title: The Virginia Colony
author:  Elswyth Thane 
description: Dramatically recreates the men and women, the ideas and ideals, and hopes of Colonial America.
zlib_text: [Redactor's note: This is an 8 bit version with accented characters. Italics
  have been bracketed with the single 'quote' character. This is the 1590
  edition of de Brys in the Library of Congress.]
  
  A Briefe and True Report —- by Thomas Hariot
  
  A briefe and true report  
  of the new found land of Virginia,  
  'of the commodities and of the nature and man  
  ners of the naturall inhabitants: Discouered bÿ  
  the English Colony there seated by' Sir Richard  
  Greinuile Knight 'In the yeere 1585. Which rema  
  =ined vnder the gouernment of twelue monethes,  
  At the speciall charge and direction of the Honou=  
  rable' SIR WALTER RALEIGH Knight, lord Warden  
  of the stanneries Who therein hath beene fauoured  
  and authorised bÿ her' MAIESTIE  
  ':and her letters patents:  
  This fore booke Is made in English  
  By Thomas Hariot; seruant to the abouenamed  
  Sir' WALTER, 'a member of the Colonÿ, and there  
  imploÿed in discouering.'  
  
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