts in the nigt and therfore they keepe verye great fyres to auoyde darkenes ant to testifie their Ioye XXI Ther Idol Kivvasa The people of this cuntrie haue an Idol which they call Kiwasa yt is carued of woode in lengthe 4. foote whose heade is like the heades of the people of Florida the face is of a flesh colour the brest white the rest is all blacke the thighes are also spottet with whitte He hath a chayne abowt his necke of white beades betweene which are other Rownde beades of copper which they esteeme more then golde or siluer This Idol is placed in the temple of the towne of Secotam as the keper of the kings dead corpses Somtyme they haue two of thes idoles in theyr churches and somtine 3. but neuer aboue which they place in a darke corner wher they shew tetrible Thes poore soules haue none other knowledge of god although I thinke them verye Desirous to know the truthe For when as wee kneeled downe on our knees to make our prayers vnto god they went abowt to imitate vs and when they saw we moued our lipps they also dyd the like Wherfore that is verye like that they might easelye be brongt to the knowledge of the gospel God of his mercie grant them this grace XXII The Tombe of their Werovvans or Cheiff Lordes The builde a Scaffolde 9. or 10. foote hihe as is expressed in this figure vnder the tōbs of theit Weroans or cheefe lordes which they couer with matts and lai the dead corpses of their weroans theruppon in manner followinge first the bowells are taken forthe Then layinge downe the skinne they cutt all the flesh cleane from the bones which the drye in the sonne and well dryed the inclose in Matts and place at their feete Then their bones remaininge still fastened together with the ligaments whole and vncorrupted are couered a gayne with leather and their carcase fashioned as yf their flesh wear not taken away They lapp eache corps in his owne skinne after thesame in thus handled and lay yt in his order by the corpses of the other cheef lordes By the dead bodies they sett their Idol Kiwasa wher of we spake in the former chapiter For they are persuaded that thesame doth kepe the dead bodyes of their cheefe lordes that nothinge may hurt them Moreouer vnder the foresaid scaffolde some on of their preists hath his lodginge which Mumbleth his prayers nighte and day and hath charge of the corpses For his bedd he hath two deares skinnes spredd on the grownde yf the wether bee cold hee maketh a fyre to warme by withall Thes poore soules are thus instructed by natute to reuerence their princes euen after their death XXIII The Marckes of sundrye of the Cheif mene of Virginia The inhabitāts of all the cuntrie for the most parte haue marks rased on their backs wherby yt may be knowen what Princes subiects they bee or of what place they haue their originall For which cause we haue set downe those marks in this figure and haue annexed the names of the places that they might more easelye be discerned Which industrie hath god indued them withal although they be verye sinple and rude And to confesse a truthe I cannot remember that euer I saw a better or quietter people then they The marks which I obserued a monge them are heere put downe in order folowinge The marke which is expressed by A. belongeth tho Wingino the cheefe lorde of Roanoac That which hath B. is the marke of Wingino his sisters husbande Those which be noted with the letters of C. and D. belonge vnto diverse