nd therfore we doe comand you that aboute y' premisses at ays & times, which for these things you shall make provission, at you be diligente in attendance, as it becometh you; giving precepte also, & firmly injoyning, we doe give comand to all and singuler cheefe rulers of provinces into which y colonies fforesaid have been drawne, or shall be drawne, & give atenance upon you, and be observante and obediente unto your warrants in perill. In testimoney wherof, we have caused these -ur letters to be made pattente. Wittnes our selfe at Westminster the 29. day of Aprill, in ye tenth year of our Raigne. By write from yo privie seale,

Anno Dom: 1634.

No. III.

WILLIES.

Upon the life and death of that godly matron, Mistris Alice
Bradford, widdow, late deceased on the 27th day of March,
Anno: Dom: 1670, and was interred at Plymouth on the
30th of the same month."

Heer lyes the shaddow of a blessed mother
In Israel, well knowne to one and other,
Of good decent of holy predecessors;
Her father equall was to the confessors
And holy martires, suffered for Christ sake,

Altho hee suffered not at fiery stake,

And shee with him and other in her youth
Left theire owne native country for the truth,†

• These verses on Mrs. Bradford are Mary Carpenter, sister of Mrs. Alice pasted inside the cover which incloses Bradford, the wife of Governor Bradthe original History of the Governor. ford, being newly entered into the 91st Mr. Hunter writes that they are a good year of her age. She was a godly old deal decayed or injured; that the last maid, never married." From this Dr. four lines are not easily read. From Young naturally infers that the maiden name of Mrs. Bradford was Carpenter. the last line but one, it may be inferred Mr. Hunter says: "We do not trace that Morton was the author. - ED. families of that name in Basset-Lawe. See She might be a half-sister." Young, p. 353; Hunter's Founders,

In the Plymouth Church Records, under date of March 19-20, 1667, is a record of the death, at Plymouth, of

And in successe of time she marryed was
To one whose grace and vertue did surpasse,

I mean good Edward Southworth," whoe not long
Continued in this world the saints amonge..
With him shee lived seven years a wife,

Till death did put a period to his life.
And in some space of time, by Gods good hand,
Shee was brought over into New England,
And in short time the Lord did soe dispose,
That Mr. William Bradford shee did choose
To be her second husband;† whom to fame

I need not, for it is enough to name
The name of Bradford fresh in memory,
Which smeles with odoriforus fragrancye.
With him shee lived a wife yeares thirty four,
Till God saw good his time should be noe more
In this sad world, but tooke him hence to heaven,
Anno one thousand six hundred fifty seven.
E'r since that time in widdowhood shee hath
Lived a life in holynes and faith,

In reading of Gods word and contemplation,
Which healped her to asurance of salvation
Through Gods good sperit workeing with the same,
For ever praised be his holy name.

To about fourscore yeares shee did attaine,
But shee afflicted much with heavy paine;
As Moses saith, her strength but sorrow was,
And shee to eternall rest made hast a pace.
Shee now with holy Abram hath attained
A good old age. Her life was never stained
With any sin that any one could call
Remarkable, notorious, capitall,
But contrarywise shee lived soe

As silence might the most mallignant foe
She had, or any other that professe

The waies of Christ and of just righteousnes.

Tis sad to see our houses disposessd
Of holy saints whose memory is blessd;
When they decease and closed are in tombe,
Theres few or none that rises in their rome
That's like to them in holines and grace,

Which makes our times looke with so sad a face.
Her glasse is run, her worke is done, and shee
Is happy unto all eternity.

Lett her relations all and every one

Take her example, doe as shee hath done,

In love to God his waies and one another.

Then they will well improve theire blessed mother

Her holy, blessed, heavenly example,

That gives a gracious presedent soe ample
To them and unto all both one and other
That follow may after this blessed mother.
Ile multiply noe more words but ab....e
That I dare use concerning her dear...e
Adoe, my loving freind, my aunt, my mother,
Of those that's left I have not such another.

A.

Abdas, an Indian, 440.

Acadie, controversy respecting, 431.
Accord Pond, 371.

Acerbecest, sagamore of Wessaguscus, 131.
Acoughcouss, 373.

Adventurers. See Merchant-Adventurers.
Ainsworth, Henry, teacher in the church
at Amsterdam, 17.
Albany, Fort Orange, 234.
Alden, John, undertaker, 227. Assistant,
306, 315, 327, 343, 351, 362, 367. Ar-
rested in Massachusetts, 318. Set at
liberty, 319. Party to a contract, 382,
384. Settlement with, 400, 402. His
family, 449, 452, 454.
Alden, Robert, 213.

As-

Alderton, or Allerton, John, scaman on
board the Mayflower, 83, 449, 454.
Allerton, Bartholomew, 448, 451.
Allerton, Isaac, 51, 226, 448, 451.
sistant, 101, 306. Mission of, to com-
promise with the adventurers, 210,
212, 280-282, 373. His return, 211.
Second mission of, 221-238. Agent,
231. His accounts, 232, 248, 288,
299, 304, 308, 310, 316, 362. En-
gages in trade, 243, 261, 270, 271, 276,
291. Third mission of, 244, 245. His
conduct, 248, 250, 252, 261, 271, 274,
280, 299; as to enlarging and confirming
the patent, 250. Brings over Morton,
250, 252. Violates instructions, 255-257.
His wives, 256, 300, 448, 451. His fourth
voyage to England, 262. His conduct
as to the Friendship, 268, 275, 281-290,
299, 402. Winslow sent to England on
account of his conduct, 268. His con-
duct as to the White Angel, 269-272,
274, 276, 280, 283, 284, 287-289,
292, 300, 305, 308, 331, 402. Return
of, 271. Goes to England again, 275.
Comes back, 276. Discharged, 276,
279, 299. Remarks on the commission
to, 280-282, 286. Disciplined by the

church, 292. Disregards his bonds, 298,
301. Further notices of, 299, 308. His
troubles, 302, 308, 327. Efforts to re-
cover from, on account of the White
Angel, 331. Vessel of, wrecked, 337.
Cattle of, sold, 365, 379. His family,
448, 451, 454.

Allerton, Mary, 256, 448, 451, 455.
Allerton, Remember, 448, 451.
Alltham, Emanuel, 213.
Ammunition and arms, Indians supplied
with, 235, 238, 275, 337.
Amsterdam, English church at, 9, 16, 38.
Contention of the churches there, 16, 38.
Anabaptistry, 387.

Andrews, Richard, adventurer, 213. Un-
dertaker, 227, 229, 232, 246, 258, 280,
287, 331. Beaver sent to, 361, 362, 365.
Declines giving aid, 345. Complaints
by, 346, 361, 365. Takes land at Scit-
uate, 368. Settlement with, 379, 400
-407.

Andrews, Thomas, adventurer, 213.
Anne, arrival and departure of the, 142,
147, 157, 179.
Antinomian controversy, 387.
Aquidnett Island, 364. Complaints against
the people of, 386. Indian neutrality
with, 432.
Argall, Sir Samuel, 37.
Arminian controversy in the Low Coun-
tries, 20.

Arnold, Benedict, 432. Interpreter, 441.
Arrows, 86, 235. Sent as a challenge, 110.
Ashley, Edward, 255, 257. His patent

and business, 257–262, 267. His char-
acter, 259. At Penobscot, 259, 267, 274,
275. Aided at Plymouth, 260, 267. His
conduct, 261, 267. Supplies to, from
England, 267. His death, 275.
Assistants at Plymouth, 101, 156, 306, 315,
327, 343, 351, 362, 367, 377, 384, 408,
425, 431.

Atwood, John, Assistant, 362. Agent for
Sherley, 377-382. Sherley's letter to,
400, 401. His death, 425.