The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . formists, and theyunited in having passed by Parliament the most severe lawsagainst those who refused to accept the supremacy of theNational Church. The enforcement of these was performedwith such strictness that one settlement of the Separatistsat Scrooby, in the north of England, were so harassed thatfor their own safety and peace of mind decided that as theycould not continue to worship in their form, without direresults,
The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . formists, and theyunited in having passed by Parliament the most severe lawsagainst those who refused to accept the supremacy of theNational Church. The enforcement of these was performedwith such strictness that one settlement of the Separatistsat Scrooby, in the north of England, were so harassed thatfor their own safety and peace of mind decided that as theycould not continue to worship in their form, without direresults, they would leave England, which they did in 1609,going first to Amsterdam, and on the first of May foundrefuge in Leyden, in Holland, where they were in subsequentyears joined by many others. They were known and termedby all as Pilgrims, and thus was begun a movement, insignifi-cant at its inception, but fraught with most momentousresults to the entire civilized world, and, as has been demon-strated, of a deep and profound humanitarian in Leyden this heroic band of exiles found a havenof refuge, they found employment in the spinning of cloth, 15. for they were skilled m this, and as their religious worshipwas not interfered with, they were happy and content. Asthe years passed their numbers increased until over threehundred were in membership, and these exiled Pilgrimsrejoiced in what they thought a permanent home—vain the horizon of Europe began to loom the dark cloudsof the coming thirty years war, and the industries of I^eydenbegan to wane, and as the decline in them accentuated,employment was taken from the exiles that the Hollandersthemselves might have such as was possible. Then beganthe first of the hardships which this noble band of men andwomen were for years to endure, privation became semi-starvation, and yet under the strong leadership of WilliamBrewster, Pastor Robinson, John Carver, and Robert Cush-man, they held together, never wav
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