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... Fishing and Other Business · 1626 News of the Death of Robinson and Cushman Trading on the Coast of Maine . · Allerton sent to England to arrange with the Adventurers 1627 A New Agreement negotiated by him It is accepted by the Colony ...
... Fishing and Other Business · 1626 News of the Death of Robinson and Cushman Trading on the Coast of Maine . · Allerton sent to England to arrange with the Adventurers 1627 A New Agreement negotiated by him It is accepted by the Colony ...
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... fishing that was found in that countrie . But as in all bussineses the acting parte is most difficulte , espetially wher the worke of many agents must concurr , so it was found in this ; for some of those that should have gone in ...
... fishing that was found in that countrie . But as in all bussineses the acting parte is most difficulte , espetially wher the worke of many agents must concurr , so it was found in this ; for some of those that should have gone in ...
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... fishing , or any other means of any person or persons , remaine still in the commone stock untill the division . 4. That at their comming ther , they chose out such a number of fitt persons , as may furnish their ships and boats for fishing ...
... fishing , or any other means of any person or persons , remaine still in the commone stock untill the division . 4. That at their comming ther , they chose out such a number of fitt persons , as may furnish their ships and boats for fishing ...
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... fishing , trading , etc. So as the land and house will be but a trifell for advantage to the adventurers , and yet the devission of it a great discouragmente to the planters , who would with singuler care make it comfortable with ...
... fishing , trading , etc. So as the land and house will be but a trifell for advantage to the adventurers , and yet the devission of it a great discouragmente to the planters , who would with singuler care make it comfortable with ...
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... fishing , etc. A. As it is better for them , so for us ; for halfe is ours , besids our living still upon it , and if such profite in that way come , our labour shall be the less on the land , and our houses and lands must and will be ...
... fishing , etc. A. As it is better for them , so for us ; for halfe is ours , besids our living still upon it , and if such profite in that way come , our labour shall be the less on the land , and our houses and lands must and will be ...
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Page 156 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 95 - ... was the same unto him. But hear I cannot but stay and make a pause, and stand half amased at this poore peoples presente condition; and so I thinke will the reader too, when he well considers the same. Being thus passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles...
Page 130 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God...
Page 238 - Indeans, they spent it as vainly, in quaffing and drinking both wine and strong waters in great exsess, and, as some reported, 10 It.
Page 105 - Occasioned partly by the discontented and mutinous speeches that some of the strangers amongst them had let fall from them in the ship: That when they came ashore they would use their own liberty, for none had power to command them...
Page 110 - ... tooles that were stolen away before, and made way for the coming of their great Sachem, called Massasoyt; who, about 4. or 5. days after, came with the cheefe of his freinds and other attendance, with the aforesaid Squanto. With whom, after frendly entertainment, and some gifts given him, they made a peace with him (which hath now continued this 24. years) in these terms.
Page 172 - Concerning the killing of those poor Indians, of which we heard at first by report, and since by more certain relation. Oh, how happy a thing had it been, if you had converted some, before you had killed any; besides where blood is once begun to be shed, it is seldom staunched of a long time after.
Page 107 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 108 - And of these, in the time of most distress, there was but six or seven sound persons who to their great commendations, be it spoken, spared no pains night nor day, but with abundance of toil and hazard of their own health, fetched them wood, made them fires, dressed them meat, made their beds, washed their loathsome clothes, clothed and unclothed them.
Page 108 - ... their inacomodate condition had brought upon them; so as ther dyed some times 2 or 3 of a day, in the aforesaid time; that of 100 and odd persons, scarce 50 remained.