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A12460	A description of New England: or The obseruations, and discoueries, of Captain Iohn Smith (admirall of that country) in the north of America, in the year of our Lord 1614 with the successe of sixe ships, that went the next yeare 1615; and the accidents befell him among the French men of warre: with the proofe of the present benefit this countrey affoords: whither this present yeare, 1616, eight voluntary ships are gone to make further tryall.	Smith, John, 1580-1631.; Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, engraver.	1616 (1616)	STC 22788; ESTC S111023	38,061	84

Cor fish about 7000. Whilest the sailers fished my selfe with eight or nine others of them might best bee spared Ranging the coast in a small boat wee got for trifles neer 1100 Beuer skinnes 100 Martins and neer as many Otters and the most of them within the distance of twenty leagues We ranged the Coast both East and West much furder but Eastwards our commodities were not esteemed they were so neare the French who affords them better and right against vs in the Main was a Ship of Sir Frances Popphames that had there such acquaintance hauing many yeares vsed onely that porte that the most parte there was had by him And 40 leagues westwards were two French Ships that had made there a great voyage by trade during the time wee tryed those conclusions not knowing the Coast nor Saluages habitation With these Furres the Traine and Cor-fish I returned for England in the Bark where within six monthes after our departure from the Downes we safe arriued back The best of this fish was solde for fiue pound the hundreth the rest by ill vsage betwixt three pound and fifty shillings The other Ship staied to fit herselfe for Spaine with the dry fish which was sould by the Sailers reporte that returned at forty ryalls the quintall each hundred weighing two quintalls and a halfe New England is that part of America in the Ocean Sea opposite to Noua Albyon in the South Sea discouered by the most memorable Sir Francis Drake in his voyage about the worlde In regarde whereto this is stiled New England beeing in the same latitude New France off it is Northward Southwardes is Virginia and all the adioyning Continent with New Granado New Spain New Andolosia and the West Indies Now because I haue beene so oft asked such strange questions of the goodnesse and greatnesse of those spatious Tracts of land how they can bee thus long vnknown or nor possessed by the Spaniard and many such like demands I intreat your pardons if I chance to be too plaine or tedious in relating my knowledge for plaine mens satisfaction Florida is the next adioyning to the Indes which vnprosperously was attempted to bee planted by the French A Country farre bigger then England Scotland France and Ireland yet little knowne to any Christian but by the wonderful endeuours of Ferdinando de Soto a valiant Spaniard whose writings in this age is the best guide knowne to search those parts Virginia is no Ile as many doe imagine but part of the Continent adioyning to Florida whose bounds may be stretched to the magnitude thereof without offence to any Christian inhabitant For from the degrees of 30. to 45. his Maiestie hath granted his Letters parents the Coast extending South-west and North-east aboute 1500 miles but to follow it aboard the shore may well be 2000. at the least of which 20. miles is the most giues entrance into the Bay of Chisapeak where is the London plantation within which is a Country as you may perceiue by the description in a Booke and Map printed in my name of that little I there discouered may well suffice 300000 people to inhabit And Southward adioyneth that part discouered at the charge of Sir Walter Rawley by Sir Ralph Lane and that learned Mathematician Mr. Thomas Heryot Northward six or seauen degrees is the Riuer Sadagahock where was planted the Westerne Colony by that Honourable Patrone of vertue Sir Iohn Poppham Lord chief Iustice of England Ther is also a relation printed by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnould of Elizabeths Iles and an other by Captaine Waymoth of Pemmaquid From all these diligent obseruers posterity may be bettered by the fruits of their labours But for diuers others that long before and since haue ranged those parts within a kenning sometimes of the shore some touching in one place some in another I must entreat them pardon me for omitting them or if I offend in saying that their true descriptions are concealed or neuer well obserued or died with the Authors so that the Coast is yet still but euen as a Coast vnknowne and vndiscouered I haue had six or seauen seuerall plots of those Northren parts so vnlike each to other and most sodiffering from any true proportion or resemblance of the Countrey as they did mee no more good then so much waste paper though they cost me more It may be it was not my chance to see the best but least others may be deceiued as I was or through dangerous ignorance hazard themselues as I did I haue drawen a Map from Point to Point I le to I le and Harbour to Harbour with the Soundings Sands Rocks Land-marks as I passed close aboard the Shore in a little Boat although there bemany things to bee obserued which the haste of other affaires did cause me omit for being sent more to get present commodities then knowledge by discoueries for any future good I had not power to search as I would yet it will serue to direct any shall goe that waies to safe Harbours and the Saluages habitations What marchandize and commodities for their labour they may finde this following discourse shall plainely demonstrate Thus you may see of this 2000. miles more then halfe is yet vnknowne to any purpose no not so much as the borders of the Sea are yet certainly discouered As for the goodnes and true substances of the Land wee are for most part yet altogether ignorant of them vnlesse it bee those parts about the Bay of Chisapeack and Sagadahock but onely here and there wee touched or haue seene a little the edges of those large dominions which doe stretch themselues into the Maine God doth know how many thousand miles whereof we can yet no more iudge then a stranger that saileth betwixt England and France can describe the Harbors and dangers by landing here or there in some Riuer or Bay tell thereby the goodnesse and substances of Spaine Italy Germany Bohemia Hungaria the rest By this you may perceiue how much they erre that think euery one which hath bin at Virginia vnderstandeth or knowes what Virginia is Or that the Spaniards know one halfe quarter of those Territories they possesse no not so much as the true circumference of Terra Incognita whose large dominions may equalize the greatnesse and goodnes of America for any thing yet known It is strange with what small power hee hath raigned in the East Indes and few will vnderstand the truth of his strength in America where he hauing so much to keepe with such a pampered force they neede not greatly feare his furie in the Bermudas Virginia New France or New England beyond whose bounds America doth stretch many thousand miles into the frozen partes whereof one Master Hutson an English Mariner did make the greatest discouerie of any Christian I knowe of where he vnfortunately died For Affrica had not the industrious Portugales ranged her vnknowne parts who would haue sought for wealth among those fryed

their neighbours or haue eaten the pride of Spaine it selfe Now he knowes little that knowes not England may well spare many more people then Spaine and is as well able to furnish them with all manner of necessaries And seeing for all they haue they cease not still to search for that they haue not and know not It is strange we should be so dull as not maintaine that which wee haue and pursue that wee knowe Surely I am sure many would taste it ill to bee abridged of the titles and honours of their predecessors when if but truely they would iudge themselues looke how inferior they are to their noble vertues so much they are vnworthy of their honours and liuings which neuer were ordained for showes and shadowes to maintaine idlenesse vice but to make them more able to abound in honor by heroycall deeds of action iudgement pietie and vertue What was it They would not doe both in purse and person for the good of the Commonwealth which might moue them presently to set out their spare kindred in these generous designes Religion aboue all things should moue vs especially the Clergie if wee were religious to shewe our faith by our workes in conuerting those poore saluages to the knowledge of God seeing what paines the Spanyards take to bring them to their adulterated faith Honor might moue the Gentrie the valiant and industrious and the hope and assurance of wealth all if wee were that we would seeme and be accounted Or be we so far inferior to other nations or our spirits so far deiected from our auncient predecessors or our mindes so vpon spoile piracie and such villany as to serue the Portugall Spanyard Dutch French or Turke as to the cost of Europe too many doo● rather then our God our King our Country our selues excusing our idlenesse and our base complaints by want of impioiment when heere is such choise of all sorts and for all degrees in the planting and discouering these North parts of Amemerica Now to make my words more apparent by my deeds I was the last yeare 1615. to haue staied in the Countrie to make a more ample triall of those conclusions with sixteene men whose names were Gent. Thomas Dirmir Edward Stalings Daniel Cage Francis Abbot Iohn Gosling Souldiers William Ingram Robert Miter Dauid Cooper Iohn Partridge and two boies Sailers Thomass Digbie Daniel Baker Adam Smith Thomas Watson Walter Chissick Iohn Hall I confesse I could haue wished them as many thousands had all other prouisions bin in like proportion nor would I haue had so fewe could I haue had meanes for more yet would God haue pleased wee had safely arriued I neuer had the like authoritie freedom and prouision to doe so well The maine assistance next God I had to this small number was my acquaintance among the Saluages especially with Dohannida one of their greatest Lords who had liued long in England By the meanes of this proud Saluage I did not doubt but quickly to haue gotte that credit with the rest of his friends and alliants to haue had as many of them as I desired in any designe I intended and that trade also they had by such a kind of exchange of their Countrie commodities which both with ease securitie in their seasons may be vsed With him and diuerse others I had concluded to inhabit and defend them against the Terentynes with a better power then the French did them whose tyranny did inforce them to imbrace my offer with no small deuotion And though many may thinke me more bolde then wise in regard of their power dexteritie treacherie and inconstancie hauing so desperately assaulted betraied many others I say but this because with so many I haue many times done much more in Virginia then I intended heere when I wanted that experience Virginia taught me that to mee it seemes no daunger more then ordinarie And though I know my selfe the meanest of many thousands whose apprehensiue inspection can pearce beyond the boundes of my habilities into the hidden things of Nature Art and Reason yet I intreate such giue me leaue to excuse my selfe of so much imbecillitie as to lay that in these eight yeares which I haue been conuersant with these affairs I haue not learned there is a great difference betwixt the directions and iudgement of experimentall knowledge and the superficiall coniecture of variable relation wherein rumor humor or misprision haue such power that oft times one is enough to beguile twentie but twentie not sufficient to keep one from being deceiued Therefore I know no reason but to beleeue my own eies before any mans imagination that is but wrested from the conceits of my owne proiects and indeauours But I honor with all affection the counsell and instructions of iudiciall directions or any other honest aduertisement so farre to obserue as they tie mee not to the crueltie of vnknowne euents These are the inducements that thus drew me to neglect all other imployments and spend my time and best abilities in these aduentures Wherein though I haue had many discouragements by the ingratitude of some the malicious slanders of others the falsenesse of friendes the trechery of cowards and slownesse of aduenturers but chiefly by one Hunt who was Master of the ship with whom oft arguing these proiects for a plantation howeuer hee seemed well in words to like it yet he practiced to haue robbed mee of my plots and obseruations and so left mee alone in a desolate I le to the fury of famine and all other extreamities lest I should haue acquainted Sir Thomas Smith my Honourable good friend the Councell of Virginia to the end he and his associates might secretly ingrosse it ere it were knowne to to the State Yet that God that alway hath kept me from the worst of his dissimulations Notwithstanding after my departure hee abused the Saluages where hee came and betrayed twenty seauen of these poore innocent soules which he sould in Spaine for slaues to mooue their hare against our Nation aswell as to cause my proceedings to be so much the more difficult Now returning in the Bark in the fift of August I arriued at Plimouth where imparting those my purposes to my honourable friende Sir Ferdinando Gorge and some others I was so incouraged and assured to haue the managing their authoritie in those parts during my life that I ingaged my selfe to vndertake it for them Arriuing at London I found also many promise me such assistance that I entertained Michaell Cooper the Master who returned with mee and others of the company How hee dealt with others or others with him I know not But my publike proceeding gaue such incouragement that it became so well apprehended by some fewe of the Southren Company as these proiects were liked he furnished from London with foure ships at Sea before they at Plimouth had made any prouision at all but onely a ship cheefely let out by sir Ferdinando Gorge