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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
Peter Martyr, the historian of the ocean, of that great voyage which was undertaken by the authority of the most wise prince Henry the Seventh, and made known to England a country much larger than Christendom. Thus the year 1498 stands singularly famous in the annals of the sea. In May, Vasco de Gama reached Hindostan by way ond the English courts derided a title, founded, not upon occupancy, but upon the award of a Roman pontiff. The next years of the illustrious mariner, from whom England derived a claim to our shores, are involved in obscurity; but he soon conciliated regard by the placid mildness of his character, and those who Chap. I.} 1498. spared so few memorials of his career. Himself incapable of jealousy, he did not escape detraction. Peter Martyr, d. III. l. VI.; in Eden, fol. 125. He gave England a continent, Chap. I.} 1553 and no one knows his burial-place. It was after long solicitations, that Columbus had obtained the opportunity of discovery. Upon
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
, anti, sailing for Spain, sold the poor innocents into slavery. It is singular how good is educed from evil: one of the number, escaping from captivity, made his way to London, and, in 1619, was restored to his own country, where he subsequently became an interpreted for English emigrants. Smith's Description of New England, 47. Smith's Generall Historie, II. 176. Morton's Memorial, 55, and Davis on Morton. Prince, 132. Mourt's Relation, in i. M. H. Coll. VIII. 238. Plantation of N. England, in II. Mass. Hist. Coll. IX. 6, 7. Encouraged by commercial success, Smith next 1615. endeavored, in the employment of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, and of friends in London, members of the Plymouth company, to establish a colony. Sixteen men Williamson's Maine, i. 212 The learned and very valuable historian of Maine confounds this design of Smith to found a colony with his previous voyage for trade and discovery. were all whom the adventurers destined for the occupation of New England
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
ook for the last time on their native country, not as the scene of sufferings from intolerance, but as the home of their fathers, and the dwelling place of their friends. They did not say, Farewell, Babylon! farewell, Rome! but Farewell, dear England! On the voyage they constantly served God, morning and evening, by reading and expounding a chapter in the bible, singing and prayer. On the sabbath they added preaching twice, and catechising; and twice they faithfully kept solemn fasts. Thebear. The warning was heeded, and Roger Williams quietly withdrew to Plymouth. The government was still more careful to protect the privileges of the colony against episcopal and malignant practices, of which a warning had been received from England. For that purpose, at the general court convened in May, after the corn was set, an oath of fidelity was offered to the freemen, binding them to be obedient and conformable to the laws and constitutions of this commonwealth, to ad- Chap. IX.}
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
a corporation within the realm, subject to English laws.—Plantations, replied the court, are above the rank of an ordinary corporation; they have been esteemed other than towns, yea, than many cities. Colonies are the foundations of great commonwealths. It is the fruit of pride and folly to despise the day of small things. To the parliament of England the legislature remonstrated with the noblest frankness against any assertion of the paramount authority of that body. An order from England, say they, is prejudicial Dec. to our chartered liberties, and to our well-being in this remote part of the world. Times may be changed; for all things here below are subject to vanity, and other princes or parliaments may arise. Let not succeeding generations have cause to lament and say, England sent our fathers forth with happy liberties, which they enjoyed many years, notwithstanding all the enmity and opposition of the prelacy, and other potent adversaries, and yet these liber