II.

Commercial and Privateer

prises.

1589-1602.

Ralegh's

Reynard

son.

APPENDIX GILBERT, Knight, the Maior of Plimmowth, CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, Esquire, NICHOLAS JONES, Gentleman, and MARTEN WHITE, to take the possession of the ing Enter- goodes and putt them in safe keeping. By vertue wherof the goods were unladen by inventory, which otherwise would have receaved greate spoile by the Answer to leakedge of the wynes. That which they found is put in safetie, and wilbe justly aunswered. If any spoile were made before by any disordre of the company, I disclayme and will not, neither am bound by lawe to aunswer for them therin, having not medled with any parte of the goodes. If she prove not prize, they may have her delyvered by like order from the Admiralty. Yet I thinke it as necessary (yf it shall so seeme good to your Lordships) that she should serve her Majesty in this journey if theie want shipping, as it is probable she served the King of Spayne in his Armado.

TO THE COMPLAINT OF WALTER ARTSON:

To the second I aunswer, that I never heard by the Captens or any of the company that ARTSON'S factor, or any such fower buttes of secke, were taken into my shippe, neither did ARTSON or any men from him acquainte me with any such thinge. Their came none of the wyne to my handes, if any such were taken; therefore I am not bound to make him satisfaccion. Lett him charge the Capten, who, I doubt not, wilbe well hable to aunswer him.

TO THE COMPLAINTE OF WALTER ARTSON

AND OTHERS:

To the third I saie that although the shippe of Hamborough was laden with wheate to victuall the enimy,

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Privateer

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1589-1602.

and the shipper confessed that the goodes hidden in the wheate and taken out by the company of my shippe did belonge and were conseyned to Spaniardes dwelling in Spaine, and therefore desiered only to have his fraighting Enteror assueraunce for the same, which the Capten of my shippe gave him; yet uppon such slender proofe as was made to me by the merchantes of London and Hamborough (who have bene found to colour many such matters) I gave present ordre that there goodes should be all delivered them, without putting them to any further proofe or charge, as they wilbe ready to testify. And if their be any other that have goodes taken out of that shippe (as I thinke their be none) that hereafter shall come to me, I will give like order for restitucion.

TO THE COMPLAINT OF MICHAELL LEOMANS :—

To the furth I aunswer, that if any such sugar or mace were taken, yt was in the time that my shippe was in her Majesties service, wherof I never hearde, neither came any part of it to my handes. Therfore I am not to be charged with it, but the Capten, who is sufficient to aunswer the same. I do much mervaile that LEOMANS having bene often with me sithence the time that he pretendeth such sugar and mace to be taken, did never make any mocion to me of it, nor to any other about me. This maketh me doubt, that he is a colourer of this, as he and others are of matters of greater importaunce; seking the good and profitt of the common. enemy, with the losse and hindrance of such of her Majesties subjects as to their great charge do adventure upon reprizall.

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II.

cial and

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ENTERPRISE FOR THE

EXPORTATION OF

PIPESTAVES FROM MUNSTER.

1590-1602.

ARTICLES TO BE CONSIDERED TOUCHINGE THE MAKINGE AND
TRANSPORTINGE OF PIPESTAVES, ETC. OUT OF IRELANDE.

From the Original. Cecil Papers, vol. xxiv. § 68 (Hatfield).

FIRST, the merchaunts of Waterford, Washeford,1 and others, have heretofore of longe tyme used the transPrivateer- portinge of Pipestaves in to the Kinge of Spaynes cuning Entertreys, with other comodities as they best lyked, without any restreinte.

prises.

1589-1602.

Ralegh's
Articles,

sent to the

Lords of the Council.

Sir WALTER RAWLEIGH, HENRY PYNE, and theire partners have transported only pipestaves and noe other comoditie whatsoever.

There hath been transported in these three years about 340,000 pipestaves, laden in 12 ships; the trees whereof they were made did not excede 700 tons of tymber, which, there to be solde, were not worth £40. And yet her Majestie hath receaved in custome, by twoo shipps retorned from the Canaries for our accompte, about £300, and by the shipps laden by others £600 or £700, as by the Customs Books may appeare.

Out of the woodes of Moggeley-Gee and Kilcoran, where this tymber hath byn felled, there hath not byn 1 Wexford.

taken the hundreth tree. And those woods lye from the APPENDIX River of Lysfenny about three Englishe myles.

II.

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prises.

The place is of that nature that greate tymber can ing Enterhardely be conveyed forth of those woods; but beinge wroughte, we are driven to carrye them by horse and 1589-1602. on mens backs to our extreame charge.

The Undertakers of this busines have disbursed in theire buildings, the carryinge over of theire men, in workemanshipp and other charges, above £5,000, whereof there is not retorned the one halfe.

[It is then recited that the Undertakers entered on these large disbursements on the faith of the Queen's Letters Patent for fourteen years; and that above two hundred persons would be thrown out of work by the stoppage of the enterprise, besides the indirect injuries to local trade. (See also Life, chap. vi.; Vol. I. pp. 94-103.)]

APPENDIX 111.

1596.

July 11. Thomas Harriot

to Sir R. Cecil.

Proposals for the framing of Charts of Guiana, from the papers of Ralegh and Keymis.

III. CHARTS AND OTHER PREPARA

TIONS FOR THE FURTHER EXPLORA-
TION AND COLONIZATION OF GUIANA,
IV 1596.

THOMAS HARRIOT TO SECRETARY SIR R. CECIL.

From the Original. Cecil Papers, vol. xliii. (Hatfield). Holograph. RIGHT HONORABLE SIR,

THESE are to let you understand that whereas, according to your Honor's direction, I have been framing of a Charte out of some such of Sir WALTER's notes and writings which he hath left behind him, his principall Charte being carried with him,—if it may please you, I do thinke most fit that the discovery of Captain KEMISH be added, in his due place, before I finish it. It is of importance, and all Chartes which had that coast before be very imperfecte, as in many thinges elce. And that of Sir WALTER'S, although it were better in that parte then any other, yet it was don but by intelligence from the Indians, and this voyadge was specially for the discovery of the same; which is, as I find, well and sufficiently performed. And because the secrecy of these matters doth much importe her Majesty and this State, I pray let me be so bould as to crave that the dispach of the plotting and describing be don only by me for you, according to the order of trust that Sir WALTER left with me, before his departure, in that behalf, and as he hath usually don heretofore. If your Honor have any notes from Sir THOMAS BASKERVILLE, if it may please you to make me acquaynted with them, that which they will manifest of other particularytyes then that before Sir WALTER hath described shall also be set downe.