ed for the colony by order of privy council
of the king and addressed to Sir Francis Wyatt Knight and Captain
General of Virginia and to the rest of the Council of State in which
the colony is admonished to pay more attention to "Staple
Commodities." That part relating to it reads:

"The carefull and diligent prosecution of Staple Commodities
which we promist; we above all things pray you to performe
so as we may have speedily the real proof of your cares and
endeavors therein, especially in that of Iron, of Vines and
Silk the neglect and delay whereof so long is to us here
cause of infinit grief and discontent, especially in regard
of his Majesties just resentment therein that his Royall
grace and love to the Plantation, which after so long a time
and long a supply of his Majesties favor hath brought forth
no better fruit than Tobacco.

"Yett by the goodness of God inclyning his princely heart,
we have received not only from the Lords of his Privy
Counsell, but from his Royal mouth such assurance not only
of his tender love and care but also of his Royal intentions
for the advancement of the Plantation; that we cannot but
exceedingly rejoice therein and persuade you with much more
comfort and encouragement to go on in the building up of his
Royal worke with all sincerity, care and diligence, and that
with that perfect love and union amongst yourselves as may
really demonstrate that your intentions are all one, the
advancement of God's glorie and the service of his Royall
Majestie: for the particularities of his Majesties gratious
intentions for the future good, you may in part understand
them by the courses appointed by the Lords, whereof we here
inclosed send the orders.

"And we are further to signifie unto you that the Lords of
his Majesties Privy Counsell, having by his Majesties order
taken into their considerations the contract made last
Sommer by the Company have dissolved the same; and signified
that his Majestie out of his gracious and Royall intention
and princely favor to the Plantation hath resolved to grant
a sole Importion of Tobacco to the two Plantations, with an
exception only of 40,000 weight of ye best Spanish Tobacco
to be yearly brought in.

"And it hath also pleased his Majesty in favor of the
Plantation to reduce