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GARDENS OF THE ENGLISH GEN¬ 
TLEMEN ADVENTURERS 
^ I 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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