At the time of the burial of Elder William Brewster's child St. Pancras, Saturday, June 20, 1609, as recorded at Leyden, he lived in Stinksteeg, a short lane near the Hoogewoerds Bridge, and five days later he had removed to St. Ursulusteeg. (The England and Holland of the Pilgrims, 505-06.) "He subsequently removed to the Choorsteeg, as it would appear from the title page of Cartright's Commentaries on the Proverbs of Solomon, printed by him in 1617. The Choorsteeg (vicus choralis) is an alley extending from the Broadway to the choir of St. Peter's Church. These streets are obscure but eligibly situated." (Historical Magazine, iv. 4.)

St. Peter's (Lutheran), the cathedral church of Leyden, was built in 1121. Rev. John Robinson, M. A., the pastor of the Pilgrim Church and the associate of Elder Brewster, was buried under St. Peter's Church March 4, 1625. On the outer wall there is a bronze tablet, erected by the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States of America, in 1891, in memory of Rev. John Robinson.

"Just across the street, the Kloksteeg, is the site of the house in which Robinson lived and preached, and in the garden of which a score of smaller dwellings were built for other members of the Pilgrim company." (The England and Holland of the Pilgrims.)

The Dutch Reformed Church, at Delfs-haven, Holland, was built in 1416. In this church, tradition avers, the Pilgrims held farewell service just previous to their departure for the New World, in 1620. It stands at the edge of the canal, near which the Speedwell was moored.

As articles written without research have appeared in several journals, expressing doubt as to the authenticity of the name "Mayflower" applied to the first Pilgrim ship, the following extracts from the Plymouth Colony Records of Deeds and New England's Memorial are given as evidence that the vessel in which the Pilgrims landed at Cape Cod Harbor, November 11 (O. S.), November 21 (N. S.), 1620, was called "Mayflower":

First: At the top of the fourth page of the first volume of the Plymouth Colony Records of Deeds is this entry, made in 1623, or soon after, in the handwriting of Governor William Bradford: 66 The Falles of their grounds which came first over in the May-Floure according as thier lotes were cast. 1623."

Secondly: The name first appears in print in New England's Memorial, published in 1669, by Nathaniel Morton (who was the secretary of the Plymouth Colony from 1647 until his death in 1685, and who "had the custody of the records, and made many entries in this first volume of deeds "), wherein he says: "a small ship was bought and fitted out in Holland, of about sixty tons, called the Speedwell, as to serve to transport some of them over, so also to stay in the country, and attend upon fishing, and such other affairs as might be for the good and benefit of the colony when they came thither. Another ship was hired at London, of burthen about nine score, called the Mayflower, and all other things got in readiness, so, being prepared to depart, they had a solemn day of humiliation, the pastor teaching a part of the day very profitably, and suitably to the present occasion.” (pp. 22-23) "These things thus falling out it was resolved by the whole company to dismiss the lesser ship, and part of the company with her, and that the other part of the company should proceed in the bigger ship; which, when they had ordered matters thereunto, they made another sad parting, the one ship, viz., the lesser going back for London, and the other, viz., The Mayflower, Mr. Jones being master, proceeding on the intended voyage. These troubles being blown over, and now all being compact together in one ship, they put to sea again with a prosperous wind; . . Thus they arrived at Cape Cod, alias Cape James, in November, 1620, and, being brought safe to land, they fell upon