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GARDENS OF THE ENGLISH GEN- 

 TLEMEN ADVENTURERS 



TEMPEST-DRIVEN through all the last furious 

 night of their long voyage, the three ships which, 

 under Christopher Newport, were bringing the first 

 actual colonists to Virginia shores, scudded into haven 

 "within the capes" sometime after break of day on 

 April 26, 1607. Dawn had shown them the broad 

 Chesapeake inlet, flanked by the two great headlands, 

 one on their left and the other away to the north. And 

 even as they passed in they named the former for their 

 crown prince, young Henry of Wales, the lad who died 

 so well beloved before ever he had a chance to be the 

 king; while the latter they called for his brother, the 

 unfortunate Charles, second son of James — Charles I, 

 who ultimately lost his head some two-and-forty years 

 later. 



Weary of the ships and "desiring recreation," thirty 

 of the adventurers went ashore, soon after passing Cape 

 Henry — a gay little group, in great starched ruffs and 



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