Big Chief Elizabeth

[Charlotte]

Having established to the nines' that Sir Francis Bacon conceived and devised a grand plan for the colonization of America, New Atlantis, and moreover the 'Reformation of the Whole World', (Obama mentioned Shakespeare in passing, to remind), I would tell here in some detail of the behind the scene planning to try, and again, to create a New World in which humanity entire make the next step toward bringing all unknown things to our conscious awarenss and stay aware. That's the hard part

Sir Walter Ralegh, who would later title himself "Lord and Govenor of Virginia", meets Queen Elizabeth I.

Everybody probably knows, but just in case, that the gallant gesture of a gentlemen throwing his jacket on the ground for his lady to walk over a puddle, I'd prefer over mud, as it is nowadays done only in jesting language, "is vintage Ralegh", according to Giles Milton, author of the Big Chief.

Sir Walter made himself known to, and endeared himself to Elizabeth when he "found the queen walking till, meeting with a plashy place, she seemed to scruple going therein. Presently, Ralegh cast and spread his new plush cloak on the ground, whereon the queen trod gently, rewarding him afterwards with many suits, for his so free and seasonable tender of so fair a footcloth", which "was unheard of in England", and "Elizabeth's doting courtiers were stunned by the theatricality of the gesture".

Flamboyant Walter had an "adventurous spirit", needed the help of the Queen to cross the Atlantic to America, and "wooed her with honeyed words, and after "he had gotten the queens ear in a trice - she began to be taken with his elocution, and loved to hear his reasons to her demand. And the truth is, she took him for a kind of oracle, which nettled them all."

In 1584, Ralegh "announced his intention of taking over the leadership of his half-brother's (Humfrey Gilbert) abortive project" to reach America. He rose dazzlingly "through the ranks of Queen Elizabeth's court: a progress so meteoric that the lords of the realm felt they had been caught of guard. Soon after Walter was introduced to the court he was an intimate of the queen, and their noble lordships were so taken aback that their initial response was to mock him as a vulgar parvenu."

Ralegh, "the champion of American colonization", planed carefully for an Atlantic crossing. On his behest, an "expedition left England at the end of April, 1584, which eventually reached "the sandy banks of Cape Hatteras in what is now North Carolina.

Charlotte

[Charlotte]

A brief recapping of previous events

The reason for schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Church, said Pletho to Cosmo de Medici, is because everyone translating the works of Plato does so according to the respective Theologians, along with their own opinions and fancy, hence no pristine perception nor understanding of Plato's Nous is possible.

Aware of the greater scheme of things, Cosmo sent out word to scholars and anyone else with ears about the Mediterranean and Europe, that he is desirous of, and will purchase any and all works of Plato, every piece or shred of paper Plato ever scribbled a letter on, or even the imprint thereof.

To once and for all have an equitable translation of the works of the great Sage, Cosmo had a plan. During the 'gathering-time' of said Treasure, Cosmo had the Villa Careggi outside Florence refurbished for the son of his personal physician, nine year old Marsilio Ficino. To this Academy Cosmo summoned the Learned of Europe to instruct Marsilio in all things Greek: think, eat, dream, dress and walk like a Greek, and the mysteries which accompany such training.

Gemistos Georgius Pletho 1355-1450), was a "Byzantine mystic theosopher, who was chiefly responsible for introducing Plato to the western world at Florence in 1439. The west had been totally enamored with Aristotle for thousand years, and it was this crystallized thinking that Paracelsus fought throughout his life."

Thomas Taylor, "The Platonist" of London.

Having completed translating Plato's can I say stuff, Francis does, into Latin in 1456, and Italian, Marsilio translated 14 treatises of the Corpus Hermeticum in 1463, and was revered Divine Ficino. Marsilio greatly influenced like-minded men and ladies of the Elizabethan Court, Latona affirms repeatedly.

Plato's works were published in 1484, and Columbus set sail in 1492. In 1497, "a Venetian fellow, Master John Cabot by name", writes the Italian clergyman to the Duke of Milan, huh, "who related that the Englishmen and comrades - will bring so much fish that this kingdom will no longer have need for Iceland, from which Country there comes a very great store of fish, which are called stockfish."

Conventional wisdom says that John Cabot 'discovered' America in 1497. Then, " a few of Bristol's more enterprising merchants, John Thomas, Hugh Elyot, and Thomas Assehurst, had launched an expedition - and sailed into the sunset with high hopes - of making a fortune", but were disappointed because the Indians couldn't care less about "English woolens and broadcloth - slashed doublets and taffeta bonnets."

"In 1517, a London bookseller named John Rastell", also intended to found a colony in America, but "got no further than Falmouth Harbor."

"In 1535, - Richard Hore, a wealthy London leather-seller - wanted to be rich and was forever dreaming up schemes that combined money-making with adventure, sailed with "thirty gentleman" in 1536 to capture a savage or two and show them "to curious Londoners - for a fee." They thought they reached Nova Scotia, rested awhile, then "The William" - headed for Newfoundland, and "The Trinity - into unknown and uncharted waters in the hope of capturing a savage", but the savages, gazing "upon the ship and our people", just shook their heads and said 'we're outa here'. Hore went back to England with stories of cannibalism and such.

Obviously, these men weren't into philosophy, nor heard of the Florentine Acadamy and Ficino, and tried to reach America for all the wrong reasons. Cabot had bigger plans, said the Italian priest.

Charlotte

[Charlotte]

"Humfrey Gylbert, knight, his charte"

An "insignificant-looking map - crinkled (and) faded" survived the Great Fire in London. (1666) It "was once the treasured possession of Sir Humfrey Gilbert", half brother of Sir Walter Ralegh and as handsome, flamboyant, dynamic, arrogant, "reckless, boastful", and of "verie pregnant wit and excellent virtues."

Whence the map is not stated, only that "this circular map of parchment depicted the entirety of North America as if viewed from high above the mid-Atlantic, and its squiggles confirmed what Gilbert had believed all along: that America was cut in two by a wide channel and that the interior of the continent was not land at all, but a vast inland sea."

Strange, this map showing America viewed from high and the interior a vast sea, leading me to think the map was very old, when the great valley just north of Mexico through which now the Mississippi flows was a sea. Descendants of the Maya lived there at the time. More likely, Master John Cabot, who reached America in 1497, had an eagle's eye, or saw with his mind's eye, and drew the map, or there is a simple explanation I can't see. Parchment was invented in Turkey 263-160 BC, another source says that it was "probably invented in Greece."

On this, Sir Humfrey's old map, "Newfoundland was shown as four seperate lumps of rock, while the land's eastern seaboard appeared to be little more than a topographical flight of fancy." Sir Humfrey didn't mind. His goal was to establish the first colony in America come hell or high waters. His first expedition in 1578 failed, only the "Falcon", - sore battered and disabled, - captained by Gilbert's youthful half-brother", Sir Walter Ralegh, returned to England.

According to this book, thus far the sole purpose of all the men setting out for America was "for glory, riches, and adventure."

Philosophy has it that America was set aside, so to speak, thousands of years ago by those who guide the learning, the civilizations, and the destiny of mankind.

Charlotte

[Charlotte]

The Tragedy of Sir Humfrey Gilbert

Sir Humfrey "persuaded the queen to give him a license to discover 'such remote, heathen, and barbarous lands, countries and territories not actually possessed of any Christian prince."

Speedy justice

Questioning the outcome of his first and failed voyage in 1578, and that "men of quality" may not perish, Sir Humfrey "furnished a little flotilla", - and sailed with such needy people of our country which now trouble the commonwelth - thieves, murderes and wrasrels could be sent across the Atlantic, the jetsam of society who had committed 'outragious offences wherby the are dyly consumed with the gallows."

For his second voyage, the Queen "Unexpectedly" denied permission, and as "unexpectedly changed her mind." Sir Humfrey had gained great favor with the Queen who gave him all he needed, including a "very excellent jewel - an anchor of gold with 29 diamonds with the protracture of a queen holding the ringe of the anchor in one hand." Perhaps the Queen was persuaded by Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, and member of the spy network, to be informed by Sir Humfrey concerning the other nations interested in America. Methinks so.

Sir Humfrey was one of five "brilliant" brothers and raised funds by "selling estates in America" to Lords and merchants who mingled at "Red Cross Street - a prosperous quarter" by the Thames. "He distributed huge estates to his investors, carving up America with a few strokes of his quill. - Between June of 1582 and February 1583, he managed to dispose of a staggering 8,000,000 acres." I think the name has been changed to Wall Street.

With "five ships, led by the Delight, two other ships are named, the Swallow and Squirrel, Sir Humfrey left England in haste "on June 11 1583" on his fateful mission with "260 men in total - shipwrights, masons, carpenters and smiths - but scarsely food for half the number", placing "his trust in the Almighty", hoping for favorable winds and an abundance of fish to sustain them. A "troup of entertainers" kept the men in good spirits, and upon arrival in America they would make "musicke" for the savages, and give them "hobby horsse, and maylike conceits to delight" them, to win them over "by all faire meanes possible.

"Seven weeks after leaving England, Gilbert at last caught a glimpse of that land he had spent the greater part of his life dreaming about", but was dismayed by seeing only "hideous rocks and mountains", and barren trees. He saw Newfoundland.

Sir Humfrey "turned his ship south to Newfoundland", and "to his surprise, he arrived at St. John's to find boats of all nations, to the number of thirty-six sails." He intended to sail into the harbor with all British pomp and circumstance, but "fell upon a rock" and had to be towed, which embarrassed the proud Knight greatly. Nevertheless, he "grandiloquently announced his purpose to take possession of those lands to the behalfe of the crowne of England, and the advancement of Christian religion in those paganish regions."

One can hardly blame Sir Humfrey thinking that Neufoundland "was no country to chose as a new homeland", but he "had no intention of abondoning his colonial project." He gave encouraging speeches to the disappointed investors and restless men, from which ranks some headed for the hills, other were sick and many dead. Still, Sir Humfrey "ordered his ship southward to more temperate climes." It was to be a fateful decision.

Charlotte

[Charlotte]

"Edward Hayes, the on-board-chronicler", supported Sir Humfrey's decision to sail to more temperate climes. "It proved to be a fateful decision for the swirling mists obscured the coastline, making the voyage extremely treacherous and, as the "fowle weather increased, with fogges and mysts", the crew of the Delight began to be afflicted with a collective psychosis. Weir sea-creatures were plucked from the sea with a harpoon, the wind moaned 'like a swanne that singeth before her death', and when the musicians attempted to jolly the crew by striking a tune, it sounded 'like dolefull knells'. Worse yet, the Delight began to echo with 'strange voyces', like those of ghosts, 'which scared some from the helm'."

The Captain of the Delight was "Maurice Browne", a Courtier who frequented the prosperous quarter along Red Cross Street, London, and a close friend of Sir Francis Walsinghamin, with whom Sir Humfrey had discussed his "chatre", noted before. Sir Humfrey Gilbert, on the ship Squirrel, "saw to his horror that the Delight, - pride of the fleet - which was carrying all the supplies for his colony - was driven inexorably toward the shallows", and "torn apart by the waves - her sterne and hinder parts beaten to pieces." The crew clung to the timbers in hope to survive, but "the wind increased in intensity", and Maurice Browne composed himself for the end "with his mind, hee mounted upon the highest decke where hee attended imminent death." How long in coming he left "to God, who withdraweth not his comfort from his servant at such time."

Apparenty the leaders of the voyage were 'religious' men, the question arises whether they were servants of God or in it for "glory, riches", and "adventure", as the author asserts. Of course, they simply could have been 'followers'.

"Sir Humfrey, observing the tragedy from afar, was in a state of shock, not only at loosing his flag ship but also from watching the death of Browne, a dear friend who he himself persuaded to accompany him to America." He searched for survivors, "but all in vaine, sith God had determined the ruine: yet all that day, and part of next, we beat up and downe as neere onto the wracke as was possible.

"As the storm continued to batter his fleet", Sir Humfrey became sick at heart, "lamenting the losse of his great ship, more than for the men, but most of all his bookes and notes". Touched to the core, he could not "containe himself (and) beat his boy in great rage", his instant karma being stepping on a nail and tearing his foot open. I suppose they were followers more than religious.

There is some confusion inasmuch the Captain of the Delight was Maurice Browne, and also given as the Captain of the "Swallow". The fleet of Sir Humfrey now consisted of three ships as far as I can see: Sir Walter Ralegh had to turn back early as his men were 'infected with a contagious sicknesse', and the "Delight" had sunk.

The surviving colonists had enough, the Captain of the "Squirrel", Master Cox, as far as I can make out, pleaded with Sir Humfrey to turn back, who agreed with the promise and promised all and sundry, "I will set you foorth royally the next spring, if God send us safe home. Therefore, I pray you; let us no longer strive here, where we fight against the elements."

The problem of interpretation is quite glaring here. The author, Giles Milton, writes: "Whenever he (Sir Humfrey) was struck by adversity, he sought strenght in the demonic energy that coursed through his Devonshire bones". Whereas the chronicler Edward Hayes wrote that Gilbert's promise to set them forth in spring was "a demonstration of great fervenic of mind, being himself very confident." Confidence and a fervent mind does not equal "demonic"

"As the ships neared the Azores, 'we met with very foule weather, and terrible seas, breaking short and high, pyramid wise.' As the skies darkened and the wind screamed through the rigging, the waves grew so huge that they swept over the decks. 'Men which all their lifetime had occupied the sea never saw more outragious seas.' Several had terrifying visions of fire 'which they take an evill signe of more tempest'."

The "Squirrel" took on water and the winds increased, and when the other ships came near "they were astounded by what they saw. Sir Humfrey Gilbert had risen to new hights of eccentricity and, with a deranged grimace on his face, 'was sitting abaft with a booke in his hand'," shouting "to them: "We are as neere to heaven by sea as by land." I would judge Sir Humfrey more mildly.

Edward Hayes wrote that on a "Monday night - about twelve of the clocke, or not long after, the frigat being ahead of us ... suddenly her lights were out. From in that moment, the frigat was devoured and swallowed up by the sea". Thus Sir Humfrey Gilbert perished.

Edward Hayes must have been on the "Swallow", the "Delight" and "Squirrel" sank, the ship commanded by Sir Walter Ralegh had to turn back, so two ships returned to England, the "Swallow", and another not named. Some things are quite unclear in this account. Not that it matters too much.

These were the first attempts to reach and colonize America, thanks to Ficino translating Plato and the Corpus Hermeticum; Pletho and Cosmo de Medici, sparking the Renaissance, hence the Hermetic origin of America.

In the greater scheme of things, the time had fallen true for Sir Francis Bacon to come to our planet.

Charlotte