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Identifier: ourgreatercountr00nort (find matches)
Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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t the royal officers were informed of the intended voyage, and seized the whole company as they were about to embark. Their persons were searched, their small possessions seized, and the whole church—men,women, and children—thrown into prison. In a short while all but seven were released. These were brought to trial, but it was found impossible to prove any crime against them, and they also were discharged. A Boat Stranded. This action of the government, so far from intimidating the sufferers, but increased their resolve to leave England, and in the spring of 1608 the effort was renewed. A Dutch captain consented to convey them to Holland, and it was agreed that the refugees should assemble upon a lonely heath in Lincolnshire, near the mouth of the Humber, and be taken on board by the Dutch skipper. The men of the party went to the rendezvous by land, and got safely on board the ship;but the boat conveying the women and children was stranded and captured by a party of horsemen sent in pursuit.
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t34 THE PURITANS IN CONFERENCE WITH JAMES 1. THE PILGRIM FATHERS. 12? The Dutch skipper, fearful of becoming involved in trouble with the English authorities, at once put to sea, and the exiles were separated from their families, who were left helpless in the hands of their oppressors.The women and children were treated with great harshness by their captors, and were taken before the magistrates, who found it impossible to punish them for an attempt to follow the fortunes of their husbands and fathers. They were at loss to know what to do with the prisoners, who no longer had homes in England, and at last released them unconditionally, and permitted them to rejoin their natural protectors in Holland. The Pilgrims Discontented. The exiles reached Amsterdam in the spring of 1608. They were well pleased to be safe in this peaceful refuge, but they didnot deceive themselves with the hope that it could ever be a home to them. They knew they were Pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lifted

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