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ther hopes a littell differed, wheareof wee haue too good 

 experience by Ireland, w^^' being neere vs, a temperate & fertile 

 contrye, subiecte to our owne lawes and halfe sivill, the porttes 

 and many plases freindly inhabited, notw*^standinge many of 

 good reputacion, became vndertakers there in the tyme of pease, 

 coulde not invite our people, neyther in any competent numbers, 

 nor constantly in th'* action. ... 



The generall discouery beinge made, a particuler discouery is 

 to bee made, of the plase wheare o^* nation should settle, yf 

 there bee hope eyther of mines or oth^' good returne thatt may 

 draw one a secondinge of the action, w"^ is moste to bee 

 doubted ; for yf her Ma*^® shall only countenaunce yt and 

 recommend yt to her marchanttes whoe may haue for incorragm* 

 the difficultie of the esterne trade & a gratious junction of the 

 trafificke of america to bee only reserued to the firste adventures, 

 yett when soe great a charge muste be firste issued as the 

 sendinge of a compotent nomber to inhabite, w*J» all necessaries 

 requisitt for new inhabitants, and victualles for a hole yeare for 

 them, & that th*" retorne shall bringe home nothinge aboue the 

 ordinarye freght offish and a narration of the sighte of a cuntrey 

 and hope of better by the nexte adventure, yt is feared that the 

 ordinary wayes of traed, beinge lesse cheargeable, they will 

 content them selues & looke vpon the dangers and allteracions 

 a farr of, and eyther slowlye or not all giue second ; and wheare 

 yt is prepounded that o'^ poore of England, may be easly sent 

 theth*", by the shippes that goe to fishe yearely they beinge 

 deliuered at the porttes, w*'^ victualles for a yeere, o'* common 

 people of England are not riche, & doe almoste repine att those 

 most behouefull impositions w**^ are layed vpon them, for 

 leveinge of souldiers & yett those willinge subsidies and 

 payments they graunt to her Ma*^® for juste reasons deputed in 

 open parliment, then wee muste remember whatt pore they are 

 thatt an'e requisite to people a new conqueste, not the im- 

 potente . . . 



And this may well bee lookte for, thatt the inhabitants, will 

 giue vs noe better way then wee can forse, & will easly insulte 

 vpon o'^ weakenes yf they can find an advantage, besides wee 

 are to conseaue, thatt the frenche whoe haue pretenses, & haue 

 a secreat trafficke theth*", will repine & resiste yf they can or 

 dare, all vnder the subiection of the^spaniardes are declared 



