The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29

ruler. He was authorized to establish
a colony to be held under the Queen.
With eleven ships and five hundred
gentlemen he sailed from England, but
there was discord among the officers
and the fleet separated. The part under
the command of Gilbert fell in with the
Standards and was beaten. He return
ed to ENGLAND without having estab-
lished a colony in North America. He
reached Plymouth in May, 1879, after an
eight months voyage in which he had
incurred great expense without any re-
turn. On June II, 1888, Gilbert sailed
from Plymouth with a fleet of five YES
| sells bound for North America. Sir
Walter Raleigh contributed large sums
in fitting out this expedition. Misfor-
tune again pursued Gilbert. He was
deserted by one of his ships and dis
patched another home. The remaining
three vessels were caught in a terrible
storm and two of them went down. When
last seen Gilbert was sitting alOft with
a book in his hand. He had called out
| with the courage and fortitude of a
| MARTYR: BE of good heart, my friends,
We are as near to heaven by sea as by
land
Al the time Of his half-brother's death
Sir Walter Raleigh was the favorite of
the Queen and she conferred upon him
every mark of her regard and affection.
Although fond of dress and show he
was not enervated by the pleasures Of
the court and did not become the mere
courtier and faVOrite of a capciciouS
Queen. His means were abundant and
he used them largely in adventure and
discovery and in extending the power
and dominion of England upon land and
COO Tborn caomn1 To hp No limit to hiS
| activity and energy and in these days
| he would be called a strenuous man. He
was a man Of many and widely different
gifts and talents and was profound in
all lines of thought. He entered and ex-
plored all fields. He was cOurtier,
statesman, poet, philosopher, sailor, sol
der and captive. He met his death like
a hero and martyr. His life might well
have been spared for the country he
loved and served SO we'll. Mr.. Gosse
has said of him ITO close students Of
the reign of Elizabeth he would still
be, as Mr.. Gardiner says. the man who
had more genius than all the PriVy
Council put together But he would not
be to us all the embodimen of the spirit
of England in the great age of Eliza
beth, the foremost man of his time, the
figure which takes the same place in the
llt1u il dotIoH WHICH CIdNtoLCdit ldhcS
in that of imagination and Bacon in that
of bought For this something more
was needed, the long torture of impris-
Onment, the final crown of judicial mar
tyrdom. The slow tragedy closing on
Tower Hill is the necessary complement
to his greatness"
1t is with such a man that the history
Of this coast and island is indissolubly
associated and for whom we nave named
the capital Of our State. And yet in all
his voyages he did not come within her
waters or stand upon her soil. it was
under his auspices and with his means
that the first ships were fitted out which
planted English colonies upon this is
land, remote and set in almost land
locked seas. Well it may be said to be
a center of historic interest to English
speaking people the world over.
Influenced by the splendid example of
Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh determined
to continue Gilbert's charter, then about
to expire, and to prosecute With renewed
energy the scheme of colonization. On
the 18th day of March, 1854, in the sixth
and twentieth year of her reign, Eliza
beth gave to Raleigh a charter granting
to him "and to his heirs and assigns
forever, free liberty and license, from
time to time, and at all times forever
hereafter to discover, search, find out
and view such remote heather and bar
barOus lands, countries and territories
not actually possessed of any Christian
Prince, nor inhabited by Christian pco-
pie, as to him, his heirs and assigns,
and to every or any of them shall seem
good, and the same to have. hold, oc-
cupy and enjoy to him, his heirs and as
signs forever; with all prerogatives, COM
mOdities, Jurisdictions, royalties, priv
leges, franchises and pre-emincnccs
thereto or thereabouts. both by sea and
land, whatsoever we by our letters patent
may grant, and as we or any of our
noble progenitors have heretofore grant
ed to any person or persons, bodies po-
little or corporate Under these letters
patent Raleigh fitted out two banks
commanded by Philip Amadas and Ar
thur BarloWe. 1.-THE 9th day of April,
in the year Of our redemption, 1854
says the chronicle of BarlOWe addressed
to Raleigh, eve departed from the west
of England with two barks we'll furnish
ed with men and victuals. having re
ccived our last and perfect directions by
your letters, confirming the former in
Structions and cOmmandments delivered
by yourself at our leaving the river
Thames" On the 4th day Of July. 1884
by change in the calendar now the 18th
of July, these barks came to the coast
of North Carolina and sailed along her
shores one hundred and twenty English
miles before they could find any en-
trance or river opening into the sea.
The first that appeared to US says
the chronicle, eve entered, though not
without some difficulty, and cast ancho,
about three harquebus-shot within the
Ravens mouth, on the left hand of the
same; and, after thanks given to God fol-
our safe arrival thither, we manned ou1
boats and went to view the land next ad-
joining and to take possession of the
same, in the right Of the Queens most
excellent majesty as riGhtful queen anG
princess of the same, and after delivered
the same over to your use according tC
Her MaJesty's grant and letters patent
under her highness' great seal" It is
not necessary to consider the vexec
question by what inlet Amadas and Bar
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