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l s 1 583. For the Fartherance of this Resolu-sfzsssy don, Sir George Peckham, among others,^tfJVortb A iewe( i himlelf particularly zealous, as’fisvb. well by his Advice, as by contributingCe ' largely towards defraying the Expencesof the Undertaking, and with him joinedseveral Gentlemen and others, of goodSubstance, who resolved not only tostand by him, with their Fortunes, butto attend him in Person.

Sir Humphry, meeting with so muchEncouragement, that nothing, on hisSide, might be wanting, fold his Estate,and hoped now he should be able to re-cover all his Losses, and to settle someColonies, that might entitle him to theBenefit of his Patent.

To this End, a small Fleet, of five^ _ Ships and Barks were fitted out, viz.

The Delight (or George) of one Hun-dred and twenty Tuns, Admiral, inwhich went Sir Humphry himself, as Ge-neral, William Winter, Captain andPart-Owner, and Richard Clarke, Ma-ster.

The Bark Raleigh, fitted out byMr. Walter Raleigh, of two HundredTuns, Vice-Admiral, Mr. Butler, Cap-tain, and. Robert Davis, of Brijlol, Ma-ster.

The Golden Hind, of forty Tuns,Rear-Admiral, Captain Edward Hayes,Commander and Owner, and WilliamCox, of Lime^house, Master.

The Swallow, of forty Tuns, Cap-tain Morrice Brown. .

The' Squirrel, of ten Tuns, William-Andrews, Captain, and one Cade Ma-ster.

In all these Vessels, were lhip’d abouttwo Hundred and sixty Men, amongwhom were many Shipwrights, Masons,

, Carpenters,Smiths, Miners and Refiners.The Resolution of the Proprietors

’%J 0 ' was, that the Fleet should begin it’sCourse Northerly, and follow, as di-rectly as they could, the Tradeway toNewfoundland, from whence, after hav-ing refreshed and supplied themselvesWith all Necessaries, their Intent was toproceed into the South, and not to passby any River or Bay, which, in all thatlarge Tract of Land, should appear wor-thy their looking into. They likewiseagreed upon the Manner of their Course,and the Orders to be observed in theirVoyage, which were delivered to theCaptains and Masters of every Ship in

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The eleventh of June, they set Sailfrom Caufet-Bay, near Plymouth ; But,

on the thirteenth, their largest Ship, 15^3*the Raleigh, under Pretence that theCaptain, and a great Number of herMen, were suddenly taken ill, of acontageous Disease, left the Fleet, andreturned to Plymouth, some say in greatDistress; But others, that it was done Tbire Barge, %with a Design to break the Voyage. As- Ship desertster her Departure, the Golden Plind suc- t e Let ‘ceeded in her Place, as Vice-Admiral.

The thirtieth of July, they had the s

first Sight of Land, as they computed in v e rp a „/jabout one and fifty Degrees; But withsuch foggy Weather, that they couldnot perfectly discern the Land, nor takethe Sun’s Height. From thence theyfollowed the Coast to the South, withclear Weather, ’till they came to theIfland called Baccalaos, Here they met -And arrivewith the Swallow, which had been fe- o/'Baccalaos,parated from them in the Fog; But in New-were surprized to see her Men in a dis- loundlaiK l-ferent Garb, from what they had onwhen they left them. Upon Enquiry,it appeared, that they had met a New- Qne of tUlrlander Fishing Bark returning home- ships com-wards, which they had rifled of Tackle, mits Pyracy.Sails, Cables and Provisions, and theMen of their Apparel. Continuing thefame Course, Southward, they,came thesame Day, being the third of Augufl,to the Harbour of St. John, where they They enterfound the Squirrel, which had likewile the Barbourbeen separated from them, riding at V a s ‘Anchor, at the Mouth of the Harbour,having been refused Entrance by theVessels which were fishing within, tothe Number of six and thirty Sail, ofall Nations. Sir Humphry was prepar-ing to make good his Passage, by Forceof Arms j But having first sent in hisBoat to inform the Masters of the Fist-ing Barks, that he had a Commissionfrom the Qu,een, to take Possession ofthose Lands, for the Crown of England,they were satisfied, and submitted to thelevying of a Tax of Provisions, from eachShip, for supplying the Wants of SirHumphry’’ s small Squadron.Going into theHarbour, the Admiral’s Shipwas, bythe Carelessness of his Men, run upon aRock, which lay visible above W ater ;

But, by the Assistance of the Fister-men’s Boats, she was got ossagain, withlittle or no Damage.

The fourth, Sir Humphry, whomthey called the General, and his Com-pany, were conducted on Shoar, by the

Masters of the Englijh Fisting Vessels,and their Owners or Merchants whowfe’re with them.

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