Desembarco de los puritanos en América (Antonio Gisbert)
"Being thus arived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees & blessed ye God of heaven, who had brought them over ye vast & furious ocean, and delivered them from all ye periles & miseries therof, againe to set their feete on ye firme and stable earth, their proper elemente.
[ Pronounce ye = the, yt = that]
"But
hear I cannot but stay and make a pause, and stand half amased at this
poore peoples presente condition; and so I thinke will the reader too,
when he well considers ye same. Being thus passed ye vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation... they had now no freinds to wellcome them, nor inns to entertaine or
refresh their weatherbeaten bodys, no houses or much less townes to
repaire too, to seeke for succoure.
"What
could now sustaine them but the spirite of God & his grace? May not
& ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: Our faithers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this willdernes; but they cried unto ye Lord, and he heard their voyce, and looked on their adversitie, &c. Let them therfore praise ye Lord, because he is good, & his mercies endure for ever. Yea, let them which have been redeemed of ye Lord, shew how he hath delivered them from ye hand of ye oppressour. When they wandered in ye deserte willdernes out of ye way,
and found no citie to dwell in, both hungrie, & thirstie, their
sowle was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before ye Lord his loving kindnes, and his wonderfull works before ye sons of men.
· William Bradford, Excerpts from Of Plimoth Plantation
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