p> VIII, from the I, of James,

o. Time,G ? n - of Shi

•f

oeenwas

sett

led there, the Returnips was lo frequent, and the Af-^u-s of Trade, as well as Government,become se intricate, and se liable toUr- Variation, that 1 should run too great' Ip ‘ a Length should I attempt to give a ‘particular Account of them here ; Ise al I, therefore, in the Sequel, onlymention such Events as have somethingvery remarkable in them, or have aparticular Regard to some memorableNaval Transaction, without pretendingto keep up a Connection of the Historyof those Colonies, for which I must re-fer rny Readers to Smith ’s General Hi-story, to the New History of Virginia,to the Britijh Empire in America, andother Histories of our Plantations. Imust not, however, omit mentioninghere, that the Viaginia -Company inLondon ,not finding the Return from theirColonies, which they expected, andjudging rightly, that it proceeded froma Mismanagement of Government; pe-titioned His Majesty, and got a newPatent, with Leave to appoint a Go-vernour.

Upon this new Grant, they sent outnine Ships, with plentiful Supplies ofMen and Provisions; and made threejoint Governours or Commissioners, withequal Power, viz. Sir. Thomas Gates,Sir George Sommers and Captain New-port ; And these agreed to go altogetherin one Ship. This Ship was cast awayac Bermudas, as the Reader will feemore particularly below. In the meanTime,most of the other Ships, with theirPassengers, arrived, but having noHead,and refusing to submit to any there, oc-such Hi 1 orders, as had nearthe whole Settlement, which,about the fame Time, had lost it’s bestSupport, Captain Smith, who had beenobliged to return to England for Cureof a Hurt he had accidentally receivedby Gunpowder: And it is remarkable,that of six Hundred Men he left there,when he departed, in six Month sTime,no more remained than sixty, the Resthaving perished for Want of Necessa-

casianedruined

to the Revolution.

Whereas We have been content

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the Crown, James

ed, since Our coming to .

to tolerate an indifferent and promise Wise f !S

r t m -- J-Jomtnion

cuous Kind or Libertywhatsoever,

to

to. all Our and Sove-fise within rejgnty of

the Seas.

Friends^

Our Streams, and upon any of OurCoasts of Great Britain, Irelanst, andother adjacent Islands, so far forth asthe Permission or Use- thereof might g en _ ^ reatinot redound to the Impeachment of of the Dom.Our Prerogative Royal, nor to the °f ^ $ eas *Hurt and Damage of Our loving Sub- P ’ “jects, fish. Finding Our Continuanceherein hath not only given Occasionof over-great Encroachments uponOur Regalities, or rather questioningof Our Right; But has been a Meansof daily Wrongs to Our own Popplethat exercise the Trade of Fishing,fish. which is a Matter of great Con-sequence to our State, considering-r bow much the Strength thereof con-; sisteth in the Power of Shipping and: Use of Navigation. W e have thoughts it now both just aiid necessary (inc Respect that We are now, by God’sr Favour, lineally and lawfully pose£ seised, as well of the Island of Great'

‘ Britain, as of Ireland, and the Rest£ of the Isies adjacent) to bethink our-‘ selves of good and lawful Means toc prevent those Inconveniences, and£ many others depending upon the‘.fame: In Consideration whereof, fish.

£ We have resolved first to give Noticef to all the World,, that Our express;£ Pleasure is; That from the Begin-

of Av.gu(i , next

ning of the Month

no Person of what Nationbeing not OurpermittedCoasts

soever.

Subject, beany of Our

coming,or Quinatural-bornto fish uponand Seas of Great Britain, Ireland ,and the Rest of the Hies adjacent,fish. Until they have orderly de-manded and obtained Licences fromUs, fish. Upon Pain of such Cha-stisement as shall be thought sit tobe inflicted upon wilful Offenders,

_ The Dutch got too much by Fishing

nes, by their imprudent Management, on our Coasts to be frightened by aP.ro-and these too must have starved had clamation ; And this Pacifick King hadtheir Relief been delayed. eight Dayslonger.

This Year, King ‘James, to seewhow jealous he was of the Dominionand Sovereignty of the Seas, handed

down to him by his Ancestors, put forth James commanded His Ambassadour ata Proclamation, in which were the sol- the Hague to give the States Genera! to

no great Inclination to any harsherthods than what Words would effect.The Hollanders, knowing his Temper,presumed upon it so far. as to plead Im-memorial Pojfeffion. Upon which, King

lowing Words.

understand that He

;cted other Sa-tisfaction,

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