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THE
ROMANTIC STORY
of the
MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS

AND
ITS PLACE IN LIFE TODAY

By

ALBERT C. ADDISON

WITH INTRODUCTORY POEMS BY
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
AND JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

First published in 1911

Copyright 2020 Read & Co. History

This edition is published by Read & Co. History,
an imprint of Read & Co.

This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any
way without the express permission of the publisher in writing.

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from the British Library.

Read & Co. is part of Read Books Ltd.
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www.readandcobooks.co.uk

"High ideals in the conduct of life are what survive,
and that is why the Pilgrim Narrative stands forth
in the pages of every history as one of the great events
of the time."

Sen ator Lodge,
At the dedication of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown, Augustth 1910

Contents

Illustrations

The Mayflower in Plym outh Harbour

The Cells, Guild hall, Boston

A Bit of Old G ainesborough

The Old Manor House, Scrooby, where William Brews ter was Born

Sc rooby Church

The Cottage at Austerfield where William Bradf ord was Born

The Old Hall, Gainsborough, in which the Separatist Church was Fou nded in 1602

Guildhall and South St reet, Boston

The Old Courtroom, Guild hall, Boston

The River Wi tham, Boston

The Pilgrim Cells, Guildhall, Boston, Showing the Ki tchen Beyond

Old Town Gaol, Market-P lace, Boston

Trentside, Gainsborough

Elder Will iam Brewster

John Robinson's House, Leyden, where the Pilgrim Father s Worshipped

St. Peter's Ch urch, Leyden

Bust of Captai n John Smith

The Embarkation of the Pilgrims

Model of t he Mayflower

Plymouth Harbour, as Seen from Cole's Hill

The Landing of the Pilgrims

The March of Mi les Standish

The Canopy Over P lymouth Rock

The Old Fort and First M eeting House

Pilgrims Goi ng to Church

The Departure of t he Mayflower

Captain Mi les Standish

Governor Will iam Bradford

The Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown

P lymouth Rock

A Bit o f Old Boston

The Site of the Old Fort, Burial Hi ll, Plymouth

First Chur ch, Plymouth

The Pilgrim Fathers' Memori al, Plymouth

John Alden and Prisc illa Mullins

Governor Bradford's Monument, Burial Hi ll, Plymouth

Governor Carver's Chair and Ancient Sp inning Wheel

Elder Brewster's Chair and the Cradle of Per egrine White

The Grave of John Howland

The Grave of Miles Stand ish, Duxbury

The Miles Standish Monum ent, Duxbury

Mayflower Tablet on the Barbican, Plymo uth, England

Governor Ed ward Winslow

Scr ooby Village

The Ancient Kitchen, Guild hall, Boston

Robinson Memorial Church, Gainsborough

Memorial Tablet on St. Peter's Church, Leyden and Tablet in Vestibule of Robinson Memorial Church, Gainsborough

Design by R. M. Lucas for the Tercentena ry Memorial

The Font, Auster field Church

The Font, Primitive Methodist C hapel, Lound

THE SAILING
OF THE MAY FLOWER

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Just in the gray of the dawn, as the mists uprose from the meadows,

There was a stir and a sound in the slumbering village of Plymouth;

Clanging and clicking of arms, and the order imperative, "Forward!"

Given in tone suppressed, a tramp of feet, and then silence.

Figures ten, in the mist, marched slowly out of the village.

Standish the stalwart it was, with eight of his valorous army,

Led by their Indian guide, by Hobomok, friend of the white men,

Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt of the savage.

Giants they seemed in the mist, or the mighty men of King David;

Giants in heart they were, who believed in God and the Bible,

Ay, who believed in the smiting of Midianites and Philistines.

Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning;

Under them loud on the sands, the serried billows, advancing,

Fired along the line, and in regular order retreated.

Many a mile had they marched, when at length the village of Plymouth

Woke from its sleep, and arose, intent on its manifold labors.

Sweet was the air and soft; and slowly the smoke from the chimneys

Rose over roofs of thatch, and pointed steadily eastward;

Men came forth from the doors, and paused and talked of the weather,

Said that the wind had changed, and was blowing fair for the Mayflower;

Talked of their Captain's departure, and all the dangers that menaced,

He being gone, the town, and what should be done in his absence.

Merrily sang the birds, and the tender voices of women

Consecrated with hymns the common cares of the household.

Out of the sea rose the sun, and the billows rejoiced at his coming;

Beautiful were his feet on the purple tops of the mountains;

Beautiful on the sails of the Mayflower riding at anchor,

Battered and blackened and worn by all the storms of the winter.

Loosely against her masts was hanging and flapping her canvas,

Rent by so many gales, and patched by the hands of the sailors.

Suddenly from her side, as the sun rose over the ocean,

Darted a puff of smoke, and floated seaward; anon rang

Loud over field and forest the cannon's roar, and the echoes

Heard and repeated the sound, the signal-gun of departure!

Ah! but with louder echoes replied the hearts of the people!

Meekly, in voices subdued, the chapter was read from the Bible,

Meekly the prayer was begun, but ended in fervent entreaty!

Then from their houses in haste came forth the Pilgrims of Plymouth,

Men and women and children, all hurrying down to the sea-shore,

Eager, with tearful eyes, to say farewell to the Mayflower,

Homeward bound o'er the sea, and leaving them here in the desert.

Foremost among them was Alden. All night he had lain without slumber,

Turning and tossing about in the heat and unrest of his fever.

He had beheld Miles Standish, who came back late from the council,

Stalking into the room, and heard him mutter and murmur,

Sometimes it seemed a prayer, and sometimes it sounded like swearing.

Once he had come to the bed, and stood there a moment in silence;

Then he had turned away, and said: "I will not awake him;

Let him sleep on, it is best; for what is the use of more talking!"

Then he extinguished the light, and threw himself down on his pallet,

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