History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . red and white stripes—prototypeof our own—free from persecution, the Leyden church waskept alive, until in No-vember 1630, ten yearsafter the first oncom-ing of the Pilgrims toNew England, theship Handmaidreached New Plym-outh (Patuxet) atCape Cod, with thelast embarkation ofLeyden churchmembers. The sixteenth cen-tury saw horribletimes for the Englishduring the reignof the Tudors, KingHal, Edward VI (theboy king) and QueenMary; Protestantswere persecuted for re-fusing to believe that in the sacram
History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . red and white stripes—prototypeof our own—free from persecution, the Leyden church waskept alive, until in No-vember 1630, ten yearsafter the first oncom-ing of the Pilgrims toNew England, theship Handmaidreached New Plym-outh (Patuxet) atCape Cod, with thelast embarkation ofLeyden churchmembers. The sixteenth cen-tury saw horribletimes for the Englishduring the reignof the Tudors, KingHal, Edward VI (theboy king) and QueenMary; Protestantswere persecuted for re-fusing to believe that in the sacrament the wine was theactual blood of the Christ, while on the other hand theheads of Romanists dropped into the basket, in close se-quence, for denying the Kings supremacy over the Popein the church. Nevertheless through martyrdom Congre-gationalism flourished. Crossing that channel, which has alternately served asa barrier and thoroughfare—and which, save for aeroplaneand under-sea tunnel encroachments, will continue such aslong as it remains water rather than glacier—one delves into. FRANCIS I. PURITAN AND PILGRIM FOUNDATIONS 41
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