A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . ords History of Plymouth Plantation. 2 Hunters Founders of New Plymouth. 3 Bradford. 1606.] ATTEMPTS TO LEAVE ENGLAND. 377 secret of lands and houses and other property, make the other needfulpreparations to emigrate in a body from a rural neighborhood, and doall this unobserved. They hoped to get away in small detachments,but even this was impo
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . ords History of Plymouth Plantation. 2 Hunters Founders of New Plymouth. 3 Bradford. 1606.] ATTEMPTS TO LEAVE ENGLAND. 377 secret of lands and houses and other property, make the other needfulpreparations to emigrate in a body from a rural neighborhood, and doall this unobserved. They hoped to get away in small detachments,but even this was impossible, without encountering dangers ^ruei treat-and oftentimes defeat. At one time, at Boston, in Lincoln- n^Lfnco?nshire, a large party of them got safely at night on board ^^^^^ship. But the master was treacherous, and handed them over to theoflBcers with whom he was in complicity; their goods were rifled andransacked; the men were searched to their shirts for money; even thewomen were compelled to submit to like indignities further than be-came modesty; and thus outraged, insulted, and robbed, they wereled back to the town, a spectacle and wonder to the gaping crowd thatflocked from all sides to see and jeer at their sad condition. The mag-. Attempted Flight of Puritans. istrates were kinder than the people, and showed them such favor asthey could; but the whole company were imprisoned for a month,when they were dismissed to go where they would, excepting sevenof the chief among them, who were detained for trial. These, and others with them, made a more disastrous attempt toescape some months later. A Dutch ship was engaged to take themon board at a lonely place between Hull and Grimsby, and thither 378 THE PURITANS. [Chap. XIV. the women and children were sent in a small vessel; the men wereto go by land. All arrived in due season. The ship rode at an-Attempted ^^^^ some distance from the shore ; the smaller vessel, withHuufms- th^ women and children, lay aground where the
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