. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . ould speedily follow. He did not give heed to the warning, however, andafter a time, wrhich was during the third summer ofour being in this land, he was brought before the courtas one who had cast reproach upon God. For this hewas sentenced to be whipped, to have his ears cut off,to be fined forty shillings, and afterward to be banishedto England. Because of this mans being so very, very wicked,Susan and I believed we should go to see him whipped,and gathered with the people at the pillory, where hestood with his neck and arms clutche
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . ould speedily follow. He did not give heed to the warning, however, andafter a time, wrhich was during the third summer ofour being in this land, he was brought before the courtas one who had cast reproach upon God. For this hewas sentenced to be whipped, to have his ears cut off,to be fined forty shillings, and afterward to be banishedto England. Because of this mans being so very, very wicked,Susan and I believed we should go to see him whipped,and gathered with the people at the pillory, where hestood with his neck and arms clutched by the heavybars of wood; but when Samuel Morgan made readythe heavy whip, just as the mans back was bared toreceive the lashes, we turned away in horror, not daringto look. io6 RUTH OF BOSTON Father said, when he came home in the evening, thatRatcliff bore the whipping and the ear-cutting withouta cry; but when it was over, he threatened vengeanceagainst us, after he should be set free in England, andlater we came to know what he meant by such - ..> UJPe-vrStt. T^^ I 1 ,1f H He went everywhere about in the old country, tellingthat the New World was a hideous wilderness in whichroamed the wildest savages thirsting for the blood ofwhite people; that the land was rocky and barren, andnot fit for farms, for no crops could be raised upon it;that the weather was cold, and that the climate causeddeathly sickness. IN THE PILLORY 107 All this, father said, worked to our harm amongthose godly people who were inclined to join us, forthey feared to come into such a place, not understandingthat these things were lies which had been told out of aspirit of revenge. IN THE PILLORY Another wicked person who had come to Boston wasHenry Linn, who was no sooner living among us thanhe wrote letters to England by every vessel, full ofslander against the churches, and of those who tookpart in the government. He was forced to stand in the pillory from sunrise tosunset, and was then sen
Size: 1743px × 1434px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidruthofboston, bookyear1910
