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1612. age to 'Bantam, where the brave Cap-tain Downton died.

the vftzf t " £ "' r Way thither, they dispatch-ed the Merchant’’s Hope for England ;And being arrived at Bantam, in June,161£. they weighed Mace, and took inSilk to lade the Solomon for Mafulipatan,which was sent thither with a consider-able Number of Merchants: And here,os likewise, they had an Account of theviolent Proceedings of the Hutch, a-gainst some of the EngUJh Factors: atMacafar ; And it was as much as everthey could do to live in any tollerablePeace with them at Bantam, they beingso very prone to quarrel, that, ratherReturn of than fail, they would contrive Occali-theothenwo. ons for Contention. The two remain-ing Ships, having finished their ConcernsBantam, sailed directly for England,where they arrived, in Oflober , 1616.

Smith\rG«? Smith 1 .! Attempt to renew a Trade to

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America, ** EngUJh met with in New England, in theVol. ip. 27. Year 1611. it was thought convenientto try, once more, if Peace and Tradecould be, by any Means obtained withthis Country, which, by the Interven-tion of so many unlucky Accidents, hadso often seem’d to refuse them. Twogood Ships were, therefore, set out, atthe Charge of Captain Kopdo-r, CaptainLangham, Mr. Bully and Mr. Skelton,and committed to the Conduct of Cap-tain Smith, who had been President osthe South Colony, in Virginia. TheCaptain, being come to New England,fished, traded with the Inhabitants, andwith eight Men only, ranged the Coast,and surveyed and took a Plan of theCountry. While he was on Shoar, hegot, for meer Trifles, near eleven Thou-sand Lever Skins, one Hundred Mar-tins, and as many Otters. Having madethe best he could of the Time he staidthere, he returned with the smallestVefsel, leaving Orders with the otherto fit herself for Spain, and sell herCargo of dried Fish there, which shedid at Malaga.

CaptainSmith'i suc-cessful Voy-age, to NewEngland,

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Arrival atNew Eng-land.

He made his Voyage, out and Home, 1614.in about fix Months, and got near And Return.fifteen Hundred Pound in his Pocket,by the Advantage he made of Otter andLeaver Skins, Salt-filh, Train-oil, andsuch like gross Commodities. The Gen-tlemen on whose Account he went werealso fully re-imbursed their Adventure,by the Produce of their Share of theOtter and Beaver-Skins, Salt-filh,Train-Oyl, and other Commodities. He pre-sented the Court of Managers of theNorth Virginia Company with hisDraught of the Country, and got itcalled by the Name of New England.

Progress of the Greenland-Trade.

The Dutch being driven last Yearfrom the Greenland-ViQiQrj, it was rea- Airchas,sonable to believe they would come thisYear with a greater Force, the Com- The Dutchpany, therefore, sent thirteen great too strongShips, and two Pinnaces, fitted out for a ‘

the same Service again : But the Dutch Greenland,having sent eighteen Sail ol large Ships,four of which were Men of War, ofthirty Guns each, they were forcedto let them fish peaceably. One of theCompany’s Ships, in which were em-ployed Thomas Sherwin and WilliamBaffin, discovered to the Northward ofGreenland, as far as eighty Degrees andsome Minutes.

FoTHERBYb twoVoyages to the North.

Among the Transactions of the Harrlsh Col.Years 1614 and 1615, we find in Har- P. i.p. 59 °*ris and Purchas an Account of two Vo- p '

yages, by Robert Fotherhy , for Discovery 720 .’of Seas, Lands and Islands, to the North- Fotherby’iwards; set forth at the Charge of theMuJ'covy Company. I shall make Men- e 'tion only of one Occurrence in thesetwo Voyages, there being nothing elseworthy the Reader’s Notice.

In the Month of June 1614, I went(fays Fotherhy ) with the Shallop intoMaudlin- Sound, there to set up theKing’s Arms. I caused a Cross to beset up, and the King’s Arms to be nail-ed on it, and under it a Piece of Sheet-lead,with the Muscovy Company’sMark,the Day of the Month and the Year.

Then

The St. Christopher, 600 Tuns, T59 Men, 18Guns; The St . Jeronymo, 500 Tuns, 180 Men,16 Guns; The St. Antonia, 400 Tuns, 140Men, 14 Guns: (2.) The three Ships: TheSt. Peter, 200 Tuns, 150 Men, 8 Guns; ThePinnace. 120 Tuns', 80 Men, 4 Guns; .The

St. Paul, 200 Tuns, 150 Men, 8 Guns. (z.)The two Gallies fifty Men in each. (4.) Thesixty Frigats, each 20 Soldiers, and 18 Oars ona Side. The Supply which came afterwards wastwo Ships, of 200 Tuns each, two India Junks,and eight large Boats, for Fire-Ships.