ABSTRACT
Sir, wheras I wrate vnto yow in my last2 i I was Gonn to weymouth to speake with a pinnes of myne arived from virginia3 / I found this bearer Captayn Gilbert4 ther also who went onn the same voyage butt myne fell 40 leaugs to the west of it, & this bearer as mich to the east, so as neather of them spake with the peopell, 5 butt I do sende bathe the barks away agayne having saved the charg in sarsephraze woode, 6
butt this bearer bringinge svme 2200 waighte to hampton his adventurers
havetakenawaytheirparts&broughtittolvndvn1IIdotherfore humbleprayyowtodealewithmyL:AdmiralPforalettertomake
seasureofallytwhichiscumetolvndvnetherbyhisL:octoretye,or bytheJudge3becauseIhaveapatentytallshipps&goodsarconfiscate
ishalltradetherwithoutmyleveI&wherassarsephrazewasworth IoS,12S,&2054apoundbeforeGilbertreturnedhiscloyingofthe
markettwilloverthrowallmyne&hisownealso 5Iheiscontentedto haveallstayde,notonlyforthispresent,buttbeingtogoagayneothers
willalsogo&distroythetrade,whichotherwizewouldyeild8,or
10,foronincertenty,&areturneinxx6weekesIIdesirebuttright herein,&myL:AdmirallIhopewillnotbeahinderancetoamatter oftradegravntedbythegre~tsealeofInglande,hisL:havingealso freedvme&aninterestinthecountrye7IamanofmyLordsof hamptonarestedapartofGilbertsforthexthsIIhopemyL:will nottakeitbelongingnotvntohyme,8havingalsohymesealfpoure
to trade ther by his interest, & it were pitty to overthrow the enterprize for I shall yet live to see it an inglishe nation 1 / ther was also brought 26 sedar trees by Gilbert2 which on staplyne of dartmouth hath3 / if my L: will vouchsauf to write to C: Harris to seaze them, we will part them in three parts,4 to seele cabin neats & make bords, & many other delicate things 5 / I beseich yow vouchsauf to speak to my L: I know his L: will do mee right herein / I for hast have not written / for if a stay be not made it wilbe spent & sold into many hands//. this bearer cap: Gilbert who is my L: Cobhames man, will find out wher it is / hee came to mee with your post letter / it is he by a good token yt had the great deamonde6 / I beseich yow favor our right, & yow shall see what a prety, honorabell, & sauf trade we 7 will make/
yours ever to serve yow W Ralegh
I hope yow will excuse my cumbersvme letters & sutes / it is your destiney to be tropled with your frinds & so must all men bee / butt what yow thinck vnfitt to be dvn for mee, shall never be a quarrell ether internall or externall, I thanck yow evermore for the good, &
what cannot be effected farewell hit / if wee cannot have what wee would, mee thinck it is a great bounde to finde a frinde yt will strayne hyme sealf in his frinds cause in what soever as this world fareth/ 1
Gilbert went without my leve & therefore all is confiscate, & he shall have his part agayne/. 2
Robert Cecyll knight principall Sacritorye G3
August 21 Sir Waiter Raleigh to my master4
Master Bartholomew Gosnolds Letter to his Father, touching his first Voyage to Virginia, 1602.
