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con had given the most attention to colonial enterprise. The settlements of the Chap. VIII.} 1617. Scotch in Ireland ever enjoyed his particular favor. To him, as to the encourager, pattern, and perfecter of all vertuous endeavors, Strachey at this time dedicated his Historie of Travaile into Virginia; to him John Smith, in his povertie, now turned for encouragement in colonizing New England, as to a chief patron of his country and the greatest favorer of all good designs. To him Sir George Villiers, who was lately risen to the state of favorite to James, addressed himself for advice, and received instructions how to govern himself in the station of prime minister. The profound philosophy of the great master of speculative wisdom, included necessarily the lessons of a liberal toleration; but it only scattered the seeds of truth which were not to ripen till a later generation. He saw that the Established Church, which he cherished as the eye of England, was not without blemish