The High Marshal held the unruly down with a high hand.
But other factors than this Draconian code worked at last toward order in this English West.

Dale was no small statesman, and he played ferment against ferment.

Into Virginia now first came private ownership of land.
So much was given to each colonist, and care of this booty became to each a preoccupation.

The Company at home sent out more and more settlers, and more and more of the industrious, peace-loving sort.

By 1612 the English in America numbered about eight hundred.