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ENCOVRAGEMENTS, 
 
 For fuch as shall have intention 
 
 to bee Vnder-takers in the now plantation 
 
 of CAPE BJRITON.now New Oalloivay 
 
 in AMERICA, 
 
 BT MEE 
 
 LOCHINVAR. 
 
 Non nobis natijumus; aliquid parentes, aliquid 
 Patria, aliquid cognati pojlulant. 
 
 EDINBVRGH, 
 
 Printed hf lohn Wreittoun. Anno Dom. 1 625. 
 
TO THE RIGHT 
 VVORSHIPFVLL 
 
 SIR WILLIAM 
 
 ALEXANDER 
 
 of Menstrie Knight, 
 
 Maftcr of Requeftes for iSco^/ant/, 
 
 and Lievetenant Generall to his 
 
 Majeftie in tho Kingdome 
 
 of NEW SCO TLAND. 
 
 AND 
 
 TO THE REMNANT THE NOBLE- 
 
 MEN, AND KNIGHTS BARO- 
 
 nets in Scotland, Vnder-takers 
 
 in the plantations of New Scot' 
 
 land in AMERICA. 
 
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TO THE ADVEN 
 
 TVRERS, FAVOV- 
 
 rers, and well-willers of 
 
 the enterprife for the inhabiting, 
 
 and planting in Gape Briton, now 
 
 New Galloway in America. 
 
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 GEntle Reader, 
 It hath heene the policie vniverfall, from the 
 creation of the World vnto this time, of all civile 
 States, the replenijiiing of the World with Co- 
 lonies of their owne fuhjeShs. Adam c J Eva 
 did firjl beginne this pleq/ant worke to plait the 
 Earth tofucceeding pojleritie. Noah, and his familie began 
 againe thefecond plantation. And the confujion of tongues at 
 Babel, made divijion of States, fcattering as manie Colonies of 
 ver the face of the Earth after the Flood, as there was diverjitie 
 of Languages : and their feede as it Jlill increafed, hath Jlill 
 planted new Countries, one after another; and fo the Worlde 
 to that ejlate whereinto it is. 
 
 That the planting of Countries, and civilizing barbarous and 
 inhumane Nations, hath ever beene the worke of the greatejl 
 Princes of the Earth, their ever-living aSHons hath tejlijied; 
 wherewith are filled both the records of divine Trueth, and the 
 monuments of humane flate; and whose heroicke anions (wee 
 
 B mujl 
 
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 ThoEpiaio. 
 
 mujl not thinke) hath beene vndertaken vpon triniall motives, 
 when as by that, they did ajluell inlarge the limites of their Do- 
 minions, andenriche the revenues of their ejlates ; as bridle fedi- 
 tion at home, and fettle fecuritie againjl their enemies abroad. 
 Thefeprecredingpraife-worthie Fathers, and their memorable 
 offpring were diligent to plant, that yet vnplanted to their af 
 ter-hvers ; wherein f lined thofe worthie Founders of the great 
 Monarchies and their virtues: the Hobrues, the Laeedomoni- 
 ans, Gothes, Gr.-ccians, Komanes, and the rejl from time to 
 time in their feverall ages. 
 
 But to leaue thefe remote times, let vs take a view within thefe 
 GO.yeeres of the difcoveries, and plantations in America, by the 
 EngHfli, the French, the Spainard, the Portugalo; by whofe 
 tnduJlriouspai?ies are made knownevnto vs alreadie their Jo hudge 
 traas, kingdomes, and territories, peopled and vnpeopled, as vpon 
 the hither fide for thefpace of 5000. leagues at the leaf, and for 
 3000. more on the backejide in the South Sea. 
 
 Manie difcourfes of the difcoueries which hath beene there ef 
 
 fe^ed within thefe few yeeres are made of worthie Perfonages: 
 
 fuch as Columbus, Cortez, Pitzora, Soto, Magellanes, and 
 
 manie others, who to the wonder of all ages hathfuccejiveliefe- 
 
 conded one another in thofe partes. 
 
 Whole Decads are filed with difcoveries there, and volumes 
 with their anions of plantation : There wee fee the renowned 
 Drake, and memorable Candilch twife about the round circum- 
 ference of the whole Earth. Virginia to perpetrat the memorie 
 of her honourable Knight S' Walter Ralegh, Araidas, Arthur, 
 "Whyto, Grenuile, and Lane her firjl difcoverers, and worthie 
 Qovernours in her plantations. S' lohn Haukins in his Guinea, 
 lohn de Verrazano a Florentine, lohn Rinault, Rene Lan- 
 doniere, Dominique Gorgues in their Florida. The noble 
 Cortez, and the other Spainards, and Portugalls in their golden 
 Mynes of the 15. Provinces of new Mexico, Nueua Gallicia, 
 Nueua Hifpanna, Nueua Bifcaia, Cibola, Quivivra, and to 
 the Qulfe of California on the back fide o/ America. The fa- 
 mous 
 
The Epiftlc. 
 
 mous Cabot, Frobiflicr, Davis, whnfe memories piall never die in 
 the North-wejl parts : and mantj innumvralde nioe Worthies, whom 
 all after-ufjes Jhall eternize for their vertues, who/'e anions I leave to 
 bee/earched as thctj are regijlred in the monuments of their praife- 
 worthic proceedings. 
 
 The piinintj hriyhtneffl' of thrfe (Gentle Reader) and fuch 
 
 others, hathfo beamed a path tcay to all poflcritie for imitation; as 
 
 that the bnj'j} mindc that is, may bee induced to follow their foot- 
 
 Jleppes. And for my felfe, hauing from the Jource of tliut ever 
 
 and over-flowing fountaine, that was Jlill a running to all, from 
 
 our late Soveraigne of never-dying memorie King I AMES ob- 
 
 tained a Patent of Cape Briton, which now, by bin lioyall di- 
 
 re^ion is intituled New Galloway i// America: / haue re (hived to 
 
 follow the troden way of thef^ [others, whofe happie fuccejje are Jo 
 
 plainliefeene in fuch honorable dffignes. 
 
 And finco I doe propone to my felfe the fume ends, which arc 
 firjl for the glorie of my great and mightic GOD; next the fervice 
 of his M. my dread Soveraigne, and my native Countrie; and 
 Infl the particidar weale, and vtilitie of my felfe, and fuch as fliall 
 be generouflie difpofed adventurers with mee : Why fJiall it bee 
 lau full for others, and not for mee : and not as pnfible and as com- 
 modious for mee, as vnto others of my qualitie? 
 
 The chiefe (then) and the farthejl poynt that my intention 
 fhall Jceke to arrive at; ^//t all '> t to remove that vnbeliefe, which 
 is Jo grounded in the mindes of men, to dijcredite mofl noble and 
 profitable endevoures with diflrvjc: and, firjt, to fhake off their 
 colourable prctenrcs of ignorance, and then, if they will not be 
 perjwaded to make their Jdfe-willes inexcujable; I fhall make 
 manifejt the worthinejje of the cauje to the mindes ofjuch as are 
 dejirous to bee Jdtled in a certaintie. As for my Jelfe, I doe 
 gine tnjc to the relations ofjuch, whoje wjdomes (/ know) are 
 not Jo fhallow, as eajilie bee deceived of others; nor conjciences 
 Jo wretched, as by pretences to deceive others; and having the 
 perjonall try all of Jo honourable and Jufficient reporters, our owne 
 Countrie-men, this naked contemplation, and idle knowledge can 
 
 ^2 not 
 
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 Tli« Epiftlo. 
 
 not content mee: but kmwiny that the rhiefe commendation of 
 vertue confifleth in aHion, I haue rcfolved a pmaife, and to trace 
 thc^ footjleppen of thone heroicke fore-runnen, whn/i: honourable 
 albums Jhall ever live vpon Karth; whilen their Soulcs live in ,jlo- 
 riem the Hcacrnx, and /hall incrcnfe hcere, and multiplie ; aa their 
 bodies m the ijrave Jhall putrife. 
 
 The inducements which hath incouraged mce to this cnterprifc, 
 and to fpend mij time, and bejl abilities in thr/e adventures, I 
 Jhall heere/htte bricjlie downe without amj inlnrr/ment of made 
 wordes, but in Jingle f peach, as bejl bcj'eeming a Jimple meaning; 
 Intreatmg thee (Courteous Reader) that thou would with an 
 afedioned mind conftder theje mxj Jahfequent motives, where- 
 with I haue bccnc induced my J elf e : ponder aright mg endes: and 
 then but weigh mg willing and free Offers, which I doe make 
 for the weale and furtherance of Jo worthie a Worke. Wee are 
 not borne to ourfekcs: but to help each others, and our abilities 
 and meanes are not much vnlike at the Jirft houre of our birth, 
 and the laft minute of our death : and it is our deedes good or bad 
 that allofvs haue to carrie vs to Heaven or Hell after this life. 
 
 While wee are therefore heere, let vs imitate the vertues, and glo- 
 ries of our PredeceJfours, that heereaftcr worthilie wee may bee 
 remembred as their Succeffours, 
 
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 meaning ; 
 
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 des: and 
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 mr birth, 
 ■)d or had 
 
 life. 
 
 and glo- 
 
 may bee 
 
 THE MOTIVES, 
 
 which hath induced mee, 
 
 and may luippilio ciicourago liich as 
 
 haue intention to bee Vnder-ta- 
 
 kers with Mee in the plantation 
 
 of New GALLOIVA 1 ' in 
 
 AMERICA. 
 
 MOTIVE I. 
 
 S the chiefe and primarie end of mans ere- The frj't 
 ation is tho Worihippo of GOD; fo fhall *"**'"'*• 
 tho firft, and fpeciall motive of my procee- 
 ding be the advancement of inn Glorie, and 
 that by the propagation of the Gofpell of 
 lESVS CHMISTamongd an Heathen 
 people, whore Chriftianitie hath not beene knowne, nor 
 tho worlhippe of tho true GOD. Where can bee fe- 
 le<aed a more excellent fubjedl, than to call downo tho Al- 
 tars of Devills, and to raise vp the Altar of CHRIST: to 
 forbidde the Sacrifice of men, that they may offer vp 
 the Sacrifices of contrite Spirites. 
 
 Is it not a determined Trueth, that the Gofpell of le- 
 fm Chrifl fliould bee preached to all the Worlde (^Heaven 
 andEarthJhallpaJfe away, butGODSWordefhaUnotpaffe 
 away.) And is it not as certaine a Conclufion amongft'all 
 the Divines, that thefe are the latter Dayes, wherein we 
 live, well knowne by the fignes that were to come before, 
 fette downe by God himfelfe in his facred Worde, and 
 for the moft part alreadie manifefted ? And hath not Gods 
 
 B 3 all- 
 
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^^COrn^GEMSm-S FOR 
 
 oommonlie. than properiie Sr?/" l"^ » ''««. »o« 
 know^e but within thfe 60 t^ i""" ^"^ ^"""J vn- 
 to make appeare the pCffeZ'?' "-^ " ««»>Pfe, 
 how hee wiU haue the feeS^f u- *"»« Providence 
 ™o„gft thena; Then dl^ulLZr'"' *° ^^ <•--:!' 
 fecute hisworke; a,.das bymTlr","^" ™"' "' '» P™- 
 buy at them the pearle, onhTS*™« '"'' *^-^^ 
 mumcate vnto them the pearles ^ »; """ °"«'" *" ™- 
 
 The tm,e hath never beene r ° "" 
 "urmoftgrati„„,a„dg„^™/PP»fent as now, vnder 
 
 "We generous and mSf ^"l'^'"«^«^^W 
 '» the fan,, hath maS K fi' T"~ 
 the Crowne, to bee the feieaed ;„fl ** ""'^ '■°™=»'ed 
 
 Then ftould not that B • " '"°^'>* *<> atehieue it 
 fon in Him, whom tee tt'' ^"^ '"-«"o- 4 - 
 aion, both ineite, andrvite .1 /'? '° ""'^ «'" '"» a- 
 a«. would Ihunne the i^rM„n" "f^^ """S"^' "^ ''""h 
 Hi8 foot-fleppes. ""?"*»''»" "f -dleneffe to imitate 
 
 Is It vnlawfull for va *« 
 
 duetieofChriftia:rL;rber,!?T' ^"^ ■'' « *he 
 fteppe^ of GODS glorie Tnl^^f ^^^ ™P™W foot. 
 
 ^i to them, againft the law o7m, ^"" ™''''" heaven ; 
 ah e Strangor,'or to deny ^I CC^ *° ™'^'» "'P-"- 
 & It vnlawfuU for vs to t™j -ft . 
 
 Ophir; Abraham for n^t " f '"'^"8 *»• ^oW^ to 
 
 all Chriftendome forS ci?"' ""''•^*'""'^''' -"d 
 mifereants. "« commerce with Turh,, a„d 
 
 Nor neither is it vnkwfnll .1... 
 their Lands, and dwel^L^an^lr'!:* ^ "' 
 
 '».tion,wherfweemarrrrSr,lt£C 
 
 guages 
 
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 NEW GJLLOWAT. 
 
 guages each of others : and hecaufe there is rowme fuf- 
 ficieut in the Land, (as Sichem faid) for them, and vs ; the 
 extent of an 100. myles beeing fcarce peopled with 500 
 inhabitants : and chieflie hecaufe (as Pharaoh gaue GoJIien, 
 to Ifrael, ere Ephron fold his caue to Abraham) they have 
 folde to our people their Lands for copper (which they 
 more efteme of, than money) to inherite and inhabite : as 
 Pafpehay and Powhatan, two [of] there greateft Kinges to 
 thefe our Colonies in Virginia; and chieflie (as it is writ- 
 ten by Captaine lohn Smith, a worthie aiftour in the bufi- 
 nelfe) when Captaine Newport was defired by Powhatan 
 at Worowacomaco, to come fror,, .antes towne in Virginia, 
 where hee was, as a place vnwholefome, and to take 
 pofleffion of another whole Kingdome, which hee gave 
 vnto him. 
 
 If any fcrupulous confcience will impute, that yet wee 
 can poflefle no further hmites, than was alloted by com- 
 pofition, and that fortitude without juftice, is but the 
 firebrand of inlquitie. Let him know that Plato defineth 
 it to bee no injuftice, to take a fword out of the hand of 
 a madde man. And Saint Augujiine hath allowed, for a 
 lawfull offenfiue warre that revengeth injuries, and where- 
 in the whole Divines in Europe, although contraverting 
 farre in other things, yet in this they all agree, that it is 
 lawfull. That the Church of Home allowe it. The Spa- 
 niard, and Portugalles large and ample territories and king- 
 domes in the 15. Provinces of Mexico, Numa Hifpanna, 
 Nueua Gallida, &c. beare witnefle. And for the Church 
 of England, their Bermudos, Virginian and New England 
 conquefle and colonies affirme it. And the Church of Gene- 
 va in the yeere 1555. determined in a Synode (where 
 Calvin was prefident) to send Peter Rochier, and William 
 Quadriganm, vnder a French Captaine toBraJtlia, althogh 
 they were fupplanted by the Cardinall of Loraine, and 
 the treacherie of their falfe Captaine. 
 
 When 
 
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ENCOVRAGEMENTS FOR 
 
 When therefore it is fo fweete a fmelling Sacrifice to 
 propagate the name of lefas Chrijl : if wee haue any graine 
 of faith or zeale in Religion, let vs feeke to convert thefe 
 poore Savages to knowe Cfhrijl, and humanitie. Let Re- 
 ligion bee the firfl aime of our hopes, and other thinges 
 fhall bee cafl vnto vs. Our Names fliall bee regiftred to 
 pofteritie with a glorious Title ; Thefe are the men whom 
 GOD hath raifed to augment the ftate of their Coun- 
 trie, and to propagate the Gofpell of lefus Chrijl. 
 
 The fame GOD that hath ordained three Kingdomes 
 vnder the Scepter of our gratious King CHARLES, 
 will not bee wanting to adde a fourth, if wee would dif- 
 folve that froftie ycieneffe which chilleth our zeale, and 
 maketh vs cold in the a6lion. 
 
 MOTIVE II. 
 
 Thefecond A ND next to the Worlhippe of my GOD, 
 motive. J^\ fervice of my Prince, and native Countrie : 
 
 is the 
 which 
 is the fecond end that I haue propounded vnto my felfe, 
 by inlarging thefe Dominions whereof I am a Subje6l : 
 a duetie mofte proper to all the true and loyall Lieges, 
 whenfoever by fo lawfuU and eafie meanes it may bee at- 
 chieved. 
 
 What is fo truelie futable with honour and honeftie, 
 as to gaine to our native Mother-Countrie a Kingdome 
 to attend her ? Wherein can the tafte of true vertue, and 
 magnanimitie bee more fweete and pleafant than in plan- 
 ting, and building a foundation for thy pofteritie ; gotte 
 from the rude earth by Gods bleffing, and thine owne in- 
 duftrie, without prejudice to any ? What more condu- 
 cing 
 
NEW GALLOWAT. 
 
 cing to that myfticall bodie politicke, whereof thou art a 
 member, than for to finde imployment for thofe that are 
 idle, becaufe they knowe not what to doe? Pofteritie 
 fliall remember thee for it, and remembring, ever ho- 
 nour that remembrance with praife. 
 
 Confider what was the beginninges, and endinges of the 
 Monarchies of the Chaldeans, the Perjians, the Grecians 
 and the Romans, but this one rule : what was it they would 
 not doe for the Common- wealth or there mother Citie ? for 
 example : Rome, what made her fuch a Monarcheffe, bul, on- 
 ly the adventures of her youthe, not in ryots at home, 
 but in dangers abroad ? and their juftice, and judgment, 
 out of their own experience when they grewe aged. "What 
 was their mine and hurt, but this : their exceffe of idleneffe, 
 want of experience, hypocriticall feeming goodneffe, & 
 growing onlie formall Temporifts ; fo that what their Pre- 
 deceffours gotte in many yeeres, they loft in few dayes : 
 thefe by their paines and laboures became Lordes of the 
 Worlde, they by their eafe and vyces became flaves to 
 their fervants. 
 
 Then, who would live at home idle (or think in him 
 felfe any worth to live) onlie to eate, drinke, and fleepe, 
 and fo to die? or by confuming that careleflie, which 
 their predeceffours hath got worth ilie? or by vfing that 
 miferabhe, that maintained vertue honeftlie ? or, for bee- 
 ing defcended nobhe, pyne with the vaine vaunt of Kin- 
 red in penurie ? or (to maintaine a fiUie ihow of braverie) 
 toyle out the heart, foule, and time bafelie, by Ihiftes, 
 trickes, cardes, or dyce ? or by relating newes of others 
 afiiions, fliarke heere or there for a Dinner or Supper ? 
 deceiving his friends by faire promifes and diffimulation, 
 in borrowing where hee never intendeth to pay? offen- 
 ding the Lawes, furfeting with exceffe, burthening his 
 Countrie, abufing himfelfe, defpairing in want, and then 
 coufening his kinred ? although it is feene what honoures 
 
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 ENCOVRAGEMENTS FOR 
 
 the World hath yet, and what affluence of all things ; for 
 fuch as will feeke, and worthilie deferue them. Heere 
 were courfes for Gentle-men, (and fuch as would bee fo 
 reputed) more futing their qualities, than begging from 
 their Princes generous difpofition the labours of his other 
 fubjedls. 
 
 It woulde bee a Hiftorie of a large volume to recite the 
 adventures of the Spaniards anu Portugalles, their conftant 
 refolutions, with fuch incomparable honour, fo farre be- 
 yond beliefe in their difcoveries, and plantations, as may 
 well condemne vs of too much imbecillitie, floth, and ne- 
 gligence. And yet the authours of thefe new inventions 
 were helde as ridiculous at that time : as now are others 
 that doe but feeke to imitate their vnparalelled vertues. 
 
 And though wee fee daylie their mountaines of wealth 
 (fprung from the plants of their generous indevoures) 
 yet is our incredulitie, and vntowardneffe fuch, and fo 
 great, that either ignorantlie wee beleeve nothing; or 
 fo curiouflie conteft, to prevent wee know not what fu- 
 ture events; that fo wee either negle(a, or oppreffe, or 
 difcourage both our felves, and others, that might both 
 as eafilie and would as willinglie attempt and embrace the 
 like. 
 
 Who feeth not, what is the greateft good of the Spani- 
 ard, but thefe newe conclufions, in fearching thefe vn- 
 knowne partes of this vnknowne Worlde: by which 
 raeanes heo diveth even into the verie fecreetes of all his 
 Neighboures, and the moft part of the Worlde. 
 
 And when the Portugalles and Spaniards had found the 
 Eaft and Wefl Indies, how manie did condemne them- 
 felves that did not accept of that honeft offer of noble 
 Columbus, who vpon the negleft of England, to whom it 
 was firft offered; brought them to it.- perfwading them- 
 felves the Worlde had no fuch places, as they had found ; 
 and yet ever fince wee finde, they ftill haue found newe 
 
 Lands 
 
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 NEW GjILLOWAY. 
 
 Lands, newe Nations, new trades, and ftill daylie doe 
 finde, both in Ajia, Africa, Terra incognita, and America : 
 fo that their is neither Souldiour, nor Mechanicke from 
 the Lord, to the begger, but thefe parts affoord them all 
 employment, and difcharge their native Soyle of fo ma- 
 nie thoufands of all forts, that elfe by their floath, pryde 
 and imperfe<ftions, woulde longe ere this haue troubled 
 their neighboures, or haue eaten the pryde of Spaine it 
 felfe. 
 
 And feeing further, for all they have, they ceafe not 
 ftill to fearch for that, which yet they neither haue, nor 
 knowe not : it is ftrange that wee fhoulde bee fo dull, as 
 not maintaine that which wee haue, and purfue that 
 which wee knowe. 
 
 I am fure that manie would take it in an evill part to be 
 abridged of the titles and honours of their predeceffours : 
 when if but trueUe they would judge themfelves : looke 
 howe inferiour they are to their noble vertues, fo much 
 they are vnworthie of their honours, and livings : which 
 never were ordained for fliowes and fliadowes, to main- 
 taine idleneffe and floath, but to make them more able 
 to abound in honour by heroicall deedes of a6lion, judge- 
 ment, pietie and vertue. 
 
 What was it they would not doe both in purfe and per- 
 fon for the good of the Common-weale ? and may not this 
 bee a motive for vs to fet out fuch as may bee fpared of 
 our kindred in fuch generous defignes. Religion aboue 
 all things fliould move (efpeciallie the Cleargie) if wee 
 were religious, to fliowe our faith by our workes, in con- 
 verting thefe poore favages to the knowledge of GOD. 
 Honour might move the Gentrie, valiant and induftrious ; 
 the hope and afliirance of wealth, all : if wee were fuch, 
 as wee would feeme, and defire to bee accompted. 
 
 Or bee wee fo farre inferiour to other Nations, or our 
 Spirites fo farre deje<S»d from our ancient Predeceffoures 
 
 2 or 
 
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 ENCOVRAGEMENTS FOR 
 
 or our minds fo vpon fpoylfi, pyracie, or other villanle, as 
 to ferve the Portugah, Spaniard, Dutch, French, or Turk, 
 (as to the great hurte of Europe too manie doe) rather 
 than our GOD, our King, our Countrie, and our felves ? 
 excufing our idleneffe, and our bafe complaints by want 
 of imployment ? when heere is fucli choyce of all fortes, 
 and for all degrees in this plantation. 
 
 So let thefe anfwere fuch queftionleffe queftions, that 
 keepe vs backe from imitating the worthineffe of their 
 brave fpirits, that advanced themfclves from poore Soul- 
 diers, to great Captaines, their pofteritie to great Lords, 
 their King to bee one of the greateft Potentates on Earth, 
 and the fruits of their labouvs, his greateft glorie, power, 
 riches and renowne. 
 
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 The third 
 motive. 
 
 MOTIVE III. 
 
 AND as I haue fpoken of two principall caufes that 
 hath induced me ; The third of ray ends may hap- 
 pilie bee no leffe forcible to encourage all fuch, whofe e- 
 ducation, fpirits and judgments, wants but onlie the purfe 
 to profecute the fame with mee, and that is the private 
 and particulare gaine, that may bee got by fo lawfull and 
 eafie meanes : whereof it is more than admirable, that fuch 
 fhould either bee ib wilfuUie ignorant, or fo negligently 
 careleffe as not to be moved to irabrace, and fpeciallie, 
 fuch imployment as may fearch out commodities, to live 
 happilie, plentifullie, and at eafe. 
 
 Ought not everie man to regard, afwell to inlarge his 
 patrimonie, as that hee bee not chargoable to others, fo 
 
 farre 
 
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NEfV GALLOWAT. 
 
 fn.rro as hee may by his vertue and indullrie, in a lawful! 
 and honeft manner attaine vnto. Is not a lawfuU fearch 
 for fuch commodities, to bee preferred to an idle floath- 
 fulneffo ? and an honorable policie in a lawful! plantation 
 abroad, before vnlawful! monopolies, and wrangling fuites 
 of Law, by neighbour againft neighbour at home, impove- 
 rifliing thy felfe, and thy native Countrie, whereof thou 
 oughteft to bee a more profitable member ? 
 
 May not the fortunate fuccefle of the plantation of 
 Ireland, fo frelh and recent to all, whence fo great com- 
 modities are brought both to England and Scotland, and 
 whereby the Countrie it felfe is enriched, and rvee fo be- 
 nefited, bee inticements to induce vs to the like. The 
 venturous, and generous Spirites of refolute Gentlemen, 
 vnder-takers of this plantation, haue raifed their fortunes 
 worthie of honour; and by his Majefties favour, their 
 vertues rewarded with the titles of Earles, Vice-Countes 
 Lords, Barronets, and Knights, according to their qua- 
 lities, and his Majefties pleafure. The meaner fort, fuch as 
 artifanes, labourers of the ground, the greater part where- 
 of, were knowne to haue fcarce a competent meanes to 
 defraye the charges of their paffage thither, now pro- 
 moted to bee Gentlemen, and of great meaneu. And 
 why may not time produce as great efiedls to vertue, in 
 others who fliall follow her pathes with refolution : whers 
 as good occafions are offered, in a climate more tem- 
 perate, a Soyle more fertile, and farre exceeding in grea- 
 ter commof'''i'P8? 
 
 And laft, to fliake off the difficulties, and impedi- 
 raentes that may bee obje6led : as the dangeroufneffe of 
 Sea, the barrenneffe of the Soyle, and the vnwholefome- 
 neffe of the climate ; all which difcouragements might a- 
 ftoniihe forae with feare, and to thinke our expenffes, 
 and paines vnprofitable ; when as our endes Ihall bee vn- 
 
 C 3 poffible. 
 
ENCOVRAGEMENTS FOR 
 
 poffible. I haue therefore heero taken a view that you may 
 generallie knowe and learne, what the Oountrie is, and her 
 commodities : the temperature of the climate : nature of the 
 natives : and the eafineffe of the paflage ; all which I fhall 
 briefly nmno over ; only to remove from before your feete 
 the Humbling blocks of impoffibilitie that may affright vs. 
 
 The Countrie it is called by the name of Cape Briton, 
 now Neio Galloway : new, not in refpe6l of the difcoverie 
 thereof, which to the judgment of men of knowledge and 
 vnderflanding is not new, but old ; for the much hath been 
 written thereof, yet new, not olde, becaufe of our new vn- 
 dertaking of that plantation. It is fituated bet\v!xt the de- 
 grees of 45. and 67. an Yland within the Sea, but vpon the 
 maine, fevered by the diftance of foure leagues in fome 
 parts, of two or three at other parts : and at others, lefle. 
 
 The Yland is in length fome 120. myles, and in breadth 
 80. myles or thereby: {landing South-eaft, and JSTorth-weft 
 to New Scotland; where the great river Canada ingorgeth 
 her felfe in the maine Ocean. Harbours there bee excee- 
 ding good on all fides, in moft part whereof are ancorage 
 for fhippes of all burthen. Yles there be about over-grown 
 with good timber of diverfe forts of wood ; all as yet not 
 difcovered except the Yle Sablon, which is full of woodes 
 and wilde beaftes, but without any people. The Land 
 is watered by foure maine rivers, full ot Salmond, and di- 
 verfe other fortes of fifhes. It hath plentie of fpringes of 
 fvveete waters. Towards the North-eall, Mountanous: 
 and toward the South- weft Caimpainge : promifing as rich 
 cntralles as anie other Kingdome to whom the Sunne is no 
 nearer neighbour. The ground in it felf fo fertile and good 
 as may equalize any of the Kingdomes that lyeth in the 
 hight of 45. 46. 47. Onlie this advantage I find in nature, 
 that they haue above this : they are bewtified by the long la- 
 bour &: diligence of induftrious people & airt : & this is only 
 as God made it, when he created the world, vncultured, plan- 
 ted & manured by men of induftry, judgment & experience. 
 
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 The commodities which we Ihal reape from thence (hall 
 be great, for the Sealhall fweeten our labours with her bene- 
 fites, as the Land, and the Land afwoU as the Sea. The Sea 
 ihall reach vs vp her Whale, her turbot, her flurgion, cod, 
 haddocke, fmall ling, raakkerell, herring, mullet, pearch, 
 Eele, crab, lobfter, muskle, wilk, oyfter, and infinite others. 
 Fifh is the maine Staple, from whence is to be extradlcd, a 
 prefent commoditio to produce the reft : which howfoever 
 it may feeme meane and bafo, yet it is the Myne,and the Sea 
 is the fource of thefe fdvercd ftreames of all thefo vertues, 
 which hath made the Hollanders, the miracle of induftrie, & 
 patterne of perfection for thefe affaires : and the benefite of 
 filhing, is that Primum mobile that turneth all their Spheare 
 to this hight of plentie, ftrength, honour, and admiration. 
 The ground it will yeeld vs an admired varietie; fome wee 
 fhall haue that are merchantable, which, by the ferving for 
 ordinarie neceffars of the planters & inhabitantes, may yeeld 
 a fuperplus "ifficient, by way of traffick and exchange with 
 other nations, to enriche our felves the provyders ; fuch as 
 flaxe, hempe, which the Soyle doth yeeld of it felf not plan- 
 ted. For pitch, tai.e, rozen and turpentine, there bee thefe 
 kind of trees there, which yeeld them aboundantlie. Safla- 
 fras, called by the natives, winauk, a kind of wood of fweet 
 fmell, and of rare vertues in Phyfick. The Vine, it groweth 
 there wild. Oylo there may be there of two fortes : one of 
 walnuts ; and another of berries, like the ackornes which the 
 natives vfe. Furres of manie and diverfe kinds ; fuch as the 
 marterne, the otter, the black foxe, the luzernes, Deere skins, 
 bevers, wildcat, and manie others. Sweet gummes of di- 
 verfe kinds, and many other Apothecarie drugges. Dyes 
 of diverfe fortes : fuch as Ihoemake, for blacke : the feede of 
 an hearbe called vafebur, and a litle fmall roote called chap- 
 pacor, for red : & for blew, the herbe woad, a thing of great 
 vent and vfe at home for Dy ers, and many other commodi- 
 ties merchantable, which by anting may be raifed. 
 
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 Other coraraodities there are, which the ground doth 
 yeeld va for vi6luall and fuftenance of mana life, and v- 
 fuallio feddo vpon by the natnrall inhabitanta: for it la 
 knowne to bee fo fertile, aa without queftion capable of 
 producing of any graine, fruite, or roote, or feede you 
 will fowe, or plant, growing in any other region of the 
 fame hight. The grainea are maze, which we call Guinio 
 wheat, according to the countrio from whence the like 
 hath beene brought, and thia graine ia much about the 
 bigneffe of our ordinario peafe. There ia alfo beanea, 
 called of the nativea Oknigier : and peafe called by them, 
 Wickonzour. They haue porapions, millona, and gourda, 
 and an herbe called melden, growing foure, or five footc 
 high, of the feede they make a thicke broth, and potago 
 of a good tafte, and of the flalke, by burning it in allies 
 they make a kinde of fait earth, wherewith they feafon 
 their brothea, other fait they know not. They haue the 
 hearbe Tobacco, called by the nativea Vppowoc, in great 
 plentie. Fruitea they haue of fundrie forta : aa chef-nuts, 
 walnutea, grapea, medlara, mulberriea, goofe-berries, ref- 
 picea, ftraw-berriea, plummea, currans, or a fruite like cur- 
 rans. Rootes they haue of diverfe kindes ; Openauk, a 
 kinde of roote, of a round forme and bigneffe of walnuta, 
 which beeing boyled or fodden, are verie goode meate : 
 Okeepauke, another roote found in drye ground, which 
 they eate with fiflie or flefli : Tfinaw, a roote like the chi- 
 na-roote, growing together in cluftera, of thia roote they 
 make bread. Of beafts ; they haue Deere red, and fallow, 
 conies, blacke foxes, and others, bevera, beares, wilde- 
 cats, otters, marternea, luzernea, allanea, wolvea, fquirella, 
 anu v beaft called Mooa, bigger than a Stagge. For fowie 
 they haue the turkie, the goofe, the ducke, the flcoldrake, 
 the cran, the teale. Eagles, Falcona, marlin-hawkes. 
 
 And finallie are thofe other commodities, as are behove- 
 full for thofe, which fliall plant and inhabite to know of: 
 
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 fiich .18 oakoB, aftie, elme, firre, the pine, and afcopo : 
 which is a kinde of tree Hke the Lauroll, the barkc 
 whereof, is hotte in tafto, and fpycie: hazell, phinie- 
 treo, wahuit-tree, ehefnut-troe, and manic others, which 
 I omitt to reliearfe. For to make mention of the fevo- 
 .all bcaftes, birdes, filhes, fruites, flowrcs, gummca, 
 rootes, fweete woodes, trees, hoarbs, and others com- 
 modities, wherewith the ground is fo naturalhe, and fo 
 plentifulHe enriched, and ftored withall ; I ihould fill vp 
 Decads : but referring thefe to the relations of fuch a§ hath 
 fuUie collected the varieties of them, I come to the tem- 
 perature of the climat. 
 
 The nature of the Climate wee mayc eafilie conclude 
 from the hight whereinto it is fituated ; beeing in the 45. 
 46. and 47. which is as temperate, and as fruitful! as a- 
 nio other paralell in the World ; and anfwerable to thefo 
 fruitful! partes in France, which are accompted the gar- 
 den of Europe; PoiShu, and Anjou : and where is that fa- 
 mous river of Loyre, adorned with fo manie faire, fo an- 
 cient, and populous Cities: and manie other notable, 
 and famous Kingdomes : as you maye looke in the vni- 
 verfall Mappe, becaufe I meane not to bee tedious : and 
 fo having there fuch excellent temperature of the aire at 
 all feafons, much warmer than heere, and never fo vo- 
 hementlie hotte as it is vnder, and betwixt the Tropicks, 
 or neere them, wee neede not thinke of vnwholelbme- 
 neffe. 
 
 And now for the Paffage : Is not the navigation knowne 
 to bee fliort, as fufficientlie experimented to have beene 
 performed with an ordinarie winde in eighteene dayes. 
 and in as much backe againe ? how manie Dutch, Englijh 
 and French goe yeerelie there for filhing on the coafte, 
 and backe againe to their great commodities and profitc : 
 and by the waye wee neither fliall haue lee flioare, ene- 
 mies, coaft, rocke, nor fands, all which in other voyages 
 
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ENCOVRAOEMENTS FOR 
 
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 and in our coaflings at ||«|||i tf«» are fnbjeft vnto. 
 
 And now latt, it roftotli I IpMlke a wordo of the na- 
 ture of tho People, in fo farro as you mayc; knowy, liow 
 litlo they are to boo feared, in refped of troubling our 
 inhabiting and planting. 
 
 They are a people fo fowe, fo pooro, fo bafo, fo in- 
 civile, and fo favage, as wanting both multitude, po- 
 wer, or airte to harme vh. They are cloathed with loofo 
 mantles, made of Deere skinnes, caften roundo about 
 their middles, the rea of their bodie all naked, of fuch 
 ilature onelio as woe are heere, having no edge toolos, 
 nor weapons of yron, nor fteele to offende vs, neither 
 knowe t' y ho»^ to make anie, nor howe to vfe them. 
 
 Thefe weapo. which they have, are onelie Bowes 
 made of Hazel) md arrowes of reedes : flat edged trun- 
 cheons alfo of wood, about a yarde long : neither haue 
 they anio thing to defer .^ 3 themfelves, but targes made 
 of barkes, and fome armour made of flickes wickered 
 together with threed. In number they are verie fewe, 
 in twentie myles, fcarce threefcore people. Townes in 
 the countrie are verie rare, and fmall : containing fewe 
 inhabitants : and hee is a Viroan, or great Lord, that hath 
 the government of one to^ne. There houfes are li- 
 tle, made of fmall poles, and faft at the toppes in round 
 forme, in mofte parte covered with barkes. If there 
 flioulde fall out anie Warres betwixt vs and them, what 
 fight coulde there bee, wee having advantages againft 
 them, fo manie manner of wayes : it maye bee eafilie i- 
 magined, by our difcipline, our ftrange weapons, efpe- 
 ciallie, our Ordinance great, a ^ fmall. And by the 
 experience that others hath hr.d ^ u m rljsre, in pla- 
 ces more populous than this of /ii ;> v !, ..re the tfking 
 
 of them-felves to their heeles, w;,.h 
 againil them. 
 
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 So fooing you mayo perceive, what the Countno '\%, 
 and how fituatod: the aire how temperate, and whole- 
 foino ? the Soylo how fertile, and what affliionco it dootb 
 yetildo of cominoditie ? the natives how both fo fewo, 
 and fo harmclelfe? and the paflago, howo fo eafio, and 
 fo fre(iucnthe exporiiuented ? I hope there reniaineth no 
 caufo whereby tlie a6lion ihould bee mifliked. 
 
 Thus referring ray relation to your favourable con- 
 
 itrudtions : the fucceUb of tlio a6lion to Him, who is to 
 
 bee acknowledged the Author and Governour, not onlie 
 
 of this, but of all thingcs clfe : and thefe my fubf('((u iit 
 
 Offers, which I have freelie, and willinglie 
 
 granted, as helpcs, <and furtherances for 
 
 your encouragement to fo good a 
 
 Worke; yee maye pervfe, and 
 
 onelie imbraco as you ihall 
 
 thinke your felves 
 
 difpofed. 
 
 
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 THE 
 
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THE OFFERS 
 
 to bee granted to the 
 
 Adventurers in the new plantation of 
 
 CAPE BRITON, now called 
 
 hy ihe name oi New Galloway 
 
 in AMERICA, 
 
 BY 
 
 LOCHINVAR. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 For Minifters. 
 
 THAT the bleffing of GOD may accom- 
 panie vs in our indevoures ; without whofe 
 gratious, and mercifull affiftance, wee can 
 not have happie, nor profperous lucceffe 
 in our affaires. For the Minifters of the 
 Worde of God ; fuch as Ihall bee the fa- 
 vours of CHRIST for the gaine of Soules : and to pro- 
 pagate his Trueth : and enlighten thofe that are captivate 
 in Ethnicke darkneffe : and for the vfe, and exercife of 
 true Rehgion amongeft our felves ; I doe wilUngUe, and 
 freeUe graunt and offer as foUoweth, 
 
 1. Their pafTage from Scotland vnto the faid Land 
 of New Galloway lliali be free vnto them, with- 
 out payment of any frauglit, either for themfelves, 
 D 3 their 
 
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 ENCOVRAGEMENTS FOR 
 
 their wiues, and children, if they anie haue, and 
 their neceffare houfhold ftuffe: which all (hall 
 bee tranfported thither vnto them, into mine 
 owne Shippes, and vpon mine owne charges. • 
 
 2. They fliall haue their entertainment of mee, their 
 
 wiues, and children as faide is, in their whole 
 paffage on the waye thither. 
 
 3. For their maintenance, and their fo^efaids beeing 
 
 there : I ftiall giue them entertainment for the 
 fpace of the firft three yeeres, induring the in- 
 fancie of our Church there : and howe foone it 
 Ihall pleafe GOD that our number bee increa- 
 fed, that our Companies maye bee divided in 
 Paroches, that then a competent meanes fliall be 
 alloted vnto each Minifter in his feverall charge, 
 as fliall bee found expedient for their places. 
 
 4. For their aflifl;ance in fuch things as belongeth 
 
 vnto them in their callings : I fliall haue a fpeciall 
 care to fee, that fuch reverence, and refpe6l be 
 had vnto them, as appertaineth vnto their place 
 and calling : and fliall fee fuch goode order, as 
 by them fliall bee fette downe for reformation 
 of life, and manners, duelie obeyed and perfor- 
 med, by caufmg the tranfgreflburs, and contem- 
 ners of the fame bee feverelie puniflied. 
 
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 ARTICLE II. 
 
 
 THAT everie one of fuch as fliall be vnderta- 
 kers, fliall giue his oath of alledgeance : and fliaU 
 all conforrae themfelves in Religion, according to his Ma- 
 
 jefties 
 
NEfV GALLOWAT. 
 
 jellies Lawes, and manner profeffed within the King- 
 dome of Scotland. 
 
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 ARTICLE III. 
 
 For Gentlemen, and others vndertakers : what I 
 JJicdl bee obliged to performe vnto them. 
 
 ITEM, for the helpes, and furtherances of fo gene- 
 rous, and well-difpofed vndertakers as Ihall wiUing- 
 lie vnder-goe the hazard, and irabrace the enterpryfe : I 
 ihall performe the particulars in everie point vnto them, 
 as followeth, 
 
 1. For then: pafTages: everie vnder-taker fhall bee 
 
 tranfported, himfelfe, his wife, children, & fer- 
 vants, his whole houfliold ftuffe, and their pro- 
 vifion of vi6lualles for their intertainment, fuch 
 as meale, malt, beefe, &c. and fuch as they ihall 
 pleafe to provide to fuilaine them for a whole 
 yeere : Together with as much cornes, as they 
 Ihall bee able to fowe vpon their Lands, the iiril 
 yeere : and that all, and together paffage free, 
 into mine Shippes, from Scotland vnto the faid 
 countrie of New Galloway. 
 
 2. Beeing thither by GODS mercifuU aifiilance, 
 
 and providence tranfported, to bee eftablifhed 
 and placed in the Land : each man according to 
 his qualitie, as followeth : The landed Gentle- 
 man vndertaker, Ihall haue his Landes granted 
 vnto him in fee, and heritage to himfelfe, and 
 his fucceiTours for ever, to bee holden of mee, 
 my heires, and fucceifoures in New Galloway, in 
 
 manner 
 
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 ENCOURAGEMENTS FOR 
 
 manner as they holde their Lands in Scotland of 
 our Soveraigne Lord, the King his Majeftie, ei- 
 ther by feaw, wairde, or blanfli, and ihall grant 
 the fame vnto them in quantitie, according to e- 
 verie one of their qualities and raeanes. And for 
 tennants, and farmorers, their landes fliall bee 
 granted vnto them in Lace, everie one of them 
 to have three Life-rents, and a nyneteene yeere 
 Tacke thereafter, conforme to their power, and 
 raeanes, and performance of the conditions of 
 the rent after mentioned. 
 
 3. And further more that their helpes, and fur- 
 
 therances maye haue a competent time to e- 
 ftabhflie them-felves in their eftates, and that 
 their meanes may the better increafe : each vn- 
 dertaker of the plantation ofJVew Galloway fhall 
 bee free from the payment of any duetie for his 
 Landes, for all and whole the fpace of the firft 
 three yeeres. 
 
 4. For their affurance of a fecuritie, and peaceable 
 
 quietnefl'e in the poffeffion of their Landes in 
 New Galloway, whereof they bee vndertakers : 
 I fliall finde fufficient caution, and furetie vnto 
 each one of them within the Shyre where hee 
 dwelleth in Scotland, that whatfoever his goods 
 or geare thither tranfported, and placed vpon 
 the ground of the faids Landes, fhall bee taken 
 from him by violence, of the natives, or for- 
 raine Nations, that the double thereof fliall bee 
 payed and refounded againe vnto him in Scotland, 
 or to his heires, executours, or affignayes. 
 
 5. And 
 
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NEfV GJLLOWjiT. 
 
 And for artifanes and craftef-men, fuch as Tay- 
 lors, Shoe-makers, Smyths, Wrights, Webllers, 
 Wakers, Millers, &c. their paffages ftiall bee 
 made free vnto them without tiie payment of a- 
 nie fraught ; and likewife the rents of their lands 
 fliall bee free vnto them, induring their owne life- 
 times : and for their fucceffours, they ihall bee 
 kept in the cafe, and eftate of tenants and farmo 
 rers, and Ihall haue their Laces of their Lands 
 granted vnto them, as is fet downe in the Arti- 
 cle for Tennants, 
 
 I 
 
 ' 
 
 ARTICLE IIIL • 
 
 What the Vnder-takers fhall performe vnto mee. 
 
 FOR the whole duetie of my Landes, charges, and 
 expenffes to [be] beftowed by mee in my ihipping 
 and other provifion : I fliall bee contented to receive from 
 everic one of the faid vndertakers, the thirteenth parte 
 of that increafe, and commoditie, which their Lands fhall 
 bee made worthie vnto them in the faid plantation : And 
 that I fliall not require to bee payed vnto mee in moneyes, 
 but only in fuch commodities, as the Soyle fliall affoord : 
 fuch as cornes, fiflies, furres, &c. 
 
 AN D laft, I defire that all fuch, as fliall imbrace the 
 forefaids offers, may come vnto mee before the firft 
 day of December next, and giue vp their names, and a 
 note of fuch things as they defire to bee carried with them, 
 whereby I may provide for them, conforme to my pre- 
 ceeding offers, and they received everie one, and placed 
 according to the order as they firft, come : fo that all thinges 
 may bee duelie provyded, and had in readineffe againft 
 the due time and feafon of fetting out. 
 
 E And 
 
CONCLVSION. 
 
 AND thus (Right Noble, andworthie Countrie-mert) 
 have I vnfolded the reafons of my refolution to 
 vndertake this enterpryfe, which if I hadde not 
 thought to be both Chriftian, honorable, honeft, eafie, 
 and profitable ; I fliould never Lave attempted. And I 
 have further for the encouragement of all fuch as are 
 well-willers vnto the Worke, made offer of fuch helps, 
 and furtherances as may teftifie my willingneffe to pro- 
 fecute the fame. Defiring yet againe all noble and gene- 
 rouflie well-difpofed Gentlemen, to confider with mee, 
 onelie our eftates in thefe dayes, and how wee Hand in 
 our families, from the greateft, to the fmalleft : and com- 
 pare them with our Predeceffours, who did keepe great 
 honou^, credite, and eftimation ; which in fo great a mea- 
 fure is decayed, and diminifhed in vs. Now let vs com- 
 pare our felves with Citizens nof, whofe credite wee 
 fee doeth furpaffe ours, although wee bee above them, 
 both in qualitie and richeffe. Whence is this woorth 
 of theirs, but from their induftrie, and trueth; which 
 beareth them out both to this credite, and refpedt, af- 
 well at home, as abroad ? 
 
 Were it not (then) better in thefe our dayes for vs 
 to imitate the foot-fteppes of vertue in the Italians, that 
 thinketh it neither diflionourable, nor difparagement vn- 
 to their greateft Princes, their Dukes, Marqueffes, and 
 Countes, to make themfelves great, and get their patri- 
 monies inlarged by their hazards at Sea ? It is their glo- 
 rie to bee vertuous ; and may condemne our diffolutions 
 
 and 
 
NEfV GALLOWAY. 
 
 and idleneffe, that may aa eafilie bee great, by fiich ho- 
 neft and honourable endevoures. 
 
 But yet let vs come a litle nearer vnto our felves ; and 
 fee the diftreffes afwell amongft the great, as the fmall, 
 throughout the whole Kingdome: and what inereafe 
 there is of debts amongil vs in thefe dayes, never heard 
 of before amongft our Predeceffoures, wee fliall finde, 
 that if wee foUowe not fome other induftrious manner 
 of waye, to relieve them, then by menaging, in what- 
 fome-ever, and beft forme wee can, our revenues, that 
 they fliall never bee relieved. 
 
 There are three thinges that troubleth our eftates 
 that wee cannot live as our Predeceflbures did before vs : 
 Firft, the prodigalitie, both in our felves, our fervants, 
 and our houfes. Secondlie, wee have not fuch occafi- 
 ons, and vfes at home for the Brethren, and fecond fonnes 
 of our houfes to get them preferment as of old. Third- 
 lie, that vniverfall plague of Cautionarie, throughout 
 the whole Kingdome, whereby their is fuch a generall 
 intercourfe of diftreffe, each one for another, as all are lin- 
 ked into it : which all in following out fuch honorable, 
 and honeft indevoures abroad might bee remedied. I 
 fpeake not of the favoured Courteour, nor of the fortu- 
 nate Statef-man, for they have their owne bleffinges from 
 GOD, and favour of their Mnfter in their feverall pla- 
 ces : but vnto fuch, my noble friends, and Countrie-gen- 
 tlemen, fuch as my felfe is, and fo diftreffed as I am ; 
 and fpeaking out of mine owne experience ; protefting 
 that cautionarie hath beene vnto me ; vpon mine honour, 
 and credite, the value of an Hundreth thoufand pounds ; 
 which any imployment abroad, either in the fervice of 
 my King, or my Countrie, might haue fpared vnto me, 
 and bettered the eftate of mine Houfe. Neither doe I 
 fpeake fo farre of my felfe, for want of abilitie to doe 
 mine owne bufmeffe, which I praife GOD is knowne 
 
 E2 to 
 
El^COVRJGEMENTS FOR 
 
 -ee the oftattfl,:' Ki JaZ: "^^ ''^''^™"''^' '>°™ ^ 
 in ^'"? ^,f '"'*''' <^'>""'™"<en) let V8 lay thefe two thi„«, 
 
 Lawes, to all reafon inH T f • ' ^'"S' ""' 
 
 as ilivM ■.!^ A • , . "^""""'""e = to bee captivate 
 
 Itrfir > '" '"'"''^""^ P""""-. *" Mffle with 
 our perfons when our goods hath failed vs : and efpeciallie 
 
 :h"„f r-T'i^r "^'^ ""-^ tin^ct: 
 
 diftreff^H j^ T '"'* ""g^g'd 'hemfelves, to be 
 
 And T r» "'■ '^" "'"'■ "^^ ™prifonment8. 
 ternrift t f >? ''^\f<''''"« Flotation: which to o„- 
 terpnfe ,s fo honourable; to profecuto fo pofflble- to 
 purchafe fo lawfull, and when'attainod, foCfitable 
 No whofoever fluU reafon againft the fame^fpedali; 
 
 thf abfe/jf ?v ■ " *'"' """'"8 »f «">?««««. or 
 the abjea of frugahtie : and Ihall either become for ever 
 
 the proftrtute of infamie, or confecrated t„ I 7 u 
 oblivion = and when hee il dealt XChiTant 
 
 ctrTr„''to'b"'*" "" T* ''™f''«" »<» -f h-Tan 
 TeL hT '''^'^"™'''^'^, that remembrance fhall 
 
 the Curf! of".;^"""? "' *''^ ^^"'^ »f Ws Countrie, 
 the Curfo of h,s Kmred : and an vnthrift for himfelfe. 
 
 But I fpeake not to f, h a crew, whofe bafenefle I 
 knowe cannot climbe to furmount the meaneft imagLed 
 drfficult.e, that may arife. I fpeake to fuch noble Spt 
 rites and generous rnindes, in whom doeth ftine the light 
 of knowledge to difcorne the differences between a blfe 
 
 fecuritie 
 
NEW GALLOWAY. 
 
 I'ecuritie and honourable adlions, vice and vertue, ftupi- 
 ditie, and true worth : and who in end fliall not miffe to re- 
 joyce in the enjoying the fruita of their labours in them- 
 felves, and their names to bee honoured with a perpetu- 
 all remembrance. 
 
 And if wee would ftudie to bee remembred in our po- 
 fterities, heere is offered the occafion to infert vs in the 
 bookes of memorie : for if wee would portion our fecond 
 children in a plantation, and fuch as in nature wee are 
 bound to helpe, and adv.ince: both (hall wee bee re- 
 membred in their ever-living fucceflions, throughout all 
 enfueing ages: and they provyded in a competent bee- 
 ing and raeanes for thcm-felves, and theirs, and to bee 
 thereafter proffitable for their King and Oountrie : which 
 is better, than either to be kept at home bafelie, & fliort 
 of that which is befeeming their birth, and qualitie : or 
 to bee fent to the fervice of the Warres of forraine Prin- 
 ces, and to be cutted away by the fword, and then ne- 
 ver more againe remembred: an^ for fo fmall meanes, 
 as thereby yee can furnifli themfelves both in rayment, 
 and foode. 
 
 Imbrace then the honours of Plantation. Doe wee 
 dreame of difficulties ? then knowe ; that it is out of the 
 greateft difficulties, that fpring the greateft honours : & 
 it is that Knight -hood, which is gotten vnder the ban- 
 ner of a King, and in the Fieldes which is moll honoura- 
 ble ; and not that, which wee acquire by our moneyes ; 
 as the moft part is now a-dayes. And that our adtions 
 may both renowne vs, and beget vs moneyes, wee may 
 fee in the examples that I haue fette before your eyes, 
 both of forraine nations, and of our own Countriemen, in 
 their late plantations of Ireland, their eftates now, their 
 dignities, their honours, their credite, and their riches: 
 and what they were knowne to haue beene before. 
 
 But thefe I leave to your judgments : onelie now, to 
 
 make 
 
It:! 
 
 ENCOVRAGEMENTS FOR. S,'r. 
 
 make an end, I muft cntreate thee (Nohle and courteous 
 Read r) to excufo my froeneffo in this my homelio dii"- 
 courfe, which I perfwado my felfe the generous minde 
 will allowe of: and for the bafe, the fimple and the vi- 
 tious ; I doe not care for their cenfure, onelie I wiftie it 
 were a fpurre to drawe them to more vertue. As for the 
 rudenefle of my fpeach, I hope none will except, where- 
 in I profeffe no airt, if fimplie I publifli my good mea- 
 ning and earneft affeftion to fo goode a Worke. And 
 wherein their is defeft in mee, I hope the purpofe Ihall 
 bee better inlarged by him, whofe Pen is more than 
 knowne to bee famous, the principall A^or in the bufi- 
 neffe, and to whom I principallie dedicate this my trea- 
 vife : and to bee feconded by the vertues of thefe the No- 
 blemen, and thefe worthilie honoured Gentle-men, the 
 Knights Baronets,' Vnder-takers of fo faire defignes: fo 
 that nowe I ceafe with my penne, but never 
 with my Sword to doe them fervice for 
 the advancement of fo good a Worke. 
 
 * * * 
 FINIS.