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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
  
INTRODUCTION
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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.
  
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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.
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
  
A SEA GRAMMAR ...
  
INTRODUCTION
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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.
  
IN AUTHOREM.
  
IN AUTHOREM.
  
The Contents.
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A SEA GRAMMAR.
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Chapter I. Of Dockes, and their definitions.
  
Chapter II. How to build a ship with the definitions of all the principall names of every part of her principall timbers, also how they are fixed one to another, and the reasons of their use.
  
Chapter III. How to proportion the Masts and Yards for a Ship, by her Beame and Keele.
  
Chapter IIII. The names of all the Masts, Tops, and Yards belonging to a Ship.
  
Chapter V. How all the Tackling and Rigging of a Ship is made fast one to another, with their names, and the reasons of their use.
  
Chapter VI. What doth belong to the Boats and Skiffe with the definition of all those thirteene Ropes which are onely properly called Ropes belonging to a ship and the Boat and their use.
  
Chapter VII. The names of all sorts of Anchors, Cables, and Sailes, and how they beare their proportions, with their use. Also how the Ordnances should bee placed, and the goods stowed in a ship.
  
Chapter VIII. The charge and duty of the Captaine of a ship, and every Office and Officer in a man of Warre.
  
Chapter IX. Proper Sea tearmes for dividing the company at Sea, and stearing, sayling, or moring a Ship in faire weather, or in a storme.
  
Chapter X. Proper tearmes for the Winds, Ebbes, Floods, and Eddies, with their definitions, and an estimate of the depth of the Sea, by the height of the Hils and the largenesse of the Earth.
  
Chapter XI. Proper Sea tearmes belonging to the good or bad condition of Ships, how to finde them and amend them.
  
Chapter XII. Considerations for a Sea Captaine in the choise of his Ship, and in placing his Ordnance. In giving Chase, Boording, and entering a man of warre like himselfe, or a defending Merchant man.
  
Chapter XIII. How to manage a fight at Sea, with the proper tearmes in a fight largely expressed, and the ordering of a Navy at Sea.
  
Chapter XIV. The names of all sorts of great Ordnance, and their appurtenances, with their proper tearmes and expositions, also divers observations concerning their shooting, with a Table of proportion for their weight of metall, weight of powder, weight of shot, and there best at randome and point blanke inlarged.
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Chapter XV. How they divide their shares in a man of Warre, what Bookes and Instruments are fit for a Sea-man, with divers advertisements for Sea men, and the use of the petty Tally.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
  
THE TRUE TRAVELS, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John Smith
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INTRODUCTION
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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.
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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.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO The True Travels
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
  
ADVERTISEMENTS for the Unexperienced Planters of New England, or Any Where
  
INTRODUCTION
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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.
  
TO THE READER.
  
THE SEA MARKE.
  
The Contents.
  
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ADVERTISEMENTS: Or, The Path-way to Experience to erect a Plantation.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO
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FRAGMENTS
  
CONTENTS
  
INTRODUCTION
  
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
  
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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"
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Fragment J. 1625. SAMUEL PURCHAS'S PROTOTYPE of Smith's True Travels
  
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY for Fragment J
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THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES of Captaine John Smith in divers parts of the world, begun about the yeere 1596.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION TO Fragment J
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
  
Fragment K. 1627. Smith'S COMMENDATORY VERSES for John Taylor
  
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Fragment L. 1628. Smith'S COMMENDATORY VERSES for Robert Norton
  
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AUXILIARY DOCUMENTS
  
CONTENTS
  
INTRODUCTION
  
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
  
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Document v. CONFIRMATION OF
  
Document vi. ORIGINAL EPITAPH in St. Sepulchre's Church, London
  
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEXES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
  
GENERAL INDEX
  
INDEX OF INDIAN WORDS

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TO THE MOST
Reverend Father in God,
George
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Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterburie
his Grace, Primate and Metrapolitan
of all England:
and
The Right Reverend
Father in God, Samuel
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2

Lord Arch-Bishop of Yorke
his Grace, Primate and Metrapolitan
of England.

My most Gracious Good Lords, I desire to leave testimony to
the world, how highly I honour as well the Miter as the Lance: therefore
where my last Booke presented three most honourable Earles
with a subject of Warre, and received from them favourable acceptance:
the worke I now prosecute, concerning the Plantation of New-England,
for the increase of Gods Church, ∥ converting salvages, and
enlarging the Kings Dominions, prostrates it selfe humbly to your
Graces; who as you are in the name of Prelacy to this Kingdome, so
you are to mee in goodnesse both Fathers and Protectors unexpectedly.
God long preserve your Gracious lives, and continue favour

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1. George Abbot was raised to the see of Canterbury in 1611 and died in 1633 (see
the Biographical Directory).

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2. Samuel Harsnett was raised to the see of York in 1629 and died in 1631.

Unto both your Graces most devoted servant,
John Smith.
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