New-Englands Memoriall: or, A brief relation of the most memorable and remarkable passages of the providence of God, manifested to the planters of New-England in America; : with special reference to the first colony thereof, called New-Plimouth: As also a nomination of divers of the most eminent instruments deceased, both of church and common-wealth, improved in the first beginning and after-progress of sundry of the respective jurisdictions in those parts; in reference unto sundry exemplary passages of their lives, and the time of their death/ Published for the use and benefit of present and
New-Englands Memoriall: or, A brief relation of the most memorable and remarkable passages of the providence of God, manifested to the planters of New-England in America; : with special reference to the first colony thereof, called New-Plimouth: As also a nomination of divers of the most eminent instruments deceased, both of church and common-wealth, improved in the first beginning and after-progress of sundry of the respective jurisdictions in those parts; in reference unto sundry exemplary passages of their lives, and the time of their death/ Published for the use and benefit of present and future generations, by Nathaniel Morton, secretary to the court for the jurisdiction of New-Plimouth; [Six lines of Scripture texts]. . letters from the adventurerswhich gave them intelligence of a fhip fet out, to come hitherunto Fhmouth, named the Parragon-, This (hip was bought byMr. fohn Pierce, and fet out on his own charge, upon hopes ofgreat matters- thepaffengers and goods, the Company fent inher he took in for fraight, for which they agreed with him tobe delivered here : this was he in whofe name their fir ft PatentWas taken, for this place where Plimouth is, by reafon> of ac-quaintance and fomeallyance that fome of their friends hadwith him, but his name was only ufed in truft. but when helaw they were here hopefully feated, and by the fuccefs GodS?ve them, had obtained the favour of the Council of New-£ngland,hc goes & fues to the faid Council for another Patentof much larger extent in their names, which was eafily obtained,buthe meant tokeepittohimfelf, and to allow them what hePleafed to hold of him as tenants, and fue to his Courts ascniet Lord: buttheLordmarveloullycrofTedhim inhispro- ceedings. New-Englands Memorial!. Anno 1623. ceedings • for when his fhip above-named fet out from theThames, fhe fprang a leak by that time fhe got to the -Downs,and alfo by reafon of a chop that accidentally befel one of herCables, it brake in a ftrefsof wind while fhe ther
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