A trve and sincere declaration of the purpose and ends of the plantation begun in Virginia : of the degrees which it hath receiued ; and meanes by which it hath beene aduanced : and the resolution and conclusion of his Maiesties councel of that colony, for the constant and patient prosecution thereof, vntill by the mercies of God it shall retribute a fruitful haruest to the kingdome of heauen, and this common-wealth / sett forth by the authority of the gouernors and councellors established for that plantation.