The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims And Its Place in the Life of To-day   By: Albert Christopher Addison

THE ROMANTIC STORY of the MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS

ALBERT CHRISTOPHER ADDISON]

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Well worthy to be magnified are they Who, with sad hearts, of friends and country took A last farewell, their loved abodes forsook, And hallowed ground in which their fathers lay.

Wordsworth]

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The breaking waves dash'd high On a stern and rock bound coast; And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches toss'd.

Mrs. Hemans]

THE ROMANTIC STORY of the MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS

AND ITS PLACE IN THE LIFE OF TO DAY

High ideals in the conduct of life are what survive, and that is why the Pilgrim Narrative stands forth in the pages of every history as one of the great events of the time. SENATOR LODGE, at the dedication of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown, August 5th 1910 .

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Photograph by A. S. Burbank, Plymouth From the Painting by W. F. Halsall

THE MAYFLOWER IN PLYMOUTH HARBOUR]

THE

ROMANTIC STORY

OF THE MAYFLOWER

PILGRIMS

AND ITS PLACE IN THE

LIFE OF TO DAY

BY A. C. ADDISON

AUTHOR OF "OLD BOSTON: ITS PURITAN SONS AND PILGRIM SHRINES," ETC.

WITH NUMEROUS ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS

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BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY MDCCCCXI

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED)

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

FIRST IMPRESSION, SEPTEMBER, 1911

THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS·NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OLD WORLD HOMES AND PILGRIM SHRINES 1

II. THE ARREST AT BOSTON AND FLIGHT TO HOLLAND 27

III. LIFE IN LEYDEN ADIEU TO PLYMOUTH THE VOYAGE TO THE WEST 47

IV. "INTO A WORLD UNKNOWN" TRIALS AND TRIUMPH 71

V. THE PILGRIM ROLL CALL FATE AND FORTUNES OF THE FATHERS 123

VI. NEW WORLD PILGRIMS TO OLD WORLD SHRINES 159

INDEX 189

THE PUBLISHERS WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURTESY OF MR. A. S. BURBANK, OF PLYMOUTH, MASS., IN AUTHORIZING THEIR USE OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS, REPRODUCTIONS OF WHICH FORM A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THIS BOOK

ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbour Frontispiece

The Cells, Guildhall, Boston xi

A Bit of Old Gainsborough 5

The Old Manor House, Scrooby, where William Brewster was born. Scrooby Church 9

The Cottage at Austerfield where William Bradford was born 13

The Old Hall, Gainsborough, in which the Separatist Church was founded in 1602 17

Guildhall and South Street, Boston 21

The Old Courtroom, Guildhall, Boston 25

The River Witham, Boston 29

The Pilgrim Cells, Guildhall, Boston, showing the Kitchen beyond 33

Old Town Gaol, Market place, Boston 37

Trentside, Gainsborough 41

Elder William Brewster 45

John Robinson's House, Leyden, where the Pilgrim Fathers worshipped 49