difciplinis excellente, honeftifsimo falario iamdiu donatum apud te
aluifti, cuius fubndio horis fuccefsiuis nobililsimas fcientias illas
addifcercs, tuique familiarcs duces maritimi, quos habes non paucos, cum
praii theoria non fine fructu incredibili coiungeret. Ex quo pulcherrimo
& fapientifsimo inftitutotuo, quid breui euentutum fit, qui vel mediocri
iudicio volent, facilè proculdubio diuinare poterunt. Vnum hoc fcio,
vnam & vnicam rationem te inire, quaæ primò Lufitani, deinde Caftellani,
quod antea toties cum no exigua iactura funt conati, tandem ex animoru
votis perficerut. Perge ergo Spartam quam nactus es ornare, perge nauem
illam plufquam Argonauticam, mille cuparum fere capace, quam fumptibus
plane regiis fabricatam iam tadem foelicitcr abfoluifti, reliquae tuae
clafsi, quam babes egregiè inftructam, adiungere.

From this early time for nearly forty years, till the morning of the
29th of October 1618, when Raleigh was beheaded, these two friends are
found inseparable. Whether in prosperity or in adversity, in the Tower
or on the scaffold, Sir Walter always had his Fidus Achates to look
after him and watch his interests. With a sharp wit, close mouth, and
ready pen Hariot was of inestimable service to his liberal patron. With
rare attainments in the Greek and Latin Classics, and all branches of
the abstract sciences, he combined that perfect fidelity and honesty of
character which placed him always above suspicion even of the enemies of
Sir Walter. He was neither a politician nor statesman, and therefore
could be even in those times a faithful guide, philosopher, and friend
to Raleigh.

In the year 1585, as has already been stated above, Hariot, at the age
of twenty-five, went out to Virginia in Raleigh's « first Colonie' as
surveyor and historiographer with Sir Richard Grenville, and remained
there one year under Governor Ralph Lane, returning in July 1586, in Sir