14 History of Methodism 



with bitter malice by the authorities of Spain. He 

 had indeed avenged the wrongs done to Frenchmen, 

 bnt in doing so he had at the same time avenged the 

 wrongs done to Huguenots, and Huguenots the Gov- 

 ernment of France meant to destroy. 



It was the design of Providence that Carolina should 

 be permanently colonized under better auspices, and 

 that the foundations of her institutions should be laid 

 under influences more favorable to freedom of religion 

 than any that might emanate from the royal courts 

 either of France or of Spain. 



The third attempt to plant a colony in Carolina was 

 made under a patent granted by Queen Elizabeth of 

 England to Sir Humphrey Gilbert, which at his death 

 in 1583 was transferred to his half-brother, Sir Walter 

 Raleigh. Under his direction a voyage of exploration 

 was made in 1584 by Philip Amiclas and Arthur Bar- 

 low, who landed in July on the island of Wocoken, 

 in Ocracock inlet, on the coast of North Carolina; and 

 taking back with them two natives of America, Man- 

 teo and Wanchese, they gave such a glowing account 

 of the new-discovered land that no name was deemed 

 so appropriate as that of. Virginia, in honor of the 

 virgin queen. 



In the following year (1585) Raleigh fitted out a 

 second expedition, under the command of Sir Richard 

 Grenville, who left a colony of one hundred and eight 

 persons on Roanoke Island with Ralph Lane as its 

 governor; but such were the hardships which they 

 encountered that the colonists were only too well 

 satisfied to be taken home by Sir Francis Drake, who 

 in June of the following year visited the island with 

 a fleet of twenty-three vessels. Scarcely had they taken 

 their departure when Grenville returned with supplies. 



