Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . de of Hempe or Flaxe, and SilkeGrasse doe grow there naturally, which will affbord stuffefor all manner of excellent Cordage: That the Riverswarmeth with all manner of Sturgeon: the Landaboundeth with Vines; the Woods doe harbour ex-ceeding store of Beavers, Foxes, and Squirrels; theWaters doe nourish a great encrease of Otters, allwhich are covered with precious Furres: that there arein present discovered Dyes and Drugges of sundryqualities; that the O
Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . de of Hempe or Flaxe, and SilkeGrasse doe grow there naturally, which will affbord stuffefor all manner of excellent Cordage: That the Riverswarmeth with all manner of Sturgeon: the Landaboundeth with Vines; the Woods doe harbour ex-ceeding store of Beavers, Foxes, and Squirrels; theWaters doe nourish a great encrease of Otters, allwhich are covered with precious Furres: that there arein present discovered Dyes and Drugges of sundryqualities; that the Orenges which have beene planted,did prosper in the winter, which is an infallible argu-ment, that Lemmons, Sugar Canes, Almonds, Rice,Anniseede, and all other commodities which wee havefrom the Straights, may be supplied to us in our owneCountrey, and by our owne industry: that the Corneyeeldeth a terrible encrease more then ours: and lastly,that it is one of the goodliest Countries under theSunne; enterveined with five maine Rivers, andpromising as rich entrals as any Kingdome of theearth, to whom the Sunne is no neerer a neighbour. 72. SAMUEL ARGOLL 1610. Chap. VII. The Voyage of Captaine Samuel Argal, fromJames Towne in Virginia, to seeke the Heof Bermuda, and missing the same, hisputting over toward Sagadahoc and CapeCod, and so backe againe to James Towne,begun the nineteenth of June, 1610. Ir George Summers, being bound for theHe of Bermuda with two Pinnaces, theone called the Patience, wherein he sailedhimselfe, set saile from James Towne inVirginia, the ninteenth of June, 1610. June two and twentieth at noone we to an anchor at Cape Henry, totake more balast. The weather proved very wet : sowee road under the Cape till two of the clocke, thethree and twentieth in the morning. Then we weighedand stood off to Sea, the wind at South-west. Andtill eight of the clocke at night it was all Southerly,and then that shifted to South-west. The Cape thenbeari
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