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Show Conjicleration.r, touching the Plantation, in Iret'and. CLfarJ Co1nmentarier. But when I fpeak of a Councell of~tion, I mean, fame Perfons, chofen) by way of Reference; Upon whom the Labour, rna y relt; To prepare, and report, Things, to theCtJuncell of Eflate, here, t~at concern that ~uJinejje. For al. though, your Majefty, have a grave, and fuffic1en~, Counce/lin Irel.md: From whom, and upon whom, the _Commijfioners, are to have Affiftane,_e, and Dependance; yet that fup plies not the Purpofe, whereof I fpeak. For confidering, that upon the Advertifementi, a~ well of the Commiffion~rs, as of the Counce!! of Irela11d it fdf; There will be many Occafions:) to crave DireCtion~, fr~m your Majefty, and your Privy Councell h~re, which are ·. bufied with a world of Affaues; It cannot bnt gtve greater Ex· · pedition and fome better P erfelliln, unto fome DireOions, and Refoluti;us; If the .ll1tttle~s> may be conl~dered of afore ~no~, by : fuch, as may ha v~ a conttnuall Care, of the Ca t ·. And tt wtll be, · like wife, a Comfort, and ?atiJjttfJion, 'to fo e rJnt:Jpali''l)nderta- ·. k,srs, if they may be admttted of t~a.t Councell. . . Secondly' tb_ere is a c laHfe' wherein the v'!derta/zer ,,are refl:ra!ned, that they !hall execute the Plantation, ID Perfon ;_from whtch I mufi: di!fent if I will confent, with the Grounds , I have al· r~ady taken. '. Fot it is ~ot. probable, that ~Ue11, ?fgreatMetmu, .and PlentifuU f!flat.u, w~ll1nd~ue the Trava~le, Difeafements, and Advent11res, of gom~ thtther tn Perfon; But rather, I fuppof~, Many will undertake Portions, as an .Advan~em~nt, for theu Younger Children, or Kinsfolf<! ~ Or for the sweetnef!e., of the ExpetJation, of a great Bargaine, tn. th.e end, when .It IS overcomeo And therefore it is like they vnll tmploy Sons ,Kmsfol/{!:>Servtmts, or TenantJ; A'nd yet b~ gl~d, to.ha_ve the Efl:ate, in themfelves. And it may be fame again, will Joyn their Purfes, together:, And 'make as it ~ere,a rartner·fhip, or Joynt-AdvenWre; And yet man forth: fomeone Perfqn, by confent, for the Executing of the Plantation. Thirdly, there is a Main Point, wherein.,. I fear, the f:ojelJ, made hath two much of the Line, and Compafs; And wt!l not be fo' naturall, and eafie to Execute; Nor yet, fo Politick, and C~nvenient: And that is, that the Buildings, fhould be, spar jim, upon every Portion; And the caflle, or principal! Houfe, fhould draw the Tenements, and Farmes about it, as it were into Villages~ Hamlets, or Endjhips; And that there fhould be, only, Foure Corporate Townes, for the .Artificer!, ~nd Trades4 Men. . , My Opinion is, that the Buildmg, be altogether m Townes, to b~ com pounded, as well of H,JSbandriet ~as of Arts. My Reaj mu are. · . . Firfi, when Men"come into a country, Vaft, and Votd of all Things necdfary, for theufe of Matts Life; If they fet up together.., in a Place, one of them., will the better fu pply, th: wants of another. Work,F olk~s of all forts, will be the more co!ltt~ually \ on work, without Loffe of Time ;. When, if Work fade Jn one Place, / Confider at ions, touching t/JC Plantatiori, _ifi_ Ite_Iand. ::~6~ Place, they may h.ave It fafi by; The fVages will be made, lllO ie paffible,for C a~rilt.ger_,to th?fe Seats,or TozvneJ?the'? they can be, to aN umb~r of dtf peried,Solttary ~Places; And lf~fintte ?ther,hel ps, 1nd Eafem~~t~, fcarcdy to. be comprehended, tn Cogttation, will e.nfue, In Vtcz~Try, a~d Socuty of People; Whereas, if they build fcattered,(as IS proJected,) Every Man, mull: have a Cornii-Copid . in hirufdf, for all Things he mufi ufe; Which cannot bu~ breed, much J?iffi~cu'ty, and no Idfe Waft. . S~condl y, It.will draw o\lt, of the Jnhabitcd C01mtry,of Irel~nd, Provijions, and Vi&Halls, and many neceif.1rie s, bt:c:tufe they iliall be fure ofUtterance; Whereas, in the Difperfed Habitatiims, every Man ~1ufr rec~on,one1y~upon that~that he brings with him; As they do,In Provijionr,o£ s!J,ps. Thirdly, the Charge of Baw11es, as they call them, to be tnade, about every Cajtle, or Houfo, may be (pared, when the Habitations . lliall be congregated, onely into Towns. · ' And laftl.y, it will be a Means, to fecu re the C o11ntry, againfi future ~er1ls, In cafe, of any Revolt, and Defel1ion. For, by a flight F ~rtiflcation, of no great Charge, the danger of any Attempt!, of I~t~Yiu,.and Sword-Men,m~y be ~revented: The Ot~tijJion of which I oznt, ln the lafl: Plt~ntatzon, of M~lt/ler, made ~he ~orA._ofyears, to be but the SpoY_lc ofDayes. And It any .Afan thmk,lt will Draw People, too far off, frmu the Grounds, they are to labour ; Iris to be underfiood, that the Nltntber, of the 'j OWni, be encreafed ac. cor~ingly; And likewi~e, the ·:ituatiotz of them, be, ~sin the center, tn refpett of the Portwns afiigned to th\:m. For ln the champian Countries of England, where the Ha/Ji.t~ztion, ufeth tQ be in ·rowns; andnot difpe_rfed,it is no new Thing, o go two Mil s off, to Plow, part of~heu Gr01mds:And two Miles Contp.lj}e, will take up a good Deal of Cmmtrey. The fourth Peint, is a roint, wherein, I fh aU differ> from the i'rojefJ, rat4er in f!2!!an tity, and Proportiolt, t 1cn in M<'lt'ter. There is allowed to the~mdcrtti4er, within the five yean ofRefiraint to alien a thi.rd part, in F:e Farm; And to Demt}e, another fm:fo~rJy year:; wh1ch, I f~ar, wtll mangle t he Portions:, And, wii be, but a fiuft, to. make money, oftwo parts: Whereas,] am of Opinion, - the more, the firfiundertaker,is forced to keep,in his own Hands the more the Work idike to profp~r. For Firfr, the Perfon, 1ia~ ble~ to the State here, to perform the Planttttio", is the Immediate Vnderta/zer. Secondly, the more, his Profit dependeth, upon the Anm~_all, an~ springing~Commodity; The more Sweetneffe, he will find;~n putting forward)Manurance,and H!tsbanding of the Grounds; An~ therefore is like to take more care of it. Thirdly, finct: the NatTVes,are e'lt:c1uded, I do not fee, that any perfons, are like to be clraw:rt over, of that Condition, as are like to give Fi-:Jer, and undertake the Charge. of Euilding ·: For I am perfwaded, that the People tranfported, wtll confift of Gentlemen,and their Servants; And of Labourers, and Hindes; And not ofYeomen, of any wealth; And |
