422 James I. Naval Expeditions, &c of the Engliih, Book III (
1608. " you, or any three or more of you, as
" is aforesaid, shall think fit to be ex-ft amined, touching the Premises, or" any Part thereof, shall, from Time" to Time, be a good and fufiicient" Warrant and Discharge unto you,” the said Lord Chancellor, or Lord" Keeper, of the great Seal, for the" making forth of- every such Commis-" lion and Commissions, under Our" great Seal, accordingly: And Our" farther Will and Pleasure is, and We(e do hereby strictly charge and Com-" mand you, Our said Commissioners,
" or any three or more of you, as -is 1608.
" aforesaid, to certify unto Us, from ^
ct Time to Time, of your proceedings" herein, to the End that We may take“ such farther Order therein, as We" shall think meet. In VYknefs where-" of, We have caused these Our Let-“ ters to be made Patent. Witness Our" self, at fVeJlminster , the thirtieth" Day of April, in the sixth Year of" Our Reign of England, France and ^
£f Ireland, and of Scotland the one and" fortieth.
P bre de privato Sigi-llo,
CHAP. VIII.
Naval Expeditions and Transactions of the English, with some other Occurrences
of the Tears, 1609. and 1610.
The fifth General Voyage to the East-Indies.
1609-
1609.Harris'j Col.P. I. p. pp.Purchas,
Vol. I. p. 238.Captain Da-vid Middle-men's Voyageto Java andBanda, be-ing the fifthF or the Com-pany's Ac-
H E fifth Voyage for Accountof the Eaf -India Company waswith one Ship alone, the Ex-pedition of London , commanded by Cap-tain David Middleton, which set Sailfrom the Downs , the four and twentiethof April, 1609. for Java and Banda.This Voyage contains little more thanfresh Instances of the base and perfidi-ous Dealings of the Dutch, notwith-standing which, Captain Middleton hadthe Fortune to get a considerable Load-ing of Spices at Puloway, when theDutch themselves could not get a Poundthat Year : And this was chiefly owingto his Courage and Resolution; For helet the Governour know, he wouldtrade there, in Spite of all his Force,let him do his worst to prevent him.And, it seems the brave Dutch-mantook his Word for it; And, tho’ he hadten Times his Force, did not attempt toprevent him. With this Cargo, he ar-rived safe in England, in the Beginningof the Year 1611.
This Year, in May, the King grant-ed to the EaJl-India-Gomp-zny an En-largement of their Privileges, and aCharter, whereby he incorporated themfor ever.
story, of the first Discovery of New-foundland, by Sebastian Cabot, and o- Vol. IV. p-thers; of the unfortunate Expedition of l ps r ^ er jt>Sir Humphry Gilbert, in those Parts, in tempts onwhich, howe ver, he took Possession of Newfound'that Country, in the Name of, and by iand 'Commission from Queen Elizabeth, forthe Crown of England and of Sir Ber-nard Drake's Expedition thither.
After this, the Englijh were notvery fond, for a long Time, of settlingon such an unfriendly Shoar, which af-forded few or no Conveniences for Life ;
But Interest at last prevailed; And inthe Year, 1609. Mr. John Guy, aMerchant, and afterwards Mayor ofBristol , who wrote a Treatise to en-courage Persons to undertake a Settle-ment, and plant there, by bis Writings,and assiduous Sollicitation of the Busi-ness, succeeded so well, that, in thefollowing Year, King James made aGrant, dated the seven and twentieth of,
April, 1610. of all that Part of the I-
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P.*Lp 86 o.' Guy's Settlement of a Colony in New-Br. Emp. in foundland.
A-n., Mv Readers have already had anPurcim, 3 ’ Account, in the first Book of this Hi-
stand, from Cap eBonavifa, in theNorth, land Costo Cape St. Mary's, in the South, to the *)’•
Earl of Southampton, .Lord Keeper, SirLawrence Tanfield, .Lord Chief Baron,
Sir John Dodderidge, King’s Sergeant,
Sir Francis Bacon, Sollicitor General,
Sir Daniel Donn, Sir Walter Cope, SirPierceval Willoughby, Sir John Cons able,
John Weld, Esq; and others; whosent over a Colony thither, under theDirection of Mr. Guy, as Governour.
The Reader may see a Copy of thisGrant in Harris, as above.
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