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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. 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
ment along practically the same commercial lines as had Weston, and his failure was as speedy and complete as Weston's had been. A third attempt, while hardly 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. XPERIMENTAL GOVERNMENT ALONG PRACTICALLY THE SAME COMMERCIAL LINES AS HAD WESTON AND HIS FAILURE WAS AS SPEEDY AND COMPLETE AS WESTON'S HAD BEEN A THIRD 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
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