. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres . thence forward, and toenter into their watch : for the greatest part of thesouldiers, of whom I had the best opinion, were goneaway with them. My declaration ended, they promisedmee all with one accord to obey mee most humbly, andto doe whatsoever I should command them, though itwere to die at my feet for the Kings service ; whereinassuredly they never after failed : so that
. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres . thence forward, and toenter into their watch : for the greatest part of thesouldiers, of whom I had the best opinion, were goneaway with them. My declaration ended, they promisedmee all with one accord to obey mee most humbly, andto doe whatsoever I should command them, though itwere to die at my feet for the Kings service ; whereinassuredly they never after failed : so that I dare say,after the departure of my mutinous companions I wasas well obeyed as ever was Captaine in place where hecommanded. The next day after my returne unto thefort, I assembled my men together againe, to declareunto them that our fort was not yet finished, and thatit was needfull that all of us should put thereto ourhelping hands, to assure our selves against the Indians :wherein having willingly agreed unto mee, they all with turfes from the gate unto the river which istheWelTside °^ ^^^ West side. This done, I set my Carpenters onof the fort. worke to make another barke of the same bignesse that. Laudihfs mtacfi^ ?mfn Laudic?ieru3 abiho ^Florida re,^7wrzim comprendic jhierica ^Zi^ xzt?tc^/jGuici Tnimmurn cuius Francis t^rrtute^i/aJhmv.^er/zda quern si nm sociorum turjpiter hpif^iFaciio jproc^pt (cziius titmen, ommius vltis ,^RL^sus Tnamhis) ^u^y ^cdta., qudnta^atraffevi / RENE LAUDONNIERE RENE LAUDONNIERE ad. others were of: I commanded the Sawyers thatthey should prepare plancks, the Smithes to prepareyron and nailes, and certaine others to make coales : sothat the barke was finished in eighteene dayes. After-ward I made another lesser then the first, the better todiscover up the river. In this meane space the Indiansvisited me, and brought me dayly certaine presents, asFish, Deere, Turki-cocks, Leopards, little Beares, andother things according to t
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