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From: Annette Nixon< >
Subject: Re: The Voyage to Verginia, part 1 The cover letter
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 08:42:55 -0500


Hello all.
Sorry for the delay in posting this. I did not get home from work until
midnight. Here goes......

THE VOYAGE***TO VERGINIA 1619
Ferdinando Yate 1619

I was wished by mr Georg thorpe to take a note of everie daies travil
vpon the seas; which I haue performe in a true Collection althouge not
in as good form as I could wish it were therfor I hope you will except
of it as it is; not looking for anie greater mater in soee mean a
scoller the seas wer trublsum and manie occation at sea hapeneth to
hinder a man from his studie and now wee are ashore wee haue worke enuf
to follow our daiely husbandtrie sum to clering ground for cor ne and
toback sumto building houses sum to plant vines and mulberie trees and
all these must be seen vnto otherwise they will not folloe their busines
therfor I hope you will consider of vs in whom the charge doth ligh
vpon. A short noote of or time spent atsea and the varietie and changer
of wind and wether and the extremities that seamen endure and the
mercies of allmighttie god to support them in all disstresses make noe
doubt with gode assistance, wilbe a benifit to you selves and posterie;
a good to the common welth of eingland; and in time, a meanes to convert
these poore faithles Indeans
Your poore servent to his poner
FFARD:YATE

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