S THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND

William Brewster." But at last new and impera-
tive reasons arose, demanding a third removal,
not to another city in Holland, but this time to
the New World called America. They were
breaking under the great labor and hard fare;
they feared to lose their language and saw no op-
portunity to educate their children; they disap-
proved of the lax Dutch observance of Sunday
and saw in the temptations of the place a menace
to the habits and morals of the younger members
of the flock, and, in the influences of the world
around them, a danger to the purity of their creed
and their practice. They determined to go to a
new country "devoyd of all civill inhabitants,"
where they might keep their names, their faith,
and their nationality.

After many misgivings, the fateful decision was
reached by the "major parte," and prepara-
tions for departure were made. But where to go
became a troublesome problem. The merits of
Guiana and other "wild coasts" were debated,
but finally Virginia met with general approval,
because there they might live as a private associa-
tion, a distinct body by themselves, similar to
other private companies already established there.
To this end they sent two of their number to