e themselves and families with food and rayment by
their owne and their servant's industrie. The laborers are
of two sorts. Some employed onely in the generall works, who
are fedd and clothed out of the store--others, specially
artificers as smiths, carpenters, shoemakers, taylors,
tanners, &c., doe worke in their professions for the colony,
and maintayne themselves with food and apparrell, having
time lymitted them to till and manure their ground.

"The farmors live at most ease--yet by their good endeavors
bring yearlie much plentie to the plantation. They are bound
by covenant, both for themselves and servants, to maintaine
your Ma'ties right and title in that kingdom, against all
foreigne and domestique enemies. To watch and ward in the
townes where they are resident. To do thirty-one dayes
service for the colony, when they shalbe called
thereunto--yet not at all tymes, but when their owne busines
can best spare them. To maintayne themselves and families
with food and rayment--and every farmor to pay yearlie into
the magazine for himself and every man servant, two barrells
and a halfe of English measure.

"Thus briefly have I sett downe every man's particular
imployment and manner of living; albeit, lest the
people--who generallie are bent to covett after gaine,
especially having tasted of the sweete of their
labors--should spend too much of their tyme and labor in
planting tobacco, known to them to be verie vendible in
England, and so neglect their tillage of corne, and fall
into want thereof, it is provided for--by the providence
and care of Sir Thomas Dale--that no farmor or other, who
must maintayne themselves--shall plant any tobacco, unless
he shall yearely manure, set and maintayne for himself and
every man servant two acres of ground with corne, which
doing they may plant as much tobacco as they will, els all
their tobacco shalbe forfeite to the colony--by which meanes
the magazine shall yearely be sure to receave their rent of
corne; to maintayne those who are fedd thereout, being but a
few, and manie others, if need be; they themselves will be
well stored to keepe their families with overplus, and reape
tobacco enough to buy clothes and such other necessaries as
are needful for themselves and household. For an