. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. were|loyal Englishmen at heartJalthough they might differfrom their countrymen inreligion, and they werehomesick among foreignpeople. They were sorrythat they had been obligedto disobey their sovereignand they wished that insome way they could showhim that, in every matterexcept one, they were willing to do his will. Then they thought ofAmerica, which was their kings own domain, where he was at thisvery time trying to found a colony. They determined to help in found-ing an English-speaking nation on this shore, and thus extend th
. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. were|loyal Englishmen at heartJalthough they might differfrom their countrymen inreligion, and they werehomesick among foreignpeople. They were sorrythat they had been obligedto disobey their sovereignand they wished that insome way they could showhim that, in every matterexcept one, they were willing to do his will. Then they thought ofAmerica, which was their kings own domain, where he was at thisvery time trying to found a colony. They determined to help in found-ing an English-speaking nation on this shore, and thus extend theEnglish power and enlarge her commerce, if the king would promiseto them in the new country that liberty which had been denied themm the old. The king gave them this promise, though not very graciously,and they began to prepare to leave Holland for their new were strong hearted and brave people, and, perhaps, had abetter spirit prevailed in that time, they might have had no desire toseparate themselves from their national church. But as it was they. THE MAYFLOWER. THE COMING OF THE PILGRIMS. 159 were anxious to go and found a church in the wilderness. So theymade all preparations and were ready to start late in the fall of had two vessels, the Mayflower, a large ship which theyhad rented from a Plymouth firm, and a smaller one which theyhad bought in Holland for use in their new colony. They were hardly started when the Speedwell, the smaller vessel,sprang a leak and they had to take refuge in an English harbor wherethey stayed nearly three weekswhile it was bemg then started again, but itwas an old rotten vessel andthey were not out of sight of landthis second time before it wasleaking again. So they took onboard the Mayfloiver such passen-gers as they could and sent thesmall ship back condemned asunseaworthy. It had been the plan of thesepilgrims to land along the banksof the Hudson River, but thestormy sea turned them out oftheir course and
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