The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . rges, III, 299. = lb., II, 149, 150. 324 THE BEGINNINGS OP COLONIAL MAINE. be made manifest, and appoints his instruments for the accom-plishing thereof, to whose pleasure it becomes every one of us tosubmit ourselves, as to that mighty God, and great and graciousI^ord, to whom all glory doth belong. * Sir Ferdinando Gorges, II, 81. It may be asked why it was that one whostood in high favor with two of Englands kings, and in close official rela-tions with men of prominence and influence, received only scanty notice incontemporary history. The expla
The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . rges, III, 299. = lb., II, 149, 150. 324 THE BEGINNINGS OP COLONIAL MAINE. be made manifest, and appoints his instruments for the accom-plishing thereof, to whose pleasure it becomes every one of us tosubmit ourselves, as to that mighty God, and great and graciousI^ord, to whom all glory doth belong. * Sir Ferdinando Gorges, II, 81. It may be asked why it was that one whostood in high favor with two of Englands kings, and in close official rela-tions with men of prominence and influence, received only scanty notice incontemporary history. The explanation is donbtless to be found in the factthat in the great movements of his time Gorges was on the unpopular the fight for free fishing he was clearly in the wrong, and while in thecivil war this was equally true, he was too old to have any important part init. Bqually was he on the losing side in his new world enterprises. It wasthe Puritan colony of Massachusetts bay and not the Province of Maine thatwas aided by the time H M M 0) <! oO oo M Q« w03 Ko w ;? o. HW01 < C Oi-I H < ?w a » wo CHAPTER SscuRES AN AxLY IN Colon:^!. Rigby. THE relations between Winter and Cleeve were still unfriendlyand even hostile. Unquestionably, if Cleeve liad been leftin peaceable possession of his lands at Machegonne, theearlier conflicts would not have been renewed. But Winter, with-out any ground for the assertion, insisted that Cleeve, whom hehad unsettled at Spurwink, was a trespasser also in his presentlocation. Moreover, he now had an able assistant in Rev. RobertJordan, who, on coining to Richmonds island as the successor ofRev. Richard Gibson, had espoused Winters cause with an inten-sity of interest, and a disposition to overreach not equalled evenby Winter himself.^ The situation, therefore, was one that couldnot fail to awaken in George Cleeve many anxious, disturbingthoughts. It was not in Cleeve, however, to lose heart in theface of oppositi
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