[Illustration: WESTWARD GROWTH OF OLD VIRGINIA THE M.-N. CO., BUFFALO, N. Y.] OLD VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS BY JOHN FISKE Οὐ λίθοι, οὐδὲ ξύλα, οὐδὲ Τέχνη τεκτόνων αἱ πόλεις εἶσιν Ἀλλ’ ὅπού ποτ’ ἂν ὦσιν ἌΝΔΡΕΣ Αὑτοὺς σώζειν εἰδότες, Ἐνταῦθα τείχη καὶ πόλεις. _Alcæus_ [Illustration: The Riverside Press] IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY <f>The Riverside Press Cambridge</f> */ COPYRIGHT 1897 BY JOHN FISKE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS. VOLUME II. CHAPTER X. THE COMING OF THE CAVALIERS. PAGE Virginia depicted by an admirer 1 Her domestic animals, game, and song-birds 2 Her agriculture 2, 3 Her nearness to the Northwest Passage 3 Her commercial rivals 3, 4 Not so barren a country as New England 4 Life of body and soul were preserved in Virginia; Mr. Benjamin Symes and his school 5 Worthy Captain Mathews and his household 5 Rapid growth in population 6 Historical lessons in names of Virginia counties 7 Scarcity of royalist names on the map of New England 8, 9 As to the Cavaliers in Virginia; some popular misconceptions 9, 10 Some democratic protests 10, 11 Sweeping statements are inadmissible 11 Difference between Cavaliers and Roundheads was political, not social 12 Popular misconceptions regarding the English nobility; England has never had a _noblesse_, or upper caste 13 Contrast with France in this respect 13, 14 Importance of the middle class 14 Respect for industry in England 15 The Cavalier exodus 16 Political complexion of Virginia before 1649 16, 17 The great exchange of 1649 17, 18 Political moderation shown in Virginia during the Commonwealth period 18 Richard Lee and his family 19 How Berkeley was elected governor by the assembly 20 Lee’s visit to Brussels 20 How Charles II. was proclaimed king in Virginia, but not before he had been proclaimed in England 21