WXXII. during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth,

1 5 8 7. The thirteenth of .August, they chri-

JWo stened Manteo , and stiled him Lord ofe ' Dastamonpeak, an Indian Nation socalled, in Reward of the Fidelity hehad shewn to the EngHJh, from the Be-ginning ; And he was the first Indianwho was converted to the ChristianFaith, in that Part of theWorld.first The eighteenth of the fame MonthC*n was born the first Child of Christian Pa-0rn ' rentage, a Daughter of Mr. AnaniasDare , by Governour White ’’s Daughter,who was christened, after the Name ofthe Country, Virginia.

This Settlement seemed now to beprosperously made, and was carried onwith much Zeal and Unanimity amongthemselves. Many Nations of the In-dians renewed their Peace, and madefirm Leagues with the Corporation.The chief Men of the EngHJh, alsowere so far from being disheartens atthe former Difapointments, that theydisputed for the Liberty of remaining

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on the Spot; and by meer Constraint^ Returns obliged their Governour, Mr. White,

' to return for England, to negociate theBusiness of their Recruits and Supply,as a Man the most capable to managethat Affair, leaving, at his Departure,one Hundred and fifteen Persons in theCorporation. Harris, however, faysthat this Colony could not tell how tosettle neither; But, growing uneasyunder their Wants, persuaded their Go-vernour to return Home.

Be this as it will, it is certain, thatthe Governour departed from Roannock,on the seven and twentieth of Auguft,with two Ships; And, after a trouble-some and dangerous Voyage, being se-parated from one Ship, which arrivedin England, before him, and being obli-ged to leave the other in Ireland, ar-rived in Cornwal, the fifth of November,1587.

To keep up the Connexion of ourHistory, it will be necessary, before Iproceed to the next Foreign Expedition,to take a short View of our Affairs near-er Home.

ig[stari 0 f Th e Earl of Leicester being sent byQueen Elizabeth to the Netherlands, he

j^her ! the went over in the Beginning of the Year

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1586. in a Fleet of fifty Sail, accom-panied by several Lords and Knights,

and a select Troop of five Hundredq Lq 0 Gentlemen. The States, under Pre-and tence of expressing their Gratitude tostaststst- the Queen, declared him Governour“fo and Captain General of Hollands Zea-

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land, and the United Provinces, and in- 5587.vested him with an almost absolute Pow-er.

The Queen was very much difpleaf- The Queened, as well with the States for confer-ring, as the Earl for accepting this HighDignity, and signifiedHer Mind to both.

" She told theEarl, he had acted direct-" ly contrary to her Intention, since She" had publickly declared, in her Mani-" festo, that foe was very ready to re-" lieve her distressed Neighbours, buttC never meant to assume any Power“ over them.” To which foe addedthese Words: “ We little thought, that" one whom we had raised out of the£C Dust, and prosecuted with such fin-" gular Favour,above all others, would,

with so great Contempt,have slightedsf and broken our Commands, in a Mat-fC ter of so great Consequence.”

The Earl made, however, a very illUse of this Power, and began secretlyto form Projects, destructive of the Li-berties of the Country, he was sent todefend. This being, however, foreignfrom my Design, I shall only add, thatafter a Campaign, in which he perform-ed no great Exploits, he returned to He returns.England, the fame Year.

This fame Year, 1586. was likewise A Treatyconcluded a Treaty of Alliance and Scot>stricter Amity, (as it was termed) be- RymerVFœ-tween Queen Elizabeth , and James dera,T.XV.King of Scotland, for the Articles of p ‘ 8 ° 3 'which I shall refer the Reader to theFoedera. Quickly after the Conclusion , r r .of this Alliance, a Conspiracy was dis- against the^covered in England, which cost the Queen.Queen of Scots her Life.

For a particular Account of thisCon-spiracy, and the Proceedings upon it,with the Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots,and her Tragical End, I shall refer myReaders to Rapin, who, tho’ he chief-ly follows Camdeh s Annals, for the Re-lation of Facts, accompanies those Factswith such Remarks and Reflections, asare very instructive, and, together withMr. Tindals Notes, give a great Lightinto this Part of the Secret History ofQueen Elizabeth’s Reign. I shall onlyfay, that pursuant to the Sentence pro-nounced against her, and confirmed by

both Houses of Parliament, this unhap-py Lady, who had been Queen of Franceand Scotland, was beheaded, on the The Queeneighth of February, 1587. at Fothering- °f 'Scotland%-Castle, in the County of Northamp- heheaded ’ton, where foe had been latterly confin-ed, and where foe received her Trial.

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