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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith
  
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FOREWORD
  
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
CONTENTS
  
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  
EDITORIAL METHOD>
  
ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES
  
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION

  
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith
  
A TRUE RELATION of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Noate as Hath Hapned in Virginia ...
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A True Relation of such occurrences and accedents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that Collony, which is now resident in the South part thereof, till the last returne from thence.
  
TO THE COURTEOUS READER.
  
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A TRUE RELATION of such occurrences and accidents of note, as hath hapned in Virginia, since the first planting of that Collony, which is now resident in the South part thereof, till the last returne.
  
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A MAP OF VIRGINIA. With a Description of the Countrey, the Commodities, People, Government and Religion
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A MAP OF VIRGINIA.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
  
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL
  
TO THE HAND.
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THE DESCRIPTION OF VIRGINIA
  
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THE PROCEEDINGS of the English Colonie in Virginia, [1606-1612] ...
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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENGLISH COLONIE IN
  
TO THE READER.
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THE PROCEEDINGS of the English Colony in Virginia, taken faithfully out of the writings of Thomas Studly Cape-marchant, Anas Todkill, Doctor Russell, Nathaniel Powell, William Phetiplace, and Richard Pot, with the laboures of other discreet observers, during their residences.
  
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A DESCRIPTION of New England ...
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A DESCRIPTION of New England:
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For the Right Honourable, Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chiefe Justice of England.
  
TO THE HIGH Hopeful Charles, Prince of Great Britaine.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE and worthy Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, of his Majesties Councell, for all Plantations and discoveries; especially, of New England.
  
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL Adventurers for the Countrey of New England, in the Cities of London, Bristow, Exceter, Plimouth, Dartmouth, Bastable, Totneys, etc. and in all other Cities and Ports, in the Kingdome of England.
  
IN THE DESERVED Honour of the Author, Captaine John Smith, and his Worke.
  
TO HIS WORTHY Captaine the Author.
  
TO MY WORTHY friend and Cosen, Captaine John Smith.
  
TO THAT WORTHY and generous Gentleman, my verie good friend, Captaine Smith.
  
TO HIS FRIEND Captaine Smith, upon his description of New England.
  
IN THE DESERVED HONOUR of my honest and worthie Captaine, John Smith, and his Worke.
  
MICHAEL PHETTIPLACE, William Phettiplace, and Richard Wiffing, Gentlemen, and Souldiers under Captaine Smiths Command: In his deserved honor for his Worke, and worth.
  
BECAUSE THE BOOKE WAS PRINTED ERE the Prince his Highnesse had altered the names, I intreate the Reader, peruse this schedule; which will plainely shew him the correspondence of the old names to the new.
  
A DESCRIPTION OF New-England,
  
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Letter to Sir Francis Bacon
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To the Right Honorable
  
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New Englands Trials
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NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS.
  
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL The Maister, the Wardens, and the Companie of the Fish-mongers.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE,
  
NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO New Englands Trials (1620)
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New Englands Trials
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NEW ENGLAND'S TRIALS.
  
TO THE MOST HIGH And Excellent Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Duke of Cornewall, Yorke, and Albanie; Marquis of Ormond, and Rothsey; and Earle Palatine of Chester; Heire of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, etc.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE And Right Worthy Adventurers, to all Plantations and Discoveries, their friends and well-willers, especially of Virginia and New England.
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NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS, and Present Estate.
  
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TO HIS FRIEND
Captaine Smith, upon his
description of New England.

SIr; your Relations I have read: which shewe,
Ther's reason I should honour them and you:
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And if their meaning I have understood,
I dare to censure, thus: Your Project's good;
And may (if follow'd) doubtlesse quit the paine,
With honour, pleasure and a trebble gaine;
Beside the benefit that shall arise
To make more happie our Posterities.
For would we daigne to spare, though 'twere no more
Then what o're-filles, and surfets us in store,
To order Nature's fruitfulnesse a while
In that rude Garden, you New England stile;
With present good, ther's hope in after-daies
Thence to repaire what Time and Pride decaies
In this rich kingdome. And the spatious West
Beeing still more with English blood possest,
The Proud Iberians shall not rule those Seas,
To checke our ships from sayling where they please;
Nor future times make any forraine power
Become so great to force a bound to Our.
Much good my minde fore tels would follow hence
With little labour, and with lesse expence.
Thrive therefore thy Designe, who ere envie:
England may joy in England's Colony,
Virginia seeke her Virgine sisters good,
Be blessed in such happie neighbourhood:
Or, what-soere Fate pleaseth to permit,
Be thou still honor'd for first mooving it.

George Wither,

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è societate Lincol.

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6. The rhyme points to the pronunciation "yo" rather than "yew," which is borne
out by the spelling "yow" in many contemporary manuscripts as well as printed books.

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7. Wither was a prominent poet and pamphleteer of Smith's day (see the Biographical
Directory).

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