. . . the Speedwell, of sixty tons -- miserable misnomer -- was purchased in Holland for the use of the emigrants; and the Mayflower, of a hundred

Their greatest hardship was the compact with the merchants. The Pilgrims were poor and their funds were limited.The Pilgrims Settle Plymouth,

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,