Excerpt from A Relation of the Colony of the Lord Baron of Baltimore, in Maryland, Near Virginia: A Narrative of the First Voyage to Maryland The first and chief object of the most illustrious Baron ('which also ought to be the object of others who may be in the same 'ship) is, that in a land so fruitful shall he sown not so much the seeds of grain and fruit trees as of religion and piety a design truly worthy of christians, worthy of angels, worthy of the than which England, renowned for so many an cient victories, has undertaken nothing more noble or more glorious. Behold the regions are white unto the harvest, pre pared to receive in its fruitful bosom the seed of the Gospel. From thence they are sending, on all sides, messengers to seek for suitable men who may instruct the inhabitants in the doc trine of salvation and regenerate them in the sacred font. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.