. History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. no completed structure, which the propheticeye can grasp, and he who gives birth to the new ideanever builds better than he knows. Whatever mayhave been the design and aim of the compact, itcannot be denied that, like the seed, it comprehendedwithin itself those elements, which, when subjected tofavorable conditions, had a germinating force, andwere capable of developing into first the blade, thenthe ear, and then the full corn in the car, of a freeand popular government iu the w
. History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. no completed structure, which the propheticeye can grasp, and he who gives birth to the new ideanever builds better than he knows. Whatever mayhave been the design and aim of the compact, itcannot be denied that, like the seed, it comprehendedwithin itself those elements, which, when subjected tofavorable conditions, had a germinating force, andwere capable of developing into first the blade, thenthe ear, and then the full corn in the car, of a freeand popular government iu the western world. It is unnecessary to dwell on the incidents whichoccurred while the Mayflower remained in CapeCod harbor. On the 4th of December the first deathafter the arrival, that of Edward Thompson, occurred ;on the 6th that of Jasper More; and on the 7th,Dorothy, the wife of William Bradford, was says, Our people went on shore to refreshthemselves, and our women to wash, as they had greatneed. Several expeditions were undertaken, of whichthe first, composed of Standish, Bradford, Hopkins,. THIS ILAiHlSlKl® SI? THIg £>OIL©miffi]§. HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH. 75 auJ Edward Tilly, set out on the 15th of Novemberby laud, and returned after three days a second fruitless expedition in search of abetter place of settlement, it was after repeated con-sultations, concluded, in the language of Bradford, to make some discovery within the bay, but in nocase so far as Angoum (Ipswich). Besides, RobertCoppiti, our pilot, made relation of a great navigableriver and good harbor on the other headland of thebay, almost right over against Cape Cod, being in aright line uot much above eight leagues distant, inwhich he had been once, and because that one of thewild men with whom they had some trucking stole aharping-iron from them they called it Thievish Har-bor, and beyond that place they were enjoined uot togo, whereupon a company was chosen to go out upona thir
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