Excerpt from History of Education in Virginia: During the Seventeenth Century Whereupon Doctor W'instone reporting that the committee had requested for the managing thereof, and that it should be wholly in charge of Smith's Hundred. It was desired by some that the resolu tion should be presented in writing at the next court, which, in regard of the ash-wednesday sermon, was agreed to be upon Thursday after noon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...farewell with an honest verse: As I came hether to see my native land, To waft me backe lend me thy gentle hand. Thy loving Country-man, R. R. NEWES FROM VIRGINIA, of the happy arrival of that famous and worthy knight, Sir Thomas Gates and well reputed and valiante Captaine Newport, into England. " It is no idle fabulous tale, Nor is it fayned newes, For Truth herself is heere arriv'd, Because you should not muse. With her both Gates and Newport come, To tell Report doth lye, Which did clevulge into the world, That they at sea did dye.?Tis true that eleaven mo tithes and more, These gallant worthy wights Was in the shippe Sea-Venture nam'd, Deprived Virginia's sight: And bravely did they glyde the niaine, Till Neptune 'gan to frowne, As if a courser proudly backt Would thro we his rycler downe. The seas did rage, the windes did blowe, Distressed were they then; Their shippe did leake, her tacklings breake, In claunger were her men, But heaven was pylotte in this storme, And to an iland nere, Bermoothawes called, conducted them, Which did abute their feare. But yet these worthies forced were, Opprest with weather againe, To mime their ship between two rockes, "Where she doth still remaine; And then on shoare the iland came, Inhabited by hogges, Some fonle, and tortoyses there were, They onley had one dogge. To kill these swyne to yield them foode That little had to eate, Their store was spent, and all things scant, Alas! they wanted meate. A thousand hogges that dogge did kill, Their hunger to sustaine, And with such foode, did in that ile Two and forty weekes remaine, And there two gallant pynases Did build of reader-tree The brave Deliverance one was call'd Of seaventy tonne was shee, The other, Patience had to name, Her...