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pale red, very strangely interlaced & woven one into another, which we call
the Feather, but the vertue thereof is altogether unknowne, but only
regarded for the rarity. Now besides these naturall productions, providences
& paines since the Plantation, have offered divers other seeds & plants,
which the soile hath greedily imbraced & cherished, {MN-5} so that at this
present 1623. there are great abundance of white, red and yellow coloured
Potatoes, Tobacco, Sugar-canes, Indicos, Parsnips, exceeding large
Radishes, the American bread, the Cassado root, the Indian Pumpian, the
Water-millon, Musk-millon, & the most delicate Pine-apples, Plantans, and
Papawes, also the English Artichoke, Pease, &c. briefly whatsoever else
may be expected for the satisfaction either of curiosity, necessity or delight.

Birds.
Egge-birds. {MN}

Neither hath the aire for her part been wanting with due supplies of
many sorts of Fowles, as the gray and white Hearne, the gray and greene
Plover, some wilde Ducks and Malards, Coots and Red-shankes, Sea-
wigions, Gray-bitterns, Cormorants, numbers of small Birds like Sparrowes
and Robins, which have lately beene destroyed by the wilde Cats, Wood-
pickars, very many Crowes, which since this Plantation are kild, the rest
fled or seldome scene except in the most uninhabited places, from whence
they are observed to take their flight about sun set, directing their course
towards the North-west, which makes many conjecture there are some more
Ilands not far off that way. Sometimes are also seene Falcons & Jar-falcons,
Ospraies, a Bird like a Hobby, but because they come seldome, they are
held but as passengers; but above all these, most deserving observation and
respect are those two sorts of Birds, the one for the tune of his voice, the
other for the effect, called the Cahow, {MN} and Egge-bird, which on the
first of May, a day constantly observed, fall a laying infinite store of Eggs
neere as big as Hens, upon certaine small sandie baies especially in Coupers
Ile; and although men sit downe amongst them when hundreds have bin
gathered in a morning, yet there it hath stayed amongst them till they have
gathered as many more: they continue this course till Midsummer, and so
tame & feareles, you must thrust them off from their Eggs with your hand;
then they grow so faint with laying, they suffer them to breed & take
infinite numbers of their yong to eat, which are very excellent meat.
 Cahowes. {MN-1}
The Tropicke Bird and the Pemblicos presagements. {MN-2}

{MN-1} The Cahow is a bird of the night, for all the day she lies hid in
holes in the Rocks, where they and their young are also taken with as much
ease as may be, but in the night if you but whoop and hollow, they will light
upon you, that with your hands you may chuse the fat and leave the leane;
those they have only in winter: their Eggs are as big as hens, but they are
speckled, the other white. Mr. Norwood hath taken twenty dozen of them in
three or foure houres, and since there hath beene such havocke made of
them, they were neere all destroyed, till there was a strict inhibition for their
preservation. {MN-2} The Tropicke bird is white, as large as a Pullet, with
one onely long Feather in her taile, and is seldome seene far distant from
other of the Tropicks: another small Bird there is, because she cries
Pemblyco they call her so, she is seldome seene in the day but when she
sings, as too oft she doth very clamorously; too true a Prophet she proves of
huge winds and boysterous weather: there were a kinde of small Owles in
great abundance, but they are now all slaine or fled: some tame Ducks,
Geese and Pigeons there are, but the two latter prosper not.

Of Vermine.
Note. {MN}

Concerning vermine and noisome creatures, there are not many, but
onely Rats and Cats, there increased since the Plantation, but how they
agree together you shall heare hereafter. The Musketas and Flies are also
too busie, with a certaine India Bug, called by the Spaniards a Cacarootch,
the which creeping into Chests they eat and defile with their ill-sented
dung: also the little Ants in summer time are so troublesome, they are
forced to dry their figs upon high frames, and anoint their feet with tar,
wherein they sticke, else they would spoile them all ere [V.172.] they could
be dryed: Wormes in the earth also there are, but too many, so that to keepe
them from destroying their Corne and Tobacco, they are forced to worme
them every morning, which is a great labour, else all would be destroyed.
Lizards there were many and very large, but now none, and it is said they
were destroyed by the Cat. {MN} Certaine Spiders also of very large size
are found hanging upon trees, but instead of being any way dangerous as in
other places, they are here of a most pleasing aspect, all over drest, as it
were with Silver, Gold, and Pearle, and their Webs in the Summer woven
from tree to tree, are generally a perfect raw silke, and that as well in regard
of substance as colour, and so strong withall, that divers Birds bigger than
Black-birds, being like Snipes, are often taken and snared in them as a Net:
then what would the Silke-worme doe were shee there to feede upon the
continuall greene Mulbery?

Fishes.
The most hurtfull things in those Iles. {MN}

But above all the rest of the Elements, the Sea is found most
abundantly liberall: hence have they as much excellent Fish, and as much
variety as need be desired. The most of which being unknowne to our
Northerne parts, got there new names, either for their shapes or conditions;
as the large Rocke-fish from his like hew, and haunting amongst the Rocks,
the fat Hog-fish from his swinelike shape and snout: for this is not the old
knowne Hog-fish with brussels on his backe; the delicate Amber-fish from
his taste and smell, Angell-fish, Cony-fish, the small yellow taile from that
naturall painting; the great Growper from his odde and strange grunting,
some of them yet knowne to the Americans, as the Purgoose, the Cavallo,
the Gar-fish, Flying-fish and Morerayes: the rest are common to other
Continents; as the Whale in great numbers, the Sharke, the Pilot-fish, the
Sea-Breame, the Oyster and Lobster, with divers others; twenty Tortoises
have beene taken in a day, and some of them will affoord halfe a bushell of
Egges, and suffice to feed forty men at a meale. And thus have you briefely
epitomized Mother Natures benefits to this little, yet danty spot of earth,
neither were it ingenuity to conceale wherein shee inclineth to the
Stepdame, especially since the particulars are so few, as rather requisite
Antidotes against idlenesse to rouse up industry, then any great cause of
much distaste, much lesse despaire: {MN} and of those to speake troth,
there are onely two: viz. the Winds, and the Wormes, especially in the
Spring and Autumne; and thus conditioned as yet we will let rest these
small Ilands, in the midst of this mightie and maine Ocean, so invironed on
every side, by infinite numbers of uncertaine scattered Rocks, lying
shallowly hid under the surface of the water, a league, two, three, foure, or
five, to Sea, to the which advantages added by art, as hereafter you shall
heare at large, and finde described in the Map. It may well be concluded to
be the most impregnable place in the world, and although the Amber
Greece, Pearles, nor Tobacco, are of that quantity and certainty to be relied
upon to gaine wealth; yet by practise and experience they finde, by Silke,
Saffron, Indico, Madar, Sugar-canes, Wine, Oile, and such like great profit
may be expected: yet were those hopelesse in regard of their conveniency to
nourish and maintaine themselves, and releeve them shall visit them with
wood, water, and other necessaries, besides what an eye-sore they are
already becommed to them that have them not, and how deare and pretious
to them that have them, I thinke none will deny but they are well worth the
keeping: and so we will proceed to the accidents that befell the first finders;
also the proceedings of the first Planters and their successors, Master
Norrod, Thomas Sparkes, and divers others.

A.D. 1593.

A briefe relation of the shipwracke of

Henry May.

How it is supposed they were called the Bermudas.

How these Iles came by the name of Bermudas, or the infinite number
of blacke Hogs, or so fearefull to the world, that many called them the Ile of
Devils, that all men did shun as Hell and perdition; I will not expostulate,
nor trouble your patiences with those uncertaine antiquities further then
thus; our men found [V.173.] divers crosses, peeces of Spanish monies here
and there. Two or three wracks also they found, by certaine inscriptions to
bee some Spanish, some Dutch, some French; but the greatest rumour is,
that a Spanish ship called Bermudas was there cast away, carrying Hogges
to the West-Indies that swam a shore, and there increased: how the
Spaniards escaped is uncertaine: but they say, from that ship those Iles were
first called Bermudas, which till then for six thousand yeares had beene
namelesse.

But the first English-man that was ever in them, was one Henry May, a
worthy Mariner that went with Captaine Lancaster to the East-Indies 1591.
and in their returne by the West-Indies, being in some distresse, sent this
Henry May for England by one Mounsier de la Barbotier, to acquaint the
Merchants with their estate. The last of November, saith May, we departed
from Laguna in Hispaniola, and the seventeenth of December following, we
were cast away upon the North-west of the Bermudas; the Pilots about
noone made themselves Southwards of the Iles twelve leagues, and
demanded of the Captaine their Wine of hight as out of all danger, which
they had: but it seemes they were either drunke, or carelesse of their charge;
for through their negligences a number of good men were cast away. I being
but a stranger amongst fiftie and odde French-men, it pleased God to
appoint me to be one of them should be saved. In this extremity we made a
raft, which we towed with our Boat, there were but six and twentie of us
saved; and I seeing scarce roome for the one halfe, durst not passe in
amongst them till the Captaine called me along with him, leaving the better
halfe to the seas mercy: that day we rowed till within two houres of night
ere we could land, being neere dead with thirst, every man tooke his way to
seeke fresh water, at length, by searching amongst many weeds, we found
some raine water, but in the maine are many faire Baies, where we had
enough for digging.

The building and calking their Barke.

Now it pleased God before our ship split we saved our Carpenters
tooles, some Nailes, Sailes, and Tacklings, wherewith we went roundly to
worke, and built a Barke of eighty tunnes: In stead of Pitch, we made Lime,
mixed with Tortoise oyle, and as the Carpenters calked her, I and another
paied the seames with this plaster, which being in Aprill, became quickly
dry, and as hard as a stone.

His returne for England.

In Aprill it was so hot, we feared our water would faile, two great
Chests wee made which we calked as our ship; those we stowed on each
side our maine Mast, filled them with water and thirtie live Tortoises: wee
found many Hogges, but so leane wee could not eat them; the tops of the
Palmetaberries was our bread, and the juyce we got out of the trees we cut
downe our drinke, and of the leaves, which are more then an Ell long, we
covered our Cabens, & made our beds, and found many of those provisions
as is related, but little foule weather. The eleventh of May it pleased God to
set us cleere of the Ile, after wee had lived there five moneths: and the
twentieth wee fell with Cape Britton, neere New found Land, where
refreshing our selves with wood and water, and such things as we could get
of the Salvages, it seemed a good Countrey, but we staied not past foure
houres before we set saile for the banke of New found land, where wee met
many ships, but not any would take in a man of us, untill it pleased God we
met a Barke of Fawmothe, which received us for a little time, and with her
we tooke a French ship, wherein I left Captaine de la Barbotier, my deare
friend, and all his Company: and in August arrived at Falmouth in this
honest English Barke, 1594.

Written by me Henry May.

SIR GEORGE SOMERS

AD. 1609.

The 6 first English ship knowne to have beene cast [V.174.]

away upon the Bermudas 1609. From the relation of Mr. Jordan,
Master John Evens, Master Henry Shelly, and divers others.

A most desperate estate by a storm. {MN}

You have heard, that when Captaine Smith was Governor of Virginia,
there were nine ships sent with Sir Thomas Gates, and Sir George Somers,
and Captaine Nuport with five hundred people, to take in the old
Commission, and rectifie a new government: they set saile in May, and in
the height of thirty degrees of Northerly latitude, {MN} they were taken
with an extreme storme, or rather a part of Hericano, upon the five and
twentieth of July, which as they write, did not onely separate them from the
Fleet, but with the violent working of the Seas, their ship became so shaken,
torne, and leake, she received so much water as covered two tire of Hogs-
heads above the ballace, that they stood up to the middles, with Buckets,
Baricos, and Kettles, to baile out the water. Thus bailing and pumping three
daies and three nights without intermission, and yet the water seemed rather
to increase then diminish, in so much that being all utterly spent with
labour, were even resolved without any hope to shut up the hatches, and
commit themselves to the mercy of the Sea, which is said to be mercilesse,
or rather to the mercy of Almighty God, whose mercy farre exceeds all his
workes; seeing no sense or hope in mans apprehension, but presently to
sinke: some having some good and comfortable waters, fetched them and
dranke one to another, as taking their last leaves untill a more happy, and a
more joyfull meeting in a more blessed world, when it pleased God out of
his most gracious and mercifull providence, so to direct and guide their ship
for her most advantage.

The care and judgements of Sir George Somers.

An evident token of Gods mercy. {MN}

That Sir George Somers all this time sitting upon the poupe, scarce
taking leisure to eat nor sleepe, coving the ship to keepe her as upright as he
could, otherwaies she must long ere that needs have foundered, most
wishedly and happily descried land; whereupon he most comfortably
incouraged them to follow their worke, many of them being fast asleepe:
this unlocked for welcome newes, as if it had bin a voice from heaven,
hurrieth them all above hatches, to looke for that they durst scarce beleeve,
so that improvidently forsaking that taske which imported no lesse then
their lives, they gave so dangerous advantage to their greedy enemy the salt
water, which still entred at the large breaches of their poore wooden castle,
as that in gaping after life, they had well-nigh swallowed their death. Surely
it is impossible any should now be urged to doe his best, and although they
knew it, that place all men did so shun, yet they spread all the saile they
could to attaine them: {MN} for not long it was before they strucke upon a
rocke, till a surge of the sea cast her from thence, and so from one to
another, till most luckily at last so upright betwixt two, as if she had beene
in the stocks, till this they expected but every blow a death: But now
behold, suddenly the wind gives place to a calme, and the billowes, which
each by overtaking her, would in an instant have shivered her in peeces,
become peaceable and still, so that with all conveniency and ease, they
unshipped all their goods, victuall, and persons into their Boats, and with
extreme joy, even almost to amazednesse, arrived in safetie, though more
then a league from the shore, without the losse of a man; yet were they in
all one hundred and fiftie: yet their deliverance was not more strange in
falling so happily upon the land, as their feeding and preservation was
beyond their hopes; for you have heard, it hath beene to the Spaniards more
fearefull then an Utopian Purgatory, and to all Sea-men no lesse terrible
then an inchanted den of Furies and Devils, the most dangerous,
unfortunate, and forlorne place in the world, and they found it the richest,
healthfullest and pleasantest they ever saw, as is formerly said.

Sir George Somers his first ranging the land.

Being thus safe on shore, they disposed themselves to [V.175.] search

the Iles for food and water; others to get a shore what they could from the
ship; not long Sir George wandred but found such a fishing, that in halfe an
houre with a hooke and line, he tooke so many as sufficed the whole
company, in some places they were so thicke in the Coves, and so great,
they durst not goe in lest they should bite them, and these rocke fish are so
great two will load a man, and fatter nor better fish cannot be. Mr. Shelly
found a Bay neere a quarter of a mile over, so full of Mullets, as none of
them before had ever seene or heard of the like: the next day seeking to kill
them with fis-gigs, they strucke so many the water in many places was red
with bloud, yet caught not one, but with a net they caught so many as they
could draw a shore, with infinite number of Pilchards and divers other sorts;
great craw-fishes in a night by making a fire they have taken in great
quantity. Sir George had twice his hooke and line broke out of his hand, but
the third time he made it so strong he caught the same fish, which had
pulled him into the Sea had not his men got hold of him, whereby he had
his three hookes againe were found in her belly. At their first hunting for
hogs they found such abundance, they killed 32 and this hunting & fishing
was appointed to Captaine Robert Walsingham, and Mr. Henry Shelly for
the company in general: they report they killed at least 500. besides Pigs,
and many that were killed by divers others; for the birds in their seasons,
the facility to make their cabens of Palmeta leaves, caused many of them
utterly forget or desire ever to returne from thence, they lived in such
plenty, peace and ease.

What meanes they made to send to Virginia.

But let us remember how the Knights began to resolve in those

desperat affaires: many projects they had, but at last it was concluded, to
decke their long boat with their ship hatches; which done, with all
expedition they sent Master Raven, a very sufficient Mariner, with eight
more in her to Virginia, to have shipping from thence to fetch them away;
three weekes or a moneth they expected her returne, but to this day she was
never more heard of; all this time was spent in searching the Iles: now
although God still fed them with this abundance of plenty, yet such was the
malice of envy or ambition, for all this good service done by Sommers,
such a great difference fell amongst their Commanders, that they lived
asunder in this distresse, rather as meere strangers then distressed friends:
but necessity so commanded, patience had the victory.

A mariage and two children borne.

Two ships at this time by those severall parties were a building; in the
meane time two children were borne, the Boy was called Bermudas, the
Girle Bermuda, and amongst all those sorrowes they had a merry English
mariage; the forme of those Iles you may see at large in the Map of Mr.
Norwood, where you may plainly see no place knowne hath better walls,
nor a broader ditch. But having finished and rigged their two new Cedar
ships with such provisions they saved from the Sea-adventurer they left
amongst the Rocks, they called the one the Patience, the other the
Deliverance; they used Lime and Oile, as May did for Pitch and Tar. Sir
George Summers had in his Barke no Iron at all but one bolt in her Keele;
now having made their provisions of victuall and all things ready, they set
saile the tenth of May 1610. onely leaving two men behinde them, called
Christopher Carter and Edward Waters, that for their offences, or the
suspition they had of their judgements, fled into the woods, and there rather
desired to end their daies then stand to their trials and the event of Justice;
for one of their consorts was shot to death, and Waters being tied to a tree
also to be executed, had by chance a Knife about him, and so secretly cut
the Rope, he ran into the woods where they could not finde him. There were
two Salvages also sent from Virginia by Captain Smith, the one called
Namuntack, the other Matchumps, but some such differences fell betweene
them, that Matchumps slew Namuntack, and having made a hole to bury
him, because it was too short, he cut of his legs and laid them by him,
which murder he concealed till he was in Virginia.
 A.D. 1610
Their arrivall in Virginia.

The foure and twentieth of the same moneth they arrived in Virginia at
James towne, where they found but threescore persons, as you may reade at
large in the History of Virginia, of the five hundred left by Captaine Smith,
also of the arrivall of the Lord Laware, that met [V.176.] them thus bound
for England, returned them backe, and understanding what plenty there was
of hogs and other good things in the Bermudas, was desirous to send thither
to supply his necessary occasions; whereupon Sir George Summers, the
best acquainted with the place, whose noble minde ever regarded a generall
good more then his owne ends, though above threescore yeeres of age, and
had meanes in England sutable to his ranke, offered himselfe by Gods helpe
to performe this dangerous voyage againe for the Bermudas, which was
kindly accepted, so upon the 19. of June, he imbarked in his Cedar ship,
about the burthen of thirty tunnes, and so set saile.

Sir George Somers his return to the Bermudas.

Much foule and crosse weather he had, and was forced to the North
parts of Virginia, where refreshing himselfe upon this unknowne coast, he
could not bee diverted from the search of the Bermudas, where at last with
his company he safely arrived: but such was his diligence with his
extraordinary care, paines and industry to dispatch his businesse, and the
strength of his body not answering the ever memorable courage of his
minde, having lived so long in such honourable services, the most part of
his well beloved and vertuous life, God and nature here determined, should
ever remaine a perpetuall memory of his much bewailed sorrow for his
death: finding his time but short, after he had taken the best course he could
to settle his estate, like a valiant Captaine he exhorted them with all
diligence to be constant to those Plantations, and with all expedition to
returne to Virginia. In that very place which we now call Saint Georges
towne, this noble Knight died, whereof the place taketh the name. But his
men, as men amazed, seeing the death of him who was even as the life of
them all, embalmed his body and set saile for England, being the first that
ever went to seeke those Ilands, which have beene ever since called
Summers Iles, in honour of his worthy memory, leaving three men behind
them, that voluntarily stayed, whose names were Christopher Carter,
Edward Waters, there formerly left as is said, and Edward Chard. This
Cedar ship at last with his dead body arrived at Whit-Church in Dorsetshire,
where by his friends he was honourably buried, with many vollies of shot,
and the rites of a Souldier, and upon his tombe was bestowed this Epitaph.

His Epitaph.

Hei mihi Virginia quod tam cito praeterit AEstas,

Autumnus sequitur, saeviet inde & hiems;
At ver perpetuum nascetur, & Anglia laeta,
Decerpit flores florida terra tuas.

In English thus:

Alas Virginia's Summer so soone past,

Autumne succeeds and stormy Winters blast,
Yet Englands joyfull Spring with joyfull showers,
O Florida, shall bring thy sweetest flowers.

The proceedings of the three men.

A peece of Amber-greece of 80. pound weight. {MN}

The honour of this resulution belongs principally to Carter, for through

his importunity, not to leave such a place abandoned, Chard & Waters were
moved to stay with him, and the rest promised with all the speed they could
againe to revisit them. But the ship once out of sight, those three Lords, the
sole inhabitants of all those Ilands, began to erect their little common
wealth for a while with brotherly regency, repairing the ground, planting
Corne, and such seeds and fruits as they had, building a house, &c. Then
making privy search amongst the crevises and corners of those craggy
Rocks, what this maine Ocean since the worlds creation had throwne
amongst them, {MN} at last they chanced upon the greatest peece of
Amber-greece was ever seene or heard or in one lumpe, being in weight
fourescore pound, besides divers other small Peeces.
 But now being rich, they grew so proud and ambitious, [V.177.]
contempt tooke such place, they fell out for superiority, though but three
forlorne men, more then three thousand miles from their native Country,
and but small hope ever to see it againe. Notwithstanding, they sometimes
fell from words to blowes about meere trifles: in one of which fights, one of
them was bitten with his owne dog, as if the dumbe beast would reprove
them of their folly; at last Chard and Waters, the two greater spirits, must
try it out in the field, but Carter wisely stole away their weapons, affecting
rather to live amongst his enemies, then by being rid of them live alone; and
thus those miserable men lived full two yeeres, so that all their clothes were
neere worne cleane from their backs, and their hopes of any forraine releefe
as naked as their bodies. At last they began to recover their wits, yet in a
fashion perhaps would have cost them dearer then when they were mad; for
concluding a tripartite peace of their Matachin warre, they resolved to
frame as good a Boat as they could, and therein to make a desperate attempt
for Virginia, or New found Land; but no sooner were they entred into that
resolution, but they descried a saile standing in for the shore, though they
neither knew what she was, nor what she would, they were so over-joyed,
with all possible speed they went to meet her, and according to their hearts
desire she proved an English-man, whom they safely conducted into their
harbour.

A.D. 1611
How they were supplied.

Now you are to understand, that Captaine Matthew Somers, Nephew

and heire to Sir George, that returned with his dead body, though both he
and his Company did their utmost in relating all those passages to their
Countrey-men and adventurers, their relations were beleeved but as
travellers tales, till it came to be apprehended by some of the Virginia
Company, how beneficiall it might be, and helpfull to the Plantation in
Virginia, so that some one hundred and twentie of them bought the
pretended right of all the Company, and had sent this ship to make a triall;
but first they had obtained Letters Patents of the Kings most excellent
Majestie. Sir Thomas Smith was elected Treasurer and Governor heere, and
Master Richard More to be Governor of the Iles and Colony there.

A.D. 1612.

The first beginning of a Colonie in the Somer Iles, under the command
of Master Richard More, extracted out of a plot of Master Richard
Norwood Surveior, and the relations of divers others.

1612.
Sir Thomas Smith Treasurer.

The arrivall of Master More.

Master More thus finding those three men not onely well and lusty, but
well stored with divers sorts of provisions, as an Acre of Corne ready to be
gathered, numbers of Pumpions and Indian Beanes, many Tortoises ready
taken, good store of hogs flesh salted, and made in flitches of Bacon, were
very good, and so presently landed his goods and sixty persons towards the
beginning of July 1612. upon the South side of Smiths Ile.

Their differences about the Amber-greece.

Not long after his arrivall, More having some private intelligence of
this Amber-greece, tooke first Chard in examination, he being one of the
three the most masterfull spirit, what Amber-greece, Pearle, Treasure, or
other Commodities they had found. Chard no lesse witty then resolute,
directly answered; Not any thing at all but the fruits of the Ile, what his
fellowes had done he knew not, but if they had, he doubted not but to finde
it out, and then hee should know it certainly. This he spake onely to win
time to sweare his Consorts to secrecy, and he would finde the meanes how
they should all returne in that ship with it all for England, otherwise they
should be deceived of all. Till this was effected they thought every houre an
age; now for the better conveiance of it aboord, they acquainted it to
Captaine Davis, master of the ship, and one Master Edwin Kendall, that for
their secrecy and transportation should participate with them: Without
further ceremony the match was accepted, and absolutely concluded, the
plot laid, time and place set downe to have it aboord. But Carter, were it for
feare the Governor at last should know of it, to whom so oft [V.178.] they
had denied it; or that the rest should deceive him, is uncertaine; but most
certaine it is, he revealed all the plot to Master More: To get so much wealth
he knew would please them in England, though it did displease all his
Company, and to lose such a prize he would not for hazarding a mutiny. So
first hee revealed himselfe to Kendall in faire tearmes, reproving his
dishonesty, but not being answered according to his expectation, he
committed both Chard and him to person. The next Sabboath day Davis
comming on shore, More also taxed with very hard language and many
threats, to lay him fast also if he mended not his manners; Davis for the
present replied little, but went with him to the place of praier: but in the
midst of divine service he goeth away, commanding all his Sea-men to
follow him presently aboord, where he encourageth them to stand to him
like men, and hee would free the Prisoners, have all the Amber-greece for
themselves, and so be gone.

Chard in danger of hanging.

The Governor hearing of this resolution, prepares with his company to

repulse force with force, so that a generall expectance or a civill uncivill
warre possessed every man; but this threatning gust passed over more
calmlier then was expected; for Davis having better advised with himselfe,
repented his rashnesse, and desired a reconcilement with the Governor.
Peace thus concluded, Kendall was set at libertie, but Chard was
condemned, and upon the ladder to be hanged for his obstinacy; yet upon
better consideration More reprived him, but kept him a prisoner all the time
he staied in the Country, which was generally thought a very bad reward for
his great desert, and that there was more of this Amber-greece imbeziled,
then would have contented all the finders, that never had any consideration
at all. The greatest part though More thus recovered, yet Davis and Kendall
had so much, either by the ignorance or connivency of the Governors, that
arriving in England, they prepared themselves for a new voiage; at last they
two falling out, the Company having notice thereof, so tormented them
both, they gave over their voiage, and durst not be seene a long time after.

Master Mores industry in fortifying and planting.

The Governor thus rid of the ship and those discontents, removed his
seat from Smiths Ile to Saint Georges, after he had fitted up some small
Cabbens of Palmata leaves for his wife and family, in that valley where now
stands their prime towne called S. Georges, hee began to apply himselfe to
fortifie the Countrey, and training his men in the exercise of armes. For
although he was but a Carpenter, he was an excellent Artist, a good Gunner,
very witty and industrious: he built and laid the foundation of eight or nine
Forts, called the Kings Castle, Charles Fort, Pebrook's Fort, Smiths Fort,
Pagits Fort, Gates Fort, Warwicks Castle, Saint Katharines Fort, &c.
mounting in them all the Ordnance he had, preparing the ground to build
Houses, plant Corne, and such Fruits as they had.

A contention of the Minister against the Governor.

Being thus busied, and as the necessitie of the time required, keeping
his men somewhat hard at wok, Master Keath his Minister, were it by the
secret provocation of some drones, that grew weary or their taskes, or his
affection to popularity is not certaine: But he begins to tax the Governor in
the Pulpit, hee did grinde the faces of the poore, oppressing his Christian
brethren with Pharoahs taxes. More finding this in short time, might breed
ill bloud, called the Company together and also the Minister, urging them
plainly, to tell him wherein he had deserved those hard accusations:
whereupon, with an universall cry they affirmed the contrary, so that Keath
downe of his knees to aske him forgivenesse. But Master More kindly tooke
him up, willing him to kneele to God, and hereafter be more modest and
charitable in his speeches; notwithstanding two other discontents so
upbraided More with that doctrine, and stood to maintaine it, he impaneled
a Jury, with a great deale of seeming much adoe he would hang them being
condemned, one of them with the very feare, fell into a dead Palsie; so that
the other was set at libertie, and proved after a very good labourer.

Two peeces weighed out of the Sea Adventure.

 Many conclusions he tried about the Sea-venture, the [V.179.] wracke
of Sir George Somers, but he got onely for his paines but two peece of
Ordnance. Having framed a Church of timber, it was blowne downe by a
tempest, so that he built another in a more closer place with Palmeta leaves.

The first supply.

Before this yeere was expired, the adventurers sent them an adviso
with thirtie Passengers and good provisions, to prepare with all expedition
for their defence against the Spaniard, whom they understood ere long
would visit them: This occasioned him to keepe all his men together in that
Ile so hard at worke, that wanting libertie to goe abroad for food, living
onely on that they had, and expected daily to receive from England, they
were so over-toiled, many fell sicke, but none died. Very earnest this ship
was to have all the Amber-greece, which M. More perceiving, was the
chiefest cause of their comming, and that it was the onely loadstone to draw
from England still more supplies; for all the expresse command sent from
the Company, he returned this ship but with the one third part; so from
thence she went to Virginia, and not long; after arrived safely in England.

A.D. 1613.
Sir Thomas Smith Treasurer.

The second supply.

A strange increase of Potatoes. {MN-1}
The attempt of two Spanish ships. {MN-2}

But before her returne the Company sent the Martha with sixtie
Passengers more; they arrived in June with one Master Bartlet to survey the
Iland, and the estate of the Colonie, with expresse command for all the
Amber-greece: but More perceiving him not as he would have him, and that
the Company began to mistrust him, would send no more but another third
part, wherewith they returned, leaving a French-man to make triall of the
Mulberies for Silke, but he did not bring any thing to perfection; excusing
himselfe, they were not the right Mulberies he expected. About this time
they were in hope of a small crop of Tobacco, but it was most spoiled for
want of knowledge to use it. Now in England Master More became amongst
the Merchants marvelous distastfull, for the detaining so long the Amber-
greece; which delaies they so much abhorred, they forthwith dispatched the
Elizabeth the second time and forty Passengers, much rebuking More for so
long detaining the Amber-greece: for the which, having now no more
colourable excuses, he delivered it, wherewith the ship went to Virginia, &
thence home. {MN-1} In this ship was brought the first Potato roots, which
flourished exceedingly for a time, till by negligence they were almost lost
(all but two cast-away roots) that so wonderfully have increased, they are a
maine releefe to all the Inhabitants. {MN-2} This ship was not long gone
but there came two Spanish ships, sounding with their Boat, which
attempted to come in: but from the Kings Castle Master More made but two
shot, which caused them presently depart. Marke here the handy-worke of
the divine providence, for they had but three quarters of a barrell of powder,
and but one shot more, and the powder by carelesnesse was tumbled downe
under the mussels of the two peeces were discharged, yet not touched with
fire when they were discharged.

This feare thus past, appeares another much worse, which was the
extremity of famine; in this extremity God sent Captaine Daniel Elfrid with
a carvell of meale which a little relieved them, but brought withall so many
Rats, that within two yeeres after neere ruined all; now though Elfrid had
deceived his friend Fisher of this Carvell in the West-Indies they revenged
Fishers injury, for Elfrid had his passage for England, and they made use of
all he had. Some two moneths after, came in the Blessing with an hundred
Passengers; and two daies after the Starre with a hundred and fourescore
more, amongst which were many Gentlemen, as Master Lower for
Marshall, Master Barret, Master Felgate, and divers others; but very
unproper for what they undertooke. Within foureteene daies after came in
the Margaret and two Frygats, and in them one hundred and threescore
Passengers; also Master Bartlet came now expresly to divide the Country
into Tribes, and the Tribes into shares. But Master More finding no mention
made of any part for himselfe nor all them with him, as he was promised in
England, by no meanes would admit of any division, nor suffer his men
from finishing their fortifications, which was so necessary, it was his maine
ambition to see that accomplished; but such unkindnesse grew betwixt this
Master Bartlet and the Governour, that the rude [V.180.] multitude with all
the disdaine they could devise caused Bartlet returne for England as he
came. About this time William Millington was drawne into the Sea by a
fish, but never after ever seene.

A.D. 1614.
Sir Thomas Smith Treasurer.

A great famine and mortalitie.

The neglect of this division was very hardly conceited in England, so

that Master More grew more and more in dislike with the company;
notwithstanding he followed the building of these Forts so earnestly,
neglecting planting of Corne, till their store was neere all consumed,
whereby they became so feeble and weake, some would not, others could
not goe abroad to seeke releefe, but starved in their houses, and many that
went abroad, through weaknesse were subject to be suddenly surprized with
a disease called the Feauges, which was neither paine nor sicknesse, but as
it were the highest degree of weaknesse, depriving them of power and
ability from the execution of any bodily exercises, whether it were working,
walking, or what else, being thus taken, if any presently gave them food
many times they straight recovered, yet some after a little rest would bee
able to walke, but if they found not present succour, died.

A strange being of Ravens.

About this time or immediatly before, came in a company of Ravens,

which continued amongst them all the time of this mortality and then
departed, which for any thing knowne, neither before nor since were ever
seene or heard of: this with divers other reasons caused Master More to goe
out to Sea, to see if he could discover any other Ilands, but he went not farre
ere ill weather forced him backe; and it were a noble adventure of him
would undertake to make more perfect all the dangers are about the
Summer Iles.

All workes abandoned to get only victuals.

 Thus famine and misery caused Governour More leave all his workes,
and send them abroad to get what they could; one hundred and fifty of the
most weake and sicke he sent to Coupers Ile, where were such infinite
numbers of the Birds called Cahowes, which were so fearelesse they might
take so many as they would, and that admired abundance of fish, that the
extremity of their hunger, and their gluttony was such, those heavenly
blessings they so consumed and wasted by carelesnesse and surfetting,
many of them died upon those silly Birds that offered themselves to the
slaughter, which the Governour understanding, caused them for change of
aire to be removed to Port-royall, and a Company of Fishers with a Boat to
releeve them with fish, but the Gange grew so lazie the poore weaklings
still died; they that remained killed the Cattle they found in the Ile, faining
the heat caused them to runne into the Sea and so were drowned; so that the
Governour sent againe for them home, but some obtained leave still to live
abroad; one amongst the rest hid himselfe in the Woods, and lived onely on
Wilkes and land Crabs, fat and lusty many moneths, but most of them being
at Saint Georges, ordinarily was taken one hundred and fifty or two hundred
great fishes daily for their food; for want of hookes and lines, the Smith
made hookes of old swords, and lines of old ropes, but finding all those
poore Engines also decay, they sent one of the two Frigats last left with
them for England, to tell them of this misery. All which was now attributed
to Master Mores perversnesse, who at first when he got the Amber-Greece
had not such a generall applause, but now all the worst could possibly be
suggested was too good for him; yet not knowing for the present how to
send a better, they let him continue still, though his time was neere expired,
and with all speed sent the Welcome fraught with provision, where shee
well arrived, and proved her selfe as welcome in deed as in name; for all
those extremities, Master Lewes Hues writeth, not one of all those
threescore that first beganne this Plantation was dead, which shewes it was
not impossible, but industry might have prevented a great part of the others
sluggish carelesnesse.

A supply and M. Mores returne.

This ship much refreshed this miserable Colony, but Master More
seeing they sent not for him, his time being now expired, understanding
how badly they reputed him in England, and that his imploiment now was
more for their owne ends then any good for himselfe, resolved directly to
returne with this ship. Having setled all things in the best order he could,
left the government to the charge of the counsell of six to succeed each
other [V.181.] monethly, till they had further directions from England;
whose names were Captaine Miles Kendall, Captaine John Mansfield,
Thomas Knight, Charles Caldycot, Edward Waters, and Christopher Carter,
with twelve others for their assistances. More thus taking leave of those
Ilands, arrived in England, much wrangling they had, but at last they
confirmed him according to promise eight shares of Land, and so he was
dismissed of his charge, with shew of favour and much friendship.

The rule of the six Governors.

A.D. 1615.
Sir Thomas Smith Treasurer.

The first thing they did was casting of lots, who should rule first,
which lot lighted upon Master Caldicot. This last supply somewhat abated
the extremitie of their miseries, and the better in that their fortifications
being finished, they had the more leasure to goe abroad with that meanes
was brought to that purpose to fish. Chard as you have heard, whom all this
while More had kept Prisoner, they set at libertie: now by reason of their
former miseries, little or nothing could be done; yet this Governour having
thus concluded his moneth, and prepared a Frigot and two and thirtie men,
hee imbarked himselfe with two other of his fellow counsellers; namely,
Knight and Waters for the West-Indies, to get Fruits and Plants, Goats,
young Cattle, and such like. But this poore vessell, whether through ill
weather, or want of Mariners, or both, in stead of the Indies fell with the
Canaries, where taking a poore Portugall, the which they manned with ten
of their owne people, as soone after separated from her in a storme, & the
next day was taken by a French Pickaroune, so that the Frigot out of hope
of her prize, makes a second time for the West-Indies, where she no sooner
arrived, but foundred in the sea; but the men in their Boat recovered a
desolate Ile, where after some few moneths stay, an English Pyrat tooke
them in, and some of them at last got for England, and some few yeares
after returned to the Somer Iles.
 Captaine John Mansfield his moneth.

The Frigot thus gone, Captaine Mansfield succeeded. Then was

contrived a petition, as from the generalitie, unto the triumverat Governors;
wherein they supplicated, that by no meanes they should resigne the
government to any should come from England, upon what tearmes soever,
untill six moneths after the returne of their ship sent to the West-Indies:
about this unwarrantable action, Master Lewes Hues their Preacher was so
violent in suppressing it, that such discontents grew betwixt the Governors
and him, and divisions among the Company, he was arraigned, condemned,
and imprisoned, but not long detained before released. Then the matter fell
so hotly againe to be disputed betwixt him and one Master Keath a Scotch-
man, that professed schollership, that made all the people in a great
combustion: much adoe there was, till at last as they sate in the Church and
ready to proceed to a judicary course against Master Hues, suddenly such
an extreme gust of wind and weather so ruffled in the trees and Church;
some cried out a miracle; others, it was but an accident common in those
Iles, but the noise was so terrible it desolved the assembly: notwithstanding,
Master Hues was againe imprisoned, and as suddenly discharged; but those
factions were so confused, and their relations so variable, that such
unnecessary circumstances were better omitted then any more disputed.

Master Carter. Captaine Kendall. Capt. Mansfield.

This mans moneth thus ended, begins Master Carter, which was
altogether spent in quietnesse, and then Captaine Miles Kendall had the
rule, whose moneth was also as quietly spent as his Predecessors. Then
Captaine Mansfield begins his second moneth, when the ship called the
Edwin arrived with good supplies. About this time divers Boats going to sea
were lost, and some men drowned; and many of the Company repaired to
Master [V.182.] Hues, that there might bee a Councell according to Master
Mores order of six Governours, and twelve Assistants, whereupon grew as
many more such silly brawles as before, which at last concluded with as
simple a reconciliation. In the interim happened to a certaine number of
private persons as miserable and lamentable an accident, as ever was read
or heard of, and thus it was:
 A wonderful accident.

In the month of March, a time most subject of all others to such

tempests; on a Friday there went seven men in a boat of two or three tunnes
to fish. The morning being faire, so eager they were of their journey, some
went fasting: neither carried they either meat or drinke with them, but a few
Palmeta berries, but being at their fishing place some foure leagues from the
shoare, such a tempest arose, they were quickly driven from the sight of
land in an overgrowne Sea, despairing of all hope, onely committing
themselves to Gods mercy, let the boat drive which way shee would. On
Sunday the storme being somewhat abated, they hoysed saile as they
thought towards the Island. In the evening it grew starke calme; so that
being too weake to use their oares, they lay a drift that night. The next
morning Andrew Milliard, for now all his companions were past strength
either to helpe him or themselves: before a small gale of wind spred his
saile againe. On Tuesday one died, whom they threw over board. On
Wednesday three. And on Thursday at night the sixt. All these but the last
were buried by Hilliard in the Sea, for so weake hee was growne hee could
not turne him over as the rest, whereupon hee stripped him, ripping his
belly with his knife, throwing his bowels into the water, hee spread his body
abroad tilted open with a sticke, and so lets it lie as a cisterne to receive
some lucky raine-water, and this God sent him presently after, so that in one
small shoure hee recovered about foure spoonefuls of raine water to his
unspeakeable refreshment; he also preserved neere halfe a pint of blood in a
shooe, which he did sparingly drinke of to moist his mouth: two severall
daies he fed on his flesh, to the quantity of a pound, on the eleventh day
from his losing the sight of land, two flying fishes fals in his boat, whose
warme jucie blood hee sucked to his great comfort. But within an houre
after to his greater comfort you will not doubt, he once againe descried the
land, and within foure houres after was cast upon a rocke neere to Port
royall, where his boat was presently split in pieces, but himselfe, though
extreamly weake, made shift to clamber up so steepe and high a rocke, as
would have troubled the ablest man in the Ile to have done that by day hee
did by night.

Being thus astride on a rocke, the tumbling Sea had gotten such
possession in his braines, that a good while it was before his giddy head
would suffer him to venture upon the forsaking it: towards the morning he
craules a shore, and then to his accomplished joy descernes where hee is,
and travels halfe a day without any refreshment then water, whereof wisely
and temperately he stinted him selfe, otherwise certainely hee had drunke
his last. In which case hee attaines a friends house: where at the first they
tooke him for a ghost, but at last acknowledged and received him with joy,
his story after some houres of recovery of strength to tell it, heard out with
admiration: he was not long after conveyed to the towne, where he received
his former health, and was living in the yeere 1622.

Treasure found in the Summer Iles.

The next newes that happened in this time of ease, was, that a merry
fellow having found some few Dollars against Flemish wracke, the bruit
went currant the treasure was found, and they all made men. Much adoe
there was to prevent the purloining of it, before they had it: where after they
had tyred themselves with searching, that they found, amounted not to
above twenty pounds starling, which is not unlike but to be the remainder of
some greater store, washed from some wracke not farre from the shore.

A new Governour chosen.

The company by the Edwin receiving newes of the revels were kept in
Sommer Iles, resolved to make choice of a new Governour, called Master
Daniel Tuckar, that a long time had bin a planter in Virginia in the
government of Captaine Smith. All things being furnished for [V.183.] his
voyage; hee set saile in the George, consorted with the Edwin, with many
passengers, which being discovered by them in those Iles, they supposed
them the Frigot sent to the West Indies; but when they understood what they
were, much preparation they made to resist the new Governour. Many great
ostentations appeared on both sides, but when the quondam Governour did
see his men for most part forsake him; all was very well and quietly
compounded, and with much kindnesse received and welcomed a shore,
where his Commission was no sooner read, then they accepted and
acknowledged him for their Governour.
 A.D. 1616.
Sir Thomas Smith Treasurer.

The Government of Captaine Daniel Tuckar.

About the midst of May arrived this Governor, where finding the
Inhabitants both abhorring all exacted labour, as also in a manner disdaining
and grudging much to be commanded by him; it could not but passionate
any man living. But at last according to the Virginia order, hee set every one
was with him at Saint Georges, to his taske, to cleere grounds, fell trees, set
corne, square timber, plant vines and other fruits brought out of England.
These by their taske Masters by breake a day repaired to the wharfe, from
thence to be imployed to the place of their imployment, till nine of the
clocke, and then in the after-noone from three till Sunne-set. Beside meat,
drinke and cloaths, they had for a time a certaine kinde of brasse money
with a hogge on the one side, in memory of the abundance of hogges was
found at their first landing.

Captaine Tuckars proceedings.

This course thus squared, imitating divers orders used in Virginia, by

Sir Tho. Dale: he began by them to looke into his instructions given by the
Company. Whereupon by one Mr. Richard Norwood a Survayor, sent over
for that purpose, in the time of Master Moore, hee began to lay out the eight
tribes in the maine, which were to consist of fifty shares to a tribe; and
twenty five acers to every share. He also began to plant some Colony men
on some of the especiall shares. He swore also certaine of the chiefe men of
every tribe to bee Bailiffes thereof; and appointed as many men as hee was
able for all supplied shares. The goods landed in the store houses hee sent
from thence, and dispersed it to his workemen in generall: some Boats also
began to be builded; but the pinace called the Thomas suspected might
make an escape, was laid up in a docke, where shee yet remaineth.

A Barke sent to the West Indies.

In the beginning of the second moneth of his government, he directed

warrants to all the Bailiffes, for the holding of a generall Assise at Saint
Georges, and appointed Master Stokes Lieutenant of the Kings Castle at the
Gurnets head. The Edwin came with him he sent to the West Indies by
directions from England, to trade with the natives, for cattell, corne, plants,
and other commodities. A course of great importance, which had it been
pursued, would certainly have produced more hopefull effects for the good
of the Colony, then all the supplies and Magazines from England hath or
will in a long time.

The Assises.

Presently after her departure began the Assises, executed by his

Deputy. The chiefe matter handled was the hanging one John Wood a
French man, for speaking many distastefull and mutinous speeches against
the Governour, to shew the rest by that example, the power of his authority,
which after with his owne hands he so oft executed with a bastinado
amongst the poorer sort; many tearmed it a cruelty, not much lesse then
tyranny: but the sequell is more then strange.

The strange adventure of five men in a boat.

So it was that five of them, seeing by no meanes they could get

passage for England, resolved to undergoe all hazards but they would make
an escape from such servitude. The chiefe mariner and plotter of this
businesse, was Richard Sanders and his confederates, William Goodwin a
ship Carpenter, Thomas Harison a Joyner; James Barker a Gentleman, and
Henry Puet. These repairing to the Governour, and with pleasing
insinuations told him, if hee would allow them but things [V.184.]
necessary, they would build him a boat of two or three tunnes, with a close
decke, should goe a fishing all weathers. The Governour halfe proud that
hee had brought his men to so good a passe, as he conceived, to offer
themselves to so necessary a worke; instantly with all willingnesse
furnished them with all things they could desire, and many faire promises to
incourage them to performe it with all expedition. Having made choise of a
place most fit from molestation, they went forward with that expedition,
that in a short time shee was brought to perfection. By this time, the ship
that brought the Governour, being ready to depart, hee sends a lusty gange
to goe fetch his new boat to carry him aboard, but arriving at the place
where she was built, they could heare no more of her, but she was gone the
last evening to Sea, to try how shee would saile. Much search and dispute
was where this boat should be: but at last they found divers letters in the
cabbins, to this effect, directed to the Governour, and other their friends:
that their hard and bad usage was so intolerable, and their hope so small
ever againe to see their Countrey, or be delivered from such servitude, they
did rather chuse to put themselves to that desperate hazard to goe for
England, in which if they miscaried, as it was much to be mistrusted, their
lives and bloods should be required at their hands was the cause. A
compasse Diall Barker had borrowed of Master Hues, to whom he writ that
as hee had oft perswaded them to patience, and that God would pay them
though none did: hee must now bee contented with the losse of his Diall,
with his owne doctrine. Such leasure they found to bee merry when in the
eye of reason they were marching into a most certaine ruine. The
Governour being thus satisfied of their escape, extreamly threatned them no
lesse then a hanging, but the stormes of the Ocean they now more feared
then him; good provision by bartering they had got from the ship, where
Goodwin in a bravado told the Mariners, though he could not be permitted
to goe with them, yet peradventure hee might be in England before them,
whereat the Master and his Mate laughed merrily. But having beene now
under saile three weekes, the winds so favoured them, they felt nothing of
what they had cause to feare: then a blustering gale blowing in their teeth,
put them to much extremity for divers dayes, then becomming more gentle
away they past prosperously some eight or ten dayes more, till meeting a
French Piccaroune of whom they desired succour, hee like himselfe tooke
from them what hee liked, leaving them not so much as a crosse-staffe to
observe withall, and so cast them off: their course still they continued till
their victuall began to fall to the lowest ebbe; and the very knees of their
small vessell were halfe hewed away for fire wood. At last to their infinit
joy they arrived in Ireland, where the Earle of Tomund honorably
entertained them, and caused the boat to be hung up for a Monument, and
well she might, for shee had sailed more then 3300. miles by a right line
thorow the maine Sea, without any sight of land, and I thinke since God
made the world, the like navigation was never done, nor heard of. This
fortunate Sanders going to the East Indies, in the rifling some ships there
tooke, it was his chance to buy an old chest, for three or foure shillings, but
because it wanted a key hee repented his bargaine, and would gladly have
sold it againe for lesse. A certaine time it lay tossed to and fro as a thing hee
little regarded, but at last having little to doe, hee broke it open, where he
found a thousand pounds starling, or so much gold as bought him in
England a good estate, which leaving with his wife he returned againe to
the East Indies.

Plants from the West Indies. {MN-1}

The exploits of Captaine Powell. {MN-2}

The George setting saile three dayes after this escape, the Governour
seazed and confiscated all that those fugitives left behinde them. {MN-1}
Within a weeke after returned the Edwin from the West Indies, furnished
with figges, pynes, sugar-canes, plantaines, papanes and divers other plants,
which were presently replanted, and since increased into greater numbers,
also an Indian and a Negar, and so much ligna vitæ as defrayed all the
charge. The Governor thus busied amongst his plants, making hedges of
Figtrees, and Pomgranets, and severall divisions by Palizadoes for the
defence of their guarding [V.185.] and keeping their cattell, for in such
husbandry qualities he well deserved great commendations. The
Adventurers to supply him sent with all speed they could the Hopewell, a
small Barke, but an excellent sailer, {MN-2} and in her one Captaine
Powell an excellent Mariner, and well acquainted in the Indies where he
was to goe trade, after he had landed his passengers in the Summer lies: but
in his journey at the Westerne Iles meeting a Brasile man, hee liked the
suger and passengers so well, hee mand the Carvill with his owne men, and
continued his course, but bethinking himself how this would be entertained
at the Summer lies, hee found such doubts, hee went directly for the West
Indies to take time to resolve what to doe: arriving there hee met a French
rover, one every way as cunning as himselfe, but much more trecherous. A
great league of kindnesse is soone made betweene them, upon confidence
whereof, Powell and some of the chiefe with him being invited aboord him,
is easily entised, and in the midst of their cups both hee and his company
treacherously made prisoners; and thus was forced to give him their prise,
or hang at the yards arme with all his company. Having set them a shore,
away goes the French man; Powels ship being but hard by, presently fetcht
them all a boord, but finding his victuall neere spent, and no hope at all to
recover his prize, set his Portugales on shore, and set saile for the Summer
Iles; where safely arriving, hee declared the whole passage to the
Governour, lest some other in telling might make it worse, of which the
Governour seemed well enough to approve.

The second Assises.

This Governour still spent his time in good husbandry, although some
of the snarling sort here in England, whom nothing will please, writ to him
hee was fitter to be a Gardiner then a Governour: some time he spent in
digging of a great pond, but that worke proved altogether unprofitable:
about that time was held the second Assise. The greatest matter passed, was
a Proclamation against the spoile of Cahowes, but it came too late, for they
were most destroyed before: a platforme hee caused to be erected by Pagits
Fort, where a good Fort were very necessary. Captaine Powell not having
performed his service in the West Indies, he conditioned with the Company,
is sent thither againe by this Governour, and thirteene or fourteene of his
best men, furnished with all things necessary. In the meane time the
Company understanding, that in January, February and March, there are
many Whales, for which fishing they sent the Neptune, a tall ship well
provided with every thing fitting for that purpose. But before she arrived,
Captaine Tuckar, who had brought also with him most provisions for that
imploiment, sent three good Shalops to try what could be done, but whether
it was the swiftnes of the Whale in swimming, or the condition of the place,
certaine it is for all their labour and hazard, they could kill none, though
they strucke many.

A.D. 1617.
Sir Thomas Smith Treasurer.

The third Assise.

To begin his second yeere, he called the third Assise, where divers
were punished as their faults deserved: three were condemned to die; two
were reprived, but the third was hanged: the next day there was also a levy
for the repairing two Forts; but that labour tooke not such effect as was
intended, for want of good directions.
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