When I went first to the North part of _Virginia,_ where the Westerly Colony had been planted, it had dissolved it self within a Year, and there was not one _Christian_ in all the Land. I was set forth at the sole Charge of four Merchants of _London;_ the Country being then reputed by your Westerlings, a most Rocky Barren, Desolate Desart; {MN-1} but the good Return brought from thence, with the Maps and Relations I made of the Country, which I made so manifest, some of them did believe me, and they were well embraced both by the _Londoners_ and the _Westerlings,_ for whom I had promised to undertake it, I thinking to have joined them all together, but that might well have been a work of _Hercules._ Betwixt them long there was much contention; the _Londoners_ indeed went bravely forward; but in three or four Years, I and my Friends consumed many hundred Pounds amongst the _Plimothians,_ who only fed me with delays, promises and excuses, but no Performance of any thing to any purpose. In the interim, many particular Ships went thither, and finding my Relations true, and that I had not taken that I brought home from the _French_ Men, as had been reported; yet further, for my Pains to discredit me, and my calling it _New-England,_ they obscured, and shadowed it, with the Title of _Canada,_ till at my humble suit, it pleased our most Royal King _Charles,_ whom God long keep, bless and preserve, then Prince of _Wales,_ to confirm it with my Map and Book, by the Title of _New England;_ the gain thence returning, did make the same thereof so increase, that thirty, forty, or fifty sail went Yearly only to Trade and Fish; but nothing would be done for a Plantation, till about some Hundred of your Brownists of _England, Amsterdam_ and _Leyden,_ went to _New Plimouth,_ whose humorous Ignorances, caused them for more than a Year to endure a wonderful deal of misery, with an infinite patience; saying my Books and Maps were much better cheap to teach them than my self; {MN-2} many other have used the like good Husbandry, that have payed soundly in trying their self-will'd conclusions; but those in time doing well, divers others have in small handfuls undertaken to go there, to be several Lords and Kings of themselves, but most vanished to nothing; notwithstanding the Fishing Ships, made such good returns, at last it was ingrossed by twenty Patentees, that divided my Map into twenty parts, and cast Lots for their shares; but Money not coming in as they expected, procured a Proclamation, none should go thither without their Licences to Fish; but for every thirty Tuns of Shipping, to pay them five Pounds; besides, upon great Penalties, neither to Trade with the Natives, cut down Wood for their Stages, without giving satisfaction, though all the Country is nothing but Wood, and none to make use of it, with many such other pretences, for to make this Country plant it self, by its own Wealth: Hereupon most Men grew