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           A
           GOOD
           SPEED
           to
           Virginia
           .
        
         
           ESAY
           42.
           4.
           
        
         
           He
           shall
           not
           faile
           nor
           be
           discouraged
           till
           he
           haue
           set
           iudgement
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           Jles
           shall
           wait
           for
           his
           law
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           FELIX
           KYNGSTON
           for
           
             VVilliam
             Welbie
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Greyhound
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1609.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           NOBLE
           AND
           HONORABLE
           EARLES
           ,
           BARONS
           and
           Lords
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           Knights
           ,
           Merchants
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Aduenturers
           for
           the
           plantation
           of
           Virginea
           ,
           all
           happie
           and
           prosperous
           successe
           ,
           which
           may
           either
           augment
           your
           glorie
           ,
           or
           increase
           your
           wealth
           ,
           or
           purchase
           your
           eternitie
           .
        
         
           TIme
           the
           deuourer
           of
           his
           own
           brood
           consumes
           both
           man
           and
           his
           memorie
           .
           It
           is
           not
           brasse
           nor
           marble
           that
           can
           perpetuate
           immortalitie
           of
           name
           vpon
           the
           earth
           .
           Many
           in
           the
           world
           haue
           erected
           faire
           and
           goodly
           monuments
           ,
           whose
           memorie
           together
           with
           their
           monuments
           is
           long
           since
           defaced
           and
           perished
           .
           The
           name
           ,
           memorie
           and
           actions
           of
           those
           men
           doe
           only
           liue
           in
           the
           records
           of
           eternitie
           ,
           
           which
           haue
           emploied
           their
           best
           endeuours
           in
           such
           vertuous
           and
           honourable
           enterprises
           ,
           as
           haue
           aduanced
           the
           glorie
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           inlarged
           the
           glorie
           and
           wealth
           of
           their
           countrie
           .
           It
           is
           not
           the
           house
           of
           Salomon
           ,
           called
           the
           Forrest
           of
           Lebanon
           ,
           that
           continues
           his
           name
           and
           memorie
           vpon
           the
           earth
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           but
           his
           wisedome
           ,
           iustice
           ,
           magnificence
           and
           power
           ,
           yet
           doe
           and
           for
           euer
           shall
           eternize
           him
           .
           A
           right
           sure
           foundation
           therefore
           haue
           you
           (
           my
           Lords
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           most
           worthie
           Aduenturers
           for
           Virginia
           )
           laid
           for
           the
           immortalitie
           of
           your
           names
           and
           memory
           ,
           which
           ,
           for
           the
           aduancement
           of
           Gods
           glorie
           ,
           the
           renowne
           of
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           your
           Countrie
           ,
           haue
           vndertaken
           so
           honorable
           a
           proiect
           ,
           as
           all
           posterities
           shal
           blesse
           you
           ,
           and
           vphold
           your
           names
           and
           memories
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Sunne
           and
           Moone
           endureth
           :
           whereas
           they
           which
           preferre
           their
           money
           before
           vertue
           ,
           their
           pleasure
           before
           honour
           ,
           and
           their
           sensuall
           securitie
           before
           heroical
           !
           aduentures
           ,
           shall
           perish
           with
           their
           money
           ,
           die
           with
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           be
           buried
           in
           euerlasting
           
           forgetfulnes
           .
           The
           disposer
           of
           al
           humane
           actions
           dispose
           your
           purposes
           ,
           blesse
           your
           Nauie
           as
           hee
           did
           the
           ships
           of
           Salomon
           which
           went
           to
           Ophie
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           home
           in
           one
           yeere
           six
           hundred
           threescore
           and
           six
           talents
           of
           gold
           .
           The
           preseruer
           of
           al
           men
           preserue
           your
           persons
           from
           all
           perils
           both
           by
           sea
           and
           land
           ;
           make
           your
           goings
           out
           like
           an
           host
           of
           men
           triumphing
           for
           the
           victorie
           ,
           and
           your
           commings
           in
           like
           an
           armie
           diuiding
           the
           spoile
           .
           And
           as
           God
           hath
           made
           you
           instruments
           for
           the
           inlarging
           of
           his
           Church
           militant
           heere
           vpon
           earth
           ;
           so
           when
           the
           period
           of
           your
           life
           shall
           be
           finished
           ,
           the
           same
           God
           make
           you
           members
           of
           his
           Church
           triumphant
           in
           Heauen
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             From
             mine
             house
             at
             the
             Northend
             of
             Sithes
             lane
             London
             ,
             
               April
               28.
               
               Anno
               1609.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Honours
             and
             Worships
             in
             all
             affectionate
             well
             wishing
             ,
             R.
             G.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           GOOD
           SPEEDE
           TO
           Virginia
           .
        
         
           
             Iosuah
             .
             17.
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Then
               the
               children
               of
               Ioseph
               spake
               vnto
               Ioshua
               ,
               saying
               ,
               why
               hast
               thou
               giuē
               me
               but
               one
               lot
               ,
               and
               one
               portion
               to
               inherite
               ,
               seeing
               I
               am
               a
               great
               people
               ?
            
             
               Ioshua
               then
               answered
               ,
               if
               thou
               beest
               much
               people
               ,
               get
               thee
               vp
               to
               the
               wood
               ,
               and
               cut
               trees
               for
               thy selfe
               in
               the
               land
               of
               the
               Perizzites
               ,
               &
               of
               the
               Giants
               ,
               if
               mount
               Ephraim
               be
               too
               narrow
               for
               thee
               .
            
             
               Then
               the
               children
               of
               Ioseph
               said
               ,
               the
               Mountaine
               will
               not
               be
               inough
               for
               vs
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Canaanites
               that
               dwell
               in
               the
               low
               countrey
               ,
               haue
               Charcts
               of
               Iron
               as
               well
               as
               they
               in
               Bethshean
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               townes
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               as
               they
               in
               the
               valley
               of
               Israel
               .
            
             
               And
               Ioshua
               spake
               vnto
               the
               house
               of
               Ioseph
               ,
               to
               Ephraim
               ,
               and
               Manasses
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Thou
               art
               a
               great
               people
               ,
               and
               hast
               great
               power
               ,
               and
               shalt
               not
               haue
               one
               lot
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               the
               Mountain
               shal
               be
               thine
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               a
               wood
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               cut
               it
               downe
               ,
               and
               the
               endes
               of
               it
               shall
               be
               thine
               ,
               &
               thou
               shalt
               cast
               out
               the
               Canaanites
               thogh
               they
               haue
               Iron
               Charets
               ,
               and
               though
               they
               be
               strong
               .
            
          
        
         
           THe
           heauens
           saith
           Dauid
           ,
           euen
           the
           heauens
           are
           the
           Lords
           ,
           &
           so
           is
           the
           earth
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           giuen
           it
           to
           the
           children
           of
           men
           .
           Psa
           .
           113.
           16.
           
           Yet
           notwithstāding
           the
           fatherly
           prouidēce
           ,
           &
           large
           bountie
           of
           God
           towards
           man
           ,
           so
           improuident
           and
           irrespectiue
           is
           man
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           rather
           liue
           like
           a
           drone
           ,
           and
           féede
           vppon
           the
           fruites
           of
           other
           mens
           labors
           ,
           wherunto
           God
           hath
           not
           entituled
           him
           ,
           then
           looke
           
           out
           and
           flie
           abroad
           ,
           like
           the
           Bée
           to
           gather
           the
           pleasures
           and
           riches
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           giuen
           him
           to
           enioy
           :
           whece
           vpon
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           Lord
           hath
           giuen
           the
           earth
           to
           the
           children
           of
           men
           ,
           yet
           this
           earth
           which
           is
           mans
           fee-simple
           by
           deede
           of
           gift
           frō
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           it
           possessed
           &
           wrongfully
           vsurped
           by
           wild
           beasts
           ,
           and
           vnreasonable
           creatures
           ,
           or
           by
           brutish
           sauages
           ,
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           godles
           ignorance
           ,
           &
           blasphemous
           Idolatrie
           ,
           are
           worse
           then
           those
           beasts
           which
           are
           of
           most
           wilde
           &
           sauage
           nature
           .
           As
           Ahab
           therfore
           sometimes
           said
           to
           his
           seruants
           ,
           1.
           
           
             King.
             22.
             13.
             
             Know
             ye
             not
             that
             Ramoth
             Gilead
             was
             ours
             ,
             and
             we
             stay
             &
             take
             it
             not
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Aram
             ?
          
           So
           may
           man
           say
           to
           himselfe
           :
           The
           earth
           was
           mine
           ,
           God
           gaue
           it
           me
           ,
           and
           my
           posteritie
           ,
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           children
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           stay
           &
           take
           it
           not
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           beasts
           ,
           and
           brutish
           sauages
           ,
           which
           haue
           no
           interest
           in
           it
           ,
           because
           they
           participate
           rather
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           beasts
           then
           men
           .
        
         
           The
           Christian
           part
           of
           the
           world
           did
           plainly
           bewray
           this
           improuident
           and
           irrespectiue
           neglect
           of
           Gods
           prouidence
           and
           bountie
           .
           When
           
             Christopher
             Columbus
          
           made
           proffer
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Portugall
          
           ,
           and
           Spaine
           ,
           to
           inuest
           them
           with
           the
           most
           precious
           and
           richest
           veynes
           of
           the
           whole
           earth
           ,
           neuer
           knowne
           before
           :
           but
           this
           offer
           was
           not
           onely
           reiected
           ,
           but
           the
           man
           himself
           ,
           who
           deserues
           euer
           to
           be
           renowned
           ,
           was
           (
           of
           vs
           English
           especially
           )
           scorned
           &
           accoūted
           for
           an
           idle
           Nouellist
           .
           Some
           thinke
           it
           was
           because
           of
           his
           poore
           apparell
           ,
           and
           simple
           lookes
           ,
           but
           surely
           it
           is
           rather
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           improuidency
           &
           imprudencie
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           which
           hath
           alwayes
           bred
           such
           diffidence
           in
           vs
           ,
           that
           we
           cōceit
           no
           new
           report
           ,
           bee
           it
           neuer
           so
           likely
           ,
           nor
           beléeue
           any
           thing
           be
           it
           neuer
           so
           probable
           ,
           before
           we
           sée
           the
           effects
           .
           This
           hath
           alwayes
           béene
           reported
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           by
           
           those
           that
           haue
           obserued
           the
           nature
           of
           nations
           :
           
             Bodin
             .
             lib.
             5.
             de
             Repub.
             cap.
          
           1.
           reporteth
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           were
           alwayes
           accounted
           more
           warlike
           ,
           valorous
           ,
           and
           couragious
           ,
           then
           the
           French
           ,
           but
           the
           French
           went
           alwayes
           beyond
           them
           in
           prudence
           ,
           and
           pollicie
           .
           And
           to
           expresse
           the
           same
           ,
           he
           vseth
           the
           words
           of
           
             Ennius
             .
             Bellipotentes
             sunt
             magis
             quam
             sapients
             potentes
             .
          
           And
           it
           may
           be
           that
           this
           might
           be
           reported
           of
           vs
           English
           ,
           in
           those
           times
           when
           our
           Country
           was
           not
           pesteced
           with
           multitude
           ,
           nor
           ouercharged
           with
           swarmes
           of
           people
           ,
           for
           peace
           and
           plentie
           breed
           securitie
           in
           men
           :
           neither
           is
           it
           necessarie
           for
           anie
           man
           to
           beléeue
           reports
           ,
           though
           probable
           ,
           nor
           to
           follow
           strange
           proiects
           be
           they
           neuer
           so
           likely
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           he
           hath
           home
           inbred
           hopes
           to
           relie
           vpon
           ,
           and
           assured
           certainties
           to
           satisfie
           his
           future
           expectation
           .
        
         
           In
           those
           dayes
           this
           Kingdome
           was
           not
           so
           populous
           as
           now
           it
           is
           ,
           Ciuell
           warres
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           forreine
           wars
           abroad
           ,
           did
           cut
           off
           the
           ouer-spreading
           branches
           of
           our
           people
           .
           Our
           coūtry
           thē
           yéelded
           vnto
           all
           that
           were
           in
           it
           a
           surplussage
           of
           all
           necessities
           :
           it
           yeelded
           preferment
           in
           due
           correspondencie
           ,
           for
           al
           degrees
           &
           sorts
           of
           men
           .
           The
           commons
           of
           our
           Country
           lay
           free
           and
           open
           for
           the
           poore
           Commons
           to
           inioy
           ,
           for
           there
           was
           roome
           enough
           in
           the
           land
           for
           euery
           man
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           mā
           néeded
           to
           encroch
           or
           inclose
           from
           another
           ,
           whereby
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           in
           those
           dayes
           we
           had
           no
           great
           néed
           to
           follow
           strange
           reports
           ,
           or
           to
           seeke
           wilde
           aduentures
           ,
           for
           séeing
           we
           had
           not
           onely
           sufficiencie
           ,
           but
           an
           ouerflowing
           measure
           proportioned
           to
           euerie
           man.
           Religion
           and
           pietie
           taught
           vs
           ,
           that
           séeing
           our
           lot
           was
           fallen
           vnto
           vs
           in
           a
           faire
           ground
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           had
           a
           goodly
           heritage
           ,
           rather
           to
           be
           content
           with
           our
           own
           ,
           then
           either
           politikèly
           or
           ambitiously
           to
           vndertake
           vncouth
           enterprises
           ,
           vnto
           which
           necessitie
           did
           no
           way
           vrge
           vs.
           
        
         
         
           But
           nowe
           God
           hath
           prospered
           vs
           with
           the
           blessings
           of
           the
           wombe
           ,
           &
           with
           the
           blessings
           of
           the
           brests
           ,
           the
           sword
           deuoureth
           not
           abroad
           ,
           neither
           is
           there
           any
           feare
           in
           our
           streets
           at
           home
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           are
           now
           for
           multitude
           as
           the
           thousand
           of
           Manasses
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           ten
           thousads
           of
           Ephraim
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           peace
           hath
           ioyned
           the
           wood
           of
           Israel
           and
           Iudah
           in
           one
           troe
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           may
           iustly
           say
           ,
           as
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           say
           here
           to
           Ioshua
           ,
           we
           are
           a
           great
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           lande
           is
           too
           narrow
           for
           vs
           :
           so
           that
           whatsoeuer
           we
           haue
           béene
           ,
           now
           it
           behooues
           vs
           to
           be
           both
           prudent
           and
           politicke
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           deride
           and
           reiect
           good
           profers
           of
           profitable
           and
           gainefull
           expectation
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           imbrace
           euery
           occasion
           which
           hath
           any
           probabilitie
           in
           it
           of
           future
           hopes
           :
           And
           seeing
           there
           is
           neither
           preferment
           nor
           employment
           for
           all
           within
           the
           lists
           of
           our
           countrey
           ,
           we
           might
           iustly
           be
           accounted
           as
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           both
           imprudent
           and
           improuident
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           yet
           sit
           with
           our
           armes
           foulded
           in
           our
           bosomes
           ,
           and
           not
           rather
           séeke
           after
           such
           aduentures
           whereby
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           may
           be
           aduanced
           ,
           the
           territories
           of
           our
           kingdome
           inlarged
           ,
           our
           people
           both
           preferred
           and
           employed
           abroad
           ,
           our
           wants
           supplyed
           at
           home
           ,
           his
           Maiesties
           customes
           wonderfully
           augmented
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           and
           renown
           of
           our
           Nation
           spred
           and
           propagated
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Many
           examples
           might
           be
           produced
           to
           mooue
           vs
           hereunto
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           were
           the
           practises
           of
           rude
           and
           barharous
           people
           ,
           they
           are
           no
           exemplarie
           presidents
           for
           christians
           :
           but
           forasmuch
           as
           euery
           example
           approued
           in
           the
           scripture
           ,
           is
           a
           precept
           ,
           I
           thought
           good
           to
           handle
           this
           conference
           betwéene
           the
           tribe
           of
           Ioseph
           a
           family
           in
           the
           Israel
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           Ioshua
           a
           faithfull
           and
           godly
           Prince
           ouer
           the
           whole
           commonwealth
           of
           Gods
           Israel
           :
           which
           to
           my
           séeming
           ,
           is
           much
           like
           that
           plot
           which
           we
           haue
           now
           in
           hand
           for
           Virginia
           ;
           for
           here
           the
           
           people
           of
           Ephraim
           and
           of
           the
           halfe
           tribe
           of
           Manasses
           ,
           are
           a
           great
           people
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           we
           :
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           multitude
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           the
           land
           is
           too
           narrow
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           stands
           our
           case
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           repaire
           to
           〈◊〉
           to
           haue
           his
           warrant
           and
           direction
           to
           inlarge
           their
           ●●●oers
           ,
           and
           so
           haue
           many
           of
           our
           Noble
           men
           of
           honorable
           minds
           ,
           worthy
           knights
           ,
           rich
           marchants
           ,
           &
           diuerse
           other
           of
           the
           best
           dispositiō
           ,
           solicited
           our
           Ioshua
           ,
           and
           mightie
           Monarch
           ,
           that
           most
           religious
           &
           renowned
           King
           Iames
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           Maiesties
           leaue
           ,
           they
           might
           vndertake
           the
           plantation
           of
           Virginia
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           as
           Ioshua
           not
           onely
           giues
           leaue
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           blessing
           to
           the
           childrē
           of
           Ioseph
           in
           their
           enterprises
           ,
           so
           hath
           our
           gratious
           Soueraigne
           granted
           his
           frée
           Charter
           to
           our
           people
           ,
           for
           the
           vndertaking
           of
           their
           intended
           enterprise
           and
           aduenture
           ,
           so
           that
           from
           this
           example
           ,
           there
           is
           both
           sufficient
           warrant
           for
           our
           King
           to
           graunt
           his
           chacter
           for
           the
           plantation
           of
           Virginia
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           warrant
           also
           for
           our
           people
           to
           vndertake
           the
           same
           .
           And
           therefore
           for
           the
           better
           satisfying
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           encoraging
           of
           all
           fortes
           of
           people
           concerning
           this
           proiect
           for
           Virginia
           ,
           let
           vs
           more
           fully
           examine
           the
           particulars
           of
           this
           discourse
           betweene
           the
           children
           of
           Ioseph
           and
           Ioshua
           .
           First
           we
           gather
           from
           the
           text
           ,
           that
           the
           cause
           why
           the
           children
           of
           Ioseph
           desired
           to
           inlarge
           their
           borders
           ,
           was
           the
           multitude
           and
           greatnesse
           whereunto
           they
           were
           growne
           .
           God
           had
           blessed
           them
           according
           to
           the
           prophesie
           of
           
             Iacob
             ,
             Gen.
          
           48.
           19.
           
           So
           that
           the
           portion
           which
           was
           first
           thought
           to
           be
           roomie
           and
           large
           inough
           for
           them
           ,
           is
           now
           too
           narrowe
           and
           little
           for
           them
           .
           What
           should
           they
           do
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           should
           they
           prouide
           and
           establish
           lawes
           to
           hinder
           the
           increase
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           as
           we
           reade
           of
           Hyppodamus
           ,
           sometimes
           a
           law-giuer
           among
           the
           Miles●ans
           ;
           whose
           example
           in
           gouernmēt
           ,
           Aristotle
           in
           his
           7.
           booke
           of
           Politicks
           and
           16.
           chapter
           ,
           and
           
           Plato
           in
           his
           ●
           .
           booke
           Delegibus
           ,
           haue
           drawne
           into
           precept
           and
           rule
           of
           policie
           ?
           should
           they
           decree
           against
           building
           and
           execting
           houses
           ,
           luniting
           a
           certaine
           number
           and
           no
           more
           for
           euery
           familie
           in
           their
           tribe
           ,
           as
           P●●do
           amongst
           the
           Corinthians
           sometimes
           did
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           ●●ey
           of
           Paris
           of
           late
           enacted
           ,
           taking
           order
           that
           old
           an●
           anciēt
           houses
           should
           be
           repayred
           ,
           but
           no
           new
           edifices
           erected
           .
           
             Anno.
             1548
          
           ?
           should
           they
           haue
           pestered
           themselues
           with
           Inmates
           ,
           and
           one
           houshold
           haue
           receiued
           into
           it
           two
           or
           three
           families
           ?
           They
           put
           none
           of
           these
           in
           practise
           ,
           but
           with
           one
           consent
           they
           repaire
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           they
           complaine
           that
           their
           lot
           is
           not
           large
           inough
           ,
           &
           theyshew
           the
           reason
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           a
           great
           people
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           more
           daungerous
           for
           the
           estate
           of
           common-wealths
           ,
           then
           when
           the
           people
           do
           increase
           to
           a
           greater
           multitude
           and
           number
           then
           may
           instly
           paralell
           with
           the
           largenesse
           of
           the
           place
           and
           countrey
           :
           for
           hereupon
           comes
           oppression
           ,
           and
           diuerse
           kinde
           of
           wrongs
           ,
           mutinies
           ,
           sedition
           ,
           commotion
           ,
           &
           rebellion
           ,
           scarcitie
           ,
           dearth
           ,
           pouertie
           ,
           and
           sundrie
           sorts
           of
           calamities
           ,
           which
           either
           bréed
           the
           cōuersion
           ,
           or
           euersion
           ,
           of
           cities
           and
           common-wealths
           .
           For
           euen
           as
           bloud
           though
           it
           be
           the
           best
           humour
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           abound
           in
           greater
           quantitie
           then
           the
           state
           of
           the
           body
           will
           beare
           ,
           doth
           indanger
           the
           bodie
           ,
           &
           oftentimes
           destroyes
           it
           :
           so
           although
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           king
           be
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           people
           ,
           Pro.
           14.
           28.
           yet
           when
           this
           multitude
           of
           people
           increaseth
           to
           ouer
           great
           a
           number
           ,
           the
           common-wealth
           stands
           subiect
           to
           many
           perillous
           inconueniences
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           many
           Natiōs
           perceyuing
           their
           people
           to
           increase
           aboue
           a
           due
           and
           proportionable
           number
           ,
           they
           haue
           sent
           their
           ouerflowing
           multitudes
           abroad
           into
           other
           countreyes
           and
           prouinces
           ,
           to
           the
           ends
           they
           might
           preserue
           their
           owne
           in
           greater
           peace
           and
           prosperitie
           :
           so
           we
           see
           the
           husbandman
           deale
           with
           his
           groūds
           
           when
           they
           are
           ouercharged
           with
           cattell
           ,
           he
           remooues
           them
           from
           one
           ground
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           prouideth
           ●ell
           both
           for
           his
           cattel
           and
           for
           his
           ground
           :
           and
           so
           doth
           the
           maister
           of
           the
           bée-garden
           ,
           when
           he
           soe
           's
           a
           hiue
           pesteted
           with
           multitudes
           of
           bées
           ,
           he
           driues
           the
           hiue
           ,
           &
           so
           reapeth
           ●
           greater
           gaine
           by
           his
           ware
           and
           honie
           .
        
         
           And
           herupon
           many
           states-men
           haue
           thought
           nothing
           more
           profitable
           for
           populous
           common-wealths
           ,
           then
           to
           haue
           forreigne
           and
           externe
           warres
           ,
           to
           the
           ende
           that
           thereby
           the
           superfluous
           braunches
           might
           be
           cut
           off
           .
           This
           was
           the
           cause
           why
           Scipio
           when
           he
           had
           conquered
           Carthage
           ,
           would
           not
           haue
           it
           vtterly
           ruinated
           ,
           least
           saith
           he
           ,
           the
           Romains
           hauing
           no
           warres
           abroad
           ,
           mooue
           ciuill
           warres
           amongst
           themselues
           at
           home
           :
           others
           séeing
           the
           multitude
           of
           their
           people
           increase
           ,
           haue
           planted
           Colonies
           with
           them
           ,
           others
           haue
           banished
           them
           into
           remote
           countries
           :
           and
           the
           children
           of
           Ioseph
           here
           being
           pestered
           with
           multitude
           come
           to
           Ioshua
           to
           be
           directed
           and
           relieued
           .
           This
           should
           teach
           vs
           of
           this
           kingdome
           and
           countrey
           ,
           prudence
           and
           prouidence
           ,
           the
           Lord
           hath
           blessed
           vs
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           growne
           to
           be
           a
           great
           people
           ,
           so
           that
           one
           lot
           is
           not
           sufficient
           for
           vs
           :
           Our
           multitudes
           like
           too
           much
           bloud
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           infect
           our
           countrey
           with
           plague
           and
           pouertie
           ,
           our
           land
           hath
           brought
           foorth
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           not
           milke
           sufficient
           in
           the
           breast
           thereof
           to
           nourish
           all
           those
           children
           which
           it
           hath
           brought
           forth
           ,
           it
           affordeth
           neither
           employment
           nor
           preferment
           for
           those
           that
           depend
           vpon
           it
           :
           And
           hereupon
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           many
           seruiceable
           men
           giue
           themselues
           to
           lewd
           courses
           ,
           as
           to
           robbing
           by
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           theft
           ,
           &
           cosoning
           ,
           sharking
           vpon
           the
           land
           ,
           piracie
           vpon
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           cut
           off
           by
           shamefull
           and
           vntimely
           death
           :
           others
           liue
           prophanely
           ,
           riotously
           ,
           and
           idely
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           dishonour
           of
           Almightie
           God
           ,
           the
           detriment
           of
           the
           commonwealth
           .
           Now
           our
           case
           standing
           
           thus
           it
           behooueth
           euerie
           one
           to
           deuise
           a
           remedie
           for
           this
           misery
           :
           When
           there
           was
           no
           bread
           in
           
             Chanaā
             ,
             Iacob
          
           and
           his
           familie
           sought
           into
           Egypt
           for
           corne
           to
           relieue
           themselues
           .
           And
           Iacob
           séeing
           his
           sonnes
           destitute
           of
           counsel
           in
           that
           extremity
           ,
           did
           sharply
           reprehēd
           them
           for
           the
           dissolute
           managing
           of
           their
           present
           state
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Why
             gaze
             ye
             one
             vpo
             another
             ?
             Behold
             ,
             I
             haue
             heard
             there
             is
             food
             in
             Egypt
             ,
             get
             ye
             down
             thither
             ,
             and
             buy
             vs
             food
             thence
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             liue
             .
          
           Euen
           so
           may
           it
           be
           said
           to
           a
           companie
           of
           people
           in
           this
           land
           ,
           which
           doe
           nothing
           but
           gaze
           one
           vpon
           another
           ,
           destitute
           of
           counsell
           ,
           aduise
           ,
           and
           meanes
           ,
           how
           to
           prouide
           iustly
           and
           honestly
           for
           their
           maintenaunce
           .
           They
           heare
           of
           honourable
           proiects
           abroade
           ,
           they
           heare
           of
           employment
           and
           preserment
           ,
           they
           heare
           of
           plentie
           and
           abundance
           of
           many
           good
           things
           ,
           of
           which
           a
           fruitful
           country
           largely
           makes
           offer
           vnto
           them
           :
           they
           heare
           of
           gaine
           and
           profite
           both
           to
           them
           and
           their
           posteritie
           ,
           they
           heare
           many
           honourable
           men
           ,
           many
           worthie
           wise
           men
           ,
           many
           valiaunt
           and
           couragious
           men
           ,
           many
           rich
           and
           wealthie
           men
           ,
           aduenture
           their
           persons
           ,
           their
           mony
           ,
           their
           ships
           ,
           towards
           the
           accomplishing
           of
           so
           godly
           and
           memorable
           a
           dsigne
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           sit
           still
           folowing
           their
           intemperauncie
           ,
           incontinencie
           ,
           and
           other
           their
           luxurious
           and
           riotous
           courses
           ,
           to
           the
           high
           dishonour
           of
           almightie
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           hurt
           of
           the
           common-wealth
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           own
           euerlasting
           shame
           and
           ignomie
           .
           If
           an
           honourable
           death
           were
           set
           before
           a
           vertuous
           minde
           ,
           it
           would
           chuse
           rather
           to
           die
           heroically
           ,
           then
           liue
           opprobriously
           .
           What
           then
           shall
           we
           thinke
           of
           those
           persons
           ,
           who
           hauing
           an
           honourable
           life
           set
           before
           them
           ,
           doe
           yet
           chuse
           rather
           to
           liue
           in
           idlenesse
           ,
           dishonestie
           &
           obscenitie
           ?
           surely
           they
           are
           of
           degenerate
           and
           dunghill
           minder
           ,
           neither
           are
           they
           worthy
           to
           be
           nourished
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           a
           wel
           gouerned
           common-wealth
           .
           It
           was
           for
           euer
           a
           
           blemish
           to
           the
           honour
           and
           credit
           of
           Vlisses
           ,
           because
           hée
           feigned
           himselfe
           mad
           ,
           and
           sowed
           salt
           in
           sreed
           of
           corne
           in
           his
           field
           ,
           onely
           that
           by
           such
           a
           shift
           he
           might
           kéepe
           himselfe
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           not
           go
           with
           the
           Grecians
           to
           the
           siege
           of
           Troy.
           So
           let
           perpetuall
           shame
           and
           dishonour
           attend
           vpon
           all
           those
           ,
           which
           doting
           vpon
           their
           wealth
           ,
           or
           suffeting
           vpon
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           finde
           delaies
           and
           deuise
           shifts
           ,
           either
           to
           saue
           their
           purses
           ,
           or
           their
           persons
           ,
           from
           such
           honourable
           and
           profitable
           designments
           ,
           as
           offer
           probable
           likelyhoods
           of
           future
           good
           to
           this
           our
           countrey
           or
           common-wealth
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           haue
           heard
           the
           dutie
           of
           the
           people
           which
           is
           prudently
           and
           prouidently
           to
           consult
           with
           the
           magistrates
           ,
           concerning
           the
           disburdening
           ,
           and
           discharging
           of
           such
           vnnecessarie
           multitudes
           as
           pester
           a
           commonwealth
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           further
           such
           enterprises
           either
           with
           their
           purses
           or
           their
           persons
           as
           make
           to
           the
           same
           ende
           .
           Now
           that
           in
           next
           place
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           note
           the
           direction
           of
           Iosua
           ,
           vpon
           the
           aforesaide
           complaint
           of
           the
           children
           of
           Ioseph
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           enlarge
           their
           territories
           ,
           and
           dilate
           their
           borders
           ,
           by
           destroying
           Gods
           enemies
           the
           Perizzites
           ,
           and
           Giants
           ,
           which
           inhabited
           the
           valleyes
           ,
           bordering
           vpon
           mount
           Ephraim
           ,
           which
           were
           most
           abominable
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           knowledge
           of
           the
           true
           and
           onely
           God
           :
           from
           whence
           we
           may
           learne
           ,
           how
           odious
           those
           people
           are
           ,
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           hauing
           no
           knowledge
           of
           him
           and
           his
           worship
           ,
           giue
           that
           honour
           to
           the
           insensible
           and
           vnreasonable
           creature
           ,
           which
           is
           onely
           due
           to
           the
           omnipotent
           and
           almightie
           Creator
           .
           For
           this
           cause
           hath
           almightie
           God
           ,
           ouerthrowne
           the
           mightiest
           Monarchies
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           this
           cause
           did
           hée
           disperse
           his
           owne
           Israel
           among
           the
           Nations
           ,
           &
           neuer
           vouchsafed
           them
           to
           returne
           againe
           into
           their
           owne
           land
           .
           Dauid
           by
           way
           of
           prophecie
           ,
           doth
           promise
           a
           blessing
           to
           those
           
           that
           shall
           take
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Idolatrous
           Babilonians
           and
           dash
           them
           against
           the
           stones
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           haue
           taken
           armes
           against
           such
           people
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           fight
           the
           Lords
           battells
           .
           Saul
           had
           his
           kingdome
           rent
           from
           him
           and
           his
           posteritie
           ,
           because
           he
           spared
           Agag
           ,
           that
           Idolatrous
           king
           of
           the
           Amalechites
           ,
           whom
           God
           would
           not
           haue
           spared
           :
           so
           acceptable
           a
           seruice
           is
           it
           to
           destroy
           Idolaters
           whom
           God
           hateth
           ,
           but
           forasmuch
           as
           God
           doth
           not
           delight
           in
           bloud
           ,
           but
           rather
           that
           a
           sinner
           should
           conuert
           and
           liue
           ,
           agréeable
           vnto
           which
           ,
           is
           that
           speech
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           There
           is
           ioy
           in
           heauen
           ouer
           one
           sinner
           that
           repenteth
           .
           It
           is
           far
           more
           commendable
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           doubt
           more
           acceptable
           vnto
           God
           ,
           to
           reclaime
           an
           Idolater
           ,
           vnles
           we
           haue
           a
           speciall
           commaundement
           of
           God
           to
           the
           contrarie
           ,
           as
           Saul
           had
           then
           to
           destroy
           him
           ,
           to
           win
           him
           to
           the
           faith
           ,
           then
           to
           depriue
           him
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           whom
           he
           hath
           sent
           Christ
           Iesus
           :
           rather
           then
           to
           kill
           them
           in
           their
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           daunger
           both
           of
           bodie
           and
           soule
           ,
           for
           they
           that
           turne
           many
           vnto
           righteousnesse
           shall
           shine
           as
           the
           starres
           for
           euermore
           .
           
             Dan.
             12.
             3.
             
             Paul
          
           calls
           those
           whom
           he
           had
           won
           to
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           his
           crowne
           ,
           his
           ioy
           ,
           his
           glorie
           .
           1.
           
           Thessa
           .
           2.
           19.
           20.
           
           As
           though
           they
           were
           the
           matter
           of
           his
           ioy
           ,
           of
           his
           crowne
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           glorie
           .
           Happie
           therefore
           is
           he
           that
           hath
           an
           hand
           in
           turning
           any
           vnto
           God.
           And
           he
           that
           will
           finde
           delaie
           whereby
           so
           gratious
           a
           worke
           may
           be
           hindered
           ,
           is
           not
           with
           God
           ,
           but
           against
           God
           ,
           for
           asmuch
           as
           he
           hinders
           the
           building
           vp
           of
           the
           kingdome
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           surely
           so
           desirous
           is
           man
           of
           ciuill
           societie
           by
           nature
           ,
           that
           he
           easily
           yéelds
           to
           discipline
           and
           gouernment
           ,
           
           if
           he
           sée
           any
           reasonable
           motiue
           to
           induce
           him
           to
           the
           same
           .
           For
           we
           reade
           of
           certaine
           people
           in
           Affrica
           ,
           inhabiting
           the
           mountaine
           Magnan
           ,
           which
           offentimes
           do
           constraine
           straungers
           which
           trauell
           that
           way
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           gouernment
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           impose
           lawes
           vnto
           them
           ,
           whereby
           they
           may
           be
           iustly
           and
           orderly
           gouerned
           :
           and
           many
           Nations
           willingly
           submitted
           themselues
           to
           the
           subiection
           of
           the
           Romanes
           ,
           being
           allured
           thereunto
           by
           Iustice
           ,
           equitie
           ,
           clemencie
           ,
           and
           vpright
           dealing
           of
           the
           Romaine
           captaines
           :
           for
           it
           is
           not
           the
           nature
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           the
           education
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           make
           them
           barbarous
           and
           vnciuill
           ,
           and
           therefore
           chaunge
           the
           education
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           sée
           that
           their
           nature
           will
           be
           greatly
           rectified
           and
           corrected
           :
           séeing
           therefore
           men
           by
           nature
           so
           easily
           yéelde
           to
           discipline
           and
           gouernment
           vpon
           any
           reasonable
           shewe
           of
           bettering
           their
           fortunes
           ,
           it
           is
           euerie
           mans
           dutie
           to
           trauell
           both
           by
           sea
           and
           land
           ,
           and
           to
           venture
           either
           with
           his
           person
           or
           with
           his
           purse
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           barbarous
           and
           sauage
           people
           to
           a
           ciuill
           and
           Christian
           kinde
           of
           gouernment
           ,
           vnder
           which
           they
           may
           learne
           how
           to
           liue
           holily
           ,
           iustly
           ,
           and
           soberly
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           apprehend
           the
           meanes
           to
           saue
           their
           soules
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           or
           vtterly
           to
           roote
           them
           out
           :
           for
           a
           wise
           man
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           a
           Chrtstian
           ,
           ought
           to
           trie
           all
           meanes
           before
           they
           vndertake
           warre
           :
           di●astation
           and
           depopulation
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           last
           thing
           which
           Christians
           should
           put
           in
           practise
           ,
           yet
           forasmuch
           as
           euerie
           example
           in
           the
           scripture
           as
           I
           saide
           is
           a
           precept
           ,
           we
           are
           warranted
           by
           this
           direction
           of
           Ioshua
           ,
           to
           destroy
           wilfull
           and
           conuicted
           Idolaters
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           let
           them
           liue
           ,
           if
           by
           no
           other
           meanes
           they
           can
           be
           reclaimed
           .
        
         
         
           The
           report
           goeth
           ,
           that
           in
           Virginia
           the
           people
           are
           sauage
           and
           incredibly
           rude
           ,
           they
           worship
           the
           diuell
           ,
           offer
           their
           young
           children
           in
           sacrifice
           vnto
           him
           ,
           wander
           vp
           and
           downe
           like
           beasts
           ,
           and
           in
           manners
           and
           conditions
           ,
           differ
           very
           litle
           from
           beasts
           ,
           hauing
           no
           Art
           ,
           nor
           sciēce
           ,
           nor
           trade
           ,
           to
           imploy
           themselues
           ,
           or
           giue
           themselues
           vnto
           ,
           yet
           by
           nature
           louing
           and
           ,
           gentle
           ,
           and
           desirous
           to
           imbrace
           a
           better
           condition
           .
           Oh
           how
           happy
           were
           that
           man
           which
           could
           reduce
           this
           people
           from
           brutishnes
           ,
           to
           ciuilitie
           ,
           to
           religion
           ,
           to
           Christianitie
           ,
           to
           the
           sauing
           of
           their
           soules
           :
           happy
           is
           that
           man
           and
           blest
           of
           God
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           endued
           ,
           either
           with
           meanes
           or
           will
           to
           attempt
           this
           busines
           ,
           but
           farre
           be
           it
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           to
           exercise
           any
           bloudie
           crueltie
           amongst
           these
           people
           :
           farre
           be
           it
           from
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           to
           giue
           them
           occasion
           ,
           that
           the
           holy
           name
           of
           God
           ,
           should
           be
           dishonoured
           among
           the
           Infidels
           ,
           or
           that
           in
           the
           plantation
           of
           that
           continent
           ,
           they
           should
           giue
           any
           cause
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           say
           that
           they
           sought
           the
           wealth
           of
           that
           countrie
           aboue
           or
           before
           the
           glorie
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           propagation
           of
           his
           kingdome
           .
           I
           remember
           the
           practise
           of
           
             Christopher
             Collombus
          
           ,
           which
           he
           vsed
           amongst
           the
           west
           Indians
           ,
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           receiue
           his
           Spaniardes
           to
           societie
           and
           commerce
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           he
           obserued
           that
           they
           were
           superstitiously
           giuen
           to
           worship
           the
           Moone
           ,
           &
           by
           the
           skill
           he
           had
           in
           Astronomie
           ,
           he
           foresaw
           that
           within
           thrée
           daies
           the
           Moone
           should
           be
           eclipsed
           :
           wherupon
           he
           called
           them
           together
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           often
           vsed
           his
           best
           meanes
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           a
           ciuill
           ,
           and
           friendly
           conuerse
           with
           strangers
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           not
           harken
           vnto
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           
           them
           all
           ,
           he
           called
           vpon
           the
           Moone
           to
           reuenge
           such
           a
           ●acha●ous
           people
           ,
           which
           denied
           strāgers
           so
           conuerse
           ,
           and
           commerce
           with
           them
           :
           within
           three
           dayes
           after
           the
           Moone
           was
           much
           darkened
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Eclipse
           ,
           which
           when
           the
           Indians
           saw
           ,
           they
           thought
           the
           Moone
           to
           be
           angrie
           with
           them
           ,
           &
           fearing
           some
           plague
           would
           proceede
           from
           her
           displeasure
           ,
           they
           were
           easily
           induced
           to
           doe
           whatsoeuer
           Columbus
           would
           haue
           them
           .
           In
           like
           maner
           should
           all
           men
           vse
           their
           wits
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           and
           weapons
           should
           alwayes
           be
           the
           last
           meanes
           in
           all
           our
           proiects
           .
           And
           therefore
           although
           the
           children
           of
           Ioseph
           haue
           an
           expresse
           commaundement
           here
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           to
           destroy
           those
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           possesse
           their
           land
           ,
           yet
           forasmuch
           as
           we
           haue
           no
           precept
           but
           by
           example
           ,
           we
           must
           first
           trie
           all
           means
           before
           weapons
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           take
           them
           into
           our
           hands
           ,
           necessitie
           of
           preseruing
           our
           owne
           liues
           ,
           must
           rather
           moue
           vs
           to
           destroy
           the
           enemyes
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           either
           ambition
           ,
           or
           gréedinesse
           of
           gaine
           ,
           or
           crueltie
           ,
           or
           anie
           priuate
           respect
           whatsoeuer
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           third
           thing
           which
           we
           are
           to
           obserue
           in
           this
           entercourse
           of
           wordes
           betweene
           the
           children
           of
           Ioseph
           ,
           and
           Iosua
           ,
           is
           the
           delayes
           which
           the
           people
           vse
           ,
           and
           the
           excuses
           which
           they
           feigne
           ,
           which
           seeme
           to
           import
           an
           impossibilitie
           ,
           in
           the
           vndertaking
           of
           Iosuas
           direction
           .
           And
           their
           delayes
           are
           ,
           that
           the
           Chanaanites
           were
           strong
           and
           well
           prouided
           of
           warlike
           munition
           ,
           both
           for
           their
           owne
           defence
           ,
           and
           also
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           those
           which
           would
           vndertake
           to
           supplant
           or
           inuade
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           yron
           Charets
           ,
           &
           such
           like
           muniments
           of
           warre
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           stoode
           not
           with
           wisedome
           to
           make
           an
           inuasion
           ,
           with
           likelihoode
           to
           make
           a
           conquest
           of
           them
           .
           This
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           muddy
           and
           earthly
           spirits
           ,
           to
           find
           delayes
           ,
           and
           forge
           excuses
           in
           matters
           of
           least
           difficultie
           :
           Man
           sayeth
           ,
           
             A
             Lion
             is
             without
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             
             slaine
             in
             the
             streete
             .
             Prou.
          
           22.
           13.
           
           What
           slanders
           did
           the
           ten
           spies
           bring
           vpon
           the
           land
           of
           Canaan
           ?
           which
           slāders
           the
           I
           sraelites
           made
           good
           groūds
           for
           their
           retiring
           back
           into
           Egypt
           ,
           &
           thought
           them
           lawfull
           excuses
           for
           them
           to
           murmur
           against
           Moses
           &
           
             Aaron
             ,
             Han●ba
          
           had
           much
           ado
           to
           bring
           his
           Carthagenians
           into
           Italy
           ,
           they
           alledged
           the
           tediousnesse
           of
           the
           voiage
           ;
           and
           the
           inaccessible
           passage
           of
           the
           Alpes
           .
           We
           read
           of
           Caligula
           ,
           sometimes
           Emperor
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           he
           on
           a
           time
           condemned
           a
           certain
           Citizens
           son
           of
           Rome
           to
           be
           executed
           ,
           &
           he
           sent
           for
           his
           father
           to
           see
           his
           sonnes
           execution
           .
           The
           father
           to
           excuse
           his
           absence
           ,
           feined
           himselfe
           to
           be
           sick
           ,
           whervpon
           the
           Emperor
           sent
           him
           his
           horslitter
           ,
           &
           by
           that
           meanes
           tooke
           away
           from
           him
           all
           colour
           of
           excuse
           .
           This
           perplexed
           father
           had
           good
           cause
           to
           find
           delayes
           to
           keep
           him
           at
           home
           :
           but
           they
           that
           forge
           cauils
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           themselues
           from
           such
           attempts
           whereby
           God
           may
           be
           honored
           ,
           the
           maiestie
           and
           royaltie
           of
           their
           King
           aduauced
           ,
           the
           common
           wealth
           enriched
           ,
           and
           postrecitie
           prouided
           for
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           drawne
           to
           these
           attempts
           in
           Caligulaes
           horslitter
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           too
           easie
           meanes
           to
           draw
           on
           such
           backward
           spirits
           ,
           neither
           would
           I
           haue
           them
           punished
           for
           their
           delayes
           ,
           as
           
             Tu●lus
             Hostilius
          
           sometimes
           punished
           
             Metius
             Sufferius
          
           for
           his
           delayes
           :
           but
           I
           would
           some
           Diomedes
           would
           find
           out
           a
           meanes
           to
           drawe
           them
           on
           to
           this
           enterprise
           ,
           by
           discouering
           their
           driftes
           and
           excuses
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           they
           can
           alleags
           for
           their
           backewardnesse
           ,
           is
           most
           idle
           and
           friuolous
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           obiection
           is
           ,
           by
           what
           right
           or
           warrant
           we
           can
           enter
           into
           the
           land
           of
           these
           Sauages
           ,
           take
           away
           their
           rightfull
           in
           hexitance
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           plant
           our selues
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           being
           vnwronged
           or
           vnprouoked
           by
           them
           .
           Some
           affirme
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           likely
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           these
           Sauages
           haue
           no
           particular
           proprietis
           in
           
           any
           part
           or
           parcell
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           generall
           recidencis
           there
           ,
           as
           wild
           beasts
           haue
           in
           the
           forrest
           ,
           for
           they
           range
           and
           wander
           vp
           and
           downe
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           without
           any
           law
           or
           gouernment
           ,
           being
           led
           only
           by
           their
           owne
           lusts
           and
           sensualitie
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           
             meum
             Ortuum
          
           amongest
           them
           :
           so
           that
           if
           the
           whole
           lande
           should
           bee
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           man
           that
           can
           complaine
           of
           any
           particular
           wrong
           done
           vnto
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           answer
           to
           the
           foresaid
           obiectiō
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           intendment
           to
           take
           away
           from
           them
           by
           force
           that
           rightfull
           inheritaunce
           which
           they
           haue
           in
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           willing
           to
           entertaine
           vs
           ,
           and
           haue
           offered
           to
           yeelde
           into
           our
           handes
           on
           reasonable
           conditions
           ,
           more
           lande
           then
           we
           shall
           bée
           able
           this
           long
           time
           to
           plant
           and
           manure
           :
           and
           out
           of
           all
           question
           vppon
           easie
           composition
           with
           them
           ,
           wee
           may
           haue
           as
           much
           of
           their
           Countrey
           yeelded
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           by
           lawfull
           graunt
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           wée
           can
           or
           will
           desire
           ,
           so
           that
           wée
           goe
           to
           liue
           peaceablie
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           supplant
           them
           :
           wee
           desire
           not
           ,
           neither
           doe
           wee
           intend
           to
           take
           anie
           thing
           from
           them
           ,
           
             ex
             pacto
             &
             iure
             foederis
          
           :
           but
           to
           compound
           with
           them
           for
           that
           wee
           shall
           haue
           of
           them
           :
           and
           surelie
           except
           succession
           and
           election
           ,
           there
           cannot
           bee
           a
           more
           lawfull
           entrance
           to
           a
           kingdome
           then
           this
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           Moreouer
           ,
           all
           Polititians
           doe
           with
           one
           consent
           ,
           holde
           and
           maintaine
           ,
           that
           a
           Christian
           King
           may
           lawfullie
           make
           warre
           vppon
           barbarous
           and
           Sauage
           people
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           liue
           vnder
           no
           lawfull
           or
           warrantable
           gouernment
           ,
           and
           may
           make
           a
           conquest
           of
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           warre
           bee
           vndertaken
           to
           this
           ende
           ,
           to
           reclaime
           and
           reduce
           those
           Sauages
           from
           their
           barbarous
           kinde
           of
           life
           ,
           
           and
           from
           their
           brutish
           and
           ferine
           manners
           ,
           to
           huinanitie
           ,
           pietie
           ,
           and
           honestie
           .
           
             Lip.
             lib.
             5.
             pol.
             ca.
             8.
             
             Casman
             .
             in
             pol.
             cap.
             8.
             
             Ke●kerm
             .
             lib.
             7.
             pol.
             pag.
          
           124.
           
           And
           Lipsius
           alledgeth
           Saint
           Augustine
           for
           proofe
           hereof
           ,
           whose
           wordes
           are
           these
           :
           
             Qui
             licentia
             iniquitatis
             eripitur
             ,
             vtiliter
             vincitur
             .
          
           Those
           people
           are
           vanquished
           to
           their
           vnspeakeable
           profite
           and
           gaine
           ,
           which
           by
           conquest
           are
           abridged
           of
           the
           libertie
           of
           sinne
           &
           impietie
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Saint
           Augustine
           hath
           an
           other
           golden
           saying
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           
             Apud
             veros
             Dei
             cultores
             etiam
             illa
             bella
             peccata
             non
             sunt
             qua
             non
             cupiditate
             &
             crudelitate
             sed
             pacis
             studio
             geruntur
             ,
             vt
             mali
             coerceantur
             ,
             &
             boni
             subleuentur
             :
          
           Amongest
           the
           true
           worshippers
           of
           GOD
           ,
           euen
           that
           warre
           is
           lawfull
           which
           is
           vndertaken
           ,
           not
           for
           couetousnesse
           and
           crueltie
           ,
           but
           for
           peace
           and
           vnities
           sake
           :
           so
           that
           lewde
           and
           wicked
           men
           may
           thereby
           be
           suppressed
           and
           good
           men
           maintained
           and
           relieued
           :
           whereby
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           both
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           Polititians
           ,
           and
           also
           by
           the
           iudgement
           of
           Augustine
           himselfe
           ,
           we
           might
           lawfully
           make
           warre
           vppon
           the
           Sauages
           of
           Virginia
           our
           proiect
           ,
           hauing
           the
           endes
           aforesaid
           .
           And
           therefore
           let
           euerie
           man
           that
           is
           or
           will
           be
           an
           aduenturer
           in
           this
           plantation
           ,
           examine
           his
           whole
           heart
           ,
           and
           if
           hée
           finde
           that
           hée
           is
           drawne
           to
           partake
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           to
           drawe
           the
           Sauages
           from
           their
           barbarous
           kinde
           of
           life
           ,
           to
           a
           moreciuill
           ,
           honest
           ,
           and
           Christian
           kinde
           of
           life
           ,
           let
           him
           not
           doubt
           of
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           let
           him
           chéerefully
           and
           liberally
           put
           his
           helping
           hand
           to
           this
           businesse
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           they
           reason
           of
           the
           future
           euents
           by
           those
           that
           are
           alreadie
           past
           .
           And
           séeing
           it
           is
           aboue
           twentie
           yeares
           agee
           since
           this
           attempt
           was
           begun
           ,
           and
           yet
           no
           good
           hath
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           little
           hope
           of
           any
           ,
           they
           holde
           it
           an
           vnaduised
           course
           to
           set
           the
           same
           attempt
           
           on
           foote
           againe
           :
           which
           obiection
           of
           theirs
           is
           very
           sufficientlie
           answered
           in
           that
           booke
           intituled
           
             Noua
             Britannia
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           most
           childish
           is
           this
           obiection
           ,
           for
           neither
           was
           the
           end
           of
           the
           first
           attempt
           the
           same
           ,
           with
           the
           end
           of
           this
           ,
           nor
           the
           meanes
           ,
           nor
           the
           managing
           of
           the
           meanes
           of
           this
           attempt
           semblable
           with
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           all
           likelihood
           the
           euent
           of
           this
           cannot
           be
           iudged
           by
           the
           euent
           of
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           Their
           second
           obiection
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           age
           will
           see
           no
           profit
           of
           this
           plantatiō
           .
           Which
           obiection
           admit
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           too
           brutish
           ,
           and
           bewraies
           their
           neglect
           and
           incurious
           respect
           of
           posteritie
           :
           we
           are
           not
           borne
           like
           beasts
           for
           our
           ielues
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           present
           only
           ,
           but
           besides
           manie
           other
           things
           which
           may
           challenge
           an
           interest
           and
           right
           in
           vs
           :
           posteritie
           and
           the
           age
           yet
           ensuing
           haue
           not
           the
           least
           part
           in
           our
           life
           &
           labours
           .
           What
           benefit
           or
           comfort
           should
           we
           haue
           enioyed
           in
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           if
           our
           forefathers
           had
           not
           prouided
           better
           for
           vs
           ,
           and
           bin
           more
           carefully
           respectiue
           of
           posteritie
           then
           for
           themselues
           ?
           We
           sow
           ,
           we
           set
           ,
           we
           plant
           ,
           we
           build
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           for
           our selues
           as
           for
           posteritie
           ;
           we
           practise
           the
           workes
           of
           Godlines
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           yet
           shall
           we
           not
           see
           the
           end
           of
           our
           hope
           before
           wee
           inioy
           it
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           :
           It
           is
           a
           blessed
           thing
           to
           be
           blessed
           of
           posteritie
           .
           It
           was
           the
           reioycing
           of
           the
           Uirgin
           Marie
           ,
           that
           from
           thenceforth
           all
           generations
           should
           call
           her
           blessed
           .
           They
           that
           do
           not
           prouide
           for
           eternitie
           ,
           can
           haue
           no
           assured
           hope
           of
           eternitie
           ,
           and
           they
           which
           onely
           are
           for
           themselues
           ,
           shall
           die
           in
           themselues
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           haue
           a
           name
           among
           posteritie
           ,
           their
           rootes
           shall
           bee
           dried
           vp
           beneath
           ,
           and
           aboue
           shall
           their
           branch
           bee
           cut
           downe
           ,
           their
           remembrance
           shall
           perish
           from
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           they
           shal
           haue
           no
           name
           in
           the
           streete
           ,
           Iob
           18.
           16.
           17.
           
           But
           the
           remembrance
           which
           a
           good
           man
           leaues
           behind
           him
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           composition
           of
           the
           perfume
           that
           is
           made
           by
           the
           Art
           of
           the
           Apothecary
           ;
           it
           is
           sweet
           as
           honie
           in
           all
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           as
           musicke
           at
           a
           banket
           of
           wine
           :
           let
           it
           not
           grieue
           thee
           therefore
           to
           plant
           and
           
           build
           for
           posteritie
           ,
           for
           the
           memorie
           of
           the
           iust
           shall
           bée
           blessed
           ,
           but
           the
           name
           of
           the
           wicked
           shall
           rot
           .
           Prou.
           10.
           7.
           
        
         
           Others
           obiect
           the
           continuall
           charges
           which
           will
           prooue
           in
           their
           opinion
           very
           heauie
           and
           burdensome
           to
           those
           that
           shall
           vndertake
           the
           said
           Plantation
           .
           These
           like
           the
           dog
           in
           the
           manger
           ,
           neither
           eate
           hay
           themselues
           ,
           neither
           will
           they
           suffer
           the
           Oxe
           that
           would
           .
           They
           neuer
           think
           any
           charges
           too
           much
           that
           may
           any
           way
           increase
           their
           owne
           priuate
           estate
           .
           They
           haue
           thousands
           to
           bestow
           about
           the
           ingrossing
           of
           a
           commoditie
           ,
           or
           vpon
           a
           morgage
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           their
           Neighbours
           house
           ouer
           his
           head
           ,
           or
           to
           lend
           vpon
           vsurie
           :
           but
           if
           it
           come
           to
           a
           publicke
           good
           ,
           they
           grone
           vnder
           the
           least
           burden
           of
           charges
           that
           can
           bee
           required
           of
           them
           .
           These
           men
           would
           bee
           vsed
           like
           sponges
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           squeased
           ,
           seeing
           they
           drnuke
           vp
           all
           ,
           and
           will
           yeeld
           to
           nothing
           ,
           though
           it
           concerne
           the
           common
           good
           neuer
           so
           greatly
           .
           But
           it
           is
           demonstratiuely
           prooued
           in
           
             Noua
             Britannia
          
           ,
           that
           the
           charges
           about
           this
           Plantation
           will
           be
           nothing
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           benefit
           that
           will
           grow
           thereof
           .
           And
           what
           notable
           thing
           I
           pray
           you
           can
           be
           brought
           to
           passe
           without
           charges
           ?
           The
           things
           of
           this
           world
           are
           appointed
           vnto
           man
           with
           such
           conditions
           as
           there
           may
           no
           profit
           accrew
           vnto
           him
           without
           paine
           ,
           nor
           no
           gaine
           without
           charge
           :
           Hiel
           will
           build
           Iericho
           ,
           though
           the
           foundation
           of
           it
           cost
           him
           his
           eldest
           sonne
           ,
           &
           the
           setting
           vp
           of
           the
           gates
           cost
           him
           his
           youngest
           sonne
           :
           Haman
           wil
           haue
           his
           wicked
           desire
           vpon
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           though
           it
           cost
           him
           ten
           thousand
           talents
           ;
           So
           little
           doe
           the
           wicked
           respect
           charges
           about
           the
           effecting
           of
           their
           malicious
           ,
           or
           vaine
           glorious
           attempts
           ,
           condemning
           those
           that
           professe
           pietie
           and
           religion
           ,
           which
           for
           sauing
           charges
           ,
           neglect
           ,
           and
           often
           times
           suffer
           most
           honorable
           and
           profitable
           protects
           to
           faile
           and
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           .
           Without
           question
           kee
           that
           saues
           his
           mony
           ,
           where
           Gods
           glory
           is
           to
           bee
           aduanced
           ,
           Christian
           religion
           propagated
           and
           planted
           ,
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           increased
           ,
           and
           the
           glorious
           renowne
           of
           the
           King
           inlarged
           ,
           s
           subiect
           to
           the
           curse
           of
           
             Simon
             
             Magus
          
           ,
           his
           monie
           and
           he
           are
           in
           danger
           to
           perish
           together
           .
           Let
           none
           therefore
           find
           delaies
           ,
           or
           faine
           excuses
           to
           withhold
           them
           from
           this
           imployment
           for
           Virginia
           ,
           seeing
           euery
           opposition
           against
           it
           is
           an
           opposition
           against
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           last
           place
           let
           vs
           heare
           the
           answere
           of
           Ioshua
           to
           the
           excuses
           of
           the
           children
           of
           Ioseph
           ,
           and
           his
           answere
           is
           an
           exhortation
           ,
           that
           in
           stead
           of
           delaies
           they
           would
           vse
           Art
           and
           industrie
           in
           this
           enterprise
           which
           they
           were
           to
           vndertake
           :
           Art
           in
           cutting
           downe
           the
           trees
           and
           making
           the
           Countrie
           champion
           :
           Industrie
           by
           taking
           paines
           to
           conquer
           and
           cast
           out
           those
           Idolatrous
           Cananites
           ,
           &
           to
           plant
           themselues
           in
           their
           places
           .
           From
           whence
           we
           are
           to
           gather
           ,
           that
           for
           this
           present
           businesse
           of
           plantation
           in
           Virginia
           ,
           there
           must
           bee
           speciall
           choice
           and
           care
           had
           of
           such
           persons
           as
           shall
           be
           sent
           thither
           .
           Nature
           hath
           emptied
           her selfe
           in
           bestowing
           her
           richest
           treasures
           vpon
           that
           Countrie
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           Art
           and
           industrie
           be
           vsed
           ,
           as
           helpes
           to
           Nature
           ,
           it
           is
           likely
           to
           prooue
           the
           happiest
           attempt
           that
           euer
           was
           vndertaken
           by
           the
           English
           .
           And
           forasmuch
           as
           of
           all
           humane
           Artes
           Political
           gouernment
           is
           the
           chiefest
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           speciall
           care
           in
           the
           Magistrate
           how
           to
           carry
           himselfe
           in
           his
           place
           and
           order
           :
           for
           herein
           consists
           the
           verie
           maine
           matter
           of
           the
           successe
           of
           this
           businesse
           .
           As
           therefore
           the
           Magistrate
           hath
           the
           eminencie
           of
           dignitie
           conferred
           vpon
           him
           by
           his
           Prince
           ,
           so
           must
           he
           furnish
           himselfe
           with
           eminencie
           of
           vertue
           :
           for
           he
           shal
           the
           better
           containe
           others
           within
           the
           bounds
           and
           limits
           of
           honestie
           and
           godlinesse
           ,
           if
           he
           first
           be
           able
           to
           containe
           himselfe
           .
           
             Mala
             anima
             male
             imperat
             ,
             Plato
             :
             1.
             de
             legibus
             .
          
           A
           Magistrate
           therefore
           must
           haue
           a
           good
           conscience
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           also
           haue
           a
           louing
           affection
           towards
           those
           ouer
           whom
           hee
           hath
           the
           gouernment
           .
           Concerning
           the
           conscience
           that
           a
           Magistrate
           must
           carrie
           towards
           God
           ,
           he
           must
           so
           watch
           ouer
           himselse
           ,
           that
           at
           no
           time
           he
           burst
           soorth
           into
           any
           notorious
           vice
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           himselfe
           to
           be
           stained
           with
           the
           imputation
           of
           any
           
           enormious
           crime
           ;
           for
           the
           vices
           of
           men
           are
           holden
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           greater
           the
           Maiestie
           is
           of
           the
           partie
           delinquent
           :
           the
           blemishes
           of
           Princes
           are
           deformities
           ,
           and
           diminitiue
           sins
           in
           thē
           ,
           are
           sins
           of
           the
           highest
           nature
           .
           Again
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           in
           place
           of
           gouernment
           must
           know
           that
           his
           example
           preualles
           much
           with
           those
           that
           are
           vnder
           his
           gouernment
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           shall
           rule
           his
           subiects
           better
           by
           his
           good
           example
           of
           life
           ,
           then
           by
           all
           the
           lawes
           and
           statutes
           that
           hee
           can
           make
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           a
           Magistrate
           must
           know
           that
           the
           moderne
           times
           doe
           not
           onely
           behold
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           is
           subiect
           also
           to
           the
           view
           of
           succeeding
           posteritie
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Tacitus
           doth
           aduise
           Princes
           ,
           
             lib.
             4.
             
             Ann.
          
           to
           beware
           by
           all
           meanes
           that
           they
           giue
           no
           occasion
           to
           Chroniclers
           to
           publish
           their
           leaud
           and
           wicked
           actions
           .
           Concerning
           his
           looing
           affection
           towards
           his
           subiects
           ,
           his
           first
           care
           must
           be
           that
           he
           alwaies
           seeke
           the
           publike
           good
           of
           his
           subiects
           aboue
           his
           owne
           priuate
           profit
           :
           to
           which
           purpose
           the
           Emperour
           Adrian
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           ;
           
             Ita
             se
             rempublicam
             gesturum
             vt
             sciret
             populi
             rem
             esse
             ,
             non
             propriam
             .
          
           The
           example
           of
           Alexander
           the
           Great
           is
           most
           memorable
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           who
           leading
           his
           souldiers
           through
           the
           drie
           and
           w●●
           places
           of
           India
           ,
           had
           almost
           lost
           his
           whole
           armie
           for
           water
           .
           At
           the
           last
           one
           of
           his
           souldiers
           found
           out
           the
           riuer
           Oxus
           ,
           &
           brought
           the
           King
           water
           to
           quench
           his
           thirst
           :
           but
           the
           King
           powred
           the
           water
           vpon
           the
           ground
           before
           all
           his
           souldiers
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           drinke
           it
           ,
           speaking
           these
           words
           :
           
             Ego
             bibam
             ?
             &
             reliqui
             sitient
             ?
          
           and
           when
           he
           and
           his
           whole
           armie
           came
           to
           the
           riuer
           ,
           hee
           would
           not
           drinke
           before
           all
           his
           souldiers
           had
           quenched
           their
           thirst
           :
           giuing
           thereby
           all
           Princes
           to
           vnderstand
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           prouide
           for
           the
           good
           of
           their
           people
           before
           their
           owne
           good
           .
           Thus
           in
           conscience
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           affection
           towards
           his
           subiects
           ought
           a
           Prince
           to
           stand
           affected
           .
           And
           if
           he
           stand
           so
           affected
           he
           will
           punish
           such
           as
           are
           vild
           and
           vitious
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           aduance
           such
           as
           are
           veriuous
           and
           well
           disposed
           ;
           he
           will
           incourage
           the
           painfull
           and
           industrious
           ,
           
           and
           he
           will
           correct
           the
           idle
           and
           dissolute
           ;
           he
           will
           establish
           true
           religion
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           represse
           heresies
           and
           schismes
           ;
           he
           wil
           reiceue
           the
           weake
           and
           impotent
           ,
           and
           he
           wil
           suppresse
           the
           mutinous
           and
           insolent
           ;
           so
           that
           God
           will
           giue
           a
           blessing
           ,
           &
           al
           things
           wil
           prosper
           vnder
           his
           gouernment
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           as
           much
           as
           no
           policie
           can
           stand
           long
           without
           religion
           ,
           a
           chiefe
           care
           must
           be
           had
           of
           sufficient
           ,
           honest
           ,
           &
           sober
           minded
           Ministers
           to
           teach
           and
           instruct
           the
           people
           both
           by
           their
           life
           and
           doctrine
           in
           their
           dutie
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           obedience
           to
           their
           rulers
           .
           When
           the
           T●●be
           of
           Dan
           went
           to
           plant
           themselues
           in
           La●sh
           ,
           they
           tooke
           a
           Leuite
           with
           them
           to
           bee
           a
           father
           and
           a
           Priest
           vnto
           them
           :
           Micah
           thought
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           be
           better
           vnto
           him
           because
           he
           had
           a
           Leuite
           in
           his
           house
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           euer
           reade
           of
           any
           that
           euer
           attained
           vnto
           any
           gouernment
           of
           what
           religion
           soeuer
           they
           were
           ,
           but
           their
           first
           care
           was
           to
           prouide
           fit
           persons
           which
           might
           teach
           the
           people
           religion
           and
           diuine
           worship
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           this
           p●antatio●
           should
           bee
           vndertaken
           without
           this
           care
           ,
           there
           were
           small
           hope
           of
           any
           good
           successe
           to
           come
           thereof
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Minister
           being
           a
           subiect
           must
           yeeld
           his
           obedience
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           so
           〈◊〉
           Magistrate
           must
           bee
           carefull
           to
           yeeld
           him
           countenance
           to
           keepe
           him
           from
           neglect
           ,
           and
           maintenance
           to
           incourage
           him
           in
           his
           ministery
           .
           And
           it
           must
           be
           specially
           foreseene
           of
           the
           Ministers
           that
           they
           resist
           Poperie
           ;
           for
           as
           it
           doth
           infect
           the
           mind
           with
           errour
           ,
           so
           it
           doth
           infect
           the
           manners
           of
           men
           with
           disloyaltie
           and
           treachery
           :
           and
           lastly
           they
           must
           labour
           to
           preserue
           the
           vnitie
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           the
           bond
           of
           peace
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           ●nce
           ●arre
           ,
           or
           dissent
           among
           themselues
           ,
           they
           open
           a
           gappe
           to
           schisme
           and
           contempt
           of
           religion
           .
           Policie
           thus
           establishing
           religion
           ,
           and
           religion
           guiding
           policie
           ;
           prouision
           must
           be
           made
           of
           men
           furnished
           with
           Arts
           and
           trades
           most
           necessarie
           for
           this
           busines
           :
           Artificers
           and
           tradesmen
           must
           be
           nourished
           and
           cherished
           ,
           for
           without
           Artificers
           and
           tradesmen
           a
           common-wealth
           cannot
           flourish
           nor
           endure
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           Magistrate
           must
           specially
           
           regard
           them
           and
           respect
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           so
           carrie
           themselues
           that
           they
           may
           be
           respected
           and
           cherished
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           .
           It
           is
           required
           at
           their
           hands
           that
           they
           be
           faithfull
           ,
           painefull
           ,
           and
           honest
           in
           their
           callings
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           be
           thus
           qualified
           ,
           the
           countrie
           itselfe
           will
           make
           them
           rich
           .
           Euery
           trade
           hath
           his
           mystery
           ,
           which
           is
           for
           the
           most
           part
           grounded
           vpon
           deceit
           and
           fraud
           :
           but
           seeing
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           common
           wealth
           is
           now
           attempted
           ,
           the
           foundation
           must
           not
           bee
           laid
           vpon
           fraud
           and
           deceit
           ,
           for
           there
           can
           no
           good
           end
           be
           expected
           of
           an
           euill
           beginning
           .
           It
           is
           requ●red
           likewise
           that
           they
           be
           painefull
           in
           their
           trades
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           commonwealth
           can
           haue
           little
           vse
           or
           comfort
           of
           them
           .
           And
           here
           our
           English
           tradesmen
           and
           Artificers
           are
           to
           be
           aduised
           that
           they
           be
           warie
           in
           taking
           the
           Sauages
           to
           bee
           apprentices
           to
           teach
           them
           their
           trade
           ,
           seeing
           there
           be
           meanes
           of
           imployment
           sufficient
           besides
           to
           set
           many
           thousands
           on
           worke
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           necessarie
           as
           yet
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           our
           trades
           and
           mysteries
           .
        
         
           Besides
           all
           this
           ,
           industrie
           must
           be
           also
           added
           to
           helpe
           Arte
           and
           Nature
           ,
           so
           that
           such
           as
           haue
           no
           prosessed
           artes
           and
           trades
           ,
           must
           painefully
           im●●●y
           themselues
           in
           some
           labour
           or
           other
           ,
           to
           the
           furthering
           of
           this
           Plantation
           :
           a
           Drone
           will
           in
           short
           space
           deuoure
           more
           hony
           than
           the
           Bée
           can
           gather
           in
           along
           time
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Magistrate
           must
           correct
           with
           al
           sharpenesse
           of
           discipline
           ,
           those
           vnthriftie
           and
           vnprofitable
           Drones
           ,
           which
           liue
           idly
           :
           for
           there
           is
           a
           law
           giuen
           to
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Adam
           to
           labour
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           daughters
           of
           Eue
           ,
           with
           the
           sweate
           of
           their
           browes
           to
           get
           their
           liuing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           an
           Euangelicall
           precept
           that
           they
           which
           will
           not
           labour
           must
           not
           eate
           .
           In
           Iobs
           time
           there
           was
           a
           very
           strict
           order
           taken
           for
           such
           as
           liued
           idely
           ,
           
             Iob
             30.
             5.
             
             They
             were
             chased
             forth
             from
             among
             men
             ,
             and
             euery
             one
             showted
             at
             them
             as
             at
             a
             theefe
             :
          
           and
           surely
           such
           an
           order
           must
           bee
           taken
           with
           those
           that
           will
           not
           liue
           painefully
           in
           Virginia
           ,
           the
           rather
           because
           meate
           and
           drinke
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           necessarie
           
           supplies
           of
           liueliehoode
           will
           be
           very
           precious
           there
           a
           while
           :
           and
           therefore
           order
           had
           more
           néede
           be
           taken
           ,
           that
           such
           prouision
           be
           not
           consumed
           by
           vnseruiceable
           loytering
           companions
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           all
           degrées
           and
           sorts
           of
           people
           which
           haue
           prepared
           themselues
           for
           this
           Plantation
           must
           be
           admonished
           to
           preserue
           vnitie
           ,
           loue
           and
           concord
           amongst
           themselues
           :
           for
           by
           concord
           small
           things
           increase
           and
           growe
           to
           great
           things
           ,
           but
           by
           discord
           great
           things
           soone
           come
           to
           nothing
           .
           Agesilaus
           being
           demaunded
           why
           the
           Citie
           of
           Sparta
           was
           not
           compassed
           about
           with
           walles
           for
           the
           better
           defence
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           he
           shewed
           vnto
           the
           demandant
           ,
           the
           Citizens
           and
           Souldiers
           of
           Sparta
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           liuing
           and
           agréeing
           together
           in
           firme
           concord
           and
           vnitie
           ;
           these
           ,
           saith
           Agesilaus
           ,
           are
           the
           walles
           of
           Sparta
           :
           and
           out
           of
           question
           so
           it
           is
           ;
           concord
           and
           good
           agréement
           amongst
           coinhabitants
           is
           a
           more
           sure
           defence
           than
           walles
           or
           Castles
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           warlike
           munition
           whatsoeuer
           .
           Therefore
           if
           any
           mutinous
           or
           seditious
           person
           dare
           aduenture
           to
           mooue
           any
           matter
           which
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           breach
           of
           concord
           and
           vnitie
           ,
           he
           is
           presently
           to
           be
           suppressed
           as
           a
           most
           d●●gerous
           enemy
           to
           the
           state
           and
           gouernement
           there
           established
           .
           Now
           all
           these
           particulars
           being
           already
           not
           onely
           concluded
           vpon
           ,
           but
           also
           prouided
           for
           by
           the
           godly
           care
           of
           the
           counsell
           and
           Aouenturers
           of
           Virginia
           :
           I
           haue
           presumed
           onely
           to
           aduise
           ,
           being
           ●●t
           o●●oubt
           that
           they
           will
           be
           as
           carefully
           performed
           ,
           as
           they
           at
           ?
           already
           wisely
           and
           religiously
           determined
           .
           And
           thus
           far
           haue
           I
           presumed
           in
           my
           loue
           to
           the
           Aduenturers
           ,
           and
           liking
           to
           the
           enterprise
           ,
           ●o
           deale
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           praying
           as
           much
           good
           successe
           to
           them
           and
           it
           ,
           as
           their
           owne
           hearts
           can
           desire
           hoping
           to
           sée
           their
           expectation
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           England
           as
           much
           increased
           by
           this
           their
           honorable
           attempt
           ,
           as
           euer
           was
           the
           Romane
           Empire
           by
           the
           enterprises
           of
           her
           greatest
           Emperours
           ,
           sorrowing
           with
           my selfe
           that
           I
           am
           not
           able
           neither
           in
           person
           nor
           purse
           to
           be
           a
           partaker
           in
           the
           businesse
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .