CHAPTER VII.

THE KINGDOM OF VIRGINIA.

A retrospect 223

Tidewater Virginia 224

A receding frontier 224, 225

The plantations 225

Boroughs and burgesses 226

Boroughs and hundreds 227, 228

Houses, slaves, indentured servants, and Indians 229

Virginia agriculture in the time of Charles I 230

Increasing cultivation of tobacco 231

Literature; how George Sandys entreated the Muses with success 232

Provisions for higher education 233

Project for a university in the city of Henricus cut short by the Indian massacre 234

Puritans and liberal churchmen 235

How the Company of Massachusetts Bay learned a lesson from the fate of its predecessor, the London Company for Virginia 236,237

Death of James I 238

Effect upon Virginia of the downfall of the Company 238-240

The virus of liberty 240

How Charles I. came to recognize the assembly of Virginia 241-243

Some account of the first American legislature 243, 244

How Edward Sharpless had part of one ear cut off 245

The case of Captain John Martin 245

How the assembly provided for the education of Indians 246

And for the punishment of drunkards 246

And against extravagance in dress 246

How flirting was threatened with the whipping-post 247

And scandalous gossip with the pillory 247

How the minister's salary was assured him 247

How he was warned against too much drinking and card-playing 248

Penalties for Sabbath-breaking 248

Inn-keepers forbidden to adulterate liquors or to charge too much per gallon or glass 249

A statute against forestalling 249, 250

How Charles I. called the new colony "Our kingdom of Virginia" 251

How the convivial governor Dr. Pott was tried for stealing cattle, but pardoned for the sake of his medical services 253

Growth of Virginia from 1624 to 1642 253, 254