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An agent of Gorges, Morton with thirty followers floated into Wessagusset to found a Royalist and Episcopalian settlement. AN AGENT OF GORGUS MORTON WITH THIRTY FOLLOWERS FLOATED INTO WESAGUSSET TO FOUND A ROYALIST AND EPISCOPALIAN SETTLEMENT
ed to go back to London," to which end the Plymouth settlers willingly aided them, glad to get them out of the country. Thus ended the first inauspicious settlement of Weymouth. The second, which was undertaken shortly after by Robert Gorges, broke up the following spring, leaving only a few remnants behind. Sir Ferdinando Gorges, who was not a Spaniard as his name suggests, but a picturesque Elizabethan and a kinsman of Sir Walter Raleigh, essayed (through his son Robert) an experimental 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 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. R WAILED THAT THEY WANTED TO GO BACK TO LONDON TO WHICH END THE PLYMOUTH SETTLERS WILLINGLY AIDED THEM GLAD TO GET THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY THUS ENDED THE FIRST INAUSPICIOUS SETTLEMENT OF WEYMOUTH THE SECOND WHICH WAS UNDERTAKEN SHORTLY AFTER BY ROBERT GORGEAS BROKE UP THE FOLLOWING SPRING LEAVING ONLY A FEW REMNANTS BEHIND SIR FERNANDO GORGIAS WHO WAS NOT A SPANIARD AS HIS NAME SUGGESTS BUT A PICTURESQUE ELIZABETHAN AND A KINSMAN OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH ESSAYED THROUGH HIS SON ROBERT AN EXPERIMENTAL 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
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