54 HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NEWFOUNDLAND 



which have bear a share in it, as it might incite French, or possibly 

 described Spanish jealousy. 1 With the change of century Spain had 

 been deposed from, and France had been promoted into the 

 position of arch-rival. 



A little later, Virginia and Maine were colonized, and while 

 colonists were on their way to Virginia and Maine (1607) 

 Sir J. Popham, who had promoted both movements, initiated 

 a third movement, and wrote to the merchant adventurers of 

 Bristol urging them to recolonize Newfoundland. In reply, 

 the merchants asked for royal support, which was promised. 

 Then they subscribed funds, and John Guy, one of the 

 subscribers, wrote a pamphlet in favour of the scheme. On 

 April 27, 1610, the King incorporated them under the title 

 of ' The Treasurer and the Company of Adventurers and 

 Planters of the city of London and Bristol for the Colony 

 was nomi- or Plantations in Newfoundland.' 2 As in the Virginian 

 natty dual, Companv o f l6o6> London and the West of England were 

 yoked together ; and, as in the Virginian Company, the 

 first names of members were names of statesmen. Two of 

 these names were significant Henry Earl of Northampton, 

 a reputed Roman Catholic, and the great Sir Francis Bacon, 

 who wrote that ' it is a shameful and unblessed thing to take 

 the scum of people and wicked condemned men to be the 

 people with whom you plant'. 3 Next on the list was 

 Thomas Aid worth, perhaps the same ' T. Aldworth Mayor 

 of Bristol' who promoted Sir H. Gilbert's expedition of 

 T 5 8 3- J onn Guy and his brother Philip, both of Bristol, 

 J. Slaney and H. Slaney, both of London, were the only 

 others of the forty-six members who afterwards became 

 had an famous in connexion with Newfoundland. The colony, 

 ^ e De Mons's colony, had an inner and an outer limit. 



limit, like 



De Mans, * Stale Papers, Colonial Series, vol. i, No. 9, an unsigned, undated 

 copy, with corrections by Sir E. Conway, endorsed ' Plantacion in 

 America ', Calendared? 1600 given in Appendix E, pp. 250-3. 



2 Purchas, Pilgrims, vol. xix, p. 406. 



3 Essay on Plantations, 1625. 



