The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning. an⁰: 1584. to this present 1624. With the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England.

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The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning. an⁰: 1584. to this present 1624. With the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England.

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Smith, John, 1580-1631.

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London :: Printed by I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Michael Sparkes,

1624.

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Contents

• title page
• TO THE ILLVSTRIOVS AND MOST NOBLE PRINCESSE, the Lady FRAN∣CIS, Duchesse of RICHMOND and LENOX.
• ¶ A Preface of foure Poynts.
• A Gentleman desirous to be vnknowne, yet a great Benefactor to Virginia, his loue to the Au∣thor, the Company, and History.
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• Samuel Purchas of his friend Cap∣taine Iohn Smith, and his Virginia.
• Thomas Macarnesse to his worthy friend and Countryman, Captaine Iohn Smith.
• To his friend Captaine Iohn Smith, and his Worke.
• To my worthy friend Captaine Iohn Smith.
• To his much respected Friend Captaine Iohn Smith.
• To his loving friend Captaine Iohn Smith.
• To my deare friend by true Vertue ennobled Captaine Iohn Smith.
• Noble Captaine Smith, my worthy Friend
• To his worthily affected Friend, Captaine Iohn Smith.
• The Contents of the generall History, divided into six Books.
• ❧ The first Booke.
  • Sir Richard Grenuills voyage to Virginia, for Sir Walter Raleigh. 85.
  • The conspiracy of Pemissapan; the Discouery of it; and our returne for England with Sir Francis Drake.
  • The Observations of Mr. Thomas Heriot in this Voyage.
    • For Marchandize and Victualls.
    • Dyes.
    • Their Natures and Manners.
  • How Sir Richard Grenvill went to relieue them.
  • Three Ships more sent to relieue them by Mr. White.
  • The fift Voyage to Virginia; vndertaken by Mr. Iohn White. 1589.
  • A briefe Relation of the Description of Elizabeths Ile, and some others towards the North part of Virginia; and what els they discovered in the yeare 1602. by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnoll, and Captaine Bartholomew Gilbert; and divers other Gentlemen their Associates.
  • A Voyage of Captaine Martin Pring, with two Barks from Bristow, for the North part of Virginia. 1603.
  • A relation of a Discovery towards the Northward of Virginia, by Captaine George Waymouth 1605. imployed thether by the right Honorable Thomas Arundell, Baron of Warder, in the Raigne of our most royall King IAMES.
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• ❧ The second Booke.
  • Of such things which are naturally in Virginia, and how they vse them.
  • Of their Planted fruits in Virginia, and how they vse them.
  • The Commodities in Virginia, or that may be had by Industrie.
    • Of the naturall Inhabitants of VIRGINIA.
    • Of their Religion.
    • Of the manner of the Virginians Government.
  • Because many doe desire to know the manner of their Language, I haue inserted these few words.
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• ❧ The third Booke.
  • CHAPTER I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III. The Arrivall of the first supply, with their Proceedings, and the Ships returne.
  • CHAP. IIII. The Arrivall of the Phoenix; her returne; and other Accidents.
  • CHAPTER V. The Accidents that hapned in the Discovery of the Bay of Chisapeack.
  • CHAP. VI. The Government surrendred to Master Scrivener. What happened the second Voyage in discovering the Bay.
  • CHAPTER VII. The Presidency surrendred to Captaine Smith: the Arrivall and returne of the second Supply. And what happened.
  • CHAP. VIII. Captaine Smiths Iourney to Pamavnkee.
  • CHAP. IX. How wee escaped surprising at Pamavnkee.
  • CHAP. X. How the Salvages became subiect to the English.
  • CHAP. XI. What was done in three moneths having Victualls. The Store devoured by Rats, how we liued three moneths of such natu∣rall fruits as the Country affoorded.
  • CHAPTER XII. The Arrivall of the third Supply.
  • New seeing there is thus much Paper here to spare, that you should not be altogether clered with Prose; such Verses as my worthy Friends bestowed vpon New England, I here present you, because with honestie I can neither reiect, nor omit their courtesies.
    • In the deserued Honour of the Author, Captaine Iohn Smith, and his Worke.
    • To his worthy Captaine the Author.
    • To my Worthy Friend and Cosen, Captaine Iohn Smith▪
    • In the deserved Honour of my honest and worthy Captaine, Iohn Smith, and his Worke.
    • Michael Phettiplace, Wil: Phettiplace, and Richard Wiffing, Gentlemen, and Souldiers vnder Captaine Smiths command: In his deserved honour for his Worke, and Worth.
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• THE FOVRTH BOOKE.
  • What happened in the first gouernment after the alteration in the time of Captaine George Piercie their Gouernour.
  • The gouernment resigned to Sir Thomas Gates, 1610.
  • The gouernment deuolued to the Lord la Ware.
  • The gouernment left againe to Captaine George Piercie, and the returne of the Lord la Ware, with his Relation to the Councell.
  • The gouernment surrendred to Sir Thomas Dale, who arriued in Virginia the tenth of May, 1611. out of Master Hamors Booke.
  • The gouernment returned againe to Sir Thomas Gates, 1611.
  • The gouernment left to Sir Thomas Dale vpon Sir Thomas Gates returne for England.
  • The Contents of the declaration of the Lottery published by the Counsell.
  • The gouernment left to Captaine Yearly.
  • To the most high and vertuous Princesse Queene Anne of Great Brittanie.
  • The gouernment deuolued to Captaine Samuel Argall, 1617.
  • A relation from Master Iohn Rolfe, Iune 15. 1618.
  • The gouernment surrendred to Sir George Yearley.
  • A desperat Sea-fight betwixt two Spanish men of warre, and a small English ship, at the Ile of Dominica going to Virginia, by Captaine Anthony Chester.
  • The Names of the Aduenturers for Ʋirginia, Alphabetically set downe, according to a printed Booke, set out by the Treasurer and Councell in this present yeere, 1620.
  • May 28.
  • The gouernment of Sir Francis Wyat.
  • GIFTS.
  • The obseruations of Master Iohn Pory Secretarie of Virginia, in his trauels.
  • Captaine Each sent to build a Fort to secure the Countrey.
  • The massacre vpon the two and twentieth of March.
  • The numbers that were slaine in those seuerall Plantations.
  • The proiect and offer of Captaine Iohn Smith, to the Right Honourable, and Right Worshipfull Company Virginia.
  • Their Answer.
  • A particular of such necessaries as either priuate families, or single persons, shall haue cause to prouide to goe to Virginia, where∣by greater numbers may in part conceiue the better how to prouide for themselues.
  • A briefe relation written by Captaine Smith to his Maiesties Com∣missioners for the reformation of Virginia, concerning some asper∣sions against it.
  • Out of these Obseruations it pleased his Maiesties Commissioners for the reformation of Virginia, to desire my answer to these seuen Questions.
• THE FIFTH BOOKE.
  • A briefe relation of the shipwracke of Henry May.
  • The first English ship knowne to haue beene cast away vpon the Bermudas 1609. From the relation of Mr. Iordan, Master Iohn Euens, Master Henry Shelly, and diuers others.
  • The first beginning of a Colonie in the Somer Iles, vnder the command of Master Richard More, extracted out of a plot of Master Richard Norwood Surueior, and the relations of diuer's others.
  • The rule of the six Gouernors.
  • Captaine Iohn Mansfield his moneth.
  • The Gouernment of Captaine Daniel Tuckar.
  • The diuision of the Summer Iles into Tribes, by Master Richard Norwood, Surueyor.
  • The names of the Aduenturers, and their shares in euery Tribe, according to the suruey, and the best information yet ascertained, of any of their alterations.
  • The Gouernment of Captaine Miles Kendall, Deputy for Captaine Tuckar.
  • The Gouernment of Captaine Nathaniel Butler.
  • Master Iohn Barnard sent to be Gouernour.
  • What hapned in the gouernment of Master Iohn Harrison.
  • To his friend Captaine Smith, vpon his description of New-England.
  • To that worthy and generous Gentleman, my very good friend, Captaine Smith.
  • To his worthy Captaine, the Author.
  • To my honest Captaine, the Author.

• NEW ENGLAND

  • The Description of New England.
  • My second voyage to New England.
  • The Examination of Daniel Baker, late Steward to Captaine Iohn Smith, in the returne of Plimoth, taken before Sir Lewis Stukeley Knight, the eighth of December, 1615.
  • Here followeth a briefe Discourse of the trials of New England, with certaine Obseruations of the Hollanders vse and gaine by fishing, and the present estate of that happy Plantation, begun but by sixtie weake men, in the yeere of our Lord 1620. and how to build a fleet of good ships to make a little Nauy Royall, by the former Author.
  • A Plantation in New-England.
  • A iourney to the Towne of Namaschet, in defence of the King of Massasoyt, against the Narrohigganses, and the supposed death of Squantum.
  • An abstract of diuers Relations sent from the Colony in New England, Iuly 16. 1622.
  • Master Dee his opinion for the building of ships.
  • The charge of letting forth a ship of 100. tuns with 40. per∣sons, both to make a fishing voyage, and increase the Plantation.
  • The present estate of New-Plimoth.
• Errata