ze　had　been　wrecked　in　the　storm　and　the　captain　and　half　the　crew　drowned。　　But　from　the　wreck　of　this　great　prize　thirty…six　thousand　crowns'　worth　of　jewels　came　ashore。　　For　his　share　in　this　Smith　put　in　his　claim　with　the　English　ambassador　at　Bordeaux。　　The　Captain　was　hospitably　treated　by　the　Frenchmen。　　He　met　there　his　old　friend　Master　Crampton；　and　he　says：　〃I　was　more　beholden　to　the　Frenchmen　that　escaped　drowning　in　the　man…of…war；　Madam　Chanoyes　of　Rotchell；　and　the　lawyers　of　Burdeaux；　than　all　the　rest　of　my　countrymen　I　met　in　France。〃　　While　he　was　waiting　there　to　get　justice；　he　saw　the　〃arrival　of　the　King's　great　marriage　brought　from　Spain。〃　　This　is　all　his　reference　to　the　arrival　of　Anne　of　Austria；　eldest　daughter　of　Philip　III。；　who　had　been　betrothed　to　Louis　XIII。　in　1612；　one　of　the　double　Spanish　marriages　which　made　such　a　commotion　in　France。
  Leaving　his　business　in　France　unsettled　（forever）；　Smith　returned　to　Plymouth；　to　find　his　reputation　covered　with　infamy　and　his　clothes；　books；　and　arms　divided　among　the　mutineers　of　his　boat。　　The　chiefest　of　these　he　〃laid　by　the　heels；〃　as　usual；　and　the　others　confessed　and　told　the　singular　tale　we　have　outlined。　　It　needs　no　comment；　except　that　Smith　had　a　facility　for　unlucky　adventures　unequaled　among　the　uneasy　spirits　of　his　age。　　Yet　he　was　as　buoyant　as　a　cork；　and　emerged　from　every　disaster　with　more　enthusiasm　for　himself　and　for　new　ventures。　　Among　the　many　glowing　tributes　to　himself　in　verse　that　Smith　prints　with　this　description　is　one　signed　by　a　soldier；　Edw。　　Robinson；　which　begins：
  Oft　thou　hast　led；　when　I　brought　up　the　Rere；　　　　　　　　In　bloody　wars　where　thousands　have　been　slaine。〃
  This　common　soldier；　who　cannot　help　breaking　out　in　poetry　when　he　thinks　of　Smith；　is　made　to　say　that　Smith　was　his　captain　〃in　the　fierce　wars　of　Transylvania；〃　and　he　apostrophizes　him：
  Thou　that　to　passe　the　worlds　foure　parts　dost　deeme　　　　　　　　No　more；　than　ewere　to　goe　to　bed　or　drinke；　　　　　　　　And　all　thou　yet　hast　done　thou　dost　esteeme　　　　　　　　As　nothing。
  For　mee：　I　not　commend　but　much　admire　　　　　　　　Thy　England　yet　unknown　to　passers　by…her；　　　　　　　　For　it　will　praise　itselfe　in　spight　of　me：　　　　　　　　Thou；　it；　it；　thou；　to　all　posteritie。〃
  XVIII
  NEW　ENGLAND'S　TRIALS
  Smith　was　not　cast　down　by　his　reverses。　　No　sooner　had　he　laid　his　latest　betrayers　by　the　heels　than　he　set　himself　resolutely　to　obtain　money　and　means　for　establishing　a　colony　in　New　England；　and　to　this　project　and　the　cultivation　in　England　of　interest　in　New　England　he　devoted　the　rest　of　his　life。
  His　Map　and　Description　of　New　England　was　published　in　1616；　and　he　became　a　colporteur　of　this；　beseeching　everywhere　a　hearing　for　his　noble　scheme。　　It　might　have　been　in　1617；　while　Pocahontas　was　about　to　sail　for　Virginia；　or　perhaps　after　her　death；　that　he　was　again　in　Plymouth；　provided　with　three　good　ships；　but　windbound　for　three　months；　so　that　the　season　being　past；　his　design　was　frustrated；　and　his　vessels；　without　him；　made　a　fishing　expedition　to　Newfoundland。
  It　must　have　been　in　the　summer　of　this　year　that　he　was　at　Plymouth　with　divers　of　his　personal　friends；　and　only　a　hundred　pounds　among　them　all。　　He　had　acquainted　the　nobility　with　his　projects；　and　was　afraid　to　see　the　Prince　Royal　before　he　had　accomplished　anything；　〃but　their　great　promises　were　nothing　but　air　to　prepare　the　voyage　against　the　next　year。〃　　He　spent　that　summer　in　the　west　of　England；　visiting　〃Bristol；　Exeter；　Bastable？　Bodman；　Perin；　Foy；　Milborow；　Saltash；　Dartmouth；　Absom；　Pattnesse；　and　the　most　of　the　gentry　in　Cornwall　and　Devonshire；　giving　them　books　and　maps；〃　and　inciting　them　to　help　his　enterprise。
  So　well　did　he　succeed；　he　says；　that　they　promised　him　twenty　sail　of　ships　to　go　with　him　the　next　year；　and　to　pay　him　for　his　pains　and　former　losses。　　The　western　commissioners；　in　behalf　of　the　company；　contracted　with　him；　under　indented　articles；　〃to　be　admiral　of　that　country　during　my　life；　and　in　the　renewing　of　the　letters…　patent　so　to　be　nominated〃；　half　the　profits　of　the　enterprise　to　be　theirs；　and　half　to　go　to　Smith　and　his　companions。
  Nothing　seems　to　have　come　out　of　this　promising　induction　except　the　title　of　〃Admiral　of　New　England；〃　which　Smith　straightway　assumed　and　wore　all　his　life；　styling　himself　on　the　title…page　of　everything　he　printed；　〃Sometime　Governor　of　Virginia　and　Admiral　of　New　England。〃　　As　the　generous　Captain　had　before　this　time　assumed　this　title；　the　failure　of　the　contract　could　not　much　annoy　him。　　He　had　about　as　good　right　to　take　the　sounding　name　of　Admiral　as　merchants　of　the　west　of　England　had　to　propose　to　give　it　to　him。
  The　years　wore　away；　and　Smith　was　beseeching　aid；　republishing　his　works；　which　grew　into　new　forms　with　each　issue；　and　no　doubt　making　himself　a　bore　wherever　he　was　known。　　The　first　edition　of　〃New　England's　Trials〃by　which　he　meant　the　various　trials　and　attempts　to　settle　New　England　was　published　in　1620。　　It　was　to　some　extent　a　repetition　of　his　〃Description〃　of　1616。　　In　it　he　made　no　reference　to　Pocahontas。　　But　in　the　edition　of　1622；　which　is　dedicated　to　Charles；　Prince　of　Wales；　and　considerably　enlarged；　he　drops　into　this　remark　about　his　experience　at　Jamestown：　〃It　Is　true　in　our　greatest　extremitie　they　shot　me；　slue　three　of　my　men；　and　by　the　folly　of　them　that　fled　tooke　me　prisoner；　yet　God　made　Pocahontas　the　king's　daughter　the　meanes　to　deliver　me：　and　thereby　taught　me　to　know　their　treacheries　to　preserve　the　rest。　　＇This　is　evidently　an　allusion　to　the　warning　Pocahontas　gave　him　at　Werowocomoco。＇　　It　was　also　my　chance　in　single　combat　to　take　the　king　of　Paspahegh　prisoner；　and　by　keeping　him；　forced　his　subjects　to　work　in　chains　till　I　made　all　the　country　pay　contribution　having　little　else　whereon　to　live。〃
  This　was　written　after　he　had　heard　of　the　horrible　massacre　of　1622　at　Jamestown；　and　he　cannot　resist　the　temptation　to　draw　a　contrast　between　the　present　and　his　own　management。　　He　explains　that　the　Indians　did　not　kill　the　English　because　they　were　Christians；　but　to　get　their　weapons　and　commodities。　　How　different　it　was　when　he　was　in　Virginia。　　〃I　kept　that　country　with　but　38；　and　had　not　to　eat　but　what　we　had　from　the　savages。　　When　I　had　ten　men　able　to　go　abroad；　our　commonwealth　was　very　strong：　with　such　a　number　I　ranged　that　unknown　country　14　weeks：　I　had　but　18　to　subdue　them　all。〃　This　is　better　than　Sir　John　Falstaff。　　But　he　goes　on：　〃When　I　first　went　to　those　desperate　designes　it　cost　me　many　a　forgotten　pound　to　hire　men　to　go；　and　procrastination　caused　more　run　away　than　went。〃　〃Twise　in　that　time　I　was　President。〃　　＇It　will　be　remembered　that　about　the　close　of　his　first　year　he　gave　up　the　command；　for　form's　sake；　to　Capt。　　Martin；　for　three　hours；　and　then　took　it　again。＇　〃To　range　this　country　of　New　England　in　like　manner；　I　had　but　eight；　as　is　said；　and　amongst　their　bruite　conditions　I　met　many　of　their　silly　encounters；　and　without　any　hurt；　God　be　thanked。〃　　The　valiant　Captain　had　come　by　this　time　to　regard　himself　as　the　inventor　and　discoverer　of　Virginia　and　New　England；　which　were　explored　and　settled　at　the　cost　of　his　private　pocket；　and　which　he　is　not　ashamed　to　say　cannot　fare　well　in　his　absence。　　Smith；　with　all　his　good　opinion　of　himself；　could　not　have　imagined　how　delicious　his　character　would　be　to　readers　in　after…times。　　As　he　goes　on　he　warms　up：　〃Thus　you　may　see　plainly　the　yearly　success　from　New　England　by　Virginia；　which　hath　been　so　costly　to　this　kingdom　and　so　dear　to　me。
  By　that　acquaintance　I　have　with　them　I　may　call　them　my　children　＇he　spent　between　two　and　three　months　on　the　New　England　coast＇　for　they　have　been　my　wife；　my　hawks；　my　hounds；　my　cards；　my　dice；　and　total　my　best　content；　as　indifferent　to　my　heart　as　my　left　hand　to　my　right。。。。　　Were　there　not　one　Englishman　remaining　I　would　yet　begin　again　as　I　did　at　the　first；　not　that　I　have　any　secret　encouragement　for　any　I　protest；　more　than　lamentable　experiences；　for　all　their　discoveries　I　can　yet　hear　of　are　but　pigs　of　my　sowe：　nor　more　strange　to　me　than　to　hear　one　tell　me　he　hath　gone　from　Billingate　and　discovered　Greenwich！〃
  As　to　the　charge　that　he　was　unfortunate；　which　we　should　think　might　have　become　current　from　the　Captain's　own　narratives；　he　tells　his　maligners　that　if　they　had　spent　their　time　as　he　had　done；　they　would　rather　believe　in　God　than　in　their　own　calculations；　and　peradventure　might　have　had　to　give　as　bad　an　account　of　their　actions。　　It　is　strange　they　should　tax　him　before　they　have　tried　what　he　tried　in　Asia；　Europe；　and　America；　where　he　never　needed　to　importune　for　a　reward；　nor　ever　could　learn　to　beg：　〃These　sixteen　years　I　have　spared　neither　pains　nor　money；　according　to　my　ability；　first　to　procure　his　majesty's　letters　patent；　and　a　Company　here　to　be　the　means　to　raise　a　company　to　go　with　me　to　Virginia　＇this　is　the　expedition　of　1606　in　which　he　was　without　command＇　as　is　said：　which　beginning　here　and　there　cost　me　near　five　years　work；　and　more　than　500　pounds　of　my　own　estate；　besides　all　the　dangers；　m