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Had their circumstances been more favorable.


with such they would have been beset. A little


handful Of poor adventurers Obliged to borrow


the means at Onerous rates, with which to paw


the expenses Of their vOyage-disappOinted IA


their outset, by having twice to put back, on ac-


count ofthe unworthiness Of the @SpeedweIP,-


detained by adverse winds on their voyage, until


they were oyertaken by winter-landed contrary
to expectation upon the ice-clad rocks, on the
coast of "Cape Cod Bay''-"weak and weary
from the voyage, poorly armed, scantily provi-
stoned, without shelter, without means, and sur
rounded by hostile tribes" in the month Of De-
cember-who could have calculated upon success
undersuch circumstances? Yet not all this could
discourage this band Of noble-hearted pilgrims,
whose trust was in an almighty arm, and whose
purpose was not hastily made, and not more has
tly to be abandoned, which was in the following
language: "In the name Of God, amen; we, whose
names are underwTitten, the loyal subjects ofour
dread Sovereign, King James, having underta-
ken, for the glory Of God and advancement ofthe
christian faith, and honor of our King and conn.
try, voyage to plant the first colony in the Nor
thern part Of Virginia, do, BY these presents, So
iemnly and mutually, in the presence Of God,
and Of one another, covenant and combine our
selves together into civil body polite, for our
better ordering and preservation, and furtherance
o. the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to
enact, constitute and frame Just and equal laws,
ordinances, acts, constitutions and Offices, frop
time to time, as shall be thought most convent
ent for the general good Of the colony Unto
which we promise all due submission and obe-
dience."


Such was the agreement made by forty-one Of
these suffering pilgrims before placing their feet
upon the land oftheir future adoption.


On the Goth Dec, 1920, they landed on Ply
mouth rock The suffered much from the in
clemency Ofthe winter, and by the opening Of
Spring they had lost half their number by death;
and amongst the rest their governor. Added to
these trials was the frequent attacks Of the IN
dams, whose mode Of warfare was calculated to
produce horror in the minds Of all True to their
purpose, however, this now very small band O.
dods servants, trusting in him for sustenance
md protection, continued to exert themselves in
improving their new homes, and cultivatng this
lew soil,


an thus particular in giving some Of the cir
connected with the originalsettlement
{ New England, for reasons that will appear in
le prosecution of my subject NJ.


Rocky Springs, Sept. la 1916.