Chap. I. from the I. os James I. to the Revolution,

1603. " Wealth and Freedom by Peace, tisfaction, they departed for England,ct which they had formerly lost by and arrived at Kingrode, the second of

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0 Hob er. Among several Curiosities theybrought back with them, the most re-markable was one of the Boats used by J remarla ^the Inhabitants, made of the Bark ofBirch-tree, sowed together with Twigs,and the Seams covered with Rozin orTurpentine, which, the’ it was seven-teen Foot long, four broad, and capa-' ' " a\a „ nf

Captain Pringh Voyage to the North ofVirginia.

Purchas, This Year, likewise, several Mer-

Y 2 '. IV * p ' chants of Rrisiol resolved upon a Voy* - - - w p p - aid not

Sm S kh’i G e . a ge, for a farther Discovery of the North ble of carrying

mraiHtst. Part of Virginia. To this End, having, weigh sixty Founds,fy^nia, obtained a Letter of Licence from SirHarris’ j Col. W^ter Raleigh (by Virtue of his Patentk- 1 - p- 8r6. from the late Queen) they raised a Stockof about a Thousand Pounds, and fittedSlips and out a Ship call’d the Speedwell, of aboutCommanders fifty Tuns, commanded by Captain

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Gilbert h Voyage to Virginia.

y • n ' - -r ~~ r —- This Voyage was performed by the

Martin Bring , with about thirty Offi- Elizabeth, of London, a Bark of fifty f”s C |y’cers. Men and Boys under him; And a Tuns, commanded by Captain Bart ho-

lomew Gilbert, who had been the Year HarrWsCot.

before in Virginid , with Captain Gof- **•*' P- 8l<5 'noil.

Th ev departed from Plymouth, the ships £>e-

Bark called the Discoverer, commandedby Mr. William Brown, with a Mateand eleven Men and Boys. They werevictual’d for eight Months, and laden

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with all Sorts of Apparel, Tools, and tenth of May, and in their Passage trad- parture.Bawbles, proper to trade with the Sa- ed at St. Lucia, Dominica and Mevis, fssssffthevages of the Countries,whither they were at the latter of which they cut about yfest-Indiesgoing; And all was entrusted to the twenty Tuns of Lignum Vita. TheDirection and Management of Mr. Ro- third of July, they let Sail from thencebert Saltern, as chief Agent. for the Coast of Virginia, and par tic u-

They set Sail from Mi for d Haven, larly for Chefepiak Bay, which Captainon the tenth of Npril, and passing by Gilbert was very desirous of falling with, fssssfthe pAorvn Islands, they fell in with a that he might make some Enquiry after '

the People Sir Walter Raleigh had leftnear those Parts, in 1587. The five andtwentieth, they came near the Mouth ofthat Bay ; But the Wind blowing hard,with a high Sea, tho’ they beat aboutfor two br three Days, they could notmake it, and were obliged to bear moreto the Eastward.

The nine and twentieth, being notfar from the Shoar, the Captain withfour of his best Men landed in their Toe CaptainBoat, and, being provided with Arms,

^ . r - - , , - march’d some Way up the Country; kilted.

par ing rom thence, they bo rep n to the But, being set upon and overpoweredk rea _ U , Vy lC b Captain Gojnoll had by the Inhabitants, were all kill’d, andover ot the Year before. They found it was not without Difficulty that theeop e first on the North, and then Boat with two young Men, who wereon t e outh Side of the Gulf, in about left in her, reached the Ship again, toone and forty Degrees, and bad some bring the News.ntercoure with them, particularly at a They being now in all but elevenriace where they purposed to take in Men and Boys in the Ship, they were a- The Resttheir Loading, to which they gave the fraid to venture the Loss of any more of return 'Name of Whtson-Bay. their small Company, and their Proyi-

Tbey return 1 0t ■ T. ul f JP e Y " ad load ' slons growing short, the Master, Hen-

loaded with ed Bark with Sassafras, and dis- ry Sute, who had taken the Command,

Sssafras, & c . patched her Home before-hand ; And resolved, tho’ they were in extreamm about fourteen Days after, having Want of Wood and Water, to returnloaded their Ship likewise, to their Sa- homewards, which they did, and arriv-

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Their De-parture.

Mult’tude of small Islands on the NorthFall in with Coast of Virginia, in the Latitude ofthe Coast of three and forty Degrees , in theirginia. Month of June . They took a narrowView of these Islands, as likewise of allthe Continent opposite to them, and allthe Inlets into it; But finding no Inha-bitants, nor, what they wanted more,no Sassafras , they directed their Coursetowards Savags-Rock, discovered theYear before by Captain Gofnoll. Herethey saw some Inhabitants on the Main,but no Sassafras ; And, therefore, de

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