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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAdventurers Alden Allerton Anne Barnstable became Billington Boston Bradford says brought Brownists called Cape Cod Captain Carver chief Church of England Clark's Island Colonists Colony's corn Court Cushman daughter death died Dutch Duxbury early Edward Winslow Elder Brewster Elizabeth English explorers fear fish four friends Fuller Governor grave harbor Hill Hobomok honor Hopkins Howland hundred Indians Isaac Allerton Island James John John Billington Jones land latter laws Leyden lived London Lyford married Mary Massachusetts Massasoit Mayflower miles Morton Namasket Narraganset natives Nauset Old Colony Oldham passengers pastor Peirce Pilgrims Plymouth Prence probably Puritans Quakers River Robinson Roger sachem sailed Samuel Samuel Fuller savages Scituate Scrooby sent Separatists settlers shallop Sherley ship shore soon Sowams Standish Stephen Hopkins Thomas tion Tisquantum town trade tribe Virginia voyage Warren wife William William Bradford Winthrop Popular passagesPage 331 - We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, ' Farewell, Babylon ! Farewell, Rome !' But we will say,' Farewell, dear England ! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there !' We do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of England. Page 41 - a body in a most strict and sacred bond and covenant of the Lord, of the violation whereof we make great conscience, and by virtue whereof we do hold ourselves straightly tied to all care of each other's good, and of the whole by every one, and so mutually. Page 331 - I acknowledge myself much bound to you for your kind love and care in sending Mr. Fuller among us, and rejoice much that I am by him satisfied touching your judgments of the outward form of God's worship. It is, as far as I can yet gather, no other than is warranted by the Page 63 - presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall Page 192 - in 1676 it was as truly as proudly said by Governor Josiah Winslow, of Plymouth: ' I think I can clearly say, that before these present troubles broke out, the English did not possess one foot of land in this Colony but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors.' Page 41 - straightly tied to all care of each other's good, and of the whole by every one, and so mutually. 5. Lastly, it is not with us as with other men whom small things can discourage, or small discontentments cause to wish themselves home Page 46 - We refreshed ourselves, after tears, with singing of psalms, making joyful melody in our hearts as well as with the voice, there being many of our congregation very expert in music; and indeed it was the sweetest melody that ever mine ears heard. Page 267 - Lyford at once made his hosts ashamed,— " he so bowed and cringed unto them, and would have kissed their hands if they would have suffered him ; yea, he wept and shed many tears, blessing God that had brought him to see their faces, and admiring the things they had done in their wants. Page 46 - it is not possible the Christian world should come so lately out of such thick antichristian darkness, and that the full perfection of knowledge should break forth at once. Page 372 - I was fallen into the edge of their bounds, and they were loth to displease the Bay, to remove but to the other side of the water, and then, he said, I had the country before me, and might be as free as themselves, and we should be loving neighbors together. References from web pagesGoodwin, John Abbot -- Gordon, Archibald: in Cornell University's ... The Women Who Came in the Mayflower / Marble, Annie Russell Coles Hill, Edward Belcher OUR BASSETT LINE Bibliographic information
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