{"product_id":"2940013850828","title":"THE WOMEN WHO CAME IN THE MAYFLOWER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I ENDURANCE AND ADVENTURE: THE VOYAGE AND LANDING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II COMMUNAL AND FAMILY LIFE IN PLYMOUTH 1621-1623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII MATRONS AND MAIDENS WHO CAME IN \"THE MAYFLOWER\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV COMPANIONS WHO ARRIVED IN \"THE FORTUNE\" AND \"THE ANN\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eENDURANCE AND ADVENTURE: THE VOYAGE AND LANDING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"So they left ye goodly and pleasante citie, which had been ther\u003cbr\u003e    resting-place near 12 years; but they knew they were pilgrimes, \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e    looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to ye\u003cbr\u003e    heavens, their dearest cuntrie, and quieted their spirits.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    --_Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantations. Chap. VII._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecember weather in New England, even at its best, is a test of\u003cbr\u003ephysical endurance. With warm clothes and sheltering homes today, we\u003cbr\u003efind compensations for the cold winds and storms in the exhilarating\u003cbr\u003ewinter sports and the good cheer of the holiday season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe passengers of _The Mayflower_ anchored in Plymouth harbor,\u003cbr\u003ethree hundred years ago, lacked compensations of sports or fireside\u003cbr\u003ewarmth. One hundred and two in number when they sailed,--of whom\u003cbr\u003etwenty-nine were women,--they had been crowded for ten weeks into a\u003cbr\u003evessel that was intended to carry about half the number of\u003cbr\u003epassengers. In low spaces between decks, with some fine weather when\u003cbr\u003ethe open hatchways allowed air to enter and more stormy days when they\u003cbr\u003ewere shut in amid discomforts of all kinds, they had come at last\u003cbr\u003ewithin sight of the place where, contrary to their plans, they were\u003cbr\u003edestined to make their settlement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Plymouth, England, their last port in September, they had \"been\u003cbr\u003ekindly entertained and courteously used by divers friends there\u003cbr\u003edwelling,\" [Footnote: Relation or Journal of a Plantation Settled at\u003cbr\u003ePlymouth in New-England and Proceedings Thereof; London, 1622\u003cbr\u003e(Bradford and Winslow) Abbreviated In Purchas' Pilgrim, X; iv; London,\u003cbr\u003e1625.] but they were homeless now, facing a new country with frozen\u003cbr\u003eshores, menaced by wild animals and yet more fearsome savages.\u003cbr\u003eWhatever trials of their good sense and sturdy faith came later, those\u003cbr\u003edays of waiting until shelter could be raised on shore, after the\u003cbr\u003eweeks of confinement, must have challenged their physical and\u003cbr\u003espiritual fortitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere must have been exciting days for the women on shipboard and in\u003cbr\u003elanding. There must have been hours of distress for the older and the\u003cbr\u003edelight in adventure which is an unchanging trait of the young of\u003cbr\u003eevery race. Wild winds carried away some clothes and cooking-dishes\u003cbr\u003efrom the ship; there was a birth and a death, and occasional illness,\u003cbr\u003ebesides the dire seasickness. John Howland, \"the lustie young man,\"\u003cbr\u003efell overboard but he caught hold of the topsail halyard which hung\u003cbr\u003eextended and so held on \"though he was sundry fathoms under water,\"\u003cbr\u003euntil he was pulled up by a rope and rescued by a boat-hook.\u003cbr\u003e[Footnote: Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation; ch. 9.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent research [Footnote: \"The Mayflower,\" by H. G. Marsden;\u003cbr\u003eEng. Historical Review, Oct., 1904; The Mayflower Descendant, Jan.,\u003cbr\u003e1916] has argued that the captain of _The Mayflower_ was probably\u003cbr\u003enot _Thomas Jones_, with reputation for severity, but a Master\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Jones of kindlier temper. The former captain was in\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, in September, 1620, according to this account. With the most\u003cbr\u003egenerous treatment which the captain and crew could give to the women,\u003cbr\u003ethey must have been sorely tried. There were sick to be nursed,\u003cbr\u003echildren to be cared for, including some lively boys who played with\u003cbr\u003epowder and nearly caused an explosion at Cape Cod; nourishment must be\u003cbr\u003efound for all from a store of provisions that had been much reduced by\u003cbr\u003ethe delays and necessary sales to satisfy their \"merchant adventurers\"\u003cbr\u003ebefore they left England. They slept on damp bedding and wore musty\u003cbr\u003eclothes; they lacked exercise and water for drink or cleanliness.\u003cbr\u003eJoyful for them must have been the day recorded by Winslow and\u003cbr\u003eBradford, [Footnote: Relation or Journal, etc. (1622).]--\"On Monday\u003cbr\u003ethe thirteenth of November our people went on shore to refresh\u003cbr\u003ethemselves and our women to wash, as they had great need.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147647664368,"sku":"2940013850828","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013850828_p0.jpg?v=1763595530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013850828","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}