Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . onsid-ered as a gross breach of social decorum, but positively scan-dalous in the eyes of the law. Johnson was forced into courtand fined five pounds, which he refused to pay. Subsequentlyhe was ordered to leave the country within six weeks and placedunder bonds to do so. As the culprit was still under contract tocomplete another year of service in getting out the Bible, thenwell under way, he could not be spared from that important work,and so the General Court was appea
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . onsid-ered as a gross breach of social decorum, but positively scan-dalous in the eyes of the law. Johnson was forced into courtand fined five pounds, which he refused to pay. Subsequentlyhe was ordered to leave the country within six weeks and placedunder bonds to do so. As the culprit was still under contract tocomplete another year of service in getting out the Bible, thenwell under way, he could not be spared from that important work,and so the General Court was appealed to and an act passedwhich enabled him to remain. The lassie, who was the underlying cause of all this trouble,proved as fickle as many others of her sex, for she found anotherlover before poor Johnson was able to satisfy the court by ofiQcialproof that his former wife was really deceased, not diseased, asthe wretched orthography of the recording ofificer had gravelyset forth. After completing his contract, he finally married aworthy woman, and nothing further was heard of the caseagainst him. 46 ANCIENT The press used in printing Mr. Eliots Bible was the first oneset up on the British North American continent. It was origi-nally operated by Stephen [Steven] Day, who agreed to come toNew England for the purpose in 1638. The press was broughtover by Rev. Jose Glover, who sailed from England, accompaniedby Day, in 1638. Mr. Glover died on the passage, and hiswidow had it set up. She subsequently married Rev. HenryDunster, the first president of Harvard College, and thus thecontrol of the press passed into his hands, and to a certain extentappears to have been used as an adjunct of that institution. Thefirst product of this press was the Freemans Oath,^ which wasstruck ofif in March, 1639. In 1649 the plant seems to have beentransferred to Mr. Green, who appears to have conducted itabout half a century. Day, to whom must be ascribed the im-mortal honor of setting up
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