Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . e backe upon ourcondition, and weake meanes to preserve the same, I ratheradmire at Gods mercies and providence in our preserva-tion, then that no greater things have beene effected byus. But though our beginning have beene thus raw,small, and difficult, as thou hast seene, yet the same Godthat hath hitherto led us thorow the former, I hope willraise meanes to accomplish the latter. Chap. VI. Nova Scotia. The Kings Patent to Sir WilliamAlexander Knight,
Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . e backe upon ourcondition, and weake meanes to preserve the same, I ratheradmire at Gods mercies and providence in our preserva-tion, then that no greater things have beene effected byus. But though our beginning have beene thus raw,small, and difficult, as thou hast seene, yet the same Godthat hath hitherto led us thorow the former, I hope willraise meanes to accomplish the latter. Chap. VI. Nova Scotia. The Kings Patent to Sir WilliamAlexander Knight, for the Plantation of NewScotland in America, and his proceedingstherein ; with a description of Mawooshen forbetter knowledge of those parts. Acobus Dei gratia Magnae Brittanniae,Franciae, & Hiberniae Rex fideique defen-sor : Omnibus probis hominibus totiusterrae suae Clericis & laicis salutem. Sciatisnos semper ad quamlibet quae ad decus& emolumentum regni nostri Scotiaespectaret occasionem amplectendum fuisseintentos, nullamque aut faciliorem aut magis innoxiamacquisitionem censere, quam quae inexteris & incultis 394. THE PATENT FOR NOVA SCOTIA ad. l62I. regnis ubi vitae & victui suppectunt commode nevisdeducendis Coloniis factu sit; praesertim si vel ipsaregna cultoribus prius vacua, vel ab infidelibus, quos adChristianam converti fidem & Dei gloriam interestplurimum, insessa fuerint. Sed cum & alia nonnulla [IV. , & haec non ita pridem nostra Anglia laudabiliter 1872.] sua nomina novis terris acquisitis sed in se subactisindiderunt, quam numerosa & frequens divino beneficiohaec gens, hac tempestate sit nobiscum reputantes,quamque honesto aliquo & utili cultu earn studioseexerceri ne in deteriora ex ignavia & otio prolabaturexpediat plerosque in novam deducendos regionem quamColoniis compleant, operae pretium duximus qui & animipromptitudine & alacritate corporumque robore & viribusquibuscunque difficultatibus, si qui alii mortalium uspiamse audiant opponere, hunc c
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