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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith

AN ACCIDENCE or the Path-way to Experience

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TO ALL THE RIGHT Honorable And most Generous Lords in England, and Others: Especially of his Majesties Privy Councell, and Councell of Warre.

TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL Sir Robert Heath, Knight etc.

TO THE READER; And All Generous And Noble Adventurers by Sea; And Well-Wishers to Navigation. Especially The Masters, Wardens, and Assistance of the Trinity-House.

AN ACCIDENCE for Young Sea-men: Or, Their Path-way to Experience.

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

A SEA GRAMMAR ...

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TO ALL THE RIGHT Honourable, and most generous Lords in England, especially those of his Majesties Privy Councell, and Councell of Warre.

TO THE READER And All Worthy Adventurers by Sea, and well wishers to Navigation.

TO HIS WELL Deserving friend Captaine John Smith.

TO THE MUCH deserving Captaine, John Smith.

TO HIS WORTHILY-deserving friend Captaine John Smith.

IN LAUDEM NOBILISSIMI viri Johannis Smith.

TO HIS FRIEND Captaine Smith, on his Grammar.

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

THE TRUE TRAVELS, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John Smith

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, William Earle of Pembroke, Lord Steward of his Majesties most Honourable Houshold. Robert Earle of Lindsey, Great Chamberlaine of England. Henrie Lord Hunsdon, Vicount Rochford, Earle of Dover. And all your Honourable Friends and Well-willers.

TO MY WORTHY FRIEND, Captaine John Smith.

TO MY NOBLE brother and friend, Captaine John Smith.

TO HIS VALIANT and deserving friend, Captaine John Smith.

TO MY WORTHY FRIEND, Captaine John Smith.

TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND, Captaine John Smith.

TO MY WORTHY FRIEND, Captaine John Smith.

TO MY WELL DESERVING friend, Captaine John Smith.

TO HIS APPROVED friend, the Authour; Captaine John Smith.

TO THE VALOUROUS and truly-vertuous souldier, Captaine John Smith.

TO HIS NOBLE FRIEND, Captaine John Smith.

TO HIS TRULY deserving friend, Captaine John Smith.

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THE TRUE TRAVELS, ADVENTURES, AND OBSERVATIONS Of Captaine John Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: beginning about the yeere 1593, and continued to this present 1629.

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Chapter I. His Birth; Apprentiship; Going into France; His beginning with ten shillings and three pence; His Service in Netherlands; His bad passage into Scotland; His returne to Willoughby; And how he lived in the Woods.

Chapter II. The notable villany of foure French Gallants; and his revenge; Smith throwne over-board; Captaine La Roche of Saint Malo releeves him.

Chapter III. A desperate Sea-fight in the Straights; His passage to Rome, Naples, and the view of Italy.

Chapter IV. The Siege of Olumpagh; An excellent Stratagem by Smith; Another not much worse.

Chapter V. The siege of Stowlle-wesenburg; The effects of Smiths Fire-workes; A worthy exploit of Earle Rosworme; Earle Meldritch takes the Bashaw prisoner.

Chapter VI. A brave encounter of the Turkes Armie with the Christians; Duke Mercury overthroweth Assan Bashaw; Hee divides the Christian Armie; His noblenesse and death.

Chapter VII. The unhappie Siege of Caniza; Earle Meldritch serveth Prince Sigismundus; Prince Moyses besiegeth Regall; Smiths three single combats; His Patent from Sigismundus, and reward.

Chapter VIII. Georgio Busca an Albane his ingratitude to Prince Sigismundus; Prince Moyses his Lieutenant, is overthrowne by Busca, Generall for the Emperour Rodolphus; Sigismundus yeeldeth his Countrey to Rodolphus; Busca assisteth Prince Rodoll in Wallachia.

Chapter IX. Sigismundus sends Ambassadours unto the Emperour; the conditions re-assured; He yeeldeth up all to Busca, and returneth to Prague.

Chapter X. The battell of Rotenton; a pretty stratagem of fire-workes by Smith.

Chapter XI. The names of the English that were slaine in the battell of Rottenton; and how Captaine Smith is taken prisoner; and sold for a slave.

Chapter XII. How Captaine Smith was sent prisoner thorowthe Blacke and Dissabacca Sea in Tartaria; the description of those Seas, and his usage.

Chapter XIII. The Turkes diet; the Slaves diet; the attire of the Tartars; and manner of Warres and Religions, etc.

Chapter XIIII. The description of the Crym-Tartars; their houses and carts; their Idolatry in their lodgings.

Chapter XV. Their feasts; common diet; Princes estate; buildings; tributes; lawes; slaves; entertainment of Ambassadours.

Chapter XVI. How he levieth an Armie; their Armes and Provision; how he divideth the spoile; and his service to the Great Turke.

Chapter XVII. How captaine Smith escaped his captivity; slew the Bashaw of Nalbrits in Cambia; his passage to Russia, Transilvania, and the middest of Europe to Affrica.

Chapter XVIII. The observations of Captaine Smith; Master Henrie Archer and others in Barbarie.

Chapter XIX. The strange discoveries and observations of the Portugalls in Affrica.

Chapter XX. A brave Sea fight betwixt two Spanish men of warre, and Captaine Merham, with Smith.

Chapter XXI. The continuation of the generall Historie of Virginia; the Summer Iles; and New England; with their present estate from 1624. to this present 1629.

Chapter XXII. The proceedings and present estate of the Summer Iles, from An. Dom. 1624 to this present 1629.

Chapter XXIII. The proceedings and present estate of New England, since 1624. to this present 1629.

Chapter XXIIII. A briefe discourse of divers voyages made unto the goodly Countrey of Guiana, and the great River of the Amazons; relating also the present Plantation there.

Chapter XXV. The beginning and proceedings of the new plantation of St. Christopher by Captaine Warner.

Chapter XXVI. The first planting of the Barbados.

Chapter XXVII. The first plantation of the Ile of Mevis.

Chapter XXVIII. The bad life, qualities and conditions of Pyrats; and how they taught the Turks and Moores to become men of warre.

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO The True Travels

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

ADVERTISEMENTS for the Unexperienced Planters of New England, or Any Where

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TO THE MOST Reverend Father in God, George Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterburie his Grace, Primate and Metrapolitan of all England: and The Right Reverend Father in God, Samuel Lord Arch-Bishop of Yorke his Grace, Primate and Metrapolitan of England.

ADVERTISEMENTS: Or, The Path-way to Experience to erect a Plantation.

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Fragment A. 1613. SAMUEL PURCHAS'S First Mention of John Smith

Fragment B. 1613. THE SMITH/HOLE MAP Reported in Print

Fragment C. 1613. SAMUEL PURCHAS and Smith's True Relation

Fragment D. 1613. ENGLISH DOMESTICATED BOARS Frighten Indians

Fragment E. 1616. CAPT. EDWARD BRAWNDE'S Letter to John Smith

Fragment F. December 1616. A SPANISH SUMMARY of Correspondence Involving "Juan Smith"

Fragment G. 1623? JULIUS CAESAR'S REMEDY for "Panique Feares"

Fragment H. 1624. TWO COMPLEMENTARY COUPLETS in Smith's Generall Historie

Fragment I. 1625. SAMUEL PURCHAS'S MENTION of Smith's "Fiery Torches"

Fragment J. 1625. SAMUEL PURCHAS'S PROTOTYPE of Smith's True Travels

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY for Fragment J

THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES of Captaine John Smith in divers parts of the world, begun about the yeere 1596.

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION TO Fragment J

TEXTUAL ANNOTATION

Fragment K. 1627. Smith'S COMMENDATORY VERSES for John Taylor

Fragment L. 1628. Smith'S COMMENDATORY VERSES for Robert Norton

AUXILIARY DOCUMENTS

Document i. RECORD OF Capt. John Smith's Baptism

Document ii. LAST WILL of George Smith, Father of Captain John

Document iii. INVENTORY OF George Smith's Property

Document iv. CAPT. John Smith'S Last Will

Document v. CONFIRMATION OF

Document vi. ORIGINAL EPITAPH in St. Sepulchre's Church, London

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEXES

INDEX OF INDIAN WORDS

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IN LAUDEM NOBILISSIMI
viri Johannis Smith.

MOney, the worlds soule, that both formes and fames her,
Is her bad Genius to, it damnes, and shames her.
If merit and desert were truly weighed
In Justice Scales, not all by money swey'd;
Smith should not want reward, with many moe,
Whom sad oblivion now doth over-flow.
For now no good things gotten without money,
Except tis got, as Beares from thornes licke honey,
With danger to themselves. For poore mens words
Are wind, and aire: Great mens are pickes, and swords.
Greatnesse more safe may act lust, theft, or treason,
Than poore John Smith or I may steale two peason,
Or drinke a harmelesse cup, to chase away
Sad cares and griefes that haunt us every day.
Who saw thy Virgin limbd by thee so truly,
Would sweare thou hadst beene one that sawest her newly,
One of her latest lovers. But to tell
The truth, I thinke they know her not so well.
And this Sea Grammar learn'd long since by thee,
Thou now hast form'd so artificiallie,

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That many a beardlesse boy, and Artlesse foole,
Preferr'd before thee, may come to thy schoole.

John Hagthorpe.

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8. The meaning is, "performed with art; done artfully."

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1. See the Biographical Directory.