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Gov. BRADFORD'S HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COLONY

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I. The first beginnings of this church and people

19

II. Their departure into Holland, and their troubles there-

about, with some of the many difficulties they found

and met withal

25

III. Their settling in Holland, and their manner of living and

entertainment there

33

IV. The reasons and causes of their removal from Holland 44

V. The means they used for preparation to this weighty

voyage

52

VI. The conditions of their agreement with several merchant

adventurers towards the voyage

80

VII. Their departure from Leyden, and embarkation from

Delft-Haven

86

VIII. The troubles that befell them on the coast of England,

and in their voyage in coming over into New England,

and their arrival at Cape Cod

97

BRADFORD'S AND Winslow's JOURNAL

. 109

IX. The first planters' combination by entering into a body

politic together ; with their proceedings in discovery of

a place for their settlement and habitation

117

X. Their landing and settling at New Plymouth

163

XI. A Journey to Pokanoket, the habitation of the great king

Massasoit; the message, and the answer and entertain-
ment they received from him

202

XII. A Voyage to the kingdom of Nauset, to seek a boy that

had lost himself in the woods; and the accidents that

befell them in that voyage

214

XIII. A Journey to the kingdom of Namaschet, in defence of

the great king Massasoit against the Narragansetts, and

to revenge the supposed death of Tisquantum

219

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XIV. A Relation of their voyage to the Massachusetts, and

what happened there

224

XV. A Letter from Edward Winslow to a friend in England,

setting forth a brief and true declaration of the worth

of the Plantation at Plymouth ; as also certain useful

directions for such as intend a voyage into New Eng-

land

230

XVI. Robert Cushman's reasons and considerations touching

the lawfulness of removing out of England into the

parts of America

239

Cushman's DiscoURSE

253

XVII. The state of the Colony, and the need of public spirit in

the Colonists

255

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WINSLOW's RELATION

269

XVIII. The first planters menaced by the Narragansetts, and

their second voyage to the Massachusetts

280

XIX. The planting of Weston's colony at Weymouth, and

sundry excursions after corn

296

XX. Winslow's second journey to Pokanoket, to visit Massa-

• soit in his sickness

313

XXI. Standish's expedition against the Indians of Weymouth,

and the breaking up of Weston's Colony at that place 327

XXII. The first allotment of lands, and the distressed state of the

Colony

346

XXIII. The manners, customs, religious opinions and ceremonies

of the Indians

354

XXIV. The situation, climate, soil, and productions of New Eng-

land

368

WINSLow's Brief NARRATION

377

XXV. The true grounds or cause of the first planting of New

England

379

Gov. BRADFORD's DIALOGUE

XXVI. A Dialogue, or the Sum of a Conference between some

Young Men born in New England, and sundry Ancient

Men that came out of Holland and Old England 414

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Gov. BRADFORD'S MEMOIR OF Elder BREWSTER

XXVII. Memoir of Elder William Brewster

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