The harbor in which the Mayflower now lay is worthy of a passing glance."The Pilgrims Settle Plymouth, Massachussets, featuring a series of excerpts
Mayflower Sets Sail
The particulars of this voyage, more memorable by far than the famed expedition of the Argonauts, and paralleled, if at all, only by the voyage of
Pilgrims Charter Mayflower
. . . the Speedwell, of sixty tons -- miserable misnomer -- was purchased in Holland for the use of the emigrants; and the Mayflower, of a hundred
Pilgrims Prepare to Leave Holland
Their greatest hardship was the compact with the merchants. The Pilgrims were poor and their funds were limited.The Pilgrims Settle Plymouth,
King Won’t Grant Religious Liberty
All that could be obtained from the King after the most diligent "sounding" was a verbal promise that "he would connive at them and not molest them,
Church of England’s Monstrous Origin
In June the long struggle came to an end. The nobles sprang on Cromwell with a fierceness that told of their long-hoarded hate.Henry VIII Makes
Cromwell Alone
"Beknaved" by the King, whose confidence in him waned as he discerned the full meaning of the religious changes which Cromwell had brought about, met
Ireland Resists Henry
But Cromwell found it easier to deal with Irish inaction than with the feverish activity which his reforms stirred in England itself. It was
Henry Tries to Export His Church
Irishmen were shut out by law from abbeys and churches within the English boundary; and the ill-will of the natives shut out Englishmen from churches