Author: Though the document doesn't directly state an author it is infered that is is written by members of the British Council and King James. This is supported by the first parargraph as follows: "JAMES, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. WHEREAS our loving and well-disposed Subjects, Sir Thorn as Gales, and Sir George Somers, Knights, Richard Hackluit, Clerk, Prebendary of Westminster, and Edward-Maria Wingfield, Thomas Hanharm and Ralegh Gilbert, Esqrs. William Parker, and George Popham, Gentlemen, and divers others of our loving Subjects, have been humble Suitors unto us, that We would vouchsafe unto them our Licence, to make Habitation, Plantation, and to deduce a colony of sundry of our People into that part of America commonly called VIRGINIA, and other parts and Territories in America, either appertaining unto us, or which are not now actually possessed by any Christian Prince or People, situate, lying, and being all along the Sea Coasts, between four and thirty Degrees of Northerly Latitude from the Equinoctial Line, and five and forty Degrees of the same Latitude, and in the main Land between the same four and thirty and five and forty Degrees, and the Islands "hereunto adjacent, or within one hundred Miles of the Coast thereof;"
Audience: English residents in the colonies.
Tone: Proficient, this is supported by the word choice of the document and the
Purpose: Virginia’s first charter
Ethos: Imposes fear in the audience and attaks their emotions provoking them to do as they are told.
Pathos: Reverential and careful of keeping that mutual respect.
Logos: Very specific and clear in saying what needs to be understood, and sort of also a hidden motivation in making the colonists belive that thay care about them when they are only pursuading them to do what they want.
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