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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith
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CONTENTS
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ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith
THE GENERALL HISTORY of Virginia, the Somer Iles, and New England, with the Names of the Adventurers, and Their Adventures ...
INTRODUCTION
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The Introduction.
Anno Dom.
The Contents of the Hystory.
The first Booke.
The second Booke.
|| The third Booke.
The fourth Booke.
The fift Booke.
The sixt Booke.
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
Hyphenation Record
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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THE GENERALL HISTORIE of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ...
INTRODUCTION
Summary of the Six Books
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THE GENERALL HISTORIE
TO THE WORSHIPFULL the Master Wardens and Societie of the Cordwayners of the Cittie of London.
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TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS and Most Noble Princesse, the Lady Francis, Duchesse of Richmond and Lenox.
A PREFACE of foure Poynts.
A GENTLEMAN desirous to be unknowne, yet a great Benefactor to Virginia, his love to the Author, the Company, and History.
SAMUEL PURCHAS of his friend Captaine John Smith, and his Virginia.
THOMAS MACARNESSE to his worthy friend and Countryman, Captaine John Smith.
TO HIS FRIEND Captaine John Smith, and his Worke.
TO MY WORTHY friend Captaine John Smith.
TO HIS MUCH respected Friend Captaine John Smith.
TO HIS LOVING friend Captaine John Smith.
TO MY DEARE friend by true Vertue ennobled Captaine John Smith.
NOBLE CAPTAINE Smith, my worthy Friend
TO HIS WORTHILY affected Friend, Captaine John Smith.
The Contents of the generall History, divided into six Books
The first Booke.
The second Booke.
Of Virginia now planted, discovered by Captaine Smith.
The third Booke.
Of the Accidents and Proceedings of the English.
The fourth Booke.
With their Proceedings after the alteration of the Government.
The fift Booke.
The sixt Booke.
HOW ANCIENT AUTHORS 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.
Sir Richard Grenvills voyage to Virginia, for Sir Walter Raleigh. 1585.
The conspiracy of Pemissapan; the Discovery of it; and our returne for England with Sir Francis Drake.
The Observations of Master Thomas Heriot in this Voyage.
For Marchandize and Victualls.
Dyes.
Their Natures and Manners.
How Sir Richard Grenvill went to relieve them.
Three Ships more sent to relieve them by Master White.
The fift Voyage to Virginia; undertaken by Master John White. 1589.
A briefe Relation of the Description of Elizabeths Ile, and some others towards the North part of Virginia; and what els they discovered in the yeare 1602. by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnoll, and Captaine Bartholomew Gilbert; and divers other Gentlemen their Associates.
A Voyage of Captaine Martin Pring, with two Barks from Bristow, for the North part of Virginia. 1603.
A relation of a Discovery towards the Northward of Virginia, by Captaine George Waymouth 1605. imployed thether by the right Honorable Thomas Arundell, Baron of Warder, in the Raigne of our most royall King James.
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The second Booke. THE SIXT VOYAGE.
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Of such things which are naturally in Virginia, and how they use them.
Of their Planted fruits in Virginia, and how they use them.
The Commodities in Virginia, or that may be had by Industrie.
Of the naturall Inhabitants of Virginia.
Of their Religion.
Of the manner of the Virginians Government
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The third Booke. THE PROCEEDINGS AND ACCIDENTS OF The English Colony in Virginia, Extracted from the Authors following, by William Simons, Doctour of Divinitie.
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Chapter I.
Chapter II. What happened till the first supply.
Chapter III. The Arrivall of the first supply, with their Proceedings, and the Ships returne.
Chapter IIII. The Arrivall of the Phœnix; her returne; and other Accidents.
Chapter V. 1The Accidents that hapned in the Discovery of the Bay of Chisapeack.
Chapter VI. The Government surrendred to Master Scrivener. What happened the second Voyage in discovering the Bay.
Chapter VII. The Presidency surrendred to Captaine Smith: the Arrivall and returne of the second Supply. And what happened.
The Copy of a Letter sent to the Treasurer and Councell of Virginia from Captaine Smith, then President in Virginia.
Chapter VIII. Captaine Smiths Journey to Pamaunkee.
Chapter IX. How wee escaped surprising at Pamaunkee.
Chapter X. How the Salvages became subject to the English.
Chapter XI. What was done in three moneths having Victualls. The Store devoured by Rats, how we lived three moneths of such naturall fruits as the Country affoorded.
Chapter XII. The Arrivall of the third Supply.
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The Fourth Booke. TO MAKE PLAINE THE TRUE PROCEEDINGS of the Historie for 1609. we must follow the examinations of Doctor Simons, and two learned Orations published by the Companie; with the relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De la Ware.
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What happened in the first government after the alteration in the time of Captaine George Piercie their Governour.
The Government resigned to Sir Thomas Gates, 1610.
The government devolved to the Lord la Ware.
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The government left againe to Captaine George Piercie, and the returne of the Lord la Ware, with his Relation to the Councell.
The government surrendred to Sir Thomas Dale, who arrived in Virginia the tenth of May, 1611. out of Master Hamors Booke.
The government returned againe to Sir Thomas Gates, 1611.
The government left to Sir Thomas Dale upon Sir Thomas Gates returne for England.
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The Contents of the declaration of the Lottery published by the Counsell.
The government left to Captaine Yearly.
To the most high and vertuous Princesse Queene Anne of Great Brittanie.
The government devolved to Captaine Samuel Argall, 1617.
A relation from Master John Rolfe, June 15. 1618.
The government surrendred to Sir George Yearley.
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A desperat Sea-fight betwixt two Spanish men of warre, and a small English ship, at the Ile of Dominica going to Virginia, by Captaine Anthony Chester.
The Names of the Adventurers for Virginia, Alphabetically set downe, according to a printed Booke, set out by the Treasurer and Councell in this present yeere, 1620.
The government of Sir Francis Wyat.
Gifts
The observations of Master John Pory Secretarie of Virginia, in his travels.
Captaine Each sent to build a Fort to secure the Countrey.
The massacre upon the two and twentieth of March.
The project and offer of Captaine John Smith, to the Right Honourable, and Right Worshipfull Company of Virginia.
Their Answer.
A particular of such necessaries as either private families, or single persons, shall have cause to provide to goe to Virginia, whereby greater numbers may in part conceive the better how to provide for themselves.
A briefe relation written by Captaine Smith to his Majesties Commissioners for the reformation of Virginia, concerning some aspersions against it.
Out of these Observations it pleased his Majesties Commissioners for the reformation of Virginia, to desire my answer to these seven Questions.
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The Fifth Booke. THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF THE BERMUDAS, now called the Summer Iles, from their beginning in the yeere of our Lord 1593. to this present 1624. with their proceedings, accidents and present estate.
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A briefe relation of the shipwracke of Henry May.
The first English ship knowne to have beene cast away upon the Bermudas 1609. From the relation of Master Jordan, Master John Euens, Master Henry Shelly, and divers others.
The first beginning of a Colonie in the Somer Iles, under the command of Master Richard More, extracted out of a plot of Master Richard Norwood Surveior, and the relations of divers others.
The rule of the six Governors.
Captaine John Mansfield his moneth.
The Government of Captaine Daniel Tuckar.
The division of the Summer Iles into Tribes, by Master Richard Norwood, Surveyor.
The names of the Adventurers, and their shares in every Tribe, according to the survey, and the best information yet ascertained, of any of their alterations.
The Government of Captaine Miles Kendall, Deputy for Captaine Tuckar.
The Government of Captaine Nathaniel Butler.
Master John Barnard sent to be Governour.
What hapned in the government of Master John Harrison.
To his friend Captaine Smith, upon his description of New-England.
To that worthy and generous Gentleman, my very good friend, Captaine Smith.
To his worthy Captaine, the Author.
To my honest Captaine, the Author.
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The Sixth Booke. THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF NEW-ENGLAND.
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The Description of New England.
My second voyage to New England.
The Examination of Daniel Baker, late Steward to Captaine John Smith, in the returne of Plimoth, taken before Sir Lewis Stukeley Knight, the eighth of December, 1615.
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Here followeth a briefe Discourse of the trials of New England, with certaine Observations of the Hollanders use and gaine by fishing, and the present estate of that happy Plantation, begun but by sixtie weake men, in the yeere of our Lord 1620. and how to build a fleet of good ships to make a little Navy Royall, by the former Author.
A Plantation in New-England.
A journey to the Towne of Namaschet, in defence of the King of Massasoyt, against the Narrohigganses, and the supposed death of Squantum.
An abstract of divers Relations sent from the Colony in New England, July 16. 1622.
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Master Dee his opinion for the building of ships.
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The present estate of New-Plimoth.
Errata.
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