Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . herwise imployed, may well husband foure Acres of made inCorne, and one thousand Plants of Tobacco, of which trima-! many to have much, neglect the goodnesse (in suffer-ing too many leaves to grow on one stalke) and manyTobaccomongers in England are said to sell the best1 of it in other names, calling all their trash Virginian,and so at once rob both England and Virginia. June PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES 25. the Triall came in with Corne and Cattell
Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . herwise imployed, may well husband foure Acres of made inCorne, and one thousand Plants of Tobacco, of which trima-! many to have much, neglect the goodnesse (in suffer-ing too many leaves to grow on one stalke) and manyTobaccomongers in England are said to sell the best1 of it in other names, calling all their trash Virginian,and so at once rob both England and Virginia. June PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES 25. the Triall came in with Corne and Cattell. TheGovernour and Counsell caused Burgesses to be chosenin all places, and a generall assembly was held forconsultation about the Colonies good. The ancientPlanters being set free chose places to their content,and sweetnesse of proprietie made them emulous toexceed each other in building and planting. Manygood instructions were sent from the Company, to amendthe Virginian abuses and competencie of provision wasappointed for Officers. But leave we awhile our Captaines Notes, and let uslisten to that which the Company published, A. Chap. XIII. The estate of the Colony, A. 1620. and MasterDermers Letter to mee from Virginia, touch-ing his Voyage for the South Sea. Ow touching the present estate of ourColony in that Countrey, We havethought it not unfit thus much brieflyto declare. There have beene sent thitherthis last yeere, and are now presentlyin going, twelve hundred persons andupward, as particularly appeareth in thenote above specified : and there are neere one thousandmore remaining of those that were gone before. Themen lately sent, have beene most of them choice men,borne and bred up to labour and industry. Out ofDevonshire, about an hundred men, brought up toHusbandry. Out of Warwickshire and Staffordshire,about one hundred and ten; and out of Sussex, aboutfortie ; all framed to Iron-workes: the rest dispersedlyout of divers Shires of the Realme. There have beene
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