To my surprise, he told me that it was not yet known. The London
Company had made an election of those among the gentlemen who should
form the new government, and had written down the names, together
with instructions as to what should be done; but this writing was
enclosed in a box which was not to be opened until we had come to
the end of our voyage.
THE LEADER NOT KNOWN
There could be no doubt but that Captain Kendall and Captain Martin
both believed that when the will of the London Company was made
known, it would be found they stood in high command; but there
was in my heart a great hope that my master might have been named.
Yet when I put the matter to him in so many words, he treated the
matter lightly, saying it could hardly be, else they had not dared
to treat him thus shamefully.
However, it was soon to be known, if the commands of the London
Company were obeyed, for now we had come to this new land of
Virginia, and the time was near at hand when would be opened the
box containing the names of those who were to be officers in the
town we hoped soon to build.
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