The Mayflower And Her Log, Complete, By Azel Ames


























































































































































 -  After they had well considered the state of their affairs and
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"After They Had Well Considered The State Of Their Affairs And Found That The Authority They Had From The London

Company of Virginia, could not warrant their abode in that place," which "they found so prosperous and pleasing [sic] they

Hastened away their ship, with orders to their Solicitor to deal with me to be a means they might have a grant from the Council of New England Affairs, to settle in the place, which was accordingly performed to their particular satisfaction and good content of them all." One can readily imagine the crafty smile with which Sir Ferdinando thus guilelessly recorded the complete success of his plot. It is of interest to note how like a needle to the pole the grand conspirator's mind flies to the fact which most appeals to him - that they find "that the authority they had . . . could not warrant their abode in that place." It is of like interest to observe that in that place which he called "pleasant and prosperous" one half their own and of the ship's company had died before they hastened the ship away, and they had endured trial, hardships, and sorrows untellable, - although from pluck and principle they would not abandon it. He tells us "they hastened away their ship," and implies that it was for the chief purpose of obtaining through him a grant of the land they occupied. While we know that the ship did not return till the following April, - and then at her Captain's rather than the Pilgrims' pleasure, - it is evident that Gorges could think of events only as incident to his designs and from his point of view.

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