Little more remains to be said of Raleigh's Magi who have been thus
shown to be hand and glove in working out these interesting episodes of
French and English colonial history. To Hakluyt, Le Moyne, White, De Bry
and Hariot, Raleigh owes an undivided and indivisible debt of gratitude
for the prominent niche which he achieved in the world's history,
especially in that of England and America ; while to Raleigh's liberal
heart and boundless enterprise must be ascribed a generous share of the
reputation achieved by his Magi in both hemispheres.

Of Hakluyt and De Bry little more need be said here. They both hewed out
their own fortunes and recorded them on the pages of history, the one
with his pen, the other with his graver. If at times ill informed
bibliographers who have got beyond their depth fail to discern its
merits, and endeavour to deny or depreciate De Bry's Collection,
charging it with a want of authenticity and historic truth, it is hoped
that enough has been said here to vindicate at least the first two
parts, Virginia and Florida. The remaining parts, it is believed, can be
shown to be of equal authority.

Whoever compares the original drawings of Le Moyne and White with the
engravings of De Bry, as one may now do in the British Museum, must be
convinced that, beautiful as De Bry's work is, it seems tame in the
presence of the original water-colour drawings. There is no exaggeration
in the engravings.

Le Moyne's name has not found its way into modern dictionaries of art or
biography, but he was manifestly an artist of great merit and a man of
good position. In addition to what is given above it may be added that a
considerable number of his works is still in existence, and it is hoped
will hereafter be duly appreciated. In the print-room of the British