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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith
  
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CONTENTS
  
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  
ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES

  
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.
  
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A SEA GRAMMAR.
  
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.
  
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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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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
  
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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The Contents.

  • Chapter 1.
  • What people they are that begin this plantation, the bane of Virginia:
    strange misprisions of wise men.
  • Chapter 2.
  • Needlesse custome, effect of flattery, cause of misery, factions, carelesse
    government, the dissolving the Company and Patent.
  • Chapter 3.
  • A great comfort to new England, it is no Iland, a strange plague.
  • Chapter 4.
  • Our right to those Countries, true reasons for plantations, rare
    examples.
  • Chapter 5.
  • My first voyage to new England, my returne and profit.
  • Chapter 6.
  • A description of the Coast, Harbours, Habitations, Land-marks,
    Latitude, Longitude, with the map.
  • Chapter 7.
  • New Englands yearely trials, the planting new Plimoth, supprisals
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    prevented, their wonderfull industry and fishing.
  • Chapter 8.
  • Extremity next despaire, Gods great mercy, their estate, they make
    good salt, an unknowne rich myne.
  • Chapter 9.
  • Notes worth observation, miserablenesse no good husbandry.
  • Chapter 10.
  • The mistaking of Patents, strange effects, incouragements for servants.

  • Chapter 11.
  • The planting Bastable or Salem and Charlton, a description of the
    Massachusets.
  • Chapter 12.
  • Extraordinary meanes for building, many caveats, increase of corne,
    how to spoyle the woods, for any thing, their healths.
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  • Chapter 13.
  • Their great supplies, present estate and accidents, advantage.
  • Chapter 14.
  • Ecclesiasticall government in Virginia, authority from the Arch
    Bishop, their beginning at Bastable now called Salem.
  • Chapter 15.
  • The true modell of a plantation, tenure, increase of trade, true examples,
    necessity of expert Souldiers, the names of all the first
    discoverers for plantations and their actions, what is requisite to
    be in the Governour of a plantation, the expedition of Queene
    Elizabeths Sea Captaines.
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6. "Supprisals" is not recorded in the OED, though the meaning, "military surprises,"
is clear.


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