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At a Court held for Virginia on ffriday
in the forenoone the 4o Iuly i623[176]

Present.

     

Ea: of Dorsett.	Sr Rob: Killigrewe.
Lo: Cauendish.	Sr ffranc: Leigh.
Sr Edw: Sackuill.	Sr Sam: Argall.

                                     

mr Tomlins.	mr Edwards.	mr Leuer.
mr Nicho: ffarrar ∥deputy∥.	mr Boothby.	mr Scott.
mr White.	mr Hobbs.	mr Sherowe.
mr Copland.	mr Sheldon.	mr Collett.
mr Withers.	mr Rider.	mr Swinhowe.
mr Io: Smith.	mr Moore.	mr Mullins.
mr Caswell.	mr Moorer.	mr Stone.
mr Paulavicine.	mr Caswell.	mr Procter.
mr Barbor.
	mr Cuffe.
	mr Baldwin.
	mr Webbe.
	mr Percy.
	mr Ley.
	mr ffothergill.
	mr Geo: Smith.
	mr Hackett.
	mr Moorewood.
	mr Downes.

Mr Deputy signified that accordinge to the order of the last Court he
presented to the Lordℯ of his Mats Priuy Counsell the Companies
Aunsweare touchinge their Lops com̃aund for a present supplie to be
sent to Virginia, but their Lops seemed not to be well satisfied therewth
but required the Companies present resoluc̃on what course they could
propound for the speedy releiuinge of the Colonie wch they conceaued
to be at this time in a verie great want and extreamity: And there-
fore willed them to consider of it and to bring their Aunsweare as this
day accordinge to their Lops com̃aund

Mr Deputie said the Companie had considered of it at the last Court
propoundinge two wayes wch seemed verie feazeable for raisinge of a
present supplie namely by sendinge of a Magazine for releyvinge the
Companies Tenantℯ and secondly by meanes of such voluntarie sup-
plies as perticuler Societies and priuate Aduenturers would send to
their owne people: To wch end he said there were two seuerall Rollℯ
Drawne vp wch were nowe presented in Court: wherevnto for asmuch
as it appeared that diuers had already vnderwritten good Som̃es, it
moued others by their good example to vnderwrite freely and liberally.

Their was likewise presented a Third Roll in open Court for the other
side wch opposed the Companie to vnderwrite whome Sr Edward Sack-
uill earnestly moued they would do somethinge towardℯ this generall
Supply intended in reguard they knowe so well the State of the Colony
to be such as they had great need of it and had also much pressed
before the Lordℯ that a Supplie might be sent.

Mr Caswell beinge proposed for Treasuror for the Magazine was by a
generall erecc̃on of handℯ chosen and appointed therevnto accordingly.

It was likewise vpon moc̃on agreed and ordered by erecc̃on of handℯ
that accordinge to those headℯ nowe propounded by the Lo: Cauendish
the Counsell should be entreated to drawe vp a short Declarac̃on to be
presented to the Lordℯ of ye Counsell to shewe that the fault of this
supposed want in the Colony is not to be imputed to the present
Gouerment of the Companie here. [335]