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Lor d BiiTiop of Brfftffl^ Richard Ebvrn e wifheth all'health and happineiTe externa]!, internall and" Oi^fldcnng, {Right Honoura- ble) and nor without gricfc of mind,^ forrow of heart, view- ing the great mifcric 6c encom-. braneeof this ourgoodly coun- trie, the Countrie of Englmd (whiehlicrctoforc admirably flouriflicd inplem tic & profperirie) by rcafon of the cxccffiuc md^ titudc of people, which therein at this prcfciit dxsei fwarme and fupcraboiiodv chc many fairc Op^' porttinitic5 whichi Gadi, in bis. gittciou^ Piiout- dcnce,,oftcn: ha(h , i«d at thisiiaibm doth oSm Wi:ofit^for a^pt^pfchCy arfpcodii?,. anda© inf^liblef A ^ remc- t'» ft , H 1 i i. i| I rhfiEpiftle rcmcdic thercof:and yet the nocoriouf neglc(9: and wayward vnwillingncs of iLc people ot this Land, OUT Engliflu Nation, to regard and acccpc fuch OfFers,and to (cckc and take their own good: I thought I might doc a workc worth the laoour, and(in all likely hood Jgratcfdl anci vfcfull to my Country and Countrimcn, rewrite forpittbing, (andtherather,for that none that I know,hach yet rrauelled this way) that might ftirre and encou- rage them,(pccially the common and meaner lore of thcmj as whom chiefly, and mofl: of all ic doth concernc,to make better vfe of thcfc fairc , wor- thy and necefTary opportunities. Whereupon I hauc in a plaine and familiar man- ner, ( as one that intended to fubmit himfelfe to Tiiefumme of thc capaciticand vndcrftanding,euen of the mca- I Trer^fcl* neft, for whom fpccially this my labour I inten- ded. ) Firft, declared and iuftified thcfe kindc of Attempts, Pknrations , to tend notably to tjic ^ glory of Almigh tie God, thc enlargement of thc Kings Maieftics Dominions , and the manifold and incftimable benefit of this whole Land, thc Rcalmc of England; and to bee in their owne na- ture lawful! and iufl:, ancient and vfuall. Second- ly, I hauc (hewed fome particular meanes, or in- I feriour courics, howiind whcrcby,both men and mony^ I inoney; Ac two principall tfaingstiat muft pfcn- nfully be had for PJantadons. may ca% and fcecdily be raifcd and procured in and out of our Land for thispurpofc. And thirdly.! hauc giucn and to downc foinc particular Inllrudions and obfcruations touching thcfc Aclions.not vnwor- thy happcly the Notion and Confidcration of many fuchas yet arcJitdcacquainced with them. and added romerpccialljllo//««, for apre/ent Planuoon m Nc^-fomd-UndJocfotc and aboue any other place of Plantation yet attempted. Withal,m cuery of thefcpafTages.I haueanfwered all fuch, either rM//(orrathcr Rfgionaa)ot perfmaa Obieams,is commonly arc made againft the en- terprizes thcmfelues. why they fhould not be«- gardcd, or by perfons that fliould employ them- f clues in theentcrprizes, why theyftiouldnotad- ucnturc therein > ThcfeplaincbutlhopepIauGblcand profitable Laboursof mmclambold. andhumkydefirc your Lordftips both, that I may be bold to p«! lent to the open view and confidcration of this Honouilblc Names ; The one of you being my much & worthily honoured Diocefan j the other my worthy and f auourable Patron; both fpeciaU A } Fautours ■"f** ipipnMl9«|| 1 i n h '» Fautours^ofalljoodLcairniiig^andfiiKhcrcfjy o€ tail goodly Indcuours ^ :ind rhofcferci &ich as I tope md prefum^ will VQUcbfef€tbcfcLaljw>ai:s^ of miaciandthjcfc wofthy,pious,and religious ( if they be wordiily,piouily,& rcligioufly handled ): thcfc notable Attcnjipts^and for o«r Land af this prcfcnt naoft nccefiarie and expedient, your bell furtherance and countenance : not doubting bue that thereby both my Indcuours (hall the better be rcfpedbed and rcGCiued,and the A(£tions thcm- felucs the tnoreaduanced and followed,! (hall be (hieldcd from the malicious cnuie of thecarping Cauiller,thac cakes more delight^and can be con- tent to bcftow more labor and time in deprauing what others hauc done^then i» fetting forth and publi(hing, I fay not any better, butany like and: as good of hjis owne : and they ('tIi€A£bions)fhall be (hro wdcd from the canine v nkitrfneflc of chofc la-ijic lurd;jnsj±i^H?vi]l neither take die good of theti) tbemficUw, nor fuffcr, by their goodwill, any other to doc it. One rea(<:)n more particular hath n:Qued me ta- tender tOryourLQrdftips th.efe my Lab^s, andl tjbat is^fQf! thai; the one of you is: redded in thac Citie^as in his proper afld EpifcopalSea: the otheft i|5yj^5 j^^ aeighfepring batli Citie and Gountiy^,, y ^ c which f 4....-..-. DsJicawhl fvhich richer by it fclfc in gcricrall, or by a W- tainc number of die worfliiptiiU Qtizcns thereof, in particular, hath alrcadic bcgun,and m this pre- fcnicontinucth a Plantation in Nc^-fiund-Lmd : which I therefore hope will be an occafion that may mouc your good Lordftiips both, this way to doc to the Places of your ownc aboad ( which trulv by rcafon of the number of people, wherc^ with they are cloyed and oucrlaid, doc as greatly need thcfe helps,as any Cities or Counties in Eng- land } much good and benefit. Which thing, I am perfwadcd, you mav ca% and greatly cffcd, if you will be pleafed, but to ihcw your felurs in countenancing and affiitingmc and others, that doe and will employ our felues in them, to ap- proue and fauour,to allow and like of thcfe kind of Labours and Indcuours, and namely, that wherein your owne people and fo necre Neigh- bours arc^ilrcadie fo farrc interefTcd and pro- ccedcd. The Lord lefw.tbe high Bi(hop of our Soules, vouchfafc vnto your Lordfhips, whom he harfi ' called to be ^rincipaU Paflors m this hi* Church of England , fuch plentiful! ftore of his Hea- ucnly gifts, rnd fo guide you by his Holy Spirit, that l^ ■H i) ', I that you may finccrcly fee forth his Gofj^l,and fcckc kls Glory ia cbis Woi*ld,and in the World to ' come be crowned by him with Cclcftiall an4 eternal! Gloric* %, 4mcn. Tour UineuiMe Lordjhtpt €mr tc ctmmawl in i he )^orke of t he Lf>ri, Rl.CHARfi Ebvknb, If TO THE GVRTEOVS AND Chiifiian R i ^ d b r s, cfpccially the Conacion-Pcopie of thisRcalmc of Em olak 9* ThermnMiuers,hM4eUbitHredfiH€ralljmdefiri. htng 4nd commending, one thit Countrey, another V J ' "^ O^P^*^' Whitboumc, New-found . L«»«d ; Cditaine Smith, his Ncw-England ; tM^fter Harccouift,Guwna; wid fime others, L I L r , ^ i»^rf /i,f» ^«f <,r /^^, Virginia tx/»^ i^«m> W^ r*v ' W*» vjedfundry Motiuesfir the sduMnctment of 4 PUntatL w, tn the fiace hy him mojt affeSled ; AUtmdinwto this maine end , Tnmoucour people ot England, to plant themfclu-^s abroad aiict rrcc thcmfelacs of that pe^'iric and perill cif wflnt.whcrc- in they hue at home. "SHtmneth^t. Il^ow k^th handled the potr^tnrenerMU, VlT. to^e^,h, benefit imd the good i theliC^fUU mfe^wdtheanctent. andfic^uent. vfe ; the fhcilitie andnecefiitie (that, u indeed, if I may fo fp take.thc DoArine)o£ Plantations. That mkf therefore, hauej vndtriaken. ^htch how ? hone terihr. me^.Ileauetoothers toindge^, re^Hffting this at your hands /b??- «cuolcntaisdcurtC€«s^Rcade«).W J.I, ohfiri, andconfider: ^^rfin^ha t fam thefirft that h,th broken this Iceland fearchedoHt ibu Way } ^dthat therefore itmnfi meds htom^ more ronghand rude, then tf Ihadfaffedafmooth Was er, and gone along in JvCnaU ^nd beatvif^th Secondly That my whole purpofi ^d intJt is, prtncspoMyandJeetaUy todoe fomegoodthi. way. fir and with the meaner fort of our people : towhcfecapacttt^therifire, it Was fif. \^i ^J^re then fit necef^^^^^^ tnat J Jhouldfi: andfiame my Jheech. That obferui'd^ doubt not bntyou Will, not onely beare WithLt alfi sipproHeofmyplainnep,as befi befitting my parpofo to wcrkfi and inyfubuU to >f,ork$ vpon : the more learied and itedictous firt, I fi^^b^ndtngemoHflyaci-oWledgemyfelfimoredefirom u kanemj reachers and d,rtao,rs in this lind of Learni r,th.j f^y y.caiers ^nsl FoSoWers* "^ ■^ ^ ffanythinke it a point beyond my Compajfe,fira7)inine by Tr^ Jftnh$9d90,U UtthmargHmwtj of this Nmnre^ vij6,to intreat B of >-v.. I ^; 1 1 To the Reader. of Plantations,\Vfe/V» ^re cormmnly tak^n to he a matter^hcmh/r ,cf Tempor^Jlatid Secniar right. Let him he f leafed te knor¥ : Firfl^ That I am net alone ^ n§r the fir ft in this att empty httt haue ^r my frepdent the precedewtj examples of fime fhrre befireme in Lear^ ning and Knowledge ; as zJ^^aBer Hzc]fX\Xit,yfho long fine e wrote t$ great f^olnmne ut becaufe they ^jouldbe (o ^ith aU Chnfiians ; euenthe Layfirt like^ife. iy4s I am not of the Tapifis opinion, that is^ to care little for the Scrip- ture ; fi J like not to be of the Topijl) fajhtoM^^ Vi^hich is^ to fill the peoples eares>^ith foundof the Names of Fathers^ (^ouncelsy and other s 'like ;^hich they nor are, nor can he acquainted S>fith.jout to let them heare little and fee leffe the Word of Gody in Vfihich they eafily might, and certainly fijould be ripe andready^und ^e&hothfeem and read. Be/ides, fir this prfent argume7vLyk k fifiequenL in th? Scrips "TV* any jiii/sffiTiiiau yomzjineTCtiOOiit^ /"''» «?"«'?" the pra^ise thereof w^ verie mwL inihofe '. times) ifif a ^(Lrjiit •re To the Reader. timfs ) thert If mi pme^ekher precept or prefident. to hcfitmd If J hmne my rfher^dijfcmed from the common pra^ice. *4nd Jher^ed fome difltke of the ordinane proceedtnj^s in thefe Protects. / defire bur (ofiirretoke borne Vifith and accepted, as I brtn^ good rea. fin fir it, and declare or intimate fimemfi and rea/onablecauli thereof. -^ Though J haue not prefimedtofit downe any cer.>aine and retru" iarplatfirme of a good and right l>lantntion, whic h happdy to haue done.i^ould hauefeemed m me too much either boldneffe or rapinetje* yet thm much I pre fame to affirme of that I haue Voritten^ that if any mil read and conftder it >^eU, he may, Without any great labour, colleSt and find out a true and good platjhme offach an AUion. I haue fo anfmrtd nany and mofl of the common ObieBionr made agatnfi and about thefe attempts^ that out ofandbx the fame, ^nanf\>permay likeyf^iff be flj^pedtoany other obieUion that lightly can be made there-agatnfi. The whole f haue (o dra^ne vnto certaine heads , and ^ned agarne mo feuer all parts ^ as I thought might beft accord with the . f»*tterhaudled,andbemofHiksly to yeeld eafe anddelizht to the %^d€r. WhereinthatJhaHedigefledattintothefirmeofa Confirence or Dialogue haumgfo many examples fir it, and moflr of them from the beftofallJges ramfofitrfi-om fearing left thereby fjhouldofend ^ny.thatj prefame rather, that inthat point. and pamesaboue the rfMy^fi^uer J be a little^he larger, bet mfe of the Interlocution, I jhaUbe the better accepted.my meaning anddrift the fooner pekei^ ued, and my Labours and Lines the oftner lookivpon andperufed. ^ndnoy^, that Jmayre'uertmyjpee^htoyoumycountrimen and friends youj fay, of the meaner fort, for ^hofe fake chiefly, out oj .^he abundance of my ardent hue andferuent defire to doe you good f haue put myfclfe to all this paines, f haue vndertak^nihif worke. Bepleafedjprayyou,toperufe, that is,toreade, andcaufe to be read toyou,ouer and ouerthUbooke, ^hich J haue written to you, and fir you. The jirgnment >^hereof I intreat therein .is, of' Plantations W/;/c/; how fieuer mempted by many worthy , ireat andhonourableFnfmages, yet feeme little to bee accepted andrel jycuc: ojjoujfrwhom, of all other ^they are moHnecegary. andtp improperly they are intended. B 1 Looks m 11 I t To the Reader. L^okiv^mkt mifme4md>i»4nt therein j4iH dM\ 4md^Um M England,^** s^m^t but line. LMk£ vpm the pUnt-t MtdfiUct tte^Vfhernngoingkince^y§HmAyUiiS. Trefrrs mt ponmie befof rtchcs,noryoHrperpetHaUeHii4nd^rttchednep, be^re^trpetHali *^^A^''^ ^ H?"f w^'W' ^ ^ time WhereinyoH may doy^u md y^Krs ^J&tTW^^'r'l'^' ^'^9^^'^^''^^ff^ryoHfhatOpp,rtM. ^^^f^^'^b^chaicecf fine^nddtflrejfeX^hschifyeHnegleato take , and nfkfe ,m hither. toyoH doe, to make vfe ofr.ad embrace ^>^,U nener. happely can nener tehaaajraine. ^^ "^ Beieene n lAXi^,4ndiheb0Hridsofthii L4nd,ofEn^Sind, byremoHmjrof je$trfelHes,Mnd ethers the people ofthu Lnnd , tokeejfeedily ami ^ortderfillyremoHcd^ enlarged and extendedmothofe parts of the world, ^here once the Name of England ^as ttot heard of, and y^hereon the foot of an Englifi man ( tillofUtc) hadnot troden. 'Ben.:fivaine,mindedor weake. hearted as to thinks orbeleeue that yoH (hall doe better in this England with little or nothing, then tnany other withfomethtng: here ^ithan houfe and a backe fide ^ hen otherwhere^tthfortie or threefcore^ with one or t^^o hundred acres of ground, ft is themeanes andnot the pUce that keeper and main- taines men well or ill. ^nd Englifhmen aboue m..riy others are VPorft able to ItueVeith a little, Know and confider ,. that as it is the fame Snnne that [hineth there^asVpell ash-re, fiit id theCumcQod, (thatGodinwhoh name yoH are baptised, inwhofe C^nrchyonhaue , anddoe ^ and jhaHltHe^whofeferua^its yon that remone are, Jhail, and may be as ^eli as they that remone r.ot )t\iZt God^ I fay, that rnleth and^m^ dethallthings there a^y^ell as here, Jlnddouhtyenot^ but that if you fare and ferue htm there, if there you keepe his commandementf and^alks, tn his )^ayes,as here you hauebeene, and there yofifhallfiH be taught and direEhed. ( For the Arke of God , and the Lnes of AZTOn and feed of Uui^muft and ^illgoe ouer withyouJThe hand ofhts aH-gutding "Froutdeme^V^ill befiretched oui vntoyou and thecy^ofhisalUfauin^mcrcie , nolejfe there then hereWiUlooh vponyoH. For.Godism^h vnto all thofe that call vpon him yea, allthofe thatcaUvpon him faithfully, pfalm. 14c. 28 Vifherefoeuer u be. 7(eade ouer and peruje often ( good Brethren) theiojMzXm. and the 139. TheyVt^tll teach you mefi plainly, plmtfally and comfortably, that by Sea and Land, fiir offandneere\ monepartofthe^orlda4well asinanother, the Lord is at hand. (for he 1$ Lord of all ) hefeeth and behoUeth aU the finne - of men, anddeftndeth and prouidethfirall that be his. To who'e fatherly tuiHon, and merci full proteUion , betaking and commending your jelue., fare not tofi^o^ him whither ficuer he calleth , anddefirre fiet to accept his bountifUll rir.Ufta**d «/i/.w/« •./**.,. »Hi-— /?- -t '- .= pejenteth and efernh thmvnfoyeu, no more then did Abraham ^ ^ and M, To mtdholjf Fatruirkis and perjons^ when C>fd ctmmimded tmm^ to forpke theirktndrfdand their fathers honfe^ nnd to goe into that land which he fliould (hew them: Svhofe finms and daughters jmjhallbemade, ifyoH alfi walks in their Jhfs ^ doing weU^and not being difmaid with any ftare, 'Bnt ofthefe things ^f hauefpo* ken more at Urgi in my 'Booke^to the reading 'thereof J will now re* mit andlcoHeyou, . Your Companion in one or other planta- tion, if the Lord will; Rl CHARD Ebv RK1» IdbcSiiimeoriaincipall Contend of ihc whole Bookc. rhefirfiPdrt. ytzHcreinisdcdjrea. i. "Whatprofitmay came ijy reading OKhBoook* as conccrnc Plantations, page*. Sec alfo part/ v^^. % That Plantatations arc Adions very eommcndable and ncceffary. p.? ;u ^^5''^ them the Church of Chriftmay notably be enlarged, partly by the Addition of other Countries to Chriftendome. pi And parti; by the Conuerfion of infinite heathens to the Chriftian faith. To whom the Gofpell muft be r reached before the end can be. ^"^'^Ti The Papias Naue endeuoured much this way. ^ 4 That by Plantations the Dominions and Maieftic of the Kincs oilnt Und may much be augmented. ^ \ J That the good of this Land may notably be thereby procured. Iq v'lT^ In the *^^' Eaficr fuppbrtation of the regall eftate. ' jj^y ^\tdc?hTeof '^'' ^'""^ '^' """" ^'""'^'^ fuperfluous multil Abating the excefT.ue high prices of all things to liue by. ptbfd linnclung the poorer foit hence remoued. v\o Amending the Trade and Traffiquc of Merchants Rooting out IdleneflTe out of this Land. The fruits of Idle neffe. An Obicdion anfwered of Idlers. Another of Idlers rcmoued hence. 6 That the praftice of making Plantations, is a thing very lawfully p i And very vfuall and ancient. ^ *^i/ i-wiuij. p.i red. ^^"^^^^^^•^<^i'^"^<=o«^«»o«Iyniade againft Plantation, are anfwe- 1 Ofthediftaneeoftheplace. 1 Tht wildnefTe and dcfolatc neflTe of the Countries ^hmthatrmnnAyfcYNefoYhoujingforaime. 3 The badnclfe and barieneire of the foiles Tbere,againft thefpoile of modi inthfe Coutnnes. ' 4 The countries are full of wild Beafts " ^^re, whatmeanesmaybevfedfor propUl, CmdlUbeUd^d tmfporJ'fM^ 5. The people there, rude and barbarous. ^'{t 6 The Aduentures very dangerous. ' . ^ 7 That fmall profit,no wca:t6 is there to be had. Itl'ltU ^rhere^rvhatgreatrtchcsandHHW^^ aritheyetcbihut. ^ pV4 /f rbere, NormHd,e ami Aqnmne lofi m Funcc.^dr^hen. ^'^t\l ^^^^'i:^ expcnielpcnt^Befbrc any ttiJ^ P«^7 1 ^ 4 5 4 p.il p.ibid p.itf p.ibid p.i4 p.i8 p.i9 p.io p.xi VH P.»4 n \ •'•r>. — The Contents. jSd^wlSSS^ '•''^«Acb«ftfduriciobetttoif«FlJ8tiiioai,hBy % Two things being principally uecsffarit to the working of PhmwtSnf. vt7i.MtnmdMmgyfhxtlnfermrcmfetnaf^Yitht itkcn for thcraifiD«or pro! * ^*«^ of indiift.ie.p,ibid. 4 1Jicjttm«dcratciwcofibcirxjattu:«UCaiWttcyi p.fa a How The Conrcnrs. * S?^'^*'*y}^i»niaxions there be nowinhand 3 Whtihcr all of them can be finiflied. „ „^ .„„„.^„. ?*n 4 Which of them fccmeth to be beft to'be fct forwara ^^} 5 How many waies to make a Plantation. ' I'^l There Tlantlng by irmafon difli\ed, ^3 ^^# That Plantation and Inuafion are fomewhat like in fomt things,; 'and rhmMatCelmue k needfkUh making a TUtttiUm. ^^i^oi 7 Whether better to plant in an Hand or a Continent. n , ° 8 Certaine motiues gathered out of Captaine nyitbHrntt bookcrwhv ^ev^foundlimimiy be thought fitteft for ;. prefent Plantation. %,Z7, LfSpSo^^^^^^^^ X Of Agedncffc. a Vn-vfuallforoldraen. ^;?°J* rberewbetberoUmn^f^dmamed, w young fmgkmen be fitter for aTlaitat'm. 3 HardTraucIlingby. P*'®°' 4 Ofthemthathaucfomegoodliuingshcrc. |*/," 5 That fuch men doc not vfuallygoc. p„* 6 That women, mens wiue« arc not willing. C.ii 10 To goe into one or other Plantation, the Au£our mtcriJethJp^m^i The endoftht Contents. Bnata. ff r.fHchf.i^^ 1.6. for Hand r.Irdand.;. 2 4^^ J.fZLul. \tdr.enpeopled.f^j^,l. l9-for[teaUnsrJlchil.jr. pJiA^lL UmeA,pX^.l. ^,for dtflwtedr. dlFtin^ted. p. 1 joj. 27 f^r hnr r ^H \ BBi I^^H . * ^^■'i j 1 i i i i • I^^H X: ^^^^1 i , ' : ^^^H 1 fi ^^^H !■ { 1 ^^^^^^^^^^^B ! i ■ j' ^^^H > 1 \ APLAINE PATHWAY; TO PLANTA- TIONS. The firfl Part. ^ t.6»r«^/H- l^y'^'t<>J<>''--forfjeeyoH*reb^JUmreadmsj'im3o,ks,rvh»t.eHn I n_ *• t . . i iat ii laii DC iio trouble to me, nor let to vs. For it is but j^ Tfjj Pa^'^rVaytoPlantatms. Rcfp. ffif be fir Rtcrtation^ then I h»fe it is fime nutttr ef dti> iilht^dfyeciaUobferiMHon. r rr ^ t Enr. Yes indeed Jt i$a new andprcttie Difcourfe of lome of our new Plantations; namely, that in iV. ..... - .... Refp. Imartiaili "^hatgood orpleafureyoHJljoMldpnae$»jHCh tdlt Bookes, fables I thinke» not worth the lookmf on, enr. They arc better then you yet vndcrltand, I feciand thcrc- forcbcc not you rafli in condemning , left you be htftic alfoin re- penting : for, Adfoenitendumfroferaty cito qni thdicat. Halticmcn (asthcy(ay)ncuerlackewoc. .. r ; l ; Refp. IVhjr But doejoH indeed find Any good in reading fnch bo9ki» Vfhichf hoVtfofnMny to be hktltttte regarded^ Enr. Yea truly : and that I doubt not but you alio IhaU acknow- ledge , b jforc you depart from hence , if you hauc the Icifurc to ftaywithmcbutawhile. ,,/./. Refp. ? hanc loft more time then this ere novo : and therefore for yoHrgood rompanies fake, I ^id, God willing, fee the enent: and any great bufinejfe to haflen me a^ay at t his time, f hane not, f fray yon therefore tell me, Vfhat goodyouget by thofe Bookes? ^ What profit enr. Befides the delip,ht that comes by the noueltic of the con- niiy come by tents thereof,and you kiiow that. Eft natura hominum Nouttatts 4- rcadingfuch ^,-^^.^^6 are by nature much like the Athenians fpoke of in the 17. «;«' "iTZ. the '^as of the Apoftles , ^f -iS'rcc^SdSt Si tions. I doe reape thereby vnto my felfe this tnrcctold bcnent. urit, 1 doe thereby after a rort,as blcfled Mofes from mount Nebo,Deut^ 2A.riew and behold with the eyes of my mmdc thofe goodly Conn* rrm, which there God doth (offer to) giue vnto -us and to ourfeed^ Secondly,Thereby I am inabled with/^jjfc^^and Caleb, Nnm. 14. t« flop the mouthes, and con&te the malice of them , that m my hearing, Ukethe ten vnfaithfullfpi^s, fliall goc about to bring ■ vp an euiU report vpon thofc good lands, and ftay the murmurings of fuch footiih & ignorant people, as vpon euery idle hearefay , or any lazie vagrants letter,are ready to beleeue the worll : & with- all, thirdly, I am the better prepared to informe them and others, that are wiUing to know the truthandcertaintie thereof. Refp. I fee there is good vfe to be made of fuch bdokes , ifaman wtlU jindihirefiref (hall from henceforth fcrhareto ihwkeofthcmasi. hauedone : and IfitaUdefireyoH to lend me that beokeofyoHrs for a daj^ pr tixto ^t hat f may reads it oHjeralfi* - J . Snr* I (haH willingly lend you this, and one after anothcr^two or three more that 1 hauc of the like argument. For I wifh w ith all my heart , that both you and all my friends were as well ac- quainted in them as I am . Hcfp, / thdnkeyoH much for this court efie, 3 ut feeing you mAkefucb vfe cr reckoning ofthofelfo&ks^itfeemes that you make more account of tht attions thtmfelues^t hat isyof Plantations yVehareof they doe intreat , Vfihichyet leuerheld , andfolknowdo manyelfe^ that he men of good ^it and v/tderftanding, to be hut idle proieBs and vaine attempts, Snr- 'ithout any diflikc or difparagcmcr.t to any other mens piantationB V4 Its or vndcrftandings be it fpoken/or mine own part I do pro- thcmieluesare feffe, / eftimatec^ account the Anions themfelues to he very good and Anions very godly, honourable, commendable, and neceffary : fuchas it Were much ncclffaTie^c. to be wilhfcd might be, and much to be lamented they be not, in farrc better fort, then hitherto any of them are , followed and fur- thered, as which tend highly , firft , to the honour and glory of Almightie God. Secondly, to the Dignitie and Renowne ot the Kings moft excellent Maieftie. And thirdly, to the infinite good and benefit of thisour Commonwealth .Three things^then which none weightier or worthier , can in any Defigne or Proied be Ic- ucllcJoraimedat. Refp. Tou make me e/ien amazed ^ to heare of you, that fo great good maybe effected or expe^ed out of thofe (}urfes, which of many arefi much contemned and difpraifed. Wherefore for my betterfatisfaUion therein, I pray you , let meheareofyou in particular feme^hat , how thefe notable effelis might be produced^ and namely firfi^the ^lory and i f/enour of(joa* Snr. The Glory ofGod cannot but be much fifrthere J thereby, were it but onely, that the gofpel of ^hrift fhould thereby be pro- churSTf feflTcd and publifhed in fuch places and countries , by thofe alone, chrift may I that (hall remoue from hence to inhabite there , where before, notably bee | fince the beginning of the Gofpel, for ought we know, or is like- enlarged. I ly ,it was ncucr heard,at lead profefTedjas itis now of late come to I paffe, (God bepraifed) and we hope will be ^Tiortly in Newfound I land. I Refp, Will be, fiy you? tJf^ethinkes you Jhould rather hauereC' I I . I .^ nurttu t iJt** **i**vux^ t yy 9 i/v ifSiii JVf itiiSS Iff Hands or before iuer the Summer thither 4 fijhirtg, p. d fo rv • vvbr i,0 J fledidyeerelygt Viririnia'^ere heard of ^ ourpeo^ Name of (thrift ]^ds Cft then By the Adtii- deed vycre ^„y?,;„ hcforc it. '^*^f«-««med , as which b- fiends , and tf ,„„ ,, fTi^^f'^u '. ""'^ f" " 'he S^„„er Ana by the E>,r. This is, as yw kt oLl^"V"^^'f'Vyo>'. stanitic. ,•">"'''« otoche,; people , alls/uILT u *t'***^ '"^'-' ^n '"fin'te i«fs,&c. this in the Plan aS^; "'?"'."'■'■ ^"fiJels. Ida! bclabaureJ and intended rTSel''""'iP'''j' =""1 '>«% teaching them ours , by traint .C,! n? ^5 """f =^'Ws. an5 continuall and ftmil ar conuerfef nXf "^"•' ''''"^f^" ' »"d by may be dtawneand induced „erfeT''"7j''' "^^"'' *ey «i l>nq;,,(h and reno.mce their i^v^nSf ='",'1 '"^«'gl^f to tl ihavemuch "otbedenied) thePaaid-h'Tj' ■'^"'^'H^'^'tfiatl'-akeitcan i^d.„our.4 fpr^ding the Nam o/n„?^"^?"-° "'"'^hgoodthit way bv' ; /' an 4 wperltiriojs manner ■••im r^ ** ^" *eu- con-upc \ that lined before aitop "therV ri,! r ""^"^ ^f^f'owne Nations - «^f . ; HoA- much more id ,^:a''^''*"^r? ' '*'«»» Wameofth.- true God,, inTtluf^Ar^ '" '^'''^' '^ ' 'f'the bepuf.lhed andfpredabTo^dT ^"*'"^"'''^'"'^ ™Shtthere To which purpofe , r would fa r--^* .i. dilperfe our good and r«„„i""1"*_^^*'^ .''«''« tofarther ani BJCTi&r turtlitrins anilifo^rfina '"k • *' '«f"« to be among S «a uup 4os ;he,f,. VVliich not found. y ■ fpeedily gM. anj and by m, they c to rc- Jlatriesi e it can. ay, by Rations : of tha then nit , if the itthere >ng vj, * then ler ani •mong found, fot The fir fl Part. fofoarzealeiicoldtieffe, anc'ourforwarineflc b»ck«rj«l»^^'>Ubo»r;famrony{ohelr-hZi^^^^ Jorward as I'aviSti hut ll, ,, L -^ -^ , '**' W' ihould not be ^^ Ms cafeZhCitthlZrJi/ ""r-^'tr f "' '"'^'^"» ^'fi '■» J , wrju n OHY cantor J md tn another: The children nftU:, J, u tre rnyhetr generation '^ifer then the MllTcfllt S^^^'i m„Sl needes co>,fefie,tha. the ^ork, V^ere a Jl ZfkJf Z .^ 'i "myl^'re our Land, ifthech.'ldrtn 5 m llii !| ;li JcisGoJswill ft> call them to tjbe knowledge of his truth. Andtheir con ucrfion muft ' be before the end of ^ ^worldcanbc. i! T en thi - The Path-Way to Plantatiom. fill : our labour then ^iU be bnt iH vaine, and our attempt not pleaftnf butMjpleafinginhi^Ji^ht, ^^ -^ ^* Eur. That God dclireth ani wi'leth his Name , his truth and Gofpcll by V s to be publidttd in thofe Heathen and barren lands; the inclination and rcadintffe alone of thofe people and Nations mayrufricicntlyaffarevs, who as it were prepared of God to receiae the Gofpell/r^w ourmouthes , if it might be but founded vniothem, doceueoofthcirovvne accord offer themfducs ro be taught, fuflfer their children to bee baptized and inftruded by vs,- and, as weary of, and halfc feeing the groffenefl'e of their own abominations, and the goodnesof our obferuations doe make no great difficultie to peferre our Religion before theirs, and to con- fefle that it is Godthat we, and thedeuill that they doe worihip For my owne part, I am pcrfwaded , that God will wnJtly hauethemeitherbyvsorbyothers, ify^evfilinot , calledtothc knowledge of his Truth, & turned from darknes to light, & from thQi^owtToiAdtun.vmogod', thatfo the words of ourSauiour may be fully flilfiUed, who, Math. 24. i ^. hath foretold vs That the_ Golf ell ^ before the end fliall come, mnfl be preached throughout the y\;hole )^orld : and tJ^ark^ x^^io.be publifljed among aH ISTa^ ttons, which, howfoeuermoft hold is long finceaccompli(hed,iti that it either now ^, or heretofore hath beene preached to all pi necrc aji Nations of this vpper Continent i yet I am now refolued, Het ?,°f,^ "?y P""^^« *"'^°"^' ^^^^°^ ^"^^ that they will not bee rulhlled indeed, according to our Sauiours intent, vntill that vn- to them alfo thaxinhabit that other, the vnder Continent ^it bemade manifeft, which it feemeth vnto me,God doth now haftcn to ac- complifli, in that within our j4ge alone, a great part thereof hath had the fame, though corruptly , though imperfedly , brought vntothem, "^ ^ Refp. You doe >^>elltofay, that this is your ownepriuate Opinion, for no man elfe^ 1 1 hinlf^, is of that minde. Snr. Not many,it may bc,but yet I afifure you, I am not alone. Fortheriwasbutfewycerespaft, a Preacher in Dtfr/^/j^^W, of fome note and name, that in a Sermon of his intituled. The Ma^ gold and the Sun, flow extant in Print, page 40. vpon thefc words &c. laith thus r This light rifing firfifrom the ferves , as from his Eaji or Orient , i4 carried 9Hcr Ml the world, ' and hnthpHeft light to vs (Bn 3447- Jprung ti t her par France^ jintipo(\ Jmsane, preachec^ jhalthe t feflbr of ftton to''. friend N of this n the VforL paring Vf that of ( Kingdon vnto all [ is >Soont t Rations terward true and J So thi mufibed andamc the day, without ourfhou plough. isfarren for thofe Conuerfi pleas rue as much plant a^\ theTeacl nnr C^xjnv VS 7' Ihejirfl Part vs (EngJijh) thatjktt in darkeneffe. Of his firfi rifmg reade Lukc 34 ^7Miinmng(^z\thmtSz\xioVLTt\\i:vc)fromIerH%lem. Hence fprmg this bUjfed light firfi, and thence , beftdes his disjerfion.intoo^ ther parts eft he ^orld, was earned ouer all Greece^ Italy, ^ernktny, France, and rofe to vs alfo , and is no^ making day to the Indians and jintipodes. FortheveorldfijaUnotend^tiilhe kiaue finifijed his foHrfe I msane,tiH, as the Enangelifi CMath, 24, 14. faith, The qotfell he preached in all the ^orld , and he a tefiimony to all nations : and then fljalthe endcome.rhushe.D.KeckermanlikewiCsythRt ramouspro- feflbr of Arts and Learning , diuine and humane, in^is Manudn^ d Keckar Uton toTheologie, of late tranflated into EngUfh by my wortlly Dantifcan friend Maftcr T. Vicars Batchelour in Diuinitic, p?3.p4. writ^ of this matter in this manner .• tAnd doubt leffe towards the end of thevforld,thetrueT(eligtonfi}allbeinjimerica: as God is now pre. faring way for it by the Englifi, and Lett;- (^nntry Merchants , that that of Chrifl may be fulfilled, Math. 24. 14. This G off ell of the Ktngdomefoallbe preached throngh the whole Voorld, for a ^itnep mto all 7>(ations,and then fijall the endcome.For godinallhis works^ ts^ont to efea a thing fuccejftuely,andtherefore firfi he Tends tv rhofe l^attonsfome light of his EJfence and Truth by the PaptFIrs , andaf-^ terward^tllmakethefe things jhine more clearely vnto them by the true andfatthfull Mintfiers of the goffell. Thus farrc hc So that it^thcir opinion, as well as mine, this is a worke that mufibedone before the end can be.Whercforc fince it is a worke and a moft holy and ncceflary worke,which muft be done, before' S?Sr' ^'/u' "^'^ ""^'^^^P'^ cf.n come,l fee not haw we can,. « n,.oh A '!i r"""" '^J^^"«hen, or with-hold ourhand from this plough. And 10 much the more will the finne be, by how much it isfarremorceafiefor Tstfeistoholdand vndergoe, thenitwas forthofcthat did voderMe the like taske for vs /l x7,eane,The Conuerfion of our Anceflorsand prcdeceflbrsin thisland,a peo- pkas rude and vnttadable.at the leaft thatway as thefe now ?n> asmuchastheywere topreach andnottofubk: butwcemay &?Le^^H^^^^^^ "^^ ' ''^^' Countrimen m their intcndcdPUntations among ihofc Infidels would in any mcafura- 11 8 I 2,% them ch 3 Maieftie an-^,- r?nownc of ■'tlie Kings of OSn^and may ib^inuch aug- *inenccd. '1^ I The Path-Wajtv Plaatatior i I!!f nvfin^""""'* u^T """y <■•»"'« «"Sht they faaealiue ? How manyfinnets might they conuertfrori,>n?aftray? How "uT tSm. ^ '»,«'Pl'««he Ki,,gdon.„ of ChJl in earth ? Sec fl n^^TnJ fT' ""'^ '".'"■""P "°"' . the onely true and cueru! Rcfp That thefectfurfenendtothe dory of God I Dlainly Teg ^*,A ^^"gsmotttxcellent ^Jlfaieflief •' '' icfttaJI'liowni'l.r''".'"''i''''"eme«t and increafe the Ma- mJvfl iL ^Knacdjas it were into another world, into thofe re moteparts of the earth.and his kingdomes be incrMfed into m? ?J,w™ T"'"'',?' by the Addition and Acceffeoffomany, fo fpacious/o goodly, fo rich, and fomefo populous Countries and deareastV9n„S!^'"'^""^^f"'""^ of this Aflumptionfas cieare as tfi^ Snti.fhine at high Noone , in the perfon of the Kine of5;.awe.,WhofePredeceffours and Proeenitors accenf;«o ,i,? wh.chother.didrefufe.and nuking betrSfuch&Sf nit.es, then a.,y elfe haue done; he fs thereby becme ZT not onely of Territories , almoft innumerable, butalfoofWfures and riches mi them ineftimable. ** «,w5^^'§^' *''""*'' ^""^ to the reft of that Continent he it luthcient Barretoany „/.n„„ why hcefliouldnotvr; byanyIawfulIandsoodmeanesfeizei.;toh.^shanEndh^^^^^^^^ ^ his ownenghtwhatfoeuer Countries and Jland are no be! cZfru%^^t'^'^''' Pofliff^dbyhimtheS^.„.W, orfomJ othei i-hr.ftian Prince or state. Of which fort, finceyetth«e ^^^wl^iv n"' '""''^ '^ ^r ^i'^«V,, r V" "" ""''' ""'- 1-""'' ""X «»• jnanyofehesubieyrpjj*!,*"^^^^^^^^ "^ tofuch payments, as thibgsnowftand Mveioh?^.°^P*''''' much proportionably, as other sSffi^r '" """^ « and heauy to enduref ThTSen w.nl2l^ " '^™T'^« "^"d and coulinotbutbecomeSfS ', ''!>r'"»% borne. mo.«ki„gdomstotheKrw„3a?,^^^^^^^^ into their Coffers the fame vaeL k^,^!,. i. j • ""S brought Subieas,asweIlis'Sandthe^r''^'^'2'"?''''^'^''dslnd , Secondly, Whct^^S'^L/nd^^^^^^^^^^^^ long continued both P«„ andSS ?!■"-"** -" *• """*"« either warre or PeftiIence,thet,^g„tJ^iJ°"^^^^^ ro both whichin former Aoe, if,.,,. f ? t^ i°''"*"''"'de. *e gre« and meth with multitSd nfentirnf "','' ^''>'^^. ' *«" ^^»- ^"P,"""™' ' time,ThatIikeStatth«atSWee"rOr%^^^^^^^^ uef^rowne with younc Sets nn r-njii -■ ? ' ^^^rchyards o. tran%lantedintoCeS"VoL fidt™^^^ Hiues and Homes, ^"'"^^""'e. •"idremouedhenccintonew tofffit4tsaz^s^^^^^^^^ paritb and village, doc abound wh^hL""'^""^ y^^'^wcry and ordinary plicesto dwdl in i^ K?!7^"'*'f^'»"""«*'''°« highway Je, and thru ft heir head^iS^/P ^'"^^'' by the gricuousouerchargingof thrSofrh'''7*?™«^' *°'be ftnt, and to the verv ruinVnf ,h» , if ? r f '^ode for thepre- itb^notlooS/ntKSfth^'S^^^ regions.might bothrichlV TcSh^vl ^n"'''^ '"^° "*« bly«feanddisburs>frome>i,ei^ht,,Ulikclihood: *«.&,-„ ^'cxcSS ftrytHr m '"•"■''»or'!othere.ifyeuhaKethem. enr. Next, thirdl)-, Wherea/atthisprefent, the price, ofall things high prices of] all things to line by. 10 The Pathway to Plantations. things are gro wnc to fuch an vnrcafonablc height, that the Com- fliop, that isy the meaner fort of people, an euen vndone , and doc iiue, in refpcd of that they did for thirtie or fortie yeercs paft in great ncedineflc and extremitie , that there is neither hope , nor poffibilitic of amending this euill , but in the diminution of the number ofpcople in the land. Whichjif men will not, by depar- ting hence, elfe where efted, we muft cxpcd ±. • God, ( they ha, uing firft eaten out one another) by warre or c 'ence doe it for them. I know, that much hdpc in this cafe giight be had, if our Ma- giftrates and great ones did take fome goodcourfe {.cumejftUU) for the encreafe of TilJage.But neither thereof is there^ny(great) hope, nor therein a fufticienthelpe, (ince it is out of all doubt, ' that vnlefle it be io an extraordinary fruitfull yeerc, and of them BOW a dayes, God for our finnes, fends but a few, our land is not able to yeeldcorne and other fruit enough, for the feeding of fo many as now doe lie and liue vpon it. And when it which was wont to helpe feed other countries, muft, as of late wehauc to our coft both fcene and felt, bee faine to haut hcipe and food from others ; how can our ftate bee for the commons , but wofull and ill? Likewiie , if fome good courfe might bee taken for reftraint of excefliue Fines and Rents , whereby Landlords . now a daies,^r#Wf the faces ofthe'poore^ and draw iMto their own hands all the fweet and fat of the land, fo that their poore Tenants arc able, neither to keepe houfe and main taine themfelues , nor (as anciently fuch houfes did) to relieue others.then could not the prices of all things but much abate and come downe. Yet this. were Lut an /w/^f r/<7<5? C//rnfideralfo the great riches,wealth,and good eftatc which the poorer fuch w Mo hereliue,and cannot hntlmtparce (^ dnriter^pobre and moued. whileas they may haue otherwhere, for their biid cottages, good ftoufcsi for their little gardens, great gtomds j and for their fmall backfideSj r II backfidcs , large fields , pafturcs , meadowcs, woods,and other Jikc plcntic to liuc Tpbp. 5 . The benefit that might that way ^ccrew vnto Merchants < in amen and all kinde of Aduenturcrs by Sea, is infinit. For TrafiSque and* ding thcTrtd* Merchandize cannot but by meanes thereof wonderfully be bet andXraffiqw* tered and increafed. And withali, which isnotthcleaft point in ^^ W^c^ants Obferuation, molt commodious and delightful! muftmerchan- dmngand traffiquc needsbee , while it Ihallbc cxercifed forthe moft part, betwecneoneand the fame people, thougli diftantin Region, yet vnited in Religion, in Nation, in Language and Do. mimon. Which furdy is a thing likely toproue fo materiall ani benehcialU as may turne the greater part of our Merchants voy. ages that way, and free them from many of thofe dangerous oaf. fages which now they arcfaine to make by the Stwits and nar- row Seas ; may findc them out their rich and much-defiredcom- moditics, and greater ftore , and at a better hand then now they hauc them otherwhere, and vent them many a thing.which now doc feldome, or not at all, paffe their hands. But of ail other , I need fpeake little of the Meichants good as who can, andUmperfwadcd, doe fo well know it of them! felues, and thereupon affea the enterprifefo much, that if other mensxlefires and endcuours were correfpondent, it would take both fpecdy and condigne effea. f 1* "^^^r.l^^.b^enefit to our Land, but not the Icaft, is the curing >/r /• ^'"/'^"^^"'f^^^^te Game^ ''''^iH'fJay,.,^^,^^^^^^^^ -But ThefirfiPm. needs faU to Mleoeffe ? what will moft of theft, oroi- hn^ mi. and Loyterers? Now.to preuent and auovd tW^ ^^^^ll^*'' * raedie haueyou, bat eithet to eet workeT, »^ ' ^^ "'^"^ ■■«=- houfciromothermcn.ifyoulan haSt tclfr„T^^^ them forth of yoarownehoure into«h« mens ^oSo Z f'f oroccnpation, anothet to that wherVfhV^ miT f *"* "*''« and kept fromldleneffc. ' *^^ ""J' ''^ <«' »Worke. Refp. Thu U tr^,. SHt wW UthUt, am- p^rpor^f E»r- Very much. Foi-the cafes ate verv liki Th». k may plainly perceiue, that. astheonewSo hh m?*'^'''""' ofyourhoufe, hauing no worke fbrthem sfhL '"'^''^" ™^^ bro.dyoarchiUre„LoothcrhSfct'«"ieSl'^^^^^^^^^ whcrctheymavbefctaworti.. r^^u *^ '^ ^^'^^^ ^"^^ Colonics, outofawffiarin;7rnt<^o?nS;rclZ^^^ ingnotablctofctthofei-haf ' ";V, ^^ • ^ (^"'=^*'"c^- thfnsfoeuide„rt£f4?^'e?r^:;£rur^^^^^^^ great numberofthem. whichisXio^ft iS'ndwW^ '^ prefentdampeanddecavofall TrX. , T ' -^"'i what by the I^disnota'ny^tafth'^^^'^r^^^^^^^ tiesand countriel ^^ ' """""'"i^^'J'^'townes.coun- >i»dthiir children be ^ idle 4, *,v rl«Z ^ J ' ^'t,''"»'fi'^s, remnn*..! ^^;^^ * '!■ P^^»"P«rnuous multitude of our Lard w^r*. ued.theyAo„Idh?SntodSSt^^ ft««e«ngSsZSbe«r !i''«^ '"?i^ ""-y ^-<'- f£^.-;«« .u^ Z "^^V?'..^*'*^ ^"« beating downe of drunk^nnec fr.^ ^l and. JJ '4 ■' i i ^^H-' i' 1 Ale houfcs. ■ J Tobacco- ihops. ilj. HI ■^ IdlcTraaefc ^^^^^B ' ■■«! ^^P i ■ *: j Prifons. 1 ^^^^B ' Violent J deaths. I'l ! 1' .■. 1 1 ^ I The Pathway to Plantations. and idle people ftill dot multiply. Other finncs and difordcri arcfornctimes punifhcd, bat yet thcv ftillremainc, and as it were,i?i dcfpitc of Lawcs , they fpread more and more abroad Thereafon is, (if a man may be boid^o giue the rcafon of it' Theyftrike 4t the hughes, but not at the %optes.) If there were the Jikegood Orders taken for the rooting out and beating downe offMenefeitfefeinoar Land,whichcan bedone no other way but by Plantations, both Idlcncfle it felfc, and all the reft ©f the Euils beforcnamed, and* other like that arife out of it^ would vinKh away as fmoake before the winde, and melt as Waxe a- gatnft the Fire. ThcAjthefe blindc and filthy Ale-honfcs^whichare none othe- than the Denils 7)fwt'j, wherein lurke his beaftly flaues day and night, which all the iuftices in the Countrcy cannot now keepc downe, would finke of themfelues to the ground. Then, thcfe Tobacco-ftiops,that now ftinke all the Land ouer would fliortly ceafe to fume out their inlernal fmoakes,and come to a lower rate and reckoning by an hundred fold. Then, the many idle Trade?, which of late are rifcn vp in the LandjVnder colour to keepc people fr^|plencflc, and to fct the poore on werke, fuch, I fay, as the forl^Ages knew nor , and ourprefent Age needcs not, as which ferue to nothing , but to the increafeofpridePmd va:Jtic in the world , would quickly grow out of requ eft. Then, the Prifons, and Sheritfes Wards , would not be one halfe fo full of Malefa6tors and Bankrupts, as now t^^^y are. And Jaft of all,(but not the Icaft ;Tor,who can reckon vp all the bene- fits that this one Remedy would bring vnto our Land ?) then (hould not one halfe fo many people of our Land bee cutoff, by lhamefull,violcnt,and vntimcly deaths,as now there are. Re(p. ToHrjpeeches otre very prohabie : bHthythtfrneams^fo mam ny idle people ofanr L(tnd» as yon intimate jrein^ remoHedjhe Tlanta^ tions ^iH then hepefiered ^iil theftu there ^ as much and ^ had Mwe are here ; and fo^ thofe^ood Vforkes be difcr edited, and haply euer^ thro^^e thereby^ It ps but the remonin^ of mill from otie place to -n^ other. " Enr* Howioeuer/uchaRemoudl made, our Landfwhich is the poynt in qucftion) (hall be cleared and cured. But of that ex- treme hurt to the Plantacions tl fearc. 1 idle pet WOTke. hauc w W0rkc( andcou labour their w needed arc thri nor will their ti- bowzin lewd CO dice or I to the ill many tii theirs m ofpeopl fet awoi nytimej or ftaruc werefhi they ma^ Ofali you \P9vryt* «■/% our Com feare* ind,as it abroad. m of it, vcrc the [ downe icr way, I of the , would Vaxca- le othc iay and V kecpc be one \ And : bene- then :utoir^ e. ,fimam dot we f &uer-> to "V- hichis latcx- isno feare* fearc. For , whereas there arc in oiir Land at this prefcnt many idlcperfonsjfome arefuch asgladly would workc, if they could get it. They are idle, nor for any delight they haue its idlcncffe .olBbccaure they can get no body > nor meanes to fet them on WOTke. Somearcidlcindced,asmayworkcandwillnor. They haue whercwithall to kcepe themfclues from idleneffc , that is workc enough oftheirowne to doe, but» delighting in idleneffe* and counting it a difgrace to men of their meanes, to workc ancf labour in their vocation , they will hauc^nd hyrc others to doc their worke, to be their feruants, and labourers, whkh they needed not, and which other men oflikcquality and ability, that arc thrifty, and good Commonfweakhs men indeed, doc not, nor will doe, and they thcmfelucs the while liuc idlely fpend their ti^nc vainely, lye at the Alc-houfe, or Taucrne,bibbing and bowzing bcaftly,fit at Cards or Tables loofely, haunt idle and lewd company ihamefully , and giuc themfclues to no good pra- diceorexcrcifecon-.mcndably, but runnc on from ilftoworfc, to the fhame and difcrcdit of thcmfelucs and tiieir friends, and many times to the vtter vndoing and oucrchrow of them ^nd theirs miferably . A third fort there arc, as it were a mixt kinde of people, neither altogether idle, nor yet well and fufHciently fet a workc. Ofthefc, fome workc at alow and fmall rate, ma- ny times glad to feruc for any thing, rather thantobcggc, ftcale or ftarue : and fome of them fet vp idle and pelting Trades, as it wcrefhiftsto liueby, for lackc of better imployment, that fo- they may haue one way or other fomcwhat to liuc vpon. - Gf all thefc, if the firft and third fort were rcmoued into Plan- tations, where they might haue cither good Liuings of their owne to Hue vpon, or good imployment by others to labour vp- on , it is no doub;, out that the moft part of them , would be glad of the exchange, and prouc laborious and induflrious people, to their owne good,and the good, not the hart,of the Countrey 'in- to whichthcy Iball be rcmoued. And then for the fecondor middle fort, it is not much to be doubted, but that the occaii- onsof their idleneiS: taken away , as Ifaid but now, they aHb will leauc to be idleiall to doc their owne workc as they (hould, our Countrcy, wherein tlicy i-cmainc^and be at length as mu .h aihamed^ 'J i6 \ I' Hantacions be lawful!. 1 -i . , '■' "" P'^th-Waj topfanSS. rcdandgonefroSm 5 eXStStXS this mav be done eifc caely. omTaft no 3 fol ' 5?=* *« our tandconfidered. if there were no nih.1 JT r''.*^ "*" °f arifeof Phntatio„s,yetthi/aC';^° the ^'J^''' ''""5'?'"^ ftroyingof idleneffei„tofthe?^'d:wh*Ulfc K J^Jdbcv„denakc„,aAdby a,,^;„3^^2;i;t^^^^^^^^ Refp. Icanmt hut like ^ett of all th^t Ui^U, * i thnr'-/ro£em,>rs.for ZXerliJ^U " j'' '^^'""' ram nera^HrancethatGgdii f>leareA iu.i n tj j ^ ^^^' Hiu;houe-!Sp'ar^S5,S anfl'?' ''"••""^^" '^■'" «--.>-. i>yvcrtae of which (hmcr, hceand hish«^c'cS^7fflS lad Nai '""^'^^~*" '■ '■"' ■;■ ' > '""■ -;^^Bt' ^^■" : -'. -^- .— ..* ,,.....-..^,-....,.„.,.,,.,„^ ^.,,,„.-, . ^^_,^.,,...^_^_,.^, .,. .^.^.,..^,-„,,,,.,.,.,,.„..„^,., »7 Vpon which claufe, wee £„ll/w,tf ^ ''"'"f" hitherto notinhabitcdor pJc&dbvlt Z'"^ "*" Country or Chriflia„,and any othH^t la^?*!?" ^""' ' "*«'^» ly)get ofthofe that aoeiiSlrf,!™ ?!""/.•<' '"V '«wfi.l. tme thcEnglift foyte. "' **'"'^» '« hold ourowne n*. £ffr. That this courfe hath beer- -<«..^^ • and ancient.and notas you fremTto^mS' IZ" ^'i? '''■'"" """'-• though I nught proueby coniS S?r 7 "^ ftrange, no„ewn« beene polsibJe. fo many fo d,Wrc fi!i^f ^ ' For,how elfc had it ""'^« tries tibe peopled but bvfjm~!- r'"""'' *"'^ '"o S^eat Coun! ""^ = J"" t|«r^orre^yit^C'^J!^rw1;£^^^^^ was builded/dlapaSi:fe'*^f 7 ^"^"-^^ or other cLie. One of S Antl„*?v "^ T"" « *'»«d'«'e P'.rtiaU,and of great Obferu«L IT'^* "."^ ^^'fo" «»t dothtell vs exprefly That asX'rf.,'^ *'"=^" tegardable.TuBr. fo Lands . fo Coun?riS^ffoXv /l?n T^' ~"""°" ^ "'W^e; ' hauebecomepriuatc.from c * ^"S *^^ * P*" °f his w.; ««f ».a.«W,ir/,„/ekherbv^n%!,, A"^' ''•"'"■ °"«/'''^^^^^^ them TOid and valnt or b„ viSn ^'^^P"'"? . ""en 'finding - tion orcompofitionKcrB^.IZr^t.'''''''^' ''S=" =«nd^ %.orfaynolwhena?toI?vS.Sfr7r^"''^*'-''""^'* G'x-io.j. That whereasafte- w! i T J^^l"^ '''eryplaincly, aliueon earth,ofall hSerit^f ^/'t'*"**^^^"*''""^ and their »«i, eight pe'^^fonsSo^^^^ Mo„eCouit.ey.a„a-^-SSa:;^d ^ this. IS 1 1 Cetftine Ob 1 iedionsan- y Iwcred. f ii^Qbicftioii. Hi 1 Aafwcrc^ HI 1 , ■ i ^^^^H ' 1 ' ■| i. B i :'i H 1 1 1 1 '^w,Replenilh ycc the earth, or nil it vp ^.gainc. La% , kt fuch but lookc backc andthinkc. How at hrlt wee, the Inhabit Unts {ffthU Landy came hither. Were aU Jncii^eva f or rather Terrtien^ ? Did they at firft fpring vp heerc out of the earth ? /re we of the Race and oflF- fp ring cfiVotf/j, or his fonnes ? and therefore ;>fr conffci. vndcniable, (as all oor Hiflories doe ac- cord) haue come from other-whc? c ? Why then fliould that feeme fo infolent to vs,and in our time, which haue beene (b vfu- all at all times, and in all Ages } Rcfp, 4 m haue^ mee think^s^ VpeU ikfiified this CMrfe ingeneraH : No^yffjcH can as V^e/l clear e it in fomef articular s , / jhaU haply at length bee of your minde atJb,for the main ? . Em-. Obif,&. your particulars , and I doubt not whatibeucr they be, but I (hall be able reafonably to fatisfie you in them. Rc(p. The flacfSythe Countrtes to be planted and inhabited by vsy art veryfkrre off from hence, £nr. To that I %, firft, if neercr places cannot bee had, bet- tera good place, though farrc off, than none ^tall. Secondly,o£hers,asthc Spanmrds ^\\zu^ and doe rcmoue and pUnt further o£F, by a great deak. Thirdly, Abraham^ facob, and other good men , haue bccnc content in leffe need, fane thatGo d fo commanded to depart ferrc from *^^ places oftheir birth,as wee may fee, 9'« . ta. 4* €x/£?j 7^. and other- where. Fourtiily , When God calls, and as with vs now , Necefsitic doth fo pecjuirc, good men fhould be indifferent to dwell in one Couatrey, as well as in another, accounting, as one laid well, Vbi benk ihi patria : wherefbcuer a man is,or may be bcft fceafc^ that is, or fhould be tohim(as)hi«,Countrcy. Avery H;athe«. mancouldfay: Omnefolnmfprti patria eft iVtpifcibmatptor: Vtvolui. \vacHoqHic(ji}sidin orbe patet» that is, Vnto aval? int-minded man ,each Gg!: ntry good is his : : A» is wide world vnto the Birds,and broad Seat© the Fil^. And,another bdng asked, tw«*few r anfwcrru, C/r- ^ftf : as who would 6y, Thei World atlar^e were his Seate or Fif found. Other agooi( avoyi next I nyhau Sixi gaine, great < andpe makec Rcfj nohouf £nr Land i in Can full of A they di, not : as that G huild th mayfot yeeld th 2. they in: there a forts fci ding?l wildcai accordi one day, ? T tofinde feates,a mayent fefsions Thatth ntektR< Fifthly^ Smir.MoiiM It it ^ cortfnomy called, Niv^^ the picfcr.t ftemeth to be the fitfcft of all Ip-: fiundMmi, which for the pit. „„ „. ,„ ^^ u.c ncccii nr ^ii other intended ^/-•'f^'f'^' is n^^r »— - r*^*^ -ar • • **••"* *^* a good windc, abouc fouretccnc or Bftcztic d#y€s fayle , Aseafi^ a voyj^c 10 manner, the Seas and paffagc confidcrcd, a* *nto our neit Neighbour.Countrey ?iand , vvhither of lare yce es C nyhaucoutof £^^W,totheirandour^oodrcmoncd. Sixthly, Our Merchants, in hope orVrefcnt but vncertaine game, docyeerely and vfualJv tmuaile into farther Countries a great dcalc: and why, then iliould any for his aflurcd.certainc^ and perpetuall good , think* it intolerable or vnreafonablc to make one fuch a lourney in his life ? Rcfp. rheCo^trus themfdnts sre }^iUe and rude : No tmrtes , cM.B no hoafes, no bntldings there. » *' ^^** Bnr. Men muft not lookc ftill, in fuch a cafe , to come to :r Anfw land inhabited, and tofindercady to their hands, as in fZl ?// f ir'*^""'*' f^i'^'^fy Cmes.^kkh thfy bnilded nn Xufes /«// of a manner offiore, Which they filled not : wetts dsffed, whih they dt^ed not i Vine. yards , and Orchards^ ^htchthey planted Xol r i^"^"' *l*^l'^' ^''''^' '^' I' "^"ft content them, that God prcparcth them a place , a Land, wherein they m4 bHildthem Cttm, fownes, and Houfcs to d^ett in, where thev mayfoio Land.mdplmt ihem Vine^yards and Orchards too U yeeld themfrHtts ofim eafi, as the T>falmifi VftmthM.i a-, . -» d. 2. Thinke they it i% no bodies lot but theirs ? And d^e tJ.cZ^ A^^ '""^ ^ ""^'^ > "^"^^« ^»'^ Habitations of all forts fettled, there was not a time when none of thcfe were ftaiiw ding ? but tKt the ground was as bare and niked thereof, as wildcand void of Coucrture,as any of our Phntntsons are. For accordingtoourEnglifhProuerbe,2^«,. itfe^^^as not bnik in one day, ^Jg 7^ty^^^'''^"f^?^^<^^'^e^^^^<^^n^ay account itabcnefic tofandetheplacesynbuilt,in thatthcymay therebych^fe them ieates,andiiiuidcthc v^ountrey at their owne will : That thev may enter large Territories, and take to thcmfelues ample pof. leisions at L^Ieafiire- far th^m nrxA *•»• ->;^« c^ ^ .. r ^- _ That they roi> be freed from thefe extreme Tines, and ouer- racKt Rcnt$,whichmakettt€iroldNei|^boursandnatiuefricnds £a behiiul] 20 ni Ui I TcnKmJy feruefor a time ' j WA-iviiy to Plantations. . ^»r. They may and muft for a time dwell in T^«f . ^«^ t. •« time to time from nlar^ ^r. ^»-,^« ^ account, from 34- Yea w« „^t q o d himfelf: content t^l^tt* t^"' "•themiddefioflfrMl till the davp.nCn^ OWeil in « TrWi him an Houfc ? as it i« u/nV f^n 1 c ^ ' , "^*S"t build Thcfiked44p/oS;.f^^^^^ Ckies,aDdS fo7t1.e ™f '/"'^ in wdled Townw and Of ^;« tiriaSu fo^^ssjru:!^^^^^^^ neither vnnaturall rnufuall nor t! / r -^f "®' ^^'"at it is ^m vott taL^tiilm T'k**V"^'V ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Teruiceablc ^^^ ?^ tto tote, Readcbii££;t.^. 7.and 14. and to t«made very tafed'fflX^'^'ff'^^^^ taincfortheuabode.Ce e«ar±''r''??''" 8"'«^" P'ace ccr wl»ch may for a time, fomcyefresTf nc;dt"' V"' '■™^" "°""J tion and afterward when thev e«i hn?.!i u ^ ' '^™' f""" 'wbita- whabitedxwoor 3000. yee?« atwa'l'T '^"■^'''''''hathbeen; homeiy houfcs be there manr/;.ui^'*"''>'«»vhatpoore whaf remembranceaadS™XJ^^««^^ and^wSyo^r Husbands will fay. ""cmj, ,t Knogreat matter, gSod '"«fctvsforthtlteKiLi''*'°^^8'■"entot« ded orattempted tofae bll'nt" d h°"' °^5''°'^ Comitries i^e^^ «cd«ggoo/amifraitfuH^ j^euer^;? ' but «fo«ni tc U. '^: • ti^« th.ngsarefpecially"o*;cSa^T/ '^^' '•""■ -Kel; fon^j .^""^eueryofthefe in thofe^ '*'"'?* ^"'"^A"* of the n?nl"M"^°^*"vpperO,^?^t^f'°"* f» thing feldome ny ofour Northerne pam are fn ^h.? ' ^ . '"• "raparifon of ma Sojle moft fat and fertile Sire 1\^^^^^ degree.^,?; nl f doar men by thefrabSl'^"'!-^"''^*'* ofmany fortl' foundthattheycanSr h^*f^^"'"^-y««^'»rX h^^^ "celTeofhea^yherSvL /'"•*"' ''*"°*^'»'''»'^^ owNorthernecZ,'»7*'.fi?f'''.#'^W. thev ev"""I?^'' SS:-.i«„di^-,^-^->;^a^^^^ £ 3. weliasof ^^ : .1 The Patb'Way to Plantations. theHealthinc(fe of any Countrie , by planmic and inhabita- tion muft needs be much increafcd. For, the ridding of grounds, caftingofditchcs,ar^watcrcourfes, and making of fires , toge- ther with the deftroymg of Wilde and filth;^beafts,all which^and other like, doe ncccflarily accompany any good Blantation, fur- ther much to the clenling of the aire,' clceringoffogges, andfo ridding of much corruption and vnhealthinefie from the place. Addetothefethetwomuch-defired Commodities in all good Habitations, I meane. Wood and Water , ( the former whereof (b fait dt caies with vs, that very want of it onely, within few yeers is like to proue exceeding hurtfull to our Land , and can bee no way repaired, but by tranfplanting the people ) and it is out of all que^ion. That neithrr England t\ox Irdand y noranycountrey clfe in this part of Chriftendome, can at this prefent compare with thofe, much leffe exceed them. All which confidcred,whac need any doubt,but that The Sunne^ as the old Prouerbe is , deth Jhwe there , as merrily as here ? and that a little good husbandry will make the dwellingthere , as commodious as healthful! , as gain|uh, and cuery way oS gcod, as any othcr-where. Imp. Tenr words doe found fome^hat phafing : 'But yet I haue heard fomefiy (omf^hat stherwtfe , ms namely , Thofe countries are 'very barren and vnfrHttfuM^ Snr, Ibeleeueyouj For I haue heard fay too, EaiUmtt^ ^iM nenerfay well. Many idle wretches^whtii they come into fuch pla- ces, becaufe they cannot haue the plenty without paines, nor finde thofe golden mountaines they dreamed of at home, though many things bee notable and very good , yet will cauiUat, and blame euery thing. Suppofe it be fomewhat as they fay, that is. The ground not fo fruitmll as fome places here in England, yet doth it follow there- fore, it is not worth '•he hauing ? It I be not dcceiued , There bee few Countries in Europe that can compare with England for rich- refle of the Soile, and fatnefie of the earthy yet we all know, they are not therefore forfaken. Againe, in England it fclfc. all places are not alike good* As there be fome of excellent mold,fo there be barren, heath, and hungry Soiles a great many:yet we fee, people are glad to inhabit them. Be it then, that fome ofthofe parts be no better then our worfer grounds, our heaths, Mendip hills, Wiltfhire downcs, Salisbwry plainc5, aod other like j yet J hope they id iohabita- ofgrounds, fires, toge- l which^and itation, fur- ;ges , and fo the place, in all good r whereof fo linfcwyccrs dean bee no d k is out of my countrey nt compare idcred,whac ;rbe is 9 deth I husbandry ;althfull, as >Ht yet I hane countries arc ntoiiichpla- paincs, nor ►me, though :auiUat^ and round notfo ■ollovv there- d. There bee /4«<^forrich- Iknow, they !fe. all places id/o there be ^e fee, people :hofc parts be 4endip hills, cj yet J hope they ^J '' rhefirfl9m.\ thi^%xchttttrth,tti none. A gtcatdealeof fach gronnd together I thinke,may be asgood,as a littte good ground. Jfaoy man wiU thus conlider of fuch complaints and murmurs , he flrall fee no great caufe to regard them. Thefe therefore thus fatisfied if vou haucanythingelfetofay/ayon. ^ Refp. Some fay alfo^r hat thofe C<»*rJtriesArefooHergrowtfe'^ith wood, trees, buflje^, mdfnch like, that there is no reomefor mUdi^a;, «o ground for pafiure and tillage, or at leajt.mtV^hoHtex^effi^e U^ tour a»dchayge , or intolerable and pittifnll jpotle of the mods and timber to no vfe, Snr, It cannot be, but that thofc countries, hauing either not at all. Of but little as yet bcenc inhabitedmuft needs be much o- uergrowne with woods, and no fmall part thereof to be a very Forreft and Wildcrnefle, yet certainc it is, that there are (a thing very admirable, and almoft beyond expcdariomy there are,I fay m them to be found many goodly parts of thofe Countries / that are very cleare of woods ,. faire and goodly open champion ground, large Meadowcs and Paftures manry handrcd,fometimes thoufands of Acres together. So that bcflJes the wood- lands there is -^bandanr ly roome,and grou J enough tobuild and ir^a- feitvpon, for more people, I beleeue, then will haftily be gotten oiwr to dwell there : and more groundopen and cleare already nd for paftnre and tillage, then yet tlierc will be people and cattle enough had thither tofuch vfes,thc fame fo conuert and employ. And therefore there needs not , either that Complaint which The fpoyk of tneyroake, of the exceame ftore and encomberment of woods, woods in thofi nor, which is worfe, of that prefent and haftie fpoilc and bur <:o"nwies — nmg vpof woods on the fudden, for making of roome, that fomc ^"^"='^»^^«' doe talke of, and would haue to be made ; and , as it isj-eported, hauc already made by burning vp thoufands of Acres together. This, truly m my opinion, is a thing very wicked, and fuch as cannot but be difplcafing to Almightie God , who abhorreth all wilful! wafte„ and fpoile of his good creatures. Gather vp that W/j/rfe^%*,raithourSauiour,?c?^.5. ii. that nothing he loft: a'nd t thing that m common ciuilitie, and humane policie,ihould not be fuftcred to bedone, or being done, not pafle vnpuniftiedi Wee may know by ourowne prefent want of wood here in > tngland, whataprcciouscommoditie Avoodis , and be w^irned oy ourowne harmcs,to make much of it,if wehaue plenty there. of,. not te 14 ThePath-WajtoPlmMtions. Of.mdnofurthernorftftertocutit ^owne then orefciit 17ft »„j Sr' '^'^'^^ ^"°"Sh ^ot'^made clearc and rTddeS ce(U?vm,Hi'''7?^"*''^',"S of Houfes, to which adde the ne. warrae and drie.and the ayre correaedfwin and miSf^o e g5rrrSX^t«f """^ n«:„berof XnhabS Thirdly The buildingandmakingofShipsandfliippiris w/ll taken,thatby thewoodsthere, great fpare (a thing. ven^Xed r-i^ff^ 7,'^* *^^* *:'."* "^y ""^ tranfplanted, the makina of ?if\'^^^''^'^'«S^\^^£%l^-i,»^ forthefarneCeSs. two things, that as it is well gmwne, doe deuonre Cvet vDon neceffary vfo) wonder&ll fto.^ of Wc^d conttaualhO'^ ^''" Httly,The Trades of Potters for earthen veffels. and of Con pers for treenyeffeIs,both very neccflary . fpecially atthe firft' wi«andmuftftillfromtin>etorimefpendvpmu(!^W Sixtly . Atidlittle behinde them in expence of Wood will ba that very ^celTaty Trade of making of Salt, confideritir »« llV^fA^''^. "u'"^ ^'"^^ thereof there. filrX Si IT ages.befidesaU other vfesthereof,both there and elfe-where ^" 1 J^'jrr'^^'^°>'^''l"''""*y,*««°f likewife inay be «; rp I andtranfporteditjto S«gUr,d, for our Buildings, for Couw« I Ioyne«,and Trunk-makers trades heere, which n^w ata da«« 3 hand,wcebuyandfctchoutofotherCountries. '^*"''*"*'^ | , r'S"ln'>'.Betides.theWoodsftandinaarenf<-ii<'~r.i..„. ... ■ habiantsagainftmanand Bcaft, tm the Conntrics be and «« 6« Wter employed and fortified. '-<»"'«'" ' Theft *5 The firji Part. orcaufc is there, why as 'f it cS /if .u '''''"^> ''"'ereafoii ncuer be fpent while *^wo,d£df tZT'l^ *' '''^»l and nr^dleffe fpoile by fire or any othe^w.ftfi.1.^"'''f ^^^ '"'»''« thereof: and feuerely deferue thL r^l^ ^" '|»"ockebeinado it. and ftarply thereffbe cfe^P"haS^^^ "''"'^^'«' DC made. »«wnca ^ mat none like ftcrcaftcr Rcfp. Thife Cmntries ^refuH ^f^^iUe 'Seaftf P. £»r. I. Some of them Uthi7 ? ' Scares, c^c. all. ^ohzvmUx,^^^^^ hauenofuchatj^^-^on ^ 2. N6neofthem^fpecia?i;9vr.H.f ^r . '• W,haueany,oratkarany fto^;^^^^^^ ^' ^'^^'^^ I . Serpents, Crocodiles &c as hane ml! "^i^'^'^e creatures, as of there b-brc-d and liul ^""emaWc, that ume beaflsnwy g<«^SaS^atK:;i%°^?^^^^^^ for^c and for appareU till better „^«^wr' "'^^ ?"■ '*'^"'" ' ^f food. fiuits. and other like caLmoJtill L^^^'^"^'- ^'^'K. fou„d.a„d doe abound?S rarfier ^ n" ^'^ '" ** "'^^'^y thither.affured thevcannnf ^i •m°lP''°"°''« Peopleto goe W«,V.,^a™X|W beany fuchplentieis, and topraicodZV WK^'^'r" '^''""j'' where radife,4efore he placed WmthCxc' r' ?* ^i^'^"'" in Pa_ bringthen, thither, proS fo^fr^Vh' ''l*''^' ^^'""^he fomebetterorother,fl,oudm«.t^h '^^ f *^" ** want of ly to refufe and forgoe the|rf^es ' "^ich « worfc.Hrho- »*««.eu«n thaibleffed lanrSthoZh- '"^'*'^*'^''^*^^^^^ 1 take it„o.and that nratSS'^ ^"«^ "°^* ''^'h^™?' 7.^».butaifofflanv««"ft„ .["""'^'''^Sn^nv.j.gather, i),«,. £' 3^4.Btarea, 2.ir,«„.a.,. %xe»,f .^^ ^iJ^I^S. E 2)fw, 26 What meanes forprolitable cattell CO be hadandcranf* forced. The Path-Way to Plantation^ 2>wf .7. to. serpents, Efay 3 o. 6. Sec. RcQ). t/imong other meams in thefe Ttartatms requiftt^he hd^ uinphither of tame catuM.at horfes, kjne, andfljeepe, feemeth hard to bee cemtaffed, and yet mofi needfitg , and that With the very firlt, to he prouided, eonfideringthofc Countries, ho^fieuer they aboundin other ^ ^rt .%ttcigether deSlitute and vnpronided of thefe ^ndity^iUbe obiected, TW, bcfidc*the difficultic of Tranf. portation , #*r Comtry it not able of them to make any jp are. Enr. But if I bee not decerned. It were cafie totakefuch a courfe as might ac will furnifh that want , and yetlcaucvs farre better ftored then npw we are : land that is, I « For horfes, if all Tranfportation of them into France and ' ether vicine parts beyond Sea, werereftraincd^ that fo all fuchas were wont to paflc out of the Land that way , might now eoe this. ° a . For Kinc and Sheepc , our land i$ wdl ftored of them, or rather peftcred with them, that if of the one fort, fome hun, drcds, and of the other, fome thoufands yeerely were thither fent,our Landflioald haue thereby no loflc norlackc/mce it is a rule infallible in husbandrie, howfocucr it fecmc to fome a TaradoxitikdiC, The more Kine , the dearer White* The more Sheepe^the dearer Cloth, Aid therefore wcmuftncu^Iookcto haue thofc two Commodities ( white and Cloth) at any reafona- ble hand, till the Number of thofe two kindeof Cattell be, and thatinagoodmeafurctoo, diminiflied in our Land. It is alfo a t^rfjfiwf pdcniablc.- ThemoreCowes, thefeWerPlonghes, and The more Milkhgs, thefe^er Weanlings. And therefore till thofe cattell (Kine ) be diminiflied , and that in a good Number wee muft not lookc to haue Come and Fkjh plentie , 'Sread and TBiefe chcape in England SigSiine. But (alas ) NarraturfahulaSur^ do. Forwhofchands bee deeper in this fmnc, then theirs that (houldredrdfeit? 3 . If a ftria courfe might bee taken ( and for a publike good, whyfhouldnot our wanton appetites be a little dieted?) that in England , from the third of r^^r^^^rj^till the firft of t^^^j or happely hut from SeptMgefima Sunday,till the firft Sunday after £fpr, the chiefr timcfor brced,no Calues whatfoeuer ftiould be two, two, ourn It hat yccrcl hauet Wl ftniatj iRcrea ble to ] Hl Wilde i bet^r] Jparedii foBceu and vfc them. 5.Beii by the g that the might b *afiyth( 6. L Thereby thcncith «hem,alJ want,mj If it fa Mtteff, an to be had thing; an tccne,No asmen,(fi «ndconue quire of ek otherday I nokine.oti }« * _i no f'rti !«<«•. . M their < m '^^^ fir [I Part ewo, without all doubt ytj^L^AA^^ fematipn of eu.i|kmdn5o&?,''^J^^« °'''"^"«d for ore b«^rkcp^FlirJ«rCerttrVi^'''">'"«C. were »7 or S^r^L^"-f^"''°'?«w"from whl^h •f*'^ <»"• Plantation.* J^'»" «»»oftam/and proSe Si r"^^^^^« fo* thmg:MdthatwhereBwrt«v!reS*",'''^i"»'*"oi,ew LnnT^r'"°''*^^'"«SdS^tS^r!"' ^"« hath •ndconueyedfrom ptacetopLi A .^^^ _ otherday finccfome co^nSSnrj W'»* "wereth; I !!±!t'!!'l^/?-''orfeAtKh^S^^^^ tS f . Obteft« Anfyr* -V I ■I !«.Obiea. The Patb-W^ to Plantations. thcr by Tranfportation. And therefore men muft be contented, asthcmfelucs, to dwell where before they hauc nor done, Toto get thither cattcU , profitable attcU, where before they haue not Rc'fp. The mpU ofthofe C^Hmries are rude andbarhartus. Em. They that like to dwell alone, may. There are coun- tries found, and more to bee found J doubt not, not yet inhabi- ted andaanaUypoffeffed by any people, nation, orltatewhat- foeuer. , r j 1 They with whom wee haue to doe , are not to rude as fomc imagine, I bcleeue. Moft,ifnot all of them, fpccially they of C7«i>4, doe fhcw themfelues, their breeding conhdcred, cxceedingtradable , verylouingandkindetooar Nation abouc any othe?: induftrious and ingenious to Icarne of vs, and pradifc with vsmoft Arts and Sciences ; andwhichismofttobeadmi. red and cherifhed , very ready to leauc their old and blinde i do- latries,andto learncof.Tsthc right feruice and worlhip of the trucGod. And whatmorecan bee expeacd from them in fo fmall time and meanes? or what furer probabilitie or hope wouldwehaue, thatwefliallor mayeafily, and withm fliort time, winthcmtoourowne will, and frame thun as wc lift? Verily I fuppofc, if all things be confidered vyell ^nd rigjitly compared , we haue nceter home worfe neighbours a great 5.'ThcS^4«*>^hath rcatonablyciuilized, and better might, ' if he had not fo much tyrannized, people farre more fauageand beafliallthcnanyofthefe. . . ij-^-^^ '-:'•.-; m."/ ' 5 . No Aftion of fuch a weight and worth as thcfe are, can bee' without fome peri!s, hurts.and lofles, which yet muft be aduenr ture i and indured in hope of a greater goodjand ampler r^coini- pence another way. ; sJi!^' ;A uHi -c^v jjn^ 4. Hee is not Worthy to receiuc fuch benefits as thcfe Ait ucntures may yecld him, that for Icare ofeuery inconucnicncc and danger, is ready to fall oflF,and difclayme them. Ntejue. ^ei^ wr^«f<«;>w, faith the oldeProuerbe, No Bees, (for fcareof ftlng* ing)noHonie. / !'" ' <. Of perils and mifaducntures , fome arc mecrely CafiaU, ana not to bee auoyded, fome are sdtdgethet needle f /.And might hauc becne preucnted. The former of thcfe muft be borne with, as a part of that common calamity, whcreunto the life of man is fubied,and of thofe eroflcs and affli^ions wherewith God doth cither try his Children, as Gold in the fire/or afBid and ipuniffi them and others. For thcfe, no man ought to bee troubled and difmayed in thcfe courfcs, more than for the like in any other, nor diflike them one iot the worfe. Wee findc, when God would bring his ownc people the chil- dren of //r<^e/ into that good Land, the Land of Canann , which fooft& fofolemnely he had promifedtothem and to their Fa- thers, he did it not without letting them paflfe^and feele fbmepc- rilsbythewsy;as:thc f^'oppingat thcr^ S6a, the purfuite of Pharaoh ^ont while the want of fIdb,anothcr while ofwater in the Wilderneffe, the terrour of fiery Serpents, and the afTaiilt of many and mighty enemies,with other like. Wee findc alfo, that he was muchdifpleafed with, and fharpelyfometimes did pu- would hauc returned backe into £^^/f, regarding not to' pro- cecd,and accept that Land,that good Land,whichthe Lord their *9 Anfwer. Vi Qoi 30 u » I! I i' e Patb-Way toPhntSs. tepjptt? '"f-'«"Kn and dtfcourage others from fiichAt. troublefaKSK..V "^^ from ffcpring then o^ the tefi oS fel&l'*^^i"8**« f'othofhimf.lfc.wj hefaith /riz^;/. ■^P**^"^*^ Labourers in the Gofpell thn« -, .^.. ,., .^ ,^,_. _„_. ^-.^^^^ ^^^^^^-^ msniths qmilis^ in i*tper\ in per Pfatch bunda andm prdTcc €omt V (for it) my com theLoTi Chip.i Icadcri Aflfcrar fesatalJ fiircand Gofpels of,thatv cents am The < which r fault doe ging of ai or the lii feluesj^ a them, bu -'nen meet nabic tiiDi If they be ingwithoi fijchancni ?nv other] ^^Jproiiidc . ., . , ^ ThcfirfiPart. sift's: "r/i^^-y^fp^'Ji bnndantly of the fufferin« hears Ih^^k • ^?" ^^"^ "wd a. Preffed with hi, ownemoutKff fo ^''"'i' ^'''''^ ^-^'O- c^ €om, v»,„ei there GufJ/^' S,'^"'^'"''' **'"*'V / J "^^S^^-^ J.^-« ^/tl^ l«*«forour exampte ftaU mr f"; """'"g&ch Lights and ftftrany thing, t^S"aute^ l""'^ "f"""*" f«atall,(Anditi,notpoftiUe w^fti l!,*"'^ *° ^"« any "of- fore and heape thereof « thev L^ '*^ ^eet with fach a mea- G<>fpelsfakeUd.bcfid«Sthe?^te^ *''8«« • ) ^r tte of.that wee may heipe to en ar« tlS^l'^' ""JJ. «» ^henN. O'-'/on/arth? An5 thus much of .Wn"/"^^ ' ''nd.his dents and mis.haps. '" "'^ *« fi""** ^rt of eniU acci. fault doc caft themrdu« ^ZbS^ 'l^^t- *"' »w„S or the like, ouPht not to ^ ;1 5' diforder, ouer-fiKht ft'ue? . as'whxS d^ "ot neS??' '^ "^* •^*°"^ thfm- them, but to the Author and aa^ ^^.'"y <''"^h after ™?nmeete with dangerTat Sea ^T °^ ?* ^^"''' As if Mble times, in the w" er in L^i^ '^""? ^""■^ « ^nftafo. f they bee furprized by an &emvt ^.f"""/ "'T*" ^^''^' «ig without fuftcient for«s Sofml "'J^'^'-' '^ g* fuchan enterariV- • if .i,"l'- ?.-," °£.n?«n. and munition !>, »n- otherprouifio„s:wS Scy ShT'l,^^^ 11 ptooided, with othcrlike ^ »«hflcnderly, poorely.and M ♦. Thefe hi-'i J* n i^ i < u !i I f, Ohlc&t i ■•1, H; noiwcf* TiS^tf Path-Wdy to Plantations. 6. Thcfc Ans. our Plantations,! mcahc , properly and in th' irowncnaturc,arclyabletoastcw hazards and mishaps, as ainyfuchl.i£;hdycanbt. ^, , . j. ^ For firit, OurPaffagcto any of the places intended , is very cafic opcn/andcleare. Sca-r«)omcatwill,and,if wc take time and feafon conuenient , as nauigable and pkafant as need to be dcfircd Few Pyratcs on vhoCe coafts, and fewer it is probable there would be, if fame good courfe were taken for their rcpulfc and difsipation. . ^ , ^ .. r i n. % . Our Acceffe an J Entry is free and facile for the molt part. No man once offereth to forbid ur hinder our landing there. 2. The people ©fthofc Countries, it any bee, ready cither for tout and hope of good from vs, kindly to receiue and entertame vs or for fearc and weakeneffe of their o wnc accord to fl> e from^ Ts'and betake themfelucs to more remote and inland parts ot thofe Regions, or to fubmit tlvcmfelues tradably to hue vnder 4. The Countries themfelucs free , for the mo(l part , of any noyfome or very dangerous either beaft or Serptut : not infc- acd nor infeft€d,asfome of this Continent, which yet arc, and long hauebecne Well inhabited, with the moftdreadfiill of thclfi fortsythi. the w^rid doth yccld. " . 5 Wee need not make way for our felues into any one of them at all with fire and fword, as either our progenitori.jhc Saxons and Normans did into this Land , or our later fore-fathers tlK £^Wi/Z;, into both fr^wf and JreUnd. SO that truery thing. ^Onfldcrcd, W^e cannot mU ^ifii ^ expcSt, in thefe duyes to fiftdi t,Ht,tohaue and faine any Coi^ntrey vr PUcefor ^lantatt^n Vi^tth left trodles Jevperhjfes.andfmalier danger. ^ i£thing.<5 Wei hand- led then thefiy»e may. Nor is it likely Jf Wee negled and ouer- flip'tlie tofaire and many opportunities now offered vs,thatcuer wefballhaueandfindethelikeagaine. Refp. The profit isfmaH, and IMt the good that, utiketif Mrtfe 0freJeatUoHrs,dan^ers,andexpences^ For whatfoenerjoH and ' fhme others tulke of gre^, rkhes there, and that way t^ bee had , Vfet %artofnmet\oat prone rich ofid^edthythire^-^^^ For,firft , lusnot long thatany haue beenc in any 6f ttvfe Plantations, and there muft be a time for eucry thing, im I 'X-. i The flrfl Part. th»t will hane come from the gnound jnufl xun the r.-»«:- -i- Jt. it « not one yeeres work? or cwo!lo «7. ^^"'Sof Xxnds, andtveIUfft,,en,orteSr\S TeirtTeS^^ happely H, the next gcneration,men can attai« vitSe, ^^ti enough for the fithersto take in the groundsSfmk the land. mJ hwngsfor thenjand their, agaiiS the ti^rtocen" r£i forthcprcfcnt, and for their owne tme. thevharXftl^T and meet witiifome difficulties. '™)"»r<«yflandvp, ,i„?:.,'^^'*^'''?"'^'''"8''Othingoftheirgronndsyet far ^rthen any can thenjfelues employ them to vSdlU^' It IS not there asm £«^/W. wheVe/ifaraf , hane htde iwi/i* »m|4o,v™otofhi»owneforhisgrounds,yethen»vWt^^ iiu nimielte, Ues Will, and will yeeld him nothioeat all M«ta .V your ownecafe ifyou had thebeft Liuing n thWk Sm fii^pt,andhadlittIetoputvponit,norcSuldsetawor^tit «f»wj. ^' .^"'''™««««f thathaue gone ouer hitherto into an? Ofthefeparts, arepooremeo,men offmall meanes,andtS«e Avithhule or nothmg, it is aiot poCible they fliouldin a7tote V^y^^'^^^^^^^-'.^^^^^^^Aoanis forthc m^ftpart not tt±r'!'/1il'_'?"l'i«"?f=g«d of their g«ra. adaentLsatS fa^S^emthth™''''***'*"'^'™*'*"^^ - HhlMuertof thcmthwiauegone ouer, haue beaiftBanke- *» rutps M ^JjAfllWMtthiBJg!?'^ vrss? ■ft^'' ./^4 ■>>(>j. <> »; - w. ■,-«^') * The Path-Way to Plmmioni. rupts and Spendthrifts, Idlers arid Loytcrcrs, who, as they thrii wed not in Enginnd ,•( for how ihould they thriue that Fun thrifr- IcfrcandhecdleCccouries? ) fo will they not c^mmonfy ifiany Land. C^Um mn anirnhm mutant, qui trans mare currunt ; as faith the Poet, Weeds wUlbe weeds, where-cuer they grow. When menof fafhion and meanes doc go ouer,that arcabfe to fct vp thcmfclues and others, and that will be induftrious to tako tbebertcfitof the time and place, then I doubt not but it will fooneappeare what good may be done in tTiofe places, and that men may, if they will ealily and quickly proue rich and wealthy there. Then, and no till then, if riches arife not , let men blame the places from vy hence it wasexpeded they fhouM arife. 6. The manner of proceeding in thefe attcmpts,may alfo be a greatcaufe, why men attaioe to riches there more flowly,thcn 5iey mighcarrd fliould, if they were other wife managed.. As, Firft, If the Plantation begin witha fmall npmber, farre too little for fuch a bufincffc. For then neither can they be« able to extend themfdues farrc into the Countries in a longtime* and fo not to finde out the goodnts,fvvectne(rc,and benefit there- of : nor to fct vp all kindeofneceffary trades and faculties among themfelue5,whcrcby they may bee able to afsiflandfetoncano- tfaera worlce. ' . -l 'i, Ifthey that remoue hence, goe{|)arely and ill prouidcsd of cattdl,corTie, and other ncceffaries for Plantation and Habita*. tion j which thofe countries afford not : impofsible it is for them , to make that profit, and get that increafe by their Lands and Li- liings there, which they might, if they were welland throughly prouided of fuch things at tne ftrfti ' 7. This is the onely way which men in ancient time did' jfinde out and obferue to getrichesand wealth withall,to increafe and amend tlieir edate by, when as by multitudes of people their country was, as ours now is, fo oucrlaid, thattlicy could not thriucand profper therein. Neither were they euer lightly decei- ued, buttheeuentaiid computation did anfwcc their intent and cxpedationl And no doubt, if the like courfes bee now attcmp-r ttdy they may and will , ifthey be well carried, produce the like. ^r rather h?'!'»'4»r anrl (i- haue many helprfur peace and warre , for (hipping and nauiga- ^ion^ &r (kiciK^ and foi4ifiic;AU9<^i i^^ ' ^ ^ fot forbu for ski not, t( 8. (whic chieflj ly and When andfoi count! whoki ofrich( fuchgr vntouc neffeai hungry worne great ai much a Bients? imagine full, for forit)d< whobui or but g pcly wit andvnd* paflures whathi( and had] 10. ' ihouldm a Kingdo Land, t< take, to tation fo ^hcnone^ for twMBgand habitation, for rdigiousand duiil eonnetration forshiUininanyneedfuIUrtsand occupation, which they hid not, to further vs withal' ""icynaa /. u- P^?''°*"P*"«^oe« wealth and riches by ,fi«/fwr, (whichcfa^lcourfesof lifeisthat, which in thofcplaaS chiefly,flndmoftofaIl,bcfollowedandcn,ployed)ha*Tnc.>nt ^and ,yorthily euerbeene accounted the chie^.heCd S" Wherein, though it be fomewhat more chargeabIe,comber£e andforat.me. vncomfortable. toenter into^ voidand dcS coMitry, onergrowne with woods, thickets , and other hke yec who knowes not, what great oddesandaduantage to the smL Jucli grounds as were neuer yet employed, but hauine lien «;5.ft» vmoucht, and rntiiled from the beginning , haSf h ?£*' neffeandfatneffein.hem. andthetiUageandvrageofpoorean; hungry foiles, that from time to timehauebeene^urned vL^i «eS' '° ''^%^t"™'>ft = »"d then betwixt the hSof ^!^ht^ ^°°'^^y ^'"^' ' (^' *"« <"«=«'«•' may eafily hauias rouch as ten or twentie haue here) and of fmall and fimpte t" „L « 5m/'- ^^"' ^^Z?* """^ '"f ^ »"f° 'fi's I^n<3, who would hane for iri i^ « ^^ excellent and happy a l^d. as we (God be praifed Sffr^?*^*' f ** ''/*<= ^"'''^ ^l^"" ^^ doth know it Kd whobut aihngalongthe Coaflsof any of thofe new Countries or but going alhorehereand there,not aboue a mile or two S^* fS& ft *i H'"^'"" ^^Sine-O' ^«nceiue, much lefllC andvnderftandwhatwealtbandriches, what goodly fields - fci!i l'""" r'*"'>'*i'?'"« ^"•' •""«'*> woods JndW ?d had the'^^f "" ""• ^""''^y commodities are to be f^ fuJ?J "^^ "*"^ ^'^" * Ki^^eme is vcrie great • and wh^t- aSdlerB^Thetn'^'^'^""""''^"''' -- «^^^^^^ Lnd^ ^^.r r/,-^5""""°PP°""'''"« '* offered vntlour take 'toC.!^f^-^''"°"''°uSet and gaine, topoffefle and «oneortKoii;gdoi;f:"g^;«r„rg^i;;^^^^^^^^ J5 Ga by jd the Path-Way t&Plmwwns. IjyGodsblcfsiiigwd prouidcncc towards vs ^ nuyintime bee rnitcd to the Crownc ^ the ilmperiall Crowne of this Land* Which by confequencc , (for what infinite ftore of riches aiul wealth, ho w many places of peferment and honoar/or hundreds atKl tlioufands of particular and ittferiour perfons is there contain ncd and comprehended within a Kmgdome}) muft needs bring with eucry of them feuerally* riches and wealth of great, andia manner infinite vale w and efttmation. The Englifli loft in Fremi:e m the timtoiHcTirU the fixth, t Wa feuerall parts of that fpacious Countrie , that had beenc Englifli oeere about three hundred yeercs before, that i% 7<(^rmandicznd Normandie t^^qnitaine^ in the former whereof (faith an Englifli Hiftorie, andAquitainc as mind ingtoexpreflc the grcatneifc ©f thelofle by the particu- in France loft, lars) there wcref then ) an hundred ftrong townes and fortre&s, and when. one Archbiflioppricke, and iixe Bifliopprickes , beftdes fomc o- ther townes deftroyed in the wanes ; and in the latter, fourc Archbiflibpprick£s,fifteenc Earledomcs, tv^o hundred fixtie and two Baronies , and aboue a thoufand Captainfliips and Bailu wicks.. .*^, :h;^iT': '. Suppofe we now the fame had fallen out in our tihies , (and r hope I may without offence make vfe of former and forraine things ) would we not, or fliould we not ( thinke you ) account itanineftimableloffc and damage to the Crowne and Countrey of £»^/4ffi^,worthy tobe redeemed with hundred thoufands of pui* nwny and goods , and to be recouered ( if it were pofsible), with thoufands of the Hues of our men, and no fmall cfiufion of Chri i aan bloud? Ifnow contrariwife, we may in our dayes , not but get J not hazard ^butaffuredlyhaue and gaine, and that §^Hme c^fudtrey euen without bloud or blowes, and with» itiy wafle or fpoyle ofourtreafure and ftate,(l will not fay the fame that we hadloft,but in ftead thereof) fome other Regions and Countries , Territories and places for Habitation^ asgreat,. and (likely in time to proue ) as gord as they , might not this bee iuftly accounted a gaine and good, andiargement and increafe to our Nation and Kingdome incft imable and exceeding great? Nottthis. If tlie name of a Kwgdome fliall bee thought too high and cx^ ©client, too great and glorious for Countries fovaftf and waft, thcitti thembt menrio whatfoi (hallbe trmmej thethic may be fiities z in one pi die y in muchai time ei though! tie Earli thirtiel iixehun tai bethouj ment,n Rt themfelh thtreiMy , pm^m . €m gringw; confume 2. Tl enough, fhallbei dci'folly ] 41 A atleaftji recouere Ifrael, w miglitic i Kitt ^7 thcmbcc joilchfafedthc name but of Duke^,mesAstho[c ilaft mentioned, or l.M.fs.asfreland^r a long ti,^ w« or by toallbej^afed to ftile *od nominate thtrn, i^^.^;^.^,^ U/- thcthing It is^no great matter for the name : yet, if there may be had as she probabilities , pofsibilities, and opportu! Bities alrcadyhadand madevs, doc plainly dedare there may ,«^.;/^f.,aCountreya.sgreat attheleatt , asthatof iV..«,J, ate wartot her place, iSthitoE ^^uitaine ^ in a third t wife as time creaed conftituted and made ( fpeaking fomewhat. houghtnotaltogetheraccordingtotheform'Trpro^^^^^^ tic Earlcdomes or Counties, fourc Archbifhopprickes , fixe and thirticBiniopprickes, three or fourc hundred Baronies, fine or fixe hundred townes and ibrtreffes, oneor two thoufand Gap. umfliipsand Bailiwicks, ten or twelue thoufand pariflics,and fourcor fiue hundred thoufand families,(hall it not^^ bcthought,thatthcrcisnowcalthorriches, noplace of prefer? ment, no hope of dignitic or good there to be had?^ Rtff^rf/rWif^fyif^ 7'Jy5ito/w, yet yeforethi^r,Hmrits ^'Obict^ themfelnes cm be reduced to fnch a flan . a^d fnch dimfio»s Tetled therem, a,j,Hjpe4ks of gre^t flare of treafnre 4nd WeM mU hee jpent^^ndnmiijiyeeresoftimeyeoHerfafl^ . enr. u For Expenfe, not fo much happcly, as one lin.Anfwcr.. gring warre, the cuent whereof is moft vncertaincmuft and will confume. «wiii a. TheCountries^thcmfelueswillyeeldmeancs and money cnough,if they be well handled, to defray or repay whatfoeucr fliall be needfuU for the effeding of all thefc with adua^t^^^^^ |. Thehaizardandloffe of life and limmeis this way won. dci'fallyfauedandauoyded. /•»«»» 4, And for time, fooner happcly this may be thus effeacd. at leaft, m fomc tolerable mcafure , then a Countrey loft can bee recouercdand quieted. As we may obfcme , by the children of //r^f/, whofettmg vpoii the Land of Cmam , and that with a mi|litic armie, not fo few as an hundred thoufand men ofwarre -'^-= wiuuuvtc uicnoidinary^cttenadmirabielucceflc, Xhe Lord ^'3 bitng^ mk«i mfalml heiftg euer mth them^ yet were fcarcely fctled therein all tfie daiw otlofhua : and necrc horiie coo^in our neighbour Countrie The JSlttherUn^s , which being rcuolted from the SfMniard long acoe hehathnotbc€ncabicinaUourtime, t« reduce to his obedience againc. f. And you know, a country being gotten by the fword, may be loft againc by the fame. For, 2y>« minor ejhvirtus , quam qnL rerepanatufri: There is more adoe to keepe , thentogetfucha thing Of the which there is little or no fearc in the attempts that wetalkeof. *^ 6. Ina\i^ord, both the expedation and the expcnceforrc- ^iiftion of thofe Countries to fuch cfFeds, will and may be fpec. dily andabunditnrly recompcnccd in theifacii.tic,libcrtie,and fecuritie of the gctting,fetling. and keeping of them. f » -n n f ' '^f*^f*tntur Ilia (odro: Letfroward £nmeh(it felfc iwell till Iheburftagainc , and detrading^^^Z/Vf , or timorous /^w^wtf fpeake the worft they can,yct all that will not bt tiind nwy fee, and whofocuer will vndcrftand the truth, may know* ttiat there arc Riches and Preferment, much for thcpref€nt,more lorthct.mestocomcto be had, ifmen will but take them- and to 1^ gotten and gained, if they be but laboured and fcarched for m the places and prccinds of our prefent intended Plantations' The <«mm« £.i?^ "T ^ ^^^^^good nei^our -Rejpire.l hauc for the fatisl Iflsfoft f ^Tr^r".* orofany not periietily minded, fufficicntly iufti- patc. ' ned thefc Proicds and Attempts of Plantations for the imeKali, to be in themfclues hmonrMe, medfull , gAinfHUmd laXiefHii : and tOtthepartteHlar, to he ndthctOodan^eromOT difficult , norfo firaftge, "^henthey ^^f^.t^pSji^tfd,*iifmvki bifirt tm wmdr* %/imiify^H canjetidmcc tbi ^e dales ie. The edience i, may ^tfach % ptsthat ifbrrc- bc (pcc- ie ^ and icrfclfc norouj fixlind, know, t,more tn;^nd ledfor^ ations. efatis. yiuiku //•and norfb me to weUto , and, fcmrft T thefff m they idm€C tht ThefirflPm. t^flihfatt^fktiim in fimc§tber points thut^t^^r*' . J^ commend ther*^^ J h^ebeene Ufbr^iuldhuZt^ V^ithJ^sinottr.iblcyo.,t this PrefintTb^^^^^^^^^ ^''iiri^^^kichGodSS^kn^^fh^U^^^^^ to hsAre teaching thefemdtters ^'"'"JVt^rpMimuUfirws Tbttndefthtfirftpart. i» THE in ^^' i mJ&ML i^vr.-:y:r':^::m^. •;;^|^,•^;i::i?^^^^v^^^ ■Mfei,,.'.;" '" _yi. ^n \^ J; r?;* Jtdt 1 PJ \ .. Jfcdt :;if-.- P L A I N E Pathway TO PLANTATIONS' T3W if,, A DifcourfeingeneKaU concerning the Plantation of our Englifli people in other Countries. TbefecondPm'. %mmmmtmi^imt LONDON, inatcd by g, £. for idtfUHarritti. 'i tt T VE c tion ii Couni fomdU fttangi fucfa w and to pare of for the Worthy Englam -*•*•* i'W Mill tiWifK::,i^Sg;M^fk^i!&iiMt§:mM^^ VERY ZX^^i^tlt c}"^^ "^ '^ W-'"? "^H""" "°«°"" moft excel icnt and praifc-wortiiv in^ '* attcmDrin/f^ii °""7 mdcuours in fuch^orch/SS^' a^cll-wiJWto 1 , andtopubK£vourt"'''"'°y°"^"°"«^''r. forthcfuXancc3lw^f T^r^^^^^ worthy, and at thu '"r T^ °" ^^^''^^c «oft w4moftne«St:f°^ °- ^--ric of A....^^^- J r . '^'•***"c attempts or Plflnf^f.;^^- ^_ ^^^^^^^^^H ^^^^^1 ^-^^^^^^^1 ^H 1 ^H i^H^ B .'!' H||H^^^H 1 1 lll^l tooffcrco the common view, in hope anddeflrc fomewbat thereby to moue and ftirrc vp our pco* pic, chiefly the poorer and meaner fort, (which, for want of Plantation abroad , areready,by want and penurie,to pine and periflb at home )in better (brt to 2Sc£t and addi6t thcmfelucs to the fame. Which workc of mine, though rude and mcanc^ if your Honour ftiall , in confiderarion ot the mat- ler and fubftance thereof vouchfafc to accept , and thinke not vnwonhy x)f Paflagc abroad , as it fliall notably vroitSt my Labours from the cnuious mindcs of the malicious , and the ca rping tongues of the captious^ fo fliall it ftirrc vp my felfc with all hearticaffcdion , to reft denoted to your Honours feruice and thcfc employments , and to pourc out my deuouteft praicrs to the Higheft,theLord of all, for your Hoixours all and euer health and happi- ncffc. t9nr Homers humbly UcwnmmJ, RtchardEbykne^ THE THE PATHWAY TO PLANTA- TIONS. The fecond P^rt. ThcSpcakcrsbc-f ^'^^f'' \^f T- '^ . c,fi»r«^z,f, aMcrchant. Ralpirc, W'^ ® */#jo*, i»cdSir! accn-dwir w v«rw»rt#- ' "^r A""' ■"" "^' "i"'"'''" H' " be further /S- mhli^"'' '"^^"^*'" CmferetieeWelattlji^ \ e«r You are very welcome. Let me heart tofied Sr^ ''*^""' '^' y*^ ^*^« »''« ftnhet L ^"^^P,: /** f'»"-frifij themfekes ( Plantations I meane ) «« ^f'r'''rJ.^*niNMi^^.tthUtrefe„Lceedi.^^^^^^^ M^mayapfurt bythe tifuccefe, the^minrmer. orliL ..X^i,, ^thtqo^a, tbf£rmd>Jhm>Hrmdrefr,achofmr£iatm,Mdth* I, H J txtrtmt m^^^^M^m^^m y*f»>-WaytoPJMMm7. Thcbeft cQurfc CO b« taken for HIi I^H < ^ t '^ 1 ^^■' ^ 1- ^1 L. I 1 i ^Bii ,^ for ^'""^ihe'r^,;,^;,,^^^^^'^^^^^^^ wherein W.ntatio»,i. be wiihed. that b/^ff J ;'!{. ''"fi '"!'' ''oth confift, it were to • by Aft ol P,r. §cedily be taken ihr,when hisKe Lt^SldT"" •• °/ofthe W^ paftures: or oftheC^.^wA^!!^'^^''^."''"'^"''*"' I'rgSr ouer-thicke anddJincSSei^ them mto other plots, where hau ;„! ™ '" '■*™°''« ^ ^ifperfc ' rr §row.a„d better profp^r '"'"''S"'°« ^"Wme, they may 6^! ,,^^P- Till that, may he tbmixtJv.L-.L « Luk.,4.2p. viz, h^uincrujZZl.Z:^'' ^"'f^mtheGotei, f'frne them, all 'bJiehfuTj''^^"^^' '^. *"»A« lu t\ ttmmmlM ma«mri ^ ^ Z^"* "^"■''*'' 'W'«/l<« W i««n ma to acquaj concciuci bringing I Refp. r<» vr^e on accept dr rt £nr, 1 what I thi *H and nco «nd mone them forth! impofsiblc 'night be rj CHltie btene , I ForM othe»- wort doubt intcn * It cant intending th cntlyandmi goe with an 3 For pre me^itwcrev ned by Come Seaie'of £«^/ general! and Vid the Brief e tord'BtJhorji by them to be '"ar •welldif %vvorkeme «>i-iacd) fpec '^7 The itrjl Part. 'i money. People to got to ^cvZr!T^"^f' '''« «. men ?« "•="• «» ' ^.^..: and money. People to goc to the Piln; P^"^"^?^' ^^at js, men ^«"kcn ef themforth. Both whicKw'^^^^^^^ *^ flight be Tfed, though nm^tlT/r' ^^^^ '^°"f'«» for thSn J For Money ! well Snl;^?'^°''"'"«,^i,„j, ^^ o herlike co„r&I ■ u f 7 'J^" *egi .„ J««»». gonerall and r«yf/r/-.&/? *'?'8''«^''''«t forth lorfom- Lord s,yj., of cucdcDScnoth^J"f^ «therto thd bythemtobedirp.,red intoS"S p'"^',^ T^'-^ShiVe, mar • well difpofedaKfc.m.».;."* For likely it i, ft,.^ thyworkeJ^eU&Sot^^^^^ ,oo»^^3»»'^- / ^^ J _ *v j^-'icn to Others manv ^fr-^^^ . ^.' ypeciaiJy,,tm«mayperceiae,bytheremo«S!rga"5 ' departuie 'I PourtWyjBy ^ Hofpitali i Moocy, Fifthly, By I 48 The Pathway to Platftations. ^irmreorzny,itrcdaandsindccd,4tisprefe»dedAo the com: JTiongood. 4 Probable alfo it is, that the luftices of cuerie Shire, vpon Ijoodintimfltion of the caufe vnto them, would be pleafcd to be- Itow fome part of that Money which quarterly at their Sefsions isreceiued by the name o£ Ho jpimll Money, toward the fettina forth of fome maimed SouIdiers,or fome other poore of the faid Countrey,yeerely, into fome or other of thofe Planta:ions. xi ■- '\ ^ ^ Neither is it improbable, that the Churchwardens ?»*:d xol7yiT ^'}'f''! ^^r th^ Poore,that haue ( as in fundry Par ilhes within thcPoorc. ^"^f,^/fid they haue )fcuerali portions and fummes of Money by well-difpored people in their laft Wils or otherwifc,giucn and be- queathed for and toward the reliefe of the Poore in their Pariih committed to their charge and cuftodie* may br ^rfvr ided and drawne, or otherwife canfed to confcrre and lay ou. .le faid porti ons or fummes of Money or the greatcft part thereof in tl :-*s r-.rt to the fetting forth of fome of the Poore of their Pari(h,Ghilc(rctJ or other, that clfenrnft within the fame continually be relieued and maintained. KeCp.That \\^ere vry vnreafovdk ofid euiUtoaJthinks : fir "^hat CovfcUnce 'dsmthis.tojhififie the tnt§} rtfofedinthem.and todefiaud ' their Poore of thei'^ reliefe ? Emv Noeuill^no wrong,nodcfrauding at^I, liowfoeneryou vpontheaidqamc doefo rake it : but rather tlJs were a readie way to employ it indeed to their vfe,tovvhom by ihtDomurs it was properly intended: whereas now,for the moft part,you fhall find, a you obfcrue it well/nch moneys and the proi'it thereof ari- ijng,are coniier)red to the eafe of the Rich,jnd not to the reliefe of the Poore, At;d at the bedhand y ju can reckon iv, if |he Poore be thereby any thing relit aed, it ishntaddiem, for ihe vcrie prc- fcnt : but bei^g laid out in that manner v/hich?mcane and men- tion, the Poore and their pofteriti^voo^yea^and the whole Pariffi froni whence i^ is t^ken, ihall thereby be. rclieued^bettercd and benefited jSr>f/^r.. * 3ut not to maiie along anfwer to fo ihort and Ihallow anOfa^ iexaion, whatfoeuer any (ball pretend againft that I fay , fo long as AmbTot.d6 offU. y^^^ ^'^ example of that moft holy and famous Doaoar of the. ,.'L . ^.. - i^hurchj^S. jimbrofe.ovi mv fide* who for r:deemf np oF Chriftiaa ' adeeming CaptiueSj Capt in his vfc,fa fir vs 'vteroj^ out t< ftme. SccUft the Pc vpont Refj €nr. youroj uer be{ contrac -Refp And exa £9od arn as here a found, I £oodproi jHch tt ne vpon Chi Pteysarcfi t'nr, needs be willhau( Refp. T»mytimk Eur* \ vfed, and doin^ B for that i\ outofour 1^ is chouj rt -* X,' 49 Thr fecond Pari. ^V'^^J^t'^t" ^ ^"'* '^'"''^ •*■ Cold and Siluer that w,i« w hisChurch and makingmoney thercof.cmplo;edft w^^^^ Vfc,&y.ng, Tb^ Sacramc„,s need not q,,d. Which ZVp^M « trogn : The Church hathGold not to keepe it bw iSTH out to goo andpiousvfes. I (hall not fcfre Sf Ac «Vc/^*.eucr.theTreafures ofthe Church vponredeSon of *e I'oore, they cannot beproued to doe ill. that Kmlf Soa* Tmpm,m, the Goods of the Poore their ouZ m„^ ^ vpon the Poor*, and to their owne vf« ' '^'" ^''"'^' '**reV),ihmytgmra'!Ceandr»jhr,eJfe. >"?' J'UVPte "ntSaer''''*--'^-'"^«'---£pJaS^^^ 'Rcfp, ^t Jiemethfi in this very caCe: fir i^yow^iir^^^fh. t c- li « W t ^';=/=f'f«-v^h« tothat vfe rcmaininl « m7o be "" <='^*' jHch »ne„p,ie,« ,hisis,v,onthe hm,Us offh/JlqiTfh" ne«u''L ,**"' '?"5^'on « good and religious. That nrnft needs be true pictie which is coupled with pittie for CnA - wUlhauemercxeratherthenSacrifii Buckt^sg^S, vfetin/pe'pU^dtn'Sfrt?^^^^^ « « thought to hauc carried away many huadTedpTundsS i that 5« t. By (bmc ra- table itnpofi- tiop. ^.Bybafemo mcsforthofe purpofcs and places to b€ fUnipcd* ThdPathWaj to Plantations. that Money was ncucr plcntic here fincc, and for that we neucr heard of any good that was done with it. If they that had the imploymcfit of it , had made knowne vnto eucrie Countie (though fcucrally) what had beene gotten out of it by the Lottcrie that yeere,and offered to employ it on fo many of the Poore of the faid Countie ( if they could be gotten to goe ) as it might conucniently fiifficc vnto, it would haue yeelded the Countie good content for theprefent, and haue gained abetter welcome to it felfe another time. But the matter being vfcd as it wa$,if any yet doe like of it,they may aduenture it againe,if they lift : who, if they would giue voluntarily, but the fifth part of that fome of them loft defpcrately that way, (for I know fome my felfe that,by their owne rcports,loft ten,twentie,yca thirtic pound a man ) might be counted good Bcnefadours. Refp. Of the Lottcrie enough .'bnt befidcs.ifyoH hane any more tofiy> I pray y OH proceed ^ith it, Enr. 8 . 1 f ti)e former courfes fuffice not, I fee not but that fome ratable Impofition might be procured to belaidvpon the abler fort,as in time of war re, for fetiing forth of Souldi- ersjto be employed Tpbn fuch as fhall be tranfported,from thofe parts (the Pari(h,Tithing,or Hundred) where it is raifed. And I am verily perfwaded there is not a Parifh in the Land, that would not willingly be at any reafonable charge for the fctting forth of any fuch poore bodie,as Ihould either volunta- rily ofl'er himfelfe, or by authoritie be taken vp, to goe in that Adion from time to time. In truth I haue heard men of gooj fenfe and fubflance fay, they would be verie willing to beftow out of their Parifh twentie nobles or ten pounds a yeere, to- wards the apparelling and fetting forth or fome of their poo- rer fort,foas they might be afTured they (hould not, after a yeere or two, as from xhchifij fome haue done, come home agwine,and encomber them worfe then before. p Befides, if it might be thought fit and obtained, that for thofe Plantations^fomc ftorc of bafc Moneys,as of Br^lfc,Cop- per^or little betterjnight be ftamped (all Englilh Coynes and Plateof Gold and Silucr, being there and thence 4)rohibitedli ViilciTeariu vntiilthci^uuncreysthemfeluesdoe or (hail here- after jecldMctaU for them) I conic^orc^how probably let others otherj tothij Re( good 1 1 Em all fuc change inftani materi can be Secc away > ding, fi donc,ii and one pleafun fuppofc Thir vfeallir Countr merchan that the our mei Fourt andbree begetter muftnec Fifthlj while it other )fh not curr; thclcfTet Sixthl) good ftor* other cort ; Seuent imagine away Qf changcboth forvalueand v^.TZ' P~P?«»»n in the Ex- ''•nfit.offi.cb CM be no goodPlanlriSy Xtc '''"*°'"'''^™^y ding, for houfhold, &c which h£^i"?"'°^'"« *«' ''«i»- done,,f they mlirfit «rr^ JLLT'^ ?7 W""" "ot h«uc gcaJ.,„dgood.thc„ti,the,ciS,;:;^t^^^^ mtrchj^ife be broueht to th^rf ^'■'"*/''"'8«««'«W that theitlioney SSJS te Z',^'":5*'''"°^'''S "^^^ onr men. * ** regarded nor receiued of begettersofW'^"^ ^ * both '^'f^-^it .i^f^ ■■**KI ribs Path-Way to Plantations. both to out and their great adiiintage be auolded. ./.«r%^ »« 'f'xr i""''-'""' ?/'»"«' ^J^""''*'^ " " ''^''-^ ''•^irltt&'stfoSthcworl.csgoeforwardinany fort • and then note, whatfoeuer is gone ouer Sea that way, ne- n« rftutnes againe. We receiuebackebuteither nothing at all o eUe butfome commodities of thofc Countries, as F.(h Timber,Salt,&c. And therefore this is a thing m mine opinion that mufttimdy and carefully be looU vnto.orclfetheCoyne and Treafuie of out Land wiU.by thefe Hantat.ons..A«. "l».«Wr.W/j/.m.rJ, withina«hile be extreme yfpent Ldexhaufted. ForfayforatriaUorexarople,thetclhouldgoe mentiethoufand, and each ol them to came but te., pounds a^rn ( afmall reckoning and pooreilocke to begin withaW yeT*hat comes to in the whole , to two hundred thoufand pounds.Nowbythis.gueffeofthereft. ' ,^„„,,|,^ Refp. ThU is '-very flainc : yn mm mil Mly ^'f"" "f '*>« • hfe f^ey. hec^^fe rfihcftra>,g«>cjfi ^fdMO'lne of tht matter.. sZ. ifanythinkethisraatterilrange.lethimbutcnquire, and he (liail be informed at fiiU , that at the firft in all Lands aboue one Aae agoe.tkt in England it fclfe it was m vfe ; that ?n our time iKland had it : and.'that at this day , a TraueUers "utrue.Spaine it felfe, for att her Indian Siluer inines and Golden mountaines . vpon good pdicie , is not wi hout k. Andifit wereas Grange and.newacouife,asinsoldandcom. mon yet if neeefsitie fo require, better ins, I thmke, to be v. fed then fon^.eother more vVuall and leffe profitable. But lea- uing that to iudgement and confideration of the wife and lu. d ck.us, I profie. that for my owne part, 1 doe reft refolned The, e can nojrmd Plantation be made by v, «»J >»here,mthm the vre/an(tfre»tfifr;?«///> zndExcffie, whichboth the pIacci^^«Ac. and plentie wherein we liuc (God be thanked) doc,and happe- ly may afford vs> but that; z^^r/>/iV,C.///W/^,5r4/W/^^^^^^ Ucacte, 'Brmery and abundance in Apparcll Diet, Building and all other Prouifions, whichhere many doe vfc, it cannot eaiily be eftimated , how much it might auailc to the fpeedy ' * furtherance, and cheapefetting forth of thcfe worthy workes. FrupUtieand Parfimonie,Iike that of ancient times,will bet- ter befit themfancie and vprifingsof any commonwealth whidi euer haue beene,and neceflkily muft be,or elfe they will IKUCr frame well , rndeandpUtne. It was neuer better with ^mcit fclie^^whofe bcftmch/aith one of their bcft Authours, I is tn^^i 54 Anextraut* ganci f I: I |i2. Bythe ' linonie of the ;|atbog^€. fe Paib'Wi&to Plantations. infrisi^Urebm^fitifqHefHmptibm mmimo comenti/emigliH& cHltHvUtebant^ t^c. In priaatc cftates, and matters of their ownc charges, contented with a very little, did Hue with very flendcrprouifion) then when her ConfetU and 'Diaaton were taken from the plough, and her5w4rmfcrucdatthc tablein tanhen plate : add neuer merrier in England , then when lar-* mors would wearc none other, then their ownc home made cloth ; when gentlemen delighted to haue plentic , rather then daintic, at their tables, and thebeft Honfekeeper. held them rather to their owne countrie y eeld , then to forraine and farre fetcht prouifion. Somebeoftheminde. ThSLt though ail other meams failed /i{ they alone that roift and riot out thei. goods and wealth in I>rideandvanitie, in drunkenneffe and gluttony, and other likediforderdcourfes : And many thereby, (woe be to them therefore, as witneiTeththeholy Ghoft E/i.j.ii.and 22.and cap, 22.13. Ez^k* I ^. 40. L«^ I d.i p.and other places moe.) that indeed doefolauifli andwafte that they haue, byfuchin- temperateanddeuillifhcourfcs, as if they were nMiconfumere f^HfesMad no other thoughts but how to hauocke and fpoile, and made that the very end of their life here, to fee the end of allbeforcthey gochencc.-If thcfe, I fay , could be either prr- fwadedor compelled to beftow that, or but halfe that, ('foluxu. rious is our land become ) which fo prodigally and p;:o6nely they profufcand fpendvpon this pious, good, and neceifary vfe, that that alone, would abftndantly Jkgice to fupply zW the wants of this worke, and to bring it to a fpccdy and an excel- lent end. But fince there islittle hope that they which will not fee their owncfhame, andfbrefce their and theirs vndo- ing-and ouerthrow, fhould haue any minde or care of others Cofthecommongood) Iwillnotvouchfafc the Obfcruation thereof any number inmy Account , but leauc it asan Extra. awf4»r, to themfelues and others, not denying yet, but that fometimcs, QMminime creda4^'«gf ««•«« con- tours . whofoundthemfe u«,ir t^'"°''^"n«dyneieh Iwouldnot wiO,that^lf^^^^*^'^'*^^**"- ,„,i:„„,vniiifite Iin.endfl.ulda„dremoinng.wiUbeaUlittleenongh,andexceedingrequifite bcfarall, or anJKehooue&U. . • e oneafterano- *"° j j,"" ife if order could be taken that the remouingof *«'■««'"- .. ^;.l'!fl±i u,lr"i.ht bee orincipally made in fome {:'^»* prsofThlu^donT^^^^^ Si.' more P^t^pon goodnotice thereof had andtaken.be fetthetehencc. Auihoritic. ^ ^ vw CO be twici more kinsf( togct HOC fc with] with, comix chattl Foi rageni alfo be moftc andne treys j plant, ( cdge-T dulyar thing ii SLS thc}; And atanH; from til felues tc perceiui ucdjas i mainc l thofe thi uided^ andvna This the greai made to dwelling they ihai dccpcim 57 The fecond Part. to be feffllDued, might be remoued all together at once or ar twiccatthemoft:This,probab!eu«,wo!!dca.rcS more wiUing.fhen othcrwife they will bc.todepTrt Ln« whJe they l^alJ fee fomegood ftire and comSieof thS rogetner with them. For,going into a flrange place men can not buta, It were naturaUy defire both tog^ and toTthe« W thfuchasthey know before and arc formerly a«.u!.wJ with, rather then with meere ftranger^ Td be kSt Fourthly, This could not butbeaeoodtnoM'iiP^n^q;^ iriWt Cattell great and fmall forU and other vfo,,-!^ edge.Tooles,Armour,&c. that fo hauinriUI fuch S^' dulyandordinarilybroughtvntoth^ ?fefma?hS thing m their Markets to be bousht and fnl^ VxL u , m'* «-i:^5r^-'"^-haueth3reTnEngf^^^^^^^ ata„"Hl:fct';orbS;S^er^^^^^^^^ perceiuefuch or&r tobe fetled andlX roS' 5^^'''\'?''^ Thi»niatterisofthatmoment.thatiti«i-h,c..rt.t,;_ j the greateft that troubles. thSderfanvwhJ^r^u"'^ nude to*em of departinghenSolrnew,^^^^^^^ dwelling M a forraine Land : What th,„ l"^7^.^^!"^l *^ tiicy ihaii iiue when they come thither T AnT.v ^,'fc '^"u* deepeimprefsioninthehLrtofm'aSS/;^!^^ tf.t' fKi 1 iifc flr IM I II I rail" f 'ni 1 tf - ."■'.•'J!' ■»."" ,i> 'Xa **.», li 58 .»! Oi di w M w! Ti^^ P4ri&-)^4)^ to Plantations. fort fee a clcare and euidcnt rcfolution chcrcof.thcrc is no more pofsibilitic to pcrfw >c them to remouc,thcn to run thcm- felucs into the Fire, or caft thcmfelucs headlong into the Sea- This doubt therefore being once well cleared, and people made t© fee that they (hall not need to feare this way , people will be three times more willing to goe then yet they are. It is not all one for men to goe inro any of the prefcnt Plan- tations, as it hath beene to goe into Ireland, whither if any could goe prouided of Money in any meafure, he needed no- thing elfc. For there he was fure to hauc any thing he needed for his Money, at a better and cheaper rate then in England. But in thcfe places he muft haue all things either carried along with him^or brought thither after him, and that at a dearer price and higher reckoning then in England. People ot our breed cannot liue as the Saluages and Natiues there do,that is,more like beafts then men. Whatfoeuer there- fore thofe Countreys yeeld not,and people in thcfe haue beene vfed to haue, muft moft carefully be prouided them, left left deftitute that way, they feeme as caft out into wild andforfa- kcn wilderneffes,and expofed to famine and other miferies too grieuous to them to bearc. Refp. / haue heard, that> cur men haue in (inte of enr Planmti- tns fill much extremtie thi^Way^ Enr. If any fuch difallerous accident haue befallen any, I wifli the notice thereof buried in the Gulfe of Obliuion : and for my part 1 neither will reuiue the memoric of any fuch^noi by my good will,heareit recited by any,becaufel know,it will inflia Oich a wound in thefe adions, as will not be healed againeby thv'plaifterof fiue timesasmany goodeuents. Rtfp, / / hinke (o too : For except a man U of a verie dull apfre* henfion, he mil qntckly thence conclude, that, men^ere better tff ahi^e and liue in pouertiejea inbeggerie at home, then to ferifh and djebypenuris and mifirie abroad, jindindeed, no man can fay Mt that, better it "^ere, that> men were not remoued at> aR,the,inetfe* conded and fkpplyed at* all. Bona bene. Good aftiOBS bethett; good, when they be handled and aaed in a good fort. 'Sut he* ping that^ future tirnes, nfoybrw^ firth fiitrer euem s, and former pt^ rils C tf any hmf^m, fir mm ma.) ke told, then k true ) produce jgnmr SSiiijMB^liitoiiiKSi^i^' no more n thcm- thc Sea. pie made e will be bntPlan- ler if any eded nO' le needed England, icd along t a dearer 3 Natiues jcr there- aue beene 1, left left and forfa. iferies too r Plantati^ Hen any, I uion : and y fuch,BOi lOWjicwill : be healed ;nts. :re better t(f to ferijb and n canfiyMt l,the,i netfe* ons be thett: irt. 'Suthe* >»i firmer pt" 'He Jfrodkcti' ^rmer Thefecondparu 59 fredter c^refulnifft and dtliff^rm a^ ^ "^orkiyourtntendedeffeSt. ^ f^'jHjJictem tg Smtk to h« Shell, «ras the Fable is, A JXXS ' t? they will rather euen ftarne at home.then fceke ftwreatt? Ske VD a!f/' r8'^"'<=8<"'i- 'hat ft'ria order wcTtatn ti tute X^,ni '^'^^'S"«r'^''**"<'^^f°"ff«ietotheSta! tute wander about the Countrey loitering, begeine, &c rf which fort many are ftrong an J able perfonsTfuch as could ^nl rmUvT\'r'''T^'<="'''"'h'yvvereCe.f wSrf ■ ^u^ ?" "■'•'' ^ "'"'«= 'he ftrong and able ones ^^^^^^:^:^:^^^ • ^oavJr°a?yt*S:S^^^^^^^ &/".j.3,4.and (?<,/ tfx And what IS written ofthofe that followed SW, before he came to the Crowne.i .^^^.z j.2. whichfor breuities fake to Sk"! "P*''^f ^ P^'f^^y ^°*"^«- Thefe of both forts. . roght be kept m fome Houfes of Corrcaion next adioynina tin they can conuementlybefliiptaway. This courfe well ob! ieruedandcontmuedtwoorthteeyeeres, would fo purge the Land cff euiU wceds.asg^Wneuerbetterpurgedhis diTeafed Patients,nor7yw*/« the .4a,«^ Stables. --.^.^- * ^....^^f. 'V'-'Hf^ j»*i wuHtarecKonvp maimed and Afed K a SouldierSi rr-i 60 The Path-Way to Plantations. SdHlMerSjof ^hon* the 'F^ums in their ^oloniei, m I haue heard, made great reckomrtg, Scucnthly, Enr. 7 It may be ; but the ftatc of our Plantations z.id Maimed Soul- their Colonies be vcricdiflfercnt. Thcyprouit^ d in theirs li- dicrs, berall maintenance for fuch as could notlab* u*- Hat vc pro- uide roome in burs for them onely that cr^fiai.;! r Maimed Souldiersarc okcntimes notferuiccable, f 'd thri»;fore will be a burthen to the whole where they come. ' r r.y of them be fit for labour, and able to doe thjmffilues ano Vndcrtakers " good, I doubt not but thac they which ar. t^ ' ^uidefor them allowance at home, will be as willingand :./u^.ac to prouide it for them otherwhere alfo, if they m^ perceiue it to be more beneficiall for all parties. And in this time of our long conti- nued PeacCjGod be thanked/hc number of them isnotincrea- fedjbut decreafed to a fmall account. . When occafion doth fb require, and opportunitie ferue, there is no doubt but that way , they alf j may be provided for ^ and hclpe to make vp the number, * Refp^ 7'.Jceed,Iprayyou,mththerefi, Enr, % There is yet a better eourfe and a readier then any of the former, and that is. Whereas there be infinite ftoreof houfes,erefted in corners and wafte plots vnder Hedges,and by the high- waies fides, contrarie to the Statute of 3 1 • £//:^. 7. if due order might Le t3ken,that by a4:ertaine day in cucrie yeere(for all, as euacuation in dangerous Aponumcs,cannct be done at onee) a ccrtaine number, as a third or fourth part of them,dcfigned for the purpofc,by time, by lot, or other like mean€S,mfght be quite taken downe,and vttcrly razed for cuer,the Inhabitants i aioyned Ly that day to prouide for them- fclues otherwhere, fui^Houfes as by Law ought to ftand,Qr clfe to depart the Land, to fbmc or other of the places to be inhabited, aflured there to be prouided for ia ft£irre better fort. p. Tothefe ought to bee added another fort no leffe coni- berfomc to the Land, viz, Jnn*at£s ,1 mcane fuch, as being in no pofsibilitieof thcreucrfion of the houfc wherein they dwell, or of any other legal! Tenement^ doc, contrary to the Statute iikcwife^ Eighthly, Cottagers. Ninthly, Inmates, likew Ofbc that if #r »;#) hahita clcarif anota nualle ^Rtfj (oMfitr xvorfefi fo lonjr 6nr, of alio perfon^ Vnto : fc thing V( ficlfe or Whom Gduern Landlot their ov brance. The J fufiicieni hurt did fluouscF placing e did prou this wee with tho plantatio King biy t are, be pei To for place tob forbidden whercj Wi The fecofid part. litewirc.thruft into houfes^ith and v„der the right Tenants Of both which forts, together the La^^M fi%cV"C"/ thatm many par.(h«, I fpcake but what I know, ,hL JZfd *rm*rf,hen hdfeifojnany a., he right Temms , mdl...,nL ^Jt-""TC Th"'Jdanceofthcm, wouldbeinineftfmabte tnZIS A^u v"""*'^ °} ""^"y "" vntovvard gcneration.and a no able disburaening ot many a parilh ofiotierablc an J an- ruaUexpenfes. Rcfp. Thcfi,«boutMy other ,/ could wijh Were rid Mt tf , ioHmr,e:U«df^cholher poory h.«h^dmen , doe Uue much '.h, mrfeforthemMurUr,.)^ f .„ pe,Ji,.uied. c^ r,eHer thriu'. Ji>'en^_ astheje Dronesdoeim.TKtberit. /""■ ui6it<:dthey iK a fup.rfuous Multitude , andfitteft r „ *«^° " "'^ *"'*>' = ^ ' ^^f^"' "°f ooflv in regard ofthcir petfonallei aces, hauefor the moft part little here to irutt wto .-but alfo.arefortheirbodiesand breeding , b;ftable a thing very neceffary in theft intendments, toindureany ha?d rttfeorlabourby Seaorby Land, within doores or without" Whom therefore Jt were no reafon. either foolifli pittieof the GOuetnours on the one fide, or couetous fauou of sreedie Landlords on the other fide.ftould any longer here retiine to Sai'ce ''"''' and the whole countries great hurt and incom. n,J'''H"'f°^u'""P'"^''"™'''"8<'^thatStatute,docniew £idffl'''"'{y '""*' ^""""^ *="• ='"'' farefaw,that much hurtdidand would accrew rnto thisonr Land by this fuper- fluouscrae,whoifthey.hadasprudenfv taken o/derfor their • P acmgelfewhere,from time to time.as they grew mas they Ad prouidently enaa ,A, „ot fUcir,£ of them hercf long or t^l^u "J-""!'^ ^fl '"•'^ '''"^■<= "f others.* e«.Ld filled With thoufands of them, madeas rich an^ i.nppy by tranf plantation , as now they are poore and needic fubieSs to our King by theircommoration : and wcrtiould not , as now wee are.bepeftred with theiraboad among vs. '"wwec To forbid them to build here, and not to appoint them gace tobuiU and plant ineifewhe-.. vnleffe they could hau™ rorbidden them to bea'hred and mk,-.-^ ,..j .- t Wtoc, wasmstolcpurpofe, asforaPhilkion toihewhis ^ 3 patient i- 6l 1 1 61 The Patb-W^y to Plantations. patient the diCeafef but to prefcribe or giue him for his difeare noremedie. 10. IfallthefecouricsrurHcednot, and yet I amperfwa. I cSouldiers, (jg^ verily the former y ccld might qu ickly be of young and old ia garrifons. ^^ hundred thoufand at the ieaft , I fee not any fufficien t let or iuft caufe, why beyond all thefe both Sonldierhke^ a good great preflfe might not be made of fome choufands yeerely of perfons fit to be remouedj whic^ being once tranfplanted thither , as lOLildiers into Garriron,might fo be feucrcd,as might feat them for habitation, and fet them( being not loyterers and thriftleife fellowes, but men of :mployment,handicrafts, labourers,&c.) while warrcs let not, to feruice and employment for the com- mon and their owne pr iua te good : and alfo SeruantUk^fi good And fctuants. nm^^ij^,- of poore mens children , both boyes and maids , but maids efpecially of nine or ten yeeres old and vpward,be taken vp , which according to the Statute of 4 3 • £li\. 2 .and i ,fam. 25. might b'=^ placed as feruants or apprentices with fuch as goe ouer to inhabits there. Refp. ff there Jhonld bee fo great a number y and fuch kinde of perfcns as yon intimate , it cannot bee but that many idlers and vn» profitable perfons will goe among them Itkewife , W/7/c/? likely it is will doe more harme then good : Vvouldyou then haUe no refpe^ to be hadto fome rather then other to goe ? EnrM is true that as it is here at home,fo it will be abroad. In a multitude there willeuer be fome that are but vnprofitable, yet would I haue none to be left out ( fc as they be feruiceable and not maimed and vtterly vnable ) that can be ioad, bccaufe there is fome hope that Necefsitie, Occafion and Opp ^rtunity may make many of them to leauc loytering there , that here happely haue nothing clfe to doe : and for that their very prefence and number cannot but be fome comfort & ftrength of the Plantation. But withall, and aboue all, fpeciall regard ought to be had, I to draw thither (as I haue before once or twice infinuated) men of fpeciall and prefent employment , that is, men of fuch Trades , Faculties, Sciences, Handicrafts , Occupations and Employments,as arc moft necelfary for a prefent and vprifing common wcalthj fuch^as without whom, there can be no com- modious modioi breeds is fuch 2 fupply < Refp cefarjy habit at i^ Enr, bers, Bo ers. Ca Diers, I lers. G HatterSj rers, Lj Merchai KcrsTPa Pointmi Sawyers Smiths, Thatchei wrightSj ofperfon commor Jikewife which of had. Refp. J in Snglan none oft hi ther Vpher Enr. ^ of them h ployment all Trade; another, works m; worke,ai ^dwcrc .^ The (econd Part, modious or good dwelling or liuinp at all Prti-fv^A^ ^ • afp.thM ^uhoHt then, there cJhe .ofJi PlXionirCo' -Ew. They arc thefe, and the like; Armorers Rat«. r. r..- pier. Drapers rS£' rS|lSS'Fo;S& "--»- lers. Gardsners, Glafmakers, GlafierTGi^;/.? r^ * '■ Hatters, Horners.Husbandme;, iK^rs X^c rT"' rers , Lymeburners , Linnen.Weaut? M^/ons M, "' ■ j^ff^hants Millers, nvOii:;^^!- nSs' nJ. "' Iters. Parchment makers Pewter^rc dC^^^^^'o Nctma- Pointmakers. Pnntg:3oS Sad e.lfi^'^^ Sawyers, Siueyars, ShevLn. Sh.pwwit ih^ WrSgwh;rr;^^I rw:'i,g^^ ^^ ofperfons there 'muft goTlSSZ^rofoth^r fo 'r/f °"' which ofthe.anca„hef;S:S^^^^^^^ m S«glmd, a»dfo mcep^ryfor our ommormejth thZf.T fmeofthcm VpiUh wdHce4tL,e heme ZZTeZtl ' ^^^ '" ther Vfhere. ^ ' mdjeeke their forlnnes o- E^r. Nay, rather they are fo ill fet a worke here fh=.fm,m,- of them haue as much need as any other °oSe ^o.if. ^ ployment and dweUingotherwhwe For tllr. h^ r ' ""; another. They that be workmen doe often lovterfnrU.hl c can ^4 The Path'Waj to Plantations. canfinjic any place where to fetrp Chop , all places being al- ready full and oucrfuU. Littlevtterance of their ware car r^i^y inake,and are ok informed to take mony fo much vndcrhand ^ that they can hardly get or faue thereby. 2. If their ovvne difticffcand prcfent euill ftate will not preuaile fufficiently with men of thefe qualities to moue them to goe, confiderirg that (iich nwfi he had , and oi Come forts of them great ftore: (for without the no Plantation at all can any where be niade; ) fuch courfes may^and muft be taken,partly by thebcttringoftheir eftates there , with promife andaffu- - ranee of fomc good portions oi lands, houfes and benefits, if they w ill goe , and partly by impairing of their eftates here, with leffe worke, and worfe vtterance,if they will not goe, as may make them either willing,or at leaft content to goe. Refp. jQuhaueJpokenmHcheoncermn^ people to be had far ^ plantation, that for this matter^ I thinks you hapte no more to fay, Enr. Yes, very much. For all thefe hitherto mentioned, though they be a multitude indeed , and enough to make a ve- ry large Plantation out of hand.yet without others conioyned withchem, will they bee for the moft part, but a rude and filly multitude .You haue foigotte it fecmeth & fo had I too almoft, & no maruell/or I finde them of others but little remembred, one fort of people moft needfuU of all others to be hadji meanc II, Miniftcrs uMimftcrs of the Vi^ord of god. For whom, if carc be not taken, of the word, that they may be had , and being had , that they may forthwith and condt^nly he prouidedfor, which is, after the example of ^od himfelfe, who in diuiding the land of Canaan , laid out the Lot ofLeni with the firft, and that a faire and goodly one too , as you reade.!2\[/2:,. Trade, bc^pcouidcd Turfe, and T/>fc ^hem ^Go^h^ £»'•• WhetherT.thesbedae,2),«„' '■"^'^^ ^'^ ^^ -t^' Refp. Thi^ Iftermy OHinifter, of Churches (h «« h to, . *'«/i"ay«iUy4uoy. if ortte. -«»-4 tf7 Thefecoitdfitrt. Spmte. totiuethemfilHts to fo good a worlt*v r r- j. - the Chnreh it felfe, or fA* ff/A»„A/ /•« « ^"^ "* "<* why, into this Harneft. andto lav^^.^Srl *'''^-^r* "«^''*««'-' ble& goodly] conerepation orl..^? -^ ^'^"^^^^"^^orta. petcnt^and hC^airXTbtS^^^S^^^ ^^ » '- fuffice,anQ they that be, may hauecomD«enr,n J '" ""/^ blealWanceto.h.evpon4theraK S;^^r"'"- 4. Alfo It mud be confidered thati(-«M,v!ii \_ . Graduates , an J men ot notX karnino ' " I '^" "• n>ay fuffife fometimes that S nSi tSni ft '"'' " I are of meane knowledge foasthevhWo^^ "*'*''"'='^* bcoff^.ndandhoneftliSSlSr'"""''"^^' ""'* f»r. 'Whynot?Ini'»ir/«7^itfeIfew»arift;„r receiue fuch into the Minifterefc iTe^l?;?/Tr"'f* '" as FnirUy,j u r / J . » Dcjccue 10 It wil bc'Ss lone: forl^rnedandable^cna" :;;tnSSS^^^^^ -time there were twolay men that made a voyage vnto d^e '''"'''•'•"^ /»oork^,asyoHfeeme to imply, me thinkes itJJjoMbe as neceC. Jury Ukemfe, that, there ft^oHldgoefome. that may carrie lihantho^ rate and place in the eflate SccUfmficalL ^»r. lam of the fame mind alfo. It cannot be but requifit * ju and neccflane, that as well for the gouerning of Minifters „^1k Icicl themfelues^Ireadiemade,as aUb for the ordering or making nftlolU^^^^^^^^ o^mo^e where need IS, for the Inftitution of them toChur a^ well as in chcs,rorthe Dmifion ot Pariflics, the endowinjj.credinc and ^^'^ ^<^"PO"ll confecrating of Churches.and other like Bpifcopall and Eccle- ualticall utiesandcmpIoiraents,which muft be followedand cxercifcd mftantly, \{ we meane to make a Chriftian and Reli- gious Plantation indeed,therefhouldgo fomeoneormor^c- cording to the greatnefle of the Piantation,to be Bifhop there and romeothersbe(ides,that(hall exercife vnder him or them Ecclefiafticall authoritieand iurirdidion,lcft fadion and con. fufion,l.ke :Pares among tloe Wheat, graw fafter there, then Religion,Order, and Peace of the Church. ' Rcfp. ^^"^Jfitfofe.yc^ha^efaidemH^hfirthismatter.more tt 16 lamfure^then euer I heard tn all my lite, and fi much. 04 makes methmk, certntnly.th.^ ^frnfuch a fort,, a. yon haueimplyed. Id Meed '''' '^/^^^'/^^ ^crefet firth, then it muldprosfer Enr. You thinkc I haue faid all in all,that can be faid : but I tell you,there.is one thingyet rnfaid,which (in mine opoionj is more materiall then any one tUng whatfoeuer hitherto men tioned That indeed which muft and would giuelifc to^I ' Jhe rett,and without which, the whole attempt wher.foeuer itbe,feemes to rae,to.belike abuilding on the fand.which -ou know willintheendhaue^^//,and the falltheieofwillbemv Rcfp,^ il^r,gtohiareUaUthat.fioHldye,firlsanconcemeno^ W ^l thing ^o The Path-Way to Plantations. utton I ^ ^hini to be p much jet wanting to this VForkf^ I pray '^m hold my ^hou^hts in filpenct no longer. The fifteenth Enr, «his it i% i That his Maicilic would be plcafed to cnti- • •{!'*.^*!!f?*\*?^ ^Jc himfelfe Kwg and fipreme CoHemour of that Countrcy, NU.efty would therein the Plantatioji ftall proceed , as at this prefent of entitle him- New-finnd- Land ; that fo they that plant and dwell thcrc,may tclte King of knoW dtre^ly and exprefly vnder '^^hofe dominions they d^ett^znd that Cwuntrcy fo rcll thereby aflurcd of his Rej^aU protection and defence vpon '"efctf Pbn. ^^^ ^^c^^°"^ ^s well as if they remained in England, This,this ^'^'^ ^" fliallbe. ^^^^^"^^ > would encourage and embolden many that now ' doubt and fearfe, to goe willingly, and to aduenture goods and life therein refolutely. This would make them ioyfull and io- uiall to proceed, who now arc doubtfuU and fearefiiU, as thofc that cannot tdl in whofe Land,and within whofe kingdome it is that they flialldwellthere, and that would be loth to dwell but within his MaieHies Dominions. Rcfp. That, if kfio)X>ne fifficiently by his aJ^aicfttes Letters Ti^nts, granted to findry hononrabk Perfinages and other, that* fend thither, *■ Enr, It isknovvnetothemthathaucthePatentSjbut it is not knowne to all them that (hould goe vnder the Patentees. It is alfo well knowne by common fame and rumou. , but it is not {H wellknowne,as if by Proclamation it were publiftied in cuerie Towne and Citie j not fo well,as if in euerie Church,he were prayed for by the Name of King of that. Countrej.zs well as of England t France jZnd Ireland, Rcfp. This mufl be a matter of great moment, oHt of doubt, ft puts me in mind of (Smewhat that I read a great y^hile agoe in our Englijh Chronicles, in the time of King Edward the third, viz. How that '^hen he made claime to the froWne of France, to '^hich *he Wm the next law fill heire andfucceffbur^yet all his certaine right and iufi claime nofWithfianding^fome of his Alltes and Qtnfiderates beyond Sea(bdngbvitYo\\intmes)refitfed to afiifi him in ^rmes, vnlejfe he Would firfi, and vntiH he did take on himthefiiU and Ti' //f 0/ King of France. Enr. Bythatyoumayperceiue, there i% fomethinginthis particular, more then many doc concciuc. And now touching rhcfc ^^1 Tbcfecond Pan. 7» ihtfc two mtinc points before mcnrioned, v/:?. the^rooirin. ofM^,.«KlMoncytof«ch,buf„Kflc,„^eSre«5^:3 ^a<,fParl,;,„mwh.ch alone »^U to finle ixjfiluuco.,,/. uoHr ».rfis car, ■^eUUfeU.d: tut yet fir my fUnherfinsfkli.i. R'i^P-Tf"/'ffiyoHn:nm.,te,itam.,t,eroffrhteg9„ce. fwcrcd.""" Er,r It ismdeed i But tlicreof fay I, Firft.Many a particu- ' O"'^"- laruill be.re and d>fc arre his o,vne : other-fomefa g eat '"''''■ Secondly.Agrtarpartof the cxpences will foone be repaid agame : fome, m the Commodities thence returned : fome in theeafemcntanddisburd.ningoftheirwontedchargeand'in. combrance here at home. av.iiu.n Thirdly.Peopk- cannot liue any where withoiitexpence Fourthly, Be ,t a matter of f ,me good quantitie, 'that mull anfe out of the Common Purie, is notour whole Land afakto beare It? Suppofe there Ihould goe tenort^entiethoufands ye.reIyforatimevntoou.Plantations,whatwerethat with the helpeof particulars.to £«^/W, F^rft nf in [fmeof war K were able without any gricuance. almoft any feeling to STm h' °' feuen.yea, ten or twelue thoufand Souldiers mthe Field the whokyeere, from yeerctoyeere fora time as eafily might It beable,oreIfe i am muchdeciiued.totraXrr andthatwith veriecompetentprouifion yeerelv. twice a« ma ' ny thoufand perfons at thelealt.into thofe Plantati^ rJ^ZC. ^,^'""°''*y>>"'"«y''«*«"»ed:Butfurely.ininyAnfw- wnceit. It were neccff.rie that there fliould goerath^mor^ ^'''"^wer then I haue faid. My reafons ar.- : ^ '"'^•"'"* tJrll, The multitude that aboundeth in our Land isfoex ceed,nggreat,tl«twithoutgreatriddance,the Stt^r^f «iwi..v,wjiioeuKieiccne,andkUctclt. Formore wiUyerely arife , aai. fifll T ill I li-' ftl'l fflflli III Hi [I f " 1 "' ^ ■-'— •^l r ^f ^: -% %MJiW^, ^ivC^' -' ■- > •'yp'^ '^^r 7^ • ^ The Path-Way to Plantatious. Irifc then arc remoucd. To draW out a prop#rtion fome- what fit in this cafe ; there arc in en^Und oncly at this prcfcnt , eight chouGmd Parilhes at 4bl^ft>2$ I conicaurc,and certainc it is, as all the Church Rcgiftcrs in England, I thinke, will iuftific, there arc more borne euerie yeere,thcn buried. Say,but two in aParilb one with another, and that is with the leaft,l am fure, yet that amounts to fixteene rhoufand inoncyeere. The in- creafc being fai|i, what decrcafc there had need be made to bring the whole to abide fome-what cquall,may foone be per- ceiued. Farther, let men looke backc to the beginning of the late Qjiecnesraigne, or thereabout, and fee in what Hate the Landftood then for people, and he (hall pcrcciue,that euen then it did begin to exceed : fo that vnlcflc it may againe be reduced for yj4t. mediocritie at. leafl.&nd there ftand,it can be in no tolerable eftate. This cannot be cffeaed,but by fuch a num. ber at lealt, remoued as I baue intimated. Refp. Indeed within my remembrance ythat> is, 'Within theft finrtie or fifrie yeeres, onrTarijh is increafed in fitch a (orttthat^ there he noV^ almofi tVi^tce as many Houfes in tt, as once there VQere, and thefe newly encreafedMt Cottages moft of themfet vp tn ^afte f laces of the htgh-waies . the fnhabitants whereof, are nothing but a bnrthen vnto vsyanddoe verte much trouble and annoy vs.thoL be the ancient Tenants, and true Houjholders : and I perceiue that the remouine of one or /Wo of them.Vifere to little purpofe. Thegreatefi part of tTjem.or rather atUf ft werepopble,mufiberida\^ay,orelfe Vf^eJhaM be little the neere fir it. And fo it had need be, in your vn- derfi^din^jhe whole Land oner, enr, Youconcciue me aright. Secondly ,Farther,the Plan- tations now in hand are diuers : thefe all cannot be fetled in any forme, nor brought to any good eftate, without the like numbers tranfportcd, whereby they may be enaW'td in euerie of them : Firftjo occupate or take in forthwith, fuch a large continent of ground,as may be fit for fetling the bounds of their Plantation there. Secondly , That they may be able to be. gin their Cities,Townes,andPariflics,infachrcafonablefpaci. oufneflc,as may become fo worthy an attempt: which cannot be,vnleffctheirnumber be fuch, that they may haue to begin lKiil*ilisf?^gifift^fc|g^^iB?l infomc-whac prcfcnt, eight certaipc it is, » will iuftific, iy,buttwoin aftjamfure^ ;cre. The in- d be made to foonebcper* inning of the /hat iUte the iuCjthat eucn nay againe be id,it canbein yfuchanum. fjVifithm theji tcha (on, that., ice there Vpere, fet vp tn ^afle ire nothing but noy vs^thoL be rceiue that the . Thegreatefi •idaV^ay,orelfe be ,in j/enr vrt" ther,thc Plan- Dt be fetled in ithout the like ibl-^d in cuerie hjfiicha large the bounds oF J be able to be- afonablefpaci- which cannot haue to begin )r euerie Mar- ket The fecond Pan. conac nient diftance.and LffictnfamnT Ij'^?'" ""* '""eh ^^,tmy admit in time « d^hl^ '^ ff •* S''"""^ «"- thirdly. To' bauc and f":;* *igt K T""" ^""i jKre were once good couL'uken for tft „' -1° ^}'^' ''' i^ormyowneparttrulv r am fiiffw^ r j ^^"^ng of them* tion that is now in hand ^ ' '^^ -"^ '">" «"* P''"'«. beLSSeXSfhfS^^^ but bebutfmalUnJthefB^fo th « W t* "'^n^^eir number dreds. Ala,,;hat ftreSSSev be ' /"f^^^ Borderers.or refift thelmudc« ^1^ A^l^r"? '^'''^"^ ^^e nme at hisbeil leafure when thew JJ '^'^""'^''^ n«y wait a rifling. t.-^^^,J,;&,:'S2^y«/g^^^ T,rr»FUri««'. able to withftaod, and (ifnZdZt/^ /i^^' ^^^ '^^U be adiacent : and then withina few veer« '^''i''""?' N«"«'k and partly by the afsiftance o^hdr Co '^rf^ "^ 'hemfelues, " ftronger they &e oars t^e he W? 1^"L"' ^'^''^h 'he mo tliera, they will bVr.rvl.' w-r?- ™" 1" ^"^^ ^ill they be fiefbyLandSpitSfsS^^^^^^^ tof^ar/.an»rI-,:i_ X ^^<-^ o/iea, that they fhall as IifH^f,^^^ :' "™^"' --•'*«^«^^v«niier.,as we, Go^ 6e pray(S;doc ^ here; IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. ^/ k £c l^. lA 1.0 I.I 1.25 M 2.2 2.0 1.8 14 IIIIII.6 rhotDgiHphic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 V ^m -^P^ w^ L1>' . her hands. For^ as faith the Poet: NecqHAfraterijtyCHrfitreHocahiturvnda: Nee ^Hapraterijt, hora redirepeteB, That is: N«r can the tide that's eb*d and gone, int's prefer courfe reudced be : Nor can the time when once it's paft, returne againe,we [finely fee* Fifthly, If this worke fhould be intercepted by any vncxpCii ^ed accident,before it be brought to fome perfc^ion, that is : That the prefcnt Plantation may, if need be, ibr a time fubfift of it felfe ; in what a miferie fhould they be (poore wretches) that haue aduenrured the iirfl attempt ? And (which God forbid ) who can tcll,if we dally and delayed make not grea. ter fpeed thither, and thereabout, then yet we doc^ whether fome other Nation, of better fpirit, and worthier r«folutioiy may not, to our great fliame and cco^i&w, ftcp in before rs, andftop the^Atc againftv^^ Skthiv. Sir%,Befide»,the fctting forth by extxt nnmf^,. • dens the Adaertkic/dSitcs thrA^f ^ ^^"^^^^ '^"''«'- reckcn vp all the en ^nheS) dVtf '?' ^""u <^ ^H' «ho can heareth thereof.to adummSther hf, n5"'' '"'u'?' **' *« heretofore haul don^1o'^P^f:r%'„V^5;?"«'h^^^ thKh« ,on, ate. as ban/ed ot cUt 'e?p^^^^^^^^^^ i- Sefii;t^'"fh!!l^^''"'"'?r*'"'^^''''''f "« ^""fi^^nt that it tUleir*^?!',- "^"•'^ '"to thefc Plantations be Km^ed yeerely fora t,me tenortweluethoufandsat thekaft ' Whom tlicfe fatisfie not, I miafit fend to fh/j?'. t- where they njay obferue, tha't '^/l^jJl^^Ji '^^t""' the Earth, m whom SMomcn, I>r,i% o , ■, not^h X^%' °^ pomt of their excellent wifdome/hit ;EV"°ft«VAvI °' * or areat troupes. But not renins thereon tC^mhlT"''"'' talfexperiments are not to be de&i wai?L'^5t''''™- one of the gteateft Politician* thT«er wait? '^"" " «.eane^W„.a man full oftheSpirTt ^-c^'SlTr'^ dome, who condudini! the rkiw™- «c ,^ , '""^ *" w'*- ward of promife.a?4SSJrh^'^r^S^^^^ « this one fi/cf^rd dirt? Jh^T'^r^r '■"'»". o« or^sypt. there^Ve of"hem^-,Sn &«' rff^"' &p^dtstta;tsa^Tr Mi jhey 75 "ji 4 Obiea. .AnJTjv, The PathAVq^ to Plantations. they may githcr,That if fo great a multitude were, in tJ^ofes opinion, with the leaft,to inhabite an emptit Land, of no greater Continent ind fpacioufncfll; then that was , and it were but for feare of the increafe of the wiRi-Bcaftsagaim? them,and thertfore vpon good poUicie,and for a time, it were bvtter fome of the men of that Land, the former Jnhabitantr, were fuftcred to remainc among them, till themfclues were more incrcafed^then may not fo fmaila number, as we com^ monlyfend into oar Plantations/uffice thereto, and that fome greater number then any yet I haue i timatcd, rather then a kffe (all things cor.liiered) were rather more rtquifitc and nectflarie. Kefp. Thi'^y the reffJOHWf cffo great a vamber^ wiX be a great ^^eakliing and impotierifhtng to enr Land, Enr! No,none at all. For firft,The ftrength of a land,coni fifteth not fo much in the number of people, as,in the aptnefle, and ablentfle of them vnto feriiice. Now , whofo will not be blind, cannot but fee, that this multitude, vvhofe remiOuall (hould chiefly be intended,is neither ^;>^ for want of cdiicati- on,bcingofthe ruder fort j nor able :ioY want of m.eanes ; being for the moft part, of the poorer fort, to ftrengthen \s. Thr re may be more doubt of them rather, left in time of Peace they raife tumults, and fall to vproares for their bellies fake, and in time of Warre.lcft they ioyne with the Enemie,and take parts againft vs, for our pillage and liuings fake : then hope that in Peace, thej> will inrich and btmfit j or in trouble, aCift and llrengrhen our Common-wealth and Countcey. 2. If Number oncly bee rerpe(5ted, itwillnowhitbe cmw paired, I ut.rathtr bettered , not dimini(hed,but augmented; in that fo great a Multitude cf vs being planted other- where, (bar become,as it ViCie^^-nothcr England^ ready ,and a- ble vpop, ill occafions, to ioyne with this. Indeed, if fuchr a number and multitude, as is needfuU to be remoued , (hould tithcr dte in wr Land 9 or be tranflated cut of onr Land ^ inta fome other Princes dominion, the want of them might happely be fome loflfe and lacke vnto our Land: yet when for fptty or fifty yeeresagoe it was not foouercioiedandpeftcred with miilt^cude^ as now it i^, it was not found , God be thm< Jkcd^ kedt King benei ablet andv tably 3- therec numb they t hercii ly, the almofl dens, i buted. numb( in Eng dredthi View tl aUy tht you ma neere-a menth< of the a one oft 4. If /brt.tha as there )iK'here^y^ in refpe^ by that i partly b\ fballbe,i inriched moditic! Lan.libut Keip. The jecoid part. kedtowant ftrength.- hit abiding ftili fufaieas to the fame king and members of the fame dominion , being made bv r^! ber^fit of Plantation nore auaileable to the ^7 Tnd feE abl^tothe other, then before, fofarre isi oftStthefe" tttey thataboucall other, doe for the Dreffnr h«»»,^.vlt«y herdm|H,»erin,and beegcrit.K£Ts^^^^^^^^^^^ in £»^/WaIone. within thefc«t&" «//!S ' a"'' "ivw uicrcc«t\\cren:aae, it would aDi»fj»t-i* *.Ko«. j^ f' 'f ' r'^^^'^/-)' ^'>-i "'its /^^^^^^ youmayperceiuebytheilateofourowne Darirt^^anT^Vh 4. If there doe rcmoue hence any of the f>r^^^r -»« j i as mere mult, tf ene^ there be any croed ^Unt^t.,,^ ' j j ' S2t?hefst;h"t'"?w«l^^= "^'^"^ ShXtSSSrC'oIZ^S^^^^^^ moditiesandbenefits wS frnm o 7k •^?^^'*'>' ^^^ *^^"^- ^3 riHdnes^ . 77 w 78 The Path-Way to Plantatiom. Enr- Thatthereiienuesof the JCrowne of England (liould thereby be exhaufted or empaired , feemeth in m ine eye fo im* probable, that altogether contrariwife , it feemeth , and muft needs be, the readied way, and (iireft courfe that can be,excee« dingly to augment the fame,both at home and abroad. At home,in that they which rcmainebchind.fliallf the L^nd being thus disburdened and cleared) the better reape to them- fclues the benefit of the Land, and lb grow and increafc in weakh, that they may be inabled to pay to his Maicftie with the more cafe and alacritie,& in more quantities his dues, and impofitionsiwhereas now , what by the great charge they be atfbrrcletuing manyof chcfe, that now encombct their pa- rifli on the cne fidc(*i charge mtfifmall in manyparijhesyeerely, 4^ their part c f one \\f hole Sutfidie to the ki»j() and what by the extreme fines and rents whereto theit liiiings , and the high prices whereto all things to Hue by, through theexcefsiuc mul- titude of people in oar land, areracktand raifcd on the other Cidc, euen they that haue rcafonablc good linings and mcancs, are fo kept downe, and , as it were , eattn out , from time to time,thac they are worfe able now,then either they , or their predcctflbrs , for thirtie or fortic yecres paft , cither lo kecpc houfe, or pay impoHtionsand dueties required. ty^broady while as probable it is , that by the good of Plan- tation, they which goe away from hence very poore, may withinalittlewhile become very rich : they that here were but needy & of meane eftate, may here arife to bCj^s we termc menof fubftancc and good abilitie, Sttbjidie ww^cmielues, and foyceld profit, and pay to the Kings Cotfers in fuch (lore and plentie , that , by Gods blefling attending on mens inde- uours, the income thereto from fuchonely, (that I fpeake no- thing now of what may in great probabilitje arife by thofc great hopes of pearle, metalUmines, &cO may within a little time equal! , if not formount the prtfcnt rcucnues which now all £»^/Wyeeld,whereby,by thchelpe of God; ( forof the c- ucnt, if the fault be not in our ftlucs , there is no doufce^) his MaieUie ^11 hauc lefle caufe then hitherto^to be qMfe charge. ^ able 19 ■-•'•^ Tbe(e€OHd Part. treafure , and as well ftored in money and meiKs for^cl 1 A 4WanyMonar«inChriftendome. """="«« w wealth, li^ktthemortlfindcmmtrrmrMd i^m-mNt mdth/ZZlr »bom theihin-twehiiHtulktdof. •" "•'-''*"?'»"« £«r. Whether you fpakeas you did. of Ignorance or for tnalUtoprouewhatl could, or would ayin^thSsiil ul^:^^^ Tk "•"• J '^«»« 'Pol'^nnothing,! hope but what fcffi^,!?'^ fi**'* '"''^""''''"^^'''''^""nruchfort"^^^^ Mice tofatwfie you or any other that will with ver t3 probabrlitie be (atisficd in thefe pQints;& tl-.ere(bre I traft that ftmttilfi, that OHrLanditMeto »f,crdl>oth hJiV,'Y j ^,Jh ^»i>Mmy heart, that I„>i^ht Hurt, hefrSd ksTthirZ J'/coi'r^.gfa.ddifWadethemtherefrZ. '""f'firtt, you^i^uiSCc'^rar't'dtr^'r^rT^sH^^^ 8o TbePaihWajtoPlmtatms. Refp* fhaue dont ohieUing and «fpoJing if or I ptreeiitejt u t9 /r# nut : bnt if there doe come miy thing into my mind concerning theft frpieUs^^herein,! JhaUneedjome better infermatl^ them f cang4m ther to myfelfe^f mil make boUtc come vntoyoH once more, but that fhall be^netof an opfoftte andgain^faier i but as a ScheHer that depm reth to learncy that Jo f may haue mine oVi/ne mind and vnderfiand^ *ngfo weU informed and prepared.t hat I may be able to confer with, midt if nu dbe^to informe others. Snr» Come and wclcomciwhenfoeueryou fee it good. ThcendefthefecottdPart* - A 1 H / »■ ■ t ^l I " % P L A I N K PATHWAY TO PLANTATIONS: Thdt is^ A Dffcourfe ingenerall concernin. the Piamatjon of our Engiifl, 1^^ mother Countries ^ ^ The third Part. p.:„... LONDON, Jb^ t t( Il'iill TO THE RIGHT REVEREND FA-THER. IN GQD, George, BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD T o r n wilhcth in Chnft lefus our Lord, all ioy and feitcttteofBtdyaudS0uU. I ''/2:T/?''S^' Honourable and Wor(htpJua) for want of Patroncs to my workc, ( for fuch I praifc God 1 need not want, the workc it fcJfe wanting not fauourablc Accepra- hat I pubhft, vndcr your Names fon:c par^ thereof : but for want of better occafion Ld fuIncflTc of my heart and raindc vnto you both: rowhom.I acknowledge my felfe fo fire indcb. will not fuffcr me to foigec youin my hcarticft *^ * praicrs p i praicrs, nnd the Catalogue of my BsnefaBors. To your Honour /ji^ht Returend Father in God ) for the great good 1 haue receiucd from rhc fruit ofyour learned Labours, fpecially that of Tithes Deiure Diuim, in regard whereof I doe oft ac- knowledge you to be my lyMaJisr and T^avber, and to you both, for your fpcciall and manifold fauours to the fruit of my bc»dy jmy cJdcft fonnr, whom it hath pleated you both long to enter- tainc in your feruice,and euen in his ratheft yccrcs to vQuchfafc him , and honourably to confcrrc vpon him , fuch preferments as may , by Gods biefling,be to him,asa bcginning/o an OccaCon of better , andpuc him and mc in hope, that you arc yet farther willing and readic , if God grant Opportuniric thereunto, to doc for him greater things. Accept therefore, I heartily and humbly bcfcccbyoubothj as a token of my thankful! minde, this little parcell and participation, with others, ofthefemyplaine and publicjuc labours J: The Argument whereof 5 if in particular,and di- ledly it luit iiot with your Anions and Courfesj yet tending , a$ it doth , to the general! and com^ mon good of thi^ wholcnatiue Country of yoars to which I know you wi(h all good and profpc? liti^jXaffurc my (clfcit wiUbc aotdiftafttull,hus gratcfi ons. Thi vnto tl to pray whom his euc you aui .■•". '.\ — Epmu. gratcfblhoyourHonourablcmindsand atfcdB- vnJ^i! f"**"'* ^^°4 *'" ^« Pl«'»''id toaddc vnto the forrucr. you fhali ycr farther oblige „' topray to h.mrh«is Father of vs aluSmm whomcommeth cucriegoodandperSgife h.s cucrlaftmg fauours and maJoId gS ^ youandyoun. ■ "o**"^"'** w^mw^-\mw^^"^mLMJ^ im^'^^M hmim^.:y-:W-wr. p * i$ TH PATHWAY TO PLANTA- TIONS. The third Part. The Speakers belS^^T^' ^ ^^'"^"' ^fiw«^/V,a Merchant. ■ -i'_^ Relpire. - — ■ I T--- if mmaythat need a hetter'^it 'W«»«V- /a j «d. The«aa,eorpr«.cipaUwher«>f,i„my wncckS "'"'''»"■'■ 'ous proceed >bere 00 better.. 90 The Path-Way to Plantations. Firft,waniof There wanteth among V8 a gcnerall and fctlcd rcfolution to fcffi^ proceed with them. • Enr» A like knowled« and perfwafion of the Neccfsitie AbiUtie,ani Opportudfc that our whole Nation hath there! unto. P^ Re/p. IfrayjOH Jpenksfime^hdt of each of theJefeiteraSy, Enr, I hauc rcafonably well done it alreadie, ii you call t^ mindjwhathath paffcd bctwccnc vs in conference. For in our firft dayes Labour, I ftiewed you manifoldly, that a Plantation is for our Land,at this prcfent time,veric needfull.And indeed, it is fonccdfull and neccffarie, that vnlcffc God take away the prtfentneccfsitie thereof by war or peftiknce,or both, if it be not this way remedied, this Land cannot but ftiorily come,for want thcreofjto verie great mifcrie and cui!!. And at our next meeting, I fliewed you,that there are both people enow , and meancs for prouifion enough, to perfbrmc iuch a bufincffe.and that in a large and a:Tiple,borh manner and mcafurCji f good courfes be taken for it accordingly : which can be beft done by fome z^B of Parliament, if the Eftates of the Land might be pieced to take this matter into their confi Jera» t ion,as a matter that highly and ncercly concerncth the com- mon good atthisinttant Matrers of ten times lelfe moment, are ordinarily vouchfafed the help and au thoritie of that moft high and honourabk "^ourt, and therefore great hope we may concciue,that in due time ;^hich is tncv wovt^jthis alfo fliall. For opportunitie I takeit,it hath paiTcd betweene vs in our whole conference, as a matter granted, that there is opportu- nitie **^ero«;o offered vs abundantly , becaufe ( as it is mod cer- tainly knowne, and out of all controuerfie) ther: are (undry Places and Countreys, where Plantations may be made, and our people may inhabite,if they will. Re(p. what tak^yoHforafecondcauft? |S' Enr. The want of fome good orderandcourfeforiucha Sccondlv.Thc purpofe,fuch I meane, as may be fctled^^wfr^/Sf^ all the Land want at lomc ^^^^^ y^y ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ anthoritie, and not by priuate agree- ments and dirc^ions only, which if I be not much deceiued, will ncuer effed fuch a workc while the world (tandcth. The fbs it. The^ third Pm. MWMp The ancient Romans well vnd.rftanding this, neuer there^ £n Aft nf P r" * 'P*''^.'' L"^' °^ publike Decree, much Were n/V /']"!'"'?''' ^'''"*^''°"'»'''*'"'««h«^^^ Jiia^ "' ''"'''"«"^*'' ■»' ^r« -/V-irf^./^, and other Refp, ThcKim,M»ufl,permitt„h*Hj thMrviit, ,0,. a1"L '"/'I"''''" " ™«« 'h"" we doeknow.whatfoeuerfolfce doe fay. I Experience doth (liew, ,|,«e mufl be vfed to the thorow effea,„g of.-,nyfuch attetipt. ,. C..cime as we f,, a form thdedaies andinourhnd, .0 make (if need ftoi'Id be) enough for a Plantation, confidering that it is eai« ^ «"c«^ vn o a war(are,,),en to get fttled Houflioldcrs, an^d whole fZ m,h„, men, women and childre„,to goe into a llrange counS toaplantation and habitation. * •■"uniiy Rcfp. H'liat may ha third caufef £»>■. Thewant'ofindufttyandinclinationtolabourandtake, w. r- gro.\ne,asI may fay, with that peftifcroiis weed /J/,«/& andpcopfc. fog.ucn to .mmoderateeafeand q^.etne.Ie,,hacftistZffibIe c recannTh' '''^TT"" "^ '? Plantation,which th^e? con! ceiuecannotbeeffe|aed, as indeed itcannot, without much la- hour and paines taking, without induftriius endeurrfand much diligence. It is reported by Authors of good cred r "f ih3th,sarmyandfouIdicrsweremorehurtanddifabiedtomarN«'H «a I affairesby hisfufferingof themtolieandliueinS a City o(UM, but onehalfe yeereinidlenelTe and luxuty'Xn thewhoIeHoftoftheRomanshaddoneinfomew&cS brfore We muft not greatly maruell. if ur fo long continued £AJ''m ^'T ^'r/"'' ^"^'^' imploymems, X vn. Ipeakablcidleneire and diffclute life, haue fn ;„r,.J'-j ._ j " that they mnot endure t*,| hcariog,much leirbcfttoaccouncthatfoi his Country : and that it is but meerc vanity for men to prcferrc the foileofany Region before themfelues. ^ In a word, all thaty ou fay or can fay for thi. point, is as farrc out of the way as if you would fay, becaufe children haue beenc borne and bred vp m their fathers houfe, ther^ore what need foeuer they haue, and how bad maintenance and keeping foeuer they haue there, yet they ought not,nor haue they anv reafon to gocoucofthatthcirfathers houfe, andtopailc into other elfc- \^htit,tan^HamtnCclomas,zs into new Colonies or Habitati- ons, there to be prouided for and to liuc in farre better fort Kelp. Ifeemneonerpght, and th At aH this h4th formerly le.ne . biwded andoucr^ruledme, that 1 couldmtfo y^eHprneine it at how f'7ff'^J<>*^r Repetition and^ecolUmon thereof I doe .1,•^''^?^^^'*'"'"^''^^"^"'^^^ ^"^^«- And if you haue any thing elfc to enquire of, proceed vnto it if you pleafc. ' tattOKS n. Zd God fori M that [0 great an opportunity, or rather, fo many, and all [of aire opportunities (for that alfo you haue already (Kewd) fhJd bee ouerflipt and negleUed. It may be. feared if they ^fhould, God r^ouldnctbcplearedtherewith. ForwLatcan L doi more for vt then to makcvsfo many and fof aire offers for our good from time tti ^me^onethatlouethoHrNation,ifwewillfeeit, and ^wiHincr, yjSfrcadingofitintofmdry farts of the y,or Id, to make itfamoui »^'i*;^>'f^aivpon earth f make vSt '''"''"'- "^PPy*"«f?«!l??!lwebe, if vvee Ot Refp. ^4 The Path^W^j to Phmations. Rc(p. Bnt ntw fprsyj^H t^Sme, what mattfter sfcoHHtrigs theft sref £ttr, 1 haue already done tkat alfo, if you remember well our £r(l daics labour, by Hicwing what good is in them to be had j and by anfwering your Obicftions pretended againft them, as if they were not worth the accepting, -^ Refp. Irememherthtwell, But mjdeftreist that you wokld rrUte vntome thefiMte ofthofe CouKtriefpartkuiarly ore by one, . €nr. That were an endlelFc and a needlcllc labour. EndlctTc, for that it would require more then one or two daies time there* to : ^ndtteeuJeffc, for that it is already done, better then I can docitagaine, in fcucrallbookes or dcfaiptions ofthofe Coun- tries fct tor th by other men, fuch as haue cither found cut tlic Countries themfclues,or ddirc to farther our Plantations there- in : vnto the which let it fuffice t hat I remit you, as by which you may be fatisficd for this point at TmII, and that at your bell ieifure, Rcfp. That is a matter of cofi to buy ftfch booker, jE«r. Alittlemony willdoeif. Idoenotthinkebutthatyou fpend more a grcardeaJcin any one yeere in idle and vnnecelFa- ry expcnces: which you may fpare to lay out on rhcfegoed vfcs. The Bookes arc dclightfull of thcmfelues, as all hiftoricall trea- tifes commonly are, and fo will be a good recreation when, you hauebecnc wearied other waies. Alfo they will often put you in minde of thefe things, whereas my relation will be but once : and when you haue read them ouer and ouer, they will feme for your children and others, to excrcife them to the reading of Engliflias well as any other bookes j. the facred Hiftorics and bookes diuine, that fcafon the foulc as well as the vnderftan* ding with piety and godhnclfe, al waies and only excepted. Refp, The Qf*ntries being jo many. U it intended that t here fia/l he Plantations i» them all by the Sngiifh ? Enr, Whatisintcndedlcannottcll. But this I can tell, fomc- What to that purpofe is or hath beene attempted in them all. Rcfp. But it is net fojfble, they,fhouldallbefim(!yed, is it f fomcwhatvniikely. It «s not good to haue many 5?!?!^5;§fca?Wwkcsifthaiidatoncc. Icwercbcttgrhiply, that fomc opinion^ Country The third Part. were oucn Hill dcfcrred 95 fomeof them *«/4. the old ftying xi,forikr. Force* vnited tnuft needs bee the flronger, and difpe. fed the weaker, "os oeetne ,ll'^"'"?^'r°'"^';?"'"''"'"g^P> ""-^ full ftoring of them rM,hn'/°'"''T,'"^^"'''°"''""*°>" ''"'''> »"d peace " J b mf^r "r ?r'^'°»8 '^""^ ''' hath do„e,there is no qucflion tobemadeoftt btuthat were all prefenily remoued. that our Land .s able to fpare, which doubtlcTe J^a.jfcorehfl°Js vp And KJ? '^ ""^ "'^ '" y.7''y '''"'^'■' ■*'" "x: 'd(„foriihtr,li,t ^ thefrTffeSon" """ "" '^f"''' "'" '^'"f^* "'" « mine Z kT' -cu L "^''"""on proceed by hundreds, Cm^m is thebcrt.jfbythou(ands,Av4wWisbeft. ' ^ J"'^^'»yf'lf'.J0Hdoev,akevf,ng„ire»f„H. ' ^ trie. „;ff,7/ ' vnderftands either the ftate of thofe Coun- flandme. "«'"* «>f » Plantation, worfd eaflly ynder- ^f?-H'lpemeti>vm!erJlanditair: .-/::vi'.'".!"'A"'w« ffke for riches, for good Merchandi- Cou2?3flV"""?'?-':J*^"' he brought hither, the richeft ^Sc&h^lt- '^'f forthe prefenr, that ko. whence yvitblewttthandj u may be returned, isthebeft; Such iiCHi-, How many cations. ^^ The Path'Wdy to Plantations^ ait4. If we fcckc for roomc for ouroucrfwarming multitudes of people of many forts to be placed !n,t!ic moft dd'olare and cmp- tieft Country; voidcft of fnhabitanti,and necrcft and eafisftfor tranfportation, is the \>e(k: Such is Nevp.jound land. And againc, if we plant by (^^mpo/jtioM, Guiana is fittcft : if by Preeccufation, ' (forafittcrEnglilhwordonthefuddcnl findc not) Nerv-found landhhti^. J'" Rcfp, l^pray you explatKeyourfelfe aga'me a Itttle hetfer^for what v)zicsihcU\>zJonmeanebjplavtwgby Compofition W' Preoccupation / z'w* to vaakcVhn- derfiand not, Etir, Then are you little acquainted with thefecourfes. The meaning is this 5 We plant by Compofuion, when feeking to gainc a Country already iomewhat peopled and reafonably in- habited, as is Guiana, wedoevpoti fairc conditions, as by pro- fering them defence againft their enemies, fupply of their wants, namely Apparell, Armour, Edgc-tooles, and the like, allure and winne them to enter league with vs, to agree that wc (hall dwell among them, and haue Lands and other Commo- dities of them to >ur content. Wc plant by Preoicnpation, when finding a Country quite void of people, as no doubt in j4me^ rica yet there arc many, as was the Barntftdoi, now called 5#iw- »;CC0n<3iyjil Ww uCCuCCI HyJl Any V^UUiU gv»C Ciiai: Way bv Wwt A«, yet ourpeople generally will not endure it. Wee fee they can hardly, nay, they cannot be gotten to go« and pUnt thcmfelues whejrc Plantarion by Inuafion dii- likcd. of vn^ Vvhcrethey may doeit withall The third Pm. S7 «iia therefore there ,s no probabiluy, they will once mouc a toor, to gee and feckc our a Country by the fword Wereade,£\v.i3,7.thatGod,whe«hcbrougha:a! children Exod i, X7 of//.^./outor.^^m, would nbtcarry them into the land of ^' '* C^nsan by the way of the Philiftincs Countries;, though it were . theneerer way agreat deale,/./? the pecpie p^onld repent them ..hen t^SZT"''u T'^^'^^ iW.^^;;,; but God made the |eopIetogoe about by the way of the Wildcrneife of the red Sea. Teaching vs therein, how fearefull people naturally arc of warre, as willing rather to forgoc euen an exceeding good Land, as C^«^<«« was, rather then to goe into it by the fwo-d- andthatGodhimfclfedin.kesnotfufhafeare ^ '"'^^^^• Ik/ I I'^'l" '''"''". °?'^y' '' ^" Army of Souldiers to Aibduc the Inhabitants and tak? the Country, and then after to goe, men, women and children, co inhabit, and kecpe it, if they can. Formanytimesmfuchcafes^theeuentofwarrcprouesvn. certanie, whereas going where needs no /^«^/?..-, rhey may make their full remoue, young and old at fii!^, and rcil fecurc of Ktling there. Fourthly, and f;)r mine owne parr, I. tWa fi"' "".^'"''.Vfi ■"»"> them. G<,d hJh atlctU ^ndieflmed that on .hem for their pcr,U«. ffhich temjr /5. it feemes,»metofia«dr^i,hreafi„ ,«dRel,gio«h,h, rh.tejri eo- pMatfeuer the; h.JioMbe permitted ^„ie,ly W pe^ceMj „ hold and emojthe,ror„„e Comtrj, »„d,Ut it ought not of ^„y, iy ttle,f4tthfHllor vnUithfulLoA-MP -^^^Ul^^ A . _ . . . . ^^^^' "• IcannotlntUk^ri^Uofjouropin^i;^^ , ^'"'' ^^^P^#i;iii'. ri The Path- way to Plantations. cYiC contrary, but you know the old rule, y$mtur tegilfmt n^tt tx* cmplui Wc mud liue by lawc6,and not by examples. And there- fore till wcfindc better proofc then pra£life, and further war- rant then, Thus and thus others haue done before vs, I hold it not fafe to doe the like. * Refp. I fee that Inttajion is neither the hft , nor fo much m d good c enrfe for Pt4K tat ion, j4nd therefore J MMrneH how they ei- ther are d( ceiuedy or doe vnderflund themifelitest that fay , 4i 1 haue heard fome^thdt feemet(< be of good vnderflandingthut fvaj, htHa* pon and P/antation are coufen germanstandfo itke one the ether, that «8 man may tat^eapatternefor the ottefrom the other, Enr. They that fo fay, and I am one of them, haue very falrc probability of that they lay, as 1 fuppofc. Refp. lamgiadthen, that J made mention *hereof fn ce joh are of that minde alfo : for now I hope Ifhali be made to concsine how that may be, I pray yon therefore declare it vnto me, Enr, I will, but briefly, left I make you as weary to hearc, as you fsenic willing to Icarne. Thus it is. There be fiuc things wherein thf fe two a£^ions doc very much like. accord, and which the onemuft vfe as well as the other, or clfc J. Difwoucp;. they cannot profpcr. The fiift of them is Difcouery. The party Inuad'ngjOr they that will inuadcanotherNation or Country, mull firitof all make a perled- Difconery thereof that knowing thefituarion of the place, the largcneifc or quantity, the llatc and quality thereof, the allianceit hath with other people, neerc orfarre off, weakeorftrong, and other like, accordingly they may prepare for the attempt. The fame muft they doc, that will plane in another Countiy. They inuft know certainly the fitua- tion of it, the largeneife and quantity thereof, the nature ard tquality of the Soile, the ftarc of the ClimaDC, ;he tempera- ture of the Aire, the eafinelFe or difficulty of accellc and en- trance vnto it, theraoft conuenient places for erecting Cities, Townes, and Fortifications there, Alfo whether it be inhabited already or nor, and how much, and in what fort. What kinde ofpcople they be, iikcwifc what Borderers and Allies vncoit, what fruits and commodities there, or likely there to bee had, like. For according as they haue notice of thclc ptarticulars, they jnay and muft proceed. The Wherein In- uafion and jPlantation arc fomcwhac as The third Part. The Ctcond ii, pcoplcfo make i 99 and withmatew (corejof yeares, tomu...plyand increafe viitn fix or feucn hundred .l.oufinds und abou/.Ld togket o^fa and p„„„,c, as g,d»» did, with three hundrcdErmcd men ypon two or three hundred thoulandsof we appo™ed u r ^ '""'"""'. What wemay or muft Joe. itj ^.r.Thatcannot«guIa,lyan^c;urni;"^i;rm7cd.FerKte' rcy withall^thc Army muil be more or klTc 5'" « I' -*"»- ^andftipnofk Ar»U.r^ . . . ' UOfl WithaU. as to inuadea Countrcv ac«.td.ngtothe,hteai;=^tre^ ^u&Zt:Zf°''"T «ithali,thcmuItitu'dere^,^o;rg "hZtT!nATf"^ to thegreatneire or fmalnelFe of f^n \!f -u ' ^ '*" *"*''«'* '"■S be fure of ProyiHon , both of vi^uais for thcmfelucs^, and ntrellarics for building and other vfes,till they bcfetled snd ha^eof their owne there. Rcfp. This u'ity AS fame thinly ^ that mArres all, Tor as it is thoHght^ there is no fofflhilitie to haue Pronifon for fuch a nstilti- tftde or g reut numhtr of peop/e, as mttfl or need to be removed. And indeed hotv cAn tt hcpoffilUy thAtten or twenty thoufAndremouix^ in one yeAre, they cah hAue along with them a ye Ares, or (whifl} is thelcaft tl.at may be ) bnt hAlfe a yeares promfton^which may /«- ftaine them till the Conntrey it fclfe ain fuccour thtm f fnr. You and they to© arc v i3 } annch miftaken. For as to an Armie of thirtie orfortie thoj f^ncl : ouldieri, p'«^ouifion mud be had for them al the time they ..re abroad,but it is not of necef- (ity,that they muftcaric it all with thera uihe fiift fetting forth >- ir is fufficicnt, if order be taken how kmtfy bee broug^it vhi^ them by Sea or by Land,from time to time, weekly or monethly, as (h^U be fit, and can btft be perfoiitned : And euen fo it is for a V idc remoiing into a Plantation. And this I hope yoii k .. : /t:li_. _i. . 1 _i • ! _jj _j •• ' o*^"* •* jpviiioi*, ciiQu|gil to oe uDiuiucu iuVf uOiic ■ aiiu liiii t|jc fooncr, if you vndcrftand withal^, that into any of the Countries, "W il l i I l i J toi The third Part. Countriei to be plantcd,our .liips may cafily mike two,thf ec.oc iourc voyage? sn a ycarc. . RclV Ifteth^tMthe'Vrcunbe f*it',,rhertbemmwm9tU the w»ad them omt, Preceed I prsy yeu ie jeur fenrth J^mitie. hnr. That IS C#/^ri/#>. In making an //r«4/f(,», there is r.o- i r.!^--^ tiling more rcquifirc for many caufes, then that it be done.whcn ^^ ^""*^* It II once xr.tcndcd it fhall be done, with all rpeedindFc Mx^ cclc- mie: A point wherein the ancient R^tMne Captaines common- ly excelled and oucrreachcd all other, and their/*/. Ctf^xhtm all rand a thing which cftentiraei itood thenj more in ftcad then any other proicft or courfe they could dcuife. A -^dfurcJy in ma- king of aPJantatJon,Ithinkcittobenoncof fhe^aftpointsto be obleriicd,for many qucftionleire,are ihecommoditicj there- oK Nothing IS more dangerous then a lingring warre: and no- iliing more difcommodiou j then a flow Plantation. Rcfp. whM Cc Untie think, ycu ..edfuUto be vfUin thttt ^,fef wh« ccI.rW Enr. 5uch, that the Whole Plantation might in fome rea- n«dM ^7 fonabiemeafure bcfinilhedmtwo,three,orfo-reyearei at the Plantation. Refp. rhei feemes .1 thing dltoXether^mfefible, i;«r Whyfo? IsitnotpofTibie-ffar cxamplcf fake) thinkc you ) that if wee fliould make a Plantation 'mNey^-foundUnd there mightbelentthithtr the firftyearefomany as might inhi- bit It all along on|^c thereof, and ten or twelue roilel into tire Land : the like on the other kide the lecondycare sand the third yearctcnor twelue miles farther i^n both fides ; the reft remai, n.ng void, in the middcrt, may cither be filled vp in the fourth yearc, or(jf it be not much, and who hath yet related the bred.h r V^''^^^""f^y ^^o^Sea to Sea?) remaine forthefpreadinc of the firft number as they doc propagate and increafe. All whichtadoe,wii! notreqwirefo great ftore of people as ibmc happily may imagine confidcring ^hat theParifhes rhcre cannot the be here and need not be onj quarter fo full, a* ^^[^'td^^notfeehtitthAtitHfojribleenoHgh[uchatUn^^^^^^^ be, torTtvehAitt both tfnitU m^ti-iif M-'^-^'^-'' L-'-L- P...^ ^rthwith^ilJorfmhdfpeedyPUfJtatien. Snr. Such cJeritievrcd, would make a better Plantation « P 2 I0& The Path'Way to Plantatm] «• any wbcr< in three or foure ycarcs, then if Ijksly to be made by «* any courfc that I can hcare of yet vfcd in three or fourefcorc «« yeares. i. It would be marudious comfortable and proficable to •«tbc people remoucd. 3. It would fccure the Plamation from ail «' encnnes that Ihall cither cnuy ic, or endanger it. 4. And it won! i fct v$ at liberiic for another Plantation othcr-whcrc r which Vo well and roundly nnilhed in one place, would be a notable pac- -terne and incouragcmcnt to any to participate in fome other, Refp. Ngwproceed.ijitflfAfe jou, tdyourUfiRcfcmhUnce, r« Policie. Enr. The fift is Policie : which in both thcfc Cafes muft mucS bcvfed. There muft be policie forthegefingjand policie for the keeping of that which is gotten. Forgetting viaory againft ihofc they did inuade, goodMartiall Commanders, whofede- fire and indeuour hach euer beenc to pe/forrae more Coftd/ia ^juamviy by policy and good aduicc, then by power and force, haue vfcd in former times a three-fold policie, Hcnonr, Trefer- iwf«r,and RewArd, i.Honmr, He fhatfirft climbed the walls had hik Crowne. 2, Preferment, He that fhcwcd moil vil jur, was euer ^duanced to higher place and office in the Campe and Armie,and fometimes toincouragethemall. 3. For their i?^- wW, they gaue them the fpoile of the enemy. The whole boo- tic was theirs if thdy could win the Townr . The like mud be yfed in a Plantation. That the better fort, men of dexrcrfiic, indufl^y, and vnderftanding, be preferred tc^jlaces of Pr ehemi- ncnccano Authoritie: and that all that will aduenture to inha- bit the Plantation, be vouchfafed byaliberalldiftribution of the Lands and Commodities of the Countrey pbnted vnto them, riches andmcanes for them and theirs abundantly and « gallantly to liue vpon. Such liberalitie and aduanccment will <« incourage men to goe, and will quickly make a good Plantati- on, which CouccoufnetrcandnegUa ofperfons will n^ncr doc. 2. For keeping of that they haue gotten, Martiall men doo Tie a twofold policie, s'/*. to ftrcngthcn thcmfelues,an O' ^o' the moil part deftieuceof Armour, and vnskilmll infcatcr of armes, by all mcanesK IS expedient fotokecpeand continue them. For fee- ii«o f ?l' r I^' !^^^ P"'' *" ""'"^^' of perrons, and ftrength of body already exceed vs, if we fufFcr thJm ,o haue ar! time, they will;n valour too cxcellvs, and fc bcatvs wuh our owne weapons. Ihefe be the things wherein betwixt Inuafion and Plantation, there ,, fomuch affinity. To which I might tddctwo mot,, EcjHity and .-.thority, without the former. Whcrcot, an Imaft,^ is nor MumMt Utrocimnm^not a warfare H-lnn ^'^^'""^ Plantation, nor a lawfull Poflcflion, but z an Army belcuicdfor Inualion, nor will amulritud^-ofpeoplc begotten to fetforch for a Plantation. &utIpa(rebythefeiboth becaufeohl^one I fpake but little before vpon another occali Sl^n"! ii?'''r'"'^*^V'°^'^'°"' '^^^'"g «^^ out of que. ftton^thatall theplaccs and Countries intended for PIantat?ona by vs,arefuchas mall equity we may, by the Law of God and Nitionsenctrvpon. \^ f'efU4edforyourUtcrpoi„tsf Policie, to^dde fomipmicnUrs b<»^ttmtghPv.cinepramfely<,ufhouUgiu, memmh men ccn. ten. Ft>r tttsa tlhf th^t I dtfire much to he Are. Enr. That would 1 doe alfo, were ic not that I doubr left low oeucryou may accept if, yet fome other (hearing hereof) would fay vnro me, as Apdles to the Shoomaker, Ne sttor vh/a vreptd.,m : 1^0 man fliould intermeddle but with that which • &e.ong$tohi$owneprofenion: orwhichisworfc, Thatlbauc cut large thongs out ofotherfolkes leather. Wherefore. for that point, letmedcfirc you rather to hearken as I doc, to hcarc the words or voice of him or thciii that fhall fay, Ihm and tbm h ^ingfaidir, haue power whac they ha«e fpckcn in words to pertormc and make good in d€cds,theutoprcircmctofay what P3 may 104 The Path-Way to Plantations. may or might be done, that am not able to (ly or alTurc any riian ^o\ this Whether is beccer to plant in an liaadorina Continent. eucriny lucntiimg/^jfff^r acne, rartuer, tnis would rcw quire amorelargcDilcourfeby farre,thcnthcbrcuicy which I promifed and intended wiU admit. Rcfp. Let that mctttr^9e she» • Afid now teU mt I fray pu^ lofhe- ,thiritrt>erehttfrthataPiantatio4 bens4dt in an lUnd, pr in a Country at largest hat is no lUndl Eitr. That I cannot certainly tell you. For in f^uerall rc- fpcftsjcitherofthem may be better one then the other. As in re. fpeft of certainty, celerity, facility, and fccurity, it is better to plant in an Iland,foitUeiomcwhatl3rgc, thenjnalarge Conti- iicnt. But in other rcfpcas, as for Opportunity to enlarge the bounds ©f the Plantation, for variety of Commodities, which a large Continent may rath:?ryeeld then a lelfer Hand, for vicinity vnto other Countries, and Cor league and amity with iiJghbour Nations, and other hke, icmay be better (Ceteris pa^ r-j^w^othek- things being futable, to plant in a fpacious Conti- nent, then in an Hand. Refp. Joufaidhttt nowi offmh Countries m are dfuotd oflnba^ bitar. tf, y ou thought New found Und the befifor a prtfent 'Planta- tion, what mouesyou to be of that minde f for I hcare that fame doe dijltkeit very much, Monues fof a £«r. I can giuc you no reafon for it out of my own experience, prcfcnt Plan- f ^,.^35 y^^ know,lwas ncuerthere.Forthat point therefore,! had rather rcferrc you to Captainc i?/dr. fFhitbourne, I mcanc to his booke of the Difcouer^ of that Country, which he hath lately fet forth whereby you may for that matter be farisfied at large. Refp. ^Ht in the meanetime, t ill I can g(t that Booke, andbeat Istfure to perwfe it , you p^ail doe mi a plea fur e, if you will in brisfe re- late vnio me, what yen haue obferued out of it to th^t pnrpofe, Enr, That 'will doc willingly. The fumme is this. Firft,itis the necreft plact tnat now is to be planted,, not aboue 1 4. or 1 5. daies faile with a good wind : whereas f^trginia, and fomc of the rcft,aretwifc as far at the leaf!, and more dangerous forpalFagc. Secondly, it is the fafcft place for Plantation, as which is out ofthcRoad,asImayfayjbothotthc Spaniard to his Countries andPlantations,andalioofPiratsatSca, who arc moll for the Straights. And, if need fhouid be, whither fooacil; [vix>» with- tation in Newfound ■land. ^ third Part. '•umimm t- in iftwdaics warning, they there may hauc fuccour from f*/- /4itti, and fv/Afw^agatne from ir, Thirdly, Tc is the cheapeft and readicft for pallage and traof. porf«tion, both of men and mcancs of all forts to plant with both bccaufc our Ihips doe yccrcly and vfually, two orthreehun^ dred failcohhcm goc thither on fiftiing voyages, and that moil of them but haUe leaden, and lomc with no Jading at all ; and by PJanratiofi no doubt more may and will, Founhly,icmay fooneft be finifhcd, and fo we freed againc for fomcothcr Plantation, bccaufcicis butan /Aii/^ ©f no great con- tcncj not fo big as E»^and, but ncerc about the grcatnclFe of Firthly, the Country itfelfc is healthy and temperate, very agrecablcto theConltitution oioMt Etfgh(hhmes,2L% which is vL ry n'/ and ^^res, which are very rich and well iWed with Wheat Bceues,Shccpc, Goats, Hogs, Hen$,aiid many other good com- modities for a Plantation, which from thofe parts may be had cafier^fooner and cheaper then from -E»f/4;?^. ' . II. Ir is a Country very ftrong by Nature, as which is ftored with many goodly Harbours to well made and fenced by Gods handy-worke, with Rocks and Cliffes, that a little For- tification will make the whole, being but an Hand, and that not great, inuiMcihle bj Sea, iz. Itmay beameanesto increafe thefliippfng of our Land, which is as it were, the wall thereof, wonderfully, and with- all our Seamen anc' Souldiers, fok feruices by Sea, and*fo ?o gaine vs in time thefreedome, foueraignty and fafciy of theSeas beyond all ocher nations whatfoeuer. I ?. It is hkvly to yec!d vs many rich and neccffary Com- modities for our Land, which now our Merchants doe fetch as farre or farther ofF,at a dearer rate,or with hiore danger a great deale,then there or thence they fliall. 14. Seeing firft and foi \with planted by vs, it may bee a , meancs of the furthcranct of the rell of our Piantationi in- tended, which from thence may haue many fupplies: and which may ferue for a rcfting place for the rcfredjing of thofe that goe to or from them : this being as it were, in the mid-way and high way to them all. 15. It is very necelfary for our Land, bccaufe if it fhould ( through our negligence and backwardnf (Ic) bee intercep. ted by any other Nation, it would bee as ill a Neighbour to Enghndi as being accepted by vs it may be a good. And namely, it would hazard the deftruftion and ouerthrow of all the reft of our riamations, which can hardly ftand without this, and the lolle for euerofourfifliing voyages there, which thefe fourefcorc yceres we haue frequented and enioy which lolfc alonr, w/juld be euen the vndoing of many ofour Sea-coft Towncs in- £yjA<»y,that doe now liue much by them, 16. Lai* of all, diuers honourable and worOupfull perfons haue The third Part. 107 l»iact!rcady begun ftiicrall Planrations in tlidt Country, and Co laid the foundation offofimous and nacable an attempt, as all after ages fhall haue caufe, i doubt it not, to commend their va- lour and honour their memory. With whom, if others, or, which were much to be wifhcd, if our vchple-L^n/. would ioinc! the ; . ke could not, by theblemng of God, vpon f o blelled an aft .1^, ut luckily and fprcdilyprofper. Refp. W&<*. h^;j7<»»^^rethofey9orthjferf$nsthM hsmcmade the prft aditentHreof piaattnj^ there ? £«r. They arc thefe. Firtt, the right Honourable, /fr»rf The«.« Lord r-;. Vifcount F./yW. and nowlord Deputy of /rS ^&V| hath begunnc a great andfaire Plantation there fome few yeeres ««*^r haue lince: andiswellplcafcdtoentertaineany fuch as will aduen- ^^°«P' Secondly,the right HoBourable, Sir G«r^r CAr^r/, Knieht ""'' tand prmcpall Secretary to the Kings ^J «xcelle„; MaiK hath alfoay«yhrgeandgoodly Plantation th«r«,whi«:hthoBA' itbcasyetbutrnthelnfaney,*;*. of notabou75.,r. /And wemay btfure chat in thac great multitude of ^00. thoufand at the lea^that remoucd,therc were 9. number of aged people both men dcwomen.Sothat you may fee,itis no ftrange thing forthofc that arcwellftrickenin yeerct, to goe and feck e new Councriei. Rcfp. Old men be fit tcgoe, iut yoMng men mc thinkesy h fitter, hecaufe they hatu none bttt themfeines te care for, Enr. Therefore are they die lelTc fit for a Plantation, and old men fitter «:hent^ey, not onely becaufe of their better experi- ence in thcwotld, their grauitie andrauthoritie,as I faid belbre, but alfo becaufe they haue families, and fo children vnder them, which will hdpc to fill the Plantation apace. But young men and finglemen, bcOdes the want of experience in them, they caa doc little good to the Plantation but in their owne finglc perfoas^t molt. Being vnmaried,if they continue fo,they will hur.andhindcrthe Pkmation therehy, which will be no lelTc hindred by tht vnmaried there, then our land is hindred by the (poorc)maried here. If they will marrtc,they fliall not eafily findc with whom, vnletreitbewiihtheNatiucs ofthofe Countries, which haply wil be nor handfome nor wholefomc for them;ccr- tainly profitable and conticnient (they hauing had no fuch brec-- ding as our women hauc) it cannot be. And whcD they arema« lied, long it will be before any fruit of their marriage can be vp » to yeeld any force or enlargement to the Plantacion : whereas *r A. _|- ^- f- ^ 1^^^ J., .a.^.:^ J »^A Aii^M. »lia«> 1«4iiitna ^K]1#lt>f>n_ i^mcmorc, fomclcire^ of <^^?!!!^%*' jmdgtQwth^they aliibt -- %; The third Part. lit another^ to cnlargcand fill vp the Plantation, by Edition of new families, as it were littic new Colonies, euery wher«; Fur- rher, whereas young and fmglc men when they come there* vp. on^any htt c diffike, will bee apt and ready to rerurnc andfc^ lAlce the place and fo comming home agairpe to difcredit rhe A «ioii,maned men and hoizrc-kcepers mu(^and will abide: and It haply vpon any occafion, the man hiaifcIFc come ouer ioro £»rW now and then, yet he ieaucs bchindc himfuch a pledge andholhge-,! meaneh^: Wife, Children, and Family, for his returne,a$maywenairurcthe Countrey that he will not faile, bcttufethatnowis s^fol^te/; his hom; and proper Habitation! Laftly, if any enemy (hall aiFaultthem, whoisTikely to fkiikc clofe tohim, the maricd that fights pr^ ^ris & facts, as they hy, tor God and his Countrey, for his Wife and Children , with whomandtorwhomhemuftandwilJliucanddic,orthcfingIc man who fights or rather fhifts for himfdfc, and therefore will foonc eitheryecld or runiic away, as he fljall perceiuc to be mod for his eafcandfafetie? In good policic therefore I fuppofc, ic wercgoodandfit that fuch, that is,maried folkes, and fuch as ftauefamiIies,aboueothers fliouldbe procured and inuiced to goe, yea and with fome augmentation and reward in Lands or other benefits, aboue fingle perfons, be induced, incouraeed. and as It \^ rehired thereunto. ^^^i.Tlievoy.igeoriourneyisnocl6ng,notabouefourctcen^ or fifreene dates faile with a good wind forif-nycroire wind JeBh/sea. come, notabouc iwcntie, or one and rwenrie daies commonly 1. Vyhathardne(rcordifficuItier$ there of trauclling by ScL more then at Land? It is rather the eafier and pleafama of the two I ynlc/Ie God fend any great temped, which is jiot very vfu- aU all the Summer ^afon, itisof thctwo, themore plea&nt and cafie: For there you may (it in your chaire, or lie iii your l5!i^]^'"'^^P.^TV^^"?^» delicately as, ortnore delicardy sawi^Oc our viGiiUcmen chat ride in their C::oflch • ^nA K-.*;* your waits end bcforeyou be either aw^-reor C;oach wearie. and bee at 3.Why^ y. of them chachaueU- uingshcre. I iir The PatlhWaj to lUntations. I, Why fliould you not endure the Seas as well as doe Prin* ces, Nubkafid Genclc-men and women boch^tliat be of a more tciider and dcljcatc, breeding an d conftitution of body then you l^iarre, who ycr, Mno doubt you hauc often heard^doeycarcly and ordinarily paiTe the Seas to Cciuntrie« farre and neere, Rcfp. / haue m§ need t§ got : Theintend^trtt u for the fotrtr fort of the L4ndthA$ hatie mthtPig to trufi to^nneiyor my party I thmijke God, Ih4He 4 Lming thai u able redfondlj weBta heife tttt Bnr, I. The lelTc need you haue to goe, the more is our Coumrey here beholding vnto you, if you will goc j and the more (hall the Country there be beholding to you, if you come thither. For the commmg in ©f one or two that haue fomcgood laeanes of their owne, to bring with tlicm is better for it, then of fiueorfixthat come with little cr nothing, t. The Intend- ment is for any thatwillgoe whofoeuer. The poorer forr, be- caufethey are likchcrttobcgotten;, though rhey be chiefly, yet they are not otidy intended. 3. And the liuing that you haue here, how long Willi: hold i Refp. As long m mj life doth hold, hnt no longer 1 grant. But if Godgtne me time to Hue 4 while ^ I hope I /haU he ahle to doe foine* wh4tfor mj children too,4nd fee them aUreafonAyij wcUprouided to line^\¥heH 1 4m giHe» Snr, But by your owne faying, if you fliould diewithin a lit- tle while, (and what Charter haue you of your life more then other men?) You mud needs leauc them ill prouided for, and moilof thetn cither to the mercy of the world, which is little orto the court efie of iheir friends, which haply will bee Idle' And what need this, when by y w>ur remouing ycu may prouidc forthcm your felfc, and fee them in that good ftate, thatthcy need not be beholding to any others, but rather able to he]p« others. 4. Farthcrjthcbeft prouifion you can poffibly prouidc them lierc, if you might liue yetthefc twentic year e$, can be but for their owne rime : but remouing as you may, it is rery probable, muingthat racanes which you hauc now, you maybe able to fciik both your idfc and eu^^y oftc.of them, though they bee halfc ( ) IIj The third Part, Iialfca dozen, or Inlfe » fcoreof them in « ,„„j t - • better,,, your F«me ,h« yJlmTCnSlf ^""''«*i >-our,,,„afot,hcma„dti,eL«;:;,ti^^:r^".v^^ br/ada'^c2weare';h«S'° '^ %"-" '"P'— bc,b'reJdoea^;'^"^£/r;,±t^^^^^^^ aftcr,thcre chcyniavallL Dr«.L,i^f , m feuenyearei toyour childrcn,1f hMhXu^ '''•"8 'l*^''"'*' be pe CO '-in/poorc,'a:i:d LSmIK'*^/^^^^^^ Which a man Kn^^ hu 1 ^^Put that ypon vncertaintie,, all doubt ««'»'>«', but may be aJFured of, and put cut of hundredthatdofrfbre t;:ry°^^^^^^^ *Vh:^:r4Ti;drh!„"''^'^^^^^^^^^ and fcrled a g^deSlFn 1 P?J; • *""* y°" "'y *>»"* ?»«« yo«Iiu.mtl.pL'S;^7oTerorhL°^^^^^^^^ *"' '^■ wmoue hence, and bee but on ftT„ T Tr' 'f >""■ *"' »"« tboughyoudkbeforejouco^e thaeTlr/^ .«>•?> fi;t?A~'i''?fr V0« wen.th,ttheApoTe:„d Natu. 114 tf.lt is riiotyfu- all for men ichackaucli- uin^ here io gj>c. The manner in ancient times, how to raife people foraPlanca- cioa. The Pathway u Plantations. ^ chiidreit, Ittinft the time to conr : and agiine^ I^e thai dotk wt$ fMiddtfvrhu v»n€ ( mcaiiing no doubt^ if he may doe it t and hauegoodaad fit oppcnunnie tliereto, as ycu now haue) *ni f^tciMlj for thtm •/ hu •wm hoitf:, hee denietb thf Faith ^ and if wtrfi then an InfUei, Rcfp. 79$tfreffe me exceeding hard ftpon this paiptt and doe en* ferce me in manner t9 cenpdert which I wiSdect Gad wtUin^j, more deeply vpen it, Enr, Ir wai nccctrr.iic to preCTc you hard vpon it, for this it a ilaning hole, outx)f the which I knew well enough you would not eafily be beaten, Refp. Tournnueaway vpon tkefe points 1 fee » as fafi at luftie Horfes doe with am empfie Cart: hist Ihaue fomewhat jethehiade thui wiU lade you better, andfnde you more to doa, or elfel am much deceifsed, Snr^ What is that? Let vshaue it for Gods fake. Refp. it it not a thing vfnaHfor fach to goe as hauc good liftings here of their etmne , as J baue % htst for the poorer fsrt onely, thstt hatse none at <•//» and therefore what reafon hane I to kre^kf the cnftome f Enr, Is this the point you thought would plunge rac, or fct me a ftand ? This fomcthir^ is as much as nothing. u Now addcs indcedyand withv^, icis not very ^fualJ. But in ancient times, when Plantations were better itollo wed then nowtiity arc, it was very vfu^U, asyou may fe*- r diepcrfors of jikraham, Jfdac,Av\6, lacoh, who were all m'-n of great (late, and in the mtnoiIofephJo{h,T7,i4* :Lnd'mihtmcnot/kdah,JMiig,i, almod thorowout. And as I could fhcw by* the pra^ifc of many Nations, who vfcd when they intended a Plantation, to connderwhat number it were expedient for them to remouc, and tiiat wasvfuaUy on^ 'i-^lfcja third or fourth p^rtofthe whole, both f reat and ^mall. then to cail lots, and as the lot fell fo they went away, were they rich or poore^ whether they had Li- uingsornor, 2. If the cuftomebe ptherwifc now, tharcu(1-»me«nay end fliuftbec broken, becaufeit is not good: Al! good Lawes and !•_ 1 !^^ ,1.:- ^1- r'^a. i& OuCi* l«liV*^^i^^«iVVaiv• »*iiii;jiWiiifc ^^^■••-'*'* Uudahle CO I '^ *- mj The third fm. would prout very hurrfuil i^^Zli^l^^^'^'^'^"' For who n^all beGoumioM m/p . L II '^""""O"- rcaron.fhcw that rlii.r^«,..rt r /V'*^* ? Doth not vcjy i.uuraxc DC mere to be tound.who n»av in <^rf*.A «ru .^ men, be tduanccd to places ;>f m^err.11 j ^^^^^^^ m^ .if» and niMnn .!,«, :i,. t •""«" Better ftvrfdm forr .n^/? "V""" "«* tn«y, that may employ the nearer «ort, and luxh<.n on worke. whereby thevmrv he Lhir money to fuftainethem and theirs i 5^"*^ ''* *"' '» it grcirgoodand^p femenr^ A ^ i!*"'™ .''"" "» ''•«> fcnri«.ocoae;;rb^£,Tdt2r:/S3"'^^^^^ ^ 'ng R JfcV. / li^ The PaphW^ u Pkintaiions. Erir» Tbis indeed is fomewhar j I hearkncd f^ric long Cmce, 1 know it is a point char pinchah many, and makes them more vnwilling then clfc they would b require. A.ncw kindeof finne, may haue ^, new kin^e oFpimiftimcnt, as ofc, £.v maiis imribtUt ^7«,,r#i./'^^J^«oii,pa. nr;«r P'''lT'^'"'f"^'*'^y''^^g"^« ^^'G<>^- And r prayOod of his lone andgoodoeffc to our Nation, and for the furtherance and lucreafe of hh GofpcU, to vouchfafeta ^i. thcfc I v^ ■ . ■^ 110 Th Pa$lhWiff t$ PJmtatums. iWpniyiie^ t# ali dm fh^Hl goc ia them ^p a^ipy 0i4 ^(atdy pro c< r