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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thodo ata lure, Wrinkled 1 IX 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] *» « f J DISCOVRSE CONTAINING A LOVING INVITATION both Honourable, and profitable to all fuch as ftiall b; Aduenturers,cither in pcrfon, erpurfeffer the adumcement of his (JHa~ iefties mefi hopefuU Plantatien in the Js} B VV-P O V N a-L A K Dj lately vndertaken. WRITTEN BY CAPTAINE Richard Wh i t b o v r n e of Exmouth, in the County of Dcuon, r^^ \Wi Imprinted at London by Felix KpgHonA'^dXm^ in Pater-nofter Row. 1622* f''- i. :i t A J ' . I ^ "Sf- " r in. >iBnr*' ^ii^*1S* * A ■ .^ »i.- V ■ -< ,,*. ^i1 & 3 i^^5L!ajL«*M*feSL^ii^ TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE Henry LORD Ca^ Y, Vifcount of Faulkland, Controller of ' his MaieHiesheufeholdj and one of his il/4- iejiiesmofi Honour able piiiic CeuncelL EIGHT H01iJ>VRABLB: ' He Plantation oil^w-found-landy to which my former Difcourfc, (not vnknown to your Lordfhip) as a Harbinger hath in part alrea-j dy chalked out the way, and lb farre preuailed with the clecre- nefleand folidityof your iudgc-- ment^that lying on thcnaturall truth of my reafons, I am confident there need no fecond motiucs to con. firme your Honours approbation of my firft 5 feeing the fame hath been approued by the Lords of his Maiefties moil Honcurable priuie Councell,as a Worke both profitable and neceffary for his Maiefties Kingdomes in general!: But bccaufe the affedions and rcfolutions otraeii doe fometimesfrecze^inftead of I ating^and moft dccline,when, to the eye of the world^tbcy fecmc nioft CO aduance^ I hauc therefore aduenturcd to forti- ficandaiTiftmy former printed difcourfe,with thisfc ■ A 2 J[ fj^ j:,l/fnt'%t x^ i/trriFifrwmm, 'V/'Z cond; and by vnfolding other rcafons vnto all fuchas are willing to be Aducnturers in your pretended pur- pofe,whcrc:by to make it apparent that the faid Planta- tion beares its perfwafion with it : yea, that it hath all the grounds, and runncs on all the feet of good pro- babilities^as Religion^ Ho?mr,llwfire, and Profit. For it wil propagate Chrifliam, where there arc as yet but few. It wil adorne the Crown of our Soueraignc with a fpa- cious Continent lyea^it will empty England of n^any people, which may fo well be fpared,and yccrely replc- nidi itwith abundance of treafure, which it fo much wanteth. And although my infuing Difcourfe be plain, yet I affirmatiuely aucrre,it is true : for as I haue de- lighted in the latitude of matter,and not in the altitude of words 5 fo I haue written it out of my certainc ex- perience and knowlcdgCjand not out of any borrowed fpeculation jashauing many yeeres,with much labour, induftry and coft, played the pradickc part in that Countrey, as well as the thcorickc : and therfore know well how to reduce my former contemplation,into fu- ture adion, as it may partly appeare by reprcfenting your Lordrtiips feuerall Circuits of land in that Coun- trey (to the open view) in her natiue and naturall co- lours, and by propofingand difcouering the meanes how^and where the Plantation may bee made firmCj flourifhing,and profitable,to all fuch as will aduenturc therein. Now as you haue vndertaken it with much zcalcand iudgcment,fo I no waycs doubt,but you will be the meanes to eftablifh and fettle it with rcnownc and profit. And euen as little Pinnaces doe often lookc when the greater Ships will weigh Anchor, whereby they may nafiTe with the more fafety vnder their con- duftjvnta their wiftxed Port : So the eyes of many fub- ietts ie(fts doc rcioycCjthat your Honour giucs fpirir and life to this Plantation, whereby they nnay bee imploycd therein. For mine pwnc partjihaue receiucd many tcttimonies of fauour from your hands,during my long attendance at Court herein: although, as yet, the Subie6ls are not pofleft with my bookes, whereby they may bee informed erf the validity of the realbnsthcy contains for the cftablifhing of this Plantation. And thus 1 iJiimbly prcfent thefe my cndcuours, as a thank, fullexprcflion and acknowledgement in part of fuch great tauours>as I hauc already receiued from your hands, vntill theprouicencc of God, andthepleafure of his Maiefty command mec to make tryall of what my two difcoucricsand narrations haue propofed and promiied. Thus with hearty defirevnto the Almighty for your long lifc,withincrca(c of great honour, and happinefie, I will eucr rcmaine ^l9 7omr Lordjl^sjn all duty and humblenejfc to be comw^ded. Richard WHiTBOVRNEt .';A :\ \ * ■* Ai TO ■. fflai r/-^ EADER I Qod Reader^ I Imuz, in my former frinted Dif, ifFJt^l'^^^4 ^^^^fi' ^^^^ ^P^^ ^ difiouery of the New- i\M^X% ^^^""^-'^ndj^WjP/^^/?^/? {mthismyfecond ^^^gi labonrs, to acquaint d Vnder takers of that '"^^^^ - plantatiom, what f Articular frofit may re-* detvnd to themfelues arid pojierities , and what honours {through their induftry) wtllaccrewt4> the Englijh Nation • Beare therefore, I hefeech thee.,with my rough file, and plain memingyin which iftriue rather to fhew truth tn her ownt hrightnefje^then toheafe applaufe or glory to my felfe. To cYOxvne that Coimtrej ^/New-found-land with duepraifes that Pk may {by the approbation and fauour of his Maiejly] he iuftly called a Sifter4andto t^jis great llandofbtmnnia Ireland, Virginia, New-England^ ^WNoua-Scotia- Jnd thatjhe may claime her Jelfe this bold and honourable Title jheworldj thinke,will bee on her fide, efpecially be^ caufejhe, from her owne mouth, dothjlmv what infniteand vnfpeakable benefits for many yeeres together, the nemiati. on of our Kingdome with her, hath brought to all our people not onely by theincrerfeofo^ariners andjhipping, but by mrtchtngofmanyaJubiea,andfi confequently by there Ueuingofmany thoufands of families, which elfe had liued m miferable wants for lacke of honeft imployments • Our Englijh ^ation,hauingmore then fourefcoreyecres together made thriuing and profitable Voyages to that Cotmtrey, the pojfefion whereof began in our late Soueraigne of happy ?ne. mory, S^ueene Elizabeth^ andfi continues morefirongly - now row in Jj is v/ hath be^n. Since which timc^ I.hauc not fecn,!J any rea- fon to the contrary in my felft, neither haue I hitherto found any iudiciall contradidion in otherSjbut that to inhabit!^ and plant feuerall Colonies of his Maieftics fubieds in th:.i Countrey^will be both honourable and profitable to themallingencrall. Wheri^unto feeing your Honor is led by your own proper vertue^and gc- nerofity: as alfo the right Honorable Sii Geom Caluert Knight (one of the principall Secretaries to his Maic- fiy)and diuers others right worfhipfull Knights and Efquires in fom^ other feuerall parts ther/?, wheriibyit appearts that your Honours, nor any of the other Vn- deriakers^arc dif heartened therein , by rcalbn the feme hath not be^n as yet^fo orderly proceeded on as yc^both intend. For ther^is no doubt, but that ot^er mens errours will niakc you and yours the more curi- ous in the condudion thereof 5 like expert Pilots, who . by the difcoucry of rockj6s and (helues, know how to a-^ uoyd riiem, and^by fight of other mens fnipwracks^. perfedly know how to preuent their owne.Of which Gountrey jconfidcring his Maiefty ,out of his 1 Princely care and vnderftanding , hath taken fuch dcep< and Angular notice J by which both ye^, and diuers others arenas alfo partly by ray difcoueries,incouraged tlieri^- onto w make it famous vnto all pofterities5 Andfitb Plantations as well as reformation*? begin by degrees? fo you haue all the pregnant reafons of the world to reftaffiiredjthat when you haue begun to fettle your diredions and dcfign^^s well therein, you haue halft cnded:and becauf(f the attempt and entcrprizij hetr0of is as full of affuranccs, as hopes, the ifltie thereof will vadoub tedly proue fortunat,orwhatfocuer. Andther^are feuerall brookesof frcfti water which fall into the faid harbour^ where com^ycerdly great ftore of good Salmons, Salmon- pcales, Trowts^and other filTi,of whianaSastheTiTirc taken great itore. Lookaiinro the woods, and open lands neeri^ vnto avwHowEe^ tilery coiTics oitcn gieac ftorcof UceriJ, and other bcaft$,which arc fit tor profit and delight : As al- fo fa in and nccr(i thcr^antq infinity miiTibcri of land* fovvl^jandfea-fowljfe and in Summer time, thct^arc abundance of fruity, atsxhet^stvc not better of j[i«:h kinds eH|5-wher^: As alio hcrb^Sj and pleafant flowers which grow therai naturally very pIcntiJully. Anddi- ucrsFiftiermcn haiic carried thither feeds, aid fowed them in conjienicnt places 5 whereby they bauc often had good Cabbage, Lcttice, Beetcs , Carreis, and fudi like5very (m^ and good: and for TumcpSjI newer law better then ther^ 5 b^h for greatneift, rellifli, and goodnefljfj leftcem^fthemtobeequaU with any Po- tato roots which are growing elfi-wber^» Tlicrife is alfo ftoreof SpruifigjFirr^aPinCj and Birc h trees fit for many fcruiceaburpurpoIcslSSJnian^ long rufhes, which arc fit to coiwr boufes withall,as the reed of wheat or rye^ wherewith diuers mens houfcs of good ability, are co- uered: And I am alfo of opinion, vpon fom* proofd which I made , that ther^ ar e lime (tones , which is a> Jpeciall neceflary to begin a Plantation wirfiall, Ther4 com^ yeer^ly tothat harbour of Renowzea- boue twenty lail^ofEf^lifti Ships,tofifli,befi tcrs builded j whereby to fuccour fuch Beails as are cat- ricd Vied thither at the firft , f> as no deumirin g beaft of that Coontrey may i^^H them by night : and m the ^av rime thev may fced^in the plealant valleys , and of the faid harbour . wher;* apecce of Ordnance will fhootl a Bullet vntothem^ftlict^becaule. Thcrtf vfually comrf,euery yeer*, inthe filhmg trade, vntothc harbours of Fotmofa , and Rcnowze, aboue eiehthundrcdEngliftimenj which men may,toaff£ oiLnothervponanyoccafion ,corn( together .n lellT^ dmeihen two hourte warning, cither by Sea or Und, And thet* is yeer«ly,all the Summer time, great fifhmg nccrd vnto both the faid harbours mouthcs,whcr^ men n^ay, when they diink#good,ftand vpon Ac1a"d and call vnto the F. mermen to com4 into the faid harbors vn-o them j which is alio fuch a good commoditie for fecuritic, as few harbours in that land haue the like. In both which barbours,theri « ««« of Lobftcrs, Crabbes,Mufcles,and other Shell-fiOi ; And aboue the forefaid iland , it isthemott commodious place for Geefe,Ducks,and other Water-fowlrf, winter and fum- mer,asthertis not the like in any other harbour «i the Eaft fide of that Land, to the Southward of the Bay ofConception; whereof thof*'Z^ % ;l- H rets with your Lordfhip , in your other circuit of Lands in that Countrry , now called by the name of Tri nity Land y which bcginncth at the middle way cjf iRecntrancclnto the Bay of Trinity, in 48. degrees and two terccs of Northerly latitud^^and from thence towards the Wcft,vnto the inmoft part of the feid Tri. nity Bay , and froni the inmoft part of Trinity Bay, vnto the bounds of the Sea , on the Weft fide of that Land. And from theforefaid latitude, at thecnaance into the faid Trinity Bay , diredly from thence to- wards the North, lo farr< as the Northmoft part of a certain^fmall Hand, lying neerid the latitu4ft of 5 \ . de- grees, called by the name of Pmmin llmd 5 And from thence to the Wcftermoft part of the Nm^j(mnd4andy in that latitude 5 And from that latitude on the Weft fide of the fayd rrinifj Ldnd^ fo farr^ to the South , as .iheforefaid Weft line, which commeth from the in- moft part of the fordfaide Trinity Bay • And all the Lands, Harbours, Bayes, Roadfs, Hands, and what- foeuer, which is inclufiuely within the faid circuit. The (Zape5^4^T^, is the head land on the North . :fideof the entrance into Trinity Bay , and ther^ is a rcafonable good harbour, wher^ Ships do^ yeer^ly vfc to fi(h,called the harbour diBdna, vifia.mA diuers fmall Hands are neeritherf unto- wher^ yeeraly breed great aboundance of diuers forts of Sea-fowlfs, of which birds and their eggis , men may take fo many of them as they lift 5 and irom the harbour of Bom vip, vnto a .little harbour called g, Catalina^ on the North fide of Trinity Bay , wherd fiihcr Boatcs doc often hai^our, vpon fomd occafions 5 it is necr4 fixe leagues, Weft South.wcft in, towards the faid Bay • And from thence ""^^ the. the Motth-weftjit is two leagues , whcr^ fonfrf yccrcs 6.0^7, faiUcf good Ships hauc made their fi(hing voyages ; And from thence to the Northrweft , hal^a leaciic, iieth a harbovir, called ^SabmnOm^ whctjb fbrnje yc^f s io.fail^ of good Ships haue made their voyages; And from thcBice to the Weft a league, Iieth a good iload#, caUecy-?^^^,^?^^!^^^, whcrrf fomd yccr€s 6. good Ships hauc made their voyagesjFrom thence va- to the Wefts haUiS a league, lye the bcft harbour^ m that Land,called by the name oiTrwiiy Bar hour ^ynhttj fom* yeeres, aboue 20. feil^ of ^od Ships haue made their fiftiing voyages; And frch Tirtnicy harbour to- wards the Weft two leagues, licth vhe hsrbour of B&m- mnm, whcrtfomtycercs, $.m 6. good Ships mabc ttElTvoy ages; And from thchcc to the Weft necrj^ two Icagues^lycth a Riuet or Inlet nauigable^fit for ^y (hip to fail^ in,ftretching towards the North , which I may well call the Riuerof Bonaumterhtcm^i it isfuppofed aoTun«»into thcflay of Flowers, which lyeth on the North fide of Trinity harbour 5 At the entrance of of which Riuer,fomif yeeresjdiucrs Ships hauc rid there at anchor,to make their voyages ; And from thence Weft 4. leagues, licth a harbour caHed Bmjea^mh^xt tliucis, good Ships hauc mad*; their voya^sTAnd be- tweet^thcforefaid Riuer oi Bm^mter^ andthefaid harbour of Hartfeafe;thcr«l is a vcty good hatboir, ftretching towards the North, abcme 6. leagues, catted BAjleJordH^ten^vih^x^ Ships daenot vfe to fifl:i,by rea- loatfer4^c no conuenient places to dry tl^^ir fi(h on, ncet^ the entrance into the laid harbour. And abouc thefaid harbour of Hartfeafc, to the We^rmoft oart of Trinkie Bay , it is no leflfe then tweUie leagues vAtMS therms is^aiio gooa Hiiwing i^ii^^ uitu uiv i«iy , ^Tiw^^ C a ^ f^7 ^^f J 11 1 f the faid harbour of Hanfcafc , as by good proofe harfi bcjf njd ofrcn mado. , * . Between^ the faid harbour of Hartfcafe ^ and the ' forcfaidEnelifh harbour , thcrfif are many dchghtfull andfruicfullllands, noneot them aboueamile from tthe Land; And the Bay of f rinitic is in breadth^at the necreft place , which is right oucr againft the harbour ofHartfeaft,aboue5.1eagues5 And thofi^ that fifh on the South fide ofthe faid Bay, do: V- r-?^ >\: % portionably ineucry rcfpca,what hc^rtiallhauc that aducntur^sioo pounds : And vvhofoeueraialladuen. turc 200. pounds or a greater fum, or but joo. pounds oralefl^ (ummfi, (hould disburl,^ the one motty or half^ part thereof this fir ft yeer^, whereby to make pro. uilions for the fulling voyage, and (hipping to bc^m perfeareadinefl^infittime. And any man which (hall thus adiicntur^ 200.pounds m a greater or lefl^ (umWa, he^ (hould bring in the o- iher halft part of fuch a fumm^as he doth promiSe,and fubfcribe to aduentur^ the fecond yccr^at conuenient time wherby to mnke fit prouifions in readme!^ ot all neceffancs^as (hall be then thought fittii% tor the yecr« following, and then by Gods aflfiftance, ther^f is great hope of gain^ to be* made, and good proceedings m the fatd Plantation. Somtfofthoft which will be Aduenturcrs m this manner, may be^as Committees, to giue their beft opinions,what they (hould concciuc to he moft nttmg in euery refpeaj wher<}by ther/t may be« ihemore or- derly proceedings therein, and whaifoeuer any 4,5,6, or a niorc number of them tiiay think fit : one.or more of them may at conuenient times acquaint your Ho- nourwithall,wher^by it may the more (peedily bcrput in aaibnjandyoufo little troubled withall,from yoiir other waighty occafions as polTible maybc>: Andio one of the laid Committees to oe as Trealurer, who ir.ay keepi the 'pookts of accounts, of whatfocuer may befoaduentured,andlikfwi{eto be4 rcceiucd, which will giue a good content to euery Adueniturcr. And as concerning the manner how Ships and men fliould be(k imploycd in this intended Planuriuu, i CbaU as foUowcth acquaint you j whcrJby therf may be uii, 1 hired fome induftrions men, which arc moft pliable for thefi(tiing voyage, agreed withall in time to failcm fuch (bipping,and with fuch men feme others may goc tobr as Seruants in the voyage, which may be Trades- men and their wiucs; who will labour fitly intheUlh- ing, whiles it lafteth, and afterwards continue there to ^ TtUtobevndcrftoodjthataShip which vfuallycat- ricth ther« in an ordinary fiOiing voyage 30. men and boves and rcturn^s yeer*ly with them , Ihould nor, that is thus imployed, carry aboue 34. men, women and fom« Youths of 13. or i4.yeeres ot age, whole viauall and wages, for more then three quarters ot the veer« will be euen defrayed vpon the ordinary charge ofthe'fifhing voyage i for any fuch Ship may well be failed thither,and home again«,with kff* then twenty men • So that thof^ other fourteen.* may be accounted vnprofitablcpaffengerstobccarryed,and fo rccarryed from thence as vfually is donrf. And therefore it is requifit*,that fuch as fhall re- main* there to inhabit*, (hould be^ agreed withall ui time whcrtbv to prepare themfelues for that purpoitf, and not to feck< after fuch iP. baft*; for then Oiould you not on"^^ ferucsfor all building of houfes, which Is a thmgwill fitly be^donrf at all times, very cormnodtowfly, with little Uboiir and kiS charge, when the fiftfailrh. And if any Aducntarer will fend thither f Mnfiiian, fncnd,orfcruant,tobeiropbyedin the faic -lantati- en, which will take paints, he^ may haue a fit hke al- lowed him by the yeer^, as the Treafurer, and one, or more of tlicAduentiirers may thinks fit : And any fuch fo imploycd,may fee fuch lands and woodsallotted out for his {aid Maftcr or friend, and yccr^ly cer tifie him from thence what fit proceedings tbcr^ arc in the feid Plantation. And alfo any thatfhall (ertie their 5. yccres induftri- oufly,may not only be well paid, as he^ mall be agreed withall,but you will then alfo giuc hira loo.iicres of land and woods in the South parr of that Countrey in feCifor euer to him, hisheirrfsandaffignjfs^ifhe will continue ther^ to Hue , or any other man for him ; which is to be holdeti of your Honour, paying at the fealing of his Deed,8.fliillings,iind cucr after but a pen- ny rent by the yeeri for the faid hundred acres: which will be a good hicouragement to fuch as will go thcr^ to liuc^andbealfoafit meanis to people the Coun-t trey,with fuch as may be well fpared from all his Maie- fties Kingdonaf s. And thus in time they may findd out diners good commodities thcr#, which as yet lye vn- difcoucredjwherofther^is great hope in fbm€ fpeciall MiingjWhieh I omit to write of. By this it may be partly vnderftood,what great hope of good ther^maycom^ vnto his Maicfty, and all his Maieftics Kingdomts, by fettling people to inhabitc there, feeing it is a Countrey already fo wyell approo- ucdjto be io healthy and warmi iu winter as England, and '.£ :: aij».a».3 »i ' ':i. ' ' M *' -' iw w " " • -««•» -■* n fiA^ng o^^'Y- abouc 1 50000.U. into this Kingdom^,bcfid«thc great maintenance and increafeoffbipping, and Mariners j and therelieuingof man^ ^r'''"l'J" u r ....S ontlv may wcll,in fi"l<= timc,be worth double fo much vSv tohisMaiefticsfobie6te,thcn now It is, befidcs the great hope of gaiH* which is thcrs* to be gotten o- "^ huheV^^ of our Lord God .^15. being thertl wi h a Corotniflion dircded vnto me out of h,s Maie- mcs high Court of Admiralty, for the reformation of abufesfand fettling of fit orders amongft fucb as ycrc- W Se to that Countrey, wherein I did fp^nd m»ch [me and was at great charge ; ?ndthen failing from hSr to harbour 5 I found the ma to of Englifh SbSSther,!,wiliing to haue fiKhabufcs reformed and thcSmto abouc 170. of them being impanelled Sfeuerallinqueflsforthatferuice,theydiddeliuern- lo me their icuerallprefentmcnts vnder their hands 8c fX to Ae vfeof tL KingsMaiefty -, which wer,i the firlRurfesthatcucrwerC Lpanelkd ther«, to the vfc Sanv SSftian Prince 5 In which prcfentments are ItalS l«s orders , which vpon «,y retume from hence, I did prcfent into the high Court of Ad- SlT^ which^fcruice I tooU notice, ther* was Sa" Coaftaboue »^o.fail^of Shbsgreata^^^^^^^^^^^ of our Nation, with aboue tfcoo.Subicas in them. Now if Umay pleafe his Maieftie, and. that but 200. offKhpswKhyeer,lyfail^thitheraF.ftimg,wil kau dyintheenLftheyeer^,whenthe|^^^^^ are made but four* perfons from cucry of hem,therc: SS^wUhfit7touifionforthcm,vnt^^^^^^^^^ bummer mat uiw i^^ ^^.^.^--,- , ^^^.^^^^ rJy" K^i f9 6' %\\ i\ •1 Jt j again^,and take the benefit of their labour in that time: then after that proportion therjg'will beaboue Soo.per- fbns fitly and cheaply left ther^, and mainrainv^d the hi il yeer# : and fo eiiery yeer^ fome people fo kftj both men and women, will not on^^7,7 c ismvpurpoft by thefs per D &oni Of M from tteir parents, men from their vviucs , nor ftf uants from riicir maftcrs ; but on^ly fiich as with a free con- fent will goe , or may bcjeffparcd from fuch Citks and Parifhcs, that will but apparcH fome of their father. kflcchiWrcn of foMretccne or fifteene yccrcs of agej and fome fuch yong married people, as haue but fmall meancs,to (et riieratclues forth • who by their good in- duftry, may liuc there pleafantly^and grow rich in little time; And if any man, which fliall be willing to aduen- turc thithcr^defire to beftuther fatisfied^they may rcadc my difcoucry of that Counf rey, 6i what dcfea is found in cither, they ftiall find fupplied in me to fiirthcr their good defirc thcrinjthat haue thus freely thrown my felf with my mite, into the treafuryofmyCountrysgood' which I cfteeme worth much more theti Columbus coulid certainly giuc theSpaniards at his firft entcrprife of any fuch certainties of great wealth , by his dcfignes in the Weft Indies,as fince hath bin there found:and al- though I cannot now at firft promife to haue fuch Mines of gold mNew-fotind-Undyyct let vs in that Plan- ration fomething imitate our n.-erc neighbors the Hoi- landers, whofe wealth and ftrength gotten in fewyceres only by fifhing,are good teftimonies^wherby they haue in litde time gotten their wealth & ftrength; and if :hc Plantation at New-found4md^t orderly proceeded on the trades thither,&: at other of his Maiefties Wcftemc Plantations,would queftionleflfe in time afford yccrly a greater quantity of gold and filuer into all his Maiefties KiHgdomcs, then all the Mines of the Weft Indicsdoe now yeerly yeeld to the King of 5;^/»^,and with Icfic ha- zard,& more certainty & felicity. And thusi defcend to rhgchafigcofviaualling forth a Ship of ipojum with ZZTZT. i.a periOns^to uz% impioycd lor the morcorderly pro- ceedrng In tbcfaid Plantation. THE 99^ THE CHARGE AS F O L L O W E T H. K fr^u, eleueii thoo&nd waight of Bisket bread , bought at X?. (hiilin^ the hundred waight- Twenty fix Tun qF Bccrc and Sidcr , at 5 3^ iCbillings 4. pence the Tun — — ^ Two Hogs-hcads of very good Englifti JjeciiC • " " ■' "- -^ * ■ ■ ■* ' I " ■ *■' ^ ■ - .1 ■ ■ Two Hogs-heads of Iriih Beefe Ten fat Hogs faked, Caske and Salt — Thirty biifhcls of P^afe, at ^ Two Firkins of Butter ---, Two hundred waightof Chcefe ~ One bufhell of Muftar d-Icede ^ One Hogshead of Vincger- Wood to dreflc meate withaU One great Copper kettle— — Two fmall Kettles- - Two Frying pans PlatterSjLadles, and Cans for Bcere. A pairc of Bellowes for the Cooked- Locks for the bread Roomcs — li. $. d. i^^j iiuricrs.and t^unncis- q6^ 010 005 OiO 006 0Q3. 002 000 coi 001 002 OOi: 000 001 coo 000 oco 082 I 10 07 00 00 10 00 00 10 05 00 CO QO 03 00 o o o o o o o o o o o .4 !o 02 02 oa o 6 o x Opa C^ (^ ' mi ; i: n. ■i. One hundred waight of Candles- One hundred and thirty quarter of Salr,at 2.S. thebunicU, 15. gallons to the buthcll, is 16. fhillmgs the quarter- , , — , Mats and dynnagc to lye vnder the fait in the Ship ; . *Salt (Ihouels _-. More in prouifions for the forefaid 40, perfons,to keepc 8. iirtiing boates at Sea J with three men in eucry boate, is, 24. men , for Which eight Pinna- ces 5 it is fit to carry 500. foote of Elme boordsjof an inch in thicknes, at 8. s. the hundred . — ,^ Two thoufand nayles for the faid boats and Stagesj at i g.s. 4,d, the thou- fand ^___ Foure thoufand nayles, at ^.s.8.d. the thoufand ■ _^ Two thoufand nayles, at 5.d. the hun- dred .. . Fiuehundrcd waight of Pitch, at 8. s. the hundred— Abarrellof Tarre- Two hundred waight of black Ocorae. Thrummes for Pitch mabs— ..-^ Bolles,Buckets,and Funnels . Two brazen Crocks— ' — — ^—..^ Canuafetomakeboatefailes, & fmall rones firrinpr fnr thf^r.^ . ^f - - - r^^ s. d. 10 iO J o 52 CO o t 001 001 Geo 00 ^cach faik- - lou 10 p Ten Boates , Anchors , Roapes, which contain^ ^oo,waight,at 30.S. the hun- dred— • ] Twcluc doozcn of fiftiing lines H. s« d. r^^ Twenty foure doozcn of fiftiing hooks- Squid hooks and ftems for them For Squid line ^_— .» -^ Forl^otsand liuer Mands Iron workcs for ten fifhing Boates Ru- thcrs ^— — . ^ Ten kcipnet Irons. Twbctomakckeipncts, and gain ge hookes - Ten good NetSjat 2^.s,a Net Two Saines, a greater and a leflc . Two hundred waight of Sow Lead — Two couple of fmall Ropes for the Saines ■ ■ Dry Fats — . Flaskets, aad bread boxes- Twine for ftore- I For fo much haire-cloth as may coft — Three Tun of Vineger Cai^ke, for frefli water ■ ■ Two barrels of Oatemealc . 010 006 CX52 000 000 oco 002 OCO 000 013 012 COI 001 coo 000 000 010 One doozen of Deale boards- One hundred waigh: of Spikcs- Headding and fplitiingKniues- 001 coi oco 602 001 Two good AxcSjfoure hand Hatchetf, foure (hort Wood hookcs , two drawing Irons, and two Adizes Three yards of good woollen Cloth — E oco coo 00 00 00 02 03 1$ 00 10 06 00 00 00 CO 06 15 05 CO 06 06 05 05 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 8 o o o o 16 10 o o Ei^bt ^H'} n Eight yards of good Canuafc A grinding ftonc or two An Iron pilch pot and hookes — One thowfandfiuc hundred ofdryfifli, to fpcnd thitherward >- ■ ■■ — One Hogs-hcad ot Aqua vit a Two tboufand of good Orlop nailcs — 'Eouvi arme Sawes,, four^ liand Sawes, four^ihwart^Sawcs, three Augers, {V two Crowes of Iron3& two Sledges^ fourclron Shouels, two Pickaxes, Four< Mattocks , and foure Cloc hammers .- More for fom« other fmall necefla- V n+^^ I ^ I / Si Uh all; cyt .^? AL L thefc former prouifions , the Maftei: of the Ship, or the Purfer^arc to bejf accountable vnto your Honour^ and the other Aduenturcrs in cuery voyagejwhat is fpcnt ther/ftof, and what is left of the fame, with thof^ which (hall continue there to vaantjof which number, if but ten pcrfons remainc thcre,they may welhauc refer ued for the of the former via:uals & prouifions, thefe particulars following, njlz^ Fiuc hundred waight of the Biskct bread , fiuc hogs-heads of becrc,or fider, half a hogs head of becfc, foure whole fides of dry bacon, fourc bufhcls of peafc, halfc ? firkin of butter , halfe a hundred waight of cheefesja pcckc of muftard-feed, a barrel! of vineger, tweluc pound waight of candles, two pecks of oau nicale,halfc a hogs-head o( aquavita^two copper kei^ ties, one brafle crock,orie frying pan, a grinding ftonc, and all the axes,hatchcts, woad-hookes, augers, fawcs , crowes of iron, fledges, hammers, mattocks, pick- axes, (hooucls, drawing irons , fplittlng kniucs,^ haire-cloth, pynnaces failes, pynnaces anchor-ropcs^a fayne,romcncts;aiidkeepe all the eight fifliing boats, and the iron workes appertaining to them, in perfcd readineffe thcre,from yeerc to yeere ; and many of the other fmall ncceflaries , when the fifuing voyage is niade,aspikcs5naylcs,and fuch like, which may (cru2 tohelpebuilc'hoU'fes,cleanfe land, and fuch like fcrui- tcs fitly for the Inhabitants to labour withal in the win tcrtime, whiles the Ships arc wanting from them. Now to make an cftimate what fift all the 40, per- ' ' " ' m.mm .•••^11 •i.vI.^K »^»^y4 WAnr«^ ^«/^r«f* ciy \Vvi4 i»ii%V,«%i*Vi ?*^%^,£> ^i^^*** E 2 fifhing r. r. r-_l iuFiS lit iui uiUi a v«uN|f-<,x ijiiitij fl ■A ^^ f • fimineboats all ihe Summer time thcr,^ at Sea, with three eood Fillicrmcn in cuery of the faid boaKj and lo many men do^rvfually kill abouc twemYinc±hoafend fiaiforcucryboat^which may amount vnto tArobun- 'dJaM^foe fcore fiiV.es to eiicry hundred : and dUii^iShipTbeing fo well prouidcd, hauc ye^^^^ riierc abonc thirty fine dioufand, for cucry boat : io as they not on^ly load their Ship.but alfo fell great quan. tities^bcfides their ioadings,yecrly to Merchants 5 and iffuchShips which are fo well manned for that pur- pofl.cannot make fale ot fuchfi(b as they takepucr and aboue their loading s then they giuc ouer taking of any more in diners yeeres, when ther^ is great abundance cafily tobe taken, becaufj? ther^ are no fit hcufes to lay vp the fame in faf*ty for another ycert. Now to make an eftimation but of twenty fine thoii- fand of fifhjfor euery of the eight boats, it will amount vnto two hundred thoufand 5 which may be^ a fit quan- tity to fill and load a Ship of an hundred Tun burthen, if thefiOi benotvery (inall; if it belargca Shipofthat burthen will tiot loadfo much Sefides the water^wood, viauall,and other proui^ons, fit for fo m^ny men as fhalfaik in the faid Ship from thencc,to make file and Employments of the faid fifh, which,as I conceiue, will beafitcourfefotodoii,and thereby great charge, and fom|fe ad '•ntur^ will be faucd,in carrying the famedi^ redly - market, in regard what it would be#, if it {hould be returned home into Et^p.land,and then after- wards relade the fame again^and fend it to a market. Wherein niy opinion is,that the faid Ship,hauing >^ her voyage at :?>C^m/<'»»i-/W,{hould faik from thence direftly toiW^/y^/Zworr^/V^^^/i^jWhicnpiaccsiyingwitii- in the Straits oiGiMtar in thcFrcnch Kings domini- ons \ 6ns whcr* the cuftoin«s vpon Fifh arc but htdc, and :ScntalUc(ft then ninity Engl.fr. pounds waight ; Tnd^^kz of fuch Fifh ther^ I hav« not knownrf^r ^ bcfoKU at any time, then tweluefl..U.n^^f currant Englifti paynicnt/or cuery Kcntall andcom- 3S»greatcrprice,andtha*fpcedyfalesarc XaUy made If fuch pVh, and good tcturn*s had: .nd If anv man will return* his money from thencc.hc may hauScbiUs of exchange , for payment thereof here inLondon,vponfightofanyfuchb..ls. The forefaUl two hundred thoufand of Fi(h , loa, dine the faid Ship,it wilthen make at Marfcilcs abou« two^ and twenty hundred Kentalls of that waightj v4h beinl fofd butat twelue (hiUing= theKentall, rln^toLnee^nd^^ . SsVipof that burthen to feruc the vowagc, being hirfdby fhe moneth,when(be isther* vnloaded, may Eethen Wpaidfor her hire, and ^df -barged 5 « beinghircdforalongcr timc,mayreturn,^from thence vnto Torn* other place in Spaiutf, to be reloaded heme wTthfoSMarchandize , which maybe< well perfot- roed Sahcfaid Ship rcaun^ in fit time tofeilj. again^ vnto Sv-/.«W./^^theyeer0 foUow.ng, wuh le^ ch rgc the!, the firft yeer^ ; and then g'<=^«r hof c <^ benelt it wilbcto the Aduenturers,then thcfirft; ecrc, whenpeople arc ther^ f ^ frorc pounds, and is- "\ !i , k^v. i?^ ' ii An^alfo thert may bc«! well made,oucVandtboue the Forefaid quantity of two hundred thoufand dry fiiK ten thoofand of larg. grecn^fifli; which being fold^ in New-fimMand, but at flue pounds the thouiand k will amount to the fumweof fifty pounds • I fay oh^r 'SlTr''""'*"'^ ^^"^ *«' 'h«, amount to the fumiW! of feucntecnc hundred and threcfcZ And kisvery liWy ,hat the forefaid d&""t* boattsbemgAMellma„ned,andftaycontinufllJ£„"f m the Country , vn till the , 5 . day of OSober, asS .inaywd,they may thcntakeabouc thirty fiuctCS ^Firhforcuery boat,asdiuersycerterLnyS«?« ;do,,t:wh.chwin then amount tVoS.^oreSfanS 'more then tbcformertwoliundied thoufand T^rJT r 'Pf I'^'f '?g ' ""y bcomerwifcdifpofed ofat5^nv->W-/W; beitmoreorlefli, i^r^v veeM , tbert four{ pounds the thouiand , a]& Ka, ,?*«» all tht traiwrOvlt and fitcen* Ti(U .>: 'u _.*' ^^^^m-. ^tWthcrtmarbe^«vcIgq«S -» V ^ and and aboue the Ships loading, fourtfcorc thoulandof Fifh, and much more 5 the which at four^^ pounds the thoufand, will amount to the fttoid^ 0^320.11.-5 -d. Adding thereunto the former ium of- 1 3 20.^'.,o!^* And alfo for the aforefaid Oylc ox2o..q..o.'.o* And alfo for the loooo. grecn^ Fifh.^osa o .00* And alio for the oucr-pricc at Marfciks , beitiff foldif at fixtccn^ fbillings the Kcntall, it will beef fomj ^~ "^ .«, ^^^ — , .■ o4^o,.o.,Q^.Q^ Total] Sum«*,.^225o,^o.^,-o. OF which fumn», be it more or leffr, whatfo- eucr IS gotten in the voyage ; if viduals. Salt, anddie other former prouilions, beprouided at reafonable cheap^ prices : Then the Maftet and Company haue a third part thereof, allowing foai0 Imal matter from the fame, towards the viaualing-and ther< IS another third part lik^wife to be allowed ' to^ wards the Ships trauell and charge, dedufiing fom^, thmglik^ifctheritoftowards tbcMaftercf thcShip . tor taking the charge, and for fornix? other of the better (ort of men which they vfually hauc oner and aboiic their (hares, of the former third i and" the odier third remam^s vnto the Viftualers forth of the Ship. So that the voyage amounting as aforefaid, to tha luni^rof two thoufaiid, two hundred & fifty pounds : A third will be0 thefumma of fcuen hundred and fiftv^ pounds/or the viaualling partj from whichdcduainj to be for the vidualling forth of a Ship with forty per. ions . ther(i may remain(i to the Aduenturcrs for rh^ oearmg the Aducntur(| , and all Charges difchVged: thefumw5of_33i,li,_„,s. And in ium? yeer^s, ',vhcn >^V7 ry/; n \,yx. tsrwe^rr »»•»'»»'•'""'•"'"' !"|;' ■-I W i l!r s I when &U» bread and bcew is dear^ bought 5 the viAn- Spa t is allowed die one moity or halftf part of SaKgotten inthevoyage , and theCompanyand ^'SS^SiSingfeofanygreaterpr.^^^^^^^^ n>avbceottcn vponthefalcs of thctwo hundred thou- fendoflifhatMarfeiles, or the benefit which may be Sde vpon the return^s of the money for thefamc from thLc , or what may be gotten W the iroploy. Sts of the'forciaid fummo , at the place where the ^'SS what may be more gotten vpon the train* OvUaJd greeniFifti, if it benot fold mivW.««^' l2, hut biaught home , and fold heer-. at the bcft ^And.if aShipbe hired by thcmoncd. to perform* ' thiVvoyage, which may be ended m lefft thcnnjnc Soneths, theShiptobefreeat Marfeiles whenthc i(hU7nloaden tlier* 5 and being hired atforty pound a rooneth or much cheaper } it niay then be cftecmcd what may be gotten by hiring of a Ship m that man- ner if theFifti and trainrfOyl* amount vnto the prices, as his valued: iHtyeeld more then the greater bj^ nefit will com4 by hiring ofa Ship 5 if Icfl^, after the rate accordingly. „ , . c o 1 • And if Pans be prouided for ttie malting pf Salt in ^cliew-fcndJand, asfitly and cheapfly itmay be, then will the charge in fetting forth of any Ship bv the Aduenturers, be much lcflj»,and the benefit much tac . ^"^Now whereas thent arc but twenty four< men of the forty nominated to mn ; «;= """-. -.- .- 'V; Tj.rTi Fifh\tland,(ofwhichfixteenOfc«cnare .be^a|U. ■wt' i! headdcrSj^an^Wittcrsjof fijh 5 two boyes to lay the fifli on a taSIcTanathree to fait the fifh^which laboiirythrcc women may fitly doi^5 three men may fetch a-land lak, and tend to waOi fifti^and dry the fame 5 which may be two houfe Carpentersjind a Mafon , the other may bc^ a woman , which makes vp fixteen^ to be. pounds a couple one with the other , and apparell themielues 5 which apparell the aduenturers are to prouide 5 and thofe which are thus hired^to allow for the &me again^ out of their yeer^ly wages. The which yecr^Iy wages , for euery couple of thofi which ftiould continue ihtvi , will be* born(^ yeer^ly on that part of the filli and oy W , which may com^ to the Companies ^att, as aforefaid,if the I .fineOfebe order- ly carried 5 So that the viauals of thoft perfons which ftiould remain^ thcr^ to plant , from the 20. day of Marchjvnto the lo.day of Nouember 5 and their whole veercs pay Ihould euery yeerd be^as it werrf.charged and raifedout'of the Companies third part, from yeerd to ycre^ Neither fhould the aduenturers be any other way charged for them , but on*ly for fom<) fit quantitieof Meal^, Mault^BeefejPorWjButterjChecfe,.^^//^ viu^ and fomS other fit things to feme them in winter , vn- till the Ships return^ to themagaini , in the beginning of euery Sumir.?r; and then they are to be again^ as of the Ships company. In which time of winter , their labours vpon the ^^9 ^V^i m ni ' »l liif may well defray the laid charge , witi^oo^t .lei ouer and abouc the (ame« And dicn the fceond ycerd,cuery of thofifperfons, which fojhali remain^ ihcr^ , may hauc their equalL (hares with the Fifhermcn , which may well pay their wages and charge that the Aduenturcrs (hould bee at for them. . This is the order and coiirfe^which I haue long time had an opinion, that an orderly and bcneficiall Planta- tion in the iVw-/^/yw^-/4»^5 is to be at firft proceeded on^and not by carriageofbeafts thither to till the land^ before fiich time as prouifions bee made for them to liue in winter,which will require (bme time to fit Med- dovvcs at firft for hay^and fit houfes for them. AShipofahundredTunburthen, being thus im» ployed,may alfo well carry in her the firft yeere for in- crcafe, Hogs, Goates, and Poultry, which will not bee chargeable, nor pefter much roome in the Ship , and diey will nrooue and increafe exceeding well there,as l hauc often prooued , and be at very little or no charge in keepingof them there 5 And after the firft yeere, the laid Ship failing thither with a lefle number of people, prouifion being made there in readine(re,i'he may carry in her great ftore of Beafts and prouifion for them. And for the better proceeding in this Plantation , it will bee good for the Aduenturcrs to hire two fmall Barks, ncere the burthen of 30. Tun aoiecc by the mo- neth, tobeeviauallcdand manned by them, which (hould feruc as in a fiftiing voyage, with ten pcrfons in each Barkc , and they i^ould haue in euery of them all prouifions fit to keepe f wo Fifher boates at Sea, either of them all the fummer, and then thofe Barks may alio ^^ Qtrry fgracbcafts for increafcj and they (hould de- part fc ►art hence before the Ship of a hundred Tun burden^ !br fome fpeciall feruices, and then the Ship of a hun- dred Tun, with 40. perfons , neede not depart out of England , before towards the end of March , which Barks being there timely in the yeere , may be in many refpefts worth much more, for the good of the fifhing voyage, and the faid Plantation , then their hire by the moneth will amount vnto, as for many rc^fons which I c^ndeliuer. And then taking that courfcjtherc may be fbme (ales made before-hand of a hundred thoufand of fidi or a greater quantity to fomeMerchants,to be deliuercd in 7{€W'foHnd4Afia^mA toreceiue mony for the (amcherc in Loudon,vpon Bills of Exchange; All which,by Gods afliftance,may be well performed, and the bigger Ship al(b,well loden,to failf from thence to fome good mar- Icetjto make (ales of the fame. And then one of thofe Barks may bade all fuch traine oy !e as may be gotten in the voyage, and returne with the fame, where it may be thought bed to make fale thereof; And the other Barke may then load all fuch grcene fi(h as may be made, and returne home to Eng- land or elfewhere to difpofe thereof; Thus it may be all well performed^ and {tore of firti left for the prouifion of thofe which arc to ftay in the Countrey to inhabite : and alfo for the hogs and water- fowle to feed on in winter when there is caufe. Now whether it may be beft to buy a Ship of 100. 1 un burden, or bigger, to ferue for the faid voyage, or to hire fuch a one by the moneth , for that purpofe; I leaue it to the confideration of your Lordftiip, and the vt.ijvi nuuuiiurcrSa r/' i F % Thus 1fat,.i^^-..'i^^iM^'SK-imimr-. /v>bE{8^i. .;:'i:vLSij:-i'i,.. -i.w.,„.':fi:^;'" .>J;S^^i^iA,. . :/ »*/*,^. It"f! THus I banc fhcwed in what a temperate cli- mate your fcucral! circuits of land doc lie in that Countrey, as alfo how the bounds thereof u^endiandalfoprtly what good Harbours , Bayes, and Roads for ftiipping to ridcfefe at Anchor,arc with! in thciamejasalfofuchconditionsasyoii will be plea, led to grant vnto any that will bee an Aducnturcc WKh you therein ; and alfo partly the great hope, both ot honour and profit to all thofe that ihall £ec wil. fame''' Aduenturers with you , to further the Whereby it may be well vndcrftood, that by an or, dcrly fetthng of the faid Plantation, it will be for tl2 genera IgpodofallhisMaiefties Sublets, and not hurtfull to any; And it will bealfo a moft fpecia bene fiMndgpodforallthofewhich yeerely Sire" n fi(h.ng , what now it is , though they Lk no peopk there to plant, whereby to keepe and maintarnfthS ■ccrtamcplaces, there tofaltand dry thei fiSon bv reafon that thofe vvhich toll inhabiJe the^vviU Ipo J .'fcqueft, and fome fmall gratuity, preferue their E -Boates yeerely fromfpoihng.. foas theymay haue them and their Stages , and all commodious and neceS .roomes m fuch perfedrcadineffe, yeerely S S ■ SSfntldS'^^^ v^dWdlyVetth vmo tnem in thcirfiflMng voyages, many thoufands of --6^r-vv iuineiucn AOiieaturers to that Countrey, of ^ 'f'' .v." V3^. ra»' I. _^jgi^fla8a |»i'» ,. bfhis Maiefticsfubicfts may y6ferely make much grea:i. icr benefit of traJc,inrcturningfrom thence, thenany man thati hauecucr heard of, oi^kriowne, which hath as yet put in prafticejcauing it to theft thacwill make triall thereof. IT is well knownCjthat from theforefafid harbour of RehowzCjVnto a place called the Banke^which lyeth Eaft from thence towards England^ncer 2 5. leagues in the like altitude as the (aid harbour of Renowze is^ which Bankc .is a fand^ in moft places ncere tweluc leagues btoad; and in length Northeaft, and South* weftjaboue 100. leagues; on which Banke, there is no lefle then zo.fadome of water at any place: &: there fifh aboue loo.faile of French SWps, Winter and Summer, fbrrie 6f them making two voyages therein a yeerCjand another voyage to fome other place alfo in the &mc ycere. I haue often (failing towards the 'litpo-found^and) met with fome French Ships^comming from thence, deepe loden with fifh^in the firft of Aprill, who hauc taken the fame therCjin lanuary^February, and March, which arc the ftiarpeftmoneths in the yeerc for ftormes andcruellweather# Tc which Banke our Nation may doc great good in filhingjfiich as will (ailc from the New-found-land in the later part of the Summer^when thefi(h begins to draw from that coaft^as commonly it dc.h when the Winter comes on 5 1 meane/uch fliippingas are to be imploy- edby whomfoeucrmay vndcrtakc to plant there, and likewife any other Ships thatlaile thither a fifhing, as now they vfc todoc,whohauingdirpolcd awayfuch fifli and traine oy Ic as they take there in the Summer F 3 time >%^S^ rt-'^- I li i ,f w Si! \W time vnto Merchants^ vfually euery yeerc fome haue done thex may then (felt being made there) as it may be fitly and cheaply,take in thereof a fit quantity, and freni-water wood,frerti fowlesgrca ftore, and other vi(auall,and likewifc a fufficient quantity of Herrings M.^^''"c"jCapelinc,andLawncc,to bait their hootcs withallfor taking of fifli 5 becaufe fuch bait the French- nictiarenotabletoh3uc,thatikilepurpofely to filTiat the laid Bankc,but are conftrained to bait their hookes with a part of the fameCodfiOi ibcy take there, where- with they load their Ships. * The which fiftj fo taken there, arc larger, thick- er,and fweeter, then the lame kind of fifl,?s that arc taken on the coaft o^Nm-found-land. Whereby it may be well vnderftood to be more neceflary/or fuA as wj failc there to filh, to carry fuch kinde of bait as afore! laid,withthcm,anddientheyJlu»U more fpccdilyload their Ships then the Frenchmen doe, who haue there "?/ .,^r'^'° "kc fill! withall,neither any other frelh viduallof aelh kindc,wood,or frelh water to dS their meatewithall^butoncly fuch as they carry with tnemirom France. ' w^JX^irp^" maybcwellconceiucd,thatthc fifhing which the Frenchmen haue there, is a very profitabll rm/nf w-^ ^"'^ T e'.''y/'"' *"^" >" *<= harden time of W inter, which isaboucejo. leagues diftance from the neereft part of France 5 and in alf which time to hue vpon the Sea in a cold place, with but little wood,w|,er4with to make fometimes a good fire to drefle *<« meat^^nd to fit by to warme tiemfelues. All which hardncfli of liuin|r fo on the laid Banke Afigainfl which they make bytbefaid filhing trade' Joth««kethem.d«light ihcrtin; whcrebyk^maybc well ,n wcllvndcrltood , to be a larrc better tion : fuch as fifli the Summer time at ISf^w/oundUnJ^ and doprouide for that purpofe,thcy may there reload their Ships againc with good fifh , in twenty dayes, comming thither, fo well orouided as aforefaid: and fo they may then at times in by a good fire, v/hcn they haue laboured hard all day ; whereby they will be the better able to take more fi(h in a day , then fo many Frenchmen (hall beablc to wkc in iwor And thus may any performe the (aid voyage honac- ward bound in fit order^Sdbeat no charge about trim« ming of any Ship^ which fhall lei-ue in liich a voyage, butonclyasisvled eueryycere iov the Nepf^fonnd4and voyage onely, andwithafmall addition oi breadand beere to be allowed more thereunto. Neither ncede the Mafters and Saylcrs of any Ships that will vndertake the laid voyage5prcpare themfclues with any other apparrell or neceflary prouifions , then they yecrely vie to doe for the New-jound4andso^z^fi onely. Which voyage, I am of opinion, diuers men will gladly vndertake,whenthofc Plantations, now lately ir'-^nded^are orderly (cttled 5 which is likely to proue very profitable , for any that will prepare therafelues for that purpofc,(ecing it will be vnto fuch, as a double voyage, and all vnder one charge* And whofoeuer will fo imoloy Ships^they may (ailc with their loading fo gotten there, vnto Fraunce,Por- tugall, or Spaine, where that kindeof fifh doth vfbally (ell at a great price 5 and returne loaden from thence fby Gods a(fulance) yecrely againft Chri(tmaflre5with fomeSalt, Oyle, Wine, Fruit, and fome Royallsof Plate 5 and fo nuke fourc v oyages in th ree quarters cf Tr> I la ti.> ; ..: iif ^ * V- . 'V.; Ov*^ n m I ^ yeerc^ana au vndcr oncfetting^H And then fuch may afterwards fpend the rfm^ .* . «J^.ch«tmKly enough to fet fortLgainc in t^^^^^^^^^ And if any Ship fo implovcd doeretnm^r coaft ofEngland or Ireland ' °' ''P°"**= Thus briefcly and plaincly,butnotcur->ufly Ihaue tunnc thorowmy intended taskc of mvSdto £rj"''r'^"^'/!l'^^^^^''^^'°*eaZ„SmenTS^ his iVIaicft.es moft hopefull Plantation in th"Slf fomdUmd., not thatmyrefolution is anvwlv, ■ r" ner fort of people,th.reby to inu; >c them to the feZ J forth of this great and happy en tirnnv; f^^^Y^Z ■and great merrvrh^ l^ L P r " """^" prouidcnce a great mercy; be both furthered and bJciled in the aicem empc, rime at f yccrc, he faid cftom offifli on the I haue d mo. entof oinfi- rmea- Jtting rthen abili- brme ijbe- liftth ice of le^to :c to wee fibly :ancl ofit 'hri- encc I the np£. attempt, prcferuation, and eltabhihing thereof. As for my fclfc, who out of mine ownc experience and the integrity of my thoughts, am confident that the end will crownc the beginning of this moft hope- full Plantation, I (hall cuer,like a true hearted EneliOi, man , and his Maicfties humble and faithful! sSubie^^' religioufly dcfire, and wifli to fee it inafaire forward' ncfle and good proceeding : howfoeuer^ asvcrtueis fubiea and incident to be croffed , and maligned by the followers of vice • and that we fometimes Iw many excellent and noble proiefts ftrangled or made abor tiue in their birthes : Eucn fo this gre;»* worke n)av :.* "^: f 0^7 Mi mn m h4 14 h' (horc a time of h is owne fubicas/rom any one place of trading, if he haue neucr fo great occafion. Thus, God blcfling the laid Trade and Plantation, it will be,not onely a great augmentation to his Maic. ftieinhisrcuenuesand cuftomes, butalfo a generall good vnto all his Highneffe Kingdomes and Subiefts, both in inrichingof aduenturers inparticular^and alfo in ftrengthcning the wall of defence , which God hath fet about our natiue neft. Great Bnttamc^^ namely,Na- uigation , which muft ncedes be much cherifhedand furnifhed by this Seminary of Fiftiers, imployed in fuch Colonies, and out of that (hoalc, will be alwayes ia readinefle & of ability to be tranflated higher , from fiftiingvcflfels, into fighting Ships Royall- and fo arc alwayes vitfull for peace or warre, merchandize or de- fencejas the occafions of our eftate and welfare {hall re- quire. And fo I leauc thefuccefle thereof to the good plcafure of God: to whom be all the glory. i I ; I I Rich. Whitbovrne* ^ x^ i- ■.■'>- ^p^^h-i of ■^^^* 63? tjs >■.