Bible to the Indians of Virginia, down to the time that he made his
remarkable will in 1621, not one word has been found in cor-roboration
of these statements; but, on the contrary, many passages have appeared
to contradict and disprove them. Let any one notice the numerous
citations of the various books of the Bible in Raleigh's History, and he
will surely fail to discover any evidence of Raleigh's being a Deist, or
that Hariot had taught him to undervalue the scripture.

It is not necessary here to say more in this connection than to quote
the following passage from one of the Latin letters in 1616 referred to
above by Hariot to the eminent physician who had just received a high
medical appointment at Court, describing himself and his terrible
affliction [a cancer on the lip]. The passage is given in English, but
the original Latin may be seen in the British Museum (Add. 6789). It
seems to have been written on purpose to refute such slanders. He writes
:

Think of me as your sincere friend. Your interests are
involved as well as mine. My recovery will be your triumph,
but through the Almighty who is the Author of all good things.
As I have now and then said, I believe these three points. I
believe in God Almighty; I believe that Medicine was ordained
by him ; I trust the Physician as his minister. My faith is
sure, my hope firm. I wait however with patience for
everything in its own time according to His Providence. We
must act earnestly, fight boldly, but in His name, and we
shall conquer. Sic transit gloria mundi, omnia transibunt, nos
ibimus, ibitis, ibunt. So passes away the glory of this world,
all things shall pass away, we shall pass away, you will pass
away, they will pass away.