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A09810	A relation or iournall of the beginning and proceedings of the English plantation setled at Plimoth in New England, by certaine English aduenturers both merchants and others With their difficult passage, their safe ariuall, their ioyfull building of, and comfortable planting themselues in the now well defended towne of New Plimoth. As also a relation of foure seuerall discoueries since made by some of the same English planters there resident. I. In a iourney to Puckanokick ... II. In a voyage made by ten of them to the kingdome of Nawset ... III. In their iourney to the kingdome of Namaschet ... IIII. Their voyage to the Massachusets, and their entertainment there. With an answer to all such obiections as are in any way made against the lawfulnesse of English plantations in those parts.	Bradford, William, 1588-1657.; Morton, George, d. 1624.; Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655. aut; Cushman, Robert, 1579?-1625. aut	1622 (1622)	STC 20074; ESTC S110454	57,053	87

appearance of it much comforted vs especially seeing so goodly a Land and woodded to the brinke of the sea it caused vs to reioyce together and praise God that had giuen vs once againe to see land And thus wee made our course South South West purposing to goe to a Riuer ten leagues to the South of the Cape but at night the winde being con●rary we put round againe for the Bay of Cape Cod and vpon the 11. of Nouember we came to an anchor in the Bay which is a good harbour and pleasant Bay circled round except in the entrance which is about foure miles ouer from land to land compassed about to the very Sea with Okes Pines Iuniper Sassafras and other sweet wood it is a harbour wherein 1000. saile of Ships may safely ride there we relieued our selues with wood and water and refreshed our people while our shallop was fitted to coast the Bay to search for an habitation there was the greatest store of fowle that euer we saw An●●uery day we saw Whales playing hard by vs of which in that place if we had instruments meanes to take them we might haue made a very rich returne which to our great griefe we wanted Our master and his mate and other● experienced in fishing professed we might haue made three or foure thousand pounds worth of Oyle they preferred it before Greenland Whale-●ishing purpose the next winter to fish for Whale here for ●od we a●●ayed but found none there is good store no doubt in their season Neither got we any ●i●h all the time we lay there but some few little ones on the shore We found great Mussles and very fat and full of Sea pearle but we could not eat them for they made vs all sicke that did eat as well saylers as passengers they caused to cast and se●ure b●t they were soone well againe The bay is so round circling that before we could come to anchor we went round all the points of the Compasse We could not come neere the shore by three quarters of an English mile because of shallow water which was a great preiudice to vs for our people going on shore were forced to wade a bow shoot or two in going aland which caused many to get colds and coughs for it was many times freezing cold weather This day before we came to harbour obseruing some not well affected to vnitie and concord but gaue some appearance of faction it was thought good there should be an association and agreement that we should combine together in one body and to submit to such government and governours as we should by common consent agree to make and chose and set our hands to this that followes word fo● word IN the name of God Amen We whose names are vnde●written the loyall Subiects of our dread soveraigne Lord King IAMES by the grace of God of Great Britaine France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. Having vnder-taken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and honour of our King and Countrey a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the Northerne parts of VIRGINIA doe by these presents solemnly mutually in the presence of God and one of another covenant and combine our selues together into a civill body politike for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid and by vertue hereof to enact constitute and frame such iust and equall Lawes Ordinances acts constitutions offices from time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the generall good of the Colony vnto which we promise all due submission and obedience In witnesse whereof we haue here vnder subscribed our names Cape Cod 11. of November in the yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Lord King IAMES of England France and Ireland 18. and of Scotland 54. Anno Domino 1620. The same day so soone as we could we set a-shore 15. or 16. men well armed with some to fetch wood for we had none left as also to see what the Land was and what Inhabitants they could meet with they found it to be a small neck of Land on this side where we lay is the Bay and the f●rther side the Sea the ground or earth sand hils much like the Downes in Holland but much better the crust of the earth a Spits depth excellent blacke earth all wooded with Okes Pines Sassafras Iuniper Birch Holly Vines some Ash Walnut the wood for the most part open and without vnderwood sit either to goe or ride in at night our people returned but found not any person nor habitation and laded their Boat with Iuniper which smelled very sweet strong and of which we burnt the most part of the time we lay there Munday the 13. of November we vnshipped our Shallop and drew her on land to mend and repaire her having bin forced to cut her downe in bestowing her betwixt the decks and she was much opened with the peoples lying in her which kept vs long there for it was 16. or 17. dayes before the Carpenter had finished her our people went on shore to refresh themselues and our women to wash as they had great need but whilest we lay thus still hoping our Shallop would be ready in fiue or sixe dayes at the furthest but our Carpenter made slow worke of it so that some of our people impatient of delay desired for our better furtherance to travaile by Land into the Countrey which was not without appearance of danger not having the Shallop with them nor meanes to carry provision but on their backes to see whether it might be fit for vs to seate in or no and the rather because as we sayled into the Harbour there seemed to be a river opening it selfe into the maine land the willingnes of the persons was liked but the thing it selfe in regard of the danger was rather permitted then approved and so with cautions directions and instructions sixteene men were set out with every man his Musket Sword and Corslet vnder the conduct of Captaine Miles Standish vnto whom was adioyned for counsell and advise William Bradford Stephen Hopkins and Edward Tilley Wednesday the 15. of November they were set a shore and when they had ordered themselues in the order of a single File and marched about the space of a myle by the Sea they espyed fiue or sixe people with a Dogge comming towards them who were Savages who when they saw them ran into the Wood and whilled the Dogge after them c. First they supposed them to be master Iones the Master and some of his men for they were a shore and knew of their comming but after they knew them to be Indians they marched after them into the Woods least other of the Indians should lie in Ambush but when the Indians saw our men following them they ran away with might and may ●e and our men turned out of the Wood after them for it was the way

skill facultie c. which God hath giuen them for the seruice of others and his owne glory But not to passe the bounds of modestie so far as to name any though I co●fesse I know many who sit here still with their talent in a napkin hauing notable endowments both of body and minde and might doe great good if they were in some places which here doe none nor can doe none and yet through fleshly feare nicenesse straitnesse of heart c. sit still and looke on and will not hazard a dram of health nor a day of pleasure nor an houre of rest to further the knowledge and saluation of the sons of Adam in that New world where a drop of the knowledge of Christ is most precious which is here not set by Now what shall we say to such a profession of Christ to which is ioyned no more deniall of a mans selfe But some will say what right haue I to goe liue in the heathens countrie Letting passe the ancient discouerie● contracts and agreements which our English men haue long since made in those parts together with the acknowledgement of the histories and Chronicles of other nations who professe the land of America from the Cape De Florida vnto the Bay of Canad● which is South and North 300. leagues and vpwards and East and West further then yet hath beene discouered is proper to the King of England yet letting that passe lest I he thought to meddle further then it concerns me or further then I haue discerning I will mention such things as are within my reach knowledge sight and practice since I haue trauailed in these affaires And first seeing we daily pray for the conuersion of the heathens we must consider whether there be not some ordinary meanes and course for vs to take to conuert them or whether praier for them be only referred to Gods extraordinarie worke from heauen Now it seemeth vnto me that we ought also to endeuour and vse the meanes to conuert them and the meanes cannot be vsed vnlesse we goe to them or they come to vs to vs they cannot come our land is full to them we may goe their land is emptie This then is a sufficient reason to proue our going thither to liue lawfull their land is spatious and void there are few and doe but run ouer the grasse as doe also the Foxes and wilde beasts they are not industrious neither haue are science skill or facultie to vse either the land or the commodities of it but all spoiles rots and is marred for want of manuring gathering ordering c. As the ancient Patriarkes therefore remoued from straiter places into more roomthy where the Land lay idle and waste and none vsed it though there dwelt inhabitants by them as Gen. 13.6.11.12 and 34.21 and 41.20 so is it lawfull now to take a land which none vseth and make vse of it And as it is a common land or vnused vndressed countrey so we haue it by common consent composition and agreement which agreement is double First the Imperial Gouernor 〈◊〉 whose circuits in likelihood are larger then England and Scotland hath acknowledged the Kings Maiestie of England to be his Master and Commander and that once in 〈…〉 and in writing vnder his hand to Captaine Standish both he and many other Kings which are vnder him as Pamet Nauset Cammaquid Narrowhiggonset Namaschet c. with diuers others that dwell about the baies of Patuxet and Massachuset neither hath this beene accomplished by threats and blowes or shaking of sword and sound of trumpet for as our facultie that way is small and our strength lesse so our warring with them is after another manner namely by friendly vsage loue peace honest and iust cariages good counsell c. that so we and they may not only liue in peace in that land and they yeeld subiection to an earthly Prince but that as voluntaries they may be perswaded at length to embrace the Prince of peace Christ Iesus and rest in peace with him for euer Secondly this composition is also more particular and applicatorie as touching our selues there inhabiting the Emperour by aioynt consent hath promised and appointed vs to liue at peace where we will in all his dominions taking what place we will and as much land as we will and bringing as many people as we will and that for these two causes First because we are the seruants of Iames King of England whose the land as he confesseth is 2. because he hath found vs iust honest kinde and peaceable and so loues our company yea and that in these things there is no dissimulation on his part nor feare of breach except our securitie ingender in them some vnthought of trecherie or our vnciuilitie prouoke them to anger is most plaine in other Relations which shew that the things they did were more out of loue then out of feare It being then first a vast and emptie Chaos Secondly acknowledged the right of our Soueraigne King Thirdly by a peaceable composition in part possessed of diuers of his louing subiects I see not who can doubt or call in question the lawfulnesse of inhabiting or dwelling there but that it may be as lawfull for such as are not tied vpon some speciall occasion here to line there as well as here yea and as the enterprise is weightie and difficult so the honour is more worthy to plant a rude wildernesse to enlarge the honour and fame of our dread Soueraigne but chiefly to displaie the efficacie power of the Gospell both in zealous preaching professing and wise walking vnder it before the faces of these poore blinde Infidels As for such as obiect the tediousnesse of the voyage thither the danger of Pirats robberie of the sauages trecherie c. these are but Lyons in the way and it were well for such men if they were in heauen for who can shew them a place in this world where iniquitie shall not compasse them at the heeles and where they shall haue a day without griefe or a lease of life for a moment and who can tell but God what dangers may lie at our doores euen in our natiue countrie or what plots may be abroad or when God will cause our sunne to goe downe at noone daie● and in the midst of our peace and securitie lay vpon vs some lasting s●ourge for our so long neglect and contempt of his most glorious Gospell But we haue here great peace plentie of the Gospell and many sweet delights and varietie of comforts True indeed and farre be it from vs to denie and diminish the least of these mercies but haue we rendered vnto God thankfull obedience for this long peace whilst other peoples haue beene at wars haue we not rather murmured repined and fallen at iars amongst our selues whilst our peace hath lasted with forraigne power was there euer more suits in law

RELATION OR Iournall of the beginning and proceedings of the English Plantation setled at Plimoth in NEW ENGLAND by certaine English Aduenturers both Merchants and others With their difficult passage their safe ariuall their ioyfull building of and comfortable planting themselues in the now well defended Towne of NEW PLIMOTH AS ALSO A RELATION OF FOVRE seuerall discoueries since made by some of the same English Planters there resident I. In a iourney to PVCKANOKICK the habitation of the Indians greatest King Massasoyt as also their message the answer and entertainment they had of him II. In a voyage made by ten of them to the Kingdome of Nawset to seeke a boy that had lost himselfe in the woods with such accidents as befell them in that voyage III. In their iourney to the Kingdome of Namaschet in defence of their greatest King Massasoyt against the Narrohiggonsets and to reuenge the supposed death of their Interpreter Tisquantum IIII. Their voyage to the Massachusets and their entertainment there With an answer to all such obiections as are any way made against the lawfulnesse of English plantations in those parts LONDON Printed for Iohn Bellamie and are to be sold at his shop at the two Greyhounds in Cornhill neere the Royall Exchange 1622. TO HIS MVCH REspected Friend Mr. I. P. GOod Friend As wee cannot but account it an extraordinary blessing of God in directing our course for these parts after we came out of our natiue countrey for that we had the happinesse to be possessed of the comforts we receiue by the benefit of one of the most pleasant most healthfull and most fruitfull parts of the world So must wee acknowledge the same blessing to bee multiplied vpon our whole company for that we obtained the honour to receiue allowance and approbation of our free possession and enioying thereof vnder the authority of those thrice honoured Persons the President and Counsell for the affaires of New-England by whose bounty and grace in that behalfe all of vs are tied to dedicate our best seruice vnto them as those vnder his Majestie that wee owe it vnto whose noble endeuours in these their actions the God of heauen and earth multiply to his glory and their owne eternall comforts As for this poore Relation I pray you to accept it as being writ by the seuerall Actors themselues after their plaine and rude manner therefore doubt nothing of the truth thereof if it be defectiue in any thing it is their ignorance that are better acquainted with planting then writing If it satisfie those that are well affected to the businesse it is all I care for Sure I am the place we are in and the hopes that are apparent cannot but suffice any that will not desire more then enough neither is there want of ought among vs but company to enioy the blessings so plentifully bestowed vpon the inhabitants that are here While I was a writing this I had almost forgot that I had but the recommendation of the relation it selfe to your further consideration and therefore I will end without saying more saue that I shall alwaies rest From PLIMOTH in New-England Yours in the way of friendship R. G. To the Reader COurteous Reader be intreated to make a fauorable construction of my forwardnes in publishing these inseuing discourses the desire of carrying the Gospell of Christ into those forraigne parts amongst those people that as yet haue had no knowledge nor tast of God as also to procure vnto themselues and others a quiet and comfortable habytation weare amongst other things the inducements vnto these vndertakers of the then hopefull and now experimentally knowne good enterprice for plantation in New England to set afoote and prosecute the same though it fared with them as it is common to the most actions of this nature that the first attemps proue diffecult as the sequell more at large expresseth yet it hath pleased God euē beyond our expectation in so short a time to giue hope of letting some of them see though some he hath taken out of this vale of teares some grounds of hope of the accomplishment of both those endes by them at first propounded And as my selfe then much desired and shortly hope to effect if the Lord will the putting to of my shoulder in this hopefull business and in the meane time these relations comming to my hand from my both known faithful friends on whose writings I do much rely I thought it not a misse to make them more generall hoping of a cheerefull proceeding both of Aduenturers and planters intreating that the example of the hon Virginia and Bermudas Companies incountering with so many distasters and that for diuers yeares together with an vnwearied resolution the good effects whereof are now eminent may preuaile as a spurre of preparation also touching this no lesse hopefull Country though yet an infant the extent cōmodities whereof are as yet not fully known after time wil vnfould more such as desire to take knowledge of things may in forme themselues by this insuing treatise and if they please also by such as haue bin there a first and second time my harry prayer to God is that the euent of this and all other honorable and honest vndertakings may be for the furtherance of the kingdome of Christ the inlarging of the bounds of our Soueraigne Lord King Iames the good and profit of those who either by purse or person or both are agents in the same so I take leaue and rest Thy friend G. MOVRT CERTAINE VSEFVL ADVERTISEMENTS SENT in a Letter written by a discreete friend vnto the Planters in New England at their first setting saile from Southhampton who earnestly desireth the prosperitie of that their new Plantation LOuing and Christian friends I doe heartily and in the Lord salute you all as being they with whom I am present in my best affection and most earnest longings after you though I be constrained for a while to be bodily absent from you I say constrained God knowing how willingly and much rather then otherwise I would haue haue borne my part with you in this first brunt were I not by strong necessitie held backe for the present Make account of me in the meane while as of a man deuided in my selfe with great paine and as naturall bonds set aside hauing my better part with you And though I doubt not but in your godly wisedomes you both foresee and resolue vpon that which concerneth your present state and condition both seuerally and ioyntly yet ha●e I thought but my dutie to adde some further spurre of prouocation vnto them who run already if not because you need it yet because I owe it in loue and dutie And first as we are daily to renew our repentance with our God speciall for our sinnes knowne and generall for our vnknowne trespasses so doth the Lord call vs in a singular maner vpon occasions of such difficultie and danger as lieth vpon you to a

I haue therefore at this time sent vnto you accordingly Referring you for further satisfaction to our more large Relations You shall vnderstand that in this little time that a few of vs haue beene here we haue built seauen dwelling houses and foure for the vse of the Plantation and haue made preparation for divers others We set the last Spring some twentie Acres of Indian Corne and sowed some six Acres of Barly Pease and according to the manner of the Indians we manured our ground with Herings or rather Shadds which we haue in great abundance and take with great ease at our doores Our Corne did proue well God be praysed we had a good increase of Indian Corne and our Barly indifferent good but our Pease not worth the gathering for we feared they were too late sowne they came vp very well and blossomed but the Sunne parched them in the blossome one harvest being gotten in our Governour sent foure men on fowlle● that so we might after a more speciall manner reioyce together after we had gathered the fruit of our labours● they 〈◊〉 in one day killed as much fowle as with a 〈◊〉 beside serued the Company almost a weeke at which time amongst 〈…〉 Recreations we exercised our Armes many of the Indians coming amongst vs and amongst the rest their greatest King Massassoyt with some nintie men whom for three dayes we entertained and feasted and they went out and killed fiue Deere which they brought to the Plantation and bestowed on our Governour and vpon the Captaine and others And although it be not alwayes so plentifull as it was at this time with vs yet by the goodnesse of God we are so farre from want that we often wish you partakers of our plentie Wee haue found the Indians very faithfull in their Covenant of Peace with vs very louing and readie to pleasure vs we often goe to them and they come to vs● some of vs haue bin fi●tie myles by Land in the Country with whom the occasions and Relations whereof you shall vndestand by our generall and morefull Declaration of such things 〈◊〉 are worth the noting yea it hath pleased God so to possesse the Indians with a feare of vs and loue vnto vs that not onely the greatest King amongst them called Massasoyt but also all the Princes and people● round about 〈◊〉 haue either made su●e vnto vs or beene glad of any occasion to make peace with vs so that seauen of them at once h●ue sent their messengers to vs to that end yea an Fl●nt sea which we neuer saw hath also together with the for●er yeelded willingly to be vnder the protection and subiects to 〈◊〉 souereigne Lord King IAMES so that there is now greatly 〈◊〉 amongst the Indians themselues which was not formerly neither would haue bin but for vs and we for our parts walks as peaceably and safely in the wood as in the hie wayes in England we entertaine them familiarly in our houses and they as friendly bestowing their Venison on 〈◊〉 They are a people without any Religion or knowledge of any God yet very trustie quicke of apprehe●sion 〈◊〉 witted iust the men and women goe naked onely 〈◊〉 about their middles for the traiper of the ayre 〈◊〉 it agreeth well with that in England and if there be any different● at all this is somewhat hotter in Summer home 〈◊〉 he deed bledolderin Winter but I cannot out of experience so say the ayre is very cleere and not foggie as hath beene reported I neuer in my life remember a more seasonable yeare then we haue here enioyned and if we haue once but Kine Horses and Sheepe I make no question but men might liue as contended here as in any part of the world For fish and fowle we haue great abundance fresh Codd in the Summer is but course meat with vs our Bay is full of Lobsters all the Summer and affordeth varietie of other Fish in September we can take a Hogshead of ●e●es in a night with small labour can dig them out of their beds all the Winter we haue Mussells and Othus at our doores Oysters we haue ●● noneere but we can haue them brought by the Indians when we will all the Spring time the earth sendeth forth naturally very good Sallet Herbs here are Grapes white and red and very sweete and strong also Strawberies Goofeberies Raspa● c. Plums of three sorts with blacke and red being almost as good as a Damsen abundance of Roses white red and damask single but very sweet indeed the Countrey wanteth onely industrious men to imploy for it would grieue your hearts if as I you had seene so many myles together by goodly Riuers vnihabited and withall to consider those parts of the world wherein you liue to be even greatly burthened with abundance of people These things I thought good to let you vnderstand being the truth of things as new as I could experimentally take knowledge of and that you might on our behalfe giue God thankes who hath delt so fauourably with vs. Our supply of men from you came the ninth of November 1621. putting in at Cape ●od some eight or ten leagues from vs the Indians that dwell there about were they who were owners of the Corne which we found in Caues for which we haue giuen them full content and are in great league with them they 〈◊〉 vs 〈…〉 was a ship nere vnto them but though● it to be 〈…〉 indeede for our selues we expected not a friend so soone But when we perceived that she made for our Bay the Gouernor commanded a great 〈◊〉 to beshoo●● 〈◊〉 all 〈…〉 were abroad at worke whereupon 〈…〉 that could handle● Gun were readie with full resolution that if she were an Enemy we would stand 〈◊〉 iust defence not fearing them but God provided better for vs then we supposed these came all in health vnto vs 〈◊〉 being sicke by the way otherwise then by Sea sicknesse and so continue at this time by the blessing of God the good wife ●ord was deliuered of a sonne the first night shee landed and both of them are very well When it pleaseth God we are setled and sitted for the fishing busines and other trading I doubt not but by the blessing of God the gayne will giue content to all in the meane time that we haue gotten we haue sent by this ship and though it be not much yet it will witnesse for vs that we haue not beene idle considering the smallnesse of our 〈◊〉 all this Summer We hope the Marchants will accept of it and be incouraged to furnish vs with things needfull for further imployment which will also incourage vs to put forth our selues to the vttermost Now because ●● expect your comming vnto vs with other of our friends whose companie we much desire I thought good to aduertise you of a few things needfull be carefull to haue a very good bread-roome to put your Biskets in let your Cask for Beere and