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         Williams, Edward, fl. 1650.
      
       
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             Virgo triumphans, or, Virginia in generall, but the south part therof in particular including the fertile Carolana, and the no lesse excellent island of Roanoak, richly and experimentally valued : humbly presented as the auspice of a beginning yeare, to the Parliament of England, and councell of state / by Edward Williams, Gent.
             Williams, Edward, fl. 1650.
             Ferrar, John, d. 1657.
          
           [14], 47 p.
           
             Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Stephenson, and are to be sold at his shop ...,
             London :
             1650.
          
           
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
             The material for this work was communicated to Williams by John Farrer or Ferrar. cf. "To the reader."
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Silkworms -- Early works to 1800.
           North Carolina -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
           South Carolina -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
           Virginia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
           Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
           Roanoke Island (N.C.)
        
      
    
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           VIRGO
           TRIVMPHAN●
           OR
           ,
           VIRGINIA
           In
           Generall
           ,
           but
           the
           South
           part
           therof
           in
           particular
           :
           Including
           the
           fertile
           CAROLANA
           ,
           and
           the
           no
           lesse
           excellent
           Island
           of
           ROANOAK
           ,
           richly
           and
           experimentally
           valued
           .
        
         
           Humbly
           presented
           as
           the
           Auspice
           of
           a
           beginning
           Yeare
           ,
           To
           the
           Parliament
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           And
           Councell
           of
           STATE
           .
        
         
           By
           EDVVARD
           WILLIAMS
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           THOMAS
           HARPER
           ,
           for
           JOHN
           STEPHENSON
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           on
           Ludgate-Hill
           ,
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           1650.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           The
           Parliament
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honorable
             :
          
        
         
           THis
           Dedication
           in
           it selfe
           unworthy
           the
           honour
           of
           an
           addresse
           to
           your
           Grandeurs
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           foile
           too
           dead
           i●●h●ddow
           to
           approach
           neere
           your
           most
           vigorous
           luster
           ,
           reposes
           it selfe
           yet
           upon
           a
           confidence
           that
           in
           imitation
           of
           that
           God
           (
           of
           whom
           you
           are
           in
           power
           the
           proper
           Representatives
           )
           who
           vouchsafed
           graciously
           to
           accept
           a
           p●ore
           paire
           of
           Turtles
           from
           those
           whose
           abilities
           could
           not
           ascend
           t●
           a
           more
           rich
           oblation
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           cast
           a
           favourable
           aspect
           upo●
           this
           humble
           offering
           ,
           as
           proceeding
           from
           a
           gratefull
           cleere
           and
           sincere
           intention
           ,
           whose
           desire
           being
           strong●y
           passionate
           to
           present
           Your
           Hono●rs
           with
           something
           more
           worthy
           the
           auspice
           of
           a
           beginning
           Yeare
           ,
           is
           circumscribed
           by
           a
           narrownesse
           of
           abilities
           and
           fortunes
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           my
           lownesse
           had
           prompted
           me
           to
           have
           found
           out
           a
           more
           humble
           Patron
           for
           this
           Treatise
           ;
           but
           since
           the
           Interest
           of
           that
           Nation
           you
           have
           so
           happily
           restored
           to
           its
           just
           and
           native
           liberty
           is
           the
           principall
           ayme
           intended
           in
           it
           ,
           since
           the
           publick
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           world
           unites
           in
           this
           common
           testimony
           ,
           That
           God
           hath
           subscribed
           to
           all
           your
           Heroick
           and
           Christian
           undertakings
           with
           his
           own
           broad
           seal
           of
           Victory●
           with
           his
           owne
           field
           word
           ,
           
             Go
             on
             and
             prosper
          
           :
           led
           you
           through
           the
           red
           sea
           of
           bloud
           into
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           into
           the
           Harvest
           and
           Vintage
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           since
           
             Pharoah
          
           and
           his
           mighty
           ones
           have
           been
           swallowed
           up
           in
           the
           rapid
           current
           in
           the
           hideous
           cataracts
           of
           their
           ambit●ous
           opposition
           ;
           and
           have
           by
           loud
           and
           convincing
           testimonies
           (
           testimonies
           attracting
           the
           admiration
           of
           your
           friends
           ,
           and
           confounding
           the
           malice
           of
           your
           enemies
           )
           made
           it
           a
           blessed
           object
           of
           your
           consideration
           ,
           that
           the
           preservation
           and
           fixure
           requires
           a
           bl●ssing
           no
           lesse
           sublime
           ,
           and
           a
           vert●e
           
           no
           less●
           ex●l●●d
           ,
           then
           the
           acquisiti●n
           and
           tenure
           of
           conquests
           ,
           m●de
           good
           in
           the
           〈◊〉
           Christ●ndome
           by
           vindicating
           the
           English
           Honour
           up●n
           the
           Brittish
           Ocean
           with
           a
           ●u●ssant
           Navy
           ,
           a
           formidable
           subject
           of
           ●●●●●ment
           to
           the
           Forraine
           Enemies
           of
           your
           
             Sion
             ,
          
           by
           a
           strong
           winged
           prosecution
           of
           the
           Irish
           Assassinates
           ,
           a
           spacious
           lettred
           example
           to
           teach
           English
           Mutineers
           what
           they
           may
           expect
           by
           the
           re●
           sentence
           of
           justice
           upon
           Irish
           Rebells
           :
           All
           indeavours
           holding
           forth
           the
           way
           to
           improve
           the
           interest
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           are
           improperly
           addressed
           to
           any
           other
           then
           your selves
           ,
           who
           as
           you
           have
           been
           the
           unexampled
           instruments
           of
           our
           unpinion●
           liberty
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           Iudges
           of
           whatsoever
           may
           relate
           to
           our
           future
           felicity
           .
        
         
           We
           should
           have
           suspected
           the
           sincerity
           of
           History
           in
           its
           delineation
           of
           the
           Majesty
           which
           sat
           upon
           that
           
             August
             ,
          
           and
           venerable
           Roman
           Senats
           ,
           after
           having
           made
           the
           Land
           tremble
           under
           the
           terrour
           of
           their
           Armies
           ,
           the
           sea
           to
           labour
           under
           the
           burthen
           of
           their
           numerous
           Navies
           ,
           after
           having
           delivered
           all
           power
           oppressing
           the
           universall
           liberty
           to
           the
           revenging
           beak
           of
           their
           victorious
           Eagles●
           and
           minted
           the
           Governments
           of
           the
           world
           by
           the
           Rom●n
           Standard
           ;
           had
           not
           the
           Concentrici●y
           of
           your
           undertakings
           had
           not
           the
           Homogeniousnesse
           of
           your
           actions
           and
           felici●y
           ,
           vindicated
           and
           asserted
           the
           honour
           of
           antiquity
           ,
           and
           raysed
           your
           reputations
           upon
           so
           high
           a
           wing
           of
           glory
           ,
           that
           Posterity
           will
           be
           los●
           in
           the
           same
           mist
           of
           jealousie
           and
           incredulity
           of
           your
           owne
           augustnesse
           ,
           yet
           for
           ever
           want
           the
           revivall
           of
           such
           examples
           the
           restauration
           of
           such
           presidents
           to
           confirme
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           the
           end
           you
           may
           in
           all
           things
           either
           parallell
           or
           transcend
           that
           Romane
           greatnesse
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           are
           the
           inimitable
           exemplary
           ,
           who
           inriched
           the
           heart
           and
           strengthned
           the
           armes
           of
           their
           Dominions
           by
           dispersing
           Colonies
           in
           all
           Angles
           of
           their
           Empire
           ,
           Your
           pious
           care
           hath
           already
           layd
           a
           most
           signall
           foundation
           by
           inviting
           incouragemen●
           to
           undertakers
           of
           that
           nature
           :
           In
           the
           pursuit
           whereof
           let
           me
           beg
           the
           liberty
           in
           this
           Paper
           ,
           under
           your
           Honours
           Patronage
           to
           publish
           the
           many
           pressing
           and
           convincing
           reasons
           which
           have
           and
           may
           induce
           you
           to
           prosecute
           a
           designe
           of
           such
           universall
           concernment
           .
        
         
         
           
             1.
             
             It
             will
             disburthen
             this
             Nation
             of
             many
             indigent
             persons
             ,
             who
             having
             formerly
             perhaps
             enjoyed
             a
             fulnesse
             of
             abused
             or
             ●orfeyted
             plenty
             ,
             &
             at
             the
             present
             reduced
             to
             an
             inequality
             of
             such
             subsistence
             ,
             are
             commonly
             prompted
             to
             their
             own●
             and
             other
             me●s
             ruine
             by
             making
             the
             high
             way●s
             (
             which
             should
             be
             as
             publike
             and
             inviolable
             a
             sanctuary
             as
             the
             most
             sacred
             places
             )
             an
             ambuscado
             to
             innocent
             Travellers
             ,
             by
             which
             interruption
             of
             passages
             ,
             there
             is
             commonly
             occasioned
             a
             decay
             and
             disincouragement
             of
             commerce
             ,
             and
             dayly
             examples
             informe
             us
             ,
             that
             Prisons
             at
             present
             are
             almost
             as
             full
             of
             crimi●all
             as
             indebted
             persons
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             will
             take
             off
             all
             Parish
             charges
             ,
             in
             providing
             for
             destitute
             Minors
             and
             Orphans
             ,
             whereof
             there
             are
             at
             presen●
             a
             burthensome
             multitude
             ,
             wherby
             the
             Parishes
             so
             freed
             ,
             m●y
             with
             greater
             alacrity
             and
             ability
             ,
             part
             with
             c●ntributory
             moneys
             to
             maintaine
             ,
             recrui●e
             ,
             and
             incourage
             your
             Armies
             and
             Navies
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Those
             Orphans
             so
             provided
             for
             may
             by
             Gods
             blessings
             upon
             their
             labours
             become
             happy
             and
             wealthy
             instruments
             ,
             advantagious
             to
             the
             place
             of
             their
             nativity
             in
             particular
             ,
             and
             their
             whole
             Nation
             in
             generall
             .
             Whereas
             the
             condition
             of
             their
             birth
             and
             the
             usuall
             way
             of
             exposing
             them●
             makes
             them
             capable
             of
             no
             more
             gainfull
             calling
             then
             that
             of
             day-labourers
             ,
             or
             which
             is
             more
             frequent
             hereditary
             beggers
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Republick
             in
             its
             present
             constitution
             abounding
             with
             so
             dangerous
             a
             number
             of
             male
             contents
             ,
             who
             commonly
             like
             Shrubs
             under
             high
             and
             spreading
             Cedars
             ,
             imagine
             the
             spacious
             height
             of
             others
             to
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             owne
             lownesse
             ,
             may
             by
             this
             means
             be
             honourably
             secured
             ,
             and
             such
             men
             removing
             their
             discontents
             with
             their
             persons
             ,
             will
             have
             a
             brave
             and
             ample
             theater
             to
             make
             their
             merits
             and
             abilities
             emergent
             ,
             and
             a
             large
             field
             to
             fow
             and
             reape
             the
             fruit
             of
             all
             their
             honest
             industrious
             and
             publick
             intentions
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             It
             will
             to
             admiration
             increase
             the
             number
             of
             Ships
             and
             Sea-men
             ,
             (
             the
             brazen
             wall
             of
             this
             Nation
             )
             all
             materialls
             to
             advance
             Navigation
             ,
             being
             abundantly
             to
             be
             furnished
             out
             of
             those
             Countries
             ,
             
             and
             the
             more
             ingenious
             Passengers
             by
             conference
             and
             disputation
             with
             the
             k●owing
             Mariner
             ,
             will
             take
             a
             great
             delight
             ,
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             ambition
             ,
             to
             attaine
             to
             the
             Theory
             of
             that
             knowledge
             ,
             while
             the
             lesse
             capable
             being
             accustomed
             and
             assigned
             to
             an
             usuall
             part
             in
             the
             toyle
             thereof
             ,
             and
             instructed
             by
             the
             ordinary
             Seaman
             ,
             will
             bee
             brought
             to
             a
             good
             readinesse
             therein
             and
             speedy
             perfection
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             All
             Materialls
             for
             shipping
             ,
             as
             Timber
             ,
             Cordage
             ,
             Sailes
             ,
             Iron
             ,
             Brasse
             ,
             Ordnance
             of
             both
             mettals
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             else
             we
             are
             necessitated
             ●o
             supply
             our
             wants
             with
             out
             of
             the
             E●sterne
             Countries
             ,
             who
             make
             it
             not
             unusuall
             to
             take
             advantages
             of
             their
             neighbours
             necessitie
             ,
             a●d
             often
             times
             upon
             a
             pretence
             of
             difference
             or
             misintelligence
             betwixt
             us
             ,
             embrace
             an
             occ●sion
             to
             over-rate
             or
             over-custome
             their
             commodities
             ,
             or
             (
             a
             reall
             quarrell
             widening
             )
             sell
             it
             to
             other
             Nations
             from
             whence
             we
             are
             forced
             to
             supply
             our selves
             at
             a
             second
             or
             third
             Market
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             It
             will
             give
             us
             the
             liberty
             of
             storing
             a
             great
             pa●t
             of
             Europe
             with
             a
             larger
             plenty
             of
             incomparably
             better
             fish
             ,
             then
             the
             Holander
             hath
             found
             meanes
             to
             furnish
             it
             withall
             ,
             and
             will
             make
             us
             in
             no
             long
             tract
             of
             time
             ,
             if
             industriously
             prosecuted
             ,
             equall
             ,
             if
             not
             transcend
             him
             in
             that
             his
             most
             benificiall
             staple
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             It
             will
             be
             to
             this
             Common
             wealth
             a
             standing
             and
             plentifull
             Magazine
             of
             Wheat
             ,
             Rice
             ,
             Coleseed
             ,
             R●peseed
             ,
             Flax
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             Salt
             ,
             Pot-ashes
             ,
             Sope-ashes
             ,
             Sugars
             ,
             Wines
             ,
             Silke
             ,
             Olives
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             single
             is
             the
             staple
             of
             other
             Nations
             ,
             shall
             be
             found
             in
             this
             joyntly
             collected
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             It
             will
             furnish
             us
             with
             rich
             Furrs
             ,
             Buffs
             ,
             Hides
             ,
             Tallow
             ,
             Biefe
             ,
             Pork
             ,
             &c.
             the
             growth
             and
             increase
             of
             Cattell
             i●
             this
             Nation
             ,
             receiving
             a
             grand
             interuption
             and
             stop
             ,
             by
             killing
             commonly
             very
             hopefull
             yong
             breed
             to
             furnish
             our
             markets
             ,
             or
             store
             our
             shipping
             ,
             meerly
             occasioned
             by
             want
             of
             ground
             to
             feed
             th●m
             ,
             whereas
             those
             Provinces
             afford
             such
             a
             large
             proportion
             of
             rich
             ground
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             increase
             of
             this
             or
             the
             succeeding
             age
             can
             in
             any
             reasonable
             probability
             overfeed
             the
             Moiety
             .
          
           
           
             10.
             
             By
             it
             many
             of
             your
             Honours
             Reformadoes
             and
             disbanded
             souldiers
             being
             dismist
             with
             the
             payment
             of
             such
             part
             of
             their
             arrears
             as
             your
             owne
             judgement
             (
             guided
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             your
             immense
             disbursements
             )
             shall
             thinke
             a
             convenient
             recompence
             ,
             by
             transporting
             themselves
             thither
             may
             change
             their
             desperate
             fortunes
             into
             a
             happy
             ●ertainty
             of
             condition
             ,
             and
             a
             contented
             livelyhood
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             a
             means
             not
             only
             to
             disburden
             this
             Republick
             (
             as
             before
             )
             but
             to
             remove
             all
             those
             clamors
             usualy
             disturbing
             your
             publick
             consultations
             ,
             and
             to
             win
             upon
             them
             by
             your
             bounty
             to
             invert
             all
             those
             fearfull
             imprecations
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             would
             (
             as
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lies
             )
             unblesse
             your
             proceedings
             ,
             into
             a
             joyfull
             and
             fervent
             concurrence
             of
             prayers
             to
             the
             Almighty
             to
             shoure
             downe
             blessings
             upon
             your
             heads
             ,
             who
             ,
             next
             under
             him
             ,
             are
             the
             glorious
             and
             visible
             instruments
             of
             their
             increasing
             happinesse
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             It
             will
             be
             a
             generous
             and
             moving
             incouragement
             to
             all
             industrious
             and
             publick
             spirits
             ,
             to
             imploy
             those
             parts
             with
             which
             God
             and
             nature
             hath
             blessed
             them
             in
             the
             discovery
             of
             such
             happy
             inventions
             as
             may
             drive
             on
             hopefull
             designs
             with
             a
             lesser
             number
             of
             hands
             then
             is
             usually
             assigned
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             issues
             of
             the
             brain
             are
             legitimate
             and
             geniall
             to
             beginning
             Plantations
             ,
             where
             the
             greatest
             want
             is
             that
             of
             people
             :
             but
             for
             our
             own
             or
             other
             popular
             Kingdoms
             where
             we
             are
             commonly
             overprest
             with
             a
             greater
             multitude
             of
             labourer●
             then
             imployers
             ,
             by
             much
             lesse
             acceptable
             ,
             since
             our
             indigent
             people
             look
             upon
             such
             Engins
             meerly
             as
             Monoppolies
             to
             engrosse
             their
             livelihood
          
           
             12.
             
             It
             will
             adde
             a
             very
             considerable
             increase
             to
             the
             Revenue
             of
             your
             Honours
             own
             Customs
             ,
             and
             I
             shal
             assume
             the
             liberty
             in
             all
             humility
             to
             offer
             up
             to
             your
             more
             advised
             deliberation
             by
             way
             of
             supplement
             to
             your
             incomes
             ,
             whether
             such
             malefactors
             as
             the
             letter
             of
             the
             law
             doo●s
             to
             death
             ,
             yet
             leaves
             a
             latitude
             for
             extent
             of
             mercy
             in
             the
             bosome
             of
             the
             Judges
             ,
             whose
             release
             oftentimes
             proves
             not
             only
             ruinous
             to
             them
             so
             discharged
             ,
             since
             not
             seldome
             they
             returne
             to
             their
             vomit
             ,
             but
             pernicious
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             reinvaded
             
             by
             their
             insolencies
             and
             disorders
             ,
             might
             not
             be
             made
             instrumentally
             serviceable
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             if
             (
             as
             it
             is
             frequent
             in
             other
             Countrey●
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             condemned
             to
             the
             Gallies
             )
             by
             way
             of
             reparation
             for
             their
             crime
             ,
             they
             were
             sentenced
             to
             serve
             a
             quantity
             of
             years
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             their
             offences
             ,
             which
             expired
             ,
             they
             should
             enjoy
             all
             immunities
             with
             others
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             course
             be
             reduced
             and
             accustomed
             to
             a
             regular
             course
             of
             life
             .
             Of
             these
             a
             thousand
             transported
             and
             employed
             by
             an
             understanding
             improver
             ,
             would
             by
             their
             labour
             advance
             an
             income
             of
             forty
             thousand
             pounds
             sterling
             
               per
               annum
               ,
            
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             and
             so
             proportionably
             according
             to
             their
             number
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             all
             these
             ,
             and
             many
             inestim●ble
             benefits
             may
             have
             their
             rise
             ,
             increase
             ,
             and
             perfection
             from
             the
             South
             parts
             o●
             Virginia
             ,
             a
             Country
             unquestionably
             our
             own
             ,
             devolved
             to
             us
             by
             a
             just
             title
             ,
             and
             discovered
             by
          
           John
           Cabot
           
             at
             the
             English
             expences
             who
             found
             out
             and
             tooke
             seisure
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             voluntary
             submission
             of
             the
             Natives
             to
             the
             English
             obedience
             of
             all
             that
             Continent
             from
          
           Cape
           Florida
           
             Northward
             ,
             the
             excellent
             temper
             of
             the
             aire
             ,
             the
             large
             proportion
             of
             ground
             ,
             the
             incredible
             richnesse
             of
             soile
             ,
             the
             admirable
             abundance
             of
             Minerals
             ,
             vegetables
             ,
             medicinall
             drugs
             ,
             timber
             ,
             scituation
             ,
             no
             lesse
             proper
             for
             all
             European
             commodities
             ,
             then
             all
             those
             Staples
             which
             entitle
          
           China
           ,
           Persia
           ,
           
             and
             other
             the
             more
             opulent
             Provinces
             of
             the
             East
             to
             their
             wealth
             ,
             reputation
             ,
             and
             greatnes
             (
             besides
             the
             most
             Christian
             of
             all
             improvements
             ,
             the
             converting
             many
             thousands
             of
             the
             Natives
             )
             i●
             agreed
             upon
             by
             all
             who
             have
             ever
             viewed
             the
             Country
             :
             To
             which
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             most
             incomparable
          
           Ralegh
           
             may
             be
             a
             convincing
             assertion
             ,
             whose
             preferring
             of
             that
             Country
             before
             either
             the
             North
             of
          
           Virginia
           
             or
          
           New-England
           ,
           
             though
             it
             may
             sufficiently
             command
             my
             submission
             and
             acquiescence
             ;
             yet
             for
             more
             particular
             satisfaction
             be
             pleased
             to
             accept
             these
             reasons
             for
             such
             praelation
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             apparent
             danger
             all
             the
             Colonies
             may
             be
             in
             if
             this
             be
             not
             possessed
             by
             the
             English
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             who
             already
             hath
             seated
             himself
             on
             the
             North
             of
             Florida
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             back
             of
             Virginia
             in
             34
             ,
             where
             he
             is
             already
             possessed
             of
             rich
             silver
             Mines
             ,
             and
             will
             no
             doubt
             vomit
             his
             fury
             and
             malice
             upon
             the
             neighbour
             Plantations
             ,
             if
             a
             prehabitation
             anticipate
             not
             his
             intentions
             ,
             which
             backt
             with
             your
             authority
             ,
             he
             understands
             too
             much
             of
             your
             power
             ,
             and
             is
             too
             sadly
             acquainted
             with
             your
             admirable
             successes
             and
             generous
             resolutions
             ,
             not
             to
             sit
             downe
             by
             any
             affronts
             offered
             to
             those
             under
             the
             wings
             of
             your
             protection
             ,
             to
             attempt
             any
             thing
             against
             such
             who
             are
             immediately
             
             your
             owne
             Colony
             ,
             lest
             thereby
             he
             administers
             matter
             of
             a
             fire
             ,
             to
             which
             his
             own
             fortunes
             in
             the
             Indies
             must
             be
             a
             fewel
             ,
             and
             himselfe
             raked
             up
             in
             its
             ashes
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             But
             the
             South
             of
             Virginia
             having
             a
             contiguous
             Ledge
             of
             at
             the
             least
             one
             hundred
             Ilands
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             those
             the
             incomparable
             Roanoak
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             them
             at
             the
             same
             distance
             from
             the
             Continent
             that
             the
             I
             le
             of
             Wight
             is
             from
             Hampshire
             ,
             all
             of
             hazardous
             accesse
             to
             Forrainers
             ,
             and
             affording
             a
             secure
             convenience
             from
             surprizall
             by
             the
             Natives
             ,
             will
             if
             possessed
             and
             protected
             by
             your
             power
             ,
             be
             as
             an
             inoffensive
             Nursery
             to
             receive
             an
             infant
             Colony
             ,
             till
             by
             an
             occasion
             of
             strength
             and
             number
             ,
             we
             may
             poure
             our selves
             from
             thence
             upon
             the
             Mayneland
             ,
             as
             our
             Ancestors
             the
             Saxons
             from
             the
             Isle
             of
             Tanet
             into
             Brittaine
             .
          
           
             
               3.
               
               It
               dispences
               a
               moderate
               equality
               of
               heat
               and
               cold
               between
               the
               two
               violent
               extreams
               thereof
               in
               
                 Barbadoes
              
               and
               
                 New
                 England
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 It
                 will
                 admit
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 producible
                 in
                 any
                 other
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 lying
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Parallel
                 with
              
               China
               ,
               Persia
               ,
               Japan
               ,
               Cochinchina
               ,
               Candia
               ,
               Cyprus
               ,
               Sicily
               ,
               
                 the
                 Southern
                 parts
                 of
              
               Greece
               ,
               Spain
               ,
               Italy
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 opposite
                 Regions
                 of
              
               Africa
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             hath
             besides
             all
             Timber
             for
             shipping
             ,
             the
             best
             and
             reddest
             Cedars●
             and
             Cypresse
             trees
             that
             may
             be
             found
             in
             any
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             planting
             of
             this
             Collony
             will
             open
             a
             most
             compendious
             passage
             to
             the
             discovery
             of
             those
             more
             opulent
             Kingdomes
             of
             China
             ,
             Cochinchina
             ,
             Cathaya
             ,
             Japan
             ,
             the
             Phillipines
             ,
             Summatra
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             beauteous
             and
             opulent
             Provinces
             of
             the
             East
             Indies
             ,
             which
             beyond
             dispute
             lye
             open
             to
             those
             Seas
             which
             wash
             the
             South-West
             parts
             of
             Virginia
             ,
             through
             whose
             bosome
             all
             those
             most
             precious
             commodities
             which
             enable
             the
             Chinesie
             ,
             Cathayan
             ,
             Persian
             ,
             and
             Indostant
             Empires
             ,
             may
             more
             conveniently
             ,
             speedily
             ,
             with
             more
             security
             and
             lesse
             expences
             be
             transported
             thence
             from
             Spawhawn
             ,
             of
             other
             remoter
             Provinces
             to
             Gombroon
             ,
             by
             a
             long
             dangerous
             and
             expensive
             Caravane
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             to
             Surat
             ,
             where
             when
             arrived
             the
             doubling
             of
             the
             Line
             ,
             Calentures
             ,
             Scurvies
             ,
             with
             a
             long
             train
             of
             diseases
             and
             Famine
             attend
             its
             transportation
             into
             our
             owne
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Whereas
             by
             expandeing
             our selves
             to
             both
             sides
             and
             Seas
             of
             Virginia
             ,
             our
             commerce
             to
             those
             noble
             Nations
             lies
             open
             in
             short
             and
             pleasant
             voyages
             to
             the
             encouragement
             ,
             enriching
             and
             delight
             of
             the
             S●amen
             ,
             and
             personal
             adventurers
             ,
             who
             will
             share
             in
             the
             delicacies
             and
             profits
             of
             those
             Kingdoms
             ,
             without
             participating
             in
             the
             miseries
             attending
             our
             present
             voyages
             thither
             .
             The
             Cargason
             being
             easily
             conveyed
             ,
             by
             much
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             through
             Navigable
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Eastern
             shore
             of
             Virginia
             in
             a
             month
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             largest
             six
             weekes
             time
             into
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             by
             this
             meanes
             the
             Hollander
             ,
             Spanyard
             ,
             and
             Portugall
             ,
             who
             (
             by
             
             the
             supine
             negligence
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             its
             Merchant
             Adventurers
             )
             do
             with
             insufferable
             insolence
             Lord
             over
             us
             in
             both
             the
             Indies
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             to
             the
             unknitting
             of
             their
             joints
             perceive
             by
             your
             nursing
             care
             ●ver
             the
             Infancy
             of
             your
             Colonies
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             arrived
             under
             your
             au●pice
             ,
             to
             cover
             both
             the
             Seas
             with
             numerous
             Navies
             ,
             and
             your
             Honours
             eye
             of
             indulgence
             and
             providence
             waking
             to
             their
             security
             ,
             will
             be
             content
             laying
             aside
             all
             other
             passions
             to
             wave
             future
             affronts
             and
             injuries
             ,
             or
             fall
             ●
             deserved
             sacrifice
             to
             your
             offended
             justice
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             that
             this
             addresse
             may
             appear
             the
             more
             seasonable
             ,
             I
             have
             (
             without
             any
             privity
             or
             relation
             to
             his
             person
             )
             taken
             leave
             to
             intimate
             to
             your
             Honours
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             Gentleman
             whom
             the
             publick
             reputation
             and
             testimony
             of
             those
             who
             have
             the
             happines
             to
             know
             him
             render
             of
             excellent
             abilities
             ,
             integrity
             ,
             and
             a
             never
             shaken
             affection
             to
             your
             cause●
             in
             all
             its
             crisis
             and
             dangers●
             through
             which
             God
             with
             a
             clew
             of
             successe
             hath
             been
             your
             conduct
             )
             who
             hath
             already
             undertaken
             for
             the
             transportation
             of
             some
             men
             thither
             ,
             and
             only
             waits
             for
             your
             Honours
             approbation
             and
             authority
             ,
             the
             world
             taking
             notice
             ,
             hopes
             and
             encouragement
             from
             thence
             ,
             that
             as
             this
             Colony
             is
             like
             to
             be
             the
             eldest
             of
             your
             legitimate
             daughters
             in
             that
             nature
             ,
             so
             by
             your
             indulgence
             she
             shall
             have
             the
             happynesse
             not
             to
             be
             the
             yongest
             in
             your
             affection
             .
          
        
         
           
             May
             that
             God
             who
             hath
             begirt
             your
             house
             with
             a
             Grove
             of
             Lawrell
             ,
             continue
             the
             advance
             of
             those
             Victories
             till
             the
             whole
             Nation
             be
             crowned
             with
             Olives
             :
             May
             no
             sin
             ,
             no
             ingratitude
             of
             ours
             divert
             his
             protecting
             ●and
             from
             us
             ,
             his
             assistant
             arme
             from
             you
             :
             May
             the
             generations
             to
             come
             in
             admiration
             of
             your
             vertue
             and
             gratitude
             for
             their
             by
             you●
             derived
             happines
             ,
             make
             every
             heart
             your
             monument
             ,
             wherein
             to
             embalme
             your
             memory
             whilst
             the
             Histories
             of
             all
             Nations
             and
             times
             enrich
             their
             Annals
             with
             your
             names
             as
             the
             most
             serious
             and
             triumphant
             part
             of
             all
             examples
             and
             transactions
             .
             And
             lastly
             may
             your
             owne
             thankfulnes
             to
             him
             from
             whom
             these
             dispensations
             of
             mercy
             have
             distilled
             like
             the
             dew
             of
             Hermon
             upon
             your
             ●eads
             and
             borders
             ,
             so
             continue
             in
             your
             bosoms
             ,
             that
             when
             you
             shal
             be
             ripe
             for
             translation
             ,
             he
             whose
             instruments
             you
             are
             ,
             may
             welcom
             you
             with
             the
             approbation
             of
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Well
             done
             good
             and
             faithfull
             servant
             ,
          
           Which
           are
           the
           undisguised
           wishes
           of
           
             Your
             Honours
             most
             humble
             ,
             obedient
             ,
             and
             faithful
             Servant
             .
             
               Ed.
               Williams
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Conservers
           and
           Enlargers
           of
           the
           Liberties
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           the
           Lord
           President
           ,
           and
           Counsell
           of
           State
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             :
          
        
         
           THere
           is
           the
           same
           nearenesse
           of
           relation
           betwixt
           your
           Lordships
           and
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           betwixt
           the
           Sunne
           and
           Sun-beames
           .
           They
           from
           their
           illustrious
           Luminary
           dispensing
           .
           You
           disposing
           those
           bounties
           of
           warmth
           and
           animation
           ,
           which
           have
           enriched
           the
           Common-wealth
           with
           all
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           verdure
           ,
           repullulation
           and
           beauty
           ,
           which
           at
           present
           she
           is
           in
           production
           of
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           Sun
           of
           Righteousnes
           (
           guiding
           and
           fortifying
           your
           virtuall
           and
           healthfull
           influences
           )
           may
           arrive
           to
           an
           absolute
           perfection
           ,
           and
           be
           perpetuated
           to
           their
           happinesse
           ,
           to
           your
           glory
           .
        
         
           This
           Introduction
           which
           acknowledges
           so
           much
           of
           your
           power
           and
           greatnes
           ,
           may
           make
           people
           admire
           why
           a
           Treatise
           of
           this
           meanes
           for
           form
           and
           delivery
           ,
           a
           Presenter
           of
           such
           inconsiderablenes
           for
           parts
           and
           fortunes
           ,
           should
           presume
           to
           cast
           themselves
           upon
           your
           Lordships
           protection
           .
           But
           my
           Lords
           ,
           such
           disincouragements
           cannot
           direct
           any
           who
           know
           Humility
           ,
           and
           a
           condescending
           Clemency
           are
           the
           ordinary
           attendants
           upon
           your
           extraordinary
           virtues
           ,
           which
           take
           into
           their
           Patronage
           the
           restauration
           of
           the
           publick
           liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           felicity
           of
           Nations
           .
        
         
           The
           scope
           of
           it
           is
           the
           publick
           benefit
           of
           a
           Nation
           ;
           to
           whom
           should
           it
           be
           dedicated
           ,
           but
           to
           its
           Supporters
           ,
           to
           its
           Atlantes
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           designe
           the
           aggrandissement
           of
           it
           in
           their
           counsels
           ,
           perfectionate
           that
           designe
           by
           their
           Armies
           ?
           it
           were
           impatriotisme
           not
           to
           publish
           it
           ,
           sacriledge
           to
           addresse
           it
           to
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           indeleble
           brand
           to
           the
           high-nam'd
           policy
           of
           the
           7.
           
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           who
           gave
           away
           as
           rich
           Provinces
           as
           any
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           World
           views
           to
           Spain
           from
           England
           ,
           out
           of
           avarice
           ,
           incredulity
           or
           contempt
           (
           or
           indeed
           all
           of
           them
           together
           )
           of
           Columbus
           his
           motion
           and
           condition
           .
           Your
           Lordships
           move
           in
           too
           high
           a
           Sphere
           of
           prudence
           and
           circumspection
           to
           become
           his
           seconds
           in
           that
           his
           heresie
           of
           wisdom
           .
           
           And
           who
           knows
           but
           providence
           has
           reserved
           the
           present
           opportunity
           to
           your
           times
           ,
           that
           under
           his
           conduct
           and
           auspice
           you
           might
           be
           designed
           his
           glorious
           instruments
           of
           promoving
           a
           worke
           which
           carries
           in
           its
           bosome
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           by
           reduci●g
           the
           Natives
           ,
           in
           its
           forehead
           the
           enlargement
           of
           the
           English
           greatnesse
           by
           extending
           its
           Empire
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           your selves
           (
           like
           the
           Twins
           of
           
             Hipocrates
          
           )
           having
           an
           inviolable
           correspondence
           of
           teares
           and
           smiles
           ,
           of
           di●asters
           and
           blessings
           of
           life
           and
           death
           together
           ,
           the
           threads
           of
           both
           your
           humane
           emergencies
           twisted
           and
           wound
           up
           in
           the
           same
           bottome
           ,
           makes
           it
           impiety
           to
           divide
           the
           apprecation
           of
           blessings
           .
           All
           which
           may
           be
           fitly
           and
           mutually
           added
           is
           ,
           that
           your
           living
           Persons
           and
           Posthume
           counsels
           may
           be
           had
           in
           just
           reverence
           and
           due
           estim●tion
           :
           That
           you
           may
           shine
           like
           Luminaries
           in
           our
           English
           Hemisphere
           ,
           while
           the
           Sun
           compleats
           his
           dayly
           ,
           the
           Moone
           her
           nightly
           Circles
           ,
           till
           a
           totall
           dissolution
           of
           Nature
           usher
           in
           the
           great
           day
           appointed
           for
           a
           generall
           audit
           ;
           Where
           when
           an
           account
           is
           to
           be
           given
           of
           humane
           actions
           ,
           May
           the
           memory
           of
           your
           owne
           illustrious
           generous
           ,
           and
           Christian
           undertakings
           be
           a
           cordi●ll
           to
           your
           consciences
           ,
           the
           justice
           and
           publick
           conducement
           of
           them
           ,
           a
           reproach
           to
           others
           ,
           who
           have
           abused
           equall
           Talents
           of
           parts
           and
           power
           ,
           and
           the
           divine
           approbation
           of
           their
           sincerity
           ,
           a
           conviction
           to
           all
           those
           who
           know
           not
           how
           to
           be
           gratefull
           for
           their
           owne
           ,
           or
           the
           generall
           happinesse
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           publick
           exorations
           of
           all
           truly
           English
           ;
           So
           in
           particular
           are
           they
           the
           devout
           wishes
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             and
             faithfull
             Servant
             ,
             EDVVARD
             WILLIAMS
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           out
           of
           any
           particular
           vanity
           ,
           to
           publish
           my
           many
           imperfections
           in
           Print
           ,
           nor
           am
           I
           to
           my
           best
           selfe
           understanding
           ,
           infected
           with
           the
           disease
           which
           domineers
           in
           this
           scribling
           age
           ,
           if
           the
           publicke
           benefit
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           which
           by
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           birth
           ,
           we
           ow
           a
           particular
           duty
           ,
           had
           not
           bee●e
           the
           cleere
           and
           uninteressed
           center
           of
           my
           intentions
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           too
           sensible
           of
           my
           owne
           weakne●se
           ,
           to
           expose
           my selfe
           to
           the
           pity
           of
           the
           wise
           ,
           the
           criticisme
           of
           the
           capricious
           ,
           or
           the
           laughter
           of
           the
           ignorant
           ;
           and
           above
           all
           to
           be
           fastened
           by
           the
           ●ares
           upon
           a
           post
           ,
           to
           beg
           a
           six
           penny
           contribution
           to
           buy
           me
           ,
           to
           the
           trouble
           of
           their
           eyes
           and
           patience
           .
           Ill
           Bookes
           having
           the
           same
           unhappinesse
           which
           followes
           bloud-shot
           eyes
           ,
           the
           very
           inspection
           of
           whom
           oftentimes
           contracts
           the
           disease
           alwayes
           a
           kind
           of
           abhorrency
           to
           the
           beholder
           .
        
         
           But
           my
           aymes
           are
           more
           publicke
           :
           he
           which
           reads
           this●
           shall
           discover
           the
           beauties
           of
           a
           long
           neglected
           Virgin
           the
           incomparable
           Roanoake
           ,
           and
           the
           adja●ent
           excellencies
           of
           Carolana
           ,
           a
           Country
           whom
           God
           and
           Nature
           has
           indulged
           with
           blessings
           incommunicable
           to
           any
           other
           Region
           .
           Heere
           you
           may
           take
           view
           of
           an
           Island
           and
           Maine
           ,
           fertile
           to
           admiration
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           more
           admirable
           in
           workes
           of
           this
           nature
           )
           nothing
           but
           incorrupted
           truth
           in
           her
           discovery
           .
        
         
           It
           shewes
           a
           way
           to
           the
           wealthy
           to
           improve
           their
           riches
           ,
           to
           the
           necessitous
           and
           such
           as
           have
           lost
           their
           old
           ,
           the
           meanes
           to
           erect
           new
           fortunes
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           it
           delivers
           an
           expedient
           to
           this
           Common
           wealth
           ,
           how
           it
           may
           shake
           off
           the
           disease
           growing
           upon
           her
           poverty
           and
           decay
           of
           trading
           .
           Nothing
           but
           hands
           and
           hea●ts
           wanting
           to
           make
           this
           Country
           a
           Magazine
           of
           all
           things
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           a
           Sanctuary
           to
           the
           afflicted
           ,
           a
           treasure
           to
           the
           indigent
           ,
           and
           an
           inimaginable
           revenue
           to
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           all
           grounded
           upon
           those
           never-fayling
           foundations
           of
           reason
           and
           experience
           .
        
         
           Neither
           doe
           
             I
          
           appropriate
           the
           honour
           (
           if
           any
           due
           )
           of
           being
           the
           sole
           author
           of
           this
           Tractate
           ,
           the
           whole
           substance
           of
           it
           full
           of
           good
           wishes
           and
           generall
           intentions
           ,
           was
           communicated
           to
           me
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           merit
           
           and
           quality
           ,
           upon
           perusall
           o●
           which
           ,
           I
           found
           an
           obligation
           upon
           m●
           not
           to
           b●ry
           those
           advantages
           which
           may
           arise
           to
           our
           ●ountry
           by
           keeping
           it
           lockt
           up
           in
           silence
           :
           the
           Gentl●mans
           nam●
           whose
           permission
           I
           obtayned
           to
           make
           it
           publicke
           ,
           is
           Mr.
           
             John
             Farrer
          
           of
           G●ding
           in
           Huntingdonshire
           ,
           a
           persō
           of
           quality
           &
           fortunes
           ,
           who
           has
           made
           good
           his
           affections
           to
           that
           incomparable
           Co●ntry
           ,
           by
           hazarding
           a
           considerable
           s●mme
           towards
           the
           advancing
           of
           the
           first
           Plantation
           ,
           and
           is
           yet
           so
           good
           a
           Patriot
           to
           be
           ready
           i●
           promoving
           any
           good
           designe
           in
           the
           Southerne
           parts
           of
           the
           (
           there
           )
           unequald
           Countrey
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           heere
           inserted
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           my
           owne
           experience
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           a
           publike
           consent
           of
           uninterested
           Authors
           and
           people
           ,
           will
           subscribe
           to
           ;
           there
           is
           little
           of
           mine
           in
           this
           ,
           but
           the
           Language
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           additionall
           collections●
           the
           Substance
           is
           entirely
           the
           Gentlemans
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           which
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           declare
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           may
           ascribe
           and
           owe
           what
           ever
           is
           materially
           good
           to
           him
           ;
           what
           is
           lesse
           acceptable
           or
           unskilfull
           in
           the
           contrivement
           ,
           to
           the
           imperfections
           of
        
         
           
             EDVVARD
             WILLIAMS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             Virginia
          
           in
           Generall
           ,
           but
           particularly
           
             CAROLANA
             ,
          
           which
           comprehends
           
             Roanoak
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Southerne
           parts
           of
           
             Virginia
          
           richly
           valued
           .
        
         
           THE
           scituation
           and
           Climate
           of
           
             Virginia
          
           is
           the
           Subject
           of
           every
           Map
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           shall
           refer
           the
           ●uriosity
           of
           those
           who
           desire
           more
           particular
           information
           .
        
         
           Yet
           to
           shew
           that
           Nature
           regards
           this
           Ornament
           of
           the
           new
           world
           with
           a
           more
           indulgent
           eye
           then
           she
           hath
           cast
           upon
           many
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           whatever
           
             China
             ,
             Persia
             ,
             Iapan
             ,
             Cyprus
             ,
             Can●y
             ,
             Sicily
             ,
             Greece
             ,
          
           the
           Sou●h
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
             Spaine
             ,
          
           and
           the
           opposite
           parts
           of
           
             Africa
             ,
          
           to
           all
           which
           she
           is
           parallel
           ,
           may
           boast
           of
           ,
           will
           be
           p●oduced
           in
           this
           happy
           Countrey
           .
           The
           sam●
           boun●y
           of
           Summer
           ,
           the
           same
           milde
           remission
           of
           Winter
           ,
           with
           a
           more
           virgin
           and
           unexhausted
           soyle
           being
           materiall
           a●guments
           to
           shew
           that
           modesty
           and
           truth
           receive
           no
           diminution
           by
           the
           comparison
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           present
           wildnesse
           of
           it
           without
           a
           particular
           beauty
           ,
           being
           all
           over
           a
           naturall
           Grove
           of
           O●kes
           ,
           Pines
           ,
           Cedars
           ,
           Cipresse
           ,
           Mulberry
           ,
           Chestnut
           ,
           Laurell
           ,
           Sassafras
           ,
           Cherry
           ,
           Plum-trees
           ,
           and
           Vines
           ,
           all
           of
           so
           delectable
           an
           aspect
           ,
           that
           the
           melanchollyest
           eye
           in
           the
           World
           cannot
           looke
           upon
           it
           without
           contentm●nt
           ,
           nor
           content
           himsefe
           without
           admiration
           .
           No
           shrubs
           or
           u●derwoods
           choake
           up
           your
           passage
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           season
           your
           foot
           can
           hardly
           direct
           it selfe
           where
           it
           will
           not
           be
           died
           in
           the
           bloud
           of
           large
           and
           delicious
           Strawberries
           :
           The
           Rivers
           which
           every
           way
           glide
           in
           deepe
           and
           Navigable
           Chan●els
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           brests
           of
           this
           uberous
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           contribute
           
           to
           its
           conveniency
           beauty
           and
           fertility
           ,
           labour
           with
           the
           multitude
           of
           their
           fi●hy
           inhabitants
           in
           greater
           variety
           of
           species
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           more
           incomparable
           delicacy
           in
           tast
           and
           sweetnesse
           then
           whatever
           the
           European
           Sea
           can
           boast
           of
           :
           Sturgeon
           of
           ten
           feet
           ,
           Drummes
           of
           sixe
           in
           length
           ;
           Conger
           ,
           E●les
           ,
           Trout
           ,
           Salmon
           ,
           Bret
           ,
           Mul●et
           ,
           Cod
           ,
           Herings
           ,
           Perch
           ,
           Lampreyes
           ,
           and
           what
           ever
           else
           can
           be
           desired
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           most
           voluptuous
           wishes
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           Land
           any
           lesse
           provided
           of
           native
           Flesh
           ,
           Elkes
           bigger
           then
           Oxen
           ,
           whose
           hide
           is
           admirable
           Buffe
           ,
           flesh
           excellent
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           made
           ,
           if
           kept
           domesticke
           ,
           as
           usefull
           for
           draught
           and
           carriage
           ,
           as
           Oxen.
           
           Deere
           in
           a
           numerous
           abundance
           ,
           and
           delicate
           Venison
           ,
           Racoones
           ,
           Hares
           ,
           Conyes
           ,
           Bevers
           ,
           Squirrell
           ,
           Beares
           ,
           all
           of
           a
           delightfull
           nourishment
           for
           food
           ,
           and
           their
           Furres
           rich
           ,
           warme
           ,
           and
           convenient
           for
           clothing
           and
           Merchandise
           .
        
         
           That
           no
           part
           of
           this
           happy
           Country
           may
           bee
           ungratefull
           to
           the
           Industrious
           ,
           The
           ayre
           it selfe
           is
           often
           clouded
           with
           flights
           of
           Pigeo●s
           ,
           Partridges
           ,
           Blackbirds
           ,
           Thrushes
           ,
           Dottrels
           ,
           Cranes
           ,
           Hernes
           ,
           Swans
           ,
           Geese
           ,
           Brants
           ,
           Duckes
           ,
           Widgeons
           ,
           Oxeyes
           ,
           infinites
           of
           wilde
           Turkeyes
           ,
           which
           have
           beene
           knowne
           to
           weigh
           fifty
           pound
           weight
           ,
           ordinarily
           forty
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           native
           Corne
           of
           the
           Country
           Maiz
           ,
           is
           so
           gratefull
           to
           the
           Planter
           ,
           that
           it
           returneth
           him
           his
           entrusted
           seed
           with
           the
           increase
           of
           2
           or
           3
           hu●dred
           interest
           ,
           so
           facilely
           planted
           ,
           that
           one
           man
           in
           48
           hours
           may
           prepare
           as
           much
           ground
           ,
           and
           set
           such
           a
           quantity
           of
           Corne
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           secure
           from
           want
           of
           Bread
           all
           the
           yeere
           following
           ,
           though
           he
           should
           have
           never
           so
           large
           an
           appetite
           to
           consume
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           nothing
           else
           to
           live
           upon
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           above
           three
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           mo●t
           foure
           months
           intervall
           betwixt
           the
           time
           of
           planting
           and
           gathering
           :
           Plan●ed
           in
           March
           ,
           April
           ,
           or
           May
           ,
           it
           is
           ready
           for
           the
           Barne
           in
           June
           ,
           July
           ,
           and
           August
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           by
           a
           provident
           management
           ,
           you
           may
           have
           yeerely
           three
           or
           foure
           Harvests
           .
           The
           stalk
           bruised
           yields
           a
           juice
           as
           big
           as
           Rice
           ,
           pleasant
           as
           Sugar
           ,
           and
           the
           green
           Ears
           boyled
           in
           such
           juice
           is
           comparable
           in
           agreeablenesse
           to
           the
           palats
           to
           what
           ever
           our
           Pease
           ,
           Sp●ragus
           ,
           or
           Hartichoke
           ,
           hath
           eyther
           for
           satisfaction
           or
           delicacy
           .
           Nor
           is
           the
           Corne
           difficult
           in
           preservation
           ,
           for
           in
           six
           or
           seven
           yeares
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           sensibility
           of
           its
           corruption
           .
        
         
           But
           lest
           our
           p●lats
           should
           have
           so
           much
           of
           curiosity
           as
           to
           dislike
           what
           ever
           is
           not
           native
           to
           our
           owne
           Country
           ,
           and
           wheat
           is
           justly
           esteeme●
           
           more
           proper
           this
           happy
           ●oyle
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           first
           too
           rich
           to
           receive
           it
           ,
           after
           it
           hath
           contributed
           to
           your
           wealth
           by
           diminution
           of
           its
           owne
           richnesse
           ,
           in
           three
           or
           foure
           crops
           of
           Rice
           ,
           Flax
           ,
           Indian
           Corne
           ,
           Coleseed
           ,
           or
           Rapeseed
           ,
           will
           receive
           the
           English
           wheat
           with
           a
           gratefull
           retribution
           of
           thirty
           for
           one
           increase
           ,
           every
           Acre
           sowed
           with
           wheat
           will
           produce
           six
           ,
           seven
           ,
           or
           eight
           Quarter
           of
           the
           graine
           intrusted
           .
           And
           though
           Mr.
           
           
             Bullocke
          
           be
           pleased
           to
           under-rate
           at
           it
           halfe
           the
           crowne
           the
           bushell
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Canaries
           ●ill
           yeeld
           ten
           and
           twelve
           shillings
           ,
           and
           in
           Spaine
           eight
           ,
           yet
           even
           in
           that
           proportion
           you
           are
           recompenced
           with
           six
           ,
           seven
           ,
           or
           eight
           pound
           the
           Acre
           ,
           of
           which
           two
           men
           by
           a
           discreet
           division
           of
           their
           time
           ,
           will
           plow
           ,
           reape
           ,
           and
           in
           at
           the
           least
           60
           Acres
           .
        
         
           Which
           though
           it
           may
           appeare
           a
           matter
           of
           admiration
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           easily
           make
           it
           apparant
           by
           the
           following
           Narration
           ,
           in
           which
           such
           is
           the
           exactnesse
           of
           the
           Ayre
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           have
           five
           successive
           Harvests
           of
           the
           same
           grain
           in
           different
           seasons
           .
           For
           though
           a
           man
           and
           a
           boy
           with
           much
           ease
           may
           plow
           an
           Acre
           every
           day
           ,
           the
           ground
           being
           pliable
           of
           a
           rich
           blacke
           and
           tender
           mold
           ,
           and
           no
           frosts
           or
           snowes
           ,
           no
           usuall
           droughts
           or
           raines
           to
           hinder
           the
           going
           of
           the
           plow
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           allow
           a
           month
           for
           the
           plowing
           of
           twelve
           Acres
           ,
           and
           thus
           plowing
           in
           September
           ,
           October
           ,
           November
           ,
           December
           ,
           and
           January
           ,
           you
           may
           have
           your
           severall
           Harvests
           in
           June
           ,
           July
           ,
           August
           ,
           and
           September
           ,
           which
           may
           easily
           bee
           inned
           by
           the
           same
           hands
           the
           labour
           not
           falling
           in
           a
           glut
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           Corne
           ripening
           according
           to
           its
           severall
           seasons
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           by
           two
           mens
           labours
           onely
           you
           have
           a
           gratefull
           returne
           of
           at
           the
           least
           three
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           Quarters
           of
           Wheat
           ,
           which
           will
           at
           that
           under
           rate
           formerly
           mentioned
           ,
           
             viz
          
           2s
           .
           6d
           .
           yeeld
           so
           many
           pounds
           sterling
           :
           Nor
           is
           there
           such
           difficulty
           in
           the
           threshing
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           at
           first
           sigh't
           suspected
           ,
           since
           it
           may
           easily
           be
           tread
           out
           with
           Oxen
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           usuall
           in
           Italy
           and
           other
           Countries
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Wheat
           being
           reaped
           ,
           if
           you
           desire
           a
           croppe
           of
           Barley
           ,
           the
           same
           Land
           plowed
           in
           
             Iuly
             ,
          
           will
           returne
           its
           ripe
           increase
           in
           
             September
             ,
          
           so
           that
           from
           one
           and
           the
           same
           piece
           of
           ground
           you
           may
           have
           the
           benefit
           of
           two
           different
           Harvests
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Rice
           (
           for
           production
           of
           which
           this
           Countrey
           is
           no
           lesse
           proper
           then
           those
           Lands
           which
           have
           the
           greatest
           reputation
           of
           fertility
           )
           sowed
           ,
           ●eelds
           a
           greater
           encrease
           with
           the
           same
           labour
           40
           Acres
           
           of
           this
           plowed
           if
           valued
           but
           at
           7s
           .
           6d
           .
           the
           Bushell
           ,
           will
           yeeld
           600l
           .
           all
           done
           by
           two
           men
           and
           a
           Teame
           of
           Oxen
           ,
           who
           may
           by
           other
           labour
           in
           the
           intervall
           betwixt
           the
           committing
           the
           seed
           to
           ground
           ,
           and
           its
           ripening
           ,
           fall
           upon
           Cole●seed
           or
           Rape-seed
           ,
           infinitely
           rich
           Commodities
           with
           the
           same
           facility
           .
        
         
           The
           objection
           ,
           that
           the
           Countrey
           is
           overgrowne
           with
           Woods
           ,
           and
           consequently
           not
           in
           many
           Yeares
           to
           bee
           penetrable
           for
           the
           Plough
           ,
           c●●●ies
           a
           great
           feeblenesse
           with
           it
           .
           For
           there
           are
           an
           immense
           quantity
           of
           Indian
           fields
           cleared
           already
           to
           our
           hand
           by
           the
           Natives
           ,
           which
           till
           wee
           grow
           over
           populous
           may
           every
           way
           be
           abundantly
           sufficient
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           very
           clearing
           of
           ground
           carries
           an
           extraordinary
           benefit
           with
           it
           ,
           I
           wil
           make
           apparent
           by
           these
           following
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           wee
           consider
           the
           benefit
           of
           Pot-ashes
           growne
           from
           ten
           to
           fifty
           pound
           the
           Tunne
           ,
           within
           these
           twenty
           yeares
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           probability
           likely
           to
           encrease
           by
           reason
           of
           interdicting
           Trade
           betwixt
           us
           and
           the
           Muscovite
           ,
           from
           whence
           we
           used
           to
           supply
           our selves
           ;
           We
           shall
           finde
           the
           employment
           of
           that
           very
           Staple
           will
           raise
           a
           considerable
           summe
           of
           Money
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           so
           imployed
           can
           (
           if
           industrious
           )
           make
           his
           labour
           lesse
           then
           one
           hundred
           pound
           ,
           
             per
             annum
          
           :
           For
           if
           wee
           consider
           that
           those
           who
           labour
           about
           this
           in
           England
           give
           twelve
           pence
           the
           bushell
           for
           Ashes
           ,
           if
           wee
           consider
           to
           how
           many
           severall
           parts
           of
           the
           Countrey
           they
           are
           compelled
           to
           send
           man
           and
           horse
           before
           they
           can
           procure
           any
           quantity
           to
           fall
           to
           worke
           upon●
           if
           wee
           consider
           some
           of
           the
           thriftiest
           ,
           and
           wise
           ,
           and
           understanding
           men
           ,
           fell
           Wood
           on
           purpose
           for
           this
           Commodity
           ,
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           this
           Brigade
           of
           difficulties
           finde
           their
           Adventures
           and
           Labours
           answered
           with
           a
           large
           returne
           of
           profit
           ,
           wee
           who
           have
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           already
           at
           our
           owne
           doore
           without
           cost
           ,
           may
           with
           a
           confidence
           grounded
           upon
           reason
           expect
           an
           advantage
           much
           greater
           ,
           and
           a
           clearer
           profi●
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           wee
           admit
           in
           discretion
           ,
           that
           a
           large
           qu●ntity
           of
           those
           should
           not
           finde
           a
           speedy
           Market
           ,
           since
           the
           decay
           of
           Tymber
           is
           a
           defect
           growne
           universall
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           the
           Commodity
           such
           a
           necessary
           S●aple
           ,
           that
           no
           civill
           Nation
           can
           be
           conveniently
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           Nor
           are
           Pipestaves
           and
           Clapboard
           a
           despicable
           commodity
           ,
           of
           which
           one
           man
           may
           with
           ease
           make
           fifteene
           thousand
           yearely
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           countrey
           it selfe
           are
           sold
           for
           4l
           .
           in
           the
           
             Canaries
          
           for
           
           twenty
           pound
           the
           thousand
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           meanes
           the
           labour
           of
           one
           man
           will
           yeeld
           him
           60l
           .
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           at
           the
           lowest
           Market
           .
           If
           all
           this
           be
           not
           sufficient
           to
           remove
           the
           incumbrance
           of
           Woods
           ,
           the
           Saw
           mill
           may
           be
           taken
           into
           consideration
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           every
           respect
           highly
           beneficiall
           by
           this
           Timber
           for
           building
           houses
           ,
           and
           shipping
           may
           be
           more
           speedily
           prepared
           ,
           and
           in
           greater
           quantity
           by
           the
           labour
           of
           two
           or
           three
           men
           ,
           then
           by
           a
           hundred
           hands
           after
           the
           usuall
           manner
           of
           sawing
           .
        
         
           The
           Plankes
           of
           Walnut-trees
           for
           Tables
           or
           Cubbords
           ,
           Cedar
           and
           Cypresse
           ,
           for
           Chests
           ,
           Cabinets
           ,
           and
           the
           adorning
           magnificent
           buildings
           ,
           thus
           prepared
           will
           be
           easily
           transported
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           sold
           at
           a
           very
           considerable
           value
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           in
           which
           there
           will
           be
           an
           extraordinary
           use
           of
           our
           Woods
           is
           the
           Iron
           mills
           ,
           which
           if
           once
           erected
           will
           be
           an
           undecaying
           Staple
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           forty
           servants
           will
           by
           their
           labour
           raise
           to
           the
           Adventurer
           foure
           thousand
           pound
           yearely
           :
           Which
           may
           easily
           be
           apprehended
           if
           wee
           consider
           the
           deerenesse
           of
           Wood
           in
           England
           ,
           where
           notwithstanding
           this
           great
           clog
           of
           difficulty
           ,
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Mill
           gaines
           so
           much
           yearely
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           but
           reckon
           himselfe
           a
           provident
           Saver
           .
        
         
           Neither
           does
           
             Virginia
          
           yeeld
           to
           any
           other
           Province
           whatsoever
           in
           excellency
           and
           plenty
           of
           this
           Oare
           :
           And
           I
           cannot
           promise
           to
           my selfe
           any
           other
           then
           extraordinary
           successe
           and
           gaine
           ,
           if
           this
           noble
           and
           usefull
           Staple
           be
           but
           vigourously
           followed
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           it
           had
           long
           ere
           this
           growne
           to
           a
           full
           perfection
           ,
           if
           the
           treachery
           of
           the
           Indians
           had
           not
           crushed
           it
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           the
           backwardnesse
           of
           the
           
             Virginia
          
           Merchants
           to
           reerect
           it
           ,
           hindred
           that
           Countrey
           from
           the
           benefit
           arising
           from
           that
           universall
           Staple
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           shew
           something
           further
           ,
           what
           use
           may
           be
           made
           of
           Woods
           besides
           the
           forementioned
           Wallnut
           Oyle
           ,
           at
           the
           least
           a
           fourth
           part
           of
           the
           Trees
           in
           
             Viginia
          
           being
           of
           that
           
             species
             ,
          
           is
           an
           excellent
           Staple
           ,
           and
           very
           gainefull
           to
           the
           industrious
           Labourer
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           a
           contemptible
           profit
           that
           may
           be
           made
           of
           Woods
           ,
           if
           by
           boaring
           holes
           in
           divers
           trees
           ,
           of
           whose
           vertues
           wee
           are
           yet
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           collecting
           the
           juce
           thereof
           ,
           a
           scrutiny
           be
           made
           which
           are
           fit
           for
           Medicinall
           Liquor
           and
           Balsomes
           ;
           which
           for
           Gummes
           ,
           Perfumes
           ,
           and
           Dyes
           ,
           and
           heere
           I
           may
           justly
           take
           occasion
           to
           complaine
           of
           our
           owne
           sloth
           and
           indulgence
           ,
           if
           compared
           to
           the
           laborious
           
           Spanyard
           ,
           who
           by
           this
           very
           practice
           have
           found
           out
           many
           excellent
           Druggs
           ,
           Paints
           ,
           and
           Colours
           ,
           meerely
           by
           bru●zing
           and
           grinding
           Woods
           ,
           probably
           convenient
           for
           such
           experimen●s
           :
           which
           if
           boyled
           ,
           and
           a
           white
           peece
           of
           cloth
           s●eeped
           in
           the
           boyling
           liquor●
           will
           by
           its
           tincture
           discover
           what
           colour
           it
           is
           capable
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           if
           many
           should
           faile
           in
           the
           tryall
           ,
           yet
           does
           it
           not
           fall
           under
           the
           probability
           ,
           but
           that
           divers
           noble
           and
           usefull
           mysteries
           of
           Nature
           may
           be
           discovered
           by
           some
           such
           perforations
           and
           scrutinies
           .
           Nor
           are
           the
           many
           Berries
           commonly
           of
           an
           excellent
           collour
           and
           lustre
           unfit
           for
           such
           experiments
           ;
           since
           the
           labour
           is
           little
           or
           nothing
           ,
           and
           the
           issue
           if
           succesfull
           of
           remarkable
           advantage
           .
           And
           this
           the
           Spanyard
           hath
           experimented
           to
           the
           encrease
           of
           gaine
           and
           reputation
           ;
           and
           above
           this
           is
           so
           signally
           curi●us
           and
           industrious
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           disco●ered
           many
           rare
           and
           delightfull
           colours
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           the
           meanes
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           by
           bruizing
           and
           boyling
           divers
           Fish-shells
           ,
           the
           brightnesse
           and
           variety
           of
           colours
           giving
           him
           a
           just
           reason
           to
           pursue
           such
           curious
           examens
           .
        
         
           The
           French
           relations
           of
           their
           Voyages
           to
           
             Canada
             ,
          
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Indians
           and
           themselves
           falling
           into
           a
           contagious
           disease
           ,
           of
           which
           Phisitians
           could
           give
           no
           Reason
           or
           Remedy
           ,
           they
           were
           all
           in
           a
           short
           space
           restored
           to
           their
           health
           meerely
           by
           drinking
           water
           ,
           in
           which
           Saxifrage
           was
           infused
           and
           boyld
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           discovered
           to
           them
           by
           the
           Natives
           ,
           and
           wee
           justly
           entertaine
           beliefe
           that
           many
           excellent
           Medicines
           either
           for
           conservation
           of
           Nature
           in
           her
           vigour
           or
           restauration
           in
           her
           decadence
           may
           be
           communicated
           unto
           us
           ,
           if
           projection
           of
           this
           stampe
           be
           so
           much
           incouraged
           by
           hopes
           of
           reward
           or
           honour
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           put
           in
           practice
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           Improvement
           of
           Woods
           ,
           the
           Ground
           comming
           to
           bee
           cleared
           ,
           wee
           have
           a
           soile
           fit
           to
           produce
           what
           ever
           is
           excellent
           in
           Nature
           ,
           the
           Vine
           and
           Olive
           which
           Naturally
           simpathize
           together
           ,
           will
           thrive
           beyond
           beliefe
           ,
           nor
           need
           it
           be
           any
           interruption
           to
           Tillage
           ,
           since
           the
           Vintage
           and
           Harvest
           alwayes
           fall
           but
           in
           different
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           That
           wild
           Vines
           runne
           naturally
           over
           
             Virginia
             ,
          
           ocular
           experience
           declares
           who
           delighting
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           of
           their
           beloloved
           Mulberry-trees
           inseparable
           associates
           over
           all
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           in
           this
           their
           wildnesse
           Wines
           have
           beene
           made
           ,
           of
           these
           Wines
           if
           transplanted
           and
           cultivated
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           made
           no
           doubt
           but
           a
           Rich
           and
           Generous
           Wine
           would
           be
           produced
           :
           But
           
           if
           wee
           set
           the
           Greeke
           Cyprian
           Candian
           or
           Calabrian
           Grape
           ,
           those
           Countries
           lying
           parallell
           with
           this
           ,
           there
           neede
           not
           be
           made
           the
           smallest
           question●
           but
           it
           would
           be
           a
           Staple
           which
           would
           enrich
           this
           Countrey
           to
           the
           envy
           of
           France
           and
           Spaine
           ,
           and
           furnish
           the
           Northerne
           parts
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           China
           it selfe
           where
           they
           plant
           it
           not
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           more
           heereafter
           )
           with
           the
           Noblest
           Wine
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           at
           no
           excessive
           prices
           .
        
         
           And
           from
           this
           Staple
           't
           is
           not
           unworthy
           of
           our
           most
           serious
           con●ideration
           ,
           what
           an
           occasion
           of
           wealth
           would
           flow
           upon
           this
           Nation
           :
           Virginia
           when
           well
           peopled
           being
           able
           to
           match
           Spaine
           in
           that
           his
           Soveraigne
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           the
           State
           by
           addition
           to
           their
           Customes
           for
           exportation
           thereof
           according
           to
           the
           mode
           of
           France
           and
           Spaine
           ,
           would
           in
           no
           short
           time
           be
           sensible
           of
           this
           most
           inestimable
           benefit
           :
           To
           which
           if
           wee
           joyne
           the
           Profits
           of
           our
           Olives●
           wee
           may
           (
           Gods
           favourable
           hand
           blessi●g
           our
           industry
           )
           be
           the
           happiest
           Nation
           in
           Europe
           .
        
         
           Nor
           need
           wee
           be
           at
           that
           charge
           for
           Caske
           under
           which
           Spain●
           labours
           ,
           where
           ever
           wee
           cast
           our
           eyes
           upon
           this
           Fortunate
           Countrey
           wee
           may
           finde
           Timber
           proper
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           advance
           of
           which
           noble
           Staple
           ,
           I
           should
           propose
           that
           the
           Greeke
           ,
           and
           other
           Rich
           Vines
           ,
           being
           procured
           from
           the
           Countries
           to
           which
           they
           are
           geniall
           ,
           every
           Planter
           in
           that
           Countrey
           might
           be
           enjoyned
           to
           keepe
           a
           constant
           Nursery
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           when
           the
           ground
           is
           cleared
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           fit
           for
           removal
           ,
           and
           the
           Vineyard
           speedily
           planted
           .
        
         
           Further
           that
           some
           Greeke
           ,
           and
           other
           Vignerous
           might
           be
           hired
           out
           of
           those
           Countries
           to
           instruct
           us
           in
           the
           labour
           ,
           and
           lest
           their
           envy
           ,
           pride
           ,
           or
           jealousie
           of
           being
           layd
           aside
           when
           their
           mysterie
           is
           discovered
           ,
           may
           make
           them
           too
           reserved
           in
           communicating
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           assured
           ,
           besides
           the
           continuance
           of
           their
           Pension
           of
           a
           share
           in
           the
           profits
           of
           every
           mans
           Vintage
           ,
           which
           will
           the
           more
           easily
           perswade
           them
           to
           be
           liberall
           and
           faithfull
           in
           their
           instructions
           ,
           since
           the
           publick
           advance
           of
           this
           designe
           cannot
           miscarry
           without
           a
           sensible
           losse
           to
           their
           particular
           interest
           .
        
         
           That
           before
           their
           going
           over
           a
           generall
           consultation
           may
           be
           had
           whith
           them
           what
           ground
           is
           proper
           ,
           what
           season
           fit
           ,
           what
           prevention
           of
           casualties
           by
           bleeding
           or
           splitting
           ,
           what
           way
           to
           preserve
           or
           restore
           Wine
           when
           vesseld
           ,
           which
           
             species
          
           of
           Wine
           is
           fittest
           
           for
           transportation
           over
           ,
           or
           retention
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           for
           duration
           ,
           which
           for
           present
           spending
           :
           It
           being
           in
           experience
           manifest
           that
           some
           Wines
           refine
           themselves
           by
           purge
           upon
           the
           Sea
           ,
           others
           by
           the
           same
           meanes
           suffer
           an
           evaporation
           of
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           joyne
           to
           this
           that
           some
           Wines
           collect
           strength
           and
           richnesse
           ,
           others
           contract
           feeblenesse
           and
           sowernesse
           by
           seniority
           .
        
         
           These
           consultations
           drawne
           to
           a
           head
           by
           some
           able
           person
           ,
           and
           published
           to
           be
           sent
           over
           in
           severall
           Copies
           to
           Virginia
           ,
           by
           the
           inspection
           of
           which
           people
           might
           arrive
           at
           such
           competent
           knowledge
           in
           the
           Mystery
           ,
           that
           the
           reservation
           or
           jealousies
           of
           those
           Vignerons
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           be
           presen●ly●
           perceived
           and
           prevented
           .
        
         
           But
           from
           hence
           no
           occasion
           should
           bee
           derived
           to
           breake
           or
           fall
           short
           of
           any
           contract
           made
           with
           those
           Vignerons
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           be
           exactly
           dealt
           with
           in
           performance
           of
           Articles
           ,
           every
           way
           made
           good
           unto
           them
           ,
           with
           all
           just
           respects
           to
           win
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           non-performance
           of
           this
           hath
           beene
           the
           originall
           cause
           why
           Virginia
           at
           this
           day
           doeth
           not
           abound
           with
           that
           excellent
           commodity
           .
           Those
           contracted
           with
           as
           hired
           servants
           for
           that
           imployment
           ,
           by
           what
           miscariage
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           having
           promise
           broken
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           compelled
           to
           labour
           in
           the
           quality
           of
           Slaves
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           expresse
           their
           resentment
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           good
           colour
           of
           justice
           to
           conceale
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           in
           recompence
           of
           the
           hard
           measure
           offered
           them
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           the
           laying
           aside
           of
           that
           noble
           Staple
           ,
           the
           diligent
           prosecution
           whereof
           ,
           had
           by
           this
           time
           brought
           Virginia
           to
           an
           absolute
           perfection
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           great
           degree
           of
           happinesse
           and
           wealth
           which
           would
           attend
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           had
           this
           beene
           as
           happily
           followed
           as
           it
           was
           prudently
           intended●
           that
           excellent
           Country
           had
           not
           hung
           downe
           its
           desolate
           head
           in
           so
           languishing
           a
           condition
           as
           the
           disr●spect
           cast
           upon
           her
           ,
           till
           of
           late
           yeares
           had
           reduced
           her
           to
           .
           Nor
           had
           the
           poore
           Planter
           (
           who
           usually
           spends
           all
           the
           profits
           of
           his
           labour
           in
           forraigne
           Wines
           )
           been
           impoverished
           by
           the
           want
           of
           it
           :
           but
           with
           delight
           might
           have
           shaded
           himselfe
           under
           his
           vine
           ,
           reaped
           the
           benefit
           of
           it
           in
           Autumne
           ,
           and
           buried
           all
           the
           memory
           and
           sense
           of
           his
           past
           labours
           in
           a
           cheerfull
           rejoycing
           by
           his
           owne
           harth
           with
           the
           issue
           of
           his
           owne
           vineyard
           .
        
         
           And
           from
           hence
           might
           Barbadoes
           ,
           St.
           
           Christophers
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Islands
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           have
           richer
           ,
           better
           ,
           and
           by
           much
           cheaper
           ,
           wines
           transported
           to
           them
           from
           a
           place
           much
           neerer
           in
           distance
           then
           Spain
           
           or
           the
           Canaries
           )
           and
           which
           doubles
           the
           benefit
           such
           intercourse
           together
           ,
           would
           draw
           them
           to
           an
           association
           in
           power
           as
           well
           as
           communication
           of
           Staples
           .
        
         
           Were
           this
           brought
           to
           a
           just
           perfection
           no
           other
           Nation
           could
           upon
           a
           quarrell
           betwixt
           Us
           ,
           and
           Spaine
           ,
           and
           France
           ,
           reape
           a
           benefit
           by
           selling
           us
           their
           Wine
           at
           a
           third
           Market
           .
           And
           what
           wee
           vend
           now
           for
           it
           (
           that
           being
           made
           Native
           to
           us
           )
           might
           be
           returned
           in
           Bullion
           ,
           to
           the
           apparent
           enriching
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           the
           impoverishing
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           least
           Friends
           deservedly
           suspected
           .
        
         
           All
           Authours
           of
           Agriculture
           unanimously
           consent
           that
           neither
           Arable
           Pasture
           ,
           Meadow
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Grounds
           are
           so
           benigne
           genuine
           ,
           or
           proper
           for
           planting
           Vines
           in
           ,
           as
           those
           cleared
           Lands
           are
           ,
           wherein
           not
           Shrubs
           ,
           but
           Tall
           Trees
           were
           standing
           .
           And
           wee
           must
           want
           a
           parallell
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           World
           to
           compare
           with
           Virginia
           for
           tall
           and
           goodly
           Timber-trees
           cleared
           of
           all
           under
           Woods
           ,
           to
           which
           when
           cleared
           your
           Vines
           may
           be
           remov●d
           (
           the
           very
           removeall
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           indeed
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           giving
           an
           addition
           to
           their
           perfection
           (
           the
           excellency
           of
           transplantation
           being
           more
           particularly
           insisted
           upon
           heereafter
           .
           )
           But
           in
           the
           clearing
           of
           these
           woods
           it
           will
           be
           a
           saving
           of
           labour
           ,
           and
           a
           delight
           to
           the
           Vine
           ,
           besides
           other
           profits
           following
           to
           leave
           the
           Mulberry
           trees
           standing
           there
           ,
           being
           such
           a
           happy
           correspondence
           together
           such
           a
           mutuall
           love
           ingrafted
           in
           them
           by
           Nature
           ,
           that
           wee
           well
           may
           conclude
           with
           this
           Axiome
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Nature
           joynes
           all
           her
           excellencies
           together
           by
           an
           association
           of
           simpathies
           .
        
         
           Nor
           does
           she
           wave
           that
           her
           happy
           order
           in
           Incomparable
           
             Virginia
             ,
          
           where
           the
           soile
           and
           climate
           that
           fits
           the
           one
           ,
           is
           equally
           amiable
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           their
           loves
           and
           hates
           happily
           according
           ,
           what
           the
           one
           shunnes
           ,
           the
           other
           flies
           from
           ,
           what
           the
           one
           affects
           ,
           challenges
           the
           others
           embraces
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           this
           soile
           and
           climate
           most
           geniall
           and
           proper
           Nature
           her selfe
           (
           whose
           production●
           are
           never
           uselesse
           )
           would
           never
           have
           crowned
           the
           Virgin
           Brow
           of
           this
           unexampled
           Countrey
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           universall
           plenty
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           with
           such
           a
           voluntary
           League
           have
           united
           them
           every where
           together
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               VIRGINIA
            
             compared
             to
             
               PERSIA
               .
            
          
           
             BUT
             to
             illustrate
             this
             with
             another
             argument
             :
             Let
             us
             compare
             this
             felicity-teeming
             
               Virginia
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             scituated
             from
             31
             degrees
             of
             Latitude
             to
             40●
             with
             other
             Countries
             ,
             ●eated
             in
             the
             same
             degrees
             which
             opens
             us
             a
             method
             of
             observing
             what
             Commodities
             Nations
             so
             planted
             abound
             with
             ,
             which
             found
             wee
             shall
             discover
             in
             this
             excellent
             Virgin
             a
             disposition
             ingrafted
             by
             Nature
             to
             be
             Mother
             of
             all
             those
             excellencies
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             equall
             (
             if
             not
             superio●
             )
             as
             well
             in
             all
             their
             noble
             Staples
             ,
             as
             in
             nea●enesse
             to
             their
             particular
             enricher
             the
             perpetually
             auspicious
             Sunne
             .
             And
             this
             to
             whom
             
               Virginia
            
             owes
             the
             publication
             and
             po●tract
             of
             her
             incomparable
             beauty
             ;
             Mr.
             
             
               Harri●t
            
             the
             noble
             Mathematician
             delivers
             us
             by
             a
             happy
             instance
             in
             finding
             out
             for
             her
             ●
             noble
             Sister
             of
             the
             same
             Latitude
             ,
             the
             most
             glorious
             
               Persia
               ,
            
             innobled
             as
             much
             by
             thi●
             comparison
             as
             in
             her
             Empire
             .
             And
             those
             who
             have
             travelled
             and
             viewed
             
               Persia
            
             ;
             unanimously
             relate
             wonders
             of
             her
             admirable
             fertility
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             Graine
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             with
             an
             unexpressible
             abund●nce
             of
             Silke
             and
             Wines
             :
             In
             which
             this
             her
             rich-bosomed
             Sister
             claimes
             an
             equality
             in
             her
             plenty
             of
             Mulberries
             ,
             Silke
             ,
             and
             Gums
             ,
             Vines
             ,
             Maiz
             ,
             Rice
             ,
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             Graine
             :
             onely
             as
             a
             fuller-dowryed
             Sister
             she
             merits
             a
             priority
             in
             fertility
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             health
             ,
             and
             temperature
             ,
             a
             Virgin
             Countrey
             ,
             so
             preserved
             by
             Nature
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             to
             show
             mankinde
             fallen
             into
             the
             Old
             age
             of
             the
             Creation
             ,
             what
             a
             brow
             of
             fertili●y
             and
             beauty
             she
             was
             adorned
             with
             when
             the
             World
             was
             vigorous
             and
             youthfull
             ,
             and
             she
             her selfe
             was
             unwounded
             with
             the
             Plough-shares
             ,
             and
             unweakened
             by
             her
             numerous
             futur●
             teemings
             .
          
           
             Another
             eye●witnesse
             of
             this
             Victorious
             Empire
             ,
             delivers
             to
             memory
             that
             
               Go●●●●●
            
             in
             a
             Province
             of
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             is
             so
             incomparably
             fruitfull
             ,
             that
             Dearths
             are
             never
             knowne
             ,
             nor
             Famine
             ever
             suspected
             in
             it●
             th●t
             in
             one
             onely
             City
             called
             E●y●
             there
             is
             such
             an
             inestimable
             store
             of
             Silke
             ,
             that
             there
             might
             be
             bought
             in
             one
             day
             in
             that
             City
             as
             much
             Silke
             as
             will
             lode
             three
             thousand
             Camells
             .
             And
             he
             is
             little
             conversant
             with
             experience
             or
             History
             ,
             who
             is
             ignorant
             that
             the
             abundance
             of
             Silke
             Native
             to
             that
             Countrey
             and
             Climate
             ,
             
             is
             almost
             the
             sole
             Staple
             of
             that
             mighty
             Empire
             ,
             by
             which
             never
             tobe
             exhausted
             Treasure
             of
             Silkes
             the
             sinewes
             and
             vitalls
             of
             the
             Persian
             Empire
             ,
             the
             Sophy
             to
             the
             generall
             good
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             keepes
             both
             the
             hornes
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Moone
             from
             compleating
             their
             ambitious
             Circle
             .
             And
             if
             the
             English
             East-India
             Company
             of
             Merchants
             were
             not
             wrong-byassed
             by
             the
             factions
             and
             sinister
             ambition
             of
             some
             men
             in
             Authority
             amongst
             them
             ,
             a
             great
             part
             of
             that
             wealthy
             Staple
             might
             be
             transported
             into
             England
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             dispersed
             over
             all
             parts
             of
             Europe
             to
             the
             enriching
             and
             honour
             of
             this
             Nation
             .
          
           
             The
             digression
             upon
             this
             Parallell
             hath
             diverted
             me
             from
             ampliation
             upon
             the
             publick
             benefit
             ,
             which
             may
             devolve
             into
             this
             republick
             by
             the
             Olive
             ,
             which
             being
             genuine
             to
             the
             Vine
             ,
             will
             by
             a
             happy
             consent
             of
             nature
             indisputably
             flourish
             in
             a
             vast
             abundance
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             transportation
             into
             the
             warmer
             Regions
             ,
             where
             the
             heate
             or
             scarcity
             of
             Cattle
             causeth
             a
             like
             indigence
             of
             Butter
             ,
             will
             be
             a
             Staple
             of
             inestimable
             value
             ,
             and
             of
             no
             smaller
             conducement
             to
             our
             owne
             shipping
             ,
             into
             those
             provinces
             neere
             the
             Equinox
             ,
             or
             in
             those
             voyages
             where
             the
             doubling
             of
             the
             Line
             either
             putrifies
             ,
             or
             makes
             it
             of
             a
             taste
             little
             pleasing
             or
             agreeable
             to
             the
             palate
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               VIRGINIA
            
             compared
             to
             
               CHINA
               .
            
          
           
             BUt
             to
             leave
             Persia
             and
             descend
             to
             a
             more
             wealthy
             and
             powerful
             parallell
             ,
             the
             richest
             and
             mightiest
             Empire
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             lies
             in
             the
             same
             latitude
             and
             climate
             with
             our
             fortunate
             Virginia
             ;
             namely
             China
             ,
             divided
             from
             it
             only
             by
             the
             Southsea
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             will
             bee
             a
             part
             of
             another
             discourse
             )
             not
             of
             any
             long
             distance
             from
             it
             ,
             agreeing
             with
             it
             in
             multitude
             of
             Staples
             .
             China
             is
             stored
             with
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Mulberry
             trees
             to
             feede
             Silkewormes
             with
             ,
             and
             vends
             silke
             in
             such
             a
             vast
             proportion
             ,
             that
             in
             one
             onely
             City
             
               Lempo
               ,
            
             which
             some
             call
             
               Liempo
               ,
            
             the
             Portugeses
             ,
             have
             with
             no
             small
             admiration
             ,
             observed
             that
             one
             hundred
             and
             sixty
             thousand
             pound
             weight
             of
             silk
             hath
             beene
             caried
             out
             in
             one
             Shippe
             in
             the
             onely
             space
             of
             three
             Moneths
             .
          
           
             Into
             
               Camb●la
            
             the
             chiefe
             City
             of
             Tartary
             (
             as
             Authors
             of
             great
             
             repute
             and
             credit
             ,
             and
             one
             who
             was
             personally
             there
             ,
             reports
             )
             there
             comes
             ●very
             day
             from
             China
             ,
             a
             thousand
             waggons
             laden
             with
             silke
             .
             Nor
             is
             China
             lesse
             happy
             in
             its
             multitude
             of
             navigable
             Rivers
             ,
             in
             its
             wonderfull
             fertility
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             graine
             ,
             Maiz
             ,
             Rice
             ,
             &c.
             of
             which
             it
             receiveth
             every
             yeere
             three
             or
             fo●re
             most
             plentifull
             Harvests
             .
             Rivers
             stored
             with
             an
             incredible
             quantity
             of
             Fish
             and
             Fowle
             ,
             enriched
             a●d
             ennobled
             with
             numerous
             Mines
             of
             Gold
             ,
             Silver
             ,
             Brasse
             ,
             Iron
             ,
             and
             other
             Mettalls
             ,
             Quicksilver
             ,
             Nitre
             ,
             All●m
             ,
             Pretious
             stones
             ,
             P●arles
             ,
             Muske
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             Sugars
             ,
             Rubarb
             ,
             China
             Root
             ,
             vast
             proportions
             of
             Flax
             ,
             Furres
             extraordinary
             rich
             .
             To
             this
             happinesse
             of
             soile
             and
             situation
             ,
             they
             associate
             an
             equall
             felicity
             of
             parts
             and
             industry
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             pretermit
             not
             one
             span
             of
             ground
             which
             they
             assign
             not
             to
             particular
             and
             profitable
             uses
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             ingenious
             division
             of
             the
             ground
             according
             to
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             soyle
             ,
             designe
             the
             drier
             part
             for
             wheat
             and
             barly
             ,
             That
             which
             is
             more
             visited
             with
             an
             improving
             moysture
             ,
             to
             Rice
             and
             Sug●r
             ;
             Ascents
             and
             Mountaines
             to
             grov●s
             of
             Pines
             and
             Chestnuts
             ,
             betweene
             which
             are
             planted
             Maiz
             Panicle
             ,
             and
             all
             kinde
             of
             Pulse
             .
             In
             other
             proper
             places
             are
             Mulberry
             Groves
             ,
             Gardens●
             Orchards
             ,
             Flax
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             word
             no
             spot
             of
             ground
             misimployed
             from
             its
             proper
             advantage
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             Virginia
             is
             parallell
             in
             neerenesse
             of
             Staples
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             neighbourhood
             to
             the
             sunne
             ,
             to
             that
             celebrated
             Empire
             ,
             what
             multitudes
             of
             Fish
             to
             satisfie
             the
             most
             voluptuous
             of
             wishes
             ,
             can
             China
             glory
             in
             which
             Virginia
             may
             not
             in
             justice
             boast
             of
             ?
             What
             Fowles
             can
             she
             make
             ostentation
             of
             ,
             in
             which
             Virginia
             can
             be
             esteemed
             inferiour
             ?
             Can
             China
             ,
             insolent
             with
             her
             prosperity
             ,
             solely
             lay
             clayme
             to
             a
             more
             singular
             honour
             for
             her
             affluence
             in
             Maiz
             and
             other
             grain
             ,
             for
             the
             maintenance
             and
             luxury
             of
             her
             plenty-wanton
             Inhabitants
             ,
             without
             an
             open
             injury
             to
             her
             equall
             ,
             to
             her
             Mayden
             sister
             ,
             to
             our
             incomparable
             Virginia
             ?
             Are
             her
             Mulberries
             springing
             from
             a
             voluntary
             bounty
             of
             Nature
             lesse
             numerous
             or
             usefull
             then
             those
             to
             which
             China
             hath
             added
             all
             the
             assistance
             which
             could
             be
             expected
             from
             advantages
             of
             transplantation
             ,
             or
             an
             industrious
             people
             ?
             If
             China
             will
             descend
             to
             particulars
             ,
             to
             compare
             Quantity
             and
             Quality
             of
             Fish
             and
             Fowle
             ,
             Let
             her
             shew
             us
             Turkies
             of
             50
             pound
             weight
             ,
             Let
             her
             instance
             an
             example
             of
             one
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             Fowle
             ,
             to
             reward
             the
             labour
             of
             three
             charges
             of
             shot
             and
             powder
             ,
             Let
             her
             publish
             a
             president
             so
             worthy
             of
             admiration
             (
             and
             which
             will
             not
             admit
             
             beliefe
             in
             those
             bosomes
             where
             the
             eye
             cannot
             be
             witnesse
             of
             the
             action
             )
             of
             five
             thousand
             fish
             taken
             at
             one
             draught
             neere
             Cape
             
               Charls
               ,
            
             at
             the
             entry
             into
             Ches●peak
             Bay
             ,
             and
             which
             swells
             the
             wonder
             greater
             ,
             not
             one
             fish
             under
             the
             measure
             of
             two
             feet
             in
             length
             .
             What
             Fleets
             come
             yeerely
             upon
             the
             coasts
             of
             New
             found
             Land
             ,
             and
             New
             England
             for
             Fish
             ,
             with
             an
             incredible
             returne
             ?
             Yet
             t
             is
             a
             most
             assured
             truth
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             would
             make
             experiment
             upon
             the
             South
             of
             Cape
             Cod
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             to
             the
             coast
             of
             this
             happy
             Countrey
             ,
             they
             would
             find
             Fish
             of
             a
             greater
             delicacy
             ,
             and
             as
             full
             handed
             plenty
             ,
             which
             though
             Foraigners
             know
             not
             ,
             yet
             if
             our
             owne
             Planters
             would
             make
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             would
             yield
             them
             a
             Revenue
             which
             cannot
             admit
             of
             any
             diminution
             ,
             whilest
             there
             are
             Ebbes
             and
             Flouds
             ,
             Rivers
             feed
             and
             receive
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             or
             Nature
             fayles
             in
             (
             the
             Elementall
             Originall
             of
             all
             things
             )
             Waters
             .
          
           
             There
             wants
             nothing
             but
             industrious
             spirits
             and
             incouragement
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             rich
             Staple
             of
             this
             commodity
             ;
             and
             would
             the
             Virginians
             but
             make
             Salt
             pits
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             have
             a
             greater
             convenience
             of
             Tides
             (
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Universe
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             full
             influence
             of
             the
             Moone
             upon
             the
             almost
             limitlesse
             Atlantick
             causing
             the
             most
             sp●cious
             Fluxes
             and
             Refluxes
             ,
             that
             any
             shore
             of
             the
             other
             divisions
             in
             the
             World
             is
             sensible
             of
             )
             to
             leave
             their
             pits
             full
             of
             Salt-water
             ,
             and
             more
             friendly
             and
             warme
             Sunbeames
             to
             concoct
             it
             into
             Salt
             ,
             then
             Rochel
             ,
             or
             any
             parts
             of
             Europe
             .
             Yet
             notwithstanding
             these
             advantages
             which
             prefer
             Virginia
             before
             Rochel
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             rayses
             a
             large
             proportion
             of
             his
             Revenues
             out
             of
             that
             St●ple
             yearly
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             supplyes
             a
             great
             part
             of
             Christendome
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             from
             this
             Staple
             the
             miserable
             French
             can
             procure
             a
             subsistence
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             a
             comfortable
             livelyhood
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             private
             oppressions
             of
             their
             grinding
             Landlords
             ,
             the
             Publick
             Tallies
             ,
             Subsidies
             ,
             Aides
             ,
             Imposts
             ,
             and
             other
             hard
             Titles
             of
             authorized
             Rapine
             .
             What
             shall
             wee
             imagine
             the
             freeborne
             English
             in
             a
             Countrey
             where
             he
             owes
             no
             Rent
             to
             any
             but
             to
             God
             and
             Nature
             ,
             where
             he
             has
             Land
             to
             satisfie
             his
             desires
             in
             its
             extent
             ,
             his
             wishes
             in
             its
             fertility
             ,
             where
             free-quarter
             is
             a
             word
             onely
             understood
             by
             Report
             ,
             may
             expect
             of
             profit
             and
             content
             both
             in
             this
             Staple
             of
             Salt
             ,
             in
             that
             of
             Wines
             made
             in
             those
             Countries
             ,
             where
             either
             the
             Spanish
             insolence
             and
             exactions
             ,
             the
             French
             extortions
             ,
             or
             the
             Turkish
             Imperiall
             Robberies
             ,
             though
             in
             the
             highest
             degrees
             of
             exorbitance
             ,
             
             are
             not
             of
             force
             so
             to
             disincourage
             the
             Inhabitants
             from
             attendance
             upon
             the
             Vineyard
             ,
             which
             notwithstanding
             all
             those
             Horse-leach●●
             of
             Imposition
             ,
             returnes
             them
             such
             a
             profit
             as
             make
             them
             keepe
             ●
             middle
             path
             betweene
             the
             ●scent
             of
             Riches
             ,
             and
             precipice
             of
             Poverty
             .
          
           
             Nor
             would
             it
             be
             such
             a
             long
             intervall
             (
             Salt
             being
             first
             made
             )
             betwixt
             the
             undertaking
             of
             this
             Fishing
             ,
             and
             the
             bringing
             it
             to
             perfection
             ;
             for
             if
             every
             servant
             were
             enjoyned
             to
             practise
             Rowing
             ,
             to
             be
             taught
             to
             handle
             Sailes
             ,
             and
             trimme
             a
             Vessell
             ,
             a
             worke
             easily
             practised
             ,
             and
             suddainely
             learned
             ,
             the
             pleasantnesse
             of
             Weather
             in
             fishing
             season
             ,
             the
             delicacy
             of
             the
             Fish
             ,
             of
             which
             they
             usually
             feede
             themselves
             with
             the
             best
             ,
             the
             encouragement
             of
             some
             share
             in
             the
             profit
             ,
             and
             their
             understanding
             what
             their
             owne
             benefit
             may
             bee
             when
             their
             freedome
             gives
             them
             an
             equallity
             ,
             will
             make
             them
             willing
             and
             able
             Fisher-men
             and
             Seamen
             .
          
           
             To
             adde
             further
             to
             this
             ,
             if
             wee
             consider
             the
             abundance
             ,
             largenesse
             ,
             and
             peculiar
             excellency
             of
             the
             S●urgeon
             in
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             fall
             into
             the
             least
             of
             scruples
             ,
             but
             that
             one
             
               species
            
             will
             bee
             of
             an
             invaluable
             profit
             to
             the
             buyer
             ,
             or
             if
             wee
             repeate
             to
             our
             thoughts
             the
             singular
             plenty
             of
             Herrings
             and
             Mackarell
             ,
             in
             goodnesse
             and
             greatnesse
             much
             exceeding
             what
             ever
             of
             that
             kinde
             these
             our
             Seas
             produce
             ,
             a
             very
             ordinary
             understanding
             may
             at
             the
             first
             inspection
             perceive
             that
             it
             will
             be
             no
             great
             difficulty
             to
             out-labour
             and
             out-vye
             the
             Hollander
             in
             that
             his
             almost
             onely
             Staple
             :
             Which
             wee
             may
             also
             sell
             at
             a
             cheaper
             Market
             then
             in
             common
             estimation
             ;
             if
             wee
             revolve
             the
             Salt
             to
             be
             our
             owne
             ,
             which
             they
             buy
             from
             France
             ,
             or
             fetch
             from
             the
             Isle
             of
             May
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             very
             fraight
             of
             Passengers
             (
             of
             which
             allured
             by
             this
             improvement
             ,
             and
             the
             publick
             approbation
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             constant
             multitudes
             )
             in
             our
             owne
             Shippes
             will
             at
             the
             least
             defray
             3
             fourths
             of
             the
             charges
             .
          
           
             I
             should
             not
             unwillingly
             heare
             (
             though
             I
             dispaire
             ever
             to
             know
             it
             for
             a
             certainety
             )
             that
             
               China
            
             did
             exceede
             us
             in
             fishing
             ;
             for
             were
             it
             granted
             ,
             wee
             should
             not
             imagine
             those
             wa●ry
             Inhabitants
             so
             circumscribed
             and
             limited
             to
             one
             part
             of
             the
             Ocean
             especially
             the
             same
             Climate
             and
             Latitude
             ,
             inviting
             them
             as
             not
             to
             visit
             our
             opposite
             shore
             of
             Southwest
             
               Virginia
            
             in
             as
             great
             variety
             and
             plenty
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             the
             more
             curious
             and
             able
             Persons
             I
             shall
             offer
             what
             singular
             object
             it
             were
             of
             variety
             and
             plenty
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             take
             the
             advantage
             
             of
             some
             tides
             and
             seasons
             ,
             when
             the
             resort
             of
             fish
             is
             greatest
             to
             stoppe
             the
             Returne
             of
             them
             out
             of
             some
             Creeke
             perpetually
             flowing
             with
             Salt
             by
             Sl●ces
             ,
             or
             such
             other
             invention
             :
             Heere
             would
             those
             great
             ones
             generate
             and
             produce
             till
             even
             they
             laboured
             with
             their
             owne
             Multitude
             ,
             if
             permitted
             to
             increase
             two
             or
             three
             yeares
             ,
             who
             might
             with
             very
             small
             charge
             be
             maintained
             ,
             and
             yearely
             render
             to
             the
             proprie●●r
             an
             Ocean
             of
             Fish
             in
             a
             narrow
             confine
             of
             Water
             .
          
           
             Nor
             were
             it
             unworthy
             the
             labour
             to
             make
             an
             experiment
             whether
             the
             S●urgion
             himselfe
             might
             not
             receive
             a
             kinde
             of
             Domestication
             in
             that
             narrow
             circumscript●on
             ,
             especially
             if
             wee
             let
             it
             descend
             into
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             that
             (
             by
             small
             perforations
             in
             the
             sluces
             he
             perpet●ally
             admits
             a
             Renovation
             and
             change
             of
             salt
             Water
             )
             he
             may
             receive
             the
             same
             benefit
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             namely
             variety
             of
             Water
             ,
             which
             he
             delights
             in
             when
             unconfined
             ,
             and
             admitting
             the
             Originall
             Breeder
             not
             to
             thrive
             well
             by
             such
             imprisoning
             ,
             yet
             Customes
             ascending
             as
             high
             as
             Nature
             in
             the
             Breed
             ,
             would
             make
             that
             Familiar
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             peradventure
             might
             have
             been
             offensive
             to
             the
             first
             Spawner
             ,
             and
             should
             they
             delight
             (
             as
             in
             some
             seasons
             of
             the
             yeare
             Fishes
             doe
             vary
             their
             Resorts
             )
             at
             any
             time
             in
             fresh
             water
             ;
             A
             large
             Pond
             digged
             neare
             having
             either
             Springs
             to
             fe●●e
             it
             ,
             or
             Raines
             to
             fill
             it
             ,
             might
             by
             communication
             of
             a
             Sluce
             receive
             both
             them
             and
             Salmon
             ,
             when
             they
             s●eke
             after
             the
             Freshes
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             Fishes
             may
             be
             unwilded
             ,
             and
             become
             Domestick
             ,
             History
             will
             sufficiently
             informe
             us
             ,
             wherein
             are
             delivered
             Reports
             of
             some
             who
             growne
             more
             particularly
             intelligent
             ,
             were
             distinguisht
             by
             names
             ,
             and
             understood
             themselves
             so
             called
             :
             and
             
               Mar●iall
            
             in
             one
             of
             his
             Epigrams
             to
             
               Caes●r
               ,
            
             (
             I
             meane
             
               Domitia●
            
             )
             tells
             the
             Prince
             speaking
             of
             Fishes
             so
             instructed
             ,
             
               Quid
               quod
               nomen
               habe●t
               &
               ad
               Magistri
               Nomen
               quisque
               sui
               venit
               citatus
               ?
            
             And
             further
             ,
             
               Manumque
               lambit
               ,
            
             a
             thing
             ,
             which
             though
             a
             Poet
             ,
             and
             con●equently
             bold
             ,
             ev●n
             to
             untruths
             ,
             yet
             he
             durst
             never
             have
             obtruded
             upon
             
               Caesar
               ,
            
             whom
             himselfe
             makes
             a
             party
             in
             the
             experiment
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             adde
             something
             to
             what
             hath
             formerly
             beene
             delivered
             of
             Balsomes
             and
             Colours
             ,
             why
             from
             the
             Livers
             and
             most
             unctuous
             parts
             of
             those
             more
             delicate
             Fishes
             ,
             may
             not
             curiosity
             finde
             a
             means
             to
             extract
             an
             Oyle
             ;
             which
             (
             if
             it
             be
             not
             Medicinall
             ,
             though
             I
             am
             enclined
             by
             severall
             Reasons
             to
             bel●ene
             the
             affirmative
             )
             may
             notwithstanding
             
             artificially
             distilled
             after
             its
             first
             extraction
             prove
             a
             delic●cy
             for
             the
             Tables
             of
             Princes
             and
             Great
             Ones
             ,
             especially
             for
             Sauces
             ,
             and
             other
             Confections
             which
             Luxury
             hath
             found
             out
             for
             the
             irritation
             of
             dull
             and
             retreating
             appetites
             .
             But
             I
             cannot
             believe
             it
             to
             be
             deprived
             of
             its
             particular
             virtue
             in
             Physicall
             operations
             ,
             and
             the
             industrious
             conclusions
             of
             our
             Ancestors
             have
             by
             such
             probations
             discovered
             many
             rich
             Mysteries
             of
             Nature
             ;
             whilst
             wee
             either
             glutted
             with
             our
             owne
             plenty
             of
             Receipts
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             a
             too
             fond
             a
             Reverence
             wee
             pay
             to
             antiquity
             acquiesce
             in
             their
             prescriptions
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             
               ne
               plus
               ultra
               ,
            
             the
             
               Hercules
            
             Pillars
             of
             Wisedome
             ,
             beyond
             which
             there
             were
             no
             passage
             ,
             or
             else
             feare
             every
             innovation
             brings
             inconveniences
             in
             his
             Traine
             ,
             which
             opinion
             if
             it
             had
             possessed
             those
             our
             Ancestors
             ,
             the
             World
             had
             continued
             in
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             must
             for
             ever
             have
             layne
             sick
             of
             an
             incurable
             folly
             in
             the
             Fooles
             Hospitalls
             .
          
           
             For
             what
             concernes
             the
             Flax
             of
             
               China
               ,
            
             that
             wee
             may
             not
             lose
             the
             smallest
             circumstance
             of
             Parallell
             with
             
               Virginia
               ,
            
             Nature
             her selfe
             hath
             enriched
             this
             her
             bosome
             Favourite
             with
             a
             voluntary
             plant
             ,
             which
             by
             art
             ,
             industry
             ,
             and
             transplantation
             may
             be
             multiplyed
             and
             improved
             to
             a
             degree
             of
             as
             plentifull
             ,
             but
             more
             excellent
             Nature
             :
             Which
             because
             of
             its
             accession
             to
             the
             quallity
             of
             Silke
             ,
             wee
             entitle
             Silke
             Grasse
             :
             Of
             this
             Queene
             
               Elizabeth
            
             had
             a
             substantiall
             and
             rich
             peece
             of
             Grograine
             made
             and
             presented
             to
             Her
             .
             Of
             this
             Mr.
             
               Porey
            
             in
             his
             discovery
             of
             the
             great
             River
             Chamonoak
             ,
             to
             the
             South
             of
             
               Iames
            
             River
             delivers
             a
             Relation
             of
             infinite
             Quantity
             ,
             covering
             the
             Surface
             of
             a
             Vast
             Forest
             of
             Pine-trees
             ,
             being
             60.
             miles
             in
             length
             .
          
           
             It
             had
             beene
             wished
             that
             the
             injun●tion
             given
             to
             every
             Planter
             to
             set
             so
             many
             thousand
             Plants
             of
             this
             kinde
             had
             been
             effectually
             prosecuted
             :
             The
             intermission
             whereof
             hath
             beene
             a
             prejudice
             not
             easily
             imaginable
             :
             Nor
             is
             it
             yet
             too
             late
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             probability
             by
             transplantation
             it
             may
             thrive
             beyond
             comparison
             larger
             ,
             and
             the
             skinne
             of
             it
             growne
             more
             tender
             and
             delicate
             ,
             may
             arrive
             to
             some
             equality
             with
             the
             labour
             of
             the
             Silke-worme
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             managed
             by
             such
             Rules
             of
             Nature
             best
             sute
             with
             its
             production
             .
          
           
             For
             Hempe
             there
             is
             a
             naturall
             kinde
             of
             Hempe
             ,
             a
             
               species
            
             of
             Flagg
             in
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             from
             which
             being
             boyled
             you
             may
             strippe
             a
             long
             and
             fine
             skinne
             ,
             not
             onely
             proper
             for
             Cordage●
             but
             the
             ●iner
             sort
             singularly
             usefull
             for
             Linnen
             ;
             of
             this
             two
             hundred
             weight
             hath
             
             beene
             sent
             into
             E●gland
             ,
             of
             which
             hath
             beene
             made
             excellent
             Cordage
             ,
             and
             very
             good
             Linnen
             .
             This
             ,
             by
             observation
             of
             the
             soile
             it
             growes
             in
             ,
             and
             transplanted
             into
             Grounds
             of
             like
             ,
             but
             richer
             property
             ,
             would
             together
             with
             tht
             Silke-grasse
             make
             a
             Staple
             of
             admirable
             Returne
             and
             Profit
             ;
             Provided
             every
             Planter
             had
             an
             injunction
             for
             this
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             former
             to
             sow
             or
             set
             a
             convenient
             proportion
             ,
             to
             which
             his
             owne
             profit
             (
             quickned
             with
             the
             imposition
             of
             a
             mulct
             in
             case
             of
             neglect
             )
             would
             easily
             invite
             him
             .
             And
             by
             this
             meanes
             would
             
               Virginia
            
             not
             onely
             furnish
             her
             owne
             people
             ,
             but
             supply
             other
             Nations
             with
             Stuffes
             and
             Linnen
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Brasse
             of
             
               China
               ,
            
             wee
             shall
             oppose
             the
             
               Virginian
            
             Copper
             (
             or
             Gold
             ,
             for
             yet
             it
             is
             doubtfull
             )
             for
             by
             a
             concurrent
             Relation
             of
             all
             the
             ●ndians
             ,
             justified
             to
             severall
             English
             of
             Quality
             ,
             particularly
             to
             the
             Earle
             of
             
               Southampton
            
             in
             Mr.
             
             
               Poryes
            
             Narrative
             ,
             to
             Sir
             
               William
               Berkely
               ,
            
             all
             seconding
             Mr.
             
             
               Heriots
            
             Report
             ,
             that
             within
             ten
             dayes
             West
             toward
             the
             setting
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             the
             Natives
             of
             that
             Countrey
             gathered
             a
             kinde
             of
             a
             Red
             Sand
             falling
             with
             a
             streame
             issuing
             from
             a
             Mountaine
             ,
             which
             being
             washed
             in
             a
             sive
             ,
             and
             set
             upon
             the
             fire
             speedily
             ,
             melts
             and
             becomes
             some
             Copper
             ,
             which
             they
             shew
             us
             ,
             but
             as
             they
             say
             much
             softer
             .
             We
             shall
             only
             suppose
             it
             to
             be
             Copper
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             opinion
             of
             divers
             knowing
             men
             ,
             who
             apprehend
             it
             for
             a
             Richer
             Metall
             ;
             but
             melting
             with
             such
             ease
             two
             parts
             in
             five
             turning
             to
             a
             Solid
             Metall
             ,
             the
             other
             three
             parts
             being
             peradventure
             not
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             Oare
             ,
             but
             onely
             such
             Rubbidge
             ,
             as
             joyned
             to
             the
             Oare
             in
             rouling
             ,
             and
             this
             falling
             meerely
             from
             the
             superficies
             of
             the
             Mountaine
             ,
             yet
             a
             Rich
             Copper
             ;
             what
             eye
             enlightned
             with
             the
             smallest
             beame
             of
             Reason
             ,
             will
             not
             conclude
             it
             for
             an
             extraordintry
             accession
             of
             Wealth
             to
             this
             Countrey
             ?
             and
             why
             may
             not
             the
             intralls
             of
             this
             Minerall
             be
             Gold
             ,
             since
             the
             skinne
             and
             crust
             of
             it
             is
             Copper
             ?
             Nature
             her selfe
             oftentimes
             dealing
             after
             the
             mode
             of
             divers
             great
             men
             ,
             delighting
             to
             lay
             an
             unregarded
             outside
             over
             her
             Richest
             Linings
             .
          
           
             To
             proceed
             in
             contin●ation
             of
             our
             compa●ison
             with
             China
             ,
             if
             it
             abound
             more
             in
             visible
             Silver
             (
             of
             which
             with
             our
             abundance
             of
             Staples
             may
             quickly
             put
             us
             into
             a
             ●ondition
             of
             entring
             into
             completion
             with
             )
             yet
             cannot
             
               Virginia
            
             in
             all
             probabili●y
             be
             destitute
             of
             that
             Metall
             :
             For
             besides
             divers
             conjectures
             grounded
             upon
             naturall
             circumstances
             :
             Mr.
             
             
               Gage
            
             in
             his
             Relation
             of
             the
             Indies
             ,
             as●ures
             
             us
             that
             the
             Spanyards
             have
             found
             out
             a
             rich
             Silver
             Mine
             on
             the
             back
             side
             of
             Florida
             Westward
             ,
             in
             34
             degrees
             of
             Latitude
             ,
             and
             the
             farther
             they
             extend
             their
             search
             Northward
             ,
             the
             more
             Rich
             and
             Pure
             the
             Mines
             discovered
             improve
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Nor
             shall
             wee
             plead
             inferiority
             in
             Pearles
             with
             China
             or
             Persia
             ,
             since
             Mr.
             
               Heriot
            
             assures
             us
             of
             a
             large
             quantity
             of
             Pearles
             found
             amongst
             the
             Natives
             ,
             spoyled
             by
             their
             ignorance
             in
             boring
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             defacing
             their
             orientall
             lustre
             ,
             by
             exposing
             them
             to
             the
             fire
             .
             These
             were
             found
             amongst
             the
             Indians
             at
             Roanoak
             ,
             and
             the
             Relations
             of
             the
             Natives
             on
             all
             hands
             unanimously
             concur
             that
             the
             South
             and
             West
             of
             this
             opulent
             Countrey
             was
             stored
             with
             such
             abundance
             and
             variety
             ,
             that
             the
             Indians
             used
             to
             make
             and
             adorne
             Babies
             with
             them
             :
             And
             one
             of
             the
             English
             had
             collected
             a
             Bracelet
             of
             very
             orientall
             Pearle
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             five
             thousand
             ,
             which
             were
             all
             lost
             in
             the
             Returne
             to
             England
             .
          
           
             If
             China
             suppose
             a
             merit
             of
             precedency
             in
             Muske
             ,
             Virginia
             may
             justly
             oppose
             them
             with
             her
             Musk
             Rat
             ,
             or
             Muscassus
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             probability
             cannot
             but
             be
             the
             same
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             tradition
             received
             into
             the
             Number
             of
             truths
             ,
             that
             the
             Confection
             of
             their
             Muske
             in
             that
             Countrey
             is
             bruizing
             and
             burying
             a
             certaine
             Creature
             to
             putrefaction
             ,
             of
             which
             this
             Odour
             is
             effected
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             very
             open
             to
             conjecture
             that
             this
             Musk-Rat
             or
             Muscassus
             ,
             whose
             flesh
             and
             skinne
             are
             extraordinary
             redolent
             and
             durant
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             there
             is
             an
             infinite
             plenty
             ,
             by
             such
             order
             may
             be
             brought
             to
             the
             same
             perfection
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             so
             improbable
             that
             this
             Odour
             should
             proceed
             from
             putrefaction
             ,
             which
             is
             naturally
             an
             abhorrence
             to
             the
             Nosthrill
             :
             for
             if
             you
             apply
             too
             neare
             to
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Muske
             ,
             there
             is
             an
             occult
             subolency
             of
             such
             a
             putrefactive
             originall
             .
             Neither
             are
             all
             excretions
             of
             Nature
             in
             themselves
             offensive
             to
             the
             sense
             of
             smelling
             ,
             for
             the
             Fluxe
             of
             the
             Civet-Ca●
             is
             accounted
             amongst
             our
             most
             soveraigne
             Perfumes
             :
             And
             this
             experimented
             will
             be
             a
             Staple
             of
             noble
             use
             ,
             and
             no
             lesse
             benefit
             .
          
           
             Nor
             shall
             wee
             yeeld
             the
             Laurell
             of
             preeminence
             in
             Richnesse
             of
             Furres
             to
             China
             ,
             if
             the
             Furres
             of
             Beavers
             ,
             Otters
             ,
             Martines
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             Black
             Foxes
             (
             which
             are
             upon
             some
             part
             of
             this
             Continent
             )
             may
             pretend
             any
             title
             to
             Richnesse
             :
             And
             yet
             have
             wee
             beene
             hitherto
             so
             supinely
             negligent
             to
             permit
             the
             Dutch
             and
             the
             French
             to
             carry
             away
             most
             of
             this
             pretious
             Commodity
             ,
             to
             trade
             in
             our
             Rivers
             ,
             
             under-sell
             us
             ,
             and
             which
             discovers
             either
             an
             ●mplacable
             malice
             or
             insatiable
             avarice
             ,
             trade
             with
             those
             Indians
             (
             of
             whom
             wee
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             nourish
             any
             great
             confidence
             )
             for
             Muskets
             and
             Powder
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             what
             ever
             else
             China
             may
             presume
             to
             boast
             of
             :
             Whether
             Nitre
             ,
             Allum
             ,
             Quicksilver
             ,
             Rhubarb
             ,
             and
             China
             Root
             ,
             of
             which
             some
             wee
             have
             already
             discovered
             :
             If
             wee
             consider
             the
             parallell
             in
             Latitude
             ,
             the
             equality
             of
             temperate
             Climate
             ,
             the
             parity
             in
             soile
             ,
             and
             its
             fertility
             ,
             the
             similitude
             in
             brave
             Navigable
             Rivers
             ,
             the
             unanimous
             congruity
             and
             consent
             in
             divers
             knowne
             Commodities
             ,
             wee
             shall
             have
             an
             ample
             basis
             to
             ground
             conjectures
             upon
             ,
             that
             what
             ever
             singularity
             of
             Nature
             that
             Nation
             may
             imagine
             her selfe
             Victorious
             over
             others
             ,
             will
             be
             found
             equall
             in
             this
             Garden
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             this
             aemulous
             Rivall
             of
             China
             ,
             Virginia
             :
             And
             the
             Chineses
             may
             with
             as
             great
             justice
             deny
             the
             Europeans
             the
             benefit
             of
             both
             eyes
             ,
             as
             boast
             that
             they
             precede
             in
             any
             thing
             except
             Antiquity
             of
             habitation
             and
             a
             long
             experienced
             industry
             ,
             this
             great
             Luminary
             of
             the
             new
             World
             Virginia
             .
          
           
             What
             ever
             other
             commodities
             ,
             the
             Novelty
             of
             inhabiting
             this
             amorous
             Virgin
             hath
             made
             it
             appeare
             defective
             in
             ,
             as
             Sugar
             ,
             Indigo
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             Ginger
             ,
             and
             other
             advantageous
             Staples
             ,
             wee
             shall
             appeale
             to
             all
             who
             have
             seene
             this
             unexampled
             Countrey
             ;
             (
             we
             meane
             Roanoak
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             Southerne
             parts
             ,
             and
             those
             Countries
             towards
             the
             fertile
             Mangoack
             )
             whether
             it
             be
             guilty
             of
             any
             contrariety
             ,
             distemper
             ,
             or
             extremity
             ,
             which
             might
             hinder
             their
             production
             .
             The
             Sunne
             ,
             which
             in
             other
             Countreys
             makes
             his
             visit
             in
             Flames
             and
             Droughts
             ,
             heere
             casts
             his
             auspicious
             Beames
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             innocent
             and
             complementall
             warmth
             ,
             courts
             the
             bosome
             of
             this
             his
             particular
             favourite
             ,
             hastening
             and
             disposing
             its
             wombe
             for
             ripe
             productions
             ,
             which
             salute
             him
             in
             an
             absolute
             perfection
             .
             Winter
             Snowes
             ,
             Frosts
             ,
             and
             other
             excesses
             ,
             are
             heere
             only
             remembred
             ,
             never
             known
             .
             The
             purling
             Springs
             and
             wanton
             Rivers
             every where
             kissing
             the
             happy
             soyle
             into
             a
             perpetuall
             verdure
             ,
             into
             an
             unwearied
             fertility
             :
             no
             obstructions
             in
             your
             expectations
             ,
             attempt
             and
             hope
             them
             ,
             prosecute
             and
             enjoy
             them
             .
          
           
             Nor
             have
             we
             in
             design
             to
             lay
             any
             imputation
             upon
             the
             Barbadoes
             ,
             which
             already
             aboundeth
             to
             admiration
             ,
             with
             the
             Staples
             last
             mentioned
             ,
             yet
             it
             will
             become
             our
             charity
             to
             wish
             the
             Country
             as
             healthfull
             ,
             
             as
             it
             is
             fruitfull
             ;
             that
             it
             may
             answer
             the
             expectation
             and
             merit
             of
             its
             most
             industrious
             and
             publicke
             spi●ited
             Planters●
             who
             have
             given
             a
             brave
             example
             to
             all
             ,
             by
             the
             effects
             of
             their
             industry
             and
             unwearied
             constancy
             .
             From
             a
             thing
             almost
             lost
             to
             memory
             ,
             (
             at
             the
             least
             to
             reputation
             )
             they
             have
             raysed
             the
             honour
             of
             that
             Island
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             subject
             of
             admiration
             for
             wealth
             and
             Staple
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             little
             a
             circumference
             of
             Ground
             should
             be
             able
             to
             vent
             the
             value
             of
             two
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             thousand
             pound
             yeerely
             ,
             as
             so●e
             Merchants
             have
             maintayned
             ,
             not
             only
             addes
             to
             the
             weight
             and
             measure
             of
             their
             just
             estimation
             ,
             but
             increases
             the
             favourable
             wishes
             of
             all
             ●overs
             of
             industry
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             a
             larger
             proportion
             of
             ground
             to
             improve
             upon
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             an
             invincible
             sloth
             doth
             not
             possesse
             us
             in
             Virginia
             ,
             (
             wee
             meane
             the
             South
             )
             why
             should
             not
             wee
             rayse
             an
             equall
             or
             greater
             profit
             upon
             as
             fertile
             and
             convenient
             a
             soile
             ?
             especially
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             populousnesse
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             has
             so
             raysed
             the
             price
             of
             Land
             there
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             heere
             gratis
             ,
             where
             number
             of
             inhabitants
             doe
             so
             little
             take
             from
             our
             abundance
             ,
             that
             they
             adde
             to
             our
             wealth
             ,
             security
             and
             plenty
             ,
             and
             the
             sole
             meanes
             to
             increase
             and
             improve
             upon
             Staples
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             made
             it
             apparant
             that
             what
             ev●r
             China
             hath
             of
             St●ple
             or
             delicacy
             ,
             is
             produced
             or
             producible
             in
             this
             above-example
             Virgin
             .
             But
             to
             shew
             that
             even
             China
             her selfe
             must
             in
             some
             t●i●gs
             giv●
             plac●
             to
             this
             more
             happy
             Mayden
             ,
             
               Te●ra
               sigillata
               ,
            
             or
             
               Lemnia
               ,
            
             (
             as
             peculiar
             an
             income
             to
             the
             Grand
             Signiors
             Treasury
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             Salt
             is
             to
             the
             French
             Kings
             )
             and
             of
             which
             China
             can
             no
             way
             boast
             ,
             is
             native
             to
             this
             Cou●trey
             ;
             Vin●s
             are
             eyther
             not
             naturall
             ,
             neglected
             ,
             or
             not
             understood
             by
             the
             Chineses
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             incomparable
             soyle
             the
             Grape
             presents
             it selfe
             every where
             to
             your
             delighted
             prospect
             .
             And
             what
             shadow
             can
             there
             be
             of
             scruple
             that
             Wines
             well
             cultivated
             ,
             and
             issuing
             from
             a
             rich
             Grape
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             as
             commodious
             a
             Staple
             to
             that
             voluptuous
             and
             gluttonous
             Nation
             ,
             who
             wanton
             away
             their
             wealth
             in
             banquets
             ,
             as
             the
             Wines
             of
             France
             and
             Spai●
             are
             to
             the
             more
             Northerne
             and
             lesse
             abstenious
             Nations
             of
             Europe
             ?
          
           
             There
             needs
             no
             objection
             be
             made
             against
             this
             Staple
             ;
             for
             the
             Southw●st
             part
             of
             Virginia
             being
             once
             discovered
             ,
             the
             Sea
             laid
             open
             and
             that
             passage
             compleat
             in
             all
             its
             numbers
             ,
             the
             pleasure
             of
             the
             commerce
             ,
             the
             richnesse
             of
             returnes
             ,
             and
             the
             extraordinary
             quicknes
             of
             the
             profit
             ,
             will
             invite
             so
             m●ny
             to
             come
             over
             and
             plant
             that
             commodious
             
             quarter
             of
             Virginia
             ,
             that
             as
             we
             shall
             never
             labour
             with
             too
             numerous
             a
             multitude
             of
             inhabitants
             ,
             so
             we
             shall
             not
             have
             any
             great
             occasion
             to
             complaine
             of
             the
             pa●city
             of
             Planters
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             Tobacco
             in
             those
             Indian
             seas
             (
             especially
             cured
             as
             in
             Virginia
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             strength
             and
             excellency
             )
             a
             commodity
             of
             inconfiderable
             commerce
             ,
             particularly
             if
             wee
             call
             to
             minde
             what
             gayne
             there
             is
             by
             the
             exchange
             for
             Indian
             commodities
             ,
             so
             that
             any
             ordinary
             understanding
             may
             comprehend
             that
             although
             Tobacco
             should
             yeeld
             but
             three
             pence
             the
             pound
             in
             India
             ,
             yet
             by
             way
             of
             barter
             with
             those
             Nations
             where
             the
             returne
             quadruples
             the
             value
             in
             England
             ,
             the
             gaynes
             gotten
             by
             it
             might
             be
             very
             considerable
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             we
             may
             beleeve
             Printed
             Relations
             (
             and
             the
             person
             delivering
             it
             so
             cleerely
             ,
             is
             ,
             in
             my
             opinion
             ,
             worthy
             of
             all
             credit
             )
             Tobacco
             from
             Surat
             to
             Moco
             yeeld
             ten
             for
             one
             profit
             ,
             returned
             in
             Eastridge
             feathers
             to
             England
             you
             have
             six
             to
             one
             profit
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             for
             those
             Planters
             who
             are
             so
             infected
             with
             that
             disease
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             admit
             of
             any
             other
             Staple
             ,
             though
             more
             gainefull
             and
             lesse
             laborious
             .
             Yet
             is
             not
             Tobacco
             without
             its
             vertues
             :
             for
             the
             Spaniard
             hath
             found
             out
             ,
             besides
             the
             use
             of
             it
             in
             smoke
             ,
             (
             or
             the
             smoky
             use
             )
             that
             the
             juice
             thereof
             (
             when
             greene
             )
             applyed
             to
             any
             wound
             cut
             ,
             sore
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             distinction
             ,
             whether
             greene
             ,
             festered
             ,
             or
             cankered
             ,
             will
             heale
             it
             speedily
             ,
             and
             almost
             miraculously
             ;
             the
             leafe
             bruised
             or
             stamped
             ,
             and
             applied
             to
             any
             bite
             or
             sting
             of
             a
             venemous
             quality
             ,
             to
             any
             wound
             made
             by
             a
             poysoned
             arrow
             ,
             the
             green
             leafe
             heated
             in
             hot
             ashes
             ,
             and
             layd
             upon
             any
             part
             of
             the
             body
             afflicted
             with
             aches
             ,
             will
             worke
             effects
             answerable
             to
             the
             most
             powerfull
             operations
             of
             Nature
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Benefit
             and
             part
             of
             the
             Silke-worme
             mystery
             treated
             of
             .
          
           
             BUT
             to
             show
             to
             the
             World
             that
             wee
             may
             equall
             the
             best
             of
             the
             Westerne
             Kingdomes
             in
             this
             noble
             mystery
             of
             Nature
             the
             Silke-g286
             worme
             :
             That
             France
             and
             Italy
             are
             much
             below
             this
             Mignon
             of
             Glory
             and
             Profit
             ,
             the
             universally
             advantageous
             Virginia
             ,
             wee
             shall
             ●pon
             those
             in●●llible
             demonstrations
             of
             Nature
             ,
             make
             evident
             ,
             having
             
             the
             clew
             of
             truth
             ,
             reason
             ,
             and
             modesty
             to
             direct
             us
             .
          
           
             It
             will
             not
             be
             denied
             by
             any
             ,
             whose
             forehead
             is
             not
             too
             brazen
             ,
             that
             no
             Countrey
             is
             so
             proper
             for
             adventitious
             as
             its
             owne
             Native
             Commodities●
             the
             seeds
             of
             things
             suffer
             a
             deterioration
             by
             changing
             the
             propriety
             of
             that
             soile
             which
             was
             geniall
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             exact
             order
             of
             Nature
             suffers
             a
             diminution
             ,
             if
             wee
             imagine
             any
             other
             Climate
             or
             Region
             more
             proper
             for
             the
             perfection
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             then
             where
             it
             is
             originally
             produced
             .
          
           
             
               T●lli●r
            
             aff●rmes
             that
             this
             mystery
             of
             the
             Silke-worme
             hath
             not
             been
             experimented
             in
             Europe
             above
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             ,
             being
             transmitted
             to
             our
             Climate
             out
             of
             the
             Asiatick
             World
             ,
             in
             so
             much
             that
             Italy
             hath
             not
             beene
             above
             200
             yeares
             enriched
             with
             this
             industrious
             Creature
             ,
             France
             received
             it
             from
             Italy
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             warmer
             the
             Region
             ,
             by
             so
             much
             larger
             and
             stronger
             encrease
             and
             texture
             receive
             they
             from
             the
             labour
             of
             this
             admirable
             and
             naturall
             Weaver
             .
             France
             being
             of
             a
             colder
             temper
             then
             Italy
             ,
             their
             Wo●mes
             are
             weaker
             ,
             in
             the
             more
             Northerne
             part
             of
             that
             Kingdome
             from
             one
             ounce
             of
             seed
             they
             profit
             five
             or
             sixe
             pound
             of
             Silke
             increase
             ,
             worth
             at
             the
             least
             ●
             os
             .
             
               per
            
             pound
             ,
             in
             Languedock
             ,
             and
             the
             warmer
             Provinces
             the
             same
             quantity
             is
             increased
             to
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             or
             9l
             .
             but
             in
             Brescia
             ,
             of
             Calabria
             seede
             ,
             they
             use
             usually
             to
             make
             eleaven
             or
             twelve
             pound
             of
             Silke
             from
             the
             same
             originall
             proportion
             .
          
           
             The
             poore
             people
             in
             both
             those
             Kingdomes
             buy
             their
             Mulberry
             leaves
             to
             feede
             this
             profitable
             and
             industrious
             Spinner
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             charge
             of
             those
             leaves
             amounts
             to
             a
             full
             halfe
             of
             all
             other
             their
             expences
             .
          
           
             The
             Nobility
             of
             Italy
             and
             France
             (
             the
             Grand
             Duke
             of
             Tuscany
             himselfe
             ,
             descending
             into
             a
             part
             of
             this
             profit
             )
             make
             up
             a
             considerable
             part
             of
             their
             Revenue
             from
             their
             Trees
             ,
             the
             Leaves
             of
             every
             one
             b●ing
             valued
             according
             to
             their
             goodnesse
             and
             quality
             ,
             from
             five
             shillings
             to
             twenty
             and
             upwards
             ,
             so
             that
             divers
             make
             an
             income
             of
             three
             ,
             four
             ,
             five
             ,
             sometimes
             a
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             from
             the
             sole
             profit
             of
             their
             Mulberry
             trees
             .
          
           
             The
             Grand
             Duke
             from
             the
             sale
             of
             his
             ,
             rayses
             an
             income
             
               communibus
               annis
               ,
            
             of
             sixty
             thousand
             Duca●s
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             divers
             Gentlemen
             in
             Italy
             make
             a
             larger
             increase
             of
             profit
             ,
             by
             setting
             out
             their
             Mulberry
             trees
             to
             necessitous
             people
             ,
             for
             halfe
             the
             gaine
             arising
             from
             the
             worme
             so
             fed
             .
             Those
             poore
             contribute
             
             their
             seed
             ,
             employ
             their
             labour
             ,
             and
             are
             at
             all
             expences
             in
             bringing
             the
             silke
             to
             perfection
             ;
             yet
             notwithstanding
             when
             completed
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             who
             sets
             out
             his
             Trees
             ,
             divides
             the
             moyety
             of
             the
             entire
             profit
             ,
             for
             the
             hire
             of
             his
             Leaves
             only
             ,
             y●t
             are
             these
             people
             ,
             ma●gre
             this
             difficulty
             ,
             comfortable
             gayners
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             same
             
               Tellier
            
             is
             bold
             to
             affirme
             ,
             that
             
               non
               obstante
            
             the
             disagreeablenesse
             of
             the
             Country
             to
             that
             worme
             ,
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             from
             the
             sole
             revenue
             now
             of
             Silke
             ,
             arises
             a
             greater
             intrade
             then
             from
             their
             Corne
             ,
             Oyle
             and
             Woad
             put
             together
             ,
             which
             grow
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             in
             vast
             proportions
             .
             And
             another
             French
             Author
             affirmeth
             ,
             that
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Silke-worme
             ,
             (
             of
             which
             France
             hath
             had
             no
             triall
             till
             within
             these
             fifty
             yeeres
             )
             ariseth
             to
             four
             Millions
             
               per
               annum
               ,
            
             ste●ling
             ,
             and
             this
             he
             pretends
             to
             have
             all
             circumstances
             of
             truth
             and
             certainty
             ,
             drawne
             from
             an
             exact
             computation
             to
             confirme
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             France
             (
             an
             almost
             improper
             Countrey
             for
             this
             improvement
             )
             can
             rayse
             within
             the
             verge
             of
             fifty
             yeeres
             ,
             so
             large
             and
             numerous
             a
             revenue
             ,
             what
             shall
             we
             imagine
             Italy
             (
             a
             warmer
             Region
             ,
             and
             by
             much
             more
             convenient
             ,
             although
             not
             altogether
             Native
             for
             this
             inriching
             creature
             )
             may
             meerely
             upon
             this
             Staple
             returne
             in
             their
             Treasury
             ,
             having
             besides
             the
             advantage
             of
             Climate
             ,
             a
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             yeeres
             precedency
             in
             the
             mystery
             ,
             and
             their
             seed
             more
             s●rong
             ,
             better
             fed
             ,
             and
             lesse
             subject
             to
             diseases
             and
             casualties
             ?
          
           
             But
             Virginia
             a
             Countrey
             which
             Nature
             hath
             no
             lesse
             particul●●ly
             assigned
             for
             the
             production
             ,
             food
             ,
             and
             perfection
             of
             this
             Creature
             then
             Persia
             or
             China
             stored
             naturally
             with
             infinites
             of
             Mulberry-trees
             ,
             some
             so
             large
             that
             the
             leaves
             thereof
             have
             by
             Frenchmen
             beene
             esteemed
             worth
             5l●
             in
             which
             the
             indigenall
             and
             naturall
             Worme
             hath
             beene
             found
             as
             bigge
             as
             Wallnuts
             ,
             and
             thriving
             ,
             in
             the
             South
             thereof
             in
             admirable
             plenty
             and
             excellence
             ;
             if
             this
             mystery
             were
             but
             duly
             followed
             ,
             and
             industriously
             promoved
             ,
             might
             be
             a
             Magazine
             for
             all
             the
             Westerne
             World
             ,
             and
             singly
             in
             her selfe
             outvy
             France
             ,
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             Italy
             ,
             in
             all
             their
             advantages
             collected
             .
          
           
             Heere
             the
             Leaves
             are
             onely
             sold
             by
             nature
             ,
             who
             requires
             no
             other
             satisfaction
             then
             industry
             to
             make
             use
             of
             her
             bounty
             .
             Timber
             to
             erect
             their
             Fabricks
             is
             provided
             ,
             and
             costs
             no
             more
             then
             preparing
             a
             benevolent
             Sunne
             ,
             and
             a
             Serene
             Sky●
             contributing
             their
             indulgence
             to
             its
             perfection
             .
             No
             n●rrow
             assignation
             of
             Ground
             (
             richer
             then
             
             the
             most
             fertile
             France
             or
             Italy
             can
             pretend
             to
             ,
             or
             boast
             of
             )
             to
             plant
             those
             Trees
             on
             ,
             if
             not
             neare
             enough
             to
             the
             setled
             Plantations
             ;
             in
             briefe
             ,
             all
             the
             conveniences
             imaginable
             to
             assist
             and
             advance
             this
             to
             the
             Noblest
             Commerce
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             if
             neglect
             and
             sloth
             make
             us
             not
             ingratefull
             to
             our selves
             ,
             and
             nature
             ,
             by
             abusing
             our selves
             ,
             by
             not
             using
             her
             bounty
             .
          
           
             To
             further
             this
             happy
             designe
             ,
             let
             us
             d●scend
             into
             an
             unequall
             comparison
             :
             Let
             us
             compare
             our
             most
             incomparable
             Virginia
             ,
             where
             the
             Mulberry
             and
             the
             Worme
             are
             aboriginall
             to
             Italy
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             onely
             adventitious
             :
             Let
             us
             imagine
             our
             owne
             Worme
             of
             that
             strength
             and
             greatnesse
             onely
             equall
             to
             those
             of
             Brescia
             and
             Italy
             ,
             where
             the
             usuall
             of
             come
             from
             sixe
             ounces
             of
             seede
             is
             72
             ,
             o●
             at
             least
             60
             pound
             weight
             of
             Silke
             ,
             and
             adhearing
             to
             this
             Parallell
             ;
             let
             us
             see
             the
             apparency
             in
             the
             profit●
          
           
             A
             man
             and
             a
             boy
             ,
             if
             their
             hands
             be
             not
             sleeping
             in
             their
             pockets
             ,
             will
             feede
             as
             many
             Wormes
             as
             come
             of
             sixe
             or
             eight
             ounces
             of
             seed
             till
             they
             be
             past
             their
             foure
             first
             sicknesses
             ,
             and
             within
             some
             14
             dayes
             of
             spinning
             :
             Indeed
             the
             last
             14
             dayes
             require
             a
             more
             extraordinary
             diligence
             and
             attendance
             ,
             a
             more
             frequent
             and
             carefull
             feeding
             ,
             because
             in
             that
             time
             they
             conceive
             ,
             gather
             ,
             and
             store
             up
             the
             disposing
             matter
             from
             whence
             the
             Silke
             comes
             ,
             which
             by
             an
             incomprehensible
             mystery
             of
             Nature
             ,
             they
             after
             as
             it
             were
             vomit
             out
             of
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             and
             spinne
             out
             of
             their
             bowells
             .
             At
             this
             more
             particular
             season
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             necessity
             of
             adding
             the
             labour
             of
             three
             or
             foure
             helpes
             more
             (
             to
             which
             Women
             or
             Children
             are
             as
             proper
             as
             Men
             )
             which
             is
             an
             inconsiderable
             accession
             considering
             the
             gaine
             arising
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             That
             you
             may
             know
             the
             reason
             why
             Women
             ,
             Children
             ,
             lame
             and
             impotent
             persons
             are
             as
             ●itting
             to
             attend
             the
             last
             fourteene
             dayes
             ,
             as
             Men
             ,
             will
             appeare
             by
             their
             labour
             ,
             which
             is
             nothing
             but
             to
             feede
             them
             within
             doores
             ,
             cleanse
             ,
             dry
             and
             perfume
             their
             lodgings
             ,
             with
             some
             strengthning●
             but
             not
             overstrong
             odour
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             one
             skilfull
             in
             this
             noble
             mystery
             is
             sufficient
             for
             the
             employing
             ,
             overseeing
             ,
             and
             directing
             hundreds
             under
             him
             ,
             so
             (
             the
             skill
             being
             rather
             experimentally
             to
             be
             taught
             ,
             then
             built
             upon
             long
             and
             ambiguous
             precepts
             )
             he
             may
             bee
             able
             to
             perfect
             all
             those
             under
             him
             ,
             within
             the
             five
             or
             six
             weeekes
             time
             of
             their
             imployment
             in
             the
             full
             understanding
             the
             mystery
             .
             And
             the
             better
             to
             incourage
             both
             
             the
             teacher
             and
             learner
             of
             the
             mystery
             ,
             the
             master
             should
             be
             invited
             by
             reward
             to
             be
             liberall
             in
             communicating
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             those
             under
             his
             instruction
             encouraged
             by
             arguments
             of
             honour
             and
             profit
             proposed
             to
             the
             best
             proficient
             ,
             would
             disperse
             seeds
             of
             emulation
             and
             diligence
             ,
             since
             every
             one
             would
             imploy
             himselfe
             seriously
             to
             engrosse
             and
             appropriate
             to
             himselfe
             the
             reputation
             and
             advantage
             in
             the
             victory
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             boyes
             and
             children
             ,
             disputations
             frequently
             set
             on
             foot
             ,
             with
             some
             slight
             distinction
             of
             merit
             ,
             would
             make
             all
             that
             are
             ingeniously
             disposed
             ,
             quicken
             their
             observation
             and
             diligence
             ,
             to
             gaine
             the
             credit
             of
             prelation
             .
             Though
             to
             take
             off
             all
             disincouragement
             or
             despayre
             ,
             from
             those
             lesse
             apprehensive
             and
             docible
             ,
             in
             this
             noble
             and
             gainefull
             Trade
             of
             Silke
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             such
             absolute
             necessity
             layd
             upon
             them
             to
             be
             supersticiously
             and
             precisely
             curious
             in
             observing
             the
             Booke
             Rules
             ,
             and
             written
             Precepts
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             omission
             or
             unpunctuall
             observation
             of
             any
             of
             those
             Precepts
             in
             hatching
             ,
             lodging
             ,
             feeding
             ,
             and
             tending
             of
             the
             Silke-wormes
             ,
             wee
             should
             imagine
             such
             minute
             deviations
             might
             occasion
             an
             improsperity
             or
             generall
             failing
             :
             for
             wee
             will
             admit
             something
             may
             be
             wanting
             either
             in
             materialls
             ,
             accommodation
             ,
             or
             precisenesse
             of
             knowledge
             ;
             yet
             may
             the
             worke
             (
             a
             higher
             and
             irresistible
             cause
             not
             interrupting
             it
             )
             prosper
             and
             succeede
             ,
             notwithstanding
             such
             defect
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             contentment
             and
             gaine
             of
             them
             which
             keepe
             them
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             imagine
             it
             to
             be
             granted
             that
             the
             indigency
             of
             the
             person
             improving
             the
             incommodiousnesse
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             or
             want
             of
             House-roome
             ,
             which
             the
             Bookes
             exactly
             tye
             us
             to
             ,
             be
             in
             many
             things
             preterr●gular
             (
             though
             such
             a
             supposition
             may
             fall
             upon
             any
             other
             part
             of
             the
             World
             more
             justly
             then
             Virginia
             ,
             where
             all
             materialls
             and
             conveniency
             answer
             our
             exactest
             wishes
             )
             yet
             will
             dayly
             examples
             confirme
             us
             ,
             that
             in
             Languedoc
             ,
             Provence
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             in
             Spaine
             and
             Italy
             ,
             amongst
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             that
             exaction
             tyred
             people
             ,
             that
             one
             poore
             low-rooft
             Cottage
             ,
             and
             one
             Roome
             in
             it
             is
             all
             the
             house
             extent
             they
             have
             to
             take
             their
             sleepe
             in
             ,
             dresse
             their
             miserable
             dyet
             ,
             and
             serve
             themselves
             of
             for
             use
             and
             retirement
             ;
             yet
             does
             this
             industrious
             Creature
             (
             such
             are
             the
             blessings
             with
             which
             God
             rewards
             the
             sweat
             of
             Industry
             )
             thrive
             as
             happily
             (
             and
             sometimes
             answer
             labour
             with
             a
             greater
             fellcity
             )
             as
             tho●e
             which
             the
             curiosity
             of
             Richer
             persons
             fit
             with
             all
             commodiousnesse
             
             of
             Chamber
             feeding
             ,
             and
             attending
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             speaking
             enco●ragement
             that
             no
             man
             should
             despaire
             ,
             but
             reposing
             a
             cheerefull
             confidence
             in
             the
             blessing
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             with
             this
             Resolution
             ,
             that
             what
             ever
             meanes
             ,
             what
             ever
             curiosity
             ,
             art
             ,
             or
             precept
             ,
             may
             contribute
             towards
             the
             preparing
             and
             fa●ilitation
             of
             a
             worke
             ,
             yet
             the
             end
             ,
             the
             event
             must
             depend
             on
             his
             eternall
             goodnesse
             to
             crowne
             it
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             labours
             projected
             with
             never
             so
             great
             a
             Talent
             of
             humane
             wisdome
             and
             experience
             ,
             must
             conclude
             with
             this
             never
             failing
             truth
             :
             That
             except
             the
             Lord
             build
             the
             house
             their
             labour
             is
             but
             lost
             that
             build
             it●
             Except
             the
             Lord
             keepe
             the
             City
             ,
             the
             Watchman
             watches
             but
             in
             vaine
             .
             Wee
             must
             therefore
             lift
             up
             our
             hearts
             and
             eyes
             with
             thankefullnesse
             unto
             the
             Hills
             ,
             unto
             the
             Mountaine
             of
             Israel
             ,
             and
             Rock
             of
             
               David
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             those
             streames
             of
             blessings
             must
             acknowledge
             their
             sole
             ,
             their
             originall
             Fountaine
             ,
             which
             may
             serve
             as
             an
             admonition
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             whole
             ,
             nor
             any
             part
             of
             the
             worke
             should
             be
             begunne
             without
             applying
             our
             devotions
             to
             him
             :
             Let
             it
             therefore
             be
             the
             Morning
             Omen
             to
             the
             worke
             ,
             and
             the
             Evening
             auspice
             ,
             Lord
             prosper
             the
             worke
             of
             our
             hands
             ,
             prosper
             good
             Lord
             our
             handy
             workes
             .
             After
             the
             Reposall
             of
             this
             confidence
             in
             God
             ;
             let
             him
             apply
             himselfe
             with
             his
             greatest
             industry
             and
             ability
             ,
             with
             this
             comfort
             and
             assurance
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             but
             make
             a
             considerable
             returne
             :
             Though
             wee
             should
             be
             much
             injurious
             to
             Art
             (
             the
             noble
             right
             hand
             and
             Midwife
             to
             Nature
             )
             if
             wee
             should
             deny
             a
             more
             promising
             probability
             of
             a
             riper
             and
             fuller
             gaine
             the
             more
             curious
             and
             observant
             he
             is
             in
             following
             all
             the
             approved
             experiments
             ,
             Rules
             ,
             directions
             ,
             and
             precepts
             thereunto
             belonging
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             chiefest
             aime
             and
             intention
             of
             those
             Rules
             are
             to
             illustrate
             the
             perfection
             of
             this
             Art
             ,
             and
             to
             informe
             your
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             better
             your
             future
             experience
             and
             preventionall
             care
             ,
             if
             any
             misadventure
             arrive
             ,
             or
             miscarriage
             in
             the
             Silke-wormes
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             prosper
             not
             equally
             this
             yeare
             with
             the
             last
             ;
             for
             by
             inspection
             upon
             them
             you
             may
             understand
             the
             cause
             and
             reason
             of
             such
             misadventure
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             the
             remedy
             ;
             and
             this
             also
             takes
             away
             all
             dispaire
             or
             disincouragement
             for
             men
             ,
             commonly
             men
             till
             they
             are
             convinced
             in
             the
             naturall
             cause
             of
             a
             disaster
             or
             failing
             attribute
             ,
             all
             such
             mischances
             to
             Nature
             ,
             or
             else
             impute
             the
             non-thriving
             to
             their
             owne
             misfortune
             by
             a
             ridiculous
             opinion
             that
             they
             are
             not
             ordained
             to
             be
             fortunate
             in
             this
             or
             that
             Mystery
             ,
             so
             freequently
             does
             Fortune
             incurre
             the
             blame
             
             of
             humane
             neglect
             or
             ignorance
             .
          
           
             Besides
             wee
             are
             to
             imprint
             in
             our
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             no
             Rules
             c●n
             have
             so
             much
             of
             generality
             and
             exactnesse
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             admit
             of
             deviations
             arising
             from
             some
             particular
             and
             variable
             circumstances
             .
             Wee
             must
             not
             therefore
             conforme
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Climate
             to
             our
             Rules
             ,
             but
             our
             Rules
             to
             it
             ,
             in
             which
             wee
             must
             resume
             to
             your
             deliberation
             how
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             one
             Climate
             differs
             from
             another
             ,
             how
             the
             constitution
             of
             this
             yeare
             varies
             from
             the
             next
             ,
             or
             the
             precedent
             ,
             the
             immediocrities
             of
             heate
             ,
             cold
             ,
             drought
             ,
             and
             moisture
             ,
             serenity
             ,
             or
             mists
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             manner
             of
             their
             lodgings
             ,
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             winde
             to
             be
             admitted
             or
             excluded
             :
             To
             ●emper
             a
             season
             inclining
             to
             a
             preternaturall
             coolenesse
             with
             an
             artificiall
             heate
             ,
             to
             refresh
             and
             infrigidate
             the
             Aire
             in
             times
             of
             immoderate
             heate
             ,
             by
             admitting
             the
             cooling
             Aire
             and
             Windes
             proceeding
             from
             a
             cooler
             Quarter
             ,
             and
             this
             to
             be
             observed
             with
             a
             more
             particular
             care
             ;
             when
             they
             spinne
             their
             Silke
             ,
             that
             Creature
             then
             being
             very
             obnoxious
             to
             be
             stifled
             with
             too
             much
             heat
             .
          
           
             There
             must
             be
             likewise
             a
             providentiall
             regard
             in
             a
             moist
             season
             ,
             that
             the
             Mulberry
             leaves
             be
             carefully
             dryed
             after
             their
             gathering
             ,
             before
             they
             be
             administred
             for
             food
             to
             the
             Silke-worme
             :
             But
             if
             the
             season
             pertake
             more
             of
             drought
             it
             will
             be
             wisedome
             to
             let
             the
             leaves
             lye
             and
             shade
             a
             little
             after
             their
             gathering
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             have
             them
             coole
             and
             refreshing
             ,
             and
             in
             seasons
             of
             temperature
             and
             continued
             droughts
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             very
             requisite
             to
             water
             the
             Roots
             of
             the
             Mulberry-tree
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             a
             refreshing
             to
             the
             leaves
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             usually
             practised
             in
             Spaine
             ;
             especially
             if
             the
             Mulberry-tree
             be
             seated
             in
             a
             hot
             or
             dry
             ground
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             must
             not
             be
             so
             prescribed
             without
             particular
             caution
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             below
             our
             consideration
             to
             weigh
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             place
             in
             which
             the
             Mulberry
             is
             planted
             ,
             if
             in
             a
             sower
             foule
             or
             wet
             soile
             to
             collect
             what
             inconvenience
             that
             food
             may
             bring
             unto
             your
             worme
             ,
             and
             therefore
             if
             your
             necessity
             will
             admit
             it
             to
             avoyd
             such
             wholly
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             use
             them
             with
             such
             qualifications
             as
             may
             make
             them
             l●ast
             offensive
             .
          
           
             After
             having
             regard
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             ground
             your
             Tree
             receives
             ●ts
             juce
             from
             ,
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             season
             ,
             in
             which
             you
             gather
             them
             ;
             it
             falls
             next
             to
             your
             consideration
             to
             compare
             the
             kinde
             and
             nature
             of
             the
             Tree
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             kinde
             and
             nature
             of
             their
             
             seed
             ,
             worme
             ,
             and
             silke
             ,
             and
             directing
             your selfe
             by
             an
             exact
             observation
             of
             particular
             circumstances
             ,
             so
             to
             make
             exceptions
             ,
             and
             to
             order
             every
             thing
             with
             judgement
             and
             discretion
             thereafter
             ,
             that
             your
             Bookes
             and
             experience
             may
             by
             that
             meanes
             walke
             hand
             in
             hand
             together
             .
          
           
             But
             time
             and
             observations
             will
             affoord
             you
             many
             experiments
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             perhaps
             some
             more
             rules
             of
             Art
             may
             be
             framed
             ,
             in
             divers
             particulars
             ,
             more
             consenting
             to
             the
             Country
             and
             Climate
             of
             Virginia
             .
             Which
             finding
             ,
             after
             good
             triall
             thereupon
             made
             ,
             it
             will
             become
             the
             reputation
             of
             a
             good
             Patriot
             in
             generall
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Master
             of
             a
             family
             in
             particular
             ,
             to
             digest
             them
             into
             such
             a
             regular
             order
             and
             method
             ,
             that
             the
             publication
             thereof
             may
             be
             a
             common
             benefit
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             a
             private
             memoriall
             to
             particulars
             .
          
           
             For
             since
             in
             Persia
             and
             China
             it
             does
             not
             fall
             under
             likelihood
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             oblige
             themselves
             to
             observe
             all
             particulars
             in
             its
             strictest
             limitation
             ,
             where
             such
             an
             infinite
             quantity
             of
             silke
             passeth
             through
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             agreeable
             to
             reason
             that
             in
             a
             Climate
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             and
             parallell
             ,
             namely
             Virginia
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             rules
             found
             out
             of
             far
             l●sse
             brevity●
             and
             more
             pertinency
             ,
             then
             have
             yet
             been
             considered
             or
             published
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             where
             all
             these
             Rules
             are
             curiously
             observed
             ,
             they
             make
             not
             on●ly
             in
             Spaine
             and
             Italy
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             colder
             parts
             of
             France
             a
             far
             greater
             gaine
             (
             the
             quantity
             of
             adventure
             and
             time
             considered
             )
             by
             thus
             chargeably
             fe●ding
             of
             Silk-wormes
             ,
             then
             by
             any
             other
             commodity
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             avoid
             that
             inconvenience
             of
             fetching
             leaves
             a
             far
             off
             ,
             or
             attending
             the
             growth
             of
             your
             owne
             Mulberries
             ,
             or
             that
             necessity
             which
             makes
             the
             poorer
             sort
             of
             our
             owne
             miserable
             people
             to
             lodge
             them
             in
             that
             Roome
             which
             is
             their
             Kitchin
             ,
             their
             Chamber
             ,
             their
             all
             .
             With
             what
             ease
             and
             conveniency
             may
             there
             be
             a
             house
             set
             up
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             a
             Grove
             of
             Mulberries
             ,
             naturally
             growing
             ,
             where
             the
             Silkewormes
             ,
             in
             a
             dry
             Cabinet
             of
             Boords
             ,
             after
             the
             maner
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             may
             be
             kept
             (
             described
             more
             largely
             in
             the
             Bookes
             which
             treat
             of
             this
             Silkeworme
             ,
             then
             can
             bee
             expected
             in
             this
             paper
             )
             set
             up
             with
             stones
             in
             it
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             Countrey
             and
             season
             require
             it
             ,
             eyther
             to
             correct
             the
             ill
             sents
             ,
             or
             (
             if
             so
             be
             they
             are
             seated
             in
             cold●
             moyst
             ,
             or
             shady
             places
             ,
             of
             which
             your
             owne
             sense
             and
             experience
             will
             quickly
             acqu●int
             you
             )
             to
             give
             the
             ayre
             a
             temper
             and
             qualification
             ,
             which
             if
             not
             
             prevented
             ,
             may
             destroy
             your
             worke
             by
             killing
             the
             Silkeworme
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Lodge
             built
             for
             them
             ,
             the
             season
             of
             the
             yeere
             will
             invite
             your selfe
             and
             family
             (
             I
             meane
             such
             part
             of
             your
             family
             as
             you
             assigne
             to
             this
             worke
             )
             to
             lodge
             there
             also
             ,
             the
             time
             being
             at
             the
             most
             but
             six
             weekes
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             first
             moneth
             ,
             one
             third
             of
             your
             family
             will
             be
             sufficient
             to
             feed
             them
             ,
             but
             the
             last
             14.
             dayes
             ;
             the
             other
             2.
             thirds
             will
             be
             requisit
             that
             the
             wormes
             may
             bee
             more
             often
             and
             plentifully
             fed●
             the
             well
             feeding
             at
             that
             time
             contributing
             much
             to
             their
             strength
             and
             perfection
             ,
             and
             consequently
             to
             the
             improving
             your
             expected
             silke
             ,
             both
             in
             quantity
             and
             quality
             .
          
           
             That
             all
             may
             be
             invited
             and
             courted
             to
             this
             undertaking
             ,
             in
             this
             glorious
             Countrey
             ,
             Nature
             hath
             left
             us
             destitute
             of
             no
             materialls
             .
             To
             erect
             these
             slight
             silken
             lodgings
             ,
             will
             be
             no
             more
             expences
             ,
             then
             your
             labour
             ;
             nor
             is
             that
             any
             greater
             ,
             then
             to
             cut
             out
             some
             posts
             and
             studdes
             ,
             fit
             them
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             up●
             then
             to
             cleave
             and
             saw
             out
             small
             quarters
             ,
             rafters
             ,
             plankes
             ,
             pales
             ,
             and
             boards
             ,
             to
             make
             and
             set
             up
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             more
             substantiall
             walls
             ,
             and
             to
             cover
             the
             roofe
             in
             stead
             of
             Tile
             .
             For
             the
             effecting
             of
             all
             which
             with
             the
             le●ser
             trouble
             ,
             that
             Countrey
             affords
             abundance
             of
             Woods
             ,
             which
             will
             runne
             out
             ,
             slit
             ,
             and
             cleave
             into
             long
             lengths
             and
             br●adths
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             directnesse
             of
             the
             Ground
             will
             rive
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             beene
             sawen
             for
             the
             worke
             .
             All
             which
             must
             be
             so
             close
             layd
             ,
             joyned
             ,
             and
             nayled
             together
             ,
             the
             one
             still
             lapt
             over
             the
             other
             ,
             that
             no
             Winde
             or
             Raine
             may
             penetrate
             therein
             to
             offend
             that
             labo●rious
             Creature
             ,
             and
             this
             may
             easily
             be
             prevented
             ,
             if
             such
             chinkes
             and
             open
             places
             as
             you
             shall
             discover
             bee
             stopped
             up
             with
             Lome
             ,
             Clay
             ,
             and
             Lime
             ,
             of
             which
             materialls
             in
             those
             Countreyes
             you
             will
             finde
             no
             want
             .
             And
             to
             this
             purpose
             the
             Indian
             Mats
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             things
             may
             be
             made
             good
             use
             of
             in
             this
             way
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             keepe
             out
             Winde
             and
             perhaps
             Raine
             :
             But
             to
             these
             things
             your
             owne
             inventions
             ,
             
               pro
               re
               nata
               ,
            
             will
             abundantly
             furnish
             you
             with
             matter
             of
             preventing
             casualties
             :
             Nor
             will
             it
             bee
             unseasonable
             to
             repeat
             the
             extraordinary
             convenience
             of
             Saw-mills
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             case
             will
             be
             in
             a
             high
             degree
             serviceable
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             the
             whole
             Colony
             will
             be
             beneficially
             sensible
             in
             boards
             ,
             ●lankes
             ,
             housing
             ,
             Silk-worm-lodgings
             ,
             Timber
             ,
             shipping
             ,
             and
             all
             particular
             kinde
             of
             uses
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             once
             erected
             ,
             with
             what
             speed
             may
             such
             a
             house
             be
             clapped
             
             up
             together
             ,
             with
             a
             few
             nailes
             ●ne
             lopping
             over
             another
             ,
             either
             long
             like
             a
             Bowling-Alley
             ,
             that
             the
             functions
             of
             the
             Family
             may
             be
             distinct
             ,
             and
             no
             offensive
             heat
             or
             sent
             disturbe
             the
             Worme
             in
             his
             curious
             operations
             .
          
           
             Or
             being
             in
             doubt
             of
             surprisall
             ,
             some
             Families
             going
             into
             the
             Woods
             together
             may
             equally
             joyne
             together
             ,
             and
             those
             woodden
             houses
             (
             still
             observing
             that
             the
             Roomes
             where
             the
             wormes
             are
             may
             be
             set
             end
             and
             end
             together
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             Kitchins
             and
             their
             lodgings
             may
             be
             still
             the
             two
             extreames
             )
             may
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             forme
             of
             a
             Fort
             which
             pall●sadoed
             ,
             and
             your
             house
             sentinelled
             by
             halfe
             a
             dozen
             of
             good
             Dogges
             ,
             wil
             be
             a
             sufficient
             defence
             against
             all
             the
             Natives
             of
             the
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             may
             be
             in
             case
             they
             worke
             not
             in
             common
             ,
             which
             if
             by
             compact
             they
             agree
             upon
             ,
             the
             Lodging
             for
             the
             wormes
             may
             be
             cast
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             such
             a
             circle
             ,
             the
             Timber
             houses
             round
             about
             shading
             them
             from
             over
             much
             heat
             ,
             wind
             or
             moisture
             ,
             and
             the
             necessary
             fires
             there
             made
             ,
             will
             throughly
             cleere
             the
             ayre
             of
             all
             vapours
             and
             mists
             which
             may
             disorder
             this
             innocent
             Spinner
             .
             The
             Silke
             Harvest
             ready
             ,
             and
             the
             encrease
             brought
             to
             a
             just
             estimation
             :
             The
             Cohabitors
             may
             according
             to
             the
             agreement
             made
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             returne
             with
             their
             Dividends
             ,
             and
             this
             removall
             into
             the
             Woods
             will
             have
             the
             same
             nature
             of
             content
             which
             the
             Citizens
             take
             in
             a
             time
             of
             vacation
             and
             City
             wearinesse
             ●Citizens
             being
             never
             so
             weary
             as
             when
             they
             have
             no
             worke
             )
             to
             visit
             the
             delights
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             though
             with
             different
             ends
             ;
             since
             these
             in
             their
             Voyages
             of
             pleasure
             expend
             ,
             the
             other
             both
             save
             and
             encrease
             their
             stock
             and
             treasure
             .
             These
             Boards
             (
             the
             worke
             ended
             )
             being
             taken
             downe
             are
             serviceable
             for
             seaven
             yeares
             together
             ,
             and
             easily
             erected
             or
             renewed
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             altogether
             of
             advice
             ,
             that
             the
             Indians
             be
             hired
             to
             assist
             you
             in
             these
             Remoter
             Workes
             ,
             as
             sensible
             how
             apt
             they
             and
             the
             Divell
             t●eir
             Tutor
             may
             be
             to
             embrace
             an
             occasion
             of
             being
             treacherous
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             could
             be
             brought
             to
             worke
             by
             Parties
             (
             well
             watched
             and
             Spyes
             amongst
             themselves
             set
             over
             them
             )
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             our
             most
             populous
             Plantatio●s
             ,
             with
             their
             Wives
             and
             Childr●n
             ,
             who
             will
             easily
             runne
             through
             this
             curious
             ,
             but
             not
             heavy
             labour
             and
             may
             be
             sufficient
             pawnes
             for
             the
             Indian
             fidelity
             ,
             if
             cunningly
             divided
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             very
             serviceable
             in
             this
             kinde
             for
             a
             small
             Reward
             ,
             and
             peradventure
             might
             be
             made
             great
             use
             of
             for
             
             this
             worke
             heereafter
             by
             undertaking
             it
             themselves
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             manifested
             for
             these
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               First
               ,
               the
               Indian
               is
               naturally
               curious
               and
               very
               ingenious
               ,
               which
               they
               shew
               in
               all
               their
               works
               and
               imitations
               :
               the
               only
               thing
               that
               frights
               them
               from
               bringing
               any
               work
               to
               perfection
               ,
               is
               the
               labour
               attending
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               But
               to
               feed
               his
               curiosity
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               in
               the
               world
               more
               proper
               then
               this
               curious
               atome
               of
               Nature
               the
               Silkeworme
               :
               to
               see
               this
               untaught
               Artist
               spin
               out
               his
               transparent
               bowels
               ,
               labour
               such
               a
               monument
               out
               of
               his
               owne
               intralls
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               the
               shame
               ,
               the
               blush
               of
               Artists
               ,
               such
               a
               Robe
               that
               Solomon
               in
               all
               his
               glory
               might
               con●esse
               the
               meannesse
               of
               his
               apparell
               ,
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               workemen
               ,
               c●nnot
               but
               bring
               them
               to
               admiration
               ;
               and
               that
               those
               spi●i●s
               whose
               t●oughts
               are
               of
               a
               higher
               wing
               then
               ordinary
               ,
               may
               bee
               convinced
               of
               a
               divine
               power
               of
               the
               hand
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Creation
               :
               which
               gaynd
               upon
               him
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               be
               impossible
               to
               drive
               him
               to
               an
               acknowledgement
               of
               Redemption
               ,
               if
               private
               ends
               or
               any
               other
               respect
               then
               that
               to
               Gods
               glory
               ,
               possesse
               not
               those
               who
               should
               cover
               a
               multitude
               of
               sinnes
               ,
               by
               winning
               a
               soule
               to
               his
               Creator
               ,
               and
               forcing
               him
               from
               the
               jawes
               of
               his
               Destroyer
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               In
               this
               curiosity
               there
               is
               little
               or
               no
               labour
               (
               a
               thing
               which
               they
               abhorre
               )
               their
               women
               and
               children
               will
               bee
               sufficient
               to
               goe
               through
               with
               it
               :
               and
               if
               they
               could
               but
               be
               brought
               to
               it
               ,
               our
               T●ade
               with
               them
               for
               silke
               would
               be
               of
               greater
               consequence
               ,
               then
               all
               their
               Furs
               or
               other
               commodities
               put
               together
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               By
               this
               meanes
               it
               were
               possible
               to
               fasten
               Cloaths
               upon
               them
               ,
               which
               if
               once
               it
               were
               effected
               ,
               that
               which
               Mr.
               
               
                 Bullocke
              
               excellent
               patly
               calls
               ,
               The
               Universall
               not
               of
               Nature
               .
               Ambition
               would
               cement
               them
               to
               a
               more
               orderly
               course
               of
               life
               ,
               and
               one
               still
               striving
               to
               outvie
               the
               other
               in
               bravery
               of
               habits
               :
               there
               would
               be
               no
               labour
               under
               Heaven
               like
               this
               ,
               to
               reduce
               them
               to
               civility
               ,
               the
               toyle
               thereof
               being
               inconsiderable●
               and
               the
               profit
               great
               to
               him
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               now
               trifling
               Merchandise
               :
               and
               to
               us
               by
               trading
               with
               them
               ,
               might
               bee
               returned
               for
               5●
               .
               the
               pound
               at
               the
               most
               in
               commodities
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               By
               this
               means
               would
               he
               be
               brought
               to
               plant
               great
               quantities
               of
               Mulberry
               trees
               round
               about
               his
               Plantation
               ,
               which
               according
               to
               hi●
               constant
               inconstancy
               ,
               evermore
               shifting
               ,
               would
               necessarily
               ,
               our
               ●wne
               numbers
               increasing
               ,
               fall
               into
               our
               hands
               and
               possession
               ,
               or
               if
               he
               
               should
               against
               the
               tide
               of
               his
               nature
               abide
               by
               them
               ,
               yet
               a
               very
               inconsiderable
               trifle
               would
               buy
               the
               propriety
               from
               him
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               The
               Silkeworme
               harvest
               lighting
               at
               such
               a
               season
               of
               the
               year
               ,
               wherein
               he
               by
               improvidence
               hath
               wasted
               all
               his
               Bread-corne
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               he
               usually
               retires
               into
               the
               Woods
               to
               seeke
               a
               thinne
               s●bsistence
               ,
               by
               the
               allurement
               of
               this
               great
               profit
               he
               would
               undoubtedly
               s●ay
               at
               his
               Plantation
               ,
               and
               allow
               us
               a
               share
               in
               his
               increase
               of
               Silke
               ,
               for
               such
               provision
               of
               Maiz
               as
               would
               maintaine
               him
               ,
               and
               this
               would
               be
               a
               large
               accession
               of
               profit
               to
               the
               English
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Admitting
               Virginia
               in
               its
               whole
               extent
               from
               
                 Cape
                 Henry
              
               Southward
               (
               as
               a
               worke
               so
               easily
               compassed
               ,
               and
               such
               profit
               ensuing
               thereupon
               ,
               especially
               to
               the
               Weroances
               or
               Reguli●
               who
               have
               many
               Wives
               ,
               Slaves
               ,
               and
               Children
               ,
               would
               hardly
               faile
               from
               being
               a
               universall
               labour
               )
               to
               containe
               in
               all
               thirty
               thousand
               people
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               fourth
               part
               or
               more
               men
               ,
               if
               this
               Staple
               be
               followed
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               our
               vigilance
               preventing
               any
               Traffick
               of
               other
               Nations
               with
               them
               ,
               it
               will
               yeeld
               the
               Colony
               of
               course
               a
               trade
               with
               them
               worth
               cleare
               a
               hundred
               thousand
               pound
               
                 per
                 annum
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Neither
             doe
             I
             comprehend
             a
             sufficient
             Reason
             why
             in
             so
             happy
             a
             Climate
             as
             that
             of
             Virginia
             ;
             there
             may
             not
             be
             a
             double
             Silke
             Harvest
             :
             This
             I
             am
             sure
             of
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             secrets
             in
             Nature
             of
             retardation
             as
             well
             as
             acceleration
             of
             Springs
             ,
             and
             both
             being
             industriously
             brough●
             to
             the
             experiment
             ,
             the
             acceleration
             ante●eeding
             the
             first
             Spring
             ,
             and
             the
             retardation
             postvening
             the
             latter
             by
             three
             weekes
             ,
             (
             which
             may
             easily
             be
             effected
             by
             election
             and
             distinction
             of
             ground
             to
             plant
             in
             )
             and
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             Harvest
             the
             seeds
             being
             disposed
             and
             ripened
             for
             production
             ,
             will
             without
             doubt
             produce
             an
             effect
             answerable
             to
             the
             most
             inestimable
             profit
             intended
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             election
             of
             Ground
             may
             doe
             this
             ,
             wee
             may
             see
             by
             freequent
             examples
             betwixt
             things
             well
             cultivated
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             never
             transplanted
             from
             its
             first
             wildnesse
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             many
             presidents
             round
             about
             us
             ,
             where
             in
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Towne●
             one
             and
             the
             same
             fruit
             have
             oftentimes
             three
             Weekes
             distance
             of
             time
             betwixt
             their
             unequ●ll
             maturity
             ;
             the
             naturall
             warmenesse
             or
             coldnes
             of
             the
             Ground
             occasioning
             the
             advance
             or
             procrastination
             of
             fruits
             according
             to
             its
             severall
             disposition
             .
          
           
             Nor
             can
             such
             a
             course
             be
             any
             interruption
             to
             Harvest
             or
             Vintage
             ,
             both
             comming
             much
             after
             the
             season
             of
             the
             Silke-worme
             ,
             though
             
             I
             should
             (
             in
             submission
             to
             better
             judgement
             )
             conceive
             that
             with
             transplantation
             of
             trees
             (
             such
             as
             they
             would
             have
             come
             later
             then
             ordinary
             ,
             for
             that
             purpose
             being
             loosed
             from
             the
             Ground
             neare
             upon
             the
             as●●nt
             of
             their
             sap
             would
             spring
             for
             that
             season
             according
             to
             ●heir
             expectation
             later
             then
             is
             usuall
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             yeare
             its
             novelty
             of
             ground
             having
             made
             it
             wanton
             will
             come
             much
             earlier
             ,
             and
             more
             improved
             then
             those
             whose
             fixure
             to
             the
             place
             of
             its
             first
             pullulation
             keepes
             it selfe
             to
             its
             former
             constancy
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             meanes
             the
             later
             Harvest
             would
             not
             be
             at
             the
             most
             three
             Weekes
             time
             a●ter
             the
             (
             usuall
             )
             income
             of
             the
             first
             .
          
           
             And
             without
             doubt
             the
             Chineses
             and
             Persian
             could
             not
             vend
             such
             vast
             quantities
             of
             Silke
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             fa●shion
             so
             huge
             a
             part
             of
             the
             World
             with
             one
             single
             Harvest
             ,
             which
             though
             wee
             are
             at
             present
             ignorant
             of
             ,
             yet
             what
             should
             discourage
             us
             from
             delivering
             such
             conjectures
             to
             a
             tryall
             ,
             since
             the
             examen
             of
             it
             is
             not
             without
             probability
             ,
             nor
             the
             discovery
             without
             an
             extraordinary
             certainety
             of
             profit
             ?
          
           
             Those
             who
             will
             object
             that
             notwithstanding
             ●00
             years
             practice
             Italy
             hath
             not
             discovered
             this
             mystery
             ,
             or
             if
             discovered
             ,
             found
             it
             destitute
             of
             successe
             ,
             may
             be
             pleased
             to
             receive
             this
             Answer
             :
             That
             there
             is
             an
             immense
             disproportion
             betwixt
             the
             happyest
             Region
             of
             Italy
             ,
             and
             the
             South
             of
             the
             excellent
             Virginia
             .
             Italy
             (
             and
             that
             annually
             )
             is
             subject
             much
             to
             inclemency
             of
             Winters
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             our
             more
             temperate
             Maiden
             ,
             where
             Snows
             and
             black
             Swans
             are
             alike
             Prodigies
             ;
             the
             cold
             there
             is
             rather
             like
             a
             Phletomy
             to
             tame
             the
             Plethorick
             abundance
             of
             Springs
             ,
             then
             dead
             it
             :
             Nor
             are
             the
             Springs
             of
             Italy
             so
             early
             as
             ours
             in
             that
             Climate
             ,
             and
             the
             Mulberry
             shooting
             forth
             later
             then
             all
             other
             T●ees
             by
             much
             ,
             may
             by
             this
             meanes
             of
             transplantation
             and
             heat
             of
             soile
             ,
             be
             equall
             with
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             early
             apparence
             give
             day-light
             to
             this
             and
             other
             more
             abstruse
             Magnalia
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             ins●sted
             so
             much
             the
             longer
             upon
             this
             Mystery
             of
             the
             Silk-worme
             ,
             because
             (
             if
             it
             were
             handled
             by
             a
             better
             pen
             ,
             judgement
             ,
             and
             ability
             )
             it
             is
             every
             way
             noble
             and
             sublime
             ,
             so
             much
             worthy
             the
             knowledge
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             the
             benefit
             (
             which
             is
             extraordinary
             rich
             how
             ever
             )
             but
             for
             the
             admiration
             of
             Nature
             ,
             who
             hath
             ab●eviated
             all
             the
             Volum●
             of
             her
             other
             Miracl●s
             into
             this
             her
             little
             ,
             but
             exact
             Epitome
             ,
             like
             that
             Artist
             who
             contracted
             the
             whole
             body
             
             of
             Iliads
             and
             Odysses
             into
             a
             Nutshell
             .
          
           
             Besides
             what
             wee
             have
             sayd
             of
             Silke
             wee
             shall
             find
             the
             Indian
             profitable
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             as
             in
             the
             Staple
             of
             Wines
             ,
             of
             which
             when
             he
             has
             received
             the
             whole
             knowledge
             ,
             wee
             cannot
             make
             the
             least
             tittle
             of
             doubt
             ,
             but
             he
             will
             with
             all
             eagernesse
             prosecute
             it
             :
             First
             ,
             because
             it
             concernes
             his
             belly
             ,
             to
             which
             no
             people
             unde●
             Heaven
             are
             more
             indulgent
             ;
             and
             secondly
             ,
             his
             Wife
             and
             Children
             who
             plant
             his
             Corne
             may
             take
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Vineyard
             with
             not
             much
             more
             labour
             .
             But
             that
             which
             turnes
             to
             our
             advantage
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Indian
             communicating
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Grape
             to
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             they
             transmitting
             it
             all
             along
             as
             far
             as
             New
             Spain
             ,
             will
             stir
             up
             the
             Spanish
             jealousie
             to
             interdict
             all
             Viti-culture
             amongst
             them
             ,
             and
             as
             far
             as
             the
             extent
             of
             his
             power
             can
             fathome
             to
             prosecute
             severely
             all
             such
             Natives
             as
             shall
             make
             it
             a
             subject
             of
             their
             industry
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             Spaine
             .
             This
             must
             of
             necessity
             make
             strong
             combinations
             and
             leagues
             against
             the
             Spanish
             Tyranny
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             are
             not
             of
             themselves
             able
             to
             shake
             off
             ,
             yet
             will
             the
             Spanyard
             feare
             to
             extend
             himselfe
             further
             (
             except
             in
             such
             strength
             as
             at
             present
             his
             condition
             denies
             him
             )
             knowing
             the
             Indians
             untinguishable
             thirst
             of
             Revenge
             ,
             and
             his
             laying
             hold
             of
             all
             opportunities
             to
             put
             it
             in
             execution
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             powers
             of
             his
             understanding
             cruelty
             and
             malice
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             shall
             the
             Spanyard
             in
             case
             he
             attempts
             our
             supplantation
             be
             constantly
             discovered
             by
             the
             siding
             Indian
             ,
             and
             if
             there
             be
             a
             necessity
             to
             prevent
             his
             malice
             ,
             by
             turning
             his
             designe
             upon
             his
             owne
             head
             ,
             infinite
             occasion
             of
             intelligence
             may
             wee
             have
             from
             the
             enraged
             Native
             ,
             how
             to
             attaque
             him
             in
             his
             strongest
             security
             ,
             where
             either
             the
             distance
             or
             impassability
             of
             the
             way
             will
             make
             him
             confident
             and
             carelesse
             .
          
           
             Further
             use
             may
             be
             made
             of
             the
             Native
             in
             fishing
             after
             Pearle
             ,
             to
             which
             if
             wee
             allure
             him
             by
             a
             constant
             Trade
             with
             him
             for
             them
             ,
             his
             owne
             profit
             will
             quickly
             enlighten
             his
             desire
             of
             more
             ,
             and
             that
             desire
             quicken
             his
             industry
             .
          
           
             That
             Virginia
             affordes
             multitude
             of
             Pearles
             ,
             Mr.
             
             
               Lane
            
             is
             sufficient
             to
             give
             publick
             information
             ,
             where
             he
             tells
             us
             a
             Relation
             delivered
             to
             him
             of
             a
             Weroance
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             great
             quantity
             of
             Pearle
             ,
             and
             did
             so
             ordinarily
             take
             the
             same
             ,
             as
             that
             not
             onely
             his
             owne
             skinnes
             that
             he
             weareth
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             sort
             of
             his
             Gentlemen
             and
             
             Followers
             are
             set
             with
             the
             sayd
             Pearle
             ;
             but
             also
             his
             beds
             and
             houses
             are
             garnished
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             hath
             such
             quantity
             of
             them
             that
             it
             is
             wonder
             to
             see
             :
             These
             are
             Mr.
             
             
               Lanes
            
             words
             exactly
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             difficulty
             in
             the
             discovery
             of
             this
             ,
             or
             ingrossing
             the
             Trade
             ;
             especially
             since
             wee
             are
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             other
             Nation
             should
             attempt
             to
             partake
             in
             the
             benefit
             of
             our
             Trade
             ,
             the
             strength
             of
             Virginia
             is
             at
             present
             such
             as
             may
             repell
             by
             violence
             ,
             all
             Forraigne
             incroachments
             upon
             their
             trade
             and
             livelyhood
             .
          
           
             The
             Indians
             unanimously
             consent
             that
             twenty
             two
             mil●s
             beyond
             the
             Falls
             ,
             is
             a
             Rocke
             of
             Chrystall
             ,
             and
             this
             they
             evidence
             by
             their
             a●rowes
             very
             many
             whereof
             are
             headed
             with
             it
             .
             And
             that
             3
             dayes
             journey
             from
             thence
             ,
             is
             a
             Rocke
             or
             Hill
             of
             Silver
             Oare
             .
             Beyond
             which
             ,
             over
             a
             ledge
             of
             Hills
             ,
             by
             a
             concurrent
             Relation
             of
             all
             the
             Indians
             ,
             is
             the
             Sea
             ,
             which
             can
             be
             no
             other
             but
             that
             Sea
             which
             washes
             the
             shore
             of
             China
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             That
             this
             report
             of
             a
             great
             Sea
             Southwest
             beyond
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             cannot
             have
             the
             least
             of
             fiction
             or
             confederacy
             ,
             since
             all
             the
             Indians
             from
             Canada
             to
             Florida
             ,
             doe
             unjarringly
             agree
             in
             the
             Relation
             ,
             is
             obvious
             to
             the
             meanest
             apprehension
             .
          
           
             The
             discovery
             whereof
             ,
             if
             we
             fall
             upon
             it
             by
             degrees
             ,
             will
             bee
             a
             worke
             of
             no
             long
             time
             or
             difficulty
             ,
             but
             the
             unexpressible
             profit
             and
             glory
             of
             the
             action
             ,
             will
             rayse
             the
             noble
             head
             of
             this
             above
             example
             Countrey
             to
             such
             a
             high
             Zenith
             of
             wealth
             ,
             power
             ,
             and
             lustre
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             be
             reputed
             a
             very
             remarkable
             degree
             of
             felicity
             to
             any
             Nation
             which
             shall
             reach
             to
             such
             a
             Verticall
             point
             of
             glory
             ,
             as
             to
             bee
             reputed
             but
             our
             second
             in
             these
             most
             noble
             considerations
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             meanes
             what
             wealth
             can
             there
             be
             in
             those
             richest
             provinces
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             those
             Countries
             which
             Nature
             created
             for
             h●r
             Cabinets
             of
             excellency
             ,
             which
             we
             shall
             not
             discover
             ?
             What
             discover
             without
             a
             power
             of
             Appropriation
             ?
             What
             opulency
             do●s
             China
             teeme
             with
             which
             shall
             not
             be
             made
             our
             owne
             by
             the
             Midwifry
             ,
             by
             the
             Juno
             Lucina
             of
             this
             virtuall
             passage
             ?
             This
             by
             a
             happy
             transmigration
             ,
             by
             an
             innocent
             Magick
             will
             convert
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             (
             which
             by
             a
             swelling
             denomination
             ,
             yet
             without
             not
             some
             preten●e
             of
             Reason
             its
             Natives
             call
             by
             a
             Title
             signifying
             all
             under
             Heaven
             )
             into
             our
             Maid
             of
             admiration
             and
             envy
             Virginia
             .
             Her
             Silke-worm
             shall
             spinne
             for
             Carolana
             ,
             her
             Cloth
             of
             Gold
             be
             weaved
             for
             Roanoak
             .
             
             The
             English
             name
             shall
             keepe
             company
             with
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             and
             those
             Nations
             who
             owe
             him
             a
             particular
             adoration
             shall
             honour
             it
             as
             the
             next
             thing
             sacred
             .
             The
             E●sterne
             Nations
             oppressed
             with
             the
             slavery
             of
             those
             ill●strious
             horseleeches
             their
             princes
             ,
             will
             come
             under
             our
             shadow
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             thicke
             repayre
             to
             our
             most
             glorious
             and
             happy
             Mayden
             ,
             live
             with
             us
             in
             that
             liberty
             ,
             which
             Nature
             in
             their
             Creation
             intended
             to
             the
             noblest
             of
             his
             creatures
             Mankind
             .
             And
             by
             this
             recourse
             all
             those
             curiosities
             of
             Art
             ,
             in
             which
             those
             Easterne
             Nations
             transcend
             Europe
             ,
             will
             bee
             conveyed
             to
             us
             with
             their
             persons
             .
             Cattell
             and
             Horse
             in
             which
             they
             abound
             ,
             will
             bee
             sold
             to
             us
             for
             nothing
             ,
             for
             European
             trifles
             ,
             whilest
             the
             more
             necessary
             Stapl●s
             of
             this
             our
             Westerne
             World
             ,
             will
             be
             sold
             at
             advantages
             not
             convenient
             to
             be
             mentioned
             .
             The
             voyage
             short
             ,
             easie
             ,
             rich
             ,
             and
             pleasant
             .
             No
             doubling
             of
             the
             Line
             ,
             no
             calentures
             ,
             s●urvies
             ,
             or
             other
             long
             passage
             diseases
             ,
             to
             affright
             or
             distast
             the
             laborious
             Seaman
             :
             whereas
             now
             the
             enfeebling
             and
             destroying
             of
             Mariners
             is
             almost
             an
             unavoidable
             consequence
             of
             those
             long
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             rather
             circumferences●
             then
             voyages
             .
          
           
             But
             lest
             we
             should
             sing
             a
             Paean
             before
             a
             Victory
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             bee
             unworthy
             our
             labour
             to
             discourse
             what
             meanes
             m●y
             be
             used
             in
             this
             Discov●ry
             .
             Which
             if
             it
             should
             misse
             in
             its
             prosecution
             ,
             (
             for
             which
             fayling
             there
             is
             not
             the
             least
             shadow
             of
             probability
             )
             yet
             might
             carry
             a
             vast
             profit
             to
             recompence
             all
             your
             paynes
             and
             expences
             .
          
           
             That
             it
             must
             not
             bee
             attempted
             at
             the
             first
             heat
             ,
             but
             must
             have
             more
             recourses
             then
             one
             to
             the
             fire
             of
             a
             Triall
             ,
             will
             bee
             made
             apparent
             by
             these
             reasons
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             the
             inconveniency
             or
             non
             feysibility
             of
             carrying
             so
             much
             provision
             as
             will
             serve
             the
             Discoverers
             ,
             whose
             number
             ,
             in
             my
             opinion
             ,
             cannot
             bee
             lower
             then
             two
             hundred
             ,
             if
             wee
             let
             slide
             into
             our
             deliberation
             the
             many
             unknowne
             Nations
             ,
             through
             whose
             territories
             we
             are
             to
             make
             our
             passage
             ,
             and
             which
             by
             common
             estimation
             ,
             are
             much
             more
             numerous
             in
             the
             Inland
             ,
             then
             Marine
             Countreyes
             .
          
           
             Next
             admit
             wee
             undertake
             and
             compasse
             it
             with
             such
             a
             number
             ,
             yet
             the
             discovery
             not
             being
             capable
             of
             secresie
             amongst
             such
             a
             multitude
             of
             undertakers
             ,
             the
             publick
             resentment
             of
             such
             a
             felicity
             approaching
             ,
             not
             suffering
             people
             to
             be
             silent
             ;
             wee
             should
             have
             this
             arrive
             to
             the
             Spanyards
             knowledge
             ,
             who
             will
             roule
             all
             stones
             under
             
             Heaven
             to
             dispossesse
             or
             prepossesse
             ,
             and
             indeed
             the
             danger
             his
             Peru
             ,
             Chili
             and
             Philippines
             ,
             by
             such
             seating
             ,
             may
             lie
             obnoxious
             to
             ,
             will
             adde
             spurres
             to
             his
             inclination
             to
             prevent
             us
             ,
             which
             till
             wee
             bee
             in
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             resist
             ,
             may
             be
             effected
             with
             our
             absolute
             ruine
             .
          
           
             The
             safest
             way
             therefore
             is
             ,
             by
             degrees
             to
             steale
             upon
             the
             design
             ,
             and
             take
             our
             way
             thither
             ,
             by
             ceasing
             of
             places
             of
             advantage
             ,
             very
             frequently
             found
             in
             that
             Contry
             ,
             which
             we
             may
             progressionaly
             fortifie
             at
             every
             twenty
             or
             five
             and
             twenty
             miles
             distance
             ,
             and
             to
             these
             places
             we
             may
             constantly
             ●end
             supplies
             of
             victu●lls
             and
             ammunition
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             the
             men
             there
             Garrisond
             ,
             but
             for
             our
             owne
             reception
             and
             maint●nance
             in
             the
             Discovery
             :
             and
             these
             men
             standing
             continu●lly
             upon
             their
             guard
             ,
             may
             (
             I
             meane
             those
             most
             rem●te
             )
             by
             conference
             with
             the
             Indians
             ,
             discover
             with
             much
             ease
             ,
             of
             what
             distance
             ,
             what
             accesse
             ,
             what
             harbours
             ,
             what
             frequentation
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             people
             the
             neighbour
             Sea
             consists
             of
             ;
             to
             take
             with
             them
             exemplars
             of
             all
             Mineralls
             ,
             Drugges
             ,
             Dies
             ,
             Colours
             ,
             Birds
             and
             Beasts
             ,
             drawne
             ●o
             the
             life
             in
             colours
             ,
             which
             (
             by
             an
             invitation
             of
             reward
             )
             will
             be
             a
             surer
             meanes
             of
             discovery
             ,
             (
             if
             any
             such
             be
             )
             then
             by
             multitudes
             of
             people
             ,
             whose
             number
             commonly
             (
             as
             in
             the
             ●x●mple
             of
             
               Fernando
               Soto
            
             in
             Florida
             )
             hastens
             no
             other
             discovery
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             unavoydable
             famine
             ,
             and
             being
             usually
             ,
             either
             through
             nec●ssity
             ,
             or
             a
             disordred
             maner
             of
             living
             irregular
             and
             ●ngoverned
             ,
             fright
             the
             inhabitants
             from
             all
             commerce
             and
             conference
             or
             else
             make
             them
             join
             in
             a
             confederacy
             to
             abuse
             and
             remove
             them
             by
             telling
             their
             unwelcome
             Company
             ,
             golden
             lies
             ,
             and
             miracles
             of
             Countreys
             farther
             distant
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             likely
             to
             find
             small
             satisfaction
             for
             their
             covetousnes
             or
             hunger
             .
          
           
             Reason
             and
             experience
             will
             cond●mne
             us
             of
             folly
             ,
             if
             wee
             should
             refuse
             to
             profit
             by
             commendable
             examp●es
             ,
             though
             proc●eding
             from
             Enemies
             or
             Friends
             suspected
             :
             It
             will
             be
             therefore
             an
             incitement
             irreproveable
             to
             commend
             to
             our
             owne
             imitation
             the
             Custome
             which
             the
             industrious
             Spanyard
             practiseth
             in
             his
             designe
             of
             discoveries
             :
             Every
             one
             of
             the
             associates
             carry
             a
             little
             horne
             abou●
             their
             necks
             in
             such
             journeys
             ,
             by
             which
             meanes
             if
             the
             errour
             of
             the
             night
             or
             thickenesse
             of
             the
             Woods
             occasion
             any
             separation
             betw●x●
             them
             ,
             or
             an
             Ambuscado
             of
             Enemies
             make
             the
             passage
             doubtfull
             ,
             by
             winding
             of
             that
             Horne
             ,
             p●esently
             notice
             is
             given
             to
             the
             rest
             ,
             who
             upon
             receiving
             the
             sound
             give
             the
             ●irst
             winder
             notice
             of
             their
             residence
             ,
             
             to
             which
             they
             may
             repaire
             ,
             or
             testifie
             their
             apprehension
             and
             readinesse
             to
             prevent
             all
             hostile
             stratagems
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             indefatigable
             Nation
             in
             their
             passage
             over
             Rivers
             ,
             presently
             make
             themselves
             light
             Canoas
             after
             the
             Indian
             mode
             ,
             with
             which
             entring
             themselves
             and
             swimming
             their
             Horses
             (
             whose
             heads
             they
             keepe
             above
             water
             by
             a
             coller
             fastened
             to
             the
             Boat
             )
             they
             overcome
             difficulties
             of
             currents
             ,
             which
             to
             any
             other
             but
             those
             seem●
             insuperable
             ,
             and
             indeed
             their
             labour
             in
             this
             kinde
             show
             them
             of
             admirable
             Resolution
             and
             Constancy
             .
          
           
             Though
             wee
             may
             entertaine
             grounds
             of
             hope
             and
             confidence
             ,
             that
             this
             discovery
             of
             the
             South
             Sea
             may
             be
             made
             without
             any
             tedious
             Land-journey
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             certaine
             that
             from
             the
             great
             confluence
             of
             Waters
             in
             the
             Gulfe
             of
             St.
             Laurence
             ,
             foure
             mighty
             Rivers
             receive
             their
             sourse
             ,
             the
             first
             whereof
             pouring
             it selfe
             North
             into
             Canada
             ,
             another
             running
             Eastward
             into
             the
             Sea
             called
             Hunsons
             River
             ,
             the
             third
             running
             Westward
             into
             the
             Maine
             are
             already
             discovered
             ,
             but
             the
             fourth
             upon
             which
             wee
             have
             reason
             to
             fixe
             high
             expectation
             be●ding
             Southward
             to
             Florida
             ,
             washes
             all
             the
             backside
             of
             Virginia
             ,
             and
             may
             in
             all
             probability
             discharge
             it selfe
             into
             the
             South
             Ocean
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             suit
             with
             our
             conjectures
             ,
             Virginia
             will
             have
             by
             that
             meanes
             a
             double
             accession
             of
             security
             and
             convenience
             .
          
           
             For
             our
             security
             it
             will
             be
             a
             naturall
             bar
             betwixt
             us
             and
             the
             jealous
             Spanyard
             ,
             who
             if
             he
             shou●d
             injustly
             continue
             the
             possession
             of
             ou●
             Florida
             ,
             which
             is
             indisputably
             English
             ;
             yet
             thus
             dividided
             from
             us
             by
             a
             vast
             River
             full
             of
             ●slands
             ,
             and
             places
             convenient
             to
             command
             the
             Channell
             fortified
             and
             maintained
             by
             our
             Nation
             ,
             he
             is
             too
             full
             of
             providence
             and
             caution
             to
             attaque
             us
             ,
             if
             once
             in
             so
             good
             a
             posture
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             conveniency
             which
             sufficiently
             speakes
             it selfe
             the
             ease
             of
             transportation
             by
             water
             ,
             and
             all
             in
             our
             owne
             Chanell
             ,
             the
             saving
             of
             Land
             charges
             ,
             and
             probability
             of
             a
             more
             speedy
             passage
             ,
             are
             prespicuous
             arguments
             to
             commend
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             confirme
             the
             probabilities
             of
             this
             passage
             by
             the
             Lake
             the
             more
             strongly
             ,
             the
             Indians
             of
             Canada
             confessed
             to
             
               Iames
               Cartier
            
             that
             it
             is
             but
             a
             Moneths
             sayling
             ,
             from
             thence
             to
             go
             to
             a
             Land
             where
             Cynanon
             and
             Cloves
             are
             gathered
             .
             Others
             told
             the
             same
             person
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             place
             where
             they
             left
             their
             Pinnace
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             River
             which
             goeth
             South-West
             ,
             from
             whence
             there
             is
             a
             whole
             Moneths
             
             sayling
             to
             go
             to
             a
             certaine
             Land
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             neither
             Ice
             no●
             Snow
             seene
             ,
             where
             the
             Inhabitants
             doe
             continually
             War
             one
             against
             the
             other
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             great
             store
             of
             Orenges
             ,
             Almonds
             ,
             Nuts
             ,
             and
             Apples
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             sorts
             of
             Fruits
             .
             What
             ever
             beliefe
             other
             men
             bestow
             upon
             this
             Relation
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             but
             tru●ly
             in
             such
             a
             generall
             concordance
             of
             Reports
             ,
             where
             there
             can
             b●
             no
             roome
             left
             for
             confederacy
             or
             designe
             ,
             to
             be
             perswaded
             of
             the
             truth
             therein
             ,
             cannot
             have
             any
             vitious
             tincture
             of
             facility
             or
             credulity
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             time
             to
             remit
             these
             high
             and
             noble
             atchievements
             to
             the
             prosecution
             of
             those
             who
             have
             more
             power
             and
             ability
             ,
             who
             may
             give
             such
             a
             discovery
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             names
             ,
             and
             transfer
             a
             perpetuall
             illustrious
             memory
             to
             posterity
             ,
             we
             shall
             onely
             suppose
             it
             faisible
             and
             hope
             the
             effects
             will
             answer
             such
             supposition
             .
          
           
             Which
             if
             it
             should
             faile
             ,
             why
             may
             not
             Virginia
             in
             her
             future
             felicity
             of
             silke
             be
             a
             new
             China
             and
             Persia
             to
             Europe
             ?
             why
             may
             not
             all
             the
             spicery
             of
             the
             East
             flourish
             with
             an
             equall
             successe
             in
             this
             our
             most
             justly
             tempered
             Climate
             ?
             already
             can
             Virginia
             boast
             of
             Cinamon
             ,
             which
             if
             transplanted
             might
             not
             be
             inferiour
             unto
             any
             ?
             why
             may
             not
             the
             Cloves
             perfume
             Virginia
             with
             as
             aromatick
             redolency
             as
             the
             Philipine
             Gardens
             .
          
           
             Our
             aire
             is
             more
             serene
             ,
             better
             tempered
             then
             theirs
             ,
             nor
             have
             we
             any
             more
             sense
             of
             Winter
             to
             hinder
             the
             ascent
             of
             sap
             then
             the
             Moluccians
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             any
             thing
             more
             harsh
             in
             cold
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             but
             a
             check
             to
             a
             peradventure
             too
             forward
             Spring
             .
             What
             multitude
             of
             flowers
             have
             our
             late
             Gardens
             in
             England
             seen
             non
             native
             to
             this
             soyle
             or
             Climate
             ?
             Fruits
             thought
             solely
             proper
             to
             Italy
             and
             Spaine
             flourish
             here
             to
             the
             envy
             of
             those
             Count●ies
             ,
             who
             see
             often
             times
             the
             Colonies
             in
             a
             happier
             degree
             of
             prosperity
             then
             the
             Mother
             ,
             for
             Fruit
             and
             Flowers
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             designements
             must
             be
             the
             Daughters
             of
             time
             ,
             curiosity
             and
             industry
             ,
             to
             whom
             away
             may
             be
             made
             passab●●
             ,
             and
             easie
             ,
             by
             that
             uncabinetting
             and
             deciphring
             of
             Nature
             ,
             Garden
             Philosophy
             ,
             what
             harsh
             disposition
             in
             the
             World
             will
             not
             be
             lenified
             and
             refined
             by
             these
             curious
             conclusions
             ?
             
               Dioclesian
            
             could
             postpose
             the
             science
             of
             governing
             Mankinde
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             managing
             his
             Scions
             ,
             to
             see
             those
             Plants
             grow
             up
             ,
             which
             his
             own
             laureld
             hand
             had
             set
             ,
             watred
             and
             attended●
             and
             accordingly
             flourish
             ,
             was
             in
             a
             manner
             the
             production
             of
             so
             many
             Children
             ,
             who
             in
             this
             have
             the
             advantage
             ,
             
             that
             their
             florescence
             is
             not
             subject
             to
             selfe-deprivation
             ,
             give
             them
             but
             an
             acceptable
             ground●
             a
             bounteous
             Aire
             ,
             and
             an
             arriding
             Sunne
             and
             they
             answer
             the
             most
             exact
             desires
             of
             the
             Setter
             or
             Ingrafter
             ;
             but
             Children
             ,
             let
             them
             have
             all
             the
             Auxiliares
             of
             a
             full
             Fortune
             ,
             warmth
             of
             education
             ,
             and
             heat
             of
             encouragement
             ,
             by
             some
             private
             disease
             of
             the
             genius
             ,
             by
             some
             secret
             malignity
             in
             nature
             ,
             or
             its
             right
             hand
             custome
             ,
             seldome
             or
             neuer
             thrive
             according
             to
             the
             wishes
             of
             the
             Parent
             ,
             they
             are
             either
             too
             ranke
             with
             insolence
             ,
             too
             much
             parched
             with
             rashnesse
             ,
             or
             withered
             with
             infamy
             and
             luxury
             ,
             that
             those
             which
             planted
             them
             instead
             of
             delight
             in
             that
             which
             they
             esteemed
             their
             Masterpeece
             ,
             have
             nothing
             but
             a
             Spring
             of
             indignation
             ,
             or
             an
             Autumn
             of
             Melancholly
             to
             answer
             their
             expectation
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             far
             from
             contentment
             at
             their
             groweth
             that
             they
             would
             have
             reckoned
             it
             amongst
             the
             Smiles
             of
             their
             Fortunes
             ,
             that
             no
             warmth
             of
             theirs
             had
             contributed
             to
             their
             production
             ,
             no
             indulgence
             to
             their
             continuance
             and
             education
             .
          
           
             These
             allu●ements
             are
             for
             those
             whose
             delights
             onely
             are
             interested
             and
             denoted
             to
             this
             retired
             activity
             ;
             but
             those
             who
             looke
             further
             will
             finde
             (
             that
             which
             is
             rarely
             or
             never
             contingent
             to
             other
             contentments
             )
             this
             pleasure
             to
             be
             attended
             with
             an
             inestimable
             p●ofit
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             most
             certaine
             returnes
             in
             nature
             :
             But
             this
             fertility-labouring
             Countrey
             ,
             especial●y
             in
             its
             Southerne
             beauties
             ,
             in
             its
             Roanoak
             excellencies
             ,
             like
             to
             a
             Princesse
             ,
             all
             compos'd
             of
             Bounty
             ,
             suffers
             no
             addresse
             to
             be
             made
             unsatisfied
             .
             Gentle
             Winters
             to
             court
             your
             seed
             ,
             warme
             Springs
             to
             marry
             them
             to
             perfect
             Masculine
             ripenesse
             ,
             nothing
             but
             ingratitude
             and
             indiligence
             to
             delay
             or
             divert
             its
             liberality
             ,
             hitherto
             (
             like
             those
             confined
             Virgins
             in
             a
             barbarous
             Seraglio
             )
             it
             hath
             suffered
             the
             imputation
             or
             injury
             of
             sterility
             by
             a
             non-complacency
             in
             its
             Savage
             Amourists
             ,
             the
             abundance
             of
             perfection
             having
             put
             them
             into
             a
             satiety
             or
             incapacicy
             of
             enjoyment
             .
          
           
             The
             truth
             of
             this
             being
             abundantly
             manifest
             ,
             an
             apparent
             profit
             and
             delight
             inviting
             the
             able
             and
             industrious
             ;
             necessity
             must
             be
             the
             next
             Argument
             to
             those
             whose
             Poverty
             can
             pleade
             no
             excuse
             for
             their
             indiligence
             ;
             yet
             this
             laborious
             necessity
             is
             not
             so
             ingratefull
             as
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             more
             thick-peopled
             Countries
             ,
             what
             ever
             you
             sweat
             for
             in
             this
             bounteous
             Region
             ,
             is
             crowned
             with
             a
             recompence
             amazing
             your
             expectation
             ;
             such
             things
             as
             make
             poverty
             and
             life
             wearisome
             ,
             contempt
             of
             ,
             or
             impossibility
             of
             any
             melioration
             
             to
             their
             condition
             are
             things
             heere
             never
             charged
             upon
             honest
             indigence
             ,
             or
             denyed
             to
             a
             commendable
             industry
             ,
             nor
             can
             they
             palliate
             their
             sleepe
             and
             sloth
             with
             a
             pretence
             of
             wanting
             materialls
             to
             worke
             upon
             ,
             or
             plead
             that
             such
             things
             as
             should
             employ
             them
             must
             be
             first
             had
             out
             of
             England
             ,
             since
             there
             is
             enough
             abundantly
             and
             naturally
             in
             that
             unpresidented
             Countrey
             to
             employ
             their
             industry
             ,
             to
             enrich
             their
             labour
             .
          
           
             Though
             Silke●grasse
             is
             unquestionably
             a
             Staple
             which
             will
             bee
             Neighbour
             to
             the
             profit
             of
             the
             Silke-worme
             ,
             though
             the
             naturall
             Hempe-flagge
             may
             be
             a
             Merchandize
             in
             time
             equal
             to
             English
             Flax
             ,
             though
             the
             Sarsaparilla
             be
             an
             extraordinary
             vendible
             Commodity
             ,
             though
             Pipestaves
             be
             so
             beneficiall●
             ,
             that
             with
             not
             many
             drops
             an
             extraordinary
             workeman
             may
             make
             his
             labour
             worth
             sixty
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             he
             has
             fish
             there
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             abundance
             that
             the
             attending
             diligently
             upon
             two
             seasons
             ,
             onely
             returnes
             him
             a
             Reward
             of
             one
             hundred
             pound
             sterling
             in
             Sturgion
             ,
             Salmon
             ,
             Herings
             ,
             Mackrell
             :
             Pot-ashes
             a
             rich
             and
             never
             decaying
             Staple
             ,
             &c.
             
             Yet
             since
             against
             this
             an
             objection
             may
             be
             made
             what
             course
             they
             may
             take
             for
             their
             provisionall
             subsistence
             .
             Those
             who
             apprehend
             such
             doubts
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             receive
             this
             answer
             ,
             in
             which
             if
             they
             are
             sensible
             of
             Reason
             they
             cannot
             faile
             to
             receive
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             man
             will
             ever
             be
             denyed
             the
             loane
             of
             Corne
             for
             his
             house-spending
             ,
             and
             seed
             till
             the
             Harvest
             ;
             if
             he
             be
             a
             single
             man
             he
             may
             prepare
             as
             much
             ground
             if
             cleared
             ,
             and
             set
             as
             large
             quantitie
             of
             Corne
             for
             his
             owne
             spending
             and
             repayment
             of
             what
             borrowed
             ,
             in
             two
             dayes
             space
             as
             will
             abundantly
             suffice
             him
             twelve
             Moneths
             .
          
           
             Admit
             there
             be
             no
             cleared
             Ground
             ,
             yet
             if
             he
             but
             unbarke
             the
             Trees
             one
             foot
             round
             after
             the
             Indian
             mode
             to
             prevent
             the
             shade
             occasioned
             by
             the
             leaves
             ,
             which
             such
             unbarking
             quite
             destroyes
             ,
             the
             Corne
             (
             set
             betwixr
             those
             Trees
             )
             will
             thrive
             and
             prosper
             exceedingly
             ,
             and
             their
             greund
             thus
             prepared
             will
             last
             seaven
             or
             more
             yeares
             successively
             ,
             and
             this
             worke
             cannot
             last
             him
             above
             five
             dayes
             at
             the
             longest
             .
          
           
             If
             he
             have
             a
             Family
             ,
             his
             Wife
             and
             Children
             will
             be
             able
             to
             beare
             part
             in
             that
             labour
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             .
          
           
             For
             Provision
             of
             flesh
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             use
             his
             peece
             he
             may
             ,
             even
             at
             his
             
             labour
             in
             the
             Woods
             ,
             have
             opportunity
             of
             killing
             Venison
             ,
             Hares
             ,
             Wild-foule
             (
             in
             their
             season
             innumerable
             )
             and
             Fish
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             R●vers
             are
             all
             times
             plentifully
             furnished
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             delic●cy
             ;
             if
             in
             all
             this
             abundance
             he
             is
             yet
             apprehensive
             of
             Famine
             ,
             wee
             shall
             refer
             him
             to
             the
             number
             of
             those
             who
             are
             afraid
             to
             be
             starved
             for
             meat
             in
             a
             Cooks
             shop
             .
          
           
             Besides
             what
             a
             small
             summe
             of
             money
             will
             buy
             your
             Cattell
             ,
             and
             Swine
             in
             Virginia
             ?
             Whose
             feeding
             co●ts
             them
             nothing
             but
             thankes
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             has
             spread
             that
             superficies
             of
             that
             noble
             ●ountrey
             with
             perpetuall
             friut
             and
             verdure
             .
             Poultry
             in
             infinite
             variety
             and
             plenty
             ,
             the
             forbearance
             of
             whose
             encrease
             for
             a
             small
             terme
             of
             years
             will
             make
             them
             so
             numerous
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             alwayes
             have
             a
             full
             table
             .
          
           
             The
             W●st
             Indie
             Potatoe
             (
             by
             much
             more
             delicate
             and
             large
             then
             what
             wee
             have
             heere
             growing●
             besides
             that
             it
             is
             a
             food
             excellently
             delicious
             and
             strongly
             nourishing
             ,
             fixes
             himselfe
             wherever
             planted
             ,
             with
             such
             an
             irradicable
             fertility
             ,
             that
             being
             set
             it
             eternally
             grows
             :
             of
             this
             an
             extraordinary
             pleasing
             and
             strong
             drinke
             may
             bee
             composed
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             the
             Maiz
             l●sse
             commendable
             for
             bread
             then
             malting
             ,
             of
             both
             which
             in
             its
             use
             it
             ●ffordeth
             a
             peculiar
             goodnesse
             and
             convenience
             :
             And
             I
             am
             much
             to
             learne
             how
             a
             poore
             man
             can
             in
             justice
             complaine
             of
             want
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             as
             it
             were
             besieged
             with
             such
             plenty
             :
             This
             for
             provision
             may
             abundantly
             satisfie
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             can
             be
             content
             to
             forbeare
             debauches
             and
             profusenesse
             for
             t●e
             first
             three
             yeares
             he
             may
             by
             any
             of
             the
             meanes
             aforesaid
             arrive
             to
             such
             a
             condition
             of
             ●hriving
             .
             that
             he
             may
             allow
             himselfe
             a
             large
             latitude
             of
             expences
             (
             that
             first
             three
             yeares
             once
             expired
             )
             without
             much
             empairing
             his
             fortun●s
             .
          
           
             But
             since
             all
             men
             either
             by
             constitution
             of
             age
             ,
             oppression
             of
             yeares
             ,
             or
             different
             education
             ,
             are
             unable
             o●
             improper
             for
             the
             Fi●●●et
             or
             Hatchet
             ,
             I
             shall
             offer
             them
             a
             way
             which
             may
             be
             lesse
             laborious
             and
             peradventure
             more
             gainefull
             ;
             yet
             before
             I
             descend
             to
             this
             ,
             I
             must
             take
             leave
             by
             digression
             to
             enlarge
             something
             which
             I
             have
             already
             hinted
             on
             ,
             nam●ly
             the
             benefit
             of
             transplantation
             .
          
           
             The
             removing
             and
             transposition
             of
             Wild
             Plants
             ,
             doth
             with
             an
             ●xperimented
             happinesse
             wonderfully
             mitigate
             and
             engentile
             their
             〈◊〉
             noble
             nat●●e
             ;
             whether
             (
             as
             an
             A●thour
             delivers
             it
             very
             elegantly
             )
             
             it
             be
             by
             reason
             that
             the
             nature
             of
             Plants
             ,
             as
             of
             men
             ,
             is
             desirous
             of
             Novelty
             and
             peregrination
             ,
             or
             because
             that
             at
             their
             parting
             from
             their
             former
             grounds
             they
             leave
             there
             that
             ranke
             wildnesse
             virulency
             and
             ill
             quality
             from
             the
             Forest
             ,
             where
             is
             first
             rooted
             the
             grate●ull
             novelty
             and
             allurement
             of
             a
             well
             cultivated
             s●yle
             makes
             it
             receive
             a
             new
             by
             exiling
             it
             from
             the
             old
             savagenesse
             and
             indomestication
             of
             its
             first
             seat
             and
             nature
             .
          
           
             Since
             then
             the
             removing
             of
             wild
             Plants
             addes
             so
             much
             to
             their
             improvement
             and
             melioration
             confirmed
             by
             naturall
             Reason
             and
             unerring
             experience
             :
             Why
             may
             not
             the
             diligent
             labour
             by
             removeall
             and
             transposing
             this
             excellent
             Staple
             of
             Silke
             grasse
             ,
             make
             it
             thrive
             equally
             in
             greatnesse
             and
             goodnesse
             ,
             there
             needes
             no
             more
             art
             to
             be
             used
             then
             th●t
             of
             comparing
             the
             soile
             (
             transplantations
             int●
             worse
             grounds
             being
             naturally
             improsperous
             )
             and
             though
             there
             appeare
             now
             somewhat
             of
             trouble
             (
             though
             nothing
             of
             lab●ur
             )
             in
             peeling
             the
             silky
             skinne
             of
             ,
             yet
             that
             it
             may
             be
             broken
             as
             Flaxe
             or
             cleared
             by
             some
             Instrument
             (
             the
             Commodity
             richly
             rewarding
             the
             nobility
             of
             any
             invention
             )
             to
             this
             purpose
             ;
             time
             and
             further
             experience
             will
             no
             doubt
             to
             the
             publick
             enriching
             of
             the
             Colony
             and
             this
             Nation
             make
             apparent
             .
             In
             this
             any
             one
             which
             is
             not
             sworne
             a
             servant
             to
             ease
             and
             sloth
             ,
             may
             with
             a
             small
             toile
             reape
             a
             considerable
             profit
             .
          
           
             Next
             ,
             what
             will
             n●t
             those
             Vines
             produce
             if
             well
             husbanded
             after
             their
             transplantation
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             most
             delightfull
             labour
             the
             gain
             is
             so
             appareut
             that
             almost
             the
             blindest
             judgement
             may
             perceive
             it
             .
          
           
             Orenges
             ,
             Lemons
             ,
             Pine-aples
             ,
             Plantanes
             ,
             Peaches
             ,
             Apricocks
             ,
             Peares
             ,
             Aples
             ,
             in
             a
             word
             all
             sort
             of
             excellent
             Fruits
             will
             grow
             there
             in
             full
             perfection
             ;
             you
             may
             sleepe
             whilst
             they
             are
             growing
             ,
             after
             their
             setting
             or
             engrafting
             ,
             there
             needes
             no
             more
             labour
             but
             your
             prayers
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             prosper
             ,
             and
             now
             and
             then
             an
             eye
             to
             prevent
             their
             casualties
             ,
             wounds
             or
             diseases
             .
          
           
             Sugars
             ,
             Indigos
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             and
             Ginger
             ,
             require
             a
             greater
             industry
             ;
             but
             if
             wee
             consider
             the
             difference
             betwixt
             the
             two
             Climates
             of
             Barbadoes
             and
             Virginia
             ,
             the
             immoderate
             heate
             of
             the
             first
             and
             the
             exact
             temper
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             the
             labour
             though
             it
             may
             require
             as
             frequent
             handling
             ,
             yet
             is
             by
             much
             lesse
             toylesome
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             be
             yet
             timerous
             of
             a
             thriving
             condition
             in
             
             this
             Countrey
             ;
             I
             shall
             with
             his
             pardon
             believe
             him
             ,
             distrustfull
             of
             Gods
             providence
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             be
             so
             vitiously
             disposed
             as
             to
             hope
             after
             a
             Land
             where
             he
             may
             enjoy
             an
             undisturbed
             plenty
             without
             the
             sweat
             of
             his
             browes
             ,
             the
             Maps
             are
             so
             extreamely
             d●ficient
             in
             the
             description
             of
             such
             a
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             I
             must
             desire
             him
             to
             looke
             for
             a
             new
             World
             and
             Kingdome
             ,
             for
             such
             an
             easie
             accommodation
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             make
             an
             Objection
             why
             this
             Countrey
             stored
             with
             all
             these
             Riches
             ,
             furnished
             with
             all
             these
             Staples
             ,
             hath
             so
             long
             held
             downe
             her
             head
             in
             the
             lownesse
             of
             a
             desperate
             condition
             ?
             Why
             being
             capable
             to
             crowne
             her
             browes
             with
             Garlands
             of
             Roses
             and
             plenty
             ,
             she
             sate
             desolate
             amongst
             the
             Willowes
             of
             neglect
             and
             poverty
             ?
             Let
             them
             but
             recall
             their
             Memory
             ,
             how
             by
             the
             prevailency
             of
             
               G●ndamore
            
             the
             Co●poration
             w●s
             dissolved
             ,
             their
             patent
             cancelled
             ,
             to
             which
             if
             wee
             adde
             the
             cooperation
             of
             the
             Indian
             treachery
             in
             their
             first
             massacre
             ,
             they
             will
             cease
             their
             wonder
             at
             its
             languishing
             condition●
             and
             convert
             it
             to
             a
             full
             admiration
             ,
             how
             that
             Colony
             could
             ever
             raise
             her
             endangered
             head
             out
             of
             those
             Gulfes
             of
             distraction
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Gold
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             the
             disincouragement
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             discontent
             of
             the
             better
             sort
             of
             Planters
             ,
             and
             the
             desperate
             negligence
             of
             the
             more
             inconsiderable
             had
             in
             humane
             opinion
             irrecoverably
             involved
             her
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             incomparable
             Virgin
             hath
             raised
             her
             dejected
             head
             ,
             cleared
             her
             enclouded
             reputation
             ,
             and
             now
             like
             the
             Eld●st
             Daughter
             of
             Nature
             expresseth
             a
             priority
             in
             her
             Dowry
             ;
             her
             browes
             encircled
             with
             opul●ncy
             to
             be
             believed
             by
             no
             other
             tri●ll
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             expeperience
             ,
             her
             unwounded
             wombe
             full
             ●f
             all
             those
             Treasuries
             which
             indeere
             Provinces
             to
             respect
             of
             glory
             ,
             and
             may
             with
             as
             great
             justice
             as
             any
             Countrey
             the
             Sunne
             honours
             with
             his
             eye-beames
             ,
             ●ntitle
             her selfe
             to
             an
             affinity
             with
             Eden
             ,
             to
             an
             absolute
             perfection
             above
             all
             but
             Paradize
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             those
             Gentlemen
             to
             whom
             she
             vouchsaf●s
             the
             honour
             of
             her
             Embraces
             ,
             when
             by
             the
             blessings
             of
             God
             upon
             their
             labou●s
             s●ted
             with
             the
             beauty
             of
             their
             Cornefield
             ,
             they
             shall
             retire
             into
             their
             Groves
             checkered
             with
             Vines
             ,
             Olives
             ,
             Mirtles
             ,
             from
             thence
             dilate
             themselves
             into
             their
             Walkes
             covered
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             paved
             with
             Orenges
             and
             Lemmons
             ,
             whence
             surfeited
             with
             variety
             ,
             they
             incline
             to
             repose
             in
             their
             Gardens
             upon
             nothing
             lesse
             perfumed
             then
             Rose●
             and
             Gilly-flowers
             .
             When
             they
             shall
             see
             their
             numerous
             Heards
             
             wanton
             with
             the
             luxury
             of
             their
             Pasture
             ,
             confesse
             a
             narrowne●se
             in
             their
             Barnes
             to
             receive
             their
             Corne
             ,
             in
             bosomes
             to
             expresse
             fully
             their
             thank●fulnesse
             to
             the
             Almighty
             Authour
             of
             these
             blessings
             ,
             will
             ch●arefully
             confesse
             :
             Whilst
             the
             Incomparable
             Roanoak
             like
             a
             Queene
             of
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             encircled
             with
             an
             hundred
             attendant
             Islands
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             Majestick
             Carolana
             shall
             in
             such
             an
             ample
             and
             noble
             gratitude
             by
             her
             improvement
             repay
             her
             Adventurers
             and
             Creditors
             with
             an
             Interest
             so
             far
             transcending
             the
             Principall
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             valuation
             of
             the
             Commodities
             growing
             and
             to
             be
             had
             in
             
               Virginia
            
             :
             valued
             in
             the
             year
             ,
             1621.
             
          
           
             And
             since
             those
             Times
             improved
             in
             all
             more
             or
             lesse
             ,
             in
             some
             ⅓
             ,
             in
             others
             ½
             ,
             in
             many
             double
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             treble
             .
          
           
             
               IRon
               ,
               ten
               pounds
               the
               Tun
               .
            
             
               Silke
               Coddes
               ,
               two
               shillings
               six
               pence
               the
               pound
               .
            
             
               Raw
               silk
               ,
               13s
               .
               4d
               .
               the
               pound
               ,
               now
               at
               25s
               .
               and
               28.
               
                 per
              
               pound
               .
            
             
               Silke
               grasse
               to
               be
               used
               for
               Cordage
               ,
               6d
               .
               the
               pound
               :
               but
               we
               hope
               it
               will
               serve
               for
               many
               better
               uses
               ,
               and
               so
               yeeld
               a
               far
               greater
               r●te
               ,
               wherof
               there
               can
               never
               be
               too
               much
               planted
               .
               Of
               this
               Q.
               
                 Elizabeth
              
               had
               a
               silke
               Gowne
               made
               .
            
             
               Hemp
               ,
               from
               10s
               .
               to
               22s
               .
               the
               hundred
               ,
            
             
               Flax
               ,
               from
               22s
               ,
               to
               30s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Cordage
               ,
               from
               20s
               .
               to
               24s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Cotton
               wooll
               ,
               8d
               .
               the
               pound
               .
            
             
               Hard
               pitch
               ,
               5s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Tarre
               ,
               5s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Turpentine
               ,
               12s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Rozen
               ,
               5s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Madde●
               crop
               ,
               4●s
               .
               the
               hundred
               :
               course
               madder
               ,
               25s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Woad
               ,
               from
               12s
               .
               to
               20
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Annice
               seeds
               ,
               40s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Powder
               Sugar
               ,
               Panels
               ,
               Muscavadoes
               an●
               whites
               ,
               25s●
               40.
               and
               3l
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
             
               S●urgeon
               ,
               and
               Caveare
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               goodnesse
               .
            
             
               Salt
               ,
               30s
               .
               the
               weight
               .
            
             
               Mastick
               ,
               3s
               .
               the
               pound
               .
            
             
               Salsa
               Perilla
               wild
               ,
               5l
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Salsa
               Perilla
               domestick
               ,
               10l
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Red
               earth
               Allenagra
               ,
               3s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Red
               Allum
               ,
               called
               Carthagena
               A●lum
               ,
               10s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Roach
               Allum
               ,
               called
               Romish
               Allum
               ,
               10s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Berry
               graine
               ,
               ●s
               .
               6d
               the
               pound
               :
               the
               powder
               of
               graine
               ,
               9s
               .
               the
               pound
               :
               it
               groweth
               on
               trees
               like
               Holly
               berries
               .
            
             
               Masts
               for
               shipping
               ,
               from
               10s
               .
               to
               3l
               .
               a
               peece
               .
            
             
               Pot-ashes
               ,
               from
               12s
               .
               the
               hundred
               ,
               to
               14.
               now
               40.
               and
               35s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Sope-ashes
               ,
               from
               6s
               .
               to
               8s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Clapboord
               watered
               ,
               30s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Pipe
               staves
               ,
               4l
               .
               the
               thousand
               .
            
             
               Rape-seed
               oyle
               ,
               10l
               .
               the
               tun
               ,
               the
               cakes
               of
               it
               feed
               Kine
               fat
               in
               the
               Winter
               .
            
             
               Oyle
               of
               Walnuts
               ,
               12l
               .
               the
               tun
               .
            
             
               Linseed
               oyle●
               10l
               .
               the
               tun
               .
            
             
               Saffron
               ,
               20s
               .
               the
               pound
               .
            
             
               Honey
               ,
               2s
               .
               the
               gallon
               .
            
             
               Waxe
               ,
               4l
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Shomacke
               ,
               7s
               .
               the
               hundred
               ,
               whereof
               great
               plenty
               in
               Virginia
               ,
               and
               good
               quantity
               will
               be
               vented
               in
               England
               .
            
             
               Fustick
               yong
               ,
               8s
               .
               the
               hundred
               .
            
             
               Fustick
               old
               ,
               6s
               .
               the
               hundred
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               sample
               .
            
             
               Sweet
               Gums
               ,
               Roots
               ,
               Woods
               ,
               Berries
               for
               Dies
               and
               Drugs
               ,
               send
               of
               all
               sorts
               as
               much
               as
               you
               can
               ,
               every
               sort
               by
               it
               sel●e
               ,
               there
               being
               great
               quantities
               of
               those
               things
               in
               Virginia
               ,
               which
               after
               proof
               made
               ,
               may
               be
               heere
               valued
               to
               their
               worth
               .
               And
               particularly
               ,
               we
               have
               great
               hope
               of
               the
               Pocoon
               root
               ,
               that
               it
               will
               prove
               better
               then
               Madder
               .
            
             
               Sables
               ,
               from
               8s
               .
               the
               payre
               ,
               to
               20s
               .
               a
               payre
               .
            
             
               Otter
               skin●
               ,
               from
               3s
               .
               to
               5s
               .
               a
               piece
               .
            
             
               L●zernes
               ,
               from
               2s
               .
               to
               10
               a
               piece
               .
            
             
               Martins
               the
               best
               ,
               4s
               .
               a
               piece
               .
            
             
               Wild
               Ca●s
               ,
               ●8d
               .
               a
               piece
               .
            
             
               Fox
               skins
               ,
               ●d
               .
               a
               piece
               .
            
             
             
               Muske
               Rats
               skins
               ,
               2s
               .
               a
               dozen
               :
               the
               cods
               of
               them
               will
               serve
               〈◊〉
               good
               perfumes
               .
            
             
               Bever
               skins
               that
               are
               full
               growne
               ,
               in
               season
               ,
               are
               worth
               7s
               .
               a
               piece
               .
            
             
               Bever
               skins
               ,
               not
               in
               season
               ,
               to
               allow
               two
               skins
               for
               one
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               lesser
               ,
               three
               for
               one
               .
            
             
               Old
               Bever
               skins
               in
               Mantles
               ,
               gloves
               or
               cap●
               ,
               the
               more
               worne
               ,
               the
               better
               ,
               so
               they
               be
               full
               of
               fur
               ,
               the
               pound
               weight
               is
               6s
               .
            
             
               The
               new
               Bevers
               skins
               are
               not
               to
               bee
               bought
               by
               the
               pound
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               thicke
               and
               heavy
               Leather
               ,
               and
               not
               so
               good
               for
               use
               as
               the
               old
               .
            
             
               Pearles
               of
               all
               sorts
               that
               ye
               can
               find
               :
               Ambergreece
               as
               much
               as
               you
               can
               get
               :
               Cristall
               Rocke
               :
               send
               as
               much
               as
               you
               can
               ,
               and
               any
               sort
               of
               Minerall
               stones
               ,
               or
               earth
               that
               weighs
               very
               heavy
               .
            
             
               Preserve
               the
               Walnut
               trees
               to
               make
               oile
               of
               ,
               &
               cut
               them
               not
               down●
               so
               also
               preserve
               your
               Mulberry
               and
               Chestnut
               trees
               very
               carefully
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               month
               of
               June
               ,
               bore
               holes
               in
               divers
               sorts
               of
               Trees
               ,
               wherby
               you
               shall
               see
               what
               gums
               they
               yield
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               bee
               well
               dried
               in
               the
               Sun
               every
               day
               ,
               and
               send
               them
               home
               in
               very
               dry
               caske
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
    

