ceived him very courteously, and the Spanish gentlemen saluted our English gentlemen; and their inferior sort did also salute our soldiers and seamen, liking our men, and likewise their qualities, although at the first they seemed to stand in fear of us, and of so many of our boats, whereof they desired that all might not land their men, yet, in the end, the courtesies that passed on both sides were so great, that all fear and mistrust on the Spaniards' part was abandoned.

In the meantime, while our English general and the Spanish governor discoursed betwixt them of divers matters; as of the state of the country, the multitude of the towns and people, and the commodities of the island, our men provided two banqueting-houses, covered with green boughs, the one for the gentlemen, the other for the servants, and a sumptuous banquet was brought in, served by us, all in plate, with the sound of trumpets, and concert of music, wherewith the Spaniards were more than delighted. Which banquet being ended, the Spaniards, in recompence of our courtesy, caused a great herd of white bulls and kine to be brought together from the mountains, and appointed for every gentleman and captain that would ride, a horse ready saddled, and then singled out three of the best of them to be hunted by horsemen after their manner; so that the pastime grew very pleasant for the space of three hours, wherein all three of the beasts were killed, whereof one took the sea, and there was slain with a musket. After this sport many rare presents and gifts were given and bestowed on both parts, and the next day we played the merchants in bargaining with them by way of truck and exchange of divers of their commodities, as horses, mares, kine, bulls, goats, swine, sheep, bull-hides, sugar, ginger, pearl, tobacco, and such like commodities of the island.

• June 7th, we departed with great good will from the Spaniards from the island of Hispaniola; but the wiser sort do impute this great shew of friendship and courtesy used toward us by the Spaniards, rather to the force that we were of, and

the vigilance and watchfulness that were among us, than to any hearty good will or sure friendly entertainment; for, doubtless, if they had been stronger than we, we might have looked for no better courtesy at their hands, than Mr. John Hawkins received at St. John de Ullua, or John Oxnam near the streights of Darien, and divers others of our countrymen in other places. June 8th, we anchored at a small island to take seals, which in that place we understood to have been in great quantity, where the general and certain others with him in the pinnace were in very great danger to have been all cast away, but by the help of God they escaped the hazard, and returned aboard the admiral in safety.

June 9th, we arrived and landed in the isle of Caycos, in which island we searched for salt ponds, upon the advertisement and information of a Portuguese; who indeed abused our general and us, deserving a halter for his hire, if it had so pleased us.

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• June 12th, we anchored at Guanima, and landed.

June 15th and 16th, we anchored and landed at Cygua

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June 20th, we fell with the main of Florida.

• June 23, we were in great danger of a wreck on a breach called the Cape of Fear.

June 24th, we came to anchor in a harbour, where we caught in one tide so much fish as would have yielded us £20 in London; this was our first landing in Florida.

June 26th, we came to anchor at Wococon.

June 29th, we weighed anchor to bring the Tiger into the harbour, where, through the unskilfulness of the master, whose name was Fernando, the admiral struck on ground and sunk.

July 3, we sent word of our arriving at Wococon to Wingina at Roanoke.

July 6th, Mr. John Arundel was sent to the main, and Manteo with him; and Captain Aubry and Captain Boniten

the same day were sent to Croatoan, where they found two of our men left there, with thirty others, by Captain Raymond, some twenty days before.

July 9th, Captain Aubry and Captain Boniten returned, with two of our men, found by them, to us at Wococon.

July 11th, the general, accompanied in his tilt-boat with Mr. John Arundel, Mr. Stukley, and divers other gentlemen ; Mr. Lane, Mr. Candish, Mr. Hariot, and twenty others in the new pinnace; Captain Amadas, Captain Clarke, with ten others, in a ship-boat; Francis Brooke and John White in another ship-boat passed over the water from Wococon to the main land victualled for eight days, in which voyage we first discovered the towns of Pomeioc, Aquascogoc, and Secotan, and also the great lake called by the savages Paquipe, with divers other places, and so returned with that discovery to our fleet.

July 12th, we came to the town of Pomeioc.

July 13th, we passed by water to Aquascogoc.

July 15th, we came to Secotan, and were well entertained there of the savages.

July 16th, we returned thence, and one of our boats with the admiral was sent to Aquascogoc, to demand a silver cup which one of the savages had stolen from us, and not receiving it according to his promise, we burnt and spoiled their corn and town, all the people being fled.

July 18th, we returned from the discovery of Secotan, and the same day came aboard our fleet riding at Wococon.

July 21, our fleet anchoring at Wococon, we weighed anchor for Hatteras.

July 27", our fleet anchored at Hatteras, and there we rested.

July 29th, Grangino, brother to King Wingina, came aboard the admiral, and Manteo with him.

August 2o, the admiral was sent to Weapomeioc.

August 5th, Mr. John Arundel was sent for England.

August 25, our general weighed anchor, and set sail for England.

About August 31", he took a Spanish ship of 300 tons richly laden, boarding her with a boat made with boards of chests, which fell asunder, and sunk at the ship's side, as soon as ever he and his men were out of it.

September 10, by foul weather, the general, then ship. ped in the prize, lost sight of the Tiger.

• September 16th, the Tiger fell with the Land's End, and the same day came to anchor at Falmouth.

• September 18, the general came with the prize to Plymouth, and was courteously received by divers of his worshipful friends.'*

N°. V.

AN EXTRACT OF MR. RALPH LANE'S LETTER TO RICHARD HAKLUYT, ESQ. AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN OF THE MIDDLE TEMple, from virginia.

[From HAKLUYT's Voyages, III, 255.]

In the meanwhile you shall understand, that since Sir Richard Greenville's departure from us, as also before, we have discovered the main to be the goodliest soil under the cope of heaven; so abounding with sweet trees that bring such sundry rich and pleasant gums, grapes of such greatness, yet wild, as France, Spain, nor Italy have no greater; so many sorts of apothecary drugs, such several kinds of flax, and one kind

* Then follows a list of 107 persons, among whom are Amadas and Hariot, who remained a year in Virginia, under the government of Mr. Ralph Lane.

like silk, the same gathered of a grass as common there as grass is here. And now within these few days we have found here maize or guinea-wheat, whose ear yieldeth corn for bread 400 upon one ear, and the cane maketh very good and perfect sugar; also Terra-samia, otherwise Terra-sigillata. Beside that, it is the goodliest and most pleasing territory of the world; for the continent is of a huge and unknown greatness, and very well peopled and towned, though savagely; and the climate so wholesome, that we had not one sick since we touched the land here.

To conclude, if Virginia had but horses and kine in some reasonable proportion, I dare assure myself, being inhabited with English, no realm in Christendom were comparable to it. For this already we find, that what commodities so ever Spain, France, Italy, or the east parts do yield unto us, in wines of all sorts, in oils, in flax, in rosins, pitch, frankincense, currants, sugars, and suchlike, these parts do abound with the growth of them all; but, being savages that pos sess the land, they know no use of the same. And sundry other rich commodities, that no parts of the world, be they West or East Indies, have, here we find great abundance of. The people naturally are most courteous, and very sirous to have clothes, but especially of coarse cloth rather than silk ; coarse canvas they also like well of; but copper carrieththe price of all, so it be made red. Thus, good Mr. Hakluyt and Mr. H. I have joined you both in one letter of remembrance, as two that I love dearly well; and commending ⚫ me most heartily to you both, I commit you to the tuition of the Almighty. From the New Fort in Virginia, this 34 of September 1585.

Your most assured friend,

de

RALPH LANE."

See Hakluyt's Voyages. III, 254