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A12458	Advertisements for the unexperienced planters of New-England, or any where. Or, The path-way to experience to erect a plantation With the yearely proceedings of this country in fishing and planting, since the yeare 1614. to the yeare 1630. and their present estate. Also how to prevent the greatest inconveniences, by their proceedings in Virginia, and other plantations, by approved examples. With the countries armes, a description of the coast, harbours, habitations, land-markes, latitude and longitude: with the map, allowed by our royall King Charles. By Captaine Iohn Smith, sometimes governour of Virginia, and admirall of Nevv-England.	Smith, John, 1580-1631.; Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, engraver.	1631 (1631)	STC 22787; ESTC S121885	31,468	55

among the natives till he had learned their language then he perswaded them to become Christians shewing them a Testament some parts thereof expounding so well as he could but they so much derided him that he told them hee feared his God would destroy them whereat the King assembled all his people about a hill himselfe with the Christian standing on the top demanded if his God had so many people and able to kill all those He answered yes and surely would and bring in strangers to possesse their land but so long they mocked him and his God that not long after such a sicknesse came that of five or six hundred about the Massachusets there remained but thirty on whom their neighbours fell and slew twenty eight the two remaining fled the Country till the English came then they returned and surrendred their Countrey and title to the English if this be not true in every particular excuse me I pray you for I am not the Author but it is most certaine there was an exceeding great plague amongst them for where I have seene two or three hundred within three yeares after remained scarce thirty but what disease it was the Salvages knew not till the English told them never having seene nor heard of the like before CHAP. 4. Our right to those Countries true reasons for plantations rare examples MAny good religious devout men have made it a great question as a matter in conscience by what warrant they might goe to possesse those Countries which are none of theirs but the poore Salvages Which poore curiosity will answer it selfe for God did make the world to be inhabited with mankind and to have his name knowne to all Nations and from generation to generation as the people increased they dispersed themselves into such Countries as they found most convenient And here in Florida Virginia New-England and Cannada is more land than all the people in Christendome can manure and yet more to spare than all the natives of those Countries can use and culturate And shall we here keepe such a coyle for land and as such great rents and rates when there is so much of the world uninhabited and as much more in other places and as good or rather better than any wee possesse were it manured and used accordingly If this be not a reason sufficient to such tender consciences for a copper kettle and a few toyes as beads and hatchets they will fell you a whole Countrey and for a small matter their houses and the ground they dwell upon but those of the Massachusets have resigned theirs freely Now the reasons for plantations are many Adam and Eve did first begin this innocent worke to plant the earth to remaine to posterity but not without labour trouble and industry Noah and his family began againe the second plantation and their seed as it still increased hath still planted new Countries and one Country another and so the world to that estate it is but not without much hazard travell mortalities discontents and many disasters had those worthy Fathers and their memorable off-spring not beene more diligent for us now in those ages than wee are to plant that yet unplanted for after-livers Had the seed of Abraham our Saviour Christ Jesus and his Apostles exposed themselves to no more dangers to plant the Gospell wee so much professe than we even we our selves had at this present beene as Salvages and as miserable as the most barbarous Salvage yet uncivilized The Hebrewes Lacedemonians the Goths Grecians Romans and the rest what was it they would not undertake to inlarge their Territories inrich their subjects and resist their enemies Those that were the founders of those great Monarchies and their vertues were no silvered idle golden Pharisies but industrious honest hearted Publicans they regarded more provisions and necessaries for their people than jewels ease and delight for themselves riches was their servants not their masters they ruled as fathers not as tyrants their people as children not as slaves there was no disaster could discourage them and let none thinke they incountered not with all manner of incumbrances and what hath ever beene the worke of the best great Princes of the world but planting of Countries and civilizing barbarous and inhumane Nations to civility and humanity whose eternall actions fils our histories with more honour than those that have wasted and consumed them by warres Lastly the Portugals and Spaniards that first began plantations in this unknowne world of America till within this 140. yeares whose everlasting actions before our eyes will testifie our idlenesse and ingratitude to all posterity and neglect of our duty and religion wee owe our God our King and Countrey and want of charity to those poore Salvages whose Countries we challenge use and possesse except wee be but made to mar what our forefathers made or but only tell what they did or esteeme our selves too good to take the like paines where there is so much reason liberty and action offers it selfe having as much power and meanes as others why should English men despaire and not doe so much as any Was it vertue in those Heros to provide that doth maintaine us and basenesse in us to doe the like for others to come Surely no then seeing wee are not borne for our selves but each to helpe other and our abilities are much alike at the howre of our birth and minute of our death seeing our good deeds or bad by faith in Christs merits is all wee have to carry our soules to heaven or hell Seeing honour is our lives ambition and our ambition after death to have an honourable memory of our life and seeing by no meanes wee would be abated of the dignitie and glorie of our predecessors let us imitate their vertues to be worthily their successors or at least not hinder if not further them that would and doe their utmost and best endevour CHAP. 5. My first voyage to new England my returne and profit TO begin with the originals of the voyages to those coasts I referre you to my generall history for New-England by the most of them was esteemed a most barren rocky desart Notwithstanding at the sole charge of some Merchants of London and my selfe 1614. within eight weekes sayling I arrived at Mo●ahigan an I le in America in 43. degrees 39. minutes of Northerly latitude Had the fishing for Whale proved as we expected I had stayed in the Country but we found the plots wee had so false and the seasons for fishing and trade by the unskilfulnesse of our Pylot so much mistaken I was contented having taken by hookes and lines with fifteene or eighteene men at most more than 60000. Cod in lesse than a moneth whilest my selfe with eight others of them might best be spared by an houre glasse of three moneths ranging the coast in a small boat got for trifles eleven hundred Bever skins beside Otters and Martins all amounting to the

authority sent master Robert Hunt an honest religious and couragious Divine during whose life our factions were oft qualified our wants and greatest extremities so comforted that they seemed easie in comparison of what we endured after his memorable death Now in New-England they have all our examples to teach them how to beware and choice men wee most ignorant in all things or little better therfore presage not the event of all such actions by our defailements For they write they doubt not ere long to be able to defend themselves against any indifferent enemy in the interim they have Preachers erected among themselves and Gods true Religion they say taught amongst them the Sabbath day observed the common Prayer as I understand and Sermons performed and diligent catechizing with strict and carefull exercise and commendable good orders to bring those people with whom they have to deale withall into a Christian conversation to live well to feare God serve the King and love the Country which done in time from both those Plantations may grow a good addition to the Church of England but Rome was not built in one day whose beginnings was once as unhopefull as theirs and to make them as eminent shall be my humble and hearty prayers But as yet it is not well understood of any authority they have sought for the government tranquillity of the Church which doth cause those suspicions of factions in Religion wherein although I be no Divine yet I hope without offence I may speake my opinion as well in this as I have done in the rest He that will but truly consider the greatnesse of the Turks Empire and power here in Christendome shall finde the naturall Turkes are generally of one religion and the Christians in so many divisions and opinions that they are among themselves worse enemies than the Turkes whose disjoyntednesse hath given him that opportunity to command so many hundred thousand of Christians as he doth where had they beene constant to one God one Christ and one Church Christians might have beene more able to have commanded as many Turkes as now the Turkes doe poore miserable Christians Let this example remember you to beware of faction in that nature for my owne part I have seene many of you here in London goe to Church as orderly as any Therefore I doubt not not but you will seeke to the prime authority of the Church of England for such an orderly authority as in most mens opinions is fit for you both to intreat for and to have which I thinke will not be denied and you have good reason seeing you have such liberty to transport so many of his Majesties subjects with all sorts of cattell armes and provision as you please and can provide meanes to accomplish nor can you have any certaine releefe nor long subsist without more supplies from England Besides this might prevent many inconveniences may insue and would clearely take away all those idle and malicious rumours and occasion you many good and great friends and assistance you yet dreame not of for you know better than I can tell that the maintainers of good Orders and Lawes is the best preservation next God of a Kingdome but when they are stuffed with hypocrisie and corruption that state is not doubtfull but lamentable in a well setled Common-wealth much more in such as yours which is but a beginning for as the Lawes corrupt the state consumes CHAP. 15. The true modell of a plantation tenure increase of trade true examples necessity of expert Souldiers the names of all the first discoverers for plantations and their actions what is requisite to be in the Governour of a plantation the expedition of Queene Elizabeths Sea Captaines IN regard of all that is past it is better of those slow proceedings than lose all and better to amendlate than never I know how hatefull it is to envy pride flattery and greatnesse to be advised but I hope my true meaning wise men will excuse for making my opinion plaine I have beene so often and by so many honest men intreated for the rest the more they mislike it the better I like it my selfe Concerning this point of a Cittadell it is not the least though the last remembred therefore seeing you have such good meanes and power of your owne I never had with the best convenient speed may be erect a Fort a Castle or Cittadell which in a manner is all one towards the building provision and maintenance thereof every man for every acre he doth culturate to pay foure pence yearely and some small matter out of every hundred of fish taken or used within five or ten miles or as you please about it it being the Center as a Fortresse for ever belonging to the State and when the charge shall be defrayed to the chiefe undertaker in reason let him be Governour for his life the overplus to goe forward to the erecting another in like manner in a most convenient place and so one after another as your abilities can accomplish by benevoleuces forfeitures fines and impositions as reason and the necessitie of the common good requireth all men holding their lands on those manners as they doe of Churches Universities and Hospitals but all depending upon one principall and this would avoid all faction among the Superiours extremities from the comminalty none would repine at such payments when they shall see it justly imployed for their owne defence and security as for corruption in so small a Government you may quickly perceive and punish it accordingly Now as his Majesty hath made you custome-free for seven yeares have a care that all your Country men shall come to trade with you be not troubled with Pilatage Boyage Ancorage Wharfage Custome or any such tricks as hath beene lately used in most of new Plantations where they would be Kings before their folly to the discouragement of many and a scorne to them of understanding for Dutch French Biskin or any will as yet use freely the Coast without controule and why not English as well as they Therefore use all commers with that respect courtesie and liberty is fitting which in a short time will much increase your trade and shipping to fetch it from you for as yet it were not good to adventure any more abroad with factors till you bee better provided now there is nothing more inricheth a Common-wealth than much trade nor no meanes better to increase than small custome as Holland Genua Ligorne and divers other places can well tell you and doth most beggar those places where they take most custome as Turkie the Archipelagan Iles Cicilia the Spanish ports but that their officers will connive to inrich themselves though undoe the State In this your infancy imagine you have many eyes attending your actions some for one end and some onely to finde fault neglect therefore no opportunity to informe his Majesty truly your orderly proceedings which if