. The general historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles; together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and a sea grammar. nsue, A President for others, So to do. William Grent. To his worthily affected Friend, CaptaineJohn Smith. AMongst so many that by learned skill,Have given just praise to thee, and to thy Booke,Deare friend receive this pledge of my good will,Whereon, if thou with acceptation looke, And thinke it worthie, ranke amongst the rest :Use thy discretion, I have done my best. Avwuv/uos. THE FIRST VOLUME CONTAINING THE First Five Bookes of the Generall
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. The general historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles; together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and a sea grammar. nsue, A President for others, So to do. William Grent. To his worthily affected Friend, CaptaineJohn Smith. AMongst so many that by learned skill, Have given just praise to thee, and to thy Booke, Deare friend receive this pledge of my good will, Whereon, if thou with acceptation looke, And thinke it worthie, ranke amongst the rest :Use thy discretion, I have done my best. Avwuv/uos. THE FIRST VOLUME CONTAINING THE First Five Bookes of the Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and The Summer Isles How Ancient Authors [i. i.] Report, the New-World, Now called America, was discovered: and part thereof, first Planted by the English, called Virginia, with the Accidents and Proceedings of the same. THE FIRST BOOKE. Or the Stones of Arthur, Malgo, andBrandon, that say a thousand yeares agoethey were in the North of America; orthe Fryer of Linn that by his blackeArt went to the North pole in the yeare1360. in that I know them not, let thissuffice.The Chronicles of Wales report, that Madock. sonne 1170. to Owen Quineth, Prince of Wales seeing his twobrethren at debate who should inherit, prepared certaineShips, with men and munition, and left his Country toseeke adventures by Sea: leaving Ireland North he sayledwest till he came to a Land unknowne. Returning homeand relating what pleasant and fruitfull Countries he hadseene without Inhabitants, and for what barren groundhis brethren and kindred did murther one another, heprovided a number of Ships, and got with him such men V. I I A a.d. THE HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA 1170. and women as were desirous to live in quietnesse, thatarrived with him in this new Land in the yeare 1170:Left many of his people there and returned for more.But where this place was no History can show. The Spanyards say Hanno a Prince of Carthage wasthe first: and the next Christopher Cullumbus, aGenoesiar, w