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https://archive.org/stream/recordsofvirgini04virg/recordsofvirgini04virg_djvu.txt The letter was addressed to "Mr. Edward Bennett, Merchant in Bartholomew Lane in London."1 American Historical Review, XXVII, pp. 505-508. From Bennetes Wellcome Yours Out of the John and Frances I received with letters from Edwarde Plaresse and Robert Bennet out of Spain, the 27th of Maye the shippe arrived heare in saftie God be thancked, and out of her I received some 19 Buttes of exclent good wynes, 750 jarse of oylle, 16 Barelles of Resones of the Sonne, and 18 Barelles of Rysse, tooe halfe hoghedes of Allmondes, 3 halfe hoghedes of w^heate and one which was staved at seae, 18 hog- hedes of Olives and some 5 ferkenes of butter and one Chesse. Allso I received 1 chest and tooe barelles of Candells, with 3 packes of Linen Cloth marked in your marke and tooe dryfattes of Mr. Kinge's. All these goodes came safe and well condisioned to my handes and the beste that I received since I came in to the lande, and I macke noe question but to macke you by God's helpe good profet one them, and your retorne to sende you home in the same shipe. She is gone, God sende her well, for Canadaye but with her ladinge to retorn hether agene. For the yeare beinge soe fare spente I knowe that fysh will yealde more her thene in Spayne and I knowe her frayght horn wilbe a great mater more, soe I hope I shall not incore your displesures doinge as I hope all thinges to the best for your profet. My laste letter I wrotte you was in the Adame from Newfowndland the which I hope you have received er this. God sende her backe in saftye and this from Canaday. I hope the fyshe will come to a good reckning for vytelese is verye scarse in the contrye. Your Newfowndland fyshe is worthe 30 s. per cente, your Drye Canada 3 /. 10 s. and the wette 5 I. 10 s. per cent, and I doe not knowe nor hier of anye that is comyinge hether with fyshe but onlye the Teger, which wente in companye with the Adam from this plase and I knowe the contrye will carye awaye all this forthe wdth. Our men stande well to ther helthe God be thanckd and I hope to macke you a good crope, bothe for Tobaco and Corne. The Fortte is abuyldinge apase. I hope yt wilbe a great strengthlning unto us, for God sende us well to doe this yeare; the nexte year, God willinge, we meane to seatte by them and sette out all this lande, and howsses. Therefore praye lette me intreat you to wrytte me at large whether Capten Basse or Leftenent Barklye or anye other have anye thinge to doe or claym anye lande as ther ryghte, for I macke noe question yf plese God but to blese us this yeare the nexte to have tooe or three hondred men more into our plantasions to be our terretory for yt is the beste state in all the lande, and not the lycke quantitie is grown for good- nes in the lande. Newse I have not anye worthe the wryting but onlye this. The 22 of Maye Captin Tucker was sente with 12 men in to Potomacke Ryver to feche som of our Engleshe which the Indianes detayned, and withall in culler to conclude a pease with the great Kinge Apochanzion; soe the interpreter which was sente by lande with an Indian with hime to bringe the kinge to parle with Captain Tucker broughte them soe. After a manye fayned speches the pease was to be concluded in a helthe or tooe in sacke which was sente of porpose in the butte with Capten Tucker to poysen them. Soe Capten Tucker begane and our interpreter tasted before the kinge woulde tacke yt, but not of the same. Soe thene the kinge with the kinge of Cheskacke, [their] sonnes and all the great men weare drun[to?-n] howe manye we canot wryte of but yt is thought some tooe hundred weare poysned and thaye comyng backe killed som 50 more and brought horn parte of ther heades. At ther departure from Apochinking the worde beinge geven by the interpreter which strode by the kinge one a liighe rocke, The interpretour, the worde beinge paste tumbled downe, soe they gave in a volie of shotte and killed the tooe kinges and manye alsoe as ys reporte to the cowaisell for serten. Soe this beinge done yt wilbe a great desmayinge to the blodye infidelles. We purpose god willinge after we have wedid our Tobaco and cornne with the helpe of Captn Smythe and otheres to goe upon the Waresquokes and Nansemomes to cute downe ther corne and put them to the sorde. God sende us vyctrie, as we macke noe question god asistinge. I praye comende me most kyndlye to Mr. Oxwige and tell hime that I hope at the comynge home of the shipes which I hope shalbe the firste that comes for Englande, he shall receive a good parsell of Tobacoe from me with good profet: praye forgete me not to all the reste of our good frindes yourselfe and your wyfe, my brother Richarde and his wyfe with your fatther in lawe and mother and all the reste not forgettinge my chillder whom I praye God to blesse and us all and sende us a joyfull mettinge. This in some haste. I leve you to the mersifull tuision of thallmyghtie in whom I reste Your loving brother, Robt. Bennett. Praye comende me to Mr. Brown and tell him that his boye is with me, for vittilles being scarse in the contrye noe mane will tacke servantes. Soe he shalbe with me untill I cane put thinges forthe. Thancke him for the cheese he sente me, but his boye made use of. Since Tho. Pope and Mr. Danell are gone to George Harison to live with hime untill the crope be in. Mr. Kinge's mane rane awaye in Spayne, the reste I received all well, God be thanckd. 1. Susan Myra Kingsbury, editor, The Records of The Virginia Company of London vol 4, Library of Congress (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1935), 222.
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