SIR FRANCIS DRAKE a.d. 



1578. 

 the state of their griefes, beseeching God to cure their 

 deseases. Every thirde day they brought their sacrifices 

 unto us, untill they understoode our meaning, that we 

 had no pleasure in them : yet they could not be long 

 absent from us, but daily frequented our company to 

 the houre of our departure, which departure seemed so 

 grievous unto them, that their joy was turned into 

 sorrow. They intreated us, that being absent wee would 

 remember them, and by stelth provided a sacrifice, which 

 we misliked. 



Our necessarie businesse being ended, our Generall Great heards 

 with his companie traveiled up into the Countrey to their °fD^^^^- 

 villages, where we found heardes of Deere by a thousand 

 in a companie, being most large and fat of body. 



We found the whole countrey to bee a warren of a Abundance of 

 strange kinde of Conies, their bodyes in bignes as be ^^^^^<?^ comes. 

 the Barbary Conies, their heads as the heades of ours, 

 the feet of a Want, and the taile of a Rat being of great 

 length : under her chinne on either side a bagge, into 

 the which shee gathereth her meate when she hath filled 

 her belly abroad. The people eate their bodies, and 

 make great account of their skinnes, for their Kings 

 coate was made of them. 



Our Generall called this countrey. Nova Albion, and Islova Albion. 

 that for two causes : the one in respect of the white 

 bankes and ciiffes, which ly towardes the sea : and the 

 other, because it might have some afiinitie with our 

 Countrey in name, which sometime was so called. 



There is no part of earth here to bee taken up, Qolde and 

 wherein there is not some speciall likelihood of gold or silver In the 

 silver. earth of Nova 



At our departure hence our Generall set up a monu- 

 ment of our being there ; as also of her Majesties right 

 and title to the same, namely a plate nailed upon a faire 

 great poste, whereupon was ingraven her Majesties name, 

 the day and yeere of our arrivall there, with the free 

 giving up of the Province and people into her Majesties 

 hands, together with her highnes picture and armes, in 



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