EDITOR's PREFACE

pp 7-8

INTRODUCTION

pp i-xxii

LETTER FROM THE LORD DELAWARR

pp xxiii-xxxvi

THE FIRST BOOKE

pp xxxvii-xl

A PRÆMONITION TO THE READER

pp 1-22

CAPUT I - The Cosmographie of Virginia; latitude and bounds; extention upon a right lyne; first division—the quality of the mountaynes, and description of the high land; subdivided; her temperature, wynds, soyle, valies, plaines, marishes, etc.

pp 23-33

CAPUT II - Description of the five principall rivers within the Chesapeak Bay, together with such by-streames which fall into them; a description of the Sasquesahanougs of Cape La Warre; the falling with our coast; the fitness of Cape Comfort to fortefie at

pp 33-44

CAPUT III - Of the begynning and originall of the people; the great King Powhatan, his description, and sale of his birthright to the English

pp 44-55

CAPUT IV - A catalogue of the severall weroances' names, with the name of the particuler province wherein they govern, togither with what forces for the present they are able to furnish their great king, Powhatan, in his warrs

pp 55-63

CAPUT V - A true description of the people, of their cullour, attire, ornaments, constitutions, dispositions, etc.

pp 63-69

CAPUT VI - The manner of the Virginian government, their townes, their howses, dyett, fowling, and hunting, their gaining, musique, dauncing

pp 69-81

CAPUT VII - Of the religion amongst the inhabitants,—their god, their temples, their opinion of the creation of the world, and of the immortalitie of the sowle, of their conjurations and sacrificing of children

pp 82-100

CAPUT VIII - Their manner of warrs, and consultations thereabout; of certain prophesies amongst them; of Powhatan's auncient enemies, and how they maie be wrought into league with us, and turned against him, whereby we maie bring him likewise to be in freindship with us; of their bowes, arrowes, and swordes, targetts, drumes; of their phisick and chirurgery

pp 100-109

CAPUT IX - Of their æconomick or howshold affaires; how they obteyne their wives; the women's works; and wherefore they contend for rnanie wives

pp 109-114

CAPUT X - Of the commodities of the country,—fruicts, trees, beasts, fowle, fish, perle, copper, and mines

pp 115-134

BOOK THE SECOND

pp 135-136

CAPUT I - Of the first discoverie in generall of America, being certain islands belonging to the mayne, by Columbus, anno 1492; of the discoverie of the mayne, or continent to the so-ward, by Vesputius Americus, anno 1497, who gave it to name America; of Cabot his discoverie from Florida norward, for the behoof of King Henry VII, anno 1495

pp 137-142

CAPUT II - Of the discovery, more in perticuler, of the country of Wingandecoa and the isle of Roanoak, by Capt. Amadas and Capt. Barlow, for the behoofe of Sir W. Raleigh, who, presenting their travailes therein, and the cart of the coast to her Majestie, baptized the country by the name of Virginia

pp 142-144

CAPUT III - Sir Richard Grenvile, generall of the first colonie of one hundred howsehoulders

pp 144-152

CAPUT V - The unfaithfulnes of such who were imployed miscarried the colony

pp 153-154

CAPUT VI - The success of the good ship called the Concord, set forth by the Earle of Southampton, and commaunded by Capt. Bartholomew Gosnoll, for discovery, upon a right lyne, falling about Sachadehoc

pp 155-158

CAPUT VII - Capt. George Weymouth's voyage, upon a right lyne (not seeking the wynde in the accustomed height of the West Indies), and falling with Sachadehoc, and the discovery of that river

pp 158-162

CAPUT VIII - A colonie sent out to settle, within the river of Sachadehoc, by the Honourable Sir John Popham, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of England, under the government of Capt. Popham and Capt. Gilbert; of the Spaniards surprising of a ship of Bristoll, sent for the use of the colonie

pp 162-169

CAPUT IX - Of some accidents happening in the firste setlement of this northerne colonie

pp 169-175

CAPUT X - The death of Capt. Popham; Capt. Gilbert disposeth of himself for England when the companie woud then stay no longer, albeit Capt. Davies returned unto them with a great supply from England

pp 175-180

A DICTIONARIE OF THE INDIAN LANGUAGE

pp 181-196

Index

pp 197-203

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