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The small, stiff baby shoes which encased the infant feet of Josiah Winslow, the son of Governor Winslow and destined to be Governor himself, are of a pattern familiar to our man and maid, as are the now tarnished swords of Carver, Brewster, and Standish. THE SMALL STIFF BABY SHOES WHICH ENCASED THE INFANT FEET OF JOSIAH WINSLOW THE SON OF GOVERNOR WINSLOW AND DESTINED TO BE A GOVERNOR HIMSELF ARE OF A PATTERN FAMILIAR TO OUR MAN AND MAID AS ARE THE NOW TARNISHED SWORDS OF CARVER BREWER AND STANDISH
; the square, hooded wooden cradle brought over by Dr. Samuel Fuller; and the well-preserved reed one which rocked Peregrine White, and whose quaint stanchness suggests the same Dutch influence which characterizes the spraddling octagonal windmills--they would quickly recognize all of these. Some of the books, too, chiefly religious, some in classic tongues, William Bradford's Geneva Bible printed in 1592, and others bearing the mark of 1615, would be well known to them, although we must not take it for granted that the lady--or the man either--can read. Well-worn the Bibles are, however, and we need not think that lack of learning prevented any of the Pilgrims from imbibing both the letter and spirit of the Book. Those who could write were masters of a fine, flowing script that shames our modern scrawl, as is well testified by the Patent of the Plymouth Colony--the oldest state document in New England--as well as by the final will and various deeds of Peregrine White, and many others. QUARE HOODED WOODEN CRADLE BROUGHT OVER BY DOCTOR SAMUEL FULLER AND THE WELL PRESERVED REED ONE WHICH ROCKED PEREGRINE WHITE AND WHOSE QUAINT STAUNCHNESS SUGGESTS THE SAME DUTCH INFLUENCE WHICH CHARACTERIZES THE SPRADDLING OCTAGONAL WINDMILLS THEY WOULD QUICKLY RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE SOME OF THE BOOKS TOO CHIEFLY RELIGIOUS SOME IN THE CLASSIC TONGUES WILLIAM BRADFORD'S GENEVA BIBLE PRINTED IN FIFTEEN NINETY TWO AND OTHERS BEARING THE MARK OF SIXTEEN FIFTEEN WOULD BE WELL KNOWN TO THEM ALTHOUGH WE MUST NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT THE LADY OR THE MAN EITHER CAN READ WELL WORN THE BIBLES ARE HOWEVER AND WE NEED NOT THINK THAT LACK OF LEARNING PREVENTED ANY OF THE PILGRIMS FROM IMBIBING BOTH THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE BOOK THOSE WHO COULD WRITE WERE MASTERS OF A FINE FLOWING SCRIPT THAT SHAMES OUR MODERN SCRAWL AS IS WELL TESTIFIED BY THE PATENT OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY THE OLD ESTATE DOCUMENT IN NEW ENGLAND AS WELL AS BY THE FINAL WILL AND VARIOUS DEEDS OF PEREGRINE WHITE AND MANY OTHERS
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