...se advantages, however, were not satisfactory. The disappointment and uneasiness found vent in words. One memorable example is preserved: At the court of assistants, says Winthrop, Nov. 3, 1635, John Pratt of Newtown was questioned about the letter he wrote into England, wherein he affirmed divers things, which were untrue and of ill repute, for the state of the country, as that here was nothing but ro...