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In the very midst of the dun colored atmosphere of Puritanism, in the very heart of the pious pioneer settlement this audacious scamp set up, according to Bradford, "a schoole of atheisme, and his men did quaff strong waters and comport themselves as if they had anew revived and celebrated the feasts of y^e Roman Goddess Flora, or the beastly practises of y^e madd Bachanalians." IN THE VERY MIDST OF THE DUN COLORED ATMOSPHERE OF PURITANISM IN THE VERY HEART OF THE PIOUS PIONEER SETTLEMENT THIS AUDACIOUS SCAMP SET UP ACCORDING TO BRADFORD A SCHOOL OF ATHEISM AND AS MEN DID QUAFF STRONG WATERS AND COMPORT THEMSELVES AS IF THEY HAD A NEW REVIVED AND CELEBRATED THE FEASTS OF YE ROMAN GODDESS FLORA OR THE BEASTLY PRACTICES OF YE MAD BACCHANALIANS
rdly more successful, furnishes one of the gayest and prettiest episodes in the whole history of New England. Across the somber procession of earnest-faced men and women, across the psalm-singing and the praying, across the incredible toil of the pioneers at Plymouth now flashes the brightly costumed and pleasure-loving courtier, Thomas Morton. An agent of Gorges, Morton with thirty followers floated into Wessagusset to found a Royalist and Episcopalian settlement. This Episcopalian bias was quite enough to account for Bradford's disparaging description of him as a "kind of petie-fogie of Furnifells Inn," and explains why the early historians never made any fuller or more favorable record than absolutely necessary of these neighbors of theirs, although the churchman Samuel Maverick admits that Morton was a "gentleman of good qualitee." But it was for worse sins than his connection with the Established Church that Morton's name became synonymous with scandal throughout the whole Colony.  ATTEMPT WHILE HARDLY MORE SUCCESSFUL FURNISHES ONE OF THE GAYEST AND PRETTIEST EPISODES IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND ACROSS THE SOMBRE PROCESSION OF EARNEST FACED MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS THE PSALM SINGING AND THE PRAYING ACROSS THE INCREDIBLE TOIL OF THE PIONEERS AT PLYMOUTH NOW FLASHES THE BRIGHTLY COSTUMED AND PLEASURE LOVING COURTIER THOMAS MORTON AN AGENT OF GORGUS MORTON WITH THIRTY FOLLOWERS FLOATED INTO WESAGUSSET TO FOUND A ROYALIST AND EPISCOPALIAN SETTLEMENT THIS EPISCOPALIAN BIAS WAS QUITE ENOUGH TO ACCOUNT FOR BRADFORD'S DISPARGING DESCRIPTION OF HIM AS A KIND OF PETTIFOGGY OF FIRNFALLE'S INN AND EXPLAINS WHY THE EARLY HISTORIANS NEVER MADE ANY FULLER OR MORE FAVOURABLE RECORD THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY OF THESE NEIGHBOURS OF THEIRS ALTHOUGH THE CHURCHMAN SAMUEL MAVERICK ADMITS THAT MORTON WAS A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD QUALITY BUT IT WAS FOR WORSE SINS THAN HIS CONNECTION WITH THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH THAT MORTON'S NAME BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH SCANDAL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COLONY
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