Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . Seales of each Colonieappointed, the digging of Mynes granted in the same,and on the backside of their Colonies within the mayneLand, paying the fift of Gold and Silver, and fifteenthof Copper to the King; libertie to carrie all Subjects (notrestrained) which will goe with them. Of coyning forthe Colonies use there, of repelling enemies, of stayingships which trade there without leave, were too long toreherse, seeing this Patent hath beene often altered
Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . Seales of each Colonieappointed, the digging of Mynes granted in the same,and on the backside of their Colonies within the mayneLand, paying the fift of Gold and Silver, and fifteenthof Copper to the King; libertie to carrie all Subjects (notrestrained) which will goe with them. Of coyning forthe Colonies use there, of repelling enemies, of stayingships which trade there without leave, were too long toreherse, seeing this Patent hath beene often altered andrenewed. Chap. II. Observations gathered out of a Discourse of thePlantation of the Southerne Colonie in Vir-ginia by the English, 1606. Written by thatHonorable Gentleman Master George Percy. N Saturday the twentieth of Decemberin the yeere 1606. the fleet fell fromLondon, and the fift of January weanchored in the Downes; but the windscontinued contrarie so long, that wewere forced to stay there some time,where wee suffered great stormes, but by the skilfulnesse of the Captaine wee suffered no great losse or danger. 4°3 [IV. ix. 1685.] 1607. The next dayCap. Smithwas suspectedfor a supposedMutinie,though neverno such atDominica. Brutishnesseof theDominicans. Fight betioixta IVhale, theThresher andSword-fish. PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES The twelfth day of February at night we saw a blazingStarre, and presently a storme. The three and twentiethday we fell with the Hand of Mattanenio in the WestIndies. The foure and twentieth day we anchored atDominico, within fourteene degrees of the Line, a veryfaire Hand, the Trees full of sweet and good smelsinhabited by many Savage Indians, they were at first veryscrupulous to come aboord us. Wee learned of themafterwards that the Spaniards had given them a greatoverthrow on this He, but when they knew what we were,there came many to our ships with their Canoas, bringingus many kindes of sundry fruites, as Pines,
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