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A12460	A description of New England: or The obseruations, and discoueries, of Captain Iohn Smith (admirall of that country) in the north of America, in the year of our Lord 1614 with the successe of sixe ships, that went the next yeare 1615; and the accidents befell him among the French men of warre: with the proofe of the present benefit this countrey affoords: whither this present yeare, 1616, eight voluntary ships are gone to make further tryall.	Smith, John, 1580-1631.; Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, engraver.	1616 (1616)	STC 22788; ESTC S111023	38,061	84

which vpon Hunts late trecherie among the Saluages returned as shee went and did little or nothing but lost her time I must confesse I was beholden to the setters forth of the foure ships that went with Cooper in that they offered mee that imploiment if I would accept it and I finde my refusall hath incurred some of their displeasures whose fauor and loue I exceedingly desire if I may honestly inioy it And though they doe censure me as opposite to their proceedings they shall yet still in all my words and deedes finde it is their error not my fault that occasions their dislike for hauing ingaged my selfe in this businesse to the West Countrie I had beene verie dishonest to haue broke my promise nor will I spend more time in discourie or fishing till I may goe with a companie for plantation for I know my grounds Yet euery one that reades this booke can not put it in practice though it may helpe any that haue seene those parts And though they endeauour to worke me euen out of my owne designes I will not much enuy their fortunes but I would bee sory their intruding ignorance should by their defailements bring those certainties to doubtfulnesse So that the businesse prosper I haue my desire be it by Londoner Scot Welch or English that are true subiects to our King and Countrey the good of my Countrey is that I seeke and there is more then enough for all if they could bee content but to proceed At last it pleased Sir Ferdinando Gorge and Master Doctor Sutliffe Deane of Exceter to conceiue so well of these proiects and my former imployments as induced them to make a new aduenture with me in those parts whither they haue so often sent to their cōtinuall losse By whose example many inhabitants of the west Coūtry made promises of much more then was looked for but their priuate emulations quickly qualified that heat in the greater number so that the burden lay principally on them and some few Gentlemen my friends in London In the end I was furnished with a Ship of 200. and another of 50. But ere I had sayled 120 leagues shee broke all her masts pumping each watch 5 or 6000 strokes onely her spret saile remayned to spoon before the wind till we had re-accommodated a Iury mast the rest to returne for Plimouth My Vice-admirall beeing lost not knowing of this proceeded her voyage Now with the remainder of those prouisions I got out again in a small Barke of 60 tuns with 30 men for this of 200 and prouision for 70 which were the 16 before named and 14 other saylors for the ship With those I set saile againe the 24 of Iune where what befell me because my actions and writings are so publicke to the world enuy still seeking to scandalize my indeauours seeing no power but death can stop the chat of ill tongues nor imagination of mens mindes lest my owne relations of those hard euents might by some constructors be made doubtfull I haue thought it best to insert the examinations of those proceedings taken by Sir Lewis Stukley a worthie Knight and Vice admirall of Deuonshire which were as followeth The examination of Daniel Baker late Steward to Captaine Iohn Smith in the returne of Plimouth taken before Sir Lewis Stukley Knight the eight of December 1615. Who saith being chased two dayes by one Fry an English Pirate that could not board vs by reason of foule weather Edmund Chambers the Master Iohn Miner his mate Thomas Digby the 〈◊〉 and others importured his saide Captaine to yeeld houlding it vnpossible hee should defend himselfe and that the saide Captaine should send them his boate in that they had none which at last he concluded vpon these conditions That Fry the Pyrate should vow not to take any thing from Captaine Smith that might ouerthrowe his voyage nor send more Pirats into his ship then hee liked off otherwaies he would make sure of them he had and defend himselfe against the rest as hee could More he confesseth that the quarter-quarter-masters Chambers receiued golde of those Pirats but how much he knoweth not Nor would his Captain come out of his Caben to entertaine them although a great many of them had beene his saylers and for his loue would haue wasted vs to the Iles of Flowers At Fyall wee were chased by two French Pyrats who commanded vs Amaine Chambers Minter Digby and others importuned againe the Captaine to yeeld alledging they were Turks and would make them all slaues or Frenchmen and would throw them all ouer board if they shot but a peece and that they were entertained to fish and not to fight vntill the Captaine vowed to fire the powder and split the ship if they would not stand to their defence whereby at last wee went cleere of them for all their shot At Flowers wee were chased by foure French men of warre all with their close fights afore and after And this examinants Captaine hauing provided for our defence Chambers Minter Digby and some others againe importuned him to yeeld to the fauour of those against whom there was nothing but ruine by fighting But if he would goe aboard them in that hee could speake French by curtesie hee might goe cleere seeing they offered him such faire quarter vowed they were Protestants and all of Rochell and had the Kings commission onely to take Spaniards Portugales and Pyrats which at last hee did but they kept this examinates Captaine and some other of his company with him The next day the French men of warre went aboard vs and tooke what they listed and diuided the company into their seuerall ships and manned this examinates ship with the Frenchmen and chased with her all the shippes they saw vntill about fiue or six dayes after vpon better consideration they surrendered the ship and victualls with the most part of our prouision but not our weapons More he confesseth that his Captain exhorted them to performe their voyage or goe for New found Land to returne fraughted with fish where hee would finde meanes to proceed in his plantation but Chambers and Minter grew vpon tearms they would not vntill those that were Souldiers concluded with their Captaines resolution they would seeing they had clothes victualls salt nets lines sufficient expected their armes and such other things as they wanted the French men promised to restore which the Captaine the next day went to seeke and sent them about loading of commodities as powder match hookes instruments his sword and dagger bedding aqua vitae his commission apparell and many other things the particulars he remembreth not But as for the cloath canuas and the Captaines cloathes Chambers and his associats diuided it amongst themselues and to whom they best liked his Captaine not hauing any thing to his knowledge but his wastecoat and breeches And in this manner going from ship to ship to regaine our armes and the